Chapter 455 Events of the Year
"Your Majesty has arrived!"
"I respectfully welcome Your Majesty!"
Zhao Xing walked out of the back hall and came to the imperial platform amidst the respectful greetings of hundreds of officials.
"Plain body!"
Zhao Xingkan raised his hand and said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Xing sat down and all the civil and military officials stood up.
The officials of the Remonstrance Court were angered by what happened at the palace gate, and were about to go out to make a speech, but someone was faster than them.
Zeng Qingxuan quickly came out and said: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Councilor Yang Shengkui. This person conspired to force the palace yesterday. I suspect that the officials who found the murder weapon at the palace gate were all arranged by him."
"Zeng Qingxuan, you are so slanderous!"
Yang Shengkui was waiting to watch the show, but he didn't expect Zeng Qingxuan to come out and attack him.
"Whether I have slandered someone or not is up to your Majesty to decide. Before Your Majesty even opened his mouth, Mr. Yang hurriedly retorted. Isn't that a bit of a guilty conscience?"
"You..."
"Quiet!"
Zhao Xing said coldly: "How is it appropriate to make loud noises in the court hall?"
"Your Majesty, calm down!" The two men bowed quickly.
Zhao Xing looked at Zeng Qingxuan and said: "You said that Vice Prime Minister Yang conspired to force the palace, is there any evidence?"
"Back to Your Majesty, of course there is evidence for what I said!"
Zeng Qingxuan bowed and said: "Yesterday, Mr. Yang also invited me. I originally wanted to go to the palace to report, but I was afraid that Mr. Yang would send people to monitor me and kill me. I can only wait until this morning to report."
"Words are unfounded, I want to prove it." Zhao Xing said lightly.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Yang not only invited ministers, but also many officials from the court, including..."
Zeng Qingxuan read out a lot of names.
When Zeng Qingxuan finished reading, several people whose names he read immediately turned pale and came out to confess.
When these people came out to identify him, Yang Shengkui's face turned pale and he collapsed to the ground.
He knew he was finished.
Yesterday he did invite these people to his home, and this became clear upon investigation.
With so many people correcting him at this time, it would be useless even if the remaining people defended him.
"Does Yang Aiqing have something to say?" Zhao Xing looked at Yang Shengkui who was lying limply on the ground and said calmly.
"I have nothing to say!" Yang Shengkui said with a bitter smile: "If you want to accuse me, why bother?"
"Don't worry, I won't just listen to Zeng Aiqing's side of the story. If anyone comes, take down Yang Aiqing and others first, and then talk about it after investigation." Zhao Xing said calmly.
"Yes!"
A group of forbidden troops walked outside the palace and took Yang Shengkui and all the officials named by Zeng Qingxuan away.
As a result, there were actually one-third fewer officials in the DPRK and China.
Zhao Xing himself had ordered the arrest of more than thirty people before, and today he arrested several more at the palace gate.
Although some senior ministers who had become officials arrived, there were only a dozen of them.
Now that so many have been taken away at once, isn't that a third less?
It was extremely quiet in the court hall for a while, and the officials of the Admonition Court also turned off the lights.
It's not that they were afraid, but that although Yang Shengkui didn't plead guilty, he didn't cry out for injustice either.
Now that the situation is unclear, what should they say?
The rest of the people were partly frightened, and partly because the officials who refused to remonstrate were all arrested.
Zeng Qingxuan's combination punches were like tearing down the stage. How could they still perform?
Zhao Xing took a deep look at Zeng Qingxuan. This man was ruthless, whether he was framed by those officials who wanted to remonstrate to death, or he was ruthless to himself.
Zeng Qingxuan said that he did not dare to go to the palace to report yesterday, but everyone present was not a fool, and it was natural to see that all this had something to do with Zeng Qingxuan.
From now on, most officials in the DPRK and Central Government will stay away from Zeng Qingxuan. After all, no one dares to believe a person who stabbed him in the back.
Zeng Qingxuan seemed to have offended many people by doing this, but it allowed Zhao Xing to use him with confidence.
Because too many people in the court wanted him dead, he could only rely on Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing suspected that this was what Zeng Qingxuan planned. Whether it is or not is no longer important.
"Zeng Aiqing has made meritorious deeds by exposing him, so he will temporarily take part in political affairs on his behalf." Zhao Xing said.
"I obey the decree!"
Zeng Qingxuan was very excited when he heard this. He did this just to get promoted.
Although it is only temporary, isn't it because Yang Shengkui's charges have not yet been proven?
Seeing that no one came forward, Zhao Xing immediately announced his withdrawal from the court.
"I respectfully send you off to Your Majesty!"
After Zhao Xing left, the officials in the hall looked at Zeng Qingxuan with contempt and anger.
Someone wanted to question Zeng Qingxuan, but was stopped by the people around him.
Zeng Qingxuan can report and frame Yang Shengkui. If he says anything at this time, who knows how Zeng Qingxuan will frame him.
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"Everyone, I'm leaving first!"
Zeng Qingxuan smiled slightly and left the hall.
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"Interesting."
Zhao Xing smiled slightly after reading Zeng Qingxuan's information.
Zeng Qingxuan was just in his early forties and was already the Minister of Rites. Even if he was keen on power, there was no need to do so.
After all, at his age, as long as he doesn't make big mistakes and gets through the qualifications normally, he will have a chance to get into the prime ministership in his fifties.
Zhao Xing had people call Zeng Qingxuan's files, but no problems were found.
On the contrary, this person is very honest. His promotion to the position of Minister of Rites was based on merit and there was nothing unusual about him.
Zhao Xing really didn't understand why he would do this to such a person, so he asked Yin Hanzhang to investigate in detail.
Due to time constraints, no exact information was found, but Yin Hanzhang sent a message about Zeng Qingxuan's father.
Zeng Qingxuan's father had a high official position, and he served as magistrate of the northwest province during his lifetime.
During the War between Song and Xia, the city where he lived was attacked by Xixia. After escaping, he was demoted and died in depression within a few years.
Being demoted is not exile, and his descendants will not be prohibited from taking the imperial examination. It is normal for Zeng Qingxuan to be able to enter the court and become an official.
"Your Majesty, Minister Zeng has arrived." A chamberlain reported.
"Let him come in." Zhao Xing said.
After a while, Zeng Qingxuan came in and saluted: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
"No gift."
Zhao Xing waved his hand and said: "Look at this."
Zhao Xing gave Zeng Qingxuan's father's files to Sanshui, and Sanshui sent them to Zeng Qingxuan.
Zeng Qingxuan's expression did not change when he saw the above content.
"Tell me about it." Zhao Xing said calmly.
Zeng Qingxuan naturally understood what Zhao Xing asked him to say. He was silent for a while and said: "Does your Majesty know why the Song Dynasty was defeated in the battle between Song and Xia?"
"I remember it was because someone in Xixia pretended to surrender, defrauded the Song Dynasty's intelligence, knew the Song Dynasty's march route and time, and was ambushed, resulting in a great defeat." Zhao Xing said.
"This is just on the surface. The real reason is entirely because of Mr. Han." Zeng Qingxuan gritted his teeth.
"Oh?"
Zhao Xing frowned slightly. Ancient history books tended to use the Spring and Autumn style of writing. Victories were recorded in more detail, while defeats were recorded very vaguely.
Generally, there is only a general outline and no detailed information is recorded.
Therefore, Zhao Xing is not very clear about what happened back then.
"At that time, Xixia was independent and fully prepared. Xianggong Fan advocated a defensive approach, while Xianggong Han advocated an offensive. At first, the Supreme Emperor adopted the suggestion of Xianggong Fan, but later he was persuaded by Xianggong Han to launch an attack."
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Zeng Qingxuan said bitterly: "The front line was defeated, and the troops and horses guarding the city at the rear were mobilized for rescue, but they were ambushed by Xixia. My father was the magistrate of Lingzhou at the time, and the city was empty. There were less than a thousand troops defending the city, facing tens of thousands of troops from Xixia.
Lingzhou City was not a fortified city and could not be defended at all, so they abandoned the city and fled. ”
(End of chapter)