Tang He immediately stood up and confronted Li Shuzheng tit for tat, "Although Han Du's move was a little crazy, it was for a reason and excusable."
After saying that, he ignored Li Shuzheng. He turned to the emperor and clasped his fists, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, Han Du's behavior is naturally inappropriate, but please consider his past achievements and do not punish him."
Lao Zhu was equally noncommittal.
"How unreasonable? Han Du committed a heinous crime of killing people on the street. If he had merit, he could be so wanton. Then wouldn't everyone be able to be so wanton in the future? Where is the legal basis?" Uncle Li spoke righteously and completely disagreed with letting Han Du go.
There was silence in Fengtian Hall, and after a moment Lao Zhu finally spoke.
"The others, why didn't you say a word?"
Facing the emperor's question, several people looked at each other.
Seeing that no one answered, Lao Zhu looked at Xu Da, who was standing at the front, and said, "Brother Xian, what do you think? Can you tell me?"
Seeing that his name was called by the emperor, Xu Da couldn't hide, so he had to bow and salute and said: "Your Majesty, I think this is a family matter of the emperor, and it can be decided by the emperor."
Xu Da's words reduced the nature of this matter to countless levels.
If Shang Gang goes online, it will be really difficult for Han Du to escape the blame. But if it were a family matter of the emperor, it would have nothing to do with the court. Naturally, it is up to the emperor to decide how to deal with Han Du, and it is not the turn of officials to make wild remarks.
And Xu Da could clearly see that the emperor named his name because he was dissatisfied with Li Shuzheng's words. How could he not know what to say so that he would comply with the emperor's wishes?
Moreover, this matter is serious even if it is said to be serious. The robbery of the bride is on the head of the royal family, which is enough to be convicted of disobedience. But Qing Na is right. This is the emperor marrying his daughter, and Han Du is trying to disgrace the royal family. As long as the emperor doesn't care, according to common sense, it has nothing to do with the court.
Therefore, the current situation is that if the emperor wants Han Du to die, then Han Du has no choice but to die. But if the emperor wanted Han Du to live, then Han Du would naturally be able to live well.
Will the emperor let Han Du die? Judging from the emperor's attitude, it is obviously impossible. Even if we don't talk about Han Du's achievements, his sister has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty just a few days ago, and she still hasn't received a decent reward. If I cut off my brother now, it would be unjustifiable.
As soon as Xu Da finished speaking, Tang He was the happiest.
I saw him laughing loudly, rubbing his hands continuously, and exclaimed: "Brother Xu Da is right, this is the emperor's family matter, and it is naturally decided by the emperor."
Li Shuzheng was so angry that he blushed and said angrily: "The royal family is doing nothing selfless. Han Du is a heinous person who ignores etiquette and law. How can he just ignore family matters?"
Tang He immediately retorted, "Who said that Han Du is disrespectful to etiquette? In my opinion, he is the one who follows etiquette the most. This incident is a special case, and Han Du did it as a last resort..."
Tang He and Li Shuzheng continued to argue, while everyone else looked on with cold eyes.
At this time, several other ministers also came to their senses. The emperor had no intention of punishing Han Du.
If Han Du really wanted to be punished, the emperor would have already ordered Han Du to be beheaded directly. Why would he make things so troublesome by beating around the bush? When the emperor was beheading people in the past, he didn't pretend to ask their opinions like he does now?
There must be something fishy about taking something that is obviously very simple and turning it upside down to make it very complicated.
As for what the emperor's purpose was, several people also had their guesses.
It's just that the emperor didn't want to punish Han Du, but now that the matter has reached such a stage, it will not end well.
They were gathered together just to throw the blame to the court.
To put it bluntly, the emperor didn't want to punish Han Du, and at the same time he didn't want the royal family to lose face, so he wanted the court to take over the blame.
But the court didn't get any benefit from this matter, so why should it take over?
This was the reason why several people said nothing, they all wanted to avoid being blamed.
Can't afford to offend, can afford to hide.
We said nothing. Are you embarrassed to ask the court to fill the cylinder for you?
"That's enough," Lao Zhu was angry, glanced at everyone, and asked sternly: "Don't you have anyone who can share my worries with me?"
Seeing that they couldn't escape, several ministers looked at each other, bowed and replied in unison: "The Emperor is arbitrary, and all ministers must abide by the Holy Will."
The implication is that whatever you say, Your Majesty, will be whatever you say, and you have no objection to whether you punish the ministers or not. But if you want me to take the blame, that's impossible.
Lao Zhu was so angry that he was about to get angry.
"The Queen has arrived!"
Queen Ma had been here a long time ago and had been listening secretly behind the screen. Now that the situation is getting tense, I have to step forward.
"I will pay my respects to the Queen..."
"Pingshen." Queen Ma stood beside Lao Zhu and said with a smile.
After saying that, his expression suddenly became sad, and he sighed: "I was listening for a while just now. Han Du ignores etiquette and should not be leniently spared. But..."
Everyone couldn't help but tremble when they heard it, and a bad feeling arose spontaneously.
"But I only have a few daughters, and every one of them is my darling. An Qing is still kneeling at the door of my palace. It seems that if I don't agree, she doesn't want to live anymore."
After a pause, Queen Ma lamented, "I can't give someone with white hair a gift, right? So I made the decision on my own and changed the engagement. What do you think, sir?"
Several ministers, including Li Shanchang, were naturally unwilling. But there was no way, Queen Ma's reputation was too good, and her name of kindness resounded throughout the Ming Dynasty. I don’t know how many ministers were saved from the emperor’s butcher knife by Queen Ma. Some of them were even saved by Queen Ma more than once.
The Queen and the Empress have already talked about this, what else can they say?
If they say no at this time, wouldn't it mean that all the officials are ungrateful?
Forced to have no other choice, several people had no choice but to kneel down and worship, "The empress empress is honored by the world, and is respected by all the people. I have no objections."
Just take it as a pity for the parents in the world.
Lao Zhu was a little dissatisfied with this result. In his opinion, this situation was equivalent to sharing the burden between the court and the royal family, which was somewhat different from his original idea of completely passing the blame to the court.
But Queen Ma gently shook her head at Lao Zhu, indicating that he would stop as soon as he was ready.
Lao Zhu hesitated for a moment and had to give up. "In that case, this matter has been settled. You all should step aside."
Everyone stood up helplessly and left.
