The Heavens: From Knowing Whether You Rule the World

Chapter 90 Move out of the Taimiao!

Hall of Wende

The civil and military officials were lined up one by one, and many of them looked forward.

There was no other reason. With the return of the purple-robed boss, the positions of the civil officials all moved back at least one body position.

Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion, Chu Hong!
Minister of Rites, Liu Shian!

Many people of the Korean faction felt relieved. With Lord Chu coming to Beijing, the impeachment issue would naturally be resolved.

In fact, everyone knew that an impeachment like that by Old Lady Wang would not affect Lord Chu.

But, seeing impeachment every day, one can’t help but feel anxious and uneasy.

While watching, everyone naturally couldn't help but look at Da Zongzheng.

Chu Hong was impeached for two things: Wang Su was demoted and Cai Qing was demoted.

One involves the old lady of the Wang family, and the other involves the great Zongzheng.

It is said that there is suspicion of personal revenge and forming a clique for personal gain.

The elder will definitely win, and the loser...

I’m afraid that Da Zongzheng will have a bad ending, right?

At least it's a voluntary retirement!
Grand Chancellor Zhao Yu looked at the focused gazes and frowned in annoyance. He was really upset.

He didn't actually impeach Chu Hong, it was Old Lady Wang who did it.

However, after all, there was one less governor, and perhaps he was hoping for a lucky break, so he did not speak out to stop it.

This way, keeping silent becomes the default...

He was almost being held back, and retirement was a relatively good exit.

"Go up!"

Amid the old eunuch's sharp voice, Zhao Zongquan slowly stepped onto the throne.

"Your Majesty, Holy Ann!"

"No need to be polite, gentlemen."

Zhao Zongquan straightened his dragon robe, sat on the throne, and looked at the civil and military officials, "My lords, do you have anything to report?"

Before he finished speaking, the sound of a drum, neither loud nor soft, came gently into the hall.

Naturally, one can beat the drum to report a grievance.

Of course, that's what it says.

In fact, the drum for reporting crimes may not be sounded once every few years.

The injustice can even be brought before the emperor.

少！
Having grievances is one thing, but having the courage to make them known is another.

When grievances are brought before the emperor, it means, to a certain extent, that the government is not clean and honest, and those in power are unlikely to like it.

A soldier of the Imperial Guard reported, "The widow of the late Grand Tutor Wang Youzhi is beating the drum outside the palace, saying that she has a grievance to present to Your Majesty."

Many people immediately became excited. After so many arguments, there was finally a conclusion.

"Proclaim it!"

Zhao Zongquan waved his hand impatiently. Gu Tingye and Hong'er were the two great contributors to his securing of his throne.

This Wang family, are doing both at once?

When he thought of this, Zhao Zongquan couldn't help but look towards Da Zongzheng.

This guy, how can he not be demoted?

"Xuan!"

After ten or so breaths, Wang Su supported his old mother forward.

Before Wang Su could say anything, Zhao Zongquan's dissatisfaction was evident in his words, "What injustice has your family, Lord Wang, suffered that requires your old mother to beat the drum during the court session?"

Wang Su seemed unaware of this, and stepped forward and bowed slightly, "I am Wang Su, the eldest son of Wang You, the former loyal left minister, co-minister of the Secretariat, Grand Secretary of the Jixian Hall, posthumously named Wenjian, and the eldest son of Wang You. I am here to sue Gu Tingye for murdering my sister, the wife of Secretary Kang Haifeng, and the lady of state, Wang Ruoyu."

Many people shook their heads. Although these prefixes looked long, none of them were currently owned by the Wang family.

After Wang Su finished saying a lot of prefixes, he seemed to feel that bowing was not pious enough, so he changed from bowing to kneeling.

Perhaps he did not agree with Chu Hong's judgment, so he went to the court in a third-rank purple robe.

Chu Hong looked back meaningfully. No matter whether you are right or wrong, if you don't even recognize the verdict of the Inspector General of the World, you are naturally guilty of an additional crime.

The correct procedure is to first admit that you were demoted, and then restore your original position if you win the case.

Well, there is also a chance of promotion.

"Gu Hou killed my daughter with a sword through her chest. Now her body has not been buried yet. All the coroners can verify it. I beg Your Majesty to investigate carefully and make a holy judgment!"

Old Lady Wang, dressed in a first-rank imperial robe, came forward and talked about Gu Tingye.

Chu Hong looked at Wang Su and Old Lady Wang, then looked at Da Zong Zheng who had been keeping his head down.

This is... aren't you going to sue me first?

Zhao Zongquan folded his sleeves and asked, "Do you have any other evidence?"

"There are witnesses to Marquis Gu's arson in the Marquis's mansion. They are all recorded in the book. Your Majesty, please read it."

It turned out that Wang Ruoyu set fire to the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, intending to kill Gu Tingye's eldest son in the chaos. Gu Tingye happened to come back and killed Wang Ruoyu in anger.

Because Xiao Qin was involved in this matter, in order to warn Xiao Qin, he had people set fire to the Marquis's mansion and burn his younger brother Gu Tingwei.

This made Xiao Qin panic again.

After a few people discussed it, they decided to turn the tables and use the arson incident as an excuse to wrongly accuse Gu Tingye of his crime.

Zhao Zongquan pretended to flip through the evidence presented by Old Lady Wang, "So there is a witness?"

"Yes, I am waiting for His Majesty's summons."

Old Mrs. Wang looked very confident.

"Father, this matter is of great importance. Why don't we listen to Marquis Gu's explanation first?"

Zhao Ceying took a step forward, intending to let Gu Tingye take the first step.

Chu Hong and Gu Tingye were impeached, and at least the charges against them were punishable by dismissal from office and dismissal from their titles.

If we were to say who was the most panicked, it was neither Gu Tingye, who had the protection of his "Follow the Dragon" merit, nor Chu Hong, the second-in-command of the civil service group who was good at rebuttal.

Well... not two parties.

The most panicked person is Zhao Ceying!
Since ancient times, the struggle for power has been bloody and a life-and-death struggle.

Now that my old father's throne is gradually becoming stable and he is over fifty years old, the discussion about the position of crown prince has naturally come to the fore.

Logically speaking, there would be no problem for him, Zhao Ceying, to become the crown prince or even to inherit the throne smoothly.

He is a prince who founded the country and has high prestige among his subjects, so his ascension to the throne should be a foregone conclusion.

Theoretically speaking, when he comes to power, his team of subjects should be the same as his father's, which means he will have a large group of "old ministers of two dynasties".

In this situation, the throne is set in stone, who can fight for it?
But, if you don't get the throne, you can only keep adding more.

Zhao Ceying just couldn't help but panic.

He has a cousin in literature, Gu Tingye in military affairs, and an uncle who is married to the Duke of Yingguo, who is the top military general.

With this set of rules, as long as nothing happens to these people, his throne will be incredibly stable.

Now, Old Lady Wang and Xiao Qin impeached two people at once?

No matter how secure his position is, since ancient times, father and son, monarch and minister,
As long as you don't truly master the artifact, you will never feel at ease.

Zhao Zongquan nodded slightly and looked in the direction of Gu Tingye, "Okay, Lord Gu, do you have anything to say?"

Before Zhao Zongquan finished speaking, Old Lady Wang interrupted him, "Your Majesty, please allow all the witnesses from my family to come to the palace. Lord Gu, do you dare to confront me?"

"Am I still afraid of you?"

"Xuan!"

Xiao Qin and others, who had been waiting for a long time, hurried forward.

Without waiting for Xiao Qin to speak, Gu Tingye began to narrate the story.

"That day, my wife was giving birth. Wang Ruoyu took advantage of my wife's weakness with a sharp knife and tried to kill her. I saw that she was about to be killed, so I had no choice but to draw my knife to protect her."

"So you admit to murder?"

Old Lady Wang looked at Gu Tingye with sharp eyes, as if she could have the upper hand over him once Gu Tingye admitted it.

"Madam Wang, if you don't discipline your daughter, God will. Besides, who knows who started the fire in my house?"

As Gu Tingye spoke, he looked at Xiao Qin and the people from the third branch of the Gu family.

Gu Tingye was panicked by the people from the third branch of the Gu family, and he quickly threw dirty water on them, "Don't you know how they put it there? You killed the daughter of the Wang family, and you wanted to destroy the body, so you set fire to the Marquis' Mansion."

Gu Tingye shook his head slightly and looked at Xiao Qinshi, "Madam, do you know how this fire started in my house?"

"It was you who set the fire in Tingwei's yard. Someone saw your confidant Shitou deliberately setting the fire. Miss Wang went to put out the fire." Xiao Qin raised her hand slightly to wipe her face. She looked like she was about to cry, and her expression was full of fear when she looked at Gu Tingye.

However, none of the civil officials were influenced by her.

There is nothing wrong with Xiao Qinshi’s acting, it is quite outstanding.

However, what literati lack the least is good acting skills.

There are some things that no one can tell whether they are real or fake just by looking at facial expressions.

What's more, most people are just here to watch the fun today.

All we can do is question and wait and see!
"Bianjing has a fire observation tower, and every day when smoke appears, a horse will rush to report it. There is no need for ordinary people to put out the fire. This noble lady Wang can't carry it on her shoulders or lift it with her hands. How can she put out the fire?"

Gu Tingye's ability to refute is nothing among civil officials, but he is undoubtedly a top-notch master among military generals.

"My daughter came to help out because she was a relative."

Old Madam Wang quickly interrupted, "Little Qin is Marquis Gu's biological mother. If not, why would she point fingers at her own family?"

The people from the third branch of the Gu family also testified, "I saw with my own eyes that you ordered your men to set fire to the house. I was so scared that I lost my soul. Do you still want to deny your debt, you evil creature?"

"If you say Wang came for me, then where is the visiting card? Where is the gift letter? Who greeted her? Who served her tea and cooked for her? Who knocked on the gate of my Cheng Garden for him? Who led the way for her and brought her to my wife? My wife is in danger and the courtyard is on fire. How could this frail woman enter the gate of Cheng Garden?"

Gu Tingye was not disturbed by them at all.

"You mean my daughter went to kill someone, her aunt from the Sheng family. Let me ask you, why did she worry or complain that she wanted to kill Sheng Minglan?"

Old Mrs. Wang looked a little unnatural. She didn't expect Gu Tingye to be so talkative.

There was no choice but to take out the chips immediately.

"She hurts."

Gu Tingye stopped himself halfway through his words.

Wang Ruoyu once instigated Wang Ruofu to harm Old Madam Sheng, but was stopped by Sheng Minglan and Sheng Hualan. Wang Ruoyu was filled with resentment and took revenge on Sheng Minglan during her childbirth.

However, the fact that Mrs. Sheng was secretly murdered by her daughter-in-law cannot be told.

Once it is said, the affairs of the Sheng family, a family of scholars, will inevitably be despised.

Chu Hong looked at the somewhat complacent Mrs. Wang and snorted coldly, "Your Majesty, I would like to defend myself against the false accusation."

When Old Lady Wang saw Chu Hong coming forward, her expression changed slightly. "We are talking about Marquis Gu's affairs now. Why did the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet come forward?"

"Since Madam Wang has falsely accused me, I must naturally refute it."

Chu Hong's eyes turned slightly cold. It was ok for this old fellow to be so arrogant in the local area, but he dared to be so arrogant in the court?

"Now we are talking about Lord Gu's affairs!"

Old Lady Wang was feeling a little weak, and she regretted impeaching Chu Hong.

This matter is too big to be resolved.

"Lord Gu? Since the old lady is so entangled, let's talk about Lord Gu first!"

Just when Old Lady Wang felt a little relieved, she saw no sign of Chu Hong retreating.

"Gu Hou once asked: Where is the visiting card? Where is the gift letter? Who greeted Wang? Who served tea and cooked for Wang? Who knocked on the gate of Cheng Garden for Wang? Who led the way for Wang? Gu Hou's wife was in danger, and the courtyard was on fire. How could this frail woman enter the gate of Cheng Garden? The old lady just answered, no need to ask."

Chu Hong sneered. Old Lady Wang's level of skills was not even good enough for Gu Tingye, let alone him.

Old Lady Wang didn't know how to answer that question, and her way of answering by asking questions was particularly clumsy in the court.

"This this."

Old Mrs. Wang was a little at a loss. Her daughter had sneaked in, so naturally there were no answers to these questions.

So she answered the question by asking it, and succeeded in making the question disappear.

This. Is back again?

Xiao Qin looked at Old Lady Wang's eyes, which looked like she needed help, and didn't know what to do.

Chengyuan was bestowed by His Majesty, and the servants and boys were all Gu Tingye's people, so she had no chance to place anyone there.

This is a fraud, one link after another. If there is even the slightest mistake, it will be the end of you.

This thing cannot be faked, and even if it is faked now, it is bound to be exposed.

"Will the widow of the Wang family possibly answer?"

Zhao Zongquan's majestic voice stabbed her in the back, causing Old Lady Wang to feel a little confused.

Many officials also shook their heads. You said you were a guest, but you didn't knock on the main door, didn't give me a visiting card, didn't have anyone to lead the way, and didn't give me tea.
Isn’t this the thief who sneaked in?
"This, this. I am very eager to protect my daughter, so I don't pay too much attention to these things."

Old Lady Wang looked pale. She found that the people in the court seemed difficult to deal with and hard to deceive.

It is not so easy to mobilize public opinion in the court.

"Humph, you can't answer, but Marquis Gu can! Wang Ruoyu is a vicious woman in Bianjing. She is well-known in Bianjing for her reputation of taking advantage of others. I don't know how many children of the Kang family died in her hands. Sheng Minglan couldn't stand her and didn't interact with her too much. Wang couldn't take advantage of her, so she felt resentful and took revenge."

As Chu Hong spoke, he looked at Kang Haifeng, Sheng Changbai and Sheng Hong.

"exactly!"

"Indeed!"

"That's it!"

Three people came out to testify one after another.

There is no need to explain Sheng Changbai and Sheng Hong's preferences. Kang Haifeng has suffered from the Wang family for a long time, so he would naturally choose Chu Hong between Old Lady Wang and Chu Hong.

After all, the elder promised a promotion!

"Okay, since the old lady also admitted that it was a false accusation, then let's put this matter aside for now. When your false accusation against me is confirmed, we can convict you together."

Chu Hong didn't care about Mrs. Wang's expression and made a judgment immediately.

"When did I admit that it was a false accusation? I just didn't know much about some of my daughter's little things."

Old Mrs. Wang shook her head, her previous sharp look gone.

"Don't bring those little tricks of yours to the court. I'm afraid you will ruin the reputation of old Master Wang."

Gu Tingye also shook his head repeatedly. The matter was almost settled. If you couldn’t refute it, it would be invalid.

In this situation, you are going to use some tricks, will it work?
"Speaking of impeachment, I was impeached for two things. One was Wang Su's demotion and questioning, and the other was Cai Qing's demotion and questioning. You can tell me what you doubt."

Old Lady Wang looked at the Grand Chancellor, but saw that he had no intention of impeaching her. She immediately knew that the man had changed his mind and wanted to protect himself.

An inexplicable feeling of powerlessness surrounded her, and Old Lady Wang had no choice but to step forward, "Is impeachment a crime?"

"Impeachment of political affairs is the duty of the censors. The Wang family does not have any censors in the current dynasty."

Qi Heng, dressed in a green robe, stepped forward. Being a censor was his specialty.

"The Wang family has no official position in the capital. Since they submitted this memorial and confronted each other in court, it can be regarded as a false accusation."

Old Mrs. Wang's face looked worse and worse.

Chu Hong shook his head slightly and talked about Wang Su and Cai Qing. "This Wang Su..."

Who among the officials in this world can guarantee that he has no black spots?

Even Chu Zifeng could find faults with the Chu family.

As long as you hold a magnifying glass, nothing is pure white.

After some explanation, it became clear that there was no problem with his demotion.

The process is correct, the charges are clear, no problem!
Chu Hongyi finished speaking, without waiting for Wang Su to refute, and looked at him, "Old Master Wang's eldest son was demoted some time ago, why is he wearing the third-rank court dress?"

"This"

Chu Hong didn't care about that and angrily questioned, "I am here to inspect the country on behalf of the emperor. You have been demoted, but you are wearing the third-rank court dress. Are you not accepting the emperor's rule?"

"No, no!" Wang Su hastily retorted, "The emperor is wise, how dare Wang Su not obey?"

"Oh! It's not your turn to be dissatisfied! Since you are dissatisfied with the emperor's governance, this is the first crime; falsely accusing Ningyuan Hou, this is the second crime; falsely accusing the current cabinet minister, this is the third crime; all three crimes are committed, this is the fourth crime!"

Chu Hong bowed slightly, "The Wang family falsely accused the officials, and the Wang family's daughter wanted to kill the wife of Marquis Gu. I request that Wang You be stripped of his title of Grand Tutor and his position in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and that the Wang family be banned from holding official positions for three generations! All the plaintiffs shall be strictly tried according to the judgment of the Dali Temple to prevent those with ulterior motives from reveling."

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

All the Korean officials seconded the motion.

Damn it, Lord Chu is about to take over the position of Prime Minister. How dare you, the Wang family, do such a thing at this critical juncture?

"His Majesty."

"allow!"

Just as Old Lady Wang was about to plead for mercy, Zhao Zongquan waved his hand and made a direct judgment.

"Retreat!"

It was a set process, and Old Lady Wang didn't even have a chance to interrupt...

(End of this chapter)