Liu Haojia said directly and unceremoniously: "Master Liu is usually too close to the officials who impeached me. I really can't believe it!"
Liu Haojia's words immediately caused a commotion among the officials! Because everyone knew that Liu Shou had taken refuge with Zhang Juzheng. So Xungui usually looked down on him, so the relationship between the two parties was relatively tense. Now that Liu Shouyou was ridiculed by Liu Haojia in person, they were naturally adding insult to injury! Immediately, many nobles made sarcastic remarks.
And the civil servants didn't have a good impression of him, and they didn't give him any special treatment just because he surrendered to their side! In their minds, Liu Shouyou was still a dull nobleman, a warrior who only served to be driven!
So when they heard Liu Haojia mocking Liu Shouyou, not only did these civil servants not help, some actually laughed out loud! And this kind of sneering voice made Liu Shou even more embarrassed than Xungui's sarcastic voice! So Liu Shou was furious for a while!
If he hadn't considered that he was in the main hall now, he would have rushed up and fought with Liu Haojia! But at this time Liu Haojia gave him a sideways glance and told him to calm down!
Liu Shouyou is not young anymore, how can he be as young and energetic as Liu Haojia! In addition, he knew that Liu Haojia practiced martial arts and tortured his body every day, which was beyond the reach of a man like him who had been rich for many years! So he could only give up the idea of taking action!
But at this moment, another critical blow to Liu Shouyou came! Emperor Wanli had long been extremely disgusted with him, but he didn't take him down just because of his face. So seeing that Liu Haojia had lost face to Liu Shouyou today, he said without hesitation: "What Aiqing said makes sense! You can make arrangements for escorting the scholars yourself!".
Then he turned to Zhang Jia and said, "Send a few people to follow you. But don't participate, just keep an eye on them. Don't let them talk nonsense."
Zhang Jia agreed. He turned to point at the row of eunuchs behind the dragon chair, and four eunuchs immediately came out. Then Liu Haojia took the four eunuchs directly out of the hall to arrange for the servants to do things. As a result, Liu Shouyou standing in the hall was inadvertently highlighted.
At this time, Liu Shouyou was ashamed under the gazes of everyone! For a moment, his face turned purple with anger and he clenched his fists! At the same time, he also felt a sense of fear, because he was the commander of the Jin Yiwei, a position that only the emperor's confidants could hold. But now that Emperor Wanli's distrust has been clearly expressed, it's unclear how long he can be a commander!
However, this only strengthened his idea of seeking refuge with Zhang Juzheng. Since the emperor no longer trusts me, then I will take refuge in your teacher and see what you can do to me! But he didn't think about it, how old was Zhang Juzheng now, and how old was Emperor Wanli now? What would he do if Zhang Juzheng died?
At this time, all the officials in the hall had already recovered from the big turning point just now, and began to carefully process the events in their minds! Especially this huge reversal surprised them the most!
Among them, the nobles who were close to Liu Haojia were naturally delighted. The neutral officials are waiting for the development of the matter with great interest. As for the officials who were against Liu Haojia, they were like ants on a hot pot, whispering to each other and discussing countermeasures.
Now their only hope is to find evidence that Liu Haojia coerced or bribed them when interrogating the dozens of scholars. Otherwise, what awaits them is Liu Haojia's counterattack.
Normally, when there is a situation like waiting for someone or something at the court meeting, the officials will temporarily stop the topic and enter the discussion of the next item. But today's matter was so big that no one had the time to discuss other topics. They just stared at each other waiting for Liu Haojia to bring people back as soon as possible.
Fortunately, it didn't take long before Liu Haojia reappeared in the hall with a eunuch. After saluting Emperor Wanli, he said: "Your Majesty, I have brought the Wei magistrate and the scholars here, and now they are waiting outside the store."
Emperor Wanli nodded to show that he understood, and then he said to the eunuch beside Liu Haojia: "That slave, did anything unusual happen on the way to pick him up?"
The eunuch immediately bowed and said, "In reply to Lord Long Live, I will follow Wu Ning all the way."
He walked back and forth without leaving the whole time. Wu Ninghou and his servants had no communication with the scholars during the whole process. They just said that His Majesty wanted to summon them, so the scholars followed. "
Emperor Wanli said: "You did a good job, go down and keep watching. By the way, you first send Magistrate Wei to the palace!"
After that, he said to Liu Haojia: "Liu Aiqing, it's not easy to get dozens of people in this hall at once. You had some contact with them yesterday. How many of them are smart? If you can speak clearly, ask them to come to the hall. get in a word!"
Liu Haojia said: "Your Majesty, yesterday they recommended three people to answer questions. These three people are named Jin Pu, Wu Jifeng and Jiang Lin. These three people are all Jinshi."
After hearing this, Emperor Wanli said happily: "It turns out there are three more Jinshi, so let's choose three of them to go to the palace! In addition, Liu Shouyou and Zhang Jia, each of you will send a group of people to interrogate the scholars outside the palace. Take a look at the confessions Is it consistent?"
Liu Shouyou and Zhang Jia respectively agreed and took the people out. These two men respectively represented the two factions of civil servants and the royal family. Under their respective cross-examinations, they expected that there would be no false confessions, and the ministers would be convinced.
At this time, a eunuch came into the palace and reported: "Master Wei, the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, is waiting outside the palace."
Emperor Wanli sat upright and said, "Xuan!"
After a while, Magistrate Wei walked into the main hall. He took a sneak peek and saw all kinds of officials staring at him, and his back felt cold. My feet feel weak! He never thought that people's eyes could have such great pressure!
To be honest, Magistrate Wei is a very smart man! Because people who are not smart cannot pass the Jinshi examination, and they cannot win the Shuntian Mansion, which is a tricky but fat job. So he had already figured it out on the way. This summons was probably because something went wrong in the impeachment of Liu Haojia. Letting them enter the palace now was just to testify for Liu Haojia!
He did intend to make some unfavorable testimony against Liu Haojia, but he really had no actual evidence. Second, last night he discovered that those scholars had some admiration for Liu Haojia. I am afraid that most of them will tell the truth and provide strong evidence against Liu Haojia!
