King Zhou's face was livid. If others didn't know, how could he know?
But now facing these ministers, he didn't want to explain to Zhang Yuhang at all. The meaning of letting Zhao Yueming go back with the memorial was already obvious. If you still hold on to it so tightly, you don't know how to appreciate it.
"No, tell him I'm busy and don't have time to see him."
King Zhou waved his hand and directly rejected Zhang Yuhang's idea of seeking an audience with Meng Ao.
But at this moment, Nie Rong stood up and said in support: "Your Majesty, Zhang Qianhu must have come here because of the incident at the Xingyong Hou Mansion. No matter what, he has the merit of rescuing him. Seeing your Majesty in the heavy rain shows how much he cares about Chicheng. I hope your Majesty will give him a chance to meet him."
Next to him, Lin Shaowen, the Minister of Rites, also responded hurriedly: "I second my opinion, I govern the country with filial piety in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The loyalty of Zhang Qianhu's family can be seen, and their filial piety can be seen. Your Majesty should see it."
"My lord, second the motion!"
"My lord, second the motion!"
After a while, several ministers in the main hall agreed. After all, no matter what, it is always right to advance and retreat together with the two ministers.
King Zhou's face turned even darker. He was worried that what Zhang Yuhang would say would make him unable to step down. After all, he had promised him before, and now he was going back on his promise. This was not the way of an emperor.
However, in the face of the pleas of the two princes in the army, and because he knew the inside story, and Marquis Xingyong had died fighting for his country before, he felt pity and wanted to lend Xingyong a donkey. Hou left a piece of incense.
But who knew Zhang Yuhang could be so unrelenting, asking to see him after knowing his answer.
But seeing the behavior of these ministers, he no longer hesitated. Don't you want to see how loyal and filial he is? Then take a good look.
"Since you are so interested, let's take a good look and send Zhang Yuhang an audience."
Meng Ao took the order and walked out directly.
After a while, Zhang Yuhang walked in wet.
Seeing so many important ministers in the imperial study, he did not hesitate at all.
Facing the King of Zhou, he knelt on the ground respectfully and kowtowed twice, saying: "The criminal Zhang Yuhang is here to see your majesty, long live my emperor."
"Get up and talk first."
Then he looked at Zhang Yuhang and said with a hint of helplessness: "Zhang Aiqing did a great job in rescuing the driver. Why does he call himself a criminal? But what mistakes did he make?"
Zhang Yuhang cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the Xingyong Hou Mansion is suspected of committing a serious crime of treason. As the uncle of the Hou Mansion, I naturally cannot escape the blame. The crime deserves death."
"This matter has nothing to do with you. If you hadn't blocked that knife for me, I would really have become a dead soul under the sword of the Wei spy. Xingyong Hou Mansion indeed deserves to die, but you don't have to worry. I will give them an explanation. However, I am not allowed to cause trouble to you. Could it be that someone is going to bother you?"
King Zhou still wanted to try to win Zhang Yuhang back at this time, because as long as he didn't get stubborn with him on this matter, everything else wouldn't matter. Aren't they just old, weak, women and children? What's the big deal if they live?
Besides, through this period of time, Zhang Yuhang continued to bring himself a lot of surprises. He really fell in love with this stubborn young man. Although he had a bad background, he had good abilities. Training and training may be the future of the imperial court. A pillar of talent.
But the premise is that you don't embarrass yourself, otherwise even if there are talented people who are not under your control, it will be useless and will only make you uncomfortable.
Zhang Yuhang said respectfully: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am fine.
The purpose of asking to see His Majesty this time is to promote the Yonghou Mansion.
I have almost investigated this incident. The Liu family colluded with the Wei State to smuggle iron weapons, which is an unpardonable crime. Liu Ping was even more frantic for the title of Xing Yonghou, and it was not a pity to die.
But the Hou Mansion was unjustly accused. They were all just affected and implicated. Everyone in the Hou Mansion was loyal to His Majesty and never had any dissent. "
King Zhou was stunned when he heard this.
What did you say?
"So, please see that your majesty, considering that Marquis Xingyong died for his country and all the men in the palace died in the battle, please be a little generous and leave them a way to survive.
Just now, His Majesty said that I have not been rewarded for my contribution to rescuing him. I have no other ideas. I just want to use my own merits to exchange for a way of life for the whole government. I hope that Your Majesty will do it. "
After saying that, Zhang Yuhang knelt down directly on the ground, waiting for King Zhou's decision.
But this made King Zhou a little unresponsive.
I, isn’t that what you want?
Since you think so too, why bother putting on such a show?
play?
King Zhou seemed to have thought of something, and stared at Zhang Yuhang who was kneeling on the ground.
You don't want them to live, but you want to completely control their future in your hands.
After thinking about this clearly, King Zhou looked at Zhang Yuhang a little kindly at this moment, and said to the ministers: "How should you deal with Zhang Yuhang's request?"
Nie Rong was the first to stand up. As the Minister of Punishment, he also had the most say: "Your Majesty, what Zhang Qianhu said and asked is actually human nature. Liu is suspected of treason and must be punished. But Xing The Yonghou Mansion is implicated, so they should be given a way to survive."
Lin Shaowen also held up his hands and said: "I agree, Zhang Qianhu's behavior should not only be allowed, but should also be spread throughout the entire Zhou Dynasty. I, the Zhou Dynasty, govern the world with filial piety. Now that Zhang Qianhu has set an example like this, it should be publicized even more."
"I second the proposal!"
The other ministers still responded in a dignified manner.
"Okay, since all the ministers agree with Zhang Qianhu's request, I will grant your permission."
King Zhou said to Mr. Gui on the side: "It is an unforgivable crime to pass on the decree that Xingyonghou's mansion is involved in rebellion. However, considering that Xingyonghou died on the battlefield for the country and the whole family was loyal, this matter is also Being implicated by the Liu family is understandable.
Today, Xingyonghou's virtuous son-in-law Zhang Yuhang has made a contribution to the rescue and is fighting to the death to make a speech. There are also ministers who have vouched for Xingyonghou and are exempting him from the death penalty.
However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. Marquis Xingyong abolished his title and demoted all the people to common people. They were not allowed to step out of the mansion for the rest of their lives, in order to atone for their sins."
After that, he looked at Zhang Yuhang and continued:
"Zhang Yuhang has made a great contribution to the rescue. He has terminated the relationship with the son-in-law of the Xingyong Marquis Mansion. He will be given a baron and ten hectares of fertile land. Zhang Yuhang will be responsible for supporting and guarding all the people in the Xingyong Marquis Mansion."
Since Zhang Yuhang knows how to assess the situation and take the initiative to propose the most appropriate solution to this matter so that he can get his wish, then what reason does he have for not letting Zhang Yuhang get his wish.
In this way, he had an explanation to the military, Zhang Yuhang also got the results he wanted, and even the civilian officials were satisfied. Everyone was happy, so why not do it.
Even after this battle, Zhang Yuhang's reputation as a loyal and filial man will spread throughout the world. This is much better than killing those people.
As for the people in Xingyonghou Mansion, who would really care about their life or death.
It is enough to have a reasonable and accountable result.
"My lord, Zhang Yuhang thanks your majesty for your kindness. Long live my emperor."
On the ground, Zhang Yuhang shouted that he was very satisfied with this result.
As for the rest, after this period of time has passed, whether these people want to be killed or chopped into pieces is not a matter of his own words.
"Okay, the people are in your Tiantian Division. You can pick them up yourself. However, Xingyong Hou Mansion cannot go back. How to arrange them is your business. I am giving you 10,000 taels of silver as a gift to these people. Settlement allowance."
Since he was acting and wanted to have a good reputation of caring for the fallen soldiers, King Zhou did not hesitate to do more. Moreover, after eradicating all the forces of the right prime minister this time, he made a fortune of no less than ten million taels of silver.
His current family fortune is very rich and he doesn't care about this little money.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After Zhang Yuhang thanked him for his kindness, he left the Imperial Study Room directly with His Majesty's imperial edict.
