Someone took the lead in opposing, and then there were voices of support. In just a moment, more than ten officials came out to oppose.
Changsheng didn't know these people, so he could only judge their general rank through the position they were standing in and the color of their official uniforms. Most of these people wore red official uniforms, indicating that they were mostly fourth- and fifth-rank officials. However, There were also two or three officials of third rank or above wearing purple official uniforms.
Not all those who objected simply seconded the proposal. Those who spoke out later also stated the reasons for their objection. The reasons for these people's objections were mainly from three aspects. First, the imperial censor has always been held by a highly respected veteran, and he was too senior. He does not know enough about the government affairs of the DPRK, and his prestige is not enough to convince the public. Second, most of the imperial censors were civil servants, and he was from a martial arts background. Third, he is too young and lacks experience.
If only these ten people opposed, the situation would not get out of control. However, when the wall fell and everyone pushed it down, more and more people were opposed. Some wavering people also joined the opposition camp. It didn’t take long for the number of officials who opposed to rise to three. More than ten people.
Today, there are a total of 1,670 civil and military officials in the court, among whom there are also old and middle-aged people who eat nothing. More than 30 people are opposed, and the situation is about to be out of control.
There were those who objected, and naturally there were those who agreed. Then one after another, some people plucked up the courage to speak out and refuted everyone. The reason for the refutation was that although the Yushitai supervises hundreds of officials and handles important cases, its status in the court is not among the six ministries. Under the Censorship Council, the Censorship Bureau does not belong to the Sixth Department, and the Censorship Officer does not belong to the Jiuqing. It is not against the rules and inappropriate for young people to serve as the Censorship Officer.
Some people also take the famous Han general Huo Qubing as an example. He enlisted in the army at the age of fourteen, went on an expedition at the age of seventeen, was granted the title of marquis at the age of eighteen, and bravely crowned the three armies. The Yushitai had heavy official duties and needed young, promising and energetic officers like Chang Sheng.
As for those who objected to criticizing Chang Sheng's martial arts background, those who refuted it also argued hard. They only pointed out that the imperial court always only appointed officials based on grade, regardless of civil and military affairs. The imperial censor was an official of the third rank, while Chang Sheng's current official residence was of the third rank. It is reasonable to serve as a censor.
Although those who defended the holy will made impassioned speeches, the number of them was small, only six or seven, and there were thirty or forty people who came out to oppose it. The situation was still unfavorable and one-sided.
However, although these people who uphold the holy will are relatively small in number, they dare to make impassioned speeches and argue with reason, and are not afraid of the opponent's large number of people. Judging from the calm tone and firm demeanor of several people, similar to this kind of court quarrel This situation should have happened many times before, and they are not stage frightened.
As the argument escalated, more and more officials became involved, and the scene gradually turned from an argument into a quarrel.
"General Zhang, you only said that the appointment was inappropriate, but you couldn't tell what was wrong. You just kept quarreling and disturbing the court. What's your intention?"
"Master Young Supervisor, I am a military general and I can speak out loud. I am not as good as you civil servants. I am holding the four books and chewing on words, giving loyal advice to the court. What is the purpose? On the contrary, you are old-sighted, relying on your old age, disregarding the safety of the court, and making nonsense. Grandstanding.”
"General Zhang's words are inappropriate, the young eunuch is absolutely loyal..."
"Sun Zhongcheng, what do you mean? Could it be that Lord Zhao is so loyal and loyal, but General Zhang has ulterior motives?"
"Don't confuse right and wrong and take quotes out of context. No matter whether it is in accordance with the imperial official system or the ancient and modern etiquette system, there is nothing wrong with the appointment of the imperial censor."
"You, a small official in the imperial court who poops and urinates, dare to talk nonsense about the official system. I only ask you, is it true that the Manchu Dynasty has no civil and military personnel to use? Instead, a yellow-haired boy took charge of the Yushitai, took charge of the prisons, and supervised hundreds of people. Official, if this word spreads, where will the court’s face be?”
"The face of the imperial court? The Ministry of War recommended you to be the general of the Southern Conquest, to fight against the rebellion, send 50,000 troops, and return 300 to the court. How can you have the honor to come back?"
"You old man..."
"General Zhengnan, be careful. This is a majestic court, and the current emperor is sitting in charge, not General Zhengnan's palace where you keep prostitutes."
"How dare you, Sun Dexian, to slander this general? I think you have had enough."
"Even if I've had enough of my life, it's not your turn to deal with it."
Although Chang Sheng did not speak, he heard every word of the quarrels and abuses between the two sides. He did not expect that these officials would dare to be so presumptuous in the court, and they did not take the emperor seriously at all.
Judging from the number of people on both sides, the strength of the eunuchs and eunuchs was obviously stronger than that of the emperor. Moreover, most of the eunuchs were leading military generals and ministers, while most of the ministers who were loyal to the emperor were civilian officials.
The quarrel has been like this, and the emperor has never expressed his position. He just sat there with an expressionless face.
At first, the reason for immortality was unclear, but later it was discovered that there were two old eunuchs wearing eunuch uniforms standing on the left and right below the golden platform of the emperor's dragon chair. These two old eunuchs kept their eyebrows closed and said nothing.
He had only heard of Yang Fugong, but had never seen him. If nothing unexpected happened, one of the two old eunuchs standing under the golden platform should be Yang Fugong, who held military power and controlled the government.
Once the two sides break up, the quarrel quickly turns into insults. They are officials in the same dynasty and know each other very well.
Even if it reached this level, the emperor and Yang Fugong had no intention of stopping it, nor did they order to withdraw from the court.
Although he was the focus of the dispute between the two parties, Changsheng did not lose his composure. There was a reason why the emperor did not retreat from the court. If he retreated at this time, the civil and military officials of the court would not give up. They would definitely unite in private and launch an attack to force him to do so. Take back your life.
The emperor's silence was because he was secretly competing with Yang Fugong. In this current situation, only if Yang Fugong expressed his stance, would the eunuch party cease to exist.
Yang Fugong's refusal to express his position was also a conflict with the emperor. The current emperor ascended the throne with his support, but he found that the emperor was not willing to act as a puppet and began to be disobedient. He deliberately made the emperor embarrassed in public and took the opportunity to beat him. Fan.
The civil and military officials who came to the court were used to quarrels, but Wu Jinshi, who entered the palace to express his gratitude, had never seen such a scene. Everyone was like a new daughter-in-law who had just passed the wedding. Before the ceremony, her husband's family was already in chaos. .
Changsheng was a practitioner of qi and martial arts. Seeing how rampant the eunuchs were, his instinct was to rise up and kill all the officials who were loyal to the eunuchs. Although he did not carry any weapons, he was sure to kill them within half a stick of incense. All these people died in the hall.
However, he himself also knew that this idea was naive, because even if he killed these people, it would be useless. The Eunuch Party was still strong and would not be leaderless. The most important thing was that the military power was still under the control of the Eunuch Party. Killing the generals in the palace, There are also partial generals and lieutenants who have not gone to the palace. Once they are impulsive and reckless, they will immediately cause trouble to Xiao Qiang.
It had been half an hour, and the quarrel in the palace was still continuing. The emperor still said nothing, and the two old eunuchs still lowered their eyebrows and closed their eyes.
The emperor refused to give in because the position of censor doctor was too important. The censor station could not only supervise all officials, but also handle cases and enforce the law. Supervision was secondary, law enforcement was the main thing. To put it bluntly, people could be arrested at will. Not only It can be captured, interrogated, and killed. It is no exaggeration to say that whoever controls the Yushitai will hold the necks of all officials.
The old eunuch Yang Fugong naturally knew this, and he would not allow such an important position to fall into the hands of the emperor's cronies.
The emperor sat expressionless, and the two old eunuchs stood with their eyebrows lowered and their eyes closed. They allowed the palace to quarrel and curse, but no one stopped them, and no one expressed their opinions. They were secretly fighting each other, and they were in a stalemate.
They have been arguing for half an hour, and there is no winner yet. If they continue to argue, there will be no results. At this time, Changsheng knows that he should do something.
If nothing is done, the imperial censor will be in trouble today.
If he doesn't do it well, the imperial censor will be disgraced today.
It is definitely not possible to use force. There are masters among the eunuchs. It is hard to say how many there are. However, the Eunuch Liu who wanted to come to the stage during the martial arts competition to recruit a bride is a master of purple energy. The eunuchs are not interested in women and will not be distracted by women, so they can concentrate on practicing. , so there should be more than one master like Eunuch Liu in the palace.
Excluding force, one can only show courage and subdue everyone.
This seemed to be the only thing that could be done. After a period of time, Chang Sheng concentrated hard, thinking about what he could do to show his courage and conquer everyone.
After thinking for a full quarter of an hour, I had almost figured out the specific details. Suddenly an idea flashed in my mind, and I immediately overturned all my previous thoughts. No, showing strength and courage, proving that I am worthy of a big job is not going to work. Not only will it not work, it will also have the opposite effect.
The more courageous and wise he is, the less likely the eunuchs will let him take office smoothly. The imperial censor is a sharp knife. The emperor now wants to put this knife into the hands of his own people. The more courageous the person holding the knife is. The more intelligent you are, the more fearful the eunuchs will be, and the more powerful they will be to obstruct you.
This road will lead nowhere, so we can only take the wrong path.
The only possible way to go right now is to show weakness!
It's definitely not possible to pretend to be a grandson, and it's even worse to pretend to be crazy or stupid. Those people can only fool the villagers in the countryside, but they can't fool the people above the court. As long as people who can hold high positions have good moral character, at least they have enough brains.
Is it too wise to be foolish? No, it's not deep enough. It can only deceive people who are not very smart, but it cannot deceive truly smart people. There is a problem with the phrase "great wisdom is like a fool", because it is impossible for a truly smart person to behave like a fool.
After thinking for a long time, he finally thought of a way, and it was also his only chance, and that was his age. In everyone's eyes, he was just a kid. This was beneficial to him. He didn't know who his parents were, but But he knew that his parents must be very smart, because he inherited the intelligence from his parents' blood, and his mind was far beyond that of his peers.
This is something that the other party would never expect. Even though the other party knew that he was smart, they would not have thought that he would be so smart. The next thing he had to do was to do something that was consistent with his age, or even something slightly beyond his age, showing off his sharp edge. Fight with other scholars, work hard, and show courage.
In this process, he has to work hard to show that he is young and passionate, impulsive, ambitious, unrealistic and other shortcomings that young people have, so that the other party will think that he is not afraid and finally raise his hand.
No, you can't work hard to show off these shortcomings that you don't have. It will be too obvious if you work hard. You should try to cover up these shortcomings that you don't have. At least let the other party feel that you are trying to cover up. Only in this way can you deceive the old fox.
However, this method is a deviant approach and a dangerous move, because no matter how sharp he is in the early stage, he will end up being frustrated by the opponent. Only in this way can the opponent underestimate him and give up obstruction.
But in this process, the emperor may also be misled by him and think that he is not worthy of a big job. If the emperor gives up on him before the other party does, it will be all over. By then everyone in the world will know that he is mentally ill and will be embarrassed by the emperor. If you give up, not only will your reputation be ruined, but Longhushan and the Ni family will also be harmed.
There is no other way but to take a gamble. After all, the emperor met with him last night and should know something about him. I bet that the emperor can understand his painstaking efforts and that there can be a tacit understanding between the two... ..
