Thinking of this, he didn't rush to speak. He waited until the ministers calmed down. He ignored the expectant glances of those people and turned to Liu Haojia and said, "Liu Aiqing, do you have anything to refute?"
Liu Haojia bowed and said, "I want to hear the second article of Ning Yushi's impeachment. It's not too late to defend myself together then!"
Emperor Wanli nodded, turned to Yushi Ning and said, "You can continue talking now!"
Ning Yushi tried his best to straighten his body and said loudly: "This time I and Liu Haojia rushed to Henan to provide disaster relief. I am the chief and he is the deputy! Moreover, I have seen his resume, and this person has no ability to provide disaster relief." Experience? But for the sake of his diligence, he asked to go to the epidemic area alone to check in and the minister agreed! However, as soon as he arrived there, he ignored the dissuasion of the local county magistrate and insisted on rushing to the epidemic area. As a result, he fell into trouble. He couldn't get out of the epidemic area, so I had to add more manpower around the epidemic area just in case! And the most disgusting thing is that after coming out of the epidemic area, this person not only did not want to repent, but also said evil things to me! If it weren't for the local Officials are capable, and if they mess around like this, they will almost cause big trouble! It should be noted that smallpox is not a disaster of floods and droughts, it can be seen and touched! If you are not careful, I am afraid it will cause more trouble. A huge catastrophe! Even if there is a catastrophe in the Central Plains, it is still unknown!"
Zhou Zhiwu and others, who were standing in the field at this time, quietly retreated at the signal of others. The fact that they retreated does not mean that they gave up this huge benefit, but they realized that they really lacked the ability to judge others!
Instead of standing there and being embarrassed, it would be better to leave it to the civil servants to handle. If the thing succeeds, because it is the nobles who exerted their efforts first, they will definitely take more when it is time to divide the fat; if the thing fails, they have not done everything possible, and at worst they will throw Zhou Zhiwu and several people out to calm the Wanli Emperor and the The Liu family's anger is earned no matter what!
After hearing what Ning Yushi said, the censors behind him naturally wanted to criticize Liu Haojia. At this time, some low-level officials who wanted to speculate couldn't hold back anymore and went out to express their opinions one after another. They either simply expressed support or criticized Liu Haojia with quotations from classics. For a while, they were full of momentum!
At this time, Emperor Wanli looked at the more than 20 officials standing in the center of the venue and suddenly smiled! The officials who were looking at him expectantly were a little confused! But before they could figure it out, Emperor Wanli said to Liu Haojia: "Yu Shi Ning has now said everything he wanted to say, you can argue loudly!"
Liu Haojia immediately bowed and said, "Thank you!"
Then he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, let me tell you the truth! I still feel a little like I am in a dream! It has not been long since I started my official career, but I did not expect to have done so many evil things. I am really a little ashamed. It’s hard!”
At this time, the young censor said loudly: "Since you know how shameful you are, you should resign from your official position and wait for retribution! I think His Majesty, seeing that you have done some minor work in the past, might be given a lighter sentence! Otherwise, it would be great! My future is ruined today!”
Liu Haojia ignored him and continued to say to Emperor Wanli: "I have been impeached by so many people. I really want to refute a few words, but I don't know if there are other charges. Why don't you come out with those who want to impeach me?" , so as not to reveal what happened today due to other things in the future!"
When the courtiers heard this, they felt that something was wrong! Because Liu Haojia's attitude didn't seem like he wanted to plead guilty! Especially the courtiers who stood up to accuse him began to think about whether there were any loopholes in what they said that would be enough for him to make a comeback? After all, Liu Haojia's comeback last time with his ancestral system was so unexpected!
As for the few pavilion elders who had been silent in the front row, they all looked at each other and felt that things seemed a little different! Even Zhang Juzheng opened his eyes and looked Liu Haojia up and down! Afterwards, he moved his fingers on his legs, and many courtiers who wanted to go to work stood silently when they saw his movements. Even those low-level officials who had always followed the trend shrank their heads when they felt that the trend was in the wrong direction.
This is not because Liu Haojia is trying to scare the snake, but because he really can't handle too many attacks, so he might as well just target the existing people so as to increase the intensity of the attack and scare other people who are ready to take action!
You know, once too many people follow the trend and form a general trend, even if he is right, he will actually be wrong! In order to balance the government, it is not unheard of for some people to be sacrificed! The North and South List in the history of Ming Dynasty is a typical example!
Liu Haojia stood in the main hall and looked around at the courtiers on the left and right, his eyes sparkling! Everyone who looked at him lowered their eyes, and only a few people stared back unconvinced!
He waited for a while and no one spoke, so he said easily: "It seems that no one wants to impeach me anymore! That minister wants to defend himself now!"
Emperor Wanli nodded and said: "Okay, I will listen to you! With so many courtiers here, they are all pillars of the country. I won't wrong you if I think about it!"
After Liu Haojia saluted Emperor Wanli, he turned to Censor Ning and said: "Master Ning, you said that as an official I don't read the books of sages, I just study strange techniques and make mirrors for no other use! Then I want to Let me ask you, is it really useless to write about the strange skills and tricks you say?"
Yushi Ning is also a sophisticated person, how could he be fooled by Liu Haojia! So he said without thinking: "It still has some uses, but it's just not as useful as the sages' books! There are all kinds of truths in the sages' books, even if you spend your whole life you can't..."
At this time, Liu Haojia suddenly raised his hand to stop him and said, "Stop, don't talk too long. I just want to ask Mr. Ning, is there any way to increase grain production in this sage's book?"
As soon as Liu Haojia said these words, Ning Yushi was immediately speechless! Even the courtiers made a loud noise of surprise! Because everyone knows that Liu Haojia has captured Ning Yushi's fate!
In his previous words, Yushi Ning had habitually elevated the status of sage books and excluded everything else. But he forgot that what the sages said in the book was more of a thought and a standard of behavior than a practical knowledge!
At this time, I saw Liu Haojia taking half a step forward and asking loudly: "Master Ning, is there any way in the sage's book to make the armor thicker and the army stronger?"
After hearing these words and seeing Liu Haojia's tall body approaching, Ning Yushi couldn't help but take half a step back! However, Liu Haojia was unreasonable. Taking this opportunity, he stepped forward and said loudly: "Master Ning, is there any way to cure diseases and save lives in the books of sages?"
