Chapter 211 The Sound of the Staff
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The cabinet compound exploded, and the emperor sent eunuchs to issue a decree, saying that he would not kill Liu Jin and others at the request of the ministers. He only said that although Liu Jin and others were at fault, they were not guilty to death and could be punished, but there was no need to stir up trouble.
A "small topic" made the civil servants angry. The emperor did not realize the seriousness of the problem at all, and also held an indifferent attitude towards the united admonition of the ministers. He not only did not reflect, but also made a fuss.
The arrogant civil servants felt greatly insulted. As soon as the eunuchs left, some of the civil servants blushed and shouted, some shook their hands and sighed, some beat their chests and cried bitterly, and the cabinet compound was in chaos.
Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Liu Jian, Hanwen and others are also angry. Even if the big deal is small, the emperor should have a humble attitude, instead of sending hard people to pass on this imperial edict. What's more, the wording of the imperial edict has no meaning of comfort. On the contrary, it does blame the tone of reprimand.
"Prince Li, it seems that the emperor will not listen to advice. We can't expect the emperor to make up his mind. This determination requires me to wait to help the emperor." Han Wen's face turned red and his beard blew high.
"Lord Han is right, Li Gong, let's submit our resignation as agreed collectively. Liu Jin Xiaoyao is a shame for us, and there is no room for compromise." Xie Qian's face was pale and scary. His heart was not good, but now he jumped faster and slower, and his breath was uneven.
"Lao Li, let's say something. Can't we just swallow our anger?" The civil servants around shouted.
Li Dongyang's eyebrows were deeply locked, and his thin body trembled slightly, but he did not lose his calmness. Some people in front of him were already hot and completely forgot the original intention of launching the impeachment of Liu Jin and others. The ultimate purpose of this action is to put pressure on the emperor to put government affairs back on track, not a thought. Isn't it against the position and identity of being a minister of the Ming Dynasty?
But at this time, Li Dongyang has no law to persuade the people in front of him. As long as a word is wrong, he will immediately become the target of public criticism. What Li Dongyang can do is to agree, but he still decided to put the fierce means in the end.
"My lords, listen to me." Li Dongyang shouted.
Everyone calmed down and listened to the chief assistant of the cabinet. Li Dongyang said, "It's too early to submit the resignation. That's the last resort. I suggested that we go to the outside of the Qianqing Palace to kneel down. You have done it, and I am responsible for you. Don't forget that we are all important ministers of the Ming Dynasty. We always have to do our duty as ministers, which is also right. The emperor's kindness to us.
The ministers understood Li Dongyang's meaning and nodded one after another, "What Mr. Li Ge said is very true. We can't do our duty. If the emperor is willing to do it, it's not too late for me to resign."
"Yes, yes, let's go to the Qianqing Palace." Everyone shouted.
Li Dongyang sighed, drank the residual tea in the cup, stood up and straightened his clothes, and strode out of the public house. The ministers in the yard gave way one after another, but when they saw Li Dongyang at the top, Liu Jianqian followed him left and right. Behind him were Han Wen Zengjian and other ministers, as well as six ministers and Duyu. Hundreds of civil officials who came to support the envoy, Hanlin Academy and other places went straight to the Qianqing Palace.
Song Nan was talking with Zhengde in the study. Zhang Yong came in from the door in a panic and looked panicked; Zhengde shouted unhappily, "What's the matter? Panic."
Zhang Yong glanced at Song Nan and stammered, "Your Majesty... It's not good. The cabinet has led hundreds of six civil officials to the Qianqing Palace."
Zhengde was shocked and said, "What do you do? Can they rebel? Go and let Shi Wenyi escort General Dahan.
Zhang Yong hurriedly nodded and agreed, turned around and ran out. Because he was too flustered, he fell under the threshold. He didn't care about shouting pain and covered his broken forehead and ran away.
Zhengde licked his lips nervously, his face was pale, and he walked back and forth in a hurry. He said angrily, "These guys dare to break into the inner palace. They are too bold. What are they going to do?"
Song Nanjing said quietly, "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. I guess they don't dare to break into the Qianqing Palace. Ten * should be outside the palace gate. How can a civil servant who has no power to bind chickens be unfavorable to the emperor?"
Zhengde paused and said, "Yes, I'm confused. No matter how bold these people are, they dare not do anything to me."
Song Nan said, "It seems that they won't stop if they don't achieve their goals. The emperor wants to think about how to deal with this situation."
A eunuch hurried into the room and reported in a hurry: "Your Majesty, Lord Li of the Cabinet, Lord Xie, Lord Liu and the adults of the six departments of the Hanlin Academy are kneeling at the gate of the palace and want the emperor to go out to meet."
Zhengde said, "Did Shi Wenyi bring someone here?"
The eunuch said, "Lord Shi was watching at the door of the hall with 300 brocade guards. Eunuch Liu also ordered Eunuch Qiu to gather the people of the East Factory to guard the palace gate."
Zhengde sighed and waved his hand, "They like to kneel down. I won't go to see them."
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Under the steps in front of the Qianqing Palace, hundreds of literary ministers knelt at the door of the palace and asked Zhengde to come out to meet. Shi Wenyi led the 300 brocade generals and stopped him at the palace gate, and hundreds of Dongchang rushed to gather on the left side to be on alert.
Mou Bin, who had hidden and did not want to show up, had to appear and falsely told Shi Wenyi to protect the palace gate. He quickly entered the hall to see Zhengde and failed to protect Yun Yun. Zhengde was not in the mood to talk to him and ordered him to closely monitor the civil servants at the gate of the palace.
The time passed minute by minute by, from noon to Shenshi, two or three hours were as long as after a few years. The ministers knelt in front of the hall one by one. With the passage of time, the disappointment and anger in the ministers also reached the verge of explosion. In these hours, Zhengde did not even face each other. Lu didn't even say a word of relief.
In disappointment and anger, a person they least wanted to see appeared at the gate of the palace. Liu Jin bit his toothpick and went out of the gate, stood on the steps with his waist, looking at the civil servants with a sneer on his face.
"Your Excellency, let's save some energy. The emperor's decree has been issued. What's the use of running here and kneeling down? The emperor said that he would never come out to see you. The ground is cold and hard. Can you stand it? We have prepared some futons for you. Raise your hand if you want.
The civil officials looked angrily. How could the officials who were already angry stand Liu Jin's ridiculence? A middle-aged official suddenly got up and rushed up the steps and rushed to Liu Jin.
Li Dongyang shouted, "Lord Dai can't."
The official was Dai Xian in the matter. He was a hot-tempered person. Seeing Liu Jin's hateful smile, he couldn't help but get up and scold, "Enoyan, how can you be so arrogant? You will never have a good end."
Liu Jin was shocked and screamed, "Why don't you stop him?"
Two generals of Jinyiwei came forward to hold Dai Mill. Dai Mill's feet hung in the air and could not move in. They tried their best to throw the Chao Fu in his hand to Liu Jin's face. With a snap, Liu Jin's eyebrows were bleeding, and Yu Fu fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.
Liu Jin covered his eyebrows and shouted loudly, "It's not bad. It's not bad. It's going to be the opposite. It's not good to hit the emperor's bedroom. It's not bad."
Li Dongyang's heart was cold, and Dai Xian was too impulsive. This was fooled by Liu Jin. Liu Jin deliberately said some sarcastic words to anger everyone. As long as he forced the emperor to come out to speak, he would follow Liu Jin to compete, and he would not fall into a trap.
Sure enough, Liu Jin confused the blood stains on his eyebrows and painted his face. He looked really scary. He turned around and ran to the hall, rushed into Zhengde's study and cried, "Your Majesty, these people are red-eyed and actually hit the hall. They wanted to be unfavorable to the emperor. The slaves tried their best to stop them, but they actually hurt them. Slave maidservants, the emperor rest assured that I will protect them to the death.
Liu Jin raised his face, and the blood on his face made a mess. Zhengde and Song Nan were shocked. Zhengde's faces turned pale and he said angrily, "What does Jinyiwei eat? Is that okay? Liu Jin, who punish these people who don't understand the rules, tell Shi Wenyi that who dares to make trouble will be blamed.
Liu Jin's eyes showed joy and said repeatedly, "I obey." After saying that, he got up and went out.
Song Nan felt bad and hurried out. He chased Liu Jin and said, "Eunuch Liu, don't make the situation big."
Liu Jin turned around and smiled and said, "Lord Song, thank you for your reminder, but after this, our family also understood a truth. In the past, our family always cared about the consequences and worried about gains and losses; now I understand that they want me to die, how can I tolerate them? It's a matter of your death and my life. , can't blame me for being cruel; Lord Song, I know you are soft-hearted, but from our position, you can't be soft this time.
Song Nan shouted, "Let yourself have some way back."
Liu Jin laughed and said, "The back road? I just think too much about this word, which is what happened today.
Liu Jin's face turned cold, turned his head and stepped away, went out of the door of the hall, and shouted loudly, "The emperor said that there are those who have plots to attack the bedroom, and they will not be slack off; Shi Wenyi, in the matter, hit the bedroom and hurt people, and immediately took it with the court staff."
Shi Wenyi arched his hand and said, "Follow the public's order, come and take down Dai Mill."
Three or four Jinyiwei generals went up like wolves and dragged Dai Mill to the front of the hall. Two brocade guards dragged Dai Mill on a bench and fell on the stool. One of them reached out to capture Dai Mill's clothes, revealing their buttocks, and the other two held mulberry sticks and began to beat Dai Mill's buttocks.
Dai Mill shouted angrily: "The eunslave! Thief! If you wait to seduce the emperor, there will be evil retribution. There will be a way to kill me. I will go to the spring to see the emperor!"
Liu Jin gritted her teeth and shouted, "I will complete you and add 20 sticks."
Jinyiwei hit hard, and Dai Mill's lower body soon became flesh and blood blurred, and the scolding gradually lowered. The ministers under the steps were pale, and Han Wen shouted loudly: "The emperor, the emperor, did you see it in Tianyingling? Do I allow such ci ministers to run rampant in the Ming Dynasty?
Xie Qian, Liu Jian and others burst into tears. Xie Qian really couldn't stand it. He crooked and fainted.
Everyone was in a hurry to rescue, and it took a long time to wake up Xie Qian.
The blue sky and white clouds, and the universe are bright. It was originally a cool autumn, but the front of the Qianqing Palace is like a dark curtain, and the air is hot and frozen, making people unable to breathe.
The sound of the staff, mixed with the tragic cry of Dai Mill, makes people unable to believe that all this is true.