Chapter 977: Denounce Yang Zhen

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Chinese people, especially officials, seem to have always attached great importance to meetings, no matter ancient or modern, they always have endless meetings, and the early dynasty is one of the expressions.

Although everyone knows that the things discussed at the court meeting have been decided long in advance, and rushing to the palace early in the morning is just a formality, for thousands of years, there are still countless people who have flocked to it and are full of interest, and even regard whether or not to participate in and hold the court meeting as a key factor in judging whether a son of heaven is competent.

In this regard, many of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty obviously suffered a big loss, not to mention Wanli, who later lived in the harem for nearly 30 years in history, and his grandson, the carpenter emperor Tianqi, among his ancestors alone, there were many existences that escaped the criticism of the early dynasty.

For example, his grandfather Jiajing, who was not in the early dynasty for decades like him, such as Emperor Chenghua, who was also laughed at by later generations as an otaku, and Zhengde, the naughty boy who left countless legends and stories, was blackened to the point that his skin was incomplete...... In the history books, the successive emperors of the Ming Dynasty were so unreliable, and even the early dynasties were constantly thinking about waste.

But in fact, was the role of the early dynasties really that great? Can a passing party really make a country prosperous and reflect whether a king is qualified? Obviously, the answer is no, otherwise the pigtailed dynasty who has always prided himself on being diligent in government would not have ended up like that.

Although Wanli, who has been the Son of Heaven for more than ten years and has been involved in the early dynasty for more than ten years, has some opinions on this, but the rules are rules after all, even if he is the emperor, he does not dare to follow his own temperament, so he can only endure himself.

Today's Wanli's mood is no different from the early dynasty in the past, listening to the courtiers below talking about those proposals that he has known for a long time, and even made a decision a long time ago, acting and interacting with the ministers, in order to show that the current monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty are getting along. But his heart has long flown to another thing he cares about.

The DPRK and China's recent criticism of Yang Zhen's impeachment of Wanli are naturally well known, and he is quite disdainful of this. This is not only because of his trust in Yang Zhen, I believe that all this he did must be for the safety of the Ming court and the borderlands, but also because the young and vigorous Son of Heaven has a deep hostility towards the Mongolian people who have been committing the border of the Ming Dynasty, and now there are people killing in the grassland, which is naturally a very relieving thing.

However, as the Son of Heaven, it is inconvenient for him to say such words. As the king of a country, how can he take the killing of innocent people as a pleasure when he has the wind and the heart of forgiveness, so what is the difference between him and the tyrants of history - although those who are killed are not the people under his rule, but God will always have the virtue of a good life!

In this regard, Wanli is also very helpless. He couldn't speak for Yang Zhen, the only thing he could do was to make things big and small, and suppress the bullets of the ministers. Thinking of this, he didn't feel a little aggrieved, although Zhang Juzheng had already been driven away by himself, but as the Son of Heaven, he still couldn't really let go of his hands and feet, and all kinds of rules were still pressing on him like a mountain, making him a little breathless.

When another official finished talking about Chen Song, Wanli finally breathed a sigh of relief, he finally got through the end, and today's court meeting should also end. But just when he glanced at Sun Hai beside him, and wanted the latter to announce his retirement from the dynasty, an unexpected change suddenly occurred.

"Zhang Wenxian in the Ministry of Ministers and Soldiers!" As he spoke, a middle-aged official stepped out. Because today is a big court meeting, which is held in front of the empty Taihe Gate, this person must speak loudly so that everyone around him can hear his voice clearly, which makes his appearance a little anxious.

Wanli saw this, but he didn't feel some interest and spirit. He remembered very well that there was nothing going on with the military department at today's court meeting, could it be that there was some emergency? It's better than just reading from a script every day.

But soon, Wanli couldn't laugh anymore, and his brows furrowed. Because what Zhang Lang mentioned was the last thing he wanted to hear - impeachment of Yang Zhen's decision-making in the Northland and indiscriminate killing of innocents.

"Your Majesty, the commander of the Jinyi Guard made Yang Zhen as a messenger, purging military discipline in various towns on the nine borders, and executing many relevant generals and officials, and the ministers had no objection to this. Although there will inevitably be some bias in this, before the matter is clarified, the minister does not dare to make judgments. However, he overstepped his responsibilities and assigned border soldiers to go out of the grassland and slaughter the people there, which was really unacceptable.

"The transfer of soldiers and horses has always been in the imperial court, but this time, our military department has not even received the slightest news, so he is so arrogant, Lord Yang's heart has to make people feel uneasy." This Zhang Langzhong is obviously fully prepared, and the impeachment at the beginning was also involved in such a very sensitive charge.

Indeed, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he has been very close to military power, even if he is a favored general, in fact, he only has the right to command the army but not the right to transfer troops. This transfer of troops has always been in the hands of the imperial court and the military department, so any initiative to attack must be approved by the cabinet of the Son of Heaven and the six ministries, otherwise there is a possibility of misdeeds.

Hearing that he came up, he charged Yang Zhen with such a big crime, which made Yang Chen feel nervous in his heart. This is not a joke, once the Son of Heaven really has any bad thoughts, his brother can't be washed away when he jumps into the Yellow River: "Erlang, Erlang, you are still too eager, and you underestimate the ability of these courtiers to fabricate charges......"

Wanli was also obviously a little stunned, but soon, he laughed: "Zhang Qing's words are really too serious, but it is just the transfer of thousands of people, Yang Zhen is on the orders of Qin, I may have the right to act cheaply, this is not wrong." โ€

"Your Majesty, even if he is a Qincha, he does not have the power to transfer troops, so it is a destruction of the law of the imperial court, if others follow suit in the future, I am afraid that it will cause great trouble." Zhang Wenxian did not give up.

At this time, Wanli is really not good at defending Yang Zhen, after all, the other party has raised his words to the level of the country, as the Son of Heaven, he naturally does not want other courtiers to do their own thing like Yang Zhen. But soon, Wanli said: "Actually, Yang Qing can't be regarded as a private troop transfer, before that, he had already sent someone to send me a song, and I allowed him to do so." โ€

"This ......" is not only Zhang Wenxian, but other officials who want to see Yang Zhen's good show are stunned, no one expected that the emperor would endorse Yang Zhen like this, which also made many people jealous of Yang Zhen in their hearts.

Seeing Zhang Wenxian's stunned appearance, Wanli finally breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately said with advance as retreat: "What, Zhang Qing, you don't believe my words?" Do you want me to give you a look at Yang Qing's recital? โ€

"I don't dare. Since the transfer of troops was out of His Majesty's holy will, the minister naturally did not dare to impeach Yang Zhen for this crime. Zhang Wenxian said and took a deep breath: "However, Yang Zhen's various actions in the north are still unbearable for the ministers and many adults in the court. He brazenly ordered those soldiers to go to the grassland to loot and slaughter innocent Mongolian herdsmen. โ€

"The minister thinks what Zhang Lang said is very true." As soon as his voice fell, another official took a step forward and echoed. Wanli glanced at it, it was Cui Jun, the squire of the military department, and after seeing him bow to himself, he continued: "Although there are many disputes and frictions between my Ming and the Mongolians, this is just a war between the two countries, what does it have to do with ordinary people? However, Yang Zhen put all the means of revenge on those Mongolian herdsmen, which is really despicable, and it is also very different from my Ming Dynasty's consistent benevolence and righteousness. โ€

"What Master Cui said is that as the old saying goes, if the two countries are at war and don't kill each other, the people should not be slaughtered at will, otherwise what is the difference between them and the bandits and bandits in the mountains? Your Majesty, if this matter is spread out, what will my feudal kingdom think? I'm afraid that in their eyes, my Ming is no different from those barbarian countries that only know how to kill......"

"I am a Ming dynasty to rule the world with benevolence and filial piety, the way of Confucius and Mencius, and pay more attention to what you don't want to do to others, how can you kill those innocent people because of the gap between people and me? Not to mention that there are many women and children, old and weak. Yang Zhen's trip, there is no difference between birds and beasts. โ€

All of a sudden, the ministers were ignited, as if they had made an appointment, they stood up one after another, talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality, and at the same time criticized Yang Zhen as a vicious murderer, who should be spurned by the people of the world.

In the face of such a surging impeachment, Wanli was suddenly a little dumbfounded. If it was just Zhang Wenxian and a few people who impeached Yang Zhen, he might have helped to say a few words, but now, except for the cabinet members and important ministers such as the Six Ministries and Jiuqing, all the other officials stood up one by one and said that Yang Zhen was wrong, which made the Son of Heaven not know how to defend Yang Zhen.

If they are just impeached, Wanli can deal with it by staying in the middle and dealing with it coldly. But now, in front of Manchu officials, at such a big court meeting, so many people attacked Yang Zhen at the same time, which made it difficult for him not to make a statement.

The ministers below obviously saw the weakness of the Son of Heaven at the moment, and immediately countless officials stepped forward again: "Your Majesty, please ask Your Majesty to quickly convict Yang Zhen of Yang Zhen in the future of my Ming Dynasty and the subjects of the world!" โ€

This is forcing the palace with the power of everyone!

Wanli felt this, and his heart was annoyed. But he couldn't vent this anger for a while, even if he was the emperor, he couldn't do anything with it in the face of such a turbulent public opinion. But let him compromise like this and convict Yang Zhen, and the young Wanli really couldn't do it, which made him suddenly fall into a tangle, and he just hoped that someone could stand up and argue with these people to relieve his siege......