"Who sealed it?"
Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Yijun was leaning on the couch, his long black hair swaying in the wind like a waterfall, his sword eyebrows slightly twisted, his two deep eyes only looking at the Emperor's Sword hanging on the stand, and asked about the Chief of Ceremonies who had come back to report the results of the decree. Chen Zhenglai from Eunuch.
Chen Zheng knelt in front of Zhu Yijun and said tremblingly: "Yes, this is Prime Minister Fang."
Chen Zheng knew that the answer the emperor wanted to hear more was definitely Zhang Siwei, but he still chose to tell the truth.
"Guessed it!"
Zhu Yijun said something meaningful, then stood up and took down the Emperor's Sword from the shelf, pulled out the sword one foot from the scabbard, looked at the sharp edge, and shouted: "Zhang Jing!"
"My slave is here."
Zhang Jing stood over.
"Go ahead."
Zhu Yijun gave an order.
Zhang Jing said yes, then turned around and walked out of the hall.
As soon as Zhang Jing came out of the palace, he was greeted by Bai Yiqing, the head of the Dongchang Qianhu.
Seeing this, Zhang Jing asked, "Are you all ready?"
Bai Yiqing nodded.
Zhu Yijun called again: "Zhang Hong."
Zhang Hong also stood over: "My servant is here."
"Have people bring a few more pots of fire, and then go and summon these people."
Zhu Yijun gave an order and threw a roster to Zhang Hong.
Zhang Hong raised his hand and said yes.
Zhang Jing walked out of the palace not long after.
At this time, ministers were already kneeling outside the palace, many of whom had turned into snowmen.
Fang Fengshi is still like a sculpture, holding up an oracle, his beard and hair all white.
Zhang Siwei, who was beside him, was shaking violently. His trembling hands were about to take the oracle in Fang Fengshi's hand, but when he saw that it was Zhang Jing, he quickly retracted his hand.
"The imperial edict says, in reply to the Taibao, the Tongzhi Yusi Minister, and the Privy Councilor Fang Qing, who have made great contributions to the country at the right time, and because I am young and the country has no choice but to do so, let me explain it after the birth of the emperor's eldest son. When God does not punish, he obeys the will of God and gives mercy and amnesty. But what merits and achievements does the arrogant and rebellious minister have? How can the imperial edict be regarded as nothing?! You are not doing it for the sake of military and military affairs, but because of the arrogant and rebellious minister. , suspected of being a party guard, go to Jinyi Guard Prison and be interrogated by a supervisor!"
Zhang Jing read the handwriting, and then said: "Capture Fang Feng at the right time!"
"yes!"
The two Jinyi guards responded and walked towards Fang Fengshi.
Fang Fengshi took off the Liang Guan and returned the sealed oracle to Zhang Jing. There was no argument. He just held the Liang Guan under his arm and was helped by the Jin Yiwei to go to the imperial edict.
As Zhang Jing spoke, he brought the manuscript that Fang Fengshi had just returned to Zhang Siwei: "Yuan Fu, take the order."
At this time, all the officials looked at Zhang Siwei.
Zhang Siwei hesitated for a long time.
Finally, Zhang Siwei gritted his teeth and took it: "Yes!"
Zhang Jing laughed.
But the kneeling ministers were disappointed.
Yang Keli, Yang Sizhi, and Jiang Dongzhi all looked panicked.
"Zhang Puzhou!"
Cai Xizhou stood up directly and stared at the kneeling Zhang Siwei in the snow.
Shen Shixing did not persuade Cai Xizhou to continue kneeling this time.
"slow!"
However, at this time, Yang Zhao, Minister of the Ministry of War, Deputy Privy Envoy, and Assistant Manager of Beijing Ying Rongzheng, shouted.
Zhang Jing looked over.
At this time, Yang Zhaoze shouted: "Your Majesty, please forgive the sins of the humble ministers, and do not impose strict laws on officials and block the way of speech in the world!"
"Your Majesty's decree is clear. These officials are so arrogant that they force the palace to deceive the emperor, so they have to be killed."
Zhang Jing replied in a deep voice.
Then, Zhang Jing looked at Yang Zhao and whispered: "You actually switched sides?!"
"No matter what, the official should be forgiven. Your Majesty will not forgive the official today, and I will not be able to afford it!"
Yang Zhao ignored Zhang Jing, and only shouted back at this moment, saying again: "Your Majesty, please be kind to me!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Cai Xizhou also knelt down at this time.
Li Zhi, Gu Xiancheng, Li Sancai and others who came with Yang Zhao also shouted at this time: "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"What are you doing?!"
"Are you going to be a rogue?!"
Shen Shixing stood up at this time, looked back at Yang Zhao and other civil servants, asked a question loudly, and said: "There is no ministerial style at all!"
Then, Shen Shixing continued: "Your Majesty has clearly explained why he wants to kill, and the Prime Minister has also exercised the right to return the seal to offend Yan Jian. Your Majesty has also given an answer as to why he should not forgive you. At this point, it is not that he did not teach you. punish!"
"God is so majestic, how can he resist the divine wrath?!"
Shen Shixing asked sharply again as he spoke.
Then, Shen Shixing said: "If you are not from Hutu and know the justice of the monarch and his ministers, you should get up and go back to the Yamen to wait for your father to deal with you, instead of playing tricks here!"
After hearing this, Yu Youding, Wang Xijue, Yu Shenxing, Qi Shichen, Cai Xizhou and others stood up and retreated to the side.
Even Gu Xiancheng, Li Sancai and others stood up and stepped aside. Before getting up, Gu Xiancheng said to Li Sancai: "We'll wait and see on this matter. It's not appropriate to take the lead. Let's go!"
Zhang Siwei also wanted to get up and prepare a few words of advice. He was thinking about what to say. At this time, Yang Zhaoze loudly scolded Shen Shixing: "Zhang Puzhou, Shenwu County, you ministers who have nothing to do with their bodies, only know how to flatter the people of power. I have the nerve to talk about the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers here. Since you know the righteousness of the king and father, why don’t you dare to violate Yan Zhijian and be completely holy?!”
At this time, Yang Zhao looked at the official who continued to get up and walked to Shen Shixing and shouted: "Whoever leaves at this time will commit suicide in Shilin!"
As a result, some officials returned.
"snort!"
"I'm not one of you scholars, why would you threaten me like this?!"
"What Mr. Shen Ge said is right. Once you return the title and everyone gives you advice, that's enough. There is no need to go against His Majesty! If you go against His Majesty any further, you will not recognize His Majesty as the Lord of the World."
British Duke Zhang Yuangong stood up at this time and looked at Dingguo Duke Xu Wenbi: "Let's go!"
Xu Wenbi lowered his head and whispered: "I will wait a moment. Although His Majesty's holy will is important, Shilin cannot be offended easily!"
Zhang Yuangong couldn't help but be startled, and then left here with only Duke Ji, Uncle Xuancheng and other nobles.
Zhang Jing had already waved his hand, causing a large number of Jinyi guards to come out of the inner room.
A large number of Jin Yiwei began to surround Yang Zhao and other people who had not yet stood up to leave.
Zhang Siwei, Duke Dingguo Xu Wenbi and others couldn't help but stand up when they saw this.
Zhang Jing therefore asked Yang Zhao: "Do you really want to resist the imperial edict?"
"It's not disobedience, it's pure saintliness!"
Yang Zhao replied.
"Jinyiwei! Beat us!"
Zhang Jing suddenly shouted sharply.
The Jin Yiwei all held up their sticks.
"Gu Chenggong! Qiu Jie! Jiang Guoguang!"
Yang Zhao suddenly shouted at this time.
Then, the three generals in the Beijing camp stood up and said, "Yes!"
Yang Zhao turned back to look at the three generals of the Beijing camp: "Have your people arrived?"
"What do you want to do?!"
British Duke Zhang Yuangong asked at this time.
Qi Jiguang, Duke of Ji State, also came over and said, "You are so bold! Do you want to rebel?!"
Gu Chenggong only looked at Yang Zhao and said: "Vice Prime Minister, our people have been waiting outside Chaoyang Gate for a long time! We are waiting for Duke Dingguo, the admiral of the capital camp, to ask Commander Feng who is guarding Chaoyang Gate to open the door, and for the British Duke to ask Commander Yu to open the door of Anding Gate."
Yang Zhao therefore looked at Dingguo Duke Xu Wenbi: "Ding Guo Gong, you and I have been in charge of the capital camp together for many years. We have been working together for a long time. I know the Duke, and the Duke should be a person who understands the general trend and is loyal. You need to know, The personal guards Li and Ma Ergong and the Jinyi Guards who guard Dong'an Gate and Donghua Gate are commanding Cao and Yan Erti, and they are willing to work with me to eliminate the traitors!"
Li Zhi came over at this time: "That's right! Didn't the Duke of Guo also lend money to Duke Qiu? Doesn't the Duke of Guo not want to earn the money back?"
Seeing this, Tu Long, the head of the Ministry of Rites, even walked over directly from Shen Shixing and knelt down: "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Song Shien, the Marquis of Xining, asked Xu Wenbi directly: "Do you want to open it or not? If you don't open it, I will open the Dongzhimen gate that I am responsible for!"
"Open it, why don't you open it? If Fatty Feng doesn't open it, I won't recognize him as my son-in-law!"
Xu Wenbi started talking at this time and strode over.
Yang Zhao looked at the British Duke Zhang Yuangong: "Where is the British Duke."
The British Duke said in a deep voice: "You are rebelling, and you must not open it!"
The British Duke looked at Xu Wenbi: "Have you forgotten what Duke Ji Guo said to urge us old and new nobles to be tough together?"
Xu Wenbi ignored it.
At this time, Ma Gui came over with his soldiers: "We are ordered to eliminate traitors!"
Xu Wenbi, Duke of Dingguo, who was on his way to Chaoyang Gate, saw this and said hurriedly: "Uncle Shuozhou has arrived just in time. I am going to open Chaoyang Gate to help the Duke unearth traitors!"
When Yang Sizhi saw this, he realized that this was an opportunity for a big gamble, so he directly took out the impeachment memorial against Zhang Juzheng that had been drafted after Zhang Juzheng's death, and shouted loudly: "I impeach Zhang Juzheng for corruption, abuse, and theft. Recruiting power to build a party, forgetting relatives and deceiving the emperor, deceiving the ruler and causing harm to the people, etc., there are fourteen serious crimes in total..."
Tu Long, the head of the Ministry of Etiquette, and Liu Shangzhi, the civil servants who were still kneeling during the incident, were very angry when they saw this and thought to themselves why they were not prepared in advance.
Yang Sizhi laughed proudly.
Seeing Ma Gui's timely appearance, Yang Zhao also laughed and nodded to Yang Sizhi, then looked at Ma Gui: "Uncle Shuozhou is finally here, otherwise the Jin Yiwei may really beat us loyal ministers to death."
"I'm picking on you treacherous people!"
As he spoke, Ma Gui drew his sword, pointed it at Xu Wenbi, and ordered: "Get Duke Dingguo down!"
Xu Wenbi was stunned: "No, this..."
