Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

"If not, then tell me why you are dissatisfied with me, and why you instigated hundreds of scholars to come to see your majesty and carry out this act of forced palace!"

Liu Jian kowtowed to the ground. This was the first time he heard such questions from the emperor. It was the first time he encountered such anger from the emperor. He felt as if he had been thrown into a bottomless abyss.

My heart keeps sinking.

Faced with such an inquiry, he knew that if he gave a slightly careless answer, he would be doomed.

After a brief silence, Liu Jian seemed to remember his purpose of entering Nuange to face Jun's father. He gritted his teeth and calmed down. He completely threw away the panic in his heart and shouted loudly:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I am not dissatisfied with Your Majesty at all. I have not instigated hundreds of scholars to come to see Your Majesty. I do not even dare to have the intention of forcing Your Majesty to enter the palace. I hope Your Majesty will tell you clearly!"

Emperor Hongzhi half-closed his eyes after hearing this, and stared closely at the chief and assistant minister of the cabinet who was leaning on the ground with an extremely humble attitude.

When hundreds of students came to see your majesty, he was more inclined to think that someone was instigating it and that there was a premeditated plan behind it.

The person who instigated this must be in a high position. Who could be the instigator?

He didn't know, he couldn't guess, but he passed the sieve through the sieve of all the Gong Gong princes in the court in his mind, but found that no one could slip through the sieve.

In other words, everyone in the court was suspected, and they even planned this together.

Thinking about it like this, he suddenly felt cold all over his body, so he wasn't all acting, or even acting.

The anger he felt now was real. If he had been normal, he would have suppressed his anger, suppressed it, and mobilized factory guards to secretly investigate the matter. But now, he just put his anger out in the open and

Let this anger burst out in advance.

"You mean, you're not the one behind this?"

Liu Jian raised his head at this time, so that the emperor could see his expression and his clear conscience. Then he looked directly at Emperor Hongzhi's aggressive and scrutinizing eyes, and answered word by word, but extremely firmly.

road:

"Your Majesty, Liu Jian, has received your favor. I have been given the position of Chief Assistant of the Cabinet. Now that something terrible has happened in the court, I am the first to bear the brunt of my fault. I am guilty of one crime. Hundreds of scholars gathered in the Imperial Palace."

The city invited your majesty to see you, but I failed to show up in time to punish you. This is my second crime.

For these two crimes, I cannot absolve myself of the blame and cannot escape responsibility. Therefore, there is no need for me to deceive the king and father, and there is no need to deceive your majesty.

Not to mention, the two new policies are all beneficial to the country, and I am all aware of them, and they all agreed happily. Therefore, I will never instruct scholars to visit your majesty in an attempt to get your majesty to take back these two new policies.

And now His Majesty asked me if I was the mastermind behind the scenes, and I still answered correctly. It is indeed not me. I had no knowledge of this in advance. I hope my emperor will tell you clearly!"

Listening to this sonorous and powerful response, looking at that expression and looking directly into those eyes, Emperor Hongzhi's pupils actually shrank, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment. Then he looked around, and finally looked at Xia Yuanxiao.

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"Did you see this righteous and awe-inspiring look? It made me so clean all at once."

Liu Jian lowered his head again, "I am stupid and don't know what your majesty means by washing. I hope your majesty will make it clear."

"Okay! If you want me to express it clearly, then I will tell you, what position do you occupy in the court?"

"Thanks to His Majesty's favor, I have been appointed as the chief minister of the cabinet."

"What a prime minister in the cabinet. Let me ask you again, who is the mastermind behind this matter? Which minister in the DPRK is it?"

Hearing this, Liu Jian felt relieved, knowing that his suspicion had been cleared for the time being, but there were other people whose lives and fortunes still depended on him.

In order to prevent the emperor from using this matter as an excuse to mobilize factory guards to raise prisons, and to prevent the situation from becoming uncontrollable, he took a deep breath and said:

"I really don't know about this. This matter needs to be thoroughly investigated. Whether there is really someone behind this matter and whether there is really any premeditation is still dispensable. I sincerely ask your Majesty to temporarily hold back your thunderous wrath and wait for a while.

After the matter is clarified, we can make a decision!"

At this point, Liu Jian straightened his body and then loudly said: "What's more, the two new policies attracted opposition from the court and the central government, but they were still implemented in the end. I thought that it was probably no one who instigated this matter, and it was just a matter of life."

It's something that officials and scholars do spontaneously.

But this matter has aroused your majesty's suspicion. Mencius said: The king regards his ministers as his hands and feet, and his ministers regard him as his heart.

Your Majesty is so suspicious of your ministers, which is really not the way for a king to treat his ministers, let alone the right way for a king to govern the country! I have the courage to say this, I hope your Majesty will listen and learn from it!"

Liu Jian almost used all his strength to shout these words out of his mouth, with a loud sound that lingered in the Nuan Pavilion and even the entire Qianqing Palace for a long time.

The ministers kneeling in the hall were all impressed by these words, and everyone's eyes showed excitement. Even Wang Shu, who had always been old and prudent, was shocked by the voice coming from the Nuan Pavilion, and his eyes filled with tears.

But after all, he is already old, nearly ninety years old. After listening to the fierce duel between the emperor and his ministers in the Nuan Pavilion, his heart relaxed, and his body seemed to be weak. He hurriedly supported the ground with his hands, but

Let yourself fall down.

This voice naturally filled the ears of Emperor Hongzhi. His head went blank for a short time, and he moved his lips a few times, but in the end he was speechless. He just looked at the chief and assistant minister of the cabinet with anger in his heart.

There is also a deep sense of powerlessness.

Xia Yuan had a dull expression on his face, but in his heart he felt sincere admiration and admiration for this old minister. From the moment he came in until now, every answer and every correct answer made it impossible for anyone to find anything wrong, and he even seemed to occupy him.

The upper hand finally silenced the emperor.

But Emperor Hongzhi won this game.

In other words, the victory has been determined for a long time. In this grand drama, or in this battle between kings and ministers, no matter who has the upper hand, the person who wins in the end will be the emperor.

Because the reason for this invitation to your Majesty has been firmly locked in the New Deal aspect from the very beginning, no one can avoid the New Deal aspect.

The emperor couldn't get around it, and neither could Liu Jian.

And in this way, the goal is achieved.

Outside the palace, everyone's eyes were looking in the direction of Nuan Pavilion. Everyone's ears were perked up, waiting for Emperor Hongzhi to speak and the final judgment.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes gradually focused, and he seemed to know that this drama had come to an end, "Liu Qing's family."

"I'm here."

"Do you think this matter should be investigated thoroughly?"

"Reporting to your Majesty, this matter should be thoroughly investigated."

Zhu Youtang stared at him, "Then tell me, who will investigate? And who will be investigated?"

"I think this matter should be handed over to the factory guards to investigate the hundreds of workers and scholars."

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi finally smiled, the kind of smile that brought victory back, and immediately looked at Xiao Jing and asked: "Xiao Jing, do you think what Mr. Liu Ge said is true?"

Xiao Jing fell on the ground and played loudly without any hesitation: "Back to the Emperor, I think this is a big fallacy!"

"Then what do you think?"

"Your Majesty has broken this slave. How can I have such high opinions? I just have some humble opinions.

In my opinion, since the hundreds of madmen who are so called to meet with Your Majesty are here to oppose the New Deal, we must not only investigate these hundreds of madmen, but also those who originally opposed the New Deal, one by one. Investigate one by one, and investigate whoever is involved!"
Chapter completed!