Chapter 38 Argument in the courtroom (2)
The censor belongs to the Censorate, but is only a small official of the seventh rank. Although the Censor has a small position, his responsibilities are not small. He can be in charge of supervising officials, inspecting counties, correcting criminal prisons, rectifying court rituals, etc., and there are many people. The Ming Dynasty stipulates that the number of censors is 110. Of course, these are not all in the capital, but also responsible for inspecting local areas. Usually, there are at least forty or fifty people in the capital. Every court meeting, the court officials belonging to the Censorate are crowded with a large number of black officials.
The censor can impeach all officials. In the hearts of the people, the censors are all honest officials and can make the decision for the people. Therefore, they are usually very famous. The censors have always regarded themselves as pure streams. It can be said that whoever controls the Censorate will have the right to speak. If more than one hundred censors attack in groups, not to mention ministers, even the emperor will not be able to stand it.
The Donglin Party members had a huge reputation in the late Ming Dynasty, both the people and the courts, and they had always firmly grasped the Censorate. Otherwise, if they were solely scholars, the Xi Party and the Chu Party had fewer party members, but neither the reputation nor the influence of the people could compare with the Donglin Party.
At this moment, the seventh-rank censor stood in the court and talked quietly, pointing to the weakness of the emperor's words. Liu Zongzhou and other ministers nodded slowly when they heard it. The Donglin Party members were not afraid of power, and their iron-clad spirit was still not lost.
Looking at the pride of the censor below, Wang Fu was not angry. In later generations, I didn't hear any resistance from the Qing army to capture Nanjing. This guy was probably one of the people who were surrendered: "Didn't I say that? Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing were killed by the guards after I blew up their conspiracy. Since you didn't even hear my words clearly, you are so deaf and blind. How can you be the censor? If you come, strip off his official uniform and drag it out of the court to take him ten times, and remove his official position. You will never use it."
Two warriors in front of the palace responded and pressed the unlucky censor who was in a daze to the ground and took off his coat. The censor who had just had a strong and strong face suddenly turned aside and shouted: "I don't choose my words. The emperor forgives his crimes, and the emperor forgives his crimes!"
Wang Fu did not expect that the censor was a piece of cartilage. He later saw many Ming Dynasty ministers on the Internet as proud of being beaten by court sticks. It can be seen that this was not entirely true. The disgust on his face became even stronger: "Drag it down."
The two warriors did not hesitate and dragged the censor who was still wailing. After a while, there were sounds of slap and screams like a pig-killing cry from outside the court. After ten sticks of the court, the censor's screams had become extremely weak.
The entire hall was quiet, and no one expected that the emperor, who had always been kind and looked mediocre, would do a thunderous act at the beginning. Wang Fu knew that he had neither interrogated nor communicated with the ministers. There would definitely be ministers who jumped out to question the court this morning. If they didn't start, they would be shocked, and they would be unable to deal with it.
Liu Zongzhou sighed in secretly. If the censor had just ordered the emperor to dismiss his official position and could still grit his teeth and persevere after the court stick, he would still have a way to save the person. Unexpectedly, the censor he chose was so soft that he would admit his mistake when he was scared by the emperor. He looked in the direction of the other censors. Seeing Liu Zongzhou's eyes, the censors quickly lowered their heads and pretended not to see it. One was the boss and the other was the emperor. There was no good result when they offended the other one.
Seeing that his censors did not stand up, Liu Zongzhou had no choice but to stand up and said, "Your Majesty, I have a memorial to report."
"I'm sorry, but I'm fine."
"Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing are also worthy of being beheaded by the emperor. However, the Yulin Guard did not have a transfer order from the Ministry of War, and they were transferred without authorization, besieging the court to order the government office, which violated the court's laws. Now that the two Lius are in law, their subordinates will definitely be dissatisfied. In order to calm the morale of the army, I would like to kill the leader of the Yulin Guard who besieged Guangchang Bo and Dongping Bo, disband the Yulin Guard and send officials to the army to comfort him. Otherwise, once hundreds of thousands of troops rebel, the court will suffer an unexpected disaster."
Wang Fu looked at the old man suspiciously, there was nothing wrong with it. It was too late to expand the army and summon troops. This old man actually wanted to break his own hands and feet. What kind of heart is he contented?
Wang Fu was about to speak, and ministers such as Ma Shiying, Wang Duo, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang stood up one after another: "Please please appease the morale of the army and disband the Yulin Guard."
Under the leadership of Ma Shiying and Gao Hongtu, most of the court officials knelt down: "Please pacify the morale of the army and disband the Yulin Guard."
"You?" What Wang Fu was most worried about happened. Ma Shiying and Wang Duo and his men actually joined forces with the Donglin Party members to put pressure on him.
When the emperor first formed the Yulin Guard, although many ministers felt it was inappropriate, no one cared too much about it. After all, there were 60,000 troops in the capital, not many more than 3,000 people. Moreover, the emperor paid out of his own pocket, and the ministers could not find a reason for it. Except for Ma Shiying's angrily questioning, no one opposed it. Unexpectedly, he did such a big thing in just over a month.
No one believed in Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing and the others really dared to assassinate the king. If it weren't for these three thousand Yulin Guards, the emperor would never dare to do such a big thing without hiding it from the ministers. Today, the emperor could kill two vassal states with heavy troops without going through the cabinet or the court of the ministers. Who still feels safe?
"What are you doing? Do you want to force the palace?" A loud shout in the palace suppressed the voices of all the ministers, but Huang Degong stood up.
At present, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing are dead, Gao Jie has not appeared, and most of them are under house arrest. Huang Degong is the only one who can handle the situation. Seeing Huang Degong stand up to protect the emperor, some ministers who fell to the ground stood up secretly, and no one was kneeling down just now.
Wang Fu breathed a sigh of relief. Although nearly half of the ministers in the palace asked to disband Yulinwei to appease Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing's troops' morale, Wang Fu no longer cared: "Please ask, Yulinwei is the personal army of the emperor, everything is done by my order, and I will bear any crime. If you think I am not worthy of being the emperor, you can choose another talent."
Choose another talented person. Do you think we don’t want to, but the status of the monarch and ministers has been decided. If we really dare to choose another talented person, we will immediately be detained for a rebellion. The ministers of the Donglin Party secretly muttered in their hearts.
Since the emperor has said this, it is impossible to disband the Yulin Guard unless he really set up another emperor. Ma Shiying sighed in his heart: "I dare not." He stood up first.
Seeing Ma Shiying get up, the other officials stood up helplessly, and Liu Zongzhou still knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I am old. These days, I have been feeling dizzy and lack of energy. I am really unable to serve as the left censor of the Censorate. I want to beg the emperor for bones and return home."
Liu Zongzhou begged for bones and returned home after he said the words of retiring and returning home, more than half of the officials knelt down and said together: "I want to beg for bones from the emperor, and return home." These people are of varying age. The most ridiculous thing is that many officials in their thirties and forties jumped out to beg for bones.
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Chapter completed!