Guilty edict to welcome the emperor
The courtiers kneel and worship, long live the mountain.
Nangong Jingnu sat upright in a high position, and unknowingly faded away the young empress, Her Majesty, her beautiful face was neither sad nor happy, and no emotion could be read in her deep eyes.
Even so, the courtiers could clearly feel from Her Majesty the Empress the kind of domineering that belongs only to the royal family, or that belongs to the superiors, and looks down on the world, so overwhelming that people dare not look directly at Tianwei, let alone The mind is arrogant.
Nangong Jingnv raised her hand: "All the Qing families are free from courtesy."
Everyone: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Standing in the ranks of courtiers, the five ministers have a sense of reincarnation, and the official minister is even more so.
He couldn't help looking up at the majesty of Her Majesty the Empress, and it happened that Nangong Jingnu was also looking at him, and the two looked at each other lightly.
There was no turbulence in Her Majesty's eyes, and she did not stop at the official minister's face, but it made the latter feel: In just a few days, Her Majesty the Empress seemed to have grown a lot, and it seemed that she could see from her body. During the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, the late emperor was able to control the affairs of the court in the palm of his hand without making a sound.
After going through this dethronement and imprisonment, the five ministers have all been tempered to a certain extent. They probably also know the reason why Her Majesty the Empress let them out.
Nangong Jingnv: "I, I convened a group of ministers today to hold this great court meeting, because the bell of injustice set by the late emperor was tolled, and the injustice and I are quite related... He is not suing anyone else, It's me."
Quietly in the hall, Nangong Jingnv motioned to the chamberlain to read out the confession of the chief bookkeeper of the Ministry of Punishment on behalf of the book in court, and put the emperor's imperial decree and the property transfer documents of the Sifang Bank on a tray to hold them, and hand them over to the ministers for circulation. .
After all the courtiers in the hall were finished, the waiter walked outside the hall with a tray to show officials below the third rank.
According to common sense, Nangong Jingnu should speak at this time, but she showed extraordinary patience, and did not speak again until the servant came back with a few things.
Nangong Jingnu: "Everyone, what do you think of this matter?"
This process is actually very long, about half a stick of incense, enough for the ministers in the hall to think about it a few times.
The voice fell and no one came out. After a few breaths, Qin De, Minister of War, held a jade wat and silently stepped out.
Nangong Jingnv's nervous heart also let go. Everything is difficult at the beginning. With Qin De as the first person, everything will be easier to say.
Nangong Jingnu: "Does the Ministry of War have something to say?"
Qin De: "Yes, Your Majesty is right."
Nangong Jingnu: "Yes."
Qin De: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, but in fact, I heard about the court case yesterday. Besides, no one in the capital is talking about it, so I dared to read the dossier of the Ministry of Punishment without authorization, and found the father and son of Ding Yi and Ding Fengshan. The confession of Qi Yuanjun sued the former emperor’s husband, and the confession of Li Qiaoshan, a former worker of the Ministry of Works, and checked the files and found that most of the things they sued happened after the last decree of the emperor. ...in other words, what these three people told is most likely that Qi Yuanjun took the last emperor's decree and followed the order."
Zuo Pushe Lu Boyan of Zhongshu Province came out and refuted: "Your Majesty, this minister has objections."
Nangong Jingnu: "Oh? Then you should talk about it too."
Lu Boyan: "Even if what the Minister of War said is true, it cannot be ruled out that Qi Yuanjun is using the decree to take revenge. We all know that Qi Yuanjun has a deep palace, vicious tactics, and is good at disguising. Don't forget, he is not Qi Yuanjun, but It is the son of the Khan King of the Supporting Li Department of Beijing State: Qiyan Agula! In the eighth year of Jingjia, Qiyan Agula changed his name and changed his surname to sneak into the imperial court, and his motives were very obvious. The minister thought that it must be Qiyan Agula while His Majesty was dying. Ji Qiaoyan led Se to deceive this imperial decree, and the fact of taking revenge through the convenience of the imperial decree, considering the ultimate motive of his revenge, even if the three things reported by these three happened after the imperial decree was promulgated, it does not mean that Qiyan Agula is innocent. !"
Nangong Jingnv: "What Zuo Pushe said also makes sense. The son of the royal family of foreigners, "uneasy and kind" is also true... Then tell me, how do you explain the matter of the Sifang Qianzhuang?"
Lu Boyan's throat was stagnant, and he murmured for a while before replying: "I have checked, the two big owners behind the Sifang Qianzhuang, one is an old servant in the mansion of the former tycoon Xie An, and the other is involved in the case of Yansheng. The sinners, these two people are in a rough situation, maybe they have long ago felt resentment against the court and beggar Aguula."
Nangong Jingnu smiled and asked Qin De, "What do you think?"
Qin De also chuckled, took another step forward, and said loudly: "Sifang Qianzhuang donated six million taels of silver to the imperial court back and forth, if Lord Zuo Pushe calls this a wolf's ambition, then the lower official would like to have a "wolf-hearted and dog-lung" It would be better if there were more people!"
Lu Boyan: "Businessmen don't do farming, they do speculative activities that buy low and sell high, and they make money from the people. The savings of the Sifang Bank is more than the national treasury's tax and silver in one year. ?"
Qin De: "Lord Zuo Pushe's statement seems to have nothing to do with this case, and no matter how Sifang Qianzhuang earned the money, the Ministry of Punishment has never received any report that Sifang Qianzhuang perverted the law. ."
Lu Boyan: "Why isn't Master Qin guessing? How do you know that these documents are all used to finance the court?"
The "relationship" between the Lu family and the supporting plow department is too deep, so Lu Boyan naturally can't wait for Qi Yan to be "rehabilitated", but his first few words of objection are still justified, and what he said after that has a sense of harassment.
Nangong Jingnu said nothing, Qin De continued to refute: "Lord Zuo Pushe can see clearly, every transfer document is stamped with the seal of the subordinate Yamen of the Ministry of Household, one copy is in the hands of Sifang Qianzhuang and the other exists. Yamen, you can tell if it's true or not. And Gu Chunshu, the big boss of Sifang Bank, when he donated his first money to the court, the Ministry of Household received this account, and His Majesty also praised Gu Chunshu for this. Everyone in the world knows that Master Lu should not argue."
The Minister of the Household: "Your Majesty, the real money and silver entered into the treasury, the accounts are handled by the old minister personally, and there is absolutely no falsehood."
Lu Boyan's face was ugly, and he retreated with a cold snort.
Qin De: "Your Majesty, in fact, this matter is easy to check. Just add up the amount involved in these transfer documents and compare the amount in the testimony to verify the authenticity. In addition, about the Huainan transaction mentioned in the testimony of two hundred Ten thousand liang of silver and rice and grain supplies are not without a trace, as long as you send someone to Huainan to find out the accounts of the disaster relief that year, but according to the minister's opinion, the court does not need to be so troublesome, since Qian Tong dared to sue the imperial court, I believe that these evidences will not be false, otherwise he cannot bear the single crime of deceiving the king."
Nangong Jingnu: "Since someone has raised an objection, it is still necessary to investigate, the Ministry of Household..."
The Minister of the Household: "The old minister is here."
Nangong Jingnv: "How much money did the imperial court pay for the disaster relief fund for the Huainan Rebellion?"
The Minister of the Household: "In addition to the food and grass needed by the army, the Marquis of Bei'an only managed to draw 20,000 taels of silver from the imperial court, and the victims of Huainan were no less than 300,000 taels, and the 20,000 taels of silver were a drop in the bucket. The old minister thought... Qian Tong's words were true."
Qin De: "Your Majesty, there is a lot of evidence to show that the Marquis of Bei'an, Qi Yuanjun, is definitely not the one with the 'wolf ambition' that Lord Lu said. If the Marquis of Bei'an is really bent on revenge, he just needs to stand by the sidelines when the imperial court is in danger, so why take it out? So much money to support the court to tide over the difficulties? True... The purpose of Qi Yuanjun changing his name and surname to sneak into the court may not be pure, but there may be other hidden meanings. Think about it, Qi Yuanjun's two yuan and one flower are true, right? Is it true that Jinzhou’s three-year rule? Single-handedly persuaded the Royal Forest Army to support His Majesty’s ascension to the throne, did everyone forget? Not long ago… The Marquis of Bei’an solved the Huainan Rebellion without a single soldier. , which one is not an unparalleled merit? You adults are all sages and sages, how can you stick to the difference of race? In the eighth year of Jingjia, Luobei all belonged to Wei. Although Qiyan Agula changed his name and surname, he was also a The people of Dawei are fully qualified to participate in the scientific examination. Have you ever thought about it? At that time, Kitakyushu was in the hands of Nagus Erihe. The tribe is the mortal enemy, so is there another possibility... Qiyan Agula changed her name and changed her surname to come to Wei State, in fact, to avoid the pursuit of "enemies"?"
Qin De's remarks took a different approach, and many courtiers fell into contemplation.
Lu Boyan: "But Qiyan Agula murdered the king and rebelled! What about this crime? Has he always confessed to this crime?"
Nangong Jingnv: "No, this crime... She didn't admit it, it was me who admitted it for her."
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the courtiers talked a lot.
Nangong Jingnv took a deep breath: "Beijing Marquis has not admitted one of the charges against Li Qiaoshan and Ding Yi, but I... I didn't check the loyal words, I didn't hear the truth, and I admitted it for her. Now I look back. Think about it, it's my fault. I once handed the Marquis of Bei'an to the Inner Court Division, the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Rites, and the three divisions for a joint trial... Have you heard the Marquis of Bei'an admit his guilt?"
The chiefs of the three divisions said one after another: "Never."
Nangong Jingnu let out a long sigh: "The monarch told the subject to die, but the subject had to die. At the time of the incident, the Marquis of Bei'an was fighting the rebellion in Huainan. I...heard Li Qiaoshan's words, and my heart was heartbroken. At that time, the world was unstable, for the sake of To appease the public anger, and in order to prevent the situation from becoming irreparable, I beheaded Li Qiaoshan and admitted all the guilt on behalf of the Marquis of Bei'an. After the Marquis of Bei'an returned to Beijing, he knew that the will of the Holy Spirit was hard to violate, and the monarch had no fault... and I didn’t take out the last emperor’s last decree, and I didn’t justify it, I took everything alone, just to maintain my prestige in the eyes of the world.”
After hearing what Nangong Jingnu said, Qin De lifted the hem of his official robe and knelt on the ground: "I beg Your Majesty to vindicate Zhaoxue for the Marquis of Bei'an!"
The other five ministers also knelt down one after another: "My ministers are guilty... Please revive Zhaoxue for the Marquis of Bei'an!"
The official minister said: "This minister is guilty, misbelieving the slander, framing Zhongliang, please punish your majesty!"
All the courtiers who have been impeached and persuaded have said loudly: "This minister is guilty!"
Nangong Jingnv looked at the courtiers kneeling in the hall, her eyes warmed... If she was so decisive earlier, why did she and Qi Yan come to this day
Nangong Jing's heart is like a mirror, she lied about this matter, and she also knows that she is sorry for the late emperor by doing so.
However, she had already thought of a way to punish herself. After she died... she would not enter the imperial mausoleum.
Jingjia four years, in April.
Empress Nangong Zhenzhen issued an edict of guilt, admitting that she did not investigate the truth, blamed Zhongliang, foolishness, and husband...
And at the request of the ministers, he kept the existing food town of the Marquis of Bei'an, but took back his title and restored the position of the emperor and the master of the harem.
The reason why this latter request went so smoothly was that the courtiers felt that the Marquis of Bei'an was no longer alive, and even if he regained his position as a royal husband, it would at most be like incense in the Taimiao Temple.
After all, Jingwei is fighting, let a Jingguo enter the harem, and in the future, he may give birth to the next emperor with His Majesty the empress... The literati of Weiguo are not so generous.
Nangong Jingnv went down to court happily, and the guilt of her own edict can be said to be the greatest fault of the emperors of all dynasties, and it was going to be recorded in the history books, but Nangong Jingnv didn't seem to care at all.
Now that there is a master in the harem, although life and death are unknown, the courtiers can't urge them to marry again.
Nangong Jingnv was so happy that she could not wait to order Qi Yan to return to the palace immediately, and when Qi Yan came back, she would think of a way to let everyone know that she was still alive.
This time, I will never let Qi Yan suffer a little bit of grievance. In this life and this life, I will join hands with Zi...
Three days later, Nangong Jingnu, who was immersed in happiness and joy, suffered another thunderbolt...
The secret letter that Han Yun and Han Mowen wrote to Her Majesty the Empress entered the palace... The letter said that the supervisor army openly surrendered to the enemy and entered Jiaozhou City with the enemy army general.
Nangong Jingnv read the contents of the letter, her eyes darkened, and when she came back to her senses, her face was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and she leaned weakly on the chair.
Nangong Jingnu's hand trembled when she took the letter, she read the letter over and over again, tears silently filling her eyes, she left
She... how could she? How dare!
Nangong Jingnu cried and laughed, shredded the secret letter, and smashed everything she saw in the study, she was so tired that she was out of breath.
Qi Yan's departure made Nangong Jingnv feel that her heart was taken away. Nangong Jingnv couldn't believe that Qi Yan, who was already married to her, would abandon her...
After three days like this, Nangong Jingnu fell ill...
Her Majesty the Empress was not found to have any specific symptoms, but her body was inexplicably weak. Just when the imperial doctors were helpless, another report from Luobei entered the palace.
This memorial was written by Gongyanghuai. It turned out that after Qi Yan left, Gongyanghuai also wrote a letter to Nangong Jingnv and sent it to the capital faster than Qi Yan.
The letter also explained that Qi Yan left the military camp for three days, and even said that Qi Yan held a broken finger in his hand, vomited blood and fainted in the snow.
After reading the letter, Nangong Jingnu immediately disappeared from all illnesses, but tears flowed out again, vomiting blood? How could she vomit blood
Nangong Jingnu read the letter carefully several times, sketched the whole story in her mind, guessed who the severed finger belonged to, and also guessed the reason why Qi Yan vomited blood.
Nangong Jingnu was so anxious and distressed that she wanted to put on a pair of wings and fly to Qi Yan's side.
She... did not live up to herself, but also because she made a difficult choice...
Nangong Jingnu lifted the quilt and walked to the desk with her shoes on, and wrote two secret decrees.
One was for Han Yun, telling him that the prison army's "falling to the enemy" should not be publicized, and asking Han Yun to tell Luonan's soldiers that the prison army had been rectified.
Another secret decree was given to the Youzhou army who remained in the capital, ordering them to leave the city immediately, take Qi Yan back from the soldiers, and tell the soldiers that the "supervisor" would be escorted back to the capital for execution, and that they would be restored to Qi after the soldiers left. Yan's identity, the scenery brought her back to the capital, and unified the caliber to the outside world, saying that the Marquis of Bei'an had found it!