"The good teacher Zhang Yushi learned that what I took from Yuwen Zhiji was actually evidence of Yuwenshu's crimes and evidence of Yuwenshu's conspiracy to rebel." In the Chinese Hall, Yang Ji said something to Zhang Heng, and His seemingly plain words caused a wave of exclamations in the hall.
This is also the cleverness of Yang Ji. Even though he is a high-ranking and powerful prince, his identity as prince also restricts him. It seems that such court disputes should not be too involved. If he only defines this case as a dispute between him and Yuwen Zhiji, and Yuwenshu's manipulation of martial arts, and just finds fault with Yuwenshu on a matter-of-fact basis, the nature of this case is a war between a prince and a powerful minister. Regardless of success or failure, he will become the focus of attention. His existence not only wipes out his superiority as a detached 'local official', but also becomes a concern for all civil and military officials. Once they are concerned about him, they will gang up on him behind his back.
What's more important is that if we talk about the matter, no matter how much trouble he made in the hall, no matter how much he won the lawsuit, Yang Guang would only classify the case as a case of selling his official position to make money. Even if Yu Wenshu was punished to a certain extent, he would not be punished in the future. He will come back soon, and by then, Yu Wenshu will definitely be his most deadly poisonous dagger.
If this case is raised to the level of "preparing for rebellion", then the emperors and ministers of the Sui Dynasty would be attracted by the word "rebellion". Under this premise and suggestion, what kind of counterattack he made against Yuwenshu today will be noticed by people. It is regarded as a normal behavior rather than having any bad motives. He himself is also regarded as a righteous person who protects the Sui Dynasty and reports evil officials, rather than a politician who competes with them for the right to speak in the court. In this way, the important ministers will not regard him as a threat from the unruly rise.
As for the evidence that Yu Wenshu was "preparing to plot rebellion", Yang Ji naturally had no evidence, but he couldn't resist people's speculation!
After all, Yu Wenshu is already a highly respected minister, and there is very little room for improvement for him. If he just wants to monopolize power and cover the sky with one hand, if he just wants to taint himself, why would he sell a lot of favors to family members? Why raise three thousand fake sons? Why recruit a large number of outstanding poor people for your own use? Why are you working so hard to make money?
Normally, this would be fine, but once Yu Wenshu loses this case, he will become a loser that everyone wants to push. Under the hint and inspiration of the four words "preparing for rebellion", everyone will definitely find someone to help him. Yu Wenshu's fault, and his usual behavior of selling favors, raising fake sons, inserting fake sons into military affairs, seizing court talents, amassing money wantonly, etc., will also become "evidence of crime" that important officials will attack.
Even if Yang Guang did not define it as treason, he would still reuse Yu Wenshu. However, once Yu Wenshu's many excessive actions that went beyond the scope of a minister and beyond the scope of self-degradation were made public, how could Yang Guang not feel uneasy?
As long as Yang Guang has a knot in his heart, even if Yu Wenshu lives with his tail between his legs in the future, the pretense will be lifted and the family wealth will be dispersed, the disaster will be even greater.
Maybe Yang Guang would be thinking, why did you, Yu Wenshu, want to dissolve the fake child and dissipate all the family wealth? Why don't you dare to get in touch with aristocratic families...
Do you have any secrets hidden in your heart?
What are you afraid of?
Are you trying to attract people's hearts?
At that point, Yu Shiji, Liang Kun and others who had secretly exerted their power were naturally classified as those who rebelled against the party, and they became the targets of people's verbal and written criticism and their every effort to overthrow them. What Yang Ji has to do now is to win this lawsuit and create opportunities for the ministers who are jealous of Yu Wenshu, Yu Shiji, Liang Kun and other positions to criticize him verbally and in writing.
The various reactions of the courtiers were certainly for their own benefit, but they indirectly relieved Yang Ji's pressure in the court.
At this moment, all the civil and military officials looked at Yu Wenshu with horrified eyes, and the voices of discussion resounded throughout the hall. No one thought that Yang Ji would escalate this ordinary small case to such a high level, not only directly pointing the finger at What's even more shocking is that he actually accused Yu Wenshu of "preparing to plot rebellion." However, some people thought of Yu Wenzhi and the sword slashing Yang Ji, and began to be suspicious.
Yu Wenshu was also caught off guard by what Yang Ji said. He didn't expect that Yang Ji would directly skip the case and plunge himself into a hellish "premeditated rebellion". He was so angry that he was shaking all over, and his old face was even more... It was as hot as fire. A pair of fists clenched and clacked. I wanted to punch Yang Ji to death. I pointed at Yang Ji and shouted sternly: "You are spitting blood and making vicious and false accusations. I am not done with you!"
Yang Ji looked at Yu Wenshu who was almost going crazy and said, "I have evidence! I have witnesses, I have physical evidence!"
His calm words and steady demeanor caused an uproar in the hall again.
Yu Wenshu, who was so angry that he almost went crazy, was also stunned. He pointed at Yang Ji and was dumbfounded for a long time. He was speechless for a long time. After a while, he saluted Yang Guang and roared loudly: "Sage, I am wronged. I am wronged." It's unjust! Please ask the saint to make the decision for me."
Yang Guang waved his hand and said: "General, don't worry, you can decide whether it is right or wrong."
"Here!" Yuwenshu responded helplessly. He hated Yang Ji so much that he gnashed his teeth in his heart, but the saint actually didn't help him at all. Although Yang Guang's face was blocked by the twelve hanging strands of the Pingtian crown, it made him He couldn't see the expression on Twelve's back, but Yang Guang's cold and solemn tone made him very nervous. Did he really suspect that he was 'preparing for rebellion'?
After reaching this conclusion, Yu Wenshu began to feel uneasy. He asked himself that he had no rebellious intentions or tendencies, but he had done so many illegal things and transgressed things; especially his eldest son and third son, who kept everything secret from him. Yang Ji caught it and it seemed normal.
The situation has become like this, Zhang Heng can no longer interrogate, he cupped his hands to Yang Guang and said: "Sage..."
Yang Guang waved his hand to interrupt and said: "Continue the trial!"
"Here!" Zhang Heng was helpless. He understood that the nature of the case had changed, and asked Yang Ji: "King Wei, what evidence do you have to prove that Duke Xu Guogong is plotting rebellion?"
"Many, many! Let me tell you in detail. The first thing is to get the second rank in the martial arts examination!" Yang Ji said: "Before this, warriors had no way to enter the officialdom, so many talented and famous generals The virtuous man with such a beautiful appearance was depressed all his life, and the grass and trees were decaying. To him, it was just a talent that was not recognized, but to the court, it was the loss of a famous general. And the purpose of the saint's establishment of martial arts was only to promote talent. This allows such people with real talents to make full use of their talents and use them for the country. It can also inspire all soldiers to win and encourage civilian warriors to practice martial arts hard. With the influx of a large number of talents in the army, mediocre and incompetent people can be eliminated. In the end, our army of the Sui Dynasty continued to have talents and famous generals, and it always maintained an unbeatable and unstoppable power in the world. Therefore, the military exercises have far-reaching influence and significance, and are of great benefit to the country and the people."
There was an imperceptible look of approval in Yang Guang's eyes, not because Yang Ji was flattering, but because he didn't tell the deeper intention of the martial arts exercise in advance, but Yang Ji thought of it, which showed that Yang Ji knew his intention very well and there was no need to You can cooperate well with yourself by explaining it.
Neither party said anything, but they could understand each other. This tacit understanding gave Yang Guang an indescribable sense of joy.
"But we all know that before the martial arts competition began, someone deliberately misinterpreted the holy will and made the regulations of the second list unclear in order to achieve ulterior motives, so that more than 18,000 members of the aristocratic family poured into the second list. . However, after I took over the B list, I have eliminated these people and put the B list on the right track. There is nothing to say. I just need to clean up afterwards. But Yu Wenshu, the former chief inspector of the martial arts examination, after I took over the B list, He is also manipulating the B list behind the scenes. Among the 400 places on the B list, he has reserved more than 340 places. Some people may say that he is seeking wealth, but this is just a superficial disguise. His real purpose is to destroy the military. Lift and dig the roots of the Sui Dynasty."
Yang Ji didn't pay attention to Yu Wenshu's almost fire-breathing gaze, and continued to talk: "As the former general inspector, he understands the importance of martial arts examinations, and knows that after the quota is determined, tens of thousands of civilian warriors will complain and make people's hearts boil! Knowing that these samurai who had been fooled returned to their hometown, they would publicize the dark injustice of the court in front of the villagers. The publicity of tens of thousands of mouths soon made the people full of disappointment in the court. Who will bear this bad reputation? Of course it is a saint; the consequences are What? The consequence is that the Sui Dynasty has lost its trust in the world, and millions of people think that the Sui Dynasty is a dark and fatuous dynasty, and have completely lost confidence in the Sui Dynasty."
"And as a member of the Northern Zhou royal family, what can Yu Wenshu gain by doing this? Firstly, he will insert more than 340 confidants into the Sui army to create a foundation for his future troops; secondly, he will destroy the martial arts In the future, he will be able to achieve a chaotic situation where there are complaints and people's hearts are boiling. These two gains are one of the evidences that he is gathering momentum for a repeat of the cycle."
Yang Ji also knew that this was an unfounded conjecture, but after he first put the treason basin on Yuwenshu's head, people would be misled. When the evidence of Yuwenshu's manipulation appeared, the effect and power of this out-of-the-air conjecture suddenly It showed up.
Yu Wenshu was a soldier through and through. Rather than a conspirator, he was a brave and cruel general who abused his power. He then used the characteristics that the emperor trusted and others dared not mess with to do illegal things. Such a person , how is Yang Ji's opponent in terms of eloquence?
Now that he heard Yang Ji's 'rational' analysis, he suddenly became furious. He pointed at Yang Ji angrily and roared: "You dog-like thing, you said that I manipulated martial arts. What evidence do you have?"
When Yang Guang heard Yu Wenshu scolding people openly in the morning, his face became very ugly. If Yang Ji is like a dog, then what kind of thing is Yang Guang? But he was still attracted by Yang Ji's words, so although he felt uncomfortable, he didn't pay attention to these details and continued to listen.
The courtiers in the court also refused to comment on Yang Ji's assumption, and Yu Shiji also showed disdain. He originally thought that Yang Ji could bring the death of the He Ruobi clan and the death of Dugu Tuo and Dou Yi Yuanyan. He must be a master of political fighting, but he didn't expect it. So unbearable, he is just a brave warrior who dares to fight. However, he did not expect that Yuwenshu was so greedy that he placed more than 340 people in the second list. If Yang Ji really came up with evidence, Yuwenshu would not have an easy time just at this level.
Only Yang Zhao, Gao Jun, Pei Ju, and Yang Xiong, who were familiar with Yang Ji, had solemn expressions. They knew that Yang Ji would never be so naive. He was clearly trying to lure Yu Wenshu into taking the bait. As long as Yu Wenshu's charge of manipulating martial arts is proven, then Yang Ji's next step will be to use more powerful tricks, thereby gradually confirming Yu Wenshu's charge of "preparing for rebellion".
Seeing that Yang Guang didn't express anything, Zhang Heng asked, "King Wei, what evidence do you have?"
Yang Ji waved to Li Daliang, who was standing next to him holding a box, and asked him to come forward, then opened the box and pulled out a thick stack of paper. Zhang Heng glanced at it, and the corners of his mouth trembled.
The two-foot-square box is similar to a drawer, divided into many compartments. Each compartment contains a large stack of clips holding paper, but Yang Ji only took out one stack this time. It can be seen that the other ones each represent one of Yuwen Shu's Evidence of a major crime.
"The original examiners for the second list of the martial arts examination were Wang Shichong, Cui Jun, Li Yan, Murong Jiao, Dugu Lan, Yuan Hongjing, Liu Haoran and other fifteen people. On the surface, these people deceived the Holy Spirit, misinterpreted the Holy Spirit, engaged in corruption and enriched themselves. , but in fact, they are just pawns for Yuwenshu to manipulate martial arts." Yang Ji glanced at the incriminating evidence in his hand, then handed it to Zhang Heng, and said, "The list in my hand is all people appointed by Yuwenshu. He used coercion to Use inducements and incentives to let the examiners assign quotas and rankings to these people."
Zhang Heng took the list from Yang Ji, pondered for a while, then stepped forward and handed it to His Majesty Dan's eunuch, who then handed it to Yang Guang.
Yang Guang flipped through it and saw that the handwriting on it was all written by Yu Wenshu. Not only did he clearly write down the names, ages, and places of origin of these people, he also clearly wrote down each person's ranking and requested position.
Then he flipped through the second, third, third... tenth and fiftieth pictures, flipping through them faster and faster. After viewing nearly a hundred pictures like this, he stood up suddenly and slapped the stack of lists on the imperial desk, making a loud 'bang' sound!
In an instant!
The huge Chinese Hall became silent, only the sound of the twenty-four thorns of the Pingtian crown on Yang Guang's head (12 at the front and 12 at the front) was heard.
Yang Guang walked around for a few times and then sat down again. Although he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, his eyes were filled with raging anger when he looked at Yu Wenshu. After a while, he asked Yang Ji: "King Wei, How many people are there in total who have been appointed?”
"Three hundred and forty-six people!" Yang Ji quickly replied.
Yang Guang roared angrily: "In other words, before you took over the martial arts competition, 346 of the 400 places in the second list were reserved?"
In fact, the number of people Yu Wenshu wanted to place was 180, and the other 166 were people appointed by Wang Shichong and others by taking advantage of their authority. However, Yang Ji's biggest enemy was Yu Wenshu, so he cleverly He mixed these lists together. Anyway, Yu Wenshu had many debts and no worries about lice, so it was understandable to put them all on his head. Wang Shichong and others are eager to have someone share the responsibility. Now that Yang Ji is helping the operation, they will naturally not foolishly admit that they have deployed people.
The list in Yang Guang's hand was indeed complete, and the list he watched carefully was indeed the person placed by Yu Wenshu and written by Yu Wenshu himself. However, the list of people placed by other people in the middle made Yang Guang furious. How is it possible to watch them one by one? How is it possible to identify the handwriting one by one?
So at this time, Yang Guang counted all 346 people on Yu Wenshu's head.
Yang Ji cupped his hands and said, "Exactly!"
Yang Guang asked coldly: "Besides these lists, do you have any witnesses?"
"Reporting to the saint, the fifteen Ministry of War officials who were originally in charge of the second list are outside the palace at this time." Yang Ji saluted Yang Guangshen and said, "If possible, the saint can summon them into the palace for interrogation."
"No need!" Yang Guang waved his sleeves and stared at Yuwen Shu angrily for a long time. Suddenly, he slapped the imperial case hard and said in a cold voice: "General Yuwen, Duke Xu, I have every confidence in you. , but you ruined my martial arts and appointed so many people, you are very good, you are very loyal."
Yu Wenshu's eyes were filled with blazing rage, and even his old face was a little distorted. You Zai said loudly: "Sage, Yang Ji is clearly slandering this old minister. Please ask the sage to make the decision for me!"
"You, you are simply unreasonable..." Yang Guang was so angry that he could not speak. He threw the stack of lists under His Majesty Dan and said to the eunuch below: "Show it to him."
The eunuch quickly picked up the list and ran over and handed it to Yuwenshu. Yuwenshu flipped through a few copies and couldn't help but trembled all over. He immediately collapsed to the ground and shouted heartbreakingly: "I'm guilty! I'm guilty!" The old minister has indeed secretly chosen some people who are willing to accept all the punishments from the saint!"
Such a dramatic change shocked the civil and military officials of the entire court. Just a moment ago, Yu Wenshu had vowed that "Yang Ji was slandering the old minister", but in the blink of an eye, he collapsed on the ground and confessed.
It’s getting more and more exciting.
Some people are happy and some are worried about all this; but more people are full of various thoughts and are full of expectations for what will happen next.
Pei Ju shook his head. He knew the importance of martial arts examinations in the hearts of saints and the significance of martial arts examinations. However, Yu Wenshu actually appointed and placed 346 people on the second list of martial arts examinations, leaving only five for poor warriors. Fourteen quotas, is this too exaggerated and too greedy? No matter how Yu Wenshu ended up, it can only be said that he was unlucky. However, after Yang Ji took over the martial arts examination, all serious consequences did not happen. It would be extremely difficult to punish Yu Wenshu severely based on what did not happen. If Yang Ji did not have a more powerful back-up plan, never think about it. Defeat him as 'preparing for rebellion'.
Yang Guang angrily said to Yuwenshu: "Yuwenshu, I believed in you and let you serve as the chief inspector of the martial arts examinations. However, you ruined my thousand-year plan... You really disappointed me. How could you make me believe in you?" you?"
Yu Wenshu's face turned pale, and he murmured a few times, but couldn't say anything. He understood that the saint not only believed that he was cheating for personal gain, but was also extremely angry, otherwise he would not have called out his name directly.
In fact, in the eyes of many ministers, the martial arts examination is just a matter of selecting twelve imperial guards and has little to do with the government affairs of the court. Moreover, the 800 places selected are not high-ranking military positions. Therefore, they feel that the military examination is small in scale and of little significance. , and even felt that after the results came out, the Ministry of War could announce the rankings, and the emperor had no need to pass the results. And Yu Wenshu underestimated the far-reaching influence of martial arts and did not realize the status of martial arts in Yang Guang's mind, so he dared to make such bold manipulations.
Another reason is that Yu Wenshu knows that the unspoken rules of officialdom are very serious, and everyone is actually well aware of many things. But no one will say anything. First, it is difficult to obtain conclusive evidence, and the beneficiaries will never come forward to testify. Second, without evidence, not only will the manipulator fail to be sued, but he will be bitten back and offend the manipulator. And a bunch of beneficiaries will only end up humiliating themselves. The martial arts competition is a grand event where it is difficult to obtain evidence.
However, Yang Ji not only got the evidence, but also put it on the table. This made Yu Wenshu very upset. He knew that others were at best disciples who were kicked out of martial arts, but he could not escape the blame.
At this time, he had fallen into Yang Ji's rhythm and was thinking of countermeasures along with Yang Ji's rhythm. He did not realize that after Yang Ji's operation, Yang Guang had already fully calculated the guilt of "three hundred and forty-six predetermined quotas". On his head.
"King Wei!" Yang Guang stopped paying attention to Yu Wenshu and asked Yang Ji directly: "You have more contact with these warriors. What is their impression of martial arts?"
Yang Ji said: "Before, they thought that the imperial court was too dark. They were full of ambitions to serve the country. When they heard that the imperial court held military competitions for meritocracy, they came to sign up with confidence and excitement. Some poor warriors wanted to join in. They paid for travel expenses and even sold their property. However, after traveling all the way to the capital, they encountered injustice and fooling, which turned their high hopes into despair. They all felt that the Sui Dynasty was a dark world where officials protected each other, money opened the way, and power was king. , it is not an exaggeration to say that there are complaints.”
"What now?" Yang Guang also agreed with Yang Ji's statement. No one with a bloody heart can stand this kind of fooling. What's more, the warriors came from afar and lost not only time and energy, but also real money. Is it strange that there can be no complaints about money?
Now that the martial arts competitions are operating as usual, he is now worried about whether his and the imperial court's image in the hearts of tens of thousands of warriors will be damaged as a result.
"Reporting to the saint, since the charter was re-drafted, the warriors have all agreed with this selection standard and have taken the exam with peace of mind. The imperial court only needs to severely punish those who cheat. Not only do they know that the saint is fair, but they can also experience for themselves that the imperial court severely punishes those who violate the law. The intensity of anti-corruption efforts, and those who commit fraud are actually committed by a small group of people behind the backs of saints and princes." Yang Ji saw Yang Guang nodded slightly, and continued loudly: "And through this matter, we can also see that the people's attitude towards The imperial court and local officials are actually very tolerant. When the imperial court and local officials do things, it is not terrible to make mistakes. What is terrible is that the imperial court and local officials do not correct their mistakes or do nothing when they know they are wrong."
"What King Wei said is absolutely true!" Yang Guang nodded and stopped talking.
However, Yang Guang's 'inaction' made Yu Wenshu frightened and trembled slightly. Now he is not afraid of punishment, but not punished. Now Yang Guang has not explicitly punished him, and obviously intends to settle matters with him after everything is over. General ledger. If Yang Ji had any evidence and brought it out one by one, it would definitely add up to a heinous crime.
After a while, Yang Guang saw Zhang Heng looking at him and decided to try the case in person. He began to change from a bystander to a leader. He asked Yang Ji: "Why are the evidence only presented today? Is it because he and Yu Wenzhiji ?"
Yang Ji hurriedly said: "That's not true, it's just that we ran out of time. We originally planned to report it to the court after the martial arts competition was over, but the cases of Chen and Yuwen Zhiji were closely related to the military competition, so they were submitted together. "
He took out another stack of paper and handed it to Zhang Heng next to him. Then he cupped his hands to Yang Guang and said, "Sage, this is the important evidence that Wei Chen took away from Yu Wenzhiji. These evidences are the first evidence of Yu Wenshu's conspiracy. Evidence of the two major crimes. In order to take it back, Yuwen Zhiji violently injured others and chopped down the ministers with swords."
After hearing this, all civil and military officials in the dynasty were astonished. Countless pairs of eyes looked at Yang Ji, including Yang Guang who vaguely guessed that Yu Wenzhi and his sword slashed the prince in order to save his father. How could the evidence of Yu Wenzhi's crime that led to Yu Wenzhi and his daring to sword attack the prince be simple?
Yang Guang took the list presented by Zhang Heng and looked through it. He found that there were more than ten letters of allegiance to the Yuwen family. He asked Yang Ji puzzledly: "King Wei, who wrote the letters of allegiance? What's the origin?"
"Sage, in the archery competition that just ended in the second ranking of the martial arts examination, there were more than ten candidates who were not appointed and got full marks. After Yu Wenshu heard about these people, he asked Yu Wenzhiji to recruit these outstanding warriors as his own However, Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin, and Huang Junhan were threatened by Yuwen Zhiji because they were unwilling to become Yuwenshu's domestic slaves and dead soldiers. The allegiance letters in the hands of the saint were those who were afraid of being exterminated by Yuwenshu and had no choice but to submit to Yuwenshu. Yuwenshu was an outstanding warrior who wrote a letter of allegiance." Yang Ji paused and said loudly: "The martial arts examination is a grand event for saints to select imperial guards. On the one hand, Yuwenshu desperately put people into it, and on the other hand, he recruited other outstanding warriors. Catch them all in one fell swoop. If his scheme succeeds, then all four hundred places will belong to him. He worked so painstakingly to place people in the Forbidden Army, but what is it if it is not for rebellion or to behead a saint? "
Yuwenshu shouted angrily: "Yang Ji, you are talking nonsense!"
Yang Ji ignored Yu Wenshu, but took out all the evidence from the box and piled it up more than a foot high. He carried it to His Majesty Dan, presented it to the eunuch below, and then said to Yang Guang: "Sage, Yu Wenshu In order to destroy Sui Fuzhou, it can be said that he was pervasive and used every possible means. Over the years, he has been quietly recruiting low-level generals as fake sons and making them loyal servants of the Yuwen family. It is said that Yuwen Shu has three thousand fake sons. "
"The names of these names and evidence of crime are being submitted now. They were handed over by the fifteen officials of the Ministry of War in order to exonerate their merits. We cannot guarantee that the minister is all Yu Wenshu's lie, but he is already a highly respected minister and can be promoted. The space is extremely small, but he took advantage of the saint's trust to arrange so many people into the army and officialdom. What is his purpose? It is self-evident. In addition, Yu Wenshu accumulated a lot of wealth through corruption and bribery. The wealth of the enemy country, on the other hand, monopolized the pig iron business of the Sui Dynasty. If one day they rebel, they will not have to worry about military pay, weapons and equipment."
After everyone heard this, they combined it with Yang Ji's previous inference that "using military exercises to insert confidants into the army; destroying military exercises will ruin the name of the court and disrupt the world." They all couldn't help but gasped, what was Yuwenshu going to do? Does he really want to rebel?
Everyone originally did not believe Yang Ji's argument that he was "preparing to plot rebellion", but when he analyzed Yuwenshu's actions one by one and presented the evidence one by one, the image of Yuwenshu in everyone's minds was vividly that of a great tycoon and a great leader. As a villain, his usual actions include "breaking the government, seizing military power, raising generals, accumulating food and wages, forging weapons..." What is such an outrageous behavior if it is not "preparing for rebellion"?
Although Yang Guang didn't say anything, his face was already gloomy, as if there was a faint thunder brewing. He glared at Yu Wenshu with a pair of angry eyes and gritted his teeth.
Yu Wenshu felt like the world was spinning and he almost collapsed to the ground. There was fear in his eyes and he cried loudly: "Sage, I made an unintentional mistake. Please enlighten me."
Yang Guang said coldly: "It seems that I have really underestimated you. Yuwenshu, you are not unintentional, but you are loyal. Your Yuwen family is very loyal to the Sui Dynasty and very loyal to me!"
Yu Wenshu was so flustered that he made a mistake and said loudly: "Sage, I admit that I am indeed greedy for money and power, but I really have no intention of rebellion. I teach my children poorly and am not strict with my subordinates, so..."
"Shut up!" Yu Wenshu's words admitting that he was greedy for money and power were like pouring oil on a fire, completely igniting the anger that Yang Guang had suppressed in his chest. He slapped the imperial case and shouted: "It's passed down It is my decree to remove Yu Wenshu from the posts of General Zuowei, Shangzhuguo, and Kaifu Yitong."
He glanced at Zhang Heng and ordered: "Zhang Yushi, your Yushitai will take the lead, join forces with Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to form a joint trial of the third division, with the assistance of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel, and together we will strictly examine the case of cheating in martial arts examinations and the case of cheating in military examinations." The list submitted by King Wei will be scrutinized. Anyone who participates in martial arts fraud will not be spared! Anyone suspected of bribing warriors will never be hired! All generals appointed by Yu Wenshu will be scrutinized strictly!"
"Here!" Zhang Heng responded, suddenly raised his chest and raised his head, and said word by word: "Sage, since ancient times, the kings who rule the world are wise and the ministers are virtuous. However, there are always some lazy and ambitious people who are greedy for personal gain and forget the great justice of the country. , Caring about a small family at the expense of the prosperity and decline of the country, disregarding the king's laws, and setting laws and regulations as if they were trivial. Such small people can be said to be the traitors of the country! The humble minister impeached Yu Shiji, the minister of internal history, and Liang Kun, the minister of punishment."
Then, censors stepped forward one after another.
"Sage, the humble minister impeached Yu Shiji, Liang Kun and Yu Wenshu for committing traitors and deceiving the emperor."
"Sage, the humble minister impeached Yu Shiji for condoning his family's lawlessness, so that his wife put a price tag on her official position."
"Sage, the humble minister impeached Yu Shiji and the official sold him to prison."
"Sage, the humble minister impeached Yu Shiji for bribing public officials and pampering his son and arrogating his wife."
"..."
The sudden eruption of the Yushitai caused a thousand waves to rise with one stone. The entire hall suddenly exploded like a drop of water dripping into a frying pan!
Su Wei took a few steps forward, cupped his hands and said: "Sage, I am impeaching Yu Shiji. Yu Shiji was lawless, lawless, and dominated the three provinces. He gave orders to Liang Kun, the Minister of Punishment, behind the back of the saint, and instigated Liang Kun to corrupt the law. I sincerely ask the saint to punish him severely. Yu Shiji and Liang Kun set the correct course for the dynasty."
After hearing this, Pei Ju immediately stood up and said loudly: "Sage, Yu Shiji took the power of the chief official of the three provinces without authorization and ordered Liang Kun to put pressure on Dou Qing of Daxing County. This behavior is comparable to that of Qu Yu Wenhu. I think This case must not be opened.”
"Sage, I agree!" Niu Hong also said: "Yu Shiji is actually a traitor in the court and a coward in the country. If he is not severely punished, he will dominate the court in the future and everyone will follow his example. By then, the rules will be in chaos and the country will be in ruins. .”
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
"..."
Gao Jun, Yang Xiong, Yang Yue, Xiao Jue, Li Yuantong, Yu Wenbi, Xue Zhou, Wei Chong, Duan Wenzhen, Pei Yun and others came out one after another.
In just a moment, all civil and military officials in the court responded.
Seeing this scene, Yang Guang immediately understood that Yu Shiji's actions this time had offended the public, and after the Yuwenshu matter was settled, he also understood that Yu Shiji and Liang Kun were acting for Yuwenshu. If it is not punished severely, it really cannot be justified.
Moreover, not long after Yu Shiji became the Minister of Internal Affairs, he dared to act as the chief official of the three provinces behind his back. What will happen in the future?
This wind must not last long.
He pondered for a while and then said: "Remove Yu Shiji from the post of Minister of Internal Affairs and demote him to the magistrate of Tonggu County in Fengzhou; remove Liang Kun from the post of minister of the Criminal Department and demote him to the magistrate of Kaiyang County in Shuozhou."
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