Chapter 789: Retreat From the Court

Shi Jian, a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, disappeared from the court, and another minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs became the center of the storm again.

Zhang Jian knelt on the ground and raised a memorial with both hands. As soon as he said those words, all the ministers and officials were stunned. Countless people were wondering if they had heard wrong. In the past two hundred years of the Liang Dynasty, I am afraid this is the first time that a minister has ignored the monarch and forced himself to speak.

His Highness the Crown Prince's face became a little ugly.

Chen Chao, who was standing at the front of the line of military attachés, was the person involved in the ten deadly sins. At this moment, he just remained silent and looked down at his pair of black official boots.

"Your Highness, I will punish you with death for the ten major crimes of the Chen Dynasty!"

"First, Chen Chao violated the law and framed Zhongliang!"

"Secondly, Chen Chaomu has no superior, I will do my own thing!"

"Thirdly, the Chen Dynasty killed innocent people indiscriminately and left no room for grudges!"

"Fourth..."

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Zhang Jian seemed to be really not prepared to take his own life today. He held the memorial in both hands and knelt down in the square. Soon his robe was torn to pieces, exposing his knees, and then left two strips on the ground. Bloodstains.

The ten deadly sins he mentioned actually sounded different to the ears of the ministers. However, no one spoke at this moment. People only looked at three people. One was His Highness the Crown Prince who was standing at the top, and the other was standing at the very end. In front of Chen Chao, there is the kneeling Zhang Jian.

Nowadays, it is actually not important whether all these ten deadly sins are true, because the key today is not here.

Many people want to know whether Zhang Jian is the only one to stand up today, or whether many people will join the ranks.

What's more, they also want to know how His Highness the Crown Prince will deal with this matter in the end.

In the past few days, there have been countless discounts, but His Highness the Crown Prince ignored them, and later even pretended to be sick to avoid the ministers. But at this moment, it was obvious that Zhang Jian was looking for someone who His Highness the Crown Prince could not avoid, and could only face him head-on. To yourself and to the officials.

Zhang Jian had already knelt down to a place not far from Chen Chao. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had not spoken yet, and the ministers were also speechless. No one expected that the first person to stand up was Zheng Huacai, the boss of the Ministry of Rites.

This old man with high prestige stood up from the crowd of ministers, glared at Zhang Jian, and said unceremoniously: "Zhang Jian, most of your ten major crimes are far-fetched. How can anyone in this great dynasty do so?" You are allowed to slander important officials like this!"

The officials were all a little surprised when they looked at the old man. Today, they were surprised that Zhang Jian stood up to accuse Chen Chao of the ten deadly sins. But this old man stood up to speak for Chen Chao, which surprised them even more. After all, In addition to being a well-known scholar, Zheng Huacai also has a very important identity, that is, this old man is an old friend of Shi Jian, the Minister of Civil Affairs.

The two had known each other for countless years, but Shi Jian was found guilty of a serious crime by the guard's Yamen. Logically speaking, Zheng Huacai would not look down upon Chen Chao even if there was irrefutable evidence.

But he stood up and spoke for Chen Chao, which others did not expect.

Zhang Jianjiang did not look at Zheng Huacai, but just said to himself, "Is the boss going to make up his mind to speak for him today?"

"If this is the case, how can Mr. Lao live up to his late friend?"

Zhang Jianyi's voice spread throughout the square. All the court officials knew about the relationship between Zheng Huacai and Shi Jian. Therefore, when he said this, many people nodded secretly. Although Shi Jian was convicted, the friendship between the two should still be there, right?

"Zhang Yijian, I tell you, the people I despise the most in my life are people like Shi Jian. I was blind when I made friends with him. If he wants to be a sinner of the Liang Dynasty, then I will have no friendship with him at all. , I am like this, in your eyes, it doesn’t matter whether you add insult to injury or act wisely to protect yourself!”

The boss's popular beard is flowing. This old man who has been in the Ministry of Etiquette for many years has always been known for his gentle temper, but he really couldn't suppress his emotions today.

The officials were silent.

It was rare for them to see Zheng Huacai like this, so they were not angry, nor did they not believe in Zheng Huacai's character. After all, this old man was famously paranoid in God.

It's just that they still don't understand why this person would speak for Chen Chao even if he was not ashamed of Shi Jian.

Zhang Yiyi snorted coldly, "Sir, I admire you a little for your courage to risk the disapproval of the world.

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Before Zheng Huacai could say anything, officials came out one after another among the hundreds of officials and knelt down on the ground. They all held up the memorial with both hands. They knelt down on the ground and spoke before and after. The content was exactly the same as what Zhang Jianjie said before, and they were all suing Chen Chao. The Ten Deadly Sins.

Zheng Huacai stood on one side, eyes widened and said angrily, "Are you all blind?"

Zhang Jian suddenly turned his head, looked at Zheng Huacai, and said calmly, "Most of what the boss said before was far-fetched, right?"

Zheng Huacai said, "So what?"

"Isn't it true that many of what I said are true? Among the ten major crimes, if one of them is true, should Chen Chao be punished?!"

"Should there be punishment?!"

Zhang Jian's words made Zheng Huacai speechless. Indeed, as the other party said, many of these so-called responsibilities are far-fetched, but many are true. Even if Zheng Huacai, who spoke for Chen Chao, couldn't even refute.

"Are you speechless, sir?"

Zhang Jian stared at Zheng Huacai with an inexplicable emotion in his eyes.

Zheng Huacai moved her lips, but she didn't say anything.

Zhang Jian turned around, looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince standing above, and said solemnly, "Your Highness, the country must not be governed without laws. If some people ignore the laws, how can we win the trust of the people? As the saying goes, the emperor's crimes are the same as those of the common people. This is Why can Chen Chao make an exception? Please punish me with the law to rectify the hearts of the people in the world!"

After saying this, Zhang Jian kowtowed heavily, and behind him, a group of officials from the Sixth Ministry and various yamen also kowtowed.

Now this situation is a bit like being forced into a palace.

The standing courtiers looked at this scene with mixed emotions. Before today, many people probably thought that something would happen against the Chen Dynasty today, but no one had ever thought that the scale of this battle would be so great. Like a sudden thunderstorm, no one was prepared.

"I think Mr. Zhang is being unreasonable."

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a strong voice came out, and a burly figure walked out from among the officials.

Everyone was startled.

The courtiers all knew the man in front of them, Sun Congrong, the Minister of War.

It is often said in the army that there are ten thousand enemies. For more than two hundred years in the Liang Dynasty, wars between the Northern Territory and the Monster Clan have been constant. There are not many strong generals who can truly be worthy of ten thousand enemies. The current cavalry general in the Northern Army is Li Changling is considered to be the top one. If we push forward further, it should be Sun Congrong, the Minister of War. ♦♦🆂🅷🆄🆇.🅲♦🅼

Before returning to Shendu and entering the Ministry of War, this man had fought in the Northern Army for half a century and killed countless monsters. He had followed two Northern Generals successively. Later, because of his age and the fact that he had been in a big battle before, He almost died. At that time, the body of the Minister of War was pierced several times, and his blood was almost drained. However, he survived with difficulty in the end, but suffered irreversible injuries. Afterwards, he returned to the capital of the gods, and the Minister of War was It was because of the shortage of people that the old general reluctantly stayed.

In the next ten years, Sun Congrong's career in the Ministry of War was surprisingly smooth. Perhaps it was because of His Majesty the Emperor's favor, or perhaps because of something else. In short, Sun Congrong went all the way to the position of Minister of the Ministry of War.

However, although this old general Sun suddenly became Sun Shangshu, in fact, he did not worry much about the major affairs of the DPRK. Only in every battle in the north, the head of the Ministry of War would focus on allocating military supplies and food, such as in This is the first time for someone to speak for someone like this.

Regarding this unfamous Minister of War, the courtiers did not expect that he would suddenly jump out to speak at this moment, so they were a little stunned for a while.

"Sun Shangshu, what do you think is wrong with what I said?"

Zhang Jianjiang thought that someone would refute him, but he never thought that the person refuting him at this moment would be the Minister of War in front of him.

"I haven't read for a few years. I only have those few books and most of the art of war. If you ask me to talk about marching and fighting, I can talk about it, but I have to reason with you scholars. I don't have the ability. At this moment , I just want to say one thing, in the past few years since he came to serve the country, Governor Chen has not killed anyone indiscriminately, but has won a lot of glory for Daliang. "

"Ten thousand steps back, I'll give you a picture instead."

If you go to Wanliuhui in the future, will you win the literary test, or will you get a good ranking in the martial arts test? "

Sun Congrong had been on the battlefield for half his life. Although he had taken off his armor for ten years, his eyes were still murderous. Zhang Yiyi was terrified. How could he, a scholar, look at this warrior with countless blood on his hands?

Sun Congrong said coldly, "I just can't stand people like you. I have been an official all my life and have not done much for the country, but I still find fault with people who have made meritorious deeds. I will put my words here. I admire what Commander Chen has done over the years. Based on these things, even if Commander Chen spits in front of me, I won’t even hide! "

As Sun Shangshu spoke up, a line of military attachés who had been silent spoke up one after another. Normally, some military attachés might be dissatisfied with this young warrior who held a high position at a young age, but that was similar to a quarrel between his own brothers, but in front of outsiders, how could they? We should all put aside our prejudices and speak out as one.

As the military attachés opened their mouths, especially some military attaches who were already bad-tempered, the openings became insignificant and soon developed from targeting Zhang to targeting the entire civil servant group.

Since ancient times, civil and military officials have been indifferent to each other in the imperial court, and it was not just the Liang Dynasty.

Once this was said, today's court soon turned into a war of words between the civil and military parties. Although the military attachés have never been able to take advantage of their words, the public was so excited at the moment that even if they repeated the same sentence over and over, they could be regarded as fighting with the civilian officials. They are evenly matched.

However, this also resulted in today's great dynasty becoming the most special one in Daliang in more than two hundred years, and even rarer in the past ten years.

If His Majesty the Emperor were still there, he would have been dragged down just when Zhang Yijiang opened his mouth to interrupt the chamberlain.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince watched the courtiers on both sides quarrel with each other from a high place and did not speak for a long time.

The young guardian in the center of the vortex was just looking down at his shoes, not knowing what he was thinking.

In fact, no one here should have expected that a great dynasty would end up like this, but it has come to this point and no one can reverse it.

The old Master Zaifu initially stayed out of the matter and did not participate. He was even distracted. But soon an official came up to him and asked him to say a few words.

Master Zaifu glanced at the official and simply said, "Stand back."

The excited official was stunned by what Master Zaifu said, and Master Zaifu continued, "There are some rules."

The official came to his senses, apologized, and stood back in disgrace.

This verbal battle lasted for half an hour.

In the end, both sides were thirsty and their voices became quieter.

The civil officials had been holding their knees and were a little unsteady, but when they looked at the military officials, they saw that most of them were still standing straight.

"Hey, Minister Ning, why can't you stand up? How much saliva have you spitted?"

A military officer looked at a civil official who was already standing a little unsteady, smiled and spoke with sarcasm.

"If we rely on you scholars to resist the demons, I estimate that in less than half a month, our Daliang will not exist."

The laughter continued.

A situation against the Chen Dynasty turned into a confrontation between the civil and military sides, which was unexpected by Zhang Jianzhong and the kneeling court officials.

Zhang Jianzhong gritted his teeth and looked at the Prime Minister on the side. Zhang Shilang, whose forehead was already covered with blood, gritted his teeth and said, "Prime Minister, at this moment, why don't you stand up and say something?"

The Prime Minister glanced at Zhang Jianzhong beside him and asked, "What do you want me to say?"

Zhang Jianzhong was stunned and said in disbelief, "Does the Prime Minister really think that what Chen Chao did was right?"

The Prime Minister said calmly, "No one is perfect."

Zhang Jianzhong was stunned. He didn't expect that the Prime Minister would only give such an ambiguous answer in the end.

Zhang Jianzhong was about to speak, but the eunuch who had been standing on the stage and had not spoken suddenly spoke.

"Silence!"

The eunuch's voice was not loud, but when he spoke at this moment, it quickly spread throughout the square, allowing all officials to hear it clearly.

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br>  All officials suddenly quieted down.

Someone looked at the Crown Prince and found that the Crown Prince's face had turned ashen.

Many officials realized it later, and then they remembered that today was a grand court. Making such a commotion in a grand court would damage the face of the court, and even more so, it would not give face to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"I am guilty, please punish me, Your Highness."

After the officials realized it, they knelt down one after another, and their voices rose and fell. No matter how young His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was, he was the regent after all, and he would sit on the throne in the future. If they really didn't take His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seriously, they would have a hard time in the court in the future.

There were a lot of officials kneeling on the ground, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had no expression on his face, and just uttered two words, "Stand up."

The officials stood up at this time.

Zhang Jianzhong gritted his teeth and spoke again, "Your Highness, even if I die today, I will..."

"Enough."

The Crown Prince interrupted Zhang Jianzhong and said calmly, "Since you want me to express my opinion, I will give you an explanation."

Zhang Jianzhong was stunned and bowed his head and said, "Your Highness is wise."

"Before I express my opinion, I would like to ask you, are there any other people who think the same as Minister Zhang? If so, please stand up."

The Crown Prince glanced at the officials, and there was no emotion on his face.

After the Crown Prince finished speaking, a few officials came out again.

Then no one made any move.

The Crown Prince took a deep breath and said slowly, "I think what Minister Zhang said is not unreasonable. The laws of Daliang must be followed. Some of the actions of Chen Zhenshou before were indeed inappropriate."

Listening to the opening words of the Crown Prince, some officials showed joy, but some began to worry.

"It's just that many things require emergency measures. What Chen Zhenshoushi did is reasonable."

"Your Highness!"

Zhang Zhijian spoke again, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just looked at him coldly and said indifferently, "Minister Zhang, do you still think I am the regent crown prince?"

"I dare not..."

Zhang Zhijian had already knelt down, let alone kneeling down now.

"Prime Minister, I want to ask, if there is a person who has made a lot of efforts for the country, but does not follow the rules in some small details, can you accept it?"

The Crown Prince suddenly looked at the Prime Minister and spoke suddenly.

The Prime Minister said, "Extraordinary times call for extraordinary things, and extraordinary people are not conventional. If there is such a person, we should not care about the details. I think what Minister Sun said before is also reasonable."

Hearing the Prime Minister speak like this, everyone was suddenly shocked, especially the civil servants, who couldn't say a word.

Who would have thought that the Prime Minister, who had not spoken all the time, would speak like this at this moment.

"Okay, I think it makes sense."

"The garrison commander Chen Chao did a lot for the country when my father was alive. He protected the country of Daliang, brought glory to Daliang, and got rid of the evil spirits of Daliang. Later, I became the regent, and the garrison commander Chen made Daliang's backbone unbroken. With such merits, is there anyone in this dynasty who can compare with him?"

The Crown Prince looked at the Prime Minister with a calm expression.

"There is no second person."

The Prime Minister continued to speak.

"My father gave Chen Zhenshou Envoy the right to carry a sword, and he also told me that day that I should listen to Chen Zhenshou Envoy's words on important state affairs."

"From that day to now, Chen Zhenshou Envoy has done so many things for Daliang. If my father were still alive, I'm afraid he would have wanted to be crowned king. I, as the regent, don't have this power, but today I have decided to grant Chen Zhenshou Envoy the power to supervise all officials. All prefectures and counties in the country, except for the northern border troops, can be mobilized. As for future actions, as long as the evidence is solid, there is no need to report to the three judicial departments, and there is no need to wait for anyone to make a decision, even me. Chen Zhenshou Envoy has the right to make decisions!"

"This power will not be resolved until my father returns!"

The voice of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spread throughout the square.

The officials wanted to speak, but in the end, they only heard two words from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Dismiss the court."