When the Metropolitan Procuratorate arranges foreign missions, the procedure requires the emperor's approval, which is called a point difference. However, if the internal arrangement matters are sent to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for trial, there is no need to submit a petition.
Of course, it was not without reason that Jiang Zongxian assigned Li You the trial of the Lianghuai surplus salt case.
The biggest reason is that Jiang Zongxian does not want to become the focus of conflicts and wants to protect himself wisely; secondly, this matter has nothing to do with his benefactor Yuan Ge Lao. Now in the critical period of Yuan Ge Lao's second assistant, he has more to do than less to do.
, so as not to cause a fierce backlash from the chief assistant and implicate Mr. Yuan Ge; thirdly, it is well known that Li You and the chief assistant are not on good terms, so maybe a fisherman can benefit from it.
Li Youming seemed to be in a difficult situation, but in fact he was happy to take over the Lianghuai Yuyan case. This was because he truly felt that a man cannot lose his power for a day!
If he had the power last night, how could the second son of Wu Anbo have dared to be so rude to him as to touch him and talk nonsense! How dare the prince of Wei Guogong laugh at his humiliation and sit idly by and ignore it! How dare those group of distinguished descendants dare to cheer and cheer!
If you have enough power, what if you beat the second son of a rubbish earl, or even the prince himself? Back then, Zhang Juzheng was able to depose even the vassal prince!
A scholar can be killed and cannot be humiliated. If he hadn't put up a life-threatening attitude, he would have been humiliated by this group of people last night. What's the reason? It's very simple. The reason is that
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They think they have lost ground.
Li You knew very well that those people were probably fighting against Huang Jian, the young minister of Guanglu Temple, because at the court recommendation on August 9, Huang Jian was the Queen Mother's internal choice, but he forcibly took away the official position.
But understanding does not mean understanding. Li You will not understand the mood of those people. Only the weak can understand the mood of the enemy.
The conflict last night did not touch Li You as indifferently as it seemed. It made him feel insecure after losing his power. Then, whether things like adding insult to injury will continue to happen in the future. Who can predict?
The same thing can play out in different ways in the hands of different people. The case of Lianghuai Yuyan was a hot potato in the hands of others, but in his hands it brought power. So he wanted to take the next step.
In the afternoon of that day, Li You sat for a while in the public room in the east courtyard of the Imperial Court to get a feel for it. Then he took the eldest princess's documents and visited Fan Zhong, the censor of Henan Province. He also met several people who had cooperated happily in the imperial dispute.
He can also be regarded as the censor of Xu Cifu's party members.
At the time of Shen, when he returned home from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he saw Mr. Yang Ge, the great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, kindly sent someone to deliver a message, saying that the Duke of Wei and others jointly submitted a petition to impeach him, and that Wu Anbo went to the palace to file a complaint against him.
The Queen Mother intended to dismiss him from office and asked him to be careful.
This news made Mr. Li really angry. The Queen Mother was endlessly frustrated. Wasn't it enough to torment his official position by not following the rules of the game? A fine was enough, why should he be dismissed from office?
Empress Dowager Qian only has the stubbornness of the eldest princess, but she does not have the generosity of the eldest princess who can win and lose! Even though they are mother and daughter, the difference is too obvious.
This time the Empress Dowager Qian actually wanted to forcibly dismiss him from office, and it was not because she saw that he had lost Xu Cifu, his backer in the court! If Xu Cifu was still in the court, would the Empress Dowager Qian dare to go so far? She was afraid that the imperial edict of dismissal would not be approved by the cabinet.
Dismissed!
However, Mr. Yang Ge's attitude made Li You feel gratified. At least he still had some incense feelings.
Some people may ask, Mr. Xu Ge is Li You’s backer, and Mr. Yang Ge is Xu Ge’s ally. Could it be that Mr. Yang cannot be regarded as Li You’s backer?
If you think about it from another angle, you will understand. When the news about Xu Cifu and Dingyou came out, everyone thought that Li You would lose power. If something similar happened to Mr. Yang Ge, the impact on Li You's career would be close to zero. This is the difference.
The next day, on the morning of August 24, Li Youxian went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to inspect the matter. The Experience Department handed over the relevant documents of the "Two Huaihe River Salt Case" to him.
It also included an edict from the Queen Mother - "The concubine's father, Jin Wanwan, was really forced to act, and has now turned all the profits into the inner treasury as punishment. The rest will be forgotten and no further investigation will be allowed."
To preserve the dignity of the imperial concubine."
At noon, Li Youcai left the Metropolitan Procuratorate and headed for the Imperial City. He passed through Chang'an Right Gate, then Chengtian Gate, then Duanmen, and arrived at Meridian Gate.
There are several court rooms in the east and west outside the Meridian Gate. They are not only the place where the ministers wait before the court meeting, but also the place where the outer court meets. Today, it was used to investigate the incident of Mr. Li beating his relatives.
Li You walked into the court room, but saw that about ten people had arrived first. It was Huang Jian, the prince of Wei Guogong, the young minister of Guanglu Temple, Gou Fei, the commander of the Zhongcheng Army and Horses Division with several eye-catching scars on his face, and others.
Those present at night.
In fact, strictly speaking, the person involved was only Gou Fei... Mr. Li smiled contemptuously and said to himself: "You are a cowardless person!" Although he was talking to himself, his voice was not quiet.
Prince Xu faced him and said in a deep voice: "The court will decide what is right and wrong today. Is it because Master Li is guilty of arrogantly claiming the power of words?"
Li You gave a thumbs up, "Your Majesty, your true character is true and loyalty comes first. I wonder if you want to be the capital's chief minister, Jiuyu, or the imperial capital, Xiaomengchang? I think he is more like a vanguard."
Prince Xu had this intention and wanted to be the leader of his descendants, but he couldn't express it openly. When Li Youyu revealed his feelings in a mocking way, he became a little angry.
But remembering that the Queen Mother had told him not to get into trouble with Li You and just hit him when he got down to it, Crown Prince Xu held back, thinking silently in his heart that a small amount of impatience would ruin a big plan.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, Grand Scholar of Zhongji Palace, Chief Assistant Xu Yue and Grand Scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion Yang Jin entered the court room, followed by several people from Zhongshushe.
The Empress Dowager ordered the Grand Master of the Palace to inquire about the matter. There are only four elders in the palace now, and Xu Shoufu is the one who led the order, so he had to come. Among the others, Elder Peng and Elder Jin had no idea about the fight between the juniors.
He was not interested, but he didn't bother to come. Only Mr. Yang Ge followed Xu Shoufu.
The people who arrived earlier bowed to the two pavilion elders and each stood aside.
Xu Shoufu looked around the room, but he was too lazy to say anything more, so he just said: "The Holy Mother ordered me to listen to both sides. You each have to make your speech, so I can report it truthfully."
Prince Xu stepped forward and said, "The night before last, I was gathering with friends at Jinxiu Tower. When we left, I ran into Li Qianxian. Brother Gou Xian had a misunderstanding with Li Qianxian, so he stepped forward to tell us. Unexpectedly, Li Qianxian got violent and beat Brother Gou Xian. We were waiting to rescue him temporarily.
Not as good as that. We can all testify to this matter. Brother Gou Xian’s injuries can also prove it.”
Li You glanced at Prince Xu. Did the person named Gou come to speak? His moves and insults were all washed away.
After listening to Xu Shizi's speech, Xu Shoufu asked Gou Fei, "Is that so?"
Commander Gou nodded, "That's true."
Xu Shoufu turned to Li You again: "What do you say?" He thought that as long as Li You said a few more words, it would be over. Then he handed over the two sides' submissions to the Queen Mother and let the Queen Mother consider it.
Li You stepped forward with a distressed look on his face, "It is a taboo for the venerable and a secret for the noble. Wu Anbo is a distinguished minister of the country, so it is inconvenient to elaborate on the inside story of this matter."
Xu Shoufu sneered and said loudly: "The Holy Mother is asking about this matter. If you have something to say, just say it. There is no need to hesitate!"
Li You replied sternly: "Talk to yourself like Crown Prince Xu, which is unavoidable and biased, and will not be accepted by me! I am willing to speak on behalf of others without caring about others, to show fairness! There were people watching what happened the night before. But
Ask the people to get it!"
He added: "Qipan Street is only more than two miles away from here. It's still early in the day, so it's too late to send people to look for it!"
Elder Yang Ge suggested to the chief assistant: "Li Qianxian's words are reasonable, and we can use them to get the truth."
Xu Shoufu impatiently ordered the person in the bookstore who was with him: "Go to Dengwen Drum, ask the officers and soldiers on duty, and the censor to go to Qipan Street to check, and report back quickly!"
He stood up and walked out again, "I will go back to the pavilion to do some work for now. You will wait here! The investigation will continue after the results are obtained!"
Li You, Xu Shizi and others waited in the court room for more than an hour with wide eyes. They saw the sun turning westward outside the window. Only then did they see Xu Shoufu and Yang Gelao returning to the court room.
People from Zhongshushe who went to inquire about the situation reported: "The people nearby had different opinions, as if they had seen it with their own eyes. Some said that Wu Anbo's family raped women in the street, some said that Wu Anbo's family forcibly bought and sold to foreign merchants, and some said that Wu Anbo's family had forcibly bought and sold to foreign merchants.
The uncle's family took possession of the Jinxiu Building by force. But everyone said that Li Qianxian saw injustice on the road and had trouble with Commander Gou."
Immediately, all the descendants of Xun Qi were in an uproar. Unexpectedly, so many fabricated rumors emerged in a day and a half.
Li You knew this very well. Although he had an idea that night and had a good interaction with the onlookers, he was still worried that the onlookers would not be able to understand the intention or that the efficiency of spreading rumors would be too slow, so he sent his domestic slaves to the chessboard yesterday.
Spreading rumors on the street seems to work well.
They are also relatives who have lived in the capital for a long time, and most of them relied on wealth and neglected discipline, resulting in bad deeds. It is too easy to take the opportunity to spread rumors about them.
However, Mr. Li remained silent, only looking at Xu Shoufu with his eyes, saying nothing... The clerk next to him didn't ask whether it was right or wrong, and just buried his head in recording.
Gou Fei, the commander of the Central City Army and Horse Department, was still feeling pain today and was unwilling to open his mouth to speak. But after hearing this so-called "public opinion", he immediately became furious. He is an impulsive person to begin with, otherwise everyone else would be watching the excitement that night, and only
He forced himself to stand out and humiliate Li You.
He stood up and said to the chief minister: "They are all rumors and cannot be accepted! Please take a closer look, Mr. Shoukui!"
Li You stepped forward and shouted: "Rumors can turn out to be true. May I ask Master Gou, what is the truth?"
Gou Fei said angrily: "How can there be any truth!"
"There is no truth? So what you are saying is that there were more than a dozen of you here the night before, and I was just one person, but I dared to outnumber the many and pick out one of you and beat him up, while the rest of you were cowardly and timid.
Sit back and ignore it?”
Li You turned around and said righteously: "The sun is shining brightly, and everyone is watching. Only those with a guilty conscience are eager to defend themselves about what happened the night before! I have a clear conscience and will not say a word about this matter! I will not defend myself even one word!"
There is justice in the world, but this justice does not depend on your rhetoric!"
Xu Shoufu looked on with cold eyes. Li You was clearly trying to avoid the important matter and put it nicely, so why not defend himself? In fact, he was avoiding talking about his actions, neither admitting nor denying the action.
Prince Xu and the descendants of Xun Qi also stood up one after another and said to the chief minister: "Rumors must be spread by intentional people and must not be regarded as the truth!"
Li You laughed and said, "Your Majesty, you only see the superficial things and don't understand the truth. If this is a rumor, then why are the rumors not harmful to me? If you go to spread rumors, I will create trouble and beat up my relatives. Can you make it happen? Why are there so many rumors?"
Point the finger at the Xun Qi family?"
He also said sadly: "Most of our relatives are descendants of meritorious officials, so they should be respected for generations. Why is it that after the news of the night before was spread, everyone praised it and applauded it, and rushed to recite it?
What is happening to my great Ming Dynasty? Why do the people of the capital hate me so much? Can’t it make you think deeply? Instead, worrying about whether there are rumors or not is really just ignoring the roots and chasing the bottom! Little does anyone know that if there are any, they will be corrected and if they are not, then they will be encouraged. Those who hear rumors are enough to warn them.
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The descendants of Xunqi who were present were unable to restrain themselves after being lectured by Li You. Isn't it justifiable to spread rumors, but wrong to refute them? They all started shouting, and for a while the room was noisy like a market.
Xu Shoufu cursed idiots in his heart. This group of honorary disciples were all led astray by Li You. He said decisively: "It's getting late today. So far, all the speeches have been made truthfully!"
Prince Xu proudly said to Li You: "Rumors stop with the wise! Since the chief minister refuses to tell right from wrong, I will go to the palace to meet the Holy Mother and seek justice for Brother Gou Xian! If you don't believe it, there is no reason in the world!"
Hearing this, Xu Shoufu was secretly angry. Who did Prince Xu think he was? He was the chief minister of a bachelor, and his actions did not need to be judged by a mere prince of the country. But he was too lazy to care about it. He believed that Li You had his own idea to deal with him.
However, the descendants of Fang Zhongxun didn't care about this. They all cheered. They are worthy of being the heirs of the first public family in the country today! You have style!
Li You didn't take it seriously and mocked the prince: "The palace is about to be locked up at this time. Does the prince want to stay in the palace?"
"If it doesn't work today, there will be tomorrow. If Mr. Li refuses to plead guilty, the matter will not be settled!" Prince Xu said categorically. With the support of the Queen Mother, he was naturally sure of this.
It also aroused applause from the descendants of Xun Qi. Although they had favored the position of civil servants and had status, they did not belong to the mainstream civil servant circle, and they rarely spoke so forcefully.
Li You sighed, "I'm afraid I won't be able to do it tomorrow either."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, wrapped it in a cowhide cover, handed it to Prince Xu and said, "Take it!"
"What is this?"
Li You's face became even more arrogant and he said: "This is a message from the Metropolitan Procuratorate! Please go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate's Inspection School and the Imperial Envoy's Yamen tomorrow to accept questioning!"
Everyone didn't know that the imperial envoy to the right of inspecting the school was Li You himself. At this time, Xu Shoufu had already walked to the door first. When he heard this, he stopped and looked back suddenly.
Prince Xu held the document and said contemptuously: "I am the hereditary prince, what qualifications do you have to interrogate me!"
Mr. Li's official authority was everywhere, "I am responsible for handling the case of Lianghuai surplus salt in the Metropolitan Procuratorate! Wei Guogong is suspected of it, but now that he is not in the capital, I will send your father to this court for questioning! The law of the Ming Dynasty is above, you
Do you dare to disobey?"
Prince Xu didn't expect it and was stunned on the spot. Why did this case fall into Li You's hands again? Didn't he completely lose power?
Li You sneered a few words, then nodded to the Crown Prince and said: "I will tell you, if you have the guts, run away from us! If you have the guts, go to Cisheng Palace to ask for my dismissal! It is not your Xu family's turn to control the imperial court at the feet of the emperor!"
