After daybreak, the news that the imperial censor, Zhongcheng Wang Shenbin, was taken into the Imperial City Division by Sun Tu and the imperial army, quickly spread among the Tokyo official circles, causing an uproar immediately.
In just a few days, Sun Tu had already arrested people everywhere, many officials and wealthy businessmen were arrested by him, and now even Wang Zhongcheng, who was in a high position, was unreasonably captured by him. Is there any law for the king of Song Dynasty? For a time, all the officials were in danger. If he was allowed to act recklessly again, everyone would be charged with a crime and arrested. Immediately, accusations against Sun Tu were rampant in various yamen.
The officials did not care about the various official duties at hand today, and began to write memorials to impeach Sun Tu for randomly arresting officials. They were determined to capture him before he did it again.
When this trend started, Gao Qiu, who had been complaining about illness at home, and Liang Shicheng also took advantage of the situation and began to ask the party members who were attached to them to immediately add fuel to the fire, vowing to bring down Sun Tu with all their strength, and even if it didn't work, they would have to kill him. These important tasks were taken away from me. Especially Liang Shicheng, his reaction was even higher than that of Gao Qiu. After making arrangements, he changed into eunuch clothes and went straight to the palace.
You must know that ever since he was reused by Zhao Ji and was named Taifu, Liang Shicheng has attached great importance to his identity and will not easily enter the palace as a eunuch again. But today, he unexpectedly entered the palace uncharacteristically, which was enough for anyone who was interested to see the mystery behind it.
Only Cai Jing was still just watching from the sidelines. However, the relevant information will still be delivered to him in time. After hearing about Liang Shicheng's move, he, who was already in the political affairs hall, smiled even more: "It seems that the Yuehou has really hit Taifu Liang's vitals." . I’m afraid that after today, the various memorials to impeach Sun Tu will easily drown him out, and this person’s official position will end here.”
As one of the people who best understands the character of today's officials, Cai Jing has an extremely deep understanding of this incident - perhaps at the beginning, His Majesty would have learned that there were Liao spies in Tokyo and that there was actually someone who was colluding with foreign enemies and using crossbows. Long Yan was furious when he waited for the country's important weapons to be sent out, so he fully supported Sun Tu in investigating the case. But in the final analysis, our Daojun Emperor is still a person who only likes to have fun and is extremely afraid of trouble.
The commotion Sun Tu made this time was so great that it almost set off a violent storm in the court, causing everyone in the court to feel in danger. Naturally, everyone was thinking about how to get rid of him. And when these words and memorials against him were sent to the emperor, the result was already determined. It is impossible for the official family to refute Baiguan's face just because of this case. After all, in his eyes, the current stability is the most critical!
Therefore, Sun Tu's fate is already visible. Tomorrow, or at most the day after tomorrow, he will be demoted and removed from his post. Even if he can keep his position as marquis, it will be difficult for him to do anything in the court in the future. At this time, it was a good time for him, Grand Master Cai, to take action and seize some benefits.
Just as Cai Jing was stroking his beard with a half-smile and sketching out the next series of plans, another piece of news came that made him stunned again - the Marquis of Yue suddenly went to the palace to ask for an audience with the officials, and there seemed to be major progress in the case!
"Huh? In just one night, did he really gain something? Or did he also know that time was running out, so he tortured Wang Shenbin and forced him to
Have you confessed to all charges? It seems that there are still some variables in this matter! "Cai Jing's eyes flickered, and he decided to take another look, but don't let himself fall into this dispute.
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"Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me. This old slave has been loyal to your Majesty for many years. Heaven and earth can serve as a reference, and your Majesty is a sage. How could I do anything that would harm our country of the Song Dynasty? But then Sun Tu, he knew clearly that Wang Shenbin was the person recommended by Lao Nu, but at this time, he forced a serious crime like Tongliao onto his head. This was not to investigate the case, but was clearly aimed at Lao Nu. No, it was I came here for Your Majesty. Your Majesty, this person has sinister intentions and must have a major conspiracy. You must not be deceived by him!"
Liang Shicheng, who was kneeling in front of Zhao Ji, still had the appearance and demeanor of an important minister of the imperial court at this moment. With his nose full of tears and his nose full of tears, he was no different from a scoundrel wallowing around.
But Zhao Ji was the one who hated him the most. When he saw this, he quickly got up and helped him up personally: "Shicheng, if you have anything to say, just say it. It's really ugly to look like this. Then Sun Tu is indeed a minister. The purpose is to investigate the case, but I didn't expect that he would be such a fool, and he even captured the censor Zhongcheng. There must be something fishy about this matter, and I will definitely find out and clear your name." Obviously, he has forgotten that he is The guarantees we have made before, no matter who is involved in this matter, will be investigated to the end!
Liang Shicheng took advantage of the situation, still looking aggrieved, but feeling extremely proud in his heart. He had used this trick countless times over the past many years, but it worked every time. As long as you grasp His Majesty's favor for you and make accusations with added jealousy, your enemies will be quickly defeated. And this time, all the officials in the court will be his backup. With hundreds of bullets fired, are you still afraid that Sun Tu will be able to turn around
"Your Majesty is wise, Sun Tu is an extreme person, and because he is a military commander, he has always been at odds with civil servants. He thinks that he has His Majesty's will in hand, so he can act recklessly and wrongly accuse hundreds of officials. This person really deserves to die. Please hurry up, Your Majesty. Take him out of office and deal with it, otherwise, I don’t know how many officials will be killed by him." He continued to strike while the iron was hot.
But this time, Zhao Ji hesitated: "Well... after all, I have just issued an imperial edict for him to investigate the case. If I take away his position now, wouldn't it be reneging on his word?"
"But Your Majesty, if you let him continue to bite people randomly outside, the whole court will be in panic. The Liao Kingdom's meticulous actions are indeed terrible, but they can't mess up our Bianjing city, but Sun Tu can mess up all the officials. Heartfelt."
If it were a different emperor, after learning about Sun Tu's series of methods, although he would be dissatisfied, he would still want to use this person. Because no matter which dynasty the emperor is, he is actually used to having lonely ministers or cruel officials in his hands. Only through such a figure can he truly suppress the officials and create a balance in the court under his control. This is the reason why Zhou Xinglai, Jun Chen Ji Gang and his like were so arrogant for a while.
If such a cruel official and lonely minister is used well, he is a sharp knife in the hands of the emperor. Even if one day he really makes people angry, he can be killed with a decree to calm the situation. But our Daojun Emperor had no thoughts about this at all. He was even more afraid that this matter would cause a lot of trouble and affect his leisure and cultivation, so he hesitated for a while.
After that, he would agree to Liang Shicheng's request and relieve Sun Tu of his investigative duties.
But just when he opened his mouth and wanted to give another decree, a chamberlain appeared in front of the palace gate cautiously: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Yue asked for an audience outside the palace gate, saying that there has been significant progress in the Tongliao case. I have to report it to His Majesty."
As soon as these words came out, both the monarch and the minister inside were stunned. Zhao Ji didn't expect that Sun Tu would come to report by such a coincidence, but Liang Shicheng's eyes were gloomy, and he looked back at the chamberlain who came to report. He had not been in the palace for many days, and someone dared to go against him
What advantages do the emperor's close ministers and favored ministers have over ordinary officials? That is, they can easily see the emperor, thereby ensuring their own interests to the greatest extent, and at the same time, they can block the courtiers who are hostile to them from the palace gate.
As a close servant and an important minister, Liang Shicheng can do this even more easily. You must know that although he has not been in the palace for a long time, there are still a lot of subordinates in the palace who are attached to him. As long as he says a word, even if Sun Tu Holding the goldfish bag, don't even think about delivering the message to the palace. The emperor doesn't even want to know that such a thing is happening.
Relying on this move, he was always invincible against political opponents. After entering the palace today, Liang Shicheng had already conveyed the message that Sun Tu's words were not allowed to be passed into the palace, especially not to report to the emperor.
But now, it was good. Someone actually disobeyed his order and directly reported Sun Tu's request for a meeting. How could he not be angry about it? For a moment, even in front of the emperor, his face became gloomy and distorted, and then he realized it with surprise. He quickly calmed down and said pitifully: "Your Majesty..."
"The case is serious, I'd better meet with Sun Tu first before talking about it." After all, Zhao Ji was not so stupid as to only listen to one person's words, and immediately issued an order: "Xuan Sun Tu comes in to report."
When Liang Shicheng heard this, his heart sank even more, and he looked back at the chamberlain who had been ordered to retreat, and he had already made up his mind to eradicate this guy. To his surprise, the chamberlain didn't show any fear after meeting his gaze. Instead, he looked back at him provocatively, and silently said one word - child!
In an instant, Liang Shicheng finally understood. It turned out that this guy was from Tong Guan. No wonder he helped Sun Tu and ignored his ban!
Like him, although Tong Guan has not been in the palace for a long time, as a close servant of the emperor's favorite for many years, Tong Guan's influence in the palace is not small. It's just that because of their personality, they don't care too much about things in the palace, so sometimes these people are not too conspicuous and can easily be ignored.
Because of this, Master Liang ignored that there was such a force in the palace, and even forgot that Sun Tu had always been Tong Guan's person. Now, knowing that someone in the palace was accusing him of being unfaithful and the situation was extremely dangerous, how could Sun Tu not use this relationship
So in a sense, in the palace, Sun Tu is really not something that Liang Shicheng can seal. And it was such an oversight that caused a large gap in his encirclement and suppression of Sun Tu, and this might affect the direction of the whole thing!