His words shocked everyone, and everyone's eyes turned to Xu Jie.
It should be noted that if the second assistant personally serves as a witness, it means that the cabinet has reached a unanimous opinion, and the matter is basically settled. What's more, no one will question the second assistant's perjury.
Because Xu Jie testified as the second assistant, he was putting his own reputation on the line. If he was questioned about perjury, then it would be questioning Xu Jie's character, his character, and being a shitty second assistant.
Even Jiajing opened his eyes and looked at Xu Jie, waiting for Xu Jie to make the final decision. Xu Jie obviously didn't expect that he would have to make such an important decision so soon. He was a little confused and didn't look very smart.
After a long time, Xu Jie finally shook his sleeves and stepped forward to salute: "Long live the Holy Ming, my family does live in the coastal area of Zhejiang, and it is true that I have exchanged letters with you."
Jiajing nodded: "Is what Yan Shaoqing said true? Is that what your family really said? No need to worry, just tell the truth."
There was silence in the court hall. Zhang Juzheng, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, quietly moved his steps closer to the teacher, hoping to bring a little courage to the teacher.
But Yan Song was standing next to Xu Jie, and Yan Shifan almost sandwiched Xu Jie in the middle. Behind him were countless officials of the Yan Party, and an unknown number of them had memorials to impeach Xu Jie in their sleeves, ready to attack at any time and beat Xu Jie to death. Zhang Jing's backers and accomplices.
Xu Yiyi was silent for a long time, tilting his head and pretending to be thinking hard, and finally spoke.
"This happened a long time ago. I thought about it for a long time before I remembered that I am indeed old and cannot compare with young people. Yan Shaoqing has a really good memory.
Zhang Jing was indeed mentioned in family letters. It should have been two years ago, when Zhang Jing was first appointed governor. At that time, Japanese pirates were rampant and many of his children were robbed of property.
Therefore, they were dissatisfied and complained to their ministers in letters, saying that Zhang Jing was afraid of the enemy and refused to fight, causing the people to suffer. Everything Yan Shaoqing said is true! "
Zhang Juzheng trembled and lowered his head in disappointment. Yan Shifan frowned, as if he felt something was wrong. Xiao Feng looked at Xu Jie with a half-smile but not a smile: Old fox, you still live up to your reputation!
Just when all the ministers thought that the matter had been settled, Jiajing asked calmly: "Then how did you handle it?"
Xu Jie said modestly: "I wrote back at that time to reprimand the children of the clan. Children are ignorant of military and national affairs, so how can they discuss it arbitrarily?
Subsequently, I also mentioned the matter with Yan Shoufu in the cabinet and discussed writing a document to Zhang Jing to urge him to go to war as soon as possible. "
Later, Zhang Jing also wrote to the cabinet, saying that his soldiers and generals were disorganized and their combat effectiveness was low. They were indeed powerless at the moment. He is training soldiers and recruiting talents, and I don't know if he is trying to evade or delay.
However, since Yu Dayou arrived at Zhang Jing's tent, the situation has indeed changed. I read the victory memorial and found that Yu Dayou played a great role in this victory, while Zhang Jing was just sitting in the rear, which is indeed a bit of a competition for credit.
But on the other hand, Zhang Jing’s original statement about the incompetence of the soldiers does not seem entirely unbelievable. Long live the sage. Knowing that Zhang Jing's abilities were limited, he appointed Yu Dayou as the former enemy general, which really changed the situation. "
Beautiful! Xiao Feng couldn't help but applaud Xu Yiyin. This time you have the right prelude, you really can cut the tofu with a knife and see the light from all sides. And it’s easy to pick up without any feeling of being unfamiliar.
First of all, he maintained his true nature of seconding the proposal and never opposed the Yan family's father and son. Whatever Yan Shifan says is true, whether it is true or false, I say it is true! What else do you have to complain about?
Secondly, he expressed his view of the overall situation and prevented his family from getting involved in national affairs. He also reported to the chief minister, and the cabinet put pressure on Zhang Jing to save the people along the coast. The chief minister and I are very hard-working, boss! Yan Song, what do you have to complain about?
Once again, it is confirmed that Zhang Jing did not fight any war at that time, but in the objective tone of a third party, he said Zhang Jing’s sophistry at that time, and expressed in his words that I did not believe or approve it, but Zhang Jing was indeed So, hooray, you can judge for yourself.
Finally, Yu Dayou was carried out. Yu Dayou was Xiao Feng’s apprentice, and Long Live had praised him after the martial arts competition. Aren’t all of you senior brothers very happy!
As for Yu Dayou going to serve as an official on the coastal front, it was Yan Song's decision at that time.
It was decided by Jiajing. Is this important? All honors go to the supreme leader! It must be a wise decision made by Banzai.
Just looking at it this way, Zhang Jing's fear of war at the beginning was at best that he had no capable people under his command. Now that capable people have arrived and the results have come out, Zhang Jing is somewhat trying to grab the credit, but he did not forget Yu Dayou in his victory memorial. .
It’s all about grabbing credit. Which leader wouldn’t? Jiajing would not care about this, so although he seemed to be belittling Zhang Jing, he easily changed Zhang Jing's crime from supporting the bandits and treason to being incompetent and fearful of war and stealing credit. .
This is not the most awesome point. The most awesome point is that in this discussion, Xu Jie's entire attitude is in favor of the Yan Party, which makes many people in the Yan Party, including Yan Song, confused.
Is this guy so scheming, or is it just that he has been seconding for a long time, and his mind is not very clear when it comes to seconding, and he can't say good things anymore?
While everyone was still speculating and analyzing whether Xu Jie was really stupid or fake, Jiajing had already made a judgment. He glanced at Xu Jie, closed his eyes slightly, and spoke calmly.
"What you all said is reasonable, but it is one-sided. In my opinion, Zhang Jing was quite competent when he was the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, but he was slightly incompetent as the governor of Jiangnan.
There is no real evidence for raising bandits to communicate with the Japanese. However, what Yan Aiqing said was coincidental is not unreasonable. He is not young anymore, so he should just retire. Yu Dayou has meritorious service and no fault, and the cabinet will reward him as appropriate. "
Jiajing made the final decision, and Zhang Jing went from being an unjust and unjust death in history to resigning and returning to his hometown as a leisurely retired veteran cadre.
This result was actually a peaceful one. Jiajing did not fully believe in Yan Dang, nor did he fully believe that Zhang Jing was innocent. It seemed that Xiao Feng and Yan Dang were tied.
But everyone in the court knew that this was the first major defeat in the battle of rectification since Yan Song took power, and it was of far-reaching significance.
Yan Song had failed several times before, but those times it was all done by the same person: Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng was protected by Jiajing, and Yan Song surrendered. It was normal to lose. No one had ever felt that Yan Dang's ability to punish people had declined because of this.
But this time, even Zhang Jing couldn't deal with it cleanly, and he couldn't win a big victory in the end. This made everyone really feel for the first time that Yan Dang was no longer the Yan Dang who was invincible in the court. !
Just when everyone was making small calculations in their minds, one man was in extremely complicated mood. He is Yang Jisheng, a member of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War.
It stands to reason that with his rank of fifth rank, he is not even qualified to stand in the Xiyuan courtyard today. Those who are qualified to stand in the courtyard today are at least doctors and above.
However, since the discussion today is about military issues, and Zhang Jing once served as the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War is considered a relevant department and may be questioned at any time, so even Yuanwailang was brought in.
At this time, Yang Jisheng was in a rather embarrassing situation, because he had secretly fasted for three days after hearing about Zhang Jing's impeachment. He had also taken a hearty hot bath last night and rubbed off a lot of mud.
This morning, I asked my daughter-in-law to carefully comb her hair into a handsome hairstyle, just waiting that once Long Live announces that Zhang Jing is guilty, he will rush into the monastery and impeach the strict party for the ten major crimes!
The memorials for the ten deadly sins have been written down and are hidden in my sleeves, making me sweat! As a result, Jiajing actually asked Zhang Jing to retire and return home! So should I deserve to be impeached now or should I not? The coffins are all ready at home!
No one knew about Yang Jisheng's hand, not even Yan Song. He still believed that Yang Jisheng was promoted by him, and planned to let Yang Jisheng come to power to expose Zhang Jing's crimes when necessary. .
Fortunately, Yan Song didn't have time to take this step, otherwise the most famous scene in history would have been staged in the court today: Ming Dynasty hero Yang Jisheng impeached Yan and his son!
But at this time, Yang Jisheng was still accumulating strength, and the mountains and rivers were flowing. He suddenly stopped his strength and might have slipped away. He gritted his teeth and decided to act as planned! He held his head high, and under the surprised eyes of all the officials in the courtyard, he strode forward!
As soon as he took a step, someone grabbed his sleeve. Yang Jisheng turned around in surprise. It was actually the Jin Yiwei who was responsible for maintaining order in the yard.
Hundreds of households worked together.
When Shen Lian made a big fuss in the court, almost all the officials knew him, and Yang Jisheng also had a great liking for Shen Lian. Although civil servants were naturally not interested in Jin Yiwei, most of them were still very polite to Shen Lian.
"Shen Baihu, what are you..."
Shen Lian held Yang Jisheng's arm tightly and pulled him aside: "Long live the Holy Ming, it's hot today, and adults who have heatstroke are specially allowed to take refuge under the shade of a tree to take medicine."
When he got to the side, he said in a very low voice: "Master Xiao asked me to stop you. Impeachment today will not help anything. Don't abandon your promising body and do useless things."
Yang Jisheng was shocked. He kept this matter in his heart and didn't even tell his wife explicitly. He only said that he wanted to do something big. How could Xiao Feng know about it? But then he realized that it was Xiao Feng. He knew that nothing was strange.
"Master Shen, Yang has put his life and death at risk. The strict party failed to succeed today, and we don't know how many loyal ministers and generals will be harmed in the future. Someone has to stand up and splash blood to wake up Long Live!"
Shen Lian whispered: "Master Xiao wants me to tell you two things: first, Long Live is always awake, and second, he will deal with Yan Dang."
Yang Jisheng stood there blankly, his heart tumbling, his appearance dull, and he really looked like he had a heat stroke.
Master Xiao Tianshi, he said that Long Live is awake to begin with, which means that my blood will not wake Long Live; he said that he will deal with Yan Dang, which means that he does not want me to die today.
I am not afraid of death, but if there is no need to die, who would be willing to die? If Xiao Tianshi can really do it, no, he has done a lot, I should believe him.
Yang Jisheng saw that the officials were all looking at the shade of the trees on his side with envy, and knew that he could not have "heatstroke" for a long time. Shen Lian might also be pretending to pass on the imperial edict, but no one would take it seriously.
If a lot of people with "heat stroke" really come here and come here to enjoy the cool air, things will become lively. So Yang Jisheng nodded slowly.
"Yang understands Master Xiao's intention. If Yang's life is needed in the future, as long as Master Xiao says a word, Yang will be willing to do what he does today."
After saying that, he raised his voice and said, "Thank you Shen Baihu, I'm fine." After that, he slowly walked back to his original position and continued to bask in the sun.
The sun was scorching hot at this time. Yang Jisheng was so excited after all this tossing that he actually felt a little dizzy and had symptoms of heat stroke. He felt dizzy for a moment, swayed, and the memorial in his sleeve fell to the ground!
It just so happened that after Jiajing's announcement, the court meeting was over, and everyone in the monastery came out. Yan Song was in front, and Yan Shifan followed beside him, holding back his anger. With a single glance, he happened to see Yang Jisheng's memorial lying on the ground.
Although it was further away, the words "Ten Deadly Sins" were clearly visible on the cover. Yan Shifan's heart suddenly moved and he stepped forward to see what happened.
Yang Jisheng hurriedly bent down and reached out to pick it up, but was picked up faster by another person. At some point, Xiao Feng had arrived first. After all, he had internal strength and was faster than Yan Shifan.
Xiao Feng glanced at the memorial and sneered: "What's wrong with Qiu Luan's lust? Did he rob a girl? What's wrong with Qiu Luan's greed for money? Did he rob someone cleverly? How did Qiu Luan win because he was greedy for life and afraid of death? ?
Even if you civil servants look down on the military generals, you should find something with evidence before you accuse them. If there is no evidence, just relying on a few people and one mouth, it is like putting someone to death. It is too naive. "
Yan Song has endured Xiao Feng in the court for a long time. Hearing him speak with a gun and a stick at this moment is obviously referring to Sang Shuhuai. Qiu Luan has obviously been close to Xiao Feng recently, and Yang Jisheng is one of his own, so how can he ignore it.
He immediately stepped forward, walked between Yang Jisheng and Xiao Feng, and looked at Xiao Feng coldly, like an old man preparing to have a fight in later generations.
If you have the guts, just touch me and try it. I will immediately go back to the monastery to find Long Live, and I can’t blackmail you to death!
Xiao Feng took the memorial and left in a shameless manner, and Yan Song also breathed a sigh of relief. Although the tiger, thin and powerful were still there, you see, Xiao Feng still didn't dare to confront me head-on.
He turned his head and nodded cordially to Yang Jisheng, saying that he was relieved, I support you, and then walked away with Yan Shifan like a winner.
