In the morning court, as soon as Wanli entered the Golden Hall, he sat tiredly on the imperial chair, looking a little depressed. He was the emperor. The dignified emperor wanted a woman, but he was defeated so easily and was beaten to pieces. This fact had a big blow to Zhu Yijun.

Suddenly, he was a little restless. What could the Supreme Emperor of Nine Five do? Sitting on this high dragon throne and looking at the ministers who bowed to him and shouted long live, Wanli felt that this was a great irony.

"Everyone is calm..."

Wanli raised his hand lazily, his voice was weak, and the ministers were a little surprised by the emperor's appearance, because Emperor Wanli always gave everyone the impression that he was diligent and fulfilled his duties. As an emperor, he must pay special attention to his appearance. How could he be so casual at the court meeting?

I remember that during the drought in the capital two years ago, Emperor Wanli personally sacrificed the sky to pray for rain. On the day of the rain, the emperor personally led all officials to walk more than ten miles to the Temple of Heaven. After a long and complicated rain prayer ceremony, he refused to ride a chariot despite the fatigue and walked back to the palace again under the scorching sun.

In order to show his piety to pray for rain, he issued a special order to exempt the Tao from purging the Tao and made an exception to let the people along the way see the heavenly face. That action not only touched the ministers and the people, but also many people burst into tears.

If it were normal, the censor would come forward to criticize the emperor sternly. However, today the censors had more important things to do, so they were just a little surprised and left this matter behind them.

When all officials report the matter, the imperial court will first deal with the affairs of foreign ministers and envoys, and then deal with the affairs of local officials who come to Beijing. Finally, it is the turn of officials in Beijing to report the matter. Today, there are neither foreign ministers nor officials who come to Beijing, so they go directly to the steps of court officials to discuss matters.

Sandezi just finished saying "I have a good reputation for me", and then shouted like a phoenix chick and a famous dan: "I have a good reputation for me!"

This voice was specially practiced, but it was not easy to speak so vigorously. Emperor Wanli glanced at the place where the sound came, and saw a sixth-rank green-robed official who was so arrogant and out of the queue with a high spirit.

The Golden Palace is too big, the civil and military squads are too long, and the sixth-rank official rank is too low, so the man is standing at the end of the squad. After this shout, he had to walk forward, holding the scepter and walking up quickly and rushing towards the imperial court.

Wanli was a little frightened when he saw his posture. The officials who were qualified to participate in the court meeting were at least fifth ranks, and the fifth rank was to wear red robes. Therefore, the Zhu Zi in the Hall not only described the powerful officials present. The more appropriate use was the court meeting in the Ming Dynasty.

In such occasions, except for the emperor who does not have a red robe, there is only one kind of person who can come uninvited to attend the court meeting. That is, the Taoist official. These special people with extremely low official positions but no one cannot impeach.

Today, Wanli did not specifically summon any small official, so the person in the green official uniform must be the censor.

Sure enough, he is really the censor!

The man in green robe had a high chest. Emperor Wanli had already seen the patch on his chest clearly. A unicorn on the patch was like the censor, with a high spirit, wide eyes wide open, and majestic style. It was the pattern of the patch of clothes that the censor had: the divine beast Xie Zhu.

"Emperor, I am the Censor of Shaanxi Dao Supervisor Li Boxian. I want to ask the emperor and the officials in the palace to discuss the case of Ye Xiaotian, the chief of Woniuling in Guizhou, killing local officials from all directions without permission."

When Zhu Yijun heard this, he was displeased and said with a deep face: "This is a small matter, why should you make a big fuss? In the court, you should discuss major affairs in the world. You can write such small matters in words and report them to me, and I will give them to you to the department to deal with it!"

Is it a shame to me? The censor who is specialized in finding fault with me is poor and he is not afraid of anyone showing him a look.

Li Boxian immediately said seriously: "Emperor, Ye Xiaotian is a local official in the southwest border. How can his actions be considered a trivial matter? As the saying goes, a thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole. The battle between Wu and Chu for mulberry is just because of a mulberry tree. Isn't a local official more important than a mulberry tree? It is important to know..."

The censors were so terrible that they were unreasonable and their noisy skills, and their ability to chatter were really beyond reach. Emperor Wanli just said impatiently, and Censor Li started to talk endlessly.

Emperor Wanli frowned and listened for a while. Seeing that he was endless, he interrupted him and said, "Forget it, let's discuss Ye Xiaotian's crime. I wonder how all the ministers and workers thought they should be punished for the Ye Xiaotian case?"

With the insistence of the cabinet, Ye Xiaotian's actions in Guizhou have been conveyed to the various ministries and officials in the form of a report, and civil and military officials are very clear about this matter.

For a long time, military generals have almost always been in charge of standing squads in the court. They interrupt, usually when they involve major military operations. However, even for military operations, the main decision-makers are civil officials. They must decide whether to fight or not, and how large the scale of fighting will be and what kind of strategic purpose it will achieve. This is quite close to modern military decisions, and their war purpose is also positioned very accurately: serving politics.

But strictly speaking, the Ye Xiaotian case has nothing to do with them, but today many generals took the initiative to speak, believing that Ye Xiaotian was just a self-defense counterattack, and the reason was that the dead local officials ignored the court. Ye Xiaotian did it to defend the imperial court's dignity, so he was not only innocent but also made merits, and he should be rewarded and not punished.

As for other court officials, they all have their own opinions, beheading, demoting, exile, punishing, and punishment. Emperor Wanli was in a bad mood today. When the topic started, a duck turned into five hundred ducks, making it quarrel and quarrel, and it was so quarrel that it was irrelevant that it was, and his heart was like ten thousand grass and mud horses galloping by.

Zhu Yijun turned to the chief minister Shen Shixing impatiently and asked, "What does Master Shen think?"

Shen Shi was sleek in behavior, and he was more inclined to obey the emperor's wishes. Of course, he knew that the emperor hated Ye Xiaotian very much, and that he could only please the emperor if he agreed to sentence Ye Xiaotian to death. However, as a representative of civil servants, he keenly discovered that many civil servants tended to pardon Ye Xiaotian.

He must not ignore the attitude of these civil servants. Otherwise, as the chief assistant and the highest representative of the civil servant group, he will sing opposites to the people in his camp everywhere, and he will soon be isolated by everyone and become an empty chief assistant.

Therefore, Shen Shixing only thought about it and proposed a compromise strategy: "The old minister thought that what Ye Xiaotian did was unforgivable, and his feelings were understandable, and he could judge the punishment of banishment... or the punishment of exile."

The presiding minister Shen was sloppy again, and the punishment was to be removed from his official position. He was exiled to the border and desertion, while the exile was to lower his post and settled in another place. The first was to cater to the emperor. The second was to compromise with all officials. This statement would not be very satisfied with both aspects, but he would not be hostile to him because of this.

Wanli no longer expects to execute Ye Xiaotian. Although the answer from the Shougong Shen was a little slick, he could barely satisfy him. So he followed the flow and said: "What the Master said is reasonable. Ye Xiaotian is good at killing local officials. Although he has a reason for his affection, he cannot be detained. He can be dismissed from his official position and serve as a military force in Yaxian County, Qiongzhou."

Wanli sent Ye Xiaotian to the ends of the world where the miasma epidemic was rampant. But as soon as Wanli finished speaking, he heard another clear shout from the civil servant, and the ups and downs of the tone was obviously from the same place as Li Boxian.

"I, object! I have this memorial!" A trace of indigo blue figure suddenly flashed out from the end of the literary troupe. He rushed forward with a proud look, and the officials immediately looked at each other.

This old master is Liu Hengyi. Liu has been a censor for half his life. His reputation is not obvious. Many court ministers may not recognize him, but now there are many people who recognize him. Because he has been beaten by a court stick, he has been beaten by a court stick, which means that he is a Qingliu among the Qingliu and a wise minister among the virtuous ministers. Liu's famous name has been widely circulated in the scholars and became famous throughout the world.

"I am Liu Hengyi, the censor of Shandong Dao, impeached the cabinet minister Shen Shixing, and he will be self-defeating. He will do his best to the emperor!"

It was clearly Wanli who followed the situation and quoted Shen Shixing's ambiguous opinions, but Liu Jingshi pointed out directly at the cabinet chief, which was obviously going to provoke a war between the Taoist officials and the administrative officials.

Some administrative officials and supervisors who were originally planning to stand by and watch were immediately excited. Ye Xiaotian was nothing. The matter was related to the rise and fall of his camp, which was directly related to his own interests. How could he not care about it?

As he walked, Censor Liu shouted to impeach him: "Each department and court set up a "Kaocheng Book" to record the merits and demerits of officials and send them to the cabinet for inspection and promotion, then the power of the official is in his hands; the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War will be recognized by the cabinet, and the officials and soldiers are both in vain, and the power of civil and military is gathered in one place; the governor and the governor and the patrol will secretly visit the cabinet ministers for advice; the cabinet chief apprentice to draft an order and act alone. Then the emperor will be like a vain!"

Liu Jingshi was unhappy, but his voice was strong and powerful. When he arrived in front of the imperial case, he stood firmly and said loudly: "My Emperor Taizu once set rules: 'The descendants of future generations shall not be appointed as prime ministers. If the minister dares to speak up for the prime minister, they shall beheaded!" Although the chief minister of the cabinet is now the prime minister, it is tantamount to the prime minister! I would like to kill the prime minister to correct the court! I would like to cut off the power of the cabinet to correct the world!"

Liu Hengyi was about to retire and his career was rejuvenated. His reputation as a scholar was power and status. He now has the confidence to speak like this.

Shen Shixing was also very straightforward. When Liu Hengyi pointed out his name, he took off his official hat. When Liu Hengyi mentioned the second charge, Shen Shixing was already kneeling on the ground.

This is also a rule. As long as the censor impeaches you, no matter whether you think you are guilty or not, or whether the emperor will punish you, you must first be exempted from being able to learn the lesson and wait until the emperor asks you before appealing.

The black-bellied otaku emperor glanced at Shen Shixing and asked quietly: "Gei Master Shen, what do you say?"

Shen Shixing immediately gave up and spoke generously.

The conflict between him and the censors has been around for a long time. In fact, both sides also had a honeymoon period. Shen Shixing was originally Zhang Juzheng's confidant, but after Zhang Siwei came to power, he liquidated Zhang Juzheng, and Shen Shixing had to agree against his will. After Zhang Siwei's Dingyou and succeeded as the chief minister, he could only follow Zhang Siwei's path and open up his speech. This move was praised by the censors and civil officials at that time.

However, when the censors accused Zhang Juzheng of blocking the road of speech, they inevitably mentioned Zhang Juzheng's right-hand assistant Shen Shixing. Shen Shixing could not bear it anymore and since then he had an open confrontation with the censors. Today, Shen Shixing did not expect that the censor would take this opportunity to challenge him, and fell into a passive state. He couldn't help but feel awesome and immediately cheered up and responded with all his strength.

Shen Shixing shouted: "The power that the officials of the cabinet is responsible for. All the opinions and decisions are submitted to the imperial court and never act without authorization. If there are ministers in the cabinet to deal with private fraud, the emperor can be dismissed. However, if one or two cabinet ministers follow private fraud and weaken the power of the cabinet, they will be abandoned because of the choke! If the ministers lose their purpose of helping the emperor, if the minister thinks that the old minister is domineering, they will ask for punishment and return home. However, the affairs of the cabinet are established by the ancestors and cannot be changed!"

Although Shen Shixing is smooth, he may be the chief minister of the cabinet, but he is not an ordinary person. This statement is beautiful, and his self-defense completely puts the interests of the cabinet first. As for him, he only mentioned it briefly, and finally proposed that he could leave his post but the cabinet could not deprive his power.

In this way, he pretended to be the representative of the interests of the entire administrative group and gained recognition and support from all administrative officials. As expected, as soon as Shen Shixing finished speaking, the second assistant to the cabinet, the third assistant to Wang Xijue, the six ministers and nine ministers, and the ministers of the various officials knelt down and supported him.

In addition to the ranks of military officers, there are civil servants. When the administrators kneeled, the whole hall was full of red purples. Among the civil servants, only Ye Qianchi, the left censor of the Censorate, and Yan Yifei, the right censor, was left there.

The two looked at each other, went out of work at the same time, knelt down, and shouted, "George Shen defended himself sharply, but how did he listen to his words and see how he did? Now the case of Ye Xiaotian is not Shen George Shen's decision with just one word? The ministers are domineering, but the only way to be silent is to be silent. The censor cannot speak, so what is the purpose of staying? I ask to remove the official and return home!"

The two of them were still not finished. The uninvited censors suddenly rushed in from outside the Golden Palace. The deputy censor and the deputy censor were the chief, and the six ministers followed closely. More than 100 censors of the thirteen supervisors entered one after another. They all knelt down and the official hat shop was all over the place: "I would like to remove the officials and retire to the people!"

The black-bellied otaku emperor Zhu Yijun is usually very popular with the dog biting dogs of the Taoist officials and the administrative officials, because as an emperor, the most important emperor's mind is to balance among the ministers, but today the Emperor Wanli did not feel a trace of joy, only a sense of spicy irony.

In his opinion, why did the prepared lieutenant target the cabinet and then the entire civil servant group? Why did the administrators also put their opponents on the inspector instead of him, the emperor? It's very simple, because in the eyes of others, the real threat was never him.

"hehe……"

Faced with the administrative officers and supervisors who had resigned from the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Wanli felt an inexplicable sorrow and felt sincerely disgusted with himself who was throne. However, he was an emperor after all, and a very smart emperor. After all, he made a weighing point after thinking about it.

You must protect the time of the pandemic!

The reason is very simple. As the chief minister, Lao Shen is still very obedient, but the censors have been in the limelight recently and have to suppress it. Emperor Wanli said: "What Master Shen said is reasonable, and the impeachment by Censor Liu is exaggerating. I am not allowed to resign. Master Shen asks to raise up!"

Shen Shixing didn't want to leave at all. When he heard this, he immediately put his official hat back on his head and stood up.

Emperor Wanli looked at Ye Qianchi and Yan Yifei who were kneeling there, and said, "The duty of the officials of the Department is to inspect the mistakes of all officials. In order to allow you to speak freely, the rules of the country and the censors can be heard and reported. If you impeach something, you will do your duty. Wouldn't it be a threat to the emperor?"

The hat was a little heavy. Ye Qianchi and Yan Yifei, who had always regarded themselves as loyal ministers among loyal ministers, immediately bowed their heads and said, "I dare not! I have no intention!"

Emperor Wanli said lightly, "Since you don't have this intention, then get up!"

Ye Qianchi and Yan Yifei had no choice but to pick up their hats and stand up. Emperor Wanli said coldly: "I ordered you and others to discuss the crimes of Ye Xiaotian, the Chief Woniu Director, and the ministers do not need to involve anything else, but only discuss the crimes of Ye Yuan."

Ye Qianchi, Yan Yifei and Shen Shixing, Xu Guo and others looked at each other with a fierce look, and finally gave up the idea of ​​a decisive battle. Seeing the situation, the Minister of War Qiao Hanwen quietly gave a wink to several best friends who were also a core member of the hawks. Lin Siyan, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, coughed lightly and said, "I have some insights into what to do with Ye Zheng, and I am willing to report to the emperor!"
Chapter completed!