Suddenly, several more generals stood up, and Li Ji, Yuchi Gong, Qin Qiong and others all agreed.
On the one hand, it is to give Yang Fan a platform, and on the other hand, it is also to add trouble to these supervisory censors.
Of course, this will inevitably involve civil and military disputes.
Although the world is not yet completely at peace, the war has gradually diminished in the past two years.
The entire empire has stabilized and entered a period of major construction.
As a result, the importance of civil servants gradually became apparent.
After all, when the empire is not invaded by the outside world, fighting and charging on the battlefield are not what the people are eager to do.
Because what the people need most are officials who can improve their lives, not generals who can only fight.
As a result, the life of the military commanders and nobles became more and more difficult, and the conflicts between the civil and military officials in the court naturally became more and more irreconcilable.
Nowadays, there is a rare opportunity to attack civilian officials. How can military generals miss it?
In addition, although Yang Fan now belongs to the series of civil servants.
But everyone regards Yang Fan as the future successor in the army.
Furthermore, Yang Fan also had a military background, and what he did was particularly appealing to these generals.
Naturally, the military put Yang Fan into the group of generals Xungui.
More importantly, Yang Fan and several military bosses were close friends.
Not to mention Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong and others, even the military god Li Jing can be regarded as half of Yang Fan's teacher.
With such a relationship, several military bosses naturally sided with Yang Fan.
Seeing that Li Er wanted to adopt the military attache's opinion, Wang Jifeng became a little anxious and kept glancing towards Sun Wuji.
Changsun Wuji stood at the front with an expressionless face, looking around and listening in all directions, and naturally saw Wang Jifeng's signal.
After pondering for a moment, Changsun Wuji nodded slightly and stood out of the train.
"Your Majesty, I believe that it is the censor's responsibility to report the matter. Since there are so many supervisory censors impeaching Yang Fan, how can they ignore it?"
"If it is true as the Lord Attendant and Lu Guogong said, every rumor and report to supervise the censor must have solid evidence, then what is the meaning of the report?"
"If there is evidence, it would be better to just let Dali Temple or the Ministry of Punishment accept the case directly. Why is there any need to impeach?"
"Therefore, it is necessary for Yang Fan to return to the capital for review. Your Majesty, please think twice!"
"Wei Chen seconded the proposal!"
"Your Majesty, please think again!"
A large number of civil servants immediately stood up and agreed with Changsun Wuji, which shows Changsun Wuji's appeal.
Of course, some ministers also spoke out to make the emperor think twice before he acted.
At this moment, Wang Jifeng came out and said: "Your Majesty, I am impeaching Yang Fan from Jiangnan to Dadu Road for hiding a traitor. Last year, Yang Fan and His Highness King Wu were assassinated. According to the investigation of the Ministry of Punishment, it was learned that the person who did it was from Fusang. Mauriano.”
"At that time, Yang Fan captured the leader of the Fusang people, but he did not deal with the assassins according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Instead, he released Maoliannu back to the Fusang Kingdom."
"Although the mastermind behind the murder, Qinghe Cui, has been brought to justice, Yang Fan let go of the assassins who assassinated the royal family members, and also financed their weapons in the name of Chuhai."
"It can be seen from this that Yang Fan's actions are collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and he is worthy of death. Now that the investigation results have come out, I implore Your Majesty to order Dali Temple to take over the investigation!"
As soon as these words came out, Man Chao Wen and Wu took a breath of cold air. Is there such a thing?
Wang Jifeng said it clearly and clearly was not empty talk.
In the eyes of many people, Yang Fan is doomed!
The censor Yanguan and the officials from the Jiangnan noble clan almost raised their arms and cheered.
I originally thought that today's impeachment would fail again due to the military's intervention. Unexpectedly, Wang Jifeng actually brought a big move.
The Ministry of Punishment cannot hear anything about it, it must have solid evidence.
Didn't you hear what Wang Jifeng said, the evidence is already in the Ministry of Justice, that is, the case is ironclad, and no matter how cunning and cunning Yang Fan is, he will not be able to overturn it.
The military bosses who were close to Yang Fan all shook their heads and sighed.
Why is this still happening?
They were sure that as the Minister of Punishment, Wang Jifeng did not dare to speak freely.
Otherwise, a little investigation by Dali Temple will reveal the truth of the matter.
If Wang Jifeng dares to talk nonsense, he will be slandering important ministers and deceiving the emperor!
Not to mention bringing down Yang Fan, maybe even the Wang family of Taiyuan would have to fall in!
Among the civil and military officials in the court, only Xiao Yu, who stood in front and said nothing, showed no change in his expression at all.
It seemed like it was none of his business.
In fact, apart from Yang Fan and the emperor, only Xiao Yu knew the ins and outs of this matter.
At that time, Yang Fan did kill him first and tell him later. He not only hid Maoliannu but also let him go.
But the emperor was already aware of this matter, and it had been filed with Dali Temple.
As the minister of Dali Temple, Xiao Yu knows best.
Moreover, after Cui of Qinghe fell, the emperor also explicitly ordered the Third Division to stop investigating the assassination case.
But I didn't expect that Wang Jifeng didn't ask anyone to stop the investigation, but instead found the assassin Maoliannu.
To say that the energy of the Taiyuan Wang family is really powerful, they can even detect Maolian Nu who ran to Fusang Kingdom.
Fortunately, Yang Fan filed the record keeping of Maoliannu at that time.
At the same time, he also told the emperor the purpose of training Maoliannu to become the agent of Tang Dynasty in Fusang Kingdom.
Otherwise, Yang Fan would be able to have his whole family executed just for the crimes of releasing assassins and collaborating with the enemy.
Of course, many courtiers didn't know.
If the imperial censors just heard about the incident, they could not do anything to Yang Fan without evidence.
So what Wang Jifeng threw out at this time was a blast!
Even Changsun Wuji felt that Yang Fan was helpless.
He had even longed for the day when his son Changsun Chong would return to Chang'an again.
But what they don't know is that this matter is actually very easy to deal with.
If there were so many ministers impeaching Yang Fan just now, and even directly pointed at His Majesty Li Er, he still had some trouble making a decision.
After all, for the sake of the stability of the court, the emperor could not be arbitrary and turn a blind eye to the impeachment of the censor.
But now it’s completely different!
The assassination case gave His Majesty Li Er an opportunity to break the situation.
After all, any case with solid evidence is considered nonsense.
So, who dares to keep clinging to those censors and officials who have no evidence yet?
Thinking of this, His Majesty Li Er secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But before Li Er could say anything, Huang Luan and other officials and censors couldn't wait any longer, and asked one after another to report: "Your Majesty, if there is no conclusive evidence to say that the impeachment of Yang Fan just now was a matter of hearing, then what is the matter with Master Shangshu?" The Cha assassination case is implicated in Yang Fan, so Yang Fan should be dismissed from his post and investigated, and at the same time escorted back to Beijing for review, right?"
"I second the motion, please Your Majesty to issue an order to thoroughly investigate the case of Yang Fan harboring assassins!"
Many officials in the Taiji Hall knelt down to ask for the performance.
Even military bosses like Cheng Yaojin, who was close to Yang Fan, didn't know how to defend Yang Fan at this time.
Seeing all the courtiers demanding that he strictly investigate and deal with Yang Fan, His Majesty Li Er was filled with indignation.
These people are simply disgusting!
If we didn't know that Yang Fan was not involved in the assassination case, wouldn't it be possible for these people to take advantage of him?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. His Majesty Li Er asked angrily: "When Yang Fan and Ke'er were assassinated, the mastermind has been found out. It was the Cui family of Qinghe. Moreover, Yang Fan was more seriously injured at that time and was one of the victims. Why, sir?" Are you still going to hold on to this matter?"
Wang Jifeng's face became solemn, like a messenger of justice, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty, the family has family rules and the country has national laws. Although Yang Fan was also a victim at the time, Yang Fan harbored the assassin and even financed the assassin's weapons after he released him. , allowing the assassin to dominate the Fuso Kingdom is considered collaboration with the enemy and the country."
"If Yang Fan is not escorted back to Beijing and the matter is thoroughly investigated, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public! Please give me a clear warning, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, please give me a clear warning!"
Many courtiers quickly joined in, as if Yang Fan had become the most evil person.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, His Majesty Li Er gritted his teeth and asked: "What if I insist on saying that the assassination has nothing to do with Yang Fan?"
Wang Jifeng and others looked at each other and said eloquently: "Your Majesty, all the evidence points to Yang Fan hiding assassins and even collaborating with the enemy and treason. Of course, if Your Majesty must defend Yang Fan, I have nothing to say. However, This will not stop the world from talking, and it will also damage His Majesty’s wise image.”
His Majesty Li Er stood up with a roar and said angrily: "Haha, you are really good ministers, you actually consider my reputation!"
Although I saw His Majesty Li Er boiling with anger.
But Wang Jifeng and others had no intention of retreating.
After all, they finally caught Yang Fan's handle and had the opportunity to push Yang Fan to a dead end. Of course they would not let it go.
I saw Wang Jifeng leading a group of officials to kneel down and plead: "Your Majesty, in order to maintain the laws and regulations of the court, and to give an explanation to the officials and the people, please order Yang Fan to be escorted back to Beijing!"
Seeing a large number of officials kneeling down, especially Changsun Wuji, His Majesty Li Er really wanted to go down and kick this guy.
For a little selfish gain, regardless of his plan to control Jiangnan, Changsun Wuji, his brother-in-law, drifted away from him.
Even though His Majesty Li Er was extremely angry, facing so many officials, he really couldn't do anything to these people.
Staring at Wang Jifeng, Li Er gritted his teeth and said word by word to the Yushi Yanguan: "You have always said that Yang Fan collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and you want to punish Yang Fan severely. But if you say that this matter has nothing to do with Yang Fan, then you just didn't If Yang Fan is impeached at will based on the evidence, what crime should he be guilty of?"
"this……"
After hearing the emperor's words, the officials didn't know how to reply for a moment, and all looked at Wang Jifeng.
They also wanted to confirm whether Wang Jifeng had any conclusive evidence.
After seeing Wang Jifeng nodding, Huang Luan and other imperial censors spoke up and said: "Your Majesty, if there is evidence to prove that the assassin had nothing to do with Yang Fan's collaboration with the enemy and treason, then we will admit that the petition to play Yang Fan just now is false."
In their view, Yang Fan would never be able to escape his involvement in the assassination case mentioned by Wang Jifeng.
Therefore, I don't care much about the impeachments that had little impact on Yang Fan just now.
The original reason for holding on so tightly was that he wanted to use those things to criticize Yang Fan and achieve the purpose of forcing the emperor to give up control of Jiangnan.
Now that we have a better handle, we will naturally not care about the impeachment that has been reported.
Xiao Yu was a little amused when he saw the expressions of these officials who were full of wisdom.
If Yang Fan really released the assassin secretly, or even collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, maybe the emperor would not protect Yang Fan.
But it is obvious that Yang Fan has now become the emperor's sharp knife to open up the situation in Jiangnan. How could His Majesty Li Er give up so easily?
No matter how many officials impeach Yang Fan, His Majesty Li Er will protect Yang Fan!
Therefore, Xiao Yu is 100% sure that His Majesty Li Er is setting a trap for these officials!
This group of civil servants probably thought that the assassin incident was the last straw that broke Yang Fan's back, and maybe they were cheering in their hearts!
They didn't know, but they found an excuse for His Majesty Li Er.
More importantly, these censors also said so.
If there is evidence to prove that Yang Fan is not a traitor to the enemy, then other impeachments are equivalent to nothing.
Once the emperor reveals the evidence, it will be equivalent to putting an invulnerable armor on Yang Fan.
Therefore, Yang Fan and His Majesty Li Er are now in an invincible position!
Xiao Yu couldn't help but wonder, could this have been planned by Yang Fan a long time ago?
Otherwise, how could Yang Fan have arranged this matter so impeccably?
This thought made Xiao Yu startled.
If this is really the case, then Yang Fan is really terrifying.
If you want to know about the Fuso assassin, it was more than a year ago.
Could it be that Yang Fan had already started planning Jiangnan at that time?
Xiao Yu was extremely shocked, but the civil and military officials above the main hall were already in an uproar.
The assassin's case has actually come to an end after the Cui family in Qinghe was destroyed.
Now Wang Jifeng and a group of officials from the Jiangnan gentry want to make a fuss about this matter again, obviously wanting to fight to the death with His Majesty Yang Fan and Li Er.
After all, once this matter was exposed, the emperor would not be able to explain it to the officials without getting to the bottom of it.
Now that the news is suddenly revealed, how can it not cause an uproar?
After all, this involves collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, which is absolutely unacceptable in terms of law and morality!
At this time, Changsun Wuji stood up from the train with a sonorous and powerful voice: "I and all the officials sincerely request your Majesty to verify the assassination. If Yang Fan is really suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason, he should be immediately deprived of his position as governor, and the three divisions will be convened for a review. Punish Yang Fan severely!"
"Your Majesty, please verify this case!"
"Your Majesty, please capture those who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, and enforce the laws of the country!"
"Yes, people like Yang Fan who cheat on others must be severely punished!"
"Your Majesty, in the great Tang Dynasty, something like this still happened. I don't even bother to serve as an official in the same dynasty as Yang Fan! If this matter is not punished severely, it will not be enough to uphold the law of the country; if it is not punished severely, it will not be enough to anger the people; if it is not punished severely, it will not be enough to bring peace to the country. The world!"
At this time, the crowd of civil servants was filled with excitement. Each one of them spoke righteously and directly transformed into a representative of justice. They wanted to behead Yang Fan, the culprit, right now!
Some civil servants who were close to Yang Fan could only look at each other and became silent.
After all, Wang Jifeng's posture is obviously based on solid evidence. How can he defend this kind of thing?
Just now, with the intervention of Wei Zheng, Cheng Yaojin and others, they proposed to verify the impeachment of the supervisory censors before discussing the next step, which has made Yang Fan's situation better.
After all, the impeachments of the Yushi Yanguan were all based on hearsay.
Even if one or two of them are based on fact, it's not a big deal.
Because this would not cause any substantial harm to Yang Fan, and the emperor could not just punish a frontier official just because he had heard about it.
After all, in terms of emotion, reason, and law... this cannot be justified.
But with the emergence of Wang Jifeng's impeachment, the situation suddenly reversed.
After all, solid evidence and hearsay are two completely different concepts.
It can be said that the current situation is extremely unfavorable for Yang Fan.
Once Yang Fan is escorted back to Beijing for review, it will not be said whether he is truly a traitor to the enemy.
As long as Yang Fan is transferred away from Jiangnan, the purpose of these officials' impeachment of Yang Fan will be achieved.
What's more, once it is verified that Yang Fan is really collaborating with the enemy and treason, not to mention that Yang Fan is just the emperor's son-in-law, even the emperor's son will be severely punished!
Although the Confucian disciples in the court have been clamoring for benevolent governance, in fact, governing the country is still based on external Confucianism and internal law.
(End of chapter)
