Chu Yanwu's eyes narrowed slightly, and a dangerous dragon's power filled the air, falling silently on Zhou Tianfu.
But Zhou Tianfu seemed unaware and remained resolute, "Your Majesty, Xiao Chen has already caused public outrage regarding the Dali Temple incident. If Your Majesty cannot make a decision early today, I'm afraid that once this matter breaks out tomorrow, many colleagues in the court will There will definitely be some debate!”
"I really don't want to see your majesty being so wise in the next life, but being dragged down by such an eunuch, so I boldly advise you, begging your majesty to kill Xiao Chen to correct the rule of law!"
A speech about loyalty and fistfighting, if it were not made by the powerful Prime Minister Zhou, it must be a story about a loyal minister's death remonstrance.
But at this time, Chu Yanwu just narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled casually with deep eyes, "Aiqing, I am just a governor of the East Factory and a slave. You are saying something serious like this, right?"
"Your Majesty, minister..."
Zhou Tianfu wanted to say more, but he heard a young eunuch announcing outside the door, "Master Fang, the Minister of Rites, Master Li, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Doctor Jantai Yushi... Master Zhang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Households, etc., please see your Majesty."
He just breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the reinforcements he had moved had arrived, but before he could breathe, Zhou Tianfu frowned when he heard Zhang Dongyang's name.
Why is he here?
Regarding today's advice, I didn't know that Zhang Dongyang knew about it.
Chu Yanwu glanced at Zhou Tianfu with a complicated expression, a sneer curled up at the corner of his mouth, and he raised his hand proudly.
Chen Jin immediately raised his fly whisk and said, "Xuan..."
Soon, more than a dozen ministers and Zhang Dongyang entered the imperial study room.
After Fang Yi stood still and saluted, several ministers from Zhou Tianfu's faction began to give advice.
What everyone said was that they heard from various places what Xiao Chen did at Jiangdong Academy. They all accused Xiao Chen of being too arrogant. Not only did he lose the face of the court, but he also hurt Da Chu. It is not good for talent cultivation.
"Your Majesty, this man's crimes are too numerous to describe. I'm afraid if he continues like this, he may even stain the Li River with blood!"
"Your Majesty, you sent him out originally to promote the power of the imperial court and to show your majesty's favor, but he just did things that embarrassed the imperial court and wasted your cultivation and favor!"
Ministers, every word you say to me is all Xiao Chen's sins.
Chu Yanwu listened, his eyes gradually darkened, his voice turned cold, and he asked solemnly: "Everyone, do you know why Xiao Chen wants to attack Jingnan Academy?"
Everyone was slightly startled, and raised their eyes slightly to glance at Chu Yanwu in confusion. Then they all lowered their heads cautiously, feeling anxious in their hearts.
Why do you think the emperor wants to protect Xiao Chen?
"Your Majesty, no matter what reasons Xiao Chen has, he cannot carry out mass killings in the name of imperial envoy."
At the critical moment, it was Zhou Tianfu who stood up, with a solemn voice, intent on turning the tide.
Chu Yanwu's slightly narrowed eyes became darker, and Longwei escaped with authority, "So according to the Prime Minister's intention, even if someone offends me, he should forgive me?"
Zhou Tianfu's body trembled slightly, but then he quickly returned to normal. He raised his hands and said righteously: "Your Majesty, you are so powerful that there is no one in Chu who doesn't respect or love you."
"Presumably Governor Xiao must be as eloquent as usual this time. He wrote a letter to Your Majesty first, trying to blame the academy?"
"Your Majesty clearly knows that although I am not familiar with several academies in Jiangdong Road, I have always known that scholars respect the emperor the most!"
"Your Majesty, please do not listen to Xiao Chen's confusing words!"
After the words fell, several other ministers could not help but stand on Zhou Tianfu's side. Although they were respectful and respectful, their words of advice came one after another. For a time, Chu Yanwu was invisibly placed in the position of a faint king.
It seems that as long as Chu Yanwu doesn't agree to execute Xiao Chen, he is stupid and unethical.
Chu Yanwu sat upright on the dragon chair as usual, but his strong hands hidden under the wide dragon robe were slightly clenched.
"That's enough!" Chu Yanwu rebuked coldly, looking at everyone with cold authority, "What do you mean, I am sitting on the dragon platform, and I can't even tell who is loyal and who is traitor?"
"Chen Jin."
"The slave is here!"
Chu Yan Wuwu said in a deep voice, "Go and take out Fengzhou's annual tribute book. I will now show it to you all to see who is disrespecting me and who is confusing right and wrong!"
In fact, as early as when Chen Jin reported it, Chu Yanwu already knew what Xiao Chen said in his letter about Jingnan Academy's disrespect for the emperor.
The most obvious one is the annual tribute from each state. Although it is obtained by local officials from plundering local gentry, it is also the best expression of the people's sentiments in each place.
He had not noticed it before, but now he thought about it carefully, there were many academies in Fengzhou. If these academies really respected the emperor and obeyed the jurisdiction of the imperial court, then how could it be that among the folk treasures paid tribute by the prefect of Fengzhou every year, there was never anything related to the academies? Something related to classics?
Zhou Tianfu's face suddenly turned pale, and he naturally understood the reason without having to explain it clearly.
Unexpectedly, this time, Xiao Chen's crooked attack actually hit him right, and Chu Yanwu just happened to catch him!
Several other ministers also fell silent instantly, and His Majesty was rarely so irritated this time, which shows that he takes this matter seriously.
But there were still some people who won a lot of scalps. In order to please Zhou Tianfu, Nie Nuo said: "Regardless of whether there are officials at Jiangdong Road Academy, as an imperial envoy, you should show your majesty's generosity."
"After all, Governor Xiao is just a Dongchang eunuch. How can he bloodbath these students for His Majesty?"
"Ha" before he finished speaking, there was a sneer among the ministers. Zhang Dongyang took a big step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think that imperial envoys should inspect the upper and lower parts of the body..."
"And there are generals who are not obeying military orders abroad. Your Majesty is merciful and would not punish these bold and arrogant students if you don't want to. However, Governor Xiao has a loyal heart and promotes the power of our court to rectify His Majesty Long Su. But it’s not wrong!”
"Colleagues, I would like to ask, if you find someone disrespecting Your Majesty and despising the court, should you ignore it?"
As he spoke, Zhang Dongyang looked coldly at the many Zhou Tianfu subordinates present. Finally, his eyes fell on Zhou Tianfu and smiled slightly, "Prime Minister, what do you think?"
Zhou Tianfu's face was gloomy, and his eagle-like eyes slowly narrowed. This time, Zhang Dongyang defeated him.
In any case, he couldn't refute this question.
For a long time, Zhou Tianfu could only snort coldly and flick his sleeves, meaning that he would not care about Zhang Dongyang.
A look of satisfaction gradually appeared in Chu Yanwu's eyes, and his voice became gentler, "Okay, this matter is just a mess caused by some useless academy students, and there is no need to discuss it further."
"However, what the gentlemen said today did remind me. In any case, it is not a problem for those students to leave it alone. In this case, Zhang Qing, you should go to Jiangdong Road as soon as possible and clean up this mess."
Zhang Dongyang's eyes moved slightly, a touch of confidence and determination appeared in his eyes, and he solemnly responded: "Yes!"
If he could go to Jiangdong Road, then at this time when various academies were in turmoil, he might be able to conquer the students and use them for his own use.
