Invincible son

Chapter 490 489

There is no doubt that Kaiping Emperor's short words are full of irony.

Most of the civil servants have some character, but it's difficult to control the speed, if it is too heavy, they will become fools who blindly invite people to buy their names.The subjugation of the former Wei Dynasty was also related to this. In the middle and late period, the civil official group completely squeezed the generals out of the core of power, and then began to compete with the emperor for power.Of course, they will not express their true intentions, they will only use the name of loyal ministers to achieve their goals.

Specifically, loyal ministers must oppose whatever the emperor wants to do, no matter whether the emperor's ideas are beneficial to the country or not.

Once the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty fell into the quagmire of this kind of struggle, crony disputes followed, and the government gradually became paralyzed. All the ministers were fighting for power and profit. All they could see in their eyes were gold, silver and official positions. What did the common people count?
The former Wei Dynasty fell because of this, and Daliang naturally had to learn a lesson.

The official system envisioned by the brilliant and talented adviser Lin Qingyuan was partly based on lessons learned from the past, but in the end only the two government systems remained, with a clear distinction between civil and military affairs and a balance that could barely be reached.

Although the emperor of Daliang didn't have to face a group of stubborn elm heads all the time, it didn't mean that the civil servants in the court had no strength of character.

As soon as Emperor Kaiping's words fell to the ground, a minister immediately stood up from the rank of civil servants and said loudly, "I report to Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

Everyone didn't have to turn their heads to look, they knew who it was just by hearing this majestic and old voice.

So is Liu Daxia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

Emperor Kaiping suppressed his smile, and said lightly: "Speak."

Liu Daxia looked at Pei Yue's aloof back not far ahead, took a deep breath and said, "I want to ask Zhongshanzi Pei Yue, why did he kill Wuwei Hou Ningzhong without authorization?"

Emperor Kaiping's eyes moved to Pei Yue.

Most of the courtiers looked at the young man in unison.

Pei Yue seemed to hear a joke, and said unhurriedly, "Because he deserves to die."

Liu Daxia frowned and said, "It's up to the court to decide whether he deserves to die or not. Even if he really deserves to die, it's not up to you to do it yourself. Do you still have the court's law in your eyes—"

"Liu Shangshu!"

Pei Yue suddenly stopped drinking, and actually blocked Liu Daxia's words back.

All the ministers looked sideways. Over the years, none of the ministers dared to yell at the court meeting, especially Pei Yue who was so young.At this moment, some people couldn't help but secretly cheered. It seemed that this young dignitary had lost his composure after making great achievements, and he didn't even know his duty as a courtier, so he was suicidal.

When even a supervisory censor stood up and scolded angrily: "Pei Yue, do you know where you are standing now! I think you are not only lawless, you are also lawless! You don't even know how to abide by the most basic rules, No matter how great your contribution is, it will only bring disaster to the country and the people!"

"Truly a rebel!"

"This person will surely become the victim of the Great Liang!"

"Country thief!"

"Your Majesty, my humble minister, please punish this beast!"

"Your Majesty, don't let this traitor go!"

……

Those young censors stood up and fired at Pei Yue as if they had eaten a firecracker.In their stern denunciation, Pei Yue has been portrayed as a power minister with a rebellious bone in the back of his head, as if he can kill Wuwei Hou Ningzhong today, and dare to kill the king and rebel tomorrow, and not killing is not enough to cause the people to be angry.

However, in such a stormy attack, Pei Yue's face was very calm, as if the roar just now was not from him.

Seeing that the middle-level civil servants, especially the young censors, were making more and more exaggerated noises, the censor who corrected the instrument could not control himself after several shouts, and the face of Emperor Kaiping on the dragon chair became more and more ugly. He scolded: "Are you trying to force the palace?"

As soon as the word "force the palace" was uttered, the clamoring sound suddenly stopped, and the young officials who had just been dazzled by the blood carefully looked at the steps, and regretted a little after seeing Emperor Kaiping's expression, but couldn't pull back for a while.

Luo Ting frowned and said: "Your Majesty has never stated that Pei Yue is guilty, even if he is really guilty, do you intend to give him a chance to defend himself by shouting and killing like this? This is the court, not a busy market, so hurry up and leave! "

Although Emperor Kaiping didn't like these young censors, it was impossible to take them all directly, so he was quite satisfied with Luo Ting's handling.As if he didn't hear Cai Cai's shout, he looked at Pei Yue and asked calmly, "About Ning Zhong's death, what do you want to say?"

Pei Yue bowed his head slightly, and said calmly: "I am very disappointed."

"disappointment?"

Emperor Kaiping repeated the word, his eyes became strange, and he asked again: "Are you disappointed in me?"

Pei Yue shook his head and said: "I don't mean that. The disappointment I said is because some adults in the court are too selfish."

Emperor Kaiping asked with great interest: "Let's hear it."

Pei Yue ignored the people behind him from the beginning to the end, and kept talking to the emperor, and continued: "Your Majesty, I want to know what will happen to Cheng An Hou Lu Min."

Luo Ting's eyes lit up, and he looked at Pei Yue approvingly.

Wang Pingzhang, the leader of the squad on the right, said slowly: "Pei Yue, what we are talking about now is Ning Zhong's death, let's not discuss other irrelevant matters for the time being."

However, no one expected that Pei Yue would sneer and say, "Wei Guogong, do you think Ning Zhong has nothing to do with Lu Min?"

Wang Pingzhang frowned, of course he could hear the trap hidden in Pei Yue's words, but it was difficult to answer this question.After a moment of silence, he said coldly: "Lu Min has supported Ning Zhong, that's all."

Naturally, Pei Yue would not let him go so easily, and asked, "Master Junji, I want to know if Lu Min is guilty or not?"

Emperor Kaiping looked at Wang Pingzhang expressionlessly, and the latter replied in a deep voice: "Lu Min is guilty, but he has committed suicide, His Majesty has taken his title and won't allow him to be a descendant of Cheng, so the matter is over. .”

Pei Yue was not so stupid and arrogant as to reveal all the inside story of the Battle of the Western Territory. If that was the case, it would not be the courtiers who could only jump around, but the emperor sitting on the dragon chair who would have died.But those inside stories are enough for him to solve the problem in front of him, because others don't know that he knows so much.

Listening to Wang Pingzhang's nonsense, Pei Yue crossed his hands in front of him, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, Lu Min is guilty, and Ning Zhong is guilty. I killed him to save the war situation in the Western Region. I did it as a last resort. The reason why I feel Disappointed, because Marshal Tang, Marshal of Jining, has already written about this matter in his memorial, and the princes of the Manchu Dynasty still want to beat and kill their ministers, so how can we not be disappointed?"

Wang Pingzhang said seriously: "Pei Yue, no one denies your contribution, so don't talk about him!"

Pei Yue sternly said: "Master Junji, if I hadn't killed Ning Zhong at that time, the Guping camp would have fallen into the hands of Western Wu, the gates of Lingzhou would have been opened, and millions of lives would have been destroyed. Do you want to watch the countless dead people of Daliang turn into corpses?" Li Gui, go and cry in your dreams every night!"

There was a dead silence in the hall.

Wang Pingzhang's hands hidden in his sleeves trembled slightly.

(End of this chapter)