Empress Dowager Yang's words woke Chen Yizhong up like a hammer, he thought that he could get the support of the Empress Dowager with his past support, but he forgot that he had abandoned them when the Empress Dowager was the most difficult, so that his own son died of illness on the way to escape, which can be said to be his indirect death. The little emperor is different, although they are not biological mother and son, but they have supported each other through the most difficult moments together, and this kind of emotion is beyond his comparison.

In addition, Chen Yizhong never thought that women are the most vindictive, especially when she is most helpless, you hurt you, she will hate you for a lifetime, and hate it to the core. And the little emperor took up the burden of saving the Great Song Dynasty with his immature shoulders, not only saved the Xing Dynasty, but also revived the Great Song Dynasty and returned to Lin'an City. And the filial piety of the little emperor is a well-known thing. In this case, Empress Dowager Yang's choice is very simple, even if she has done these illegal things, she will do her best to defend it, and she will never choose a courtier who has betrayed the court many times.

Seeing Empress Dowager Yang's gloomy face and the mocking gazes of his former colleagues around him, Chen Yizhong felt that his palms were cold, and he actually wanted to escape from the court where he had dreamed of returning. But he knew that he had no way out, and there might still be a chance to take a step forward, but retreating was a dead end, so he could only move forward, even if he knew it was a dead end.

"Gong Chen, do you still have any objections to what the Queen Mother said?" Wen Tianxiang saw that Chen Yizhong's face changed several times, his lips were dry, and he was a little panicked in his heart, and asked with a chuckle.

"Queen Mother Yuyan, how dare the grass people refute!" Chen Yizhong is also an old fritter who has been through storms for a long time, and after thinking about his situation, not only did he not retreat, but calmed down, straightened up and bowed to Wen Tianxiang.

"It's good!" Wen Tianxiang saw that he had no intention of turning back, turned to the little emperor and said, "Your Majesty, please continue to argue." ”

"After you succeeded to the throne, you expelled the old ministers of the dynasty and appointed cronies. You can see how many old courtiers are in this palace, and you can also go to various places, and how many of them are shepherds, and how many of them are in the position of ruler. Where does the appointment of cronies and the crackdown on old ministers come from? Zhao Yu pointed to the Manchu Dynasty and asked, "Ministers, which of you has been an official in the Xing Dynasty?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister once lived in the official residence of the court!" Lu Xiufu was the first to come out.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been the deputy privy envoy of the official residence in the court!" Zhang Shijie followed closely behind.

"Your Majesty, the minister once served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the Xing Dynasty!" Xu Zongren said.

"Your Majesty, the minister once served as the secretary of the Ministry of the Xing Dynasty!" Chen Zhongwei and Xu Zongren stood side by side.

"Your Majesty, the minister once served as the governor of the Xing Dynasty!" Liu Huang glanced at Chen Yizhong and said.

"Your Majesty......" With Zhao Hao's questioning, the officials in the palace came out one after another to report to their homes, and the sound of the proclamation was endless.

Today, in order to welcome the Queen Mother's return to Beijing, all the officials above the fifth grade in Beijing today participated in the court meeting, and hundreds of civil and military officials were in the palace, and they had to squat on the verandah for dinner. With the question of the little emperor, more than sixty percent of them stood up, and the rest were very few old people from the Shuaifu, most of them were officials from Qiongzhou and Jiangnan celebrities who came across the sea to vote.

"Your Majesty, Chen Wen Tianxiang once served as the right minister of the court!" Seeing that no one was out of the queue again, Wen Tianxiang saluted the little emperor and said loudly.

"What else do you have to say?" Zhao Yu asked Chen Yizhong with a smile.

"Even so, it is difficult to hide the suspicion of embezzlement of power, disordering national politics, and cracking down on colleagues!" It is said that once the emperor was a courtier, look at the scene in front of him, the corners of Chen Yizhong's mouth twitched, he never expected that this would be the case, even the small and medium-sized pavilions in the former court, the likes of the foreign officials have stood in the court, but he still did not give up resistance, he still did not believe that the little emperor would absolutely trust these old people, and shouted in the court, hoping to resonate and expose their evil.

"Gong Chen, when you went to occupy the city and never returned, Emperor Jingyan died, and His Majesty succeeded to the throne. My thought shifted to Yashan. When His Majesty was destroyed, he commanded the whole army to defeat Zhang Hongfan, and the Xing Dynasty had no place to exist in the south of the Yangtze River, so he moved to Qiongzhou. At that time, there were nearly 10,000 officials, and more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians poured into Qiongzhou. However, His Majesty said that those who went to Qiongzhou were all loyal and righteous people, and they would be the cadres of the country in the future, so no one was laid off and properly settled. After the restoration of Jiangnan, many people became shepherds and officials of the frontier. Seeing his appearance, Zhang Shijie stepped forward to refute without waiting for the little emperor to speak.

"What the cardinal commander said is good, the first time I arrived in Qiongzhou, the ministers were terrified, even I was the same, but it has been ten years now, thanks to Your Majesty's refusal to abandon me, I am still in the position of Shangshu, and the palace is crowded with ministers, Chen Gong was assassinated to slander Your Majesty, what is the meaning?" Chen Zhongwei pointed at Chen Yizhongdao.

"You all defend him, but it is still difficult to hide his courage and thirst for killing, wantonly killing and surrendering, and embezzling property!" Chen Yizhong already knew that he had miscalculated again when he saw this meeting, and the argument on this would only be more embarrassing, so he immediately changed the topic and said loudly.

"Hehe, I'm brave and brave, and it's good to love money, but where does the thirst for killing and embezzlement begin?" Zhao Yu waved his hand to let the ministers return to their respective positions, and asked with a smile.

"On the day of the capture of Quanzhou, His Majesty beheaded all the Pu family and tortured them, and all the confiscated property was returned to the inner government, allowing them to be squandered and the captured enemy troops were killed in front of the battle, but is it a fact?" Chen Yizhong said impassionedly.

"It's basically good, but why did I kill the Pu clan, don't you know why?" Zhao Yu nodded, but suddenly slapped the armrest and asked loudly.

"I ...... Ignorance! Chen Yizhong didn't expect the little emperor to be angry, so he was intimidated by him and stammered.

"Okay, then I'll remind you!" Zhao Yu stood up and sneered and said, "In the first year of Jingyan, in Quanzhou, where the dynasty turned to fight, Pu Shougeng refused to open the city gate to welcome him, and slaughtered more than 10,000 people in the city, and none of the more than 3,000 people in the royal clan survived. And colluded with Meng Yuan to attack the holy car, the army of the dynasty and the Qinwang righteous army fought bloodily, the queen mother and I were almost killed if it were not for the Quanzhou righteous and brave desperate rescue, the escape road was covered with the corpses of the officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty and the people, as the head of the court that day, can you cover up the past just by not knowing two words? ”

"This ......" Facing the little emperor's questioning, Chen Yizhong's lips trembled for a long time, and he couldn't say a word to defend himself after a long time.

"After I conquered Quanzhou, it is true that the Pu clan was beheaded in the Nanzong Zheng Temple, that is, I want to use their heads to pay tribute to tens of thousands of heroic souls in the bloody night of Quanzhou, is it wrong?" Zhao Yu shouted loudly to the ministers and the onlookers.

"The Pu family betrayed the country and slaughtered the sect, it should be killed, it should be killed!"

"Blood debt and blood repayment, good ...... to kill"

"Do you hear me? This is the will of the people, how can you change it with just a few words! Zhao Yu sneered at Chen Yizhong and said, "It's not bad to kill and surrender, at that time, I instigated the capital to attack the city for a long time, so I drove the people to attack the city in front and killed them to fill the trenches." I decreed that the Mongols captured in the city should be taken to the front of the battle, and that if they killed one of our people, they would kill ten of them. If this is what you call a thirst for killing, I will kill them one by one, even if they are damned! ”

"Your Majesty is ...... mighty"

"Long live Your Majesty, long live ......"

"Kill all the Tartars and restore my Great Song!" The onlookers burst into applause again.

"As for whether I have embezzled my property privately, the palace has its own ministers, you can ask as much as you want!" Zhao Yu said again.

"When the Quanzhou treasury was confiscated, the people in the inner mansion were all dyed, and the treasures in the Pu's treasury were all dedicated to the queen mother, in addition to rewarding merits, His Majesty only took the books in his mansion, and the rest were dispatched by the imperial court, which is well documented." Zhao Qiao, the squire of the military department at that time, said.

"Your Majesty's extravagance is even more ridiculous, Your Majesty's food expenses are only the cost of the commander's expenses, the furniture used in the East Palace is all copied from Guangzhou and Pufu, the Queen Mother is also extremely frugal, and the curtains used in the palace have not been replaced for many years, and these things are known throughout Qiongzhou. If this is also regarded as profligacy, I am afraid that there will be no more incorruptible officials in the world. Wang De stepped forward and sneered at this time.

"If Chen Gong thinks that he can't be trusted, he can ask others again!" Wen Tianxiang turned to Chen Yizhong again and said.

"You monarchs and ministers are complicit, what's the use of me asking again?" Chen Yizhong was frustrated again and again, and he was already a little out of breath, and he didn't choose to say anything.

"Gong Chen, pay attention to your words, otherwise you will be guilty of false speech!" Lu Xiufu frowned and said unceremoniously.

"Okay, good, even if I said it before, it's always a fact that I made a mistake in what I said before, so it's always a fact that after recovering Jiangnan, we will wantonly persecute the old officials of the imperial court and kill the squire!" Chen Yizhong shouted hello twice in a row, and then asked loudly.

"Gong Chen, don't be a fool, please come up with evidence!" Lu Xiufu stepped forward to warn after hearing this.

"Lu Xiang, the evidence is there, dare to confront him in court!" Chen Yizhong did not back down at all.

"Announce them to the temple to confront each other!" Zhao Yu waved his hand and said to Wang De.

"The grass people are waiting to see the Queen Mother and Your Majesty!" Chen Yizhong named a few people, and after a while, he was taken to the front of the palace, and several people quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Pingshen, you and others claim to be persecuted by the imperial court, let's talk about it over there!" Zhao Yu asked them to get up and said.

"......" But a few people looked left and right, and no one dared to say anything.

"Who are you, what position have you held in office, and where are you from?" Seeing that a few people were silent, Zhao Yu pointed to one of them and asked.

"Your Majesty, the villain Guo Chengshan, a person from eastern Zhejiang, once served as the governor of Zhaoqing Prefecture." The man saluted.

"Your Majesty, can the minister ask?" At this time, Deng Wenyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment and Justice, came out of the line.

"Accurate!" Zhao Yu nodded.

"Guo Chengshan, in the second year of Jingyan, the enemy invaded the territory without resistance and surrendered the city, accepted the false post and still knew that Xinzhou served the enemy, and hunted and killed the anti-Mongolian righteous soldiers many times, and the victims amounted to 100 people. In the five years of Xiangxing, the enemy rectified the officials in Jiangnan, and was dismissed and returned to his hometown for embezzlement of public funds. After our dynasty recovered Jiangnan, he knew that he was guilty of a deep crime and absconded and was wanted by the imperial court! Deng Wenyuan didn't need to go through the case file, he only knew his name and made his crime clear.

"The villain is for the sake of the people, so he opened the city and surrendered, as for the hunting and killing of the anti-Mongolian righteous soldiers, it was done by the Tartars, and it has nothing to do with me!" Guo Chengshan immediately knelt on the ground after hearing this, and asked for sin first.

"Hmph, the local officials are all trying to find out the facts, and the witnesses and testimony are all there, can you confront them one by one!" Deng Wenyuan snorted coldly.

"Villain ......"

"Who is your surname and what is your official position?" Seeing that Guo Chengshan was speechless, he pointed to the next person.

"The villain Zhang Xisheng, who was once the observer of Yulin Prefecture on Guangnan West Road, was slandered as a collaborator by local officials, and asked Shangguan to call the shots!" The man bowed and saluted.

"Zhang Xisheng, in August of the first year of Jingyan, Ali Hague led the army south to attack Yulin Prefecture, you are afraid of the enemy and do not fight, and you will also kill the Zhizhou who presided over the defense of the city, and open the city to surrender to the enemy. Later, he served as the general of Yulin Prefecture, and led the troops to clear the anti-Mongolian rebels many times. When the army conquered Yulin Prefecture, you led the family to resist arrest, killed and injured many officers and soldiers, and then absconded, is it true? Deng Wenyuan pointed to his words.

"The Sprinkle family fought with you...... Ouch! ”

"How is it that above the court is a place for you to scatter wild, tied up!" Zhang Xisheng was exposed and wanted to pounce, but was kicked to the ground by Ni Liang and stepped on the road. His own guards stepped forward and tied it up and threw it aside.

"Report your name, if there is a grievance, your own official will be the master for you!" Deng Wenyuan pointed to the remaining humanitarians.

"Your Majesty spares your life, the little one knows that it is wrong, this is all forced by Chen Xianggong to come, saying that as long as we listen to him, we will not only be exempted from crime in the future, but also re-enter the court as an official." Seeing that the two people in front of them only reported their names and were exposed to their past crimes, they didn't dare to leave anything to chance, so they knelt down and kowtowed.

"Nonsense, it's clear that you are deceiving me, and you are also chaotic and biting, it's really damned!" Chen Yizhong wanted to turn the situation back through the accusations of these people, but he didn't expect it to be this situation, and he was angry and ruined.

"For the rest of the crimes, let's talk about it, and ask all the ministers and people to judge right and wrong!" Zhao Yu stood up and said, "It is said that I am rigid and self-serving, and I will mobilize troops in the mausoleum of the first emperors and disturb the ancestors. At that time, I had to report that Yang Lian Zhenjia, a demon monk from the Western Regions who led the Jiangnan religion in Mengyuan, stole and excavated the emperor's tomb, which was a great shame for my great Song Qi, and if I sat back and watched the ancestral tomb being excavated, how to be worthy of the ancestors and the ancestors, so I sent troops in anger and killed more than 100 evil monks under Yang Lian Zhenjia, and rebuilt the destroyed tombs of the first emperors. I ask Chen Gong, if the ancestral grave of the Chen family is excavated, will you ignore it for fear of disturbing the ancestors? ”

"I can't!" Although this question is tricky, Chen Yizhong can't help but answer, but it shows that he is fabricating charges indiscriminately.

"I ask you again, what crime should you be guilty of colluding with Yao and Wei Shangshu to collude with Meng Yuan, fabricate all kinds of crimes to slander me in order to reach a peace agreement, and instruct others to falsely identify their clan relatives!" Zhao Yu pointed at Chen Yizhong and asked.

"Your Majesty is the lord of all peoples, and imposing a crime on me is just to cover up, but can you block the mouths of the world's scholars?" Chen Yizhong was shocked when he heard this, the little emperor was about to defend and attack, and he still tried to struggle against fear......