Chapter 274: A blow to the front

In the middle of the night, Li Wei, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly pushed to wake up by his wife. "What's the matter?" he asked in a daze.

"Dalang, it seems that someone calls you."

Li Wei was listening carefully, and sure enough, he heard the personal soldiers shouting outside the room: "Sir, emergency information!"

Li Wei was sitting up all of a sudden, when he put on his coat and walked to the outside room and asked, "What happened?"

"Sir, it's news from the palace."

He immediately opened the door and walked out. Outside the door was Fang Lan, the intelligence leader in the capital. Seeing that Li Wei was coming out, he immediately bowed to report: "I have to disturb the rest of the 100,000-year-old information."

Li Wei waved his hand and sat down, "What's the matter? Tell me!"

"Sir, one hour ago, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and Fang Xiaoru were summoned into the palace overnight. According to the eunuchs we placed in the palace, they were discussing how to deal with the adults. There was also an argument between Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai. Later, after the three left, Huang Zicheng quietly came back and had a secret conversation with the emperor for a long time."

Li Wei was picking up the teacup and taking a sip. This matter should be as expected by him. He had heard that Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng had a conflict because of him. Judging from today's situation, Qi Tai and Fang Xiaoru should have an agreement, but Zhu Yunwen seemed to be inclined to Huang Zicheng, otherwise he would not have had a secret conversation with him alone for too long.

Li Wei was smiling faintly. It seemed that there would be a fierce battle tomorrow morning court.

The next day, before dawn, the officials who participated in the morning court hurried out, and carriages were driving on the streets. The morning court was set by Zhu Yuanzhang every day, and his descendants must abide by it. Zhu Yunwen was still a diligent king. He has been basically full of duty for more than two years. The officials who came early gathered in the square of the Taihe Palace and whispered. It is said that Li Wei was about to go to court today, and I don’t know what reward the court would give him, but some sober people pointed out that the death of Zhang Yi and the King of Shu was probably not related to Li Wei, and things would not be so simple.

At this time, the Zhonghe Shao music sounded, and the officials knew that the time for court was coming, so they stood in front of the Grade Mountain to wait to enter the hall. At this time, the Danbi music sounded, and two long rows of rows walked up to the jade steps and walked towards the Taihe Hall.

After entering the hall, the team quickly arranged according to the grade line. At this time, Zhu Yunwen walked out from the side surrounded by several palace maids and eunuchs, sat upright on the dragon throne. The ministers all stepped forward and knelt down, shouting long live.

"Dear friends, please do not give me a favor."

The ministers returned to work like a tide. At this time, several sharp-eyed ministers suddenly discovered an abnormality, that is, Li Weizheng did not appear in the court. In other words, he did not come to court, and the court immediately whispered. Qi Tai also discovered this situation. He couldn't help but sneer and looked at Huang Zicheng contemptuously. Didn't he want to impeach Li Weizheng? He simply didn't come and let you punch you in the air.

"Dear friends, do you have any important matters to report?"

Zhu Yunwen also found that Li Weizheng had not come. He felt a little dissatisfied and his tone became stern. At this time, Huang Zicheng walked out of the class and he also knew that Li Weizheng had not come, but this did not affect his plan.

"Your Majesty, I have this report!"

The eyes of the officials looked at him with a calm expression. Huang Zicheng looked calm. He took out a memorial from his sleeve and said calmly: "Your Majesty, I ask the court to find out the truth about the death of His Highness the King of Shu and the commander of Sichuan Zhang Yi, and give everyone the understanding."

The hall was very quiet, and no one came out to respond. Huang Zicheng stood there alone, feeling a sense of tragic tragedy that he was alone, but Zhu Yunwen felt a little embarrassed. He coughed dryly and asked the Zuodu envoy Jing Qing, "Jing Aiqing believes that this matter can be investigated?"

This incident happened very suddenly, and Jing Qing was not prepared, but he himself did not support Huang Zicheng's idea. So what can be done if this matter is investigated clearly? It made Li Weizheng unable to gain a foothold in front of all the people in the world? I am afraid that the second Lan Yu would appear at that time.

But the emperor's question did not allow him to answer, and he hurriedly went out to work and said to him: "I remember that this matter has been made clear in the memorial of Li Weizheng, the chief general of the Five Army. It was done by Lan Yu."

"Mr. Jing!"

Huang Zicheng spoke in dissatisfaction, "I just suspect that there is a false situation in Li Weizheng's report, so I asked the emperor to investigate the matter. How could Lord Jing be so perfunctory? Do you think this matter is not important?"

Jing Qing made a frank heart and said to Zhu Yunwen loudly: "Your Majesty, Lord Huang's words are worth discussing. Perhaps this matter is important, but I believe that the most important thing now is to quell the Lan Yu Rebellion to reward talents, inspire morale, and lay a foundation for victory for the future battle with the Yan army."

His words were to remind Zhu Yunwen that he should be a win over Li Wei now, not a suppression. Lan Yu has pacified him, and there is also the King of Yan!

At this time, Zhuo Jing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, also came out and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"Please tell me if you love Zhuo!"

"I thank Your Majesty." Zhuo Jing bowed and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the last time General Sheng Yong won a great victory in Shandong, Lord Huang impeached him to send troops to breach the contract without authorization. This time Governor Li quelled Sichuan Lanyu, Lord Huang was going to have an accident again, and he wanted to investigate the truth about the death of Zhang Yi and the King of Shu. This is obviously targeting Governor Li. I really don't understand why some people were defeated hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but they didn't see him impeachment, but encouraged them to use them again, so that they lost again and again, which destroyed the vitality of our Ming Dynasty. Afterwards, Lord Huang blamed himself. Could this be the style of Lord Huang, who is happy to defeat but not win? In this way, Lord Huang is the confidant of King Yan, which makes people suspicious!"

"Good words!" A cheer suddenly came from the entrance of the hall. Li Wei was appearing at the entrance of the hall, followed by two guards passing the message. It was obvious that Li Wei Zheng did not allow them to inform him.

He walked into the hall and bowed deeply to Zhu Yunwen and said, "I have gone to worship the soldiers who died heroically in the battle with the Yan army. I am late. Please forgive me for your crime!"

The hall suddenly became silent, and there was no one who entered the hall without reporting. There was also a rumor that the court was late and was very evident. This was obviously done on purpose. At this time, Zhu Yunwen suddenly had a cold sweat on his back. He felt a strong pressure. What could he do? Can he say, 'Drag Li Weizheng out for fifty sticks?' No, he can't say anything, this is strength. Li Weizheng had never shown it before, but today he showed it.

Zhu Yunwen laughed dryly and said, "You are late to go to worship the soldiers who have died in the country, and I think you are innocent!"

"Thank you for your kindness."

Li Wei stood up straight and walked slowly to Huang Zicheng and said, "Mr. Huang, you always say that you suspect that there is false information in my report. Do you have any evidence?"

Huang Zicheng snorted coldly and said, "Don't you know if you go and check it?"

"Okay! I'll make a bet with you."

Li Weizheng suddenly raised his voice and said, "If my report is true, then I will immediately resign from all positions in the court and return to Liaodong to farm. But what if Lord Huang was willing to slander me?"

Speaking of this, Li Wei was staring at him coldly and said, "I want you to resign from all positions and go home to farm. Do you dare to make this bet with me?"

Huang Zicheng said angrily: "Li Weizheng, this is in the court. Do you dare to be so arrogant?"

Li Wei was sneering, "Mr. Huang, are you scared, are you?"

Li Wei was suddenly turned around and knelt down at Zhu Yunwen. He took out a memorial from his sleeve and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I will also impeach Huang Zicheng to recommend Li Jinglong twice, resulting in the annihilation of the entire Ming Dynasty's millions of soldiers. I want to seek justice for the families of millions of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and the families of five millions of soldiers. Why is Li Jinglong innocent? Why is the recommended Huang Zicheng innocent? If Your Majesty does not severely punish Li Jinglong and Huang Zicheng today, I will hit him and die in front of the stone steps to persuade Your Majesty with his death!"

After saying that, he stood up, took off the black hat on his head, held it in his hand, and stared at Zhu Yunwen with a cold look.

Zhu Yunwen was already sweating profusely. He never expected that Li Weizheng would be so tough today and gave him an ultimatum. He felt regretful in his heart. Only then did he deeply understand the advice of Qi Tai and Fang Xiaoru, and then he understood Jing Qing and Zhuo Jing's reminder to him. It was tantamount to seeking death when he moved Li Weizheng now.

But it was too late. Li Weizheng was already forcing the palace. How should he deal with it? Zhu Yunwen was restless on the throne. He knew that if he did not agree, Li Weizheng would hit him. Even if he did not die, he would leave and leave himself for the King of Yan to slaughter. But if he agreed to Li Weizheng's request, he would not be able to take this face down.

The court was silent. Although Li Weizheng's threat made many people dissatisfied, no one dared to go out to resolve the situation. It was not because he was afraid of him, but because his own resolution would lead to more serious consequences. They could not bear this responsibility.

At this moment, Qi Tai finally made a comment: "Your Majesty, the report of Governor Li is reasonable. Huang Zicheng strongly recommended twice. Li Jinglong was defeated twice. Even Your Majesty himself issued a self-criticism edict, but the person involved was unscathed and even used it. This really disappointed the hearts of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty, in order to win back the morale of the army, I beg Your Majesty to make this determination!"

Qi Tai's words immediately reminded the civil and military officials of the court. Zhuo Jing immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I agree with the words of Shangshu Qi. The Yan army is eyeing the North. The King of Yan even put forward the slogan of 'killing all the literati of Zuo Ban'. Your Majesty should put the overall situation first."

Jing Qing also said with a high voice: "I have not yet rewarded merits for pacifying Lan Yu's rebellion. How can Your Majesty hurt the morale of the army again?"

All the ministers persuaded Zhu Yunwen to be clearly rewarded and punished, but in fact they were hinting that he could not turn against Li Weizheng now. At this time, Huang Zicheng's face was pale and he was completely disappointed. He knew that the emperor would definitely accept Li Weizheng's coercion today, but once he started this, it would not end in the future.

Huang Zicheng sighed in his heart, knelt on his knees in front of the jade steps, and said tremblingly: "I have recommended Li Jinglong twice as a crime in the Ming Dynasty. I am willing to resign and return to my hometown to farm. Please forgive me."
Chapter completed!