Chapter 976: The Target
Beijing City, Yang Mansion.
Under the starry sky on a summer night, insects chirp, quite poetic.
But Yang Chen didn't have much feeling about this, looking at the various impeachment notes of Yang Zhen in his hand, his face was full of wry smiles: "This Erlang, even if he goes to the border, it is not worry-free." β
Today's Yang Chen has a high status in the court, and as a squire of the Ministry of Works, he also has a certain right to speak, plus he is Yang Zhen, the emperor's confidant, and the brother of the Jinyi Wei Governor, and there are many people who are inconvenient to take refuge under Yang Dudu.
In this regard, Yang Chen naturally would not refuse, and since he became a squire in the Ministry of Industry for a year, he has gradually developed into a force to be reckoned with in the DPRK. Because of this, he can learn about any troubles in the DPRK and China in a short time. This time, some people conspired to impeach Yang Zhen for all kinds of inappropriate acts in the border area, and it was soon known to him.
But in this regard, Yang Chen didn't know how to deal with it for a while. To be honest, as a scholar who has integrated into this era more thoroughly than his own brothers, and even his ideology is completely no different from that of the saint's protΓ©gΓ©, after learning about Yang Zhen's various actions to the Mongolian people, he also felt that something was wrong.
The Han people have always paid attention to convincing people with virtue, saying that one should not do to others what you do not want to be done. For those foreign races, even when they are strong, there will be room for them, rather than killing them all. And now, what Yang Zhen has done is to uproot all the departments on the grassland. No, he didn't want to do this, but he was already completely starting to kill, and Yang Chen couldn't agree with this.
But how can he, as an elder brother, not support the decision made by his brother? Especially if Yang Zhenzhen is blamed by the court for this incident, his brother's life will not be too easy in the future.
But let Yang Chen speak for his brother, he felt a little embarrassed. Not to mention whether it is a conscience or not, it is not within his power to find some reason. He even hoped that Yang Zhen would be able to rush back to the capital at this time, with his ability to speak well, maybe he could argue these guys in the court to the point that he was powerless to resist, but he obviously didn't have the ability to do so.
"Hey, you can just deal with the shortcomings in the border army, why bother to take trouble to participate in the military? Now it's okay, it's someone else who takes the handle......" Thinking of this, Yang Chen couldn't help but sigh again.
At this moment, the housekeeper of the house suddenly came to the door of Yang Chen's study and said respectfully: "Master, someone from the Zhenfu Division came to ask for a meeting, saying that there was something important. β
"Oh? Invite him to come in and speak. "Yang Chen is a little strange, although he is Yang Zhen's brother, he doesn't have much interaction with the Zhenfu Division, after all, as a courtier, he still has to pay attention to his image. But since everyone has found it, there is obviously something important, maybe it was arranged by Yang Zhen, so he naturally wants to see it.
A moment later, a man dressed as a scholar was led in front of Yang Chen. After some greetings, he knew that this person was Shen Yan, who had some real power in the Zhenfu Division, and was Yang Zhenyi's confidant, so he was much more polite than just now: "I don't know what Brother Shen came to do?" β
Facing the brother of his own governor, Shen Yan had no intention of going around in any circles, and while pushing a letter he was carrying in front of Yang Chen, he said: "Presumably, Yang Shilang has heard about the recent criticism of Yang Dudu in the court, right?" β
Hearing him talk about this, Yang Chen's brows furrowed slightly, but he still nodded: "That's right, I also have a deep headache about this." Your family is also the governor, why didn't you think that there would be such a result? As he spoke, he took the letter and flipped through it casually.
"In fact, how can the governor of my family not know the thoughts of the officials of the DPRK and China? This letter was sent from Datong by him. What he meant was that he could use this incident to reverse this trend in the DPRK and make changes to the strategy of our Ming Dynasty against the enemy in the future. Shen Yan said very calmly.
And Yang Chen, who was on the other side, changed his expression after listening to his words and reading the content of the letter. The previous worry and incomprehension turned into surprise at this time, and subconsciously said: "He actually took this layer into account?" β
"The governor has not been dealing with those courtiers for a day or two, how can he not guess their thoughts? So in response to this, he has made some arrangements, and also asked the lower officials to send them to Lord Shilang. Shen Yan said, took out another book from his arms, and handed it to Yang Chen.
Yang Chen unfolded the book, and his face changed again: "This Erlang, it seems that he has indeed been prepared, if this is really true, it will take a lot of work." β
"This can't be faked."
Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, and then put these two things away: "Since he has done so much, I, as a brother, should do my best to help him." As long as someone makes trouble in the court, I will fight with them to the end. β
"In this way, everything is up to Yang Shilang." Shen Yan was overjoyed after receiving the assurance, and hurriedly thanked him.
In this regard, Yang Chen felt another sigh of emotion in his heart. His brother really won the hearts of his subordinates, and even asked his own brother to help him, these people actually have to be so grateful. But he said: "Brother Shen is polite, since it is Erlang's business, I, as a brother, want to help each other no matter what." β
In fact, Yang Zhen's criticism in the court was much more serious than Yang Chen thought. Especially when some news from the grassland came back, it caused everyone's attention.
According to some people, today's Mongolian grasslands are full of tragic scenes after being slaughtered, and countless women, children and elderly people have been killed and dumped their corpses, which is no less tragic than the Shura Hell.
Although most people have only heard of this and don't know where these legends come from, all this still makes the hundred officials even more disdainful of Yang Zhen's decision. Although we have been at enmity with the Mongolian people for generations, we can't do such a thing that has lost our conscience. What is the difference between this approach and those Tartar thieves?
And the initiator of all this is Yang Zhen, if he hadn't set such a strategy, why would the grassland become like this? This is contrary to the benevolence and virtue that I have always advocated in the Ming Dynasty, and it is really despicable! And once the news spreads, what will the foreign vassal nations think of us?
This series of statements made the courtiers more and more dissatisfied with Yang Zhen, and more criticism was loud. At the same time, many people also put it into action, one by one denouncing the impeachment of Yang Zhen for his reckless use of military force, and the bullets that exterminated humanity passed through the General Administration Department like snowflakes and reached the cabinet and the Son of Heaven.
What made the ministers even more angry was that in the face of such a turbulent public opinion, both the cabinet and the Son of Heaven were silent, and only left all their bullet stamps in the middle, without even a word of response. Is this unclear that he is favoring Yang Zhen? The Son of Heaven was so unfair, which aroused the disgust of the ministers, and in the next few days, the impeachment of Yang Zhen increased instead of decreasing.
And after discovering that the Son of Heaven was determined to defend Yang Zhen and never responded, someone finally couldn't help it and began to carry out a series of tandem behind his back, and decided to impeach him at the same time at the court meeting and make a collective attack.
In fact, generally speaking, the early dynasty of the Ming Dynasty was just a formality. All political affairs, big and small, are decided after the court or the cabinet and the Son of Heaven have consulted. As for the monarchs and ministers at the court meeting, it is just to publicly say these things that have already been decided again, so that the courtiers and courtiers can have an understanding, and also lay a good foundation for the next work.
However, after all, the court meeting is the highest level of court discussion in China, and some people will still suddenly put forward some of their own opinions and suggestions on it, thinking that they will rely on the momentum of the meeting to force the Son of Heaven to agree to their request. And this kind of thing, there are many dynasties in the past dynasties, even in today's Wanli Dynasty, there have been several similar situations.
Now, these courtiers who were deeply dissatisfied with Yang Zhen finally broke out again because of the protection of the Son of Heaven, and decided to attack Yang Zhen at the court meeting on June 11, vowing to condemn Yang Zhen for all kinds of crimes.
In fact, after several previous battles, the ministers were already quite afraid of Yang Zhen. This guy is not only good at means, but also deeply trusted by the Son of Heaven, and can speak well, does not play cards according to common sense, and always makes the officials who are enemies with him suffer enough.
So generally speaking, the officials of the DPRK and China really don't want to provoke him and become enemies with him. But this incident has obviously violated the bottom line of these people, and Yang Zhen is now far away in northern Xinjiang, so it is impossible for him to appear in the court to fight with him when they are in trouble, which greatly increases the confidence of the officials.
Behind the scenes, some people even said that if Yang Zhen can't be convicted of this crime, then there will be no one in this Ming Dynasty who will be the opponent of this one in the future. Of course, everyone still doesn't think that this is possible, even if the Son of Heaven defends this favored minister, it is impossible to be stubborn under the unanimous attack of the ministers.
So when the time came to June 11, everyone was fully prepared, and an impeachment and criticism meeting against Yang Zhen had quietly begun.
In this regard, perhaps the Son of Heaven who is in the Ninefold Palace is not too clear, but Yang Chen, who is also one of the courtiers, has already heard of it. This made him feel even more heavy in his heart, knowing that today's court meeting must be a bloody battle. And he obviously wants to stand on the opposite side of the ministers and go to fight with these people.
With the sound of bells and drums, the Forbidden City Palace Gate opened one after another, and the ministers slowly stepped into the palace in a neat line according to their identities, and quickly gathered in front of the Taihe Gate.
When he saw the murderous appearance of those colleagues, Yang Chen unconsciously pressed his hand on his chest, which was the ultimate weapon used to deal with these people!
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