A court meeting, especially a large court meeting in which hundreds of officials participate at the same time, naturally has strict etiquette regulations. There are even special etiquette officers and patrol censors responsible for checking the etiquette.
After the six ministers were promoted, the admiral of the capital camp was promoted. This was a predetermined rule.
Logically speaking, Li Xian's appearance at this time actually broke the rules.
So as soon as he finished speaking, a censor came out and said: "Your Highness, King Xian, I am impeaching Fengcheng Marquis Li Xian for disrespecting the court, overstepping etiquette, disturbing the court, and please punish him for his crime!"
Li Xian glanced at the two or three censors who stood up one after another, and said calmly: "Since I am a court official, and as the governor of the Central Military Governor's Mansion, why can't I say anything?"
The imperial censors ignored him and said: "Your Highness, the ceremonial procedures for the court meeting have been formulated by the Ministry of Rites. If Marquis Fengcheng has any objections, he should discuss it with the Ministry of Rites before the court meeting. If he rashly disturbs the court by saying something like this before the court meeting, Pushing this is really a breach of etiquette and should be punished."
Li Xian was not angry at all, he also cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, the things I have reported are related to the upcoming court proceedings, so I need to report them in advance."
After the words fell, the eyes of the nine ministers on the side became heavy.
After all, are the relatives still dissatisfied with the Ministry of War nominating the admiral of the capital camp?
When he was about to speak, he saw Zhu Qiyu, who was standing above him, stretched out his hand and pressed down, and spoke in a gentle tone.
"Don't be impatient, everyone. Although there are regulations for court meetings, since Marquis Fengcheng has said that what he is going to report is related to court hearings, you might as well delay for a while and listen to it before talking! Yu Shangshu, you should be in charge of the following court hearings. What do you think?"
After hearing Zhu Qiyu's words, the officials wanted to object, but when Zhu Qiyu mentioned Yu Qian's name, they swallowed their words.
They believe that as one of the newly promoted Nine Qings, Yu Qian will stand firm on their behalf.
However, what everyone did not expect was that Yu Qian cupped his hands and said: "I will obey your Majesty's order."
Now others can't object even if they want to. They won't have to refute the Minister of the Ministry of War over a trivial act of indecency.
Especially in this great court meeting, where all the civil and military officials, nobles and military ministers are watching, you must not be laughed at for the civil servants fighting among themselves...
So all the officials below looked at Yu Qian with a little more dissatisfaction.
Yu Qian naturally felt it, but he didn't care. That day in Jiyi Hall, King Xin left him alone and said that he would hand over the capital camp to the Ministry of War. He didn't believe it at first.
Even now, Yu Qian is still skeptical about whether King Tan can accomplish this, but if there is such an opportunity, Yu Qian will definitely try his best to seize it.
There is no other reason than that in this situation, the defense of the capital must rely on the capital camp. In this case, it is best to have the capital camp in one's own hands.
Yu Qian's original plan was to support a relative with no basic connections and then indirectly control the Beijing camp, but this was not as convenient as directly controlling the Ministry of War.
So in this situation, Yu Qian doesn't mind going with the flow and waiting to see what happens.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Li Xian handed over the memorial and said, "I have three things to report."
"First, to impeach the Marquis of Zhenyuan Gu Xingzu, Jianping Bo Gaoyuan, Zhongyong Bo Jiang Xin, Dali Temple Prime Minister Xiao Weizhen and other accompanying ministers. They have no plans and courage, and have restrained traitorous ministers, causing disaster to the army. I sincerely request Your Highness to arrest and imprison all of them. .”
After the words fell, the officials below...
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What kind of rhythm is this? The sun is coming out in the west?
This group of honorable relatives would actually impeach one of their own. Are you wrong because you are too old-sighted?
The Kedao censors behind him were even more indignant.
Old thing, you've gone too far, you know?
This is our Kedao job, okay?
You know, today they were recharging their energy and gearing up, preparing to hold a grand speech after the trial, but now someone stole the limelight?
This old guy, at his age, is really unreasonable to come out to steal people's jobs!
At that moment, a censor stood up and beat him.
"Your Highness, King Yin, I impeached Fengcheng Marquis Li Xian for deliberately covering up, avoiding the important and taking the easy, in order to exonerate the guilty minister. Gu Xingzu and others were unjust and unfaithful, causing concern for the Holy Lord. As a result, rivers of blood flowed, corpses were scattered everywhere, and they should be dismissed from office, seize titles, and confiscate their property. , clarify the canonical punishments to serve as a warning to all the people in the court."
Don’t think that if you take the initiative to stand up, you can get away with it!
Although the plan was disrupted, seven or eight censors immediately came out and echoed.
Do you really think they didn't see it?
Is this Marquis of Fengcheng just trying to reduce the guilt of Gu Xingzu and others by taking advantage of the honorable nobles to plead guilty?
There are no doors!
Suddenly, the ministers below were talking a lot, and more and more censors were eager to give it a try, which made the nine ministers present frown.
Even if you want to remonstrate, it is not at this time...
What if your purpose is not to save people at all, but to disturb Ting Tui?
They each looked at each other and were about to speak, when they saw Cheng'an Marquis Guo Sheng standing up from the military ministers at the other end and said.
"It's great that the thief is out and the thief has been shouted out. Just now you impeached Marquis Fengcheng for disrupting the court and violating the court's etiquette. Now it's your turn. Are you all so presumptuous?"
"The Marquis of Fengcheng has just spoken and announced three things. Now that none of them have been announced yet, you are impatient. Isn't it disrespectful to the court? If you don't stand upright, how can you be ranked as a minister of ethics and integrity?"
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Damn it!
In the court of the Ming Dynasty, only the imperial censor of Kedao had the right to criticize others. How could anyone dare to turn around and criticize others?
Guo Sheng's two words immediately made all the censors furious, and someone immediately retorted.
"You military ministers do not want to serve the country, but they are very capable of rhetoric. When Marquis Fengcheng played it earlier, the things he said were related to Tingtui. His Majesty, King Xi, allowed him to speak, but what he said was not It has nothing to do with Ting Tui, but we want to take the opportunity to protect the guilty minister. We speak uprightly and clear up the source, what's wrong?"
When it comes to the skill of trolling people, who are they afraid of?
Guo Sheng stopped talking, but Li Xian said: "Did I ever say that the three things I wrote were all related to Ting Tui? Naturally, some are related to Ting Tui, and some have nothing to do with Ting Tui. Could it be that it is a memorial? , why don’t you ask me to perform the performance twice?”
With that said, Li Xian shook his sleeves and snorted coldly.
"What a majesty!"
Seeing another commotion among the ministers below, Zhu Qiyu raised his hand and acted as peacemaker again: "Marquis Fengcheng, what the ministers said is not unreasonable. I allow you to speak for the sake of the court. , I will not discuss the matter of Gu Xingzu and others today, if you have nothing to do with Tingtui, then leave quickly."
With Zhu Qiyu stepping forward to "straddle things," the situation gradually calmed down.
However, after hearing these words, the eyes of Jiu Qing present, especially Chen Yi, couldn't help but twitch.
Why don't we discuss the matter of Gu Xingzu and others for now?
They just didn't want their relatives to pick the peach, and they just wanted to help Gu Xingzu get out of the crime. Why did they just put it aside for the time being?
He wanted to speak, but then he remembered that Guo Sheng had just said that they interrupted Li Xian's performance, which was unethical at the meeting, so he had to swallow his words temporarily and wait for Li Xian to finish speaking before refuting.
Li Xian ignored them, cupped his hands and continued: "Your Highness, the second thing I want to report is about the matter of court promotion."
"In the Civil War, all the military officials of the Honorable Qi were killed and wounded. Now we are pressing forward with the army. In the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the Nanjing Central Army Governor's Mansion, I am admonishing His Highness. I ask His Majesty to take charge of several of the Commander-in-Chief and Commander-in-Chief's Mansion in Nanjing. The Military Governor’s Mansion and the Rear Army Governor’s Mansion.”
After saying this, the eyes of the officials present were like pinpricks, and they immediately focused on Li Xian, including many big shots at the Jiuqing level.
Zhu Qiyu frowned, looked at Li Xian, and said, "What does Marquis Fengcheng mean by recommending three Governors of the Fifth Army Governor's Office?"
Facing everyone's gaze, Li Xian nodded slowly...
