Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4037 Sharp turn down
Liu Ji's waist stopped, his face was upright, but the tears could only be swallowed into his stomach...

Since Zhenguan, the government has been clean and clear. Although it is impossible for all officials in the world to be as clean as water, officials will naturally intrigue and secretly plot for their future and interests, but corruption with a huge impact has never occurred, except for the wise and powerful leadership of His Majesty Li Er. In addition, it is true that most officials nowadays still have a bottom line.

"People are not for themselves, heaven and earth are destroyed", no one really has a noble style and a clean sleeve, but after the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, I have witnessed the people's deprivation and misery. In fact, as long as you are not a crazy person, it does not conflict with taking people's livelihood into account while seeking personal benefits.

This is still an era when feathers are cherished and fame is cherished, so Liu Ji chose the latter between imperial power and fame...

The officials of the Shangshu Province were a little dazed in the face of Liu Ji, who was upright and strict. Even though the province had the right to refute the edict, when His Majesty's imperial edict was really refuted, it was incredible and shocking.

However, Liu Ji's words were clear and his attitude was unwavering, and the officials of the Shangshu Province could only return to the yamen of their headquarters in anxiety and report to their superiors...

A burst of cheers broke out in the provincial government office below the door.

"The waiter is strong and strong, he is really a role model for my generation!"

"In the past, there was Duke Xuan Cheng, but now there is Liu Sidao, who speaks out and remonstrates, and passes on the torch from generation to generation!"

"A servant is the governor of the country, and he is not subject to random orders, and he is also an admonishing minister!"

……

Listening to the flattery of his colleagues and subordinates, Liu Jie forced a smile to respond to everyone's enthusiasm, but this expression of "wanting to cry but no tears" was seen by others as a manifestation of Liu Shizhong's "reservedness", indeed a A model of noble character and fearlessness of power.

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"What did you say?"

His Majesty Li Er's eyes widened, Fang Zheng's majestic face was full of unbelievable astonishment.

He was listening to Li Junxian's report on the public opinion in the city, and before he even started, he was shocked by the officials of Shangshu Province who hurried back.

To deny my imperial decree? !
The officials of the Shangshu Province repeated Liu Jie's words word for word, and then saw His Majesty Li Er suddenly stand up from behind the book case, kicked on the book case, and the book case collapsed with a "boom", and the four treasures of the study and the piled desktop The documents were scattered all over the place.

His Majesty Li Er was furious, his blood was flowing backwards, and he said furiously: "Liu Jie dog thief, he promised well in front of me, but he dared to betray me when he turned around. If you don't punish this beast, it will be hard to get rid of the hatred in your heart!"

The servants in the hall were trembling with fright, and they didn't even dare to go forward to clean up the messy ground.

His Majesty Li Er's eyeballs were about to burst into flames, and he turned to look at Li Junxian: "Quickly capture Liu Ji and take him to this place, I will skin him alive!"

When this dog thief was in front of him, he looked loyal and obedient to his words, but he changed his face in the blink of an eye, and his heart is to be punished!

In particular, the shock caused by this move will inevitably affect the government and the public, greatly damaging the majesty of the emperor. Those who don't know the truth will not only applaud Liu Ji's "uprightness", but even think that the emperor is "faint and incompetent". "Tao", which made the minister refute the imperial decree...

How can this be tolerated?
Li Junxian hesitated for a moment, then bowed and cautiously remonstrated: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Liu Shizhong is a high-ranking official of the Shangshu, the Imperial Chancellor, and has the right to seal and refute the imperial edict... If your Majesty is blamed for this, I am afraid that there will be divergent opinions from the outside world, which will damage your majesty's prestige. .”

"Prestige shit!"

His Majesty Li Er was so furious that he kicked the table that had fallen to the ground: "I am the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, with the constitution of heaven in my mouth and the imperial words of Jinkou, but in the end my imperial decree was refuted by my ministers, it is no different. Yu told people all over the world that my imperial decree is chaos, and that he, Liu Ji, is an upright and unafraid of imperial power, a "strong order"! Let me ask you, I must be regarded as a foolish lord, just like Xia Jie, Shang Zhou, how can there be any difference? What prestige? Quickly capture it, don't make any noise!"

Li Junxian still did not dare to take orders: "Your Majesty knows that the last general has not had time to report, and now the content of the resignations of the Dukes of Yue and Wei has already been leaked, and the public opinion in Chang'an City is raging. I think the imperial court should not treat meritorious service so harshly, and I have quite a complaint..."

"Mother!"

His Majesty Li Er was panting like a cow, and felt that he had been wronged by the sky: "Is that why I asked them to resign? It is clearly a trick for them to retreat and threaten the imperial power! No need to ask, these news must have been released by Liu Ji Yes, its purpose is to put me in a dilemma, it is simply hateful!"

Li Junxian persuaded: "At the moment, His Majesty should convene ministers to discuss countermeasures and eliminate the rumors among the market as soon as possible, otherwise, once these rumors are brewed, it will greatly damage His Majesty's reputation."

He didn't want to take people to arrest Liu Ji. If His Majesty killed Liu Ji in anger, wouldn't he become an accomplice?Afterwards, His Majesty regretted it, and Bao Buqi threw the blame on himself. It is very difficult for him, the emperor's eagle and dog minions, to have a good end. If he gets involved in this matter again, he may die soon...

His Majesty Li Er turned back and sat back on the chair, took a breath for a while, and calmed down a little. He also knew that Li Junxian's words were true. An excuse for officials who claim to be upright and clean to attack and impeach themselves?

"Forget it, you immediately send people to collect news in the city. I want to know what the public opinion is so that I can take countermeasures."

"Here!"

Li Junxian took the order, turned around and left quickly.

He was really afraid that His Majesty would not be able to control his anger, so he would send him to do some irrelevant things, which would end up being difficult to end...

When Li Junxian left, His Majesty Li Er called Wang De in front of him: "Go and call the officials above the third rank in the court, I want to discuss matters."

"Here."

Wang De bowed to accept the order to withdraw, and immediately sent people to various mansions to inform.

His Majesty Li Er sat alone in the hall, watching the servants timidly clean up the mess on the ground, he felt more and more angry.

No matter who claims this matter, the result will seriously damage his prestige, which is absolutely unacceptable.However, the public opinion is raging. Once I insist on allowing Fang Jun and Li Jing to resign, not only will my reputation be damaged, but it will also lead to a more serious situation. will be hindered.

Although Wei Zheng is dead, there are no ministers in the court who are outspoken and admonishing, but since Zhenguan, his administration has been enlightened, and he has treated his courtiers with generosity and generosity, which has also encouraged these courtiers to be proud of their talents and not afraid of imperial power. He, the emperor, challenged him.

If that step has been reached, how will Bao Buqi and his gang write about themselves in the history books? Once they slander themselves, how can they talk about surpassing Qin Huang, Han Wu, and becoming an emperor through the ages?
It would be good not to be scolded as a foolish king by later generations...

So you can't deal with it violently.

……

Half an hour later, senior officials of the third rank and above arrived one after another, Li Ji, Xiao Yu, Cen Wenwen, Liu Ji, Fang Jun, Li Daozong and others were all present.

His Majesty Li Er's anger had been suppressed, and he ordered people to offer fragrant tea, and then he looked at Liu Ji and asked: "The province has the right to deny and refute the imperial edict. I am determined to remonstrate, but I am the emperor of the empire, and I have the constitution of heaven in my mouth, since Liu Shizhong refuted my imperial edict, I need to give me an explanation."

The majesty of the emperor is fully revealed.

It is true that my imperial decree can be refuted, but don't you know the consequences after it is refuted?You must give me an explanation!
Liu Jie got up and left the table, came to Majesty Li Er and knelt down on the ground, said with a sudden pause: "It is my crime to refute the imperial edict and harm your Majesty's dignity. I know that I have committed a serious crime, so I beseech your Majesty to allow me to accept it." Please resign and choose someone else."

When he said this, his face was full of righteousness, but his heart was full of tears.

Is it easy to be promoted to the position of servant?How much effort has been spent, how much time has been persisted, how much groveling, hypocrisy and submissiveness, but today I have to beg to resign in order to avoid the ensuing storm, and my heart hurts like a knife.

His Majesty Li Er smiled angrily: "Hehe, very good! Fang Jun wants to resign, and Li Jing wants to resign. This is because they took the initiative to go to court. I sympathize with my ministers and couldn't bear to refuse, so I agreed... In the end, you ignored my majesty. Refute my imperial decree, and then you also want to resign?"

Liu Ji was sweating profusely and dared not speak.

His Majesty Li Er looked around the crowd, glanced over everyone's face one by one, and asked word by word: "Who else among you wants to resign, you might as well say it together. One or two are eating my salary, but they are dedicated to resigning." Against me, do you really think that without you, I will become a lonely family, unable to govern this empire, rule this world?"

Speaking of this, he burst into anger, his voice was stern, and he even slapped the table with his palm, and roared: "Come on! Anyone who wants to resign from office will also say it, and I will allow it!"

Facing His Majesty Li Er's anger, the big bosses in the hall lowered their eyebrows and did not dare to say a word.

Everyone knows His Majesty Li Er's temper, which is typical of being soft and not hard. Whoever dares to stroke his beard when he is angry will have to go around, not to mention that in recent days, everyone has been more or less angry. I heard that His Majesty has a bad temper...

Then... Fang Jun stood up.

Li Ji and the others were surprised to see Fang Jun get up and leave the table. Before Fang Jun went up to ask for resignation, everyone agreed that this was a retreat. In the end, His Majesty did not play the card according to common sense, and actually agreed to Fang Jun's request. As a result, Fang Jun's falsehoods became real and he was in a dilemma, while Liu Jie, out of consideration for his own reputation, refuted His Majesty's imperial decree, leading to a complete escalation of the situation.

At this time, if Fang Jun challenged His Majesty Li Er in public and continued to ask for resignation, not only would he be furious with His Majesty Li Er who made him unable to step down, but he might be determined to push him to the end, which would be completely irreversible...

Since you made a strategic mistake, you shrank your head and pretended to be cowardly, so why bother to stroke your majesty's beard?
Fang Jun came to His Majesty, bowed to the ground, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, I made a mistake, I beg you to take back the memorandum of resignation earlier, and I am willing to do my best for Your Majesty, and die!"

The whole hall was shocked.

Even the furious His Majesty Li Er was stunned... Did this stick take the wrong medicine?

(End of this chapter)