Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 68 Are you, King Jin, really looking for death? How can you be so tough!

Chu Shizhao walked slowly into the main hall from Chengtianmen Square outside the main hall under the watchful eyes of those sixth-rank officials.

"Your Majesty, could you please let us take a look at that memorial?" Minister of Rites Wang Ruizhen said cautiously.

No one has read the memorial, so no one knows what the Prince of Jin wrote.

You won’t know until you see it.

"No need to look at it, Cao Wei, just read it to them." Emperor Yongjin had already read the memorial over and over again countless times.

To be honest, he really didn't want this memorial to be read out, as it would undoubtedly make him lose face. However, if he wanted to make a fuss about this memorial, he had to let all the ministers hear the voice of this memorial.

All the ministers in the hall lowered their heads, listening attentively, but Cao Wei revealed an expression uglier than death.

This was the second time he had read this memorial.

When it was read for the first time, Cao Wei felt that he was not far from death. This time he had to read it again in front of all the ministers. Why did he have so many disasters this year?

But this was the order of Emperor Yongjin, so he had no choice but to recite it.

One sentence after another.

The ministers listened.

Then, each of their expressions changed to varying degrees.

Wang Ruizhen was the first to react. He realized that there were serious problems with the memorial and he fell to his knees on the spot.

The Minister of Rites was the first to kneel down, and naturally the others followed suit without any hesitation. In the entire hall, only Chu Shizhao was left standing.

"What's wrong? Are you scared?"

"Dare to do it but not to admit it?" Emperor Yongjin stood up from the dragon throne, walked down, and asked Wang Ruizhen who was kneeling on the ground: "You were the first to say that there was an auspicious sign in the country and that we must offer a congratulatory message."

"This congratulatory letter from Lao Si was your idea, right?"

"I dare not, I am very scared, Your Majesty, please understand clearly--" Wang Ruizhen did not dare to say.

"You people often come to advise me to appoint a crown prince as soon as possible. I don't want to listen to you and don't want to appoint this crown prince. Are you going to use this memorial to force me?" Emperor Yongjin threw Chu Shizhao's memorial to the ground.

"Speak up——why don't you dare to speak——"

At this time, Guo Qian stepped out from the side and said, "Your Majesty, I have checked and found that this congratulatory letter was indeed written by His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin himself. No one else has had any contact with His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin in recent days."

The pressure on the ministers was relieved and they all looked towards Prince Jin.

You, the King of Jin, are going crazy, why do you have to implicate us old ministers?

Emperor Yongjin naturally knew that Guo Qian had already checked the source of this memorial. His pressure in the court was to test and see for himself whether Chu Shizhao was sincere in setting an example for the court.

Or maybe he has other intentions and his own little thoughts.

"Fourth brother." Emperor Yongjin showed a look of suppressed anger and said, "Is it because your father didn't treat you well enough?"

"Or do you think I really don't dare to kill you?"

Chu Shizhao bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty is of course very good to me, but Your Majesty is my father. No matter how good Your Majesty is to me, that is a family matter, and what I am talking about now is a national matter."

"If you know your parents have done something wrong but do not try to persuade them and instead allow it to continue, you are making a mistake on top of a mistake. This is not filial piety."

"Similarly, if you know that the king's behavior is inappropriate but fail to admonish him in time, that is disloyalty."

"As a subject, I should set things right, and as a son, I shouldn't watch my father make further mistakes."

"Of course, these mistakes cannot all be blamed on your majesty. Governing the government is the business of the whole world."

"The affairs of the world are not only on the shoulders of the emperor, but also on the shoulders of all the loyal and wise officials."

"But everyone, are you really a loyal minister? Are you really a wise minister?!"

The frown on Emperor Yongjin's face relaxed slightly. He deliberately set up such a conflict to create a situation of confrontation between father and son, and between the monarch and his subjects.

I just want to know how Chu Shizhao can resolve it.

If Chu Shizhao insists on competing with his father, it only shows that he is stupid.

Although Emperor Yongjin would not kill his son, he would never allow Chu Shizhao to continue doing such evil things. Imprisoning him would probably be the final decision that Emperor Yongjin would make.

Chu Shizhao was also confronting Emperor Yongjin at first, using many unkind words in his speech, but his subsequent change of tone immediately catered to the effect that Emperor Yongjin wanted.

Because the people who were actually competing for power with Emperor Yongjin were these ministers in the court.

However, Emperor Yongjin could not take action personally, as such things would only intensify the conflict. He could only act as a Libra to regulate the relationships among his ministers and then get what he wanted.

However, Chu Shizhao knew that Emperor Yongjin wanted to use him to deal with the ministers, but when Chu Shizhao came to this point, he did not intend to care about his father's plan.

The ministers were criticized because they had problems and they deserved to be criticized.

Emperor Yongjin was criticized because he also had problems, so Chu Shizhao was also criticized.

There is no first come first served here.

All of you, get behind me!

Chu Shizhao had already taken out the "Public Security Memorial", and he had never thought of being a good man. He was tricked to death by these termites three times in a row, and hacked to death by the rebel army three times, and he was not even reliable by the people of Chang'an!

The common people of Chang'an at least stood up, but you officials just ran away when you saw the situation was not right! And there are also the guides who surrendered!
There are even people who take the money but don’t do the job!
"Sir Wang, are you safe in taking the 100,000 mu of land in Songjiang County?" Chu Shizhao walked up to the kneeling Wang Ruizhen in the court and asked condescendingly, "In the past four years, many local officials have reported this matter to the emperor, but what happened?"

"The court doesn't care—"

"You, Lord Wang, are the Minister of Rites. You got all these fields at a fair price, but are they really obtained in a legitimate way?"

"How much salary do you get each year? How can you afford these 100,000 acres of good farmland?"

"And you, Lu En, Lord Lu. In the 13th year of Yongjin, your son Lu Yi was appointed as the governor of Datong. The Xiongnu attacked, but they inexplicably retreated without a fight and instead attacked Daning Prefecture. As a result, the defense line of Daning Prefecture collapsed and was almost completely wiped out. The court had to send officers and soldiers to garrison again."

Chu Shizhao smiled and said, "How strange is this matter? Lord Lu will not deny it, right?"

At this point, Chu Shizhao walked up to the Minister of Personnel Yang Gong again. He smiled and said, "Lord Yang is a good man, but he is only loyal."

"As for some people, they rely on private shipping to make profits through cooperation with the Japanese, amassing wealth for their own use, but secretly kill people living on the coast who rely on fishing, labeling them as pirates who cooperate with the Japanese, in exchange for the basis for promotion."

"How can such a great Zhou not prosper?!"

split.

Originally, I thought Chu Shizhao was only targeting His Majesty, but every word he said was like a sharp arrow flying towards the ministers in the court.

Some things do exist.

But I can't tell you directly, and although these things are unclean, they are reasonable and not too bad.

It is normal for the people to suffer.

Just don't make it too messy.

Emperor Yongjin also knew it.

But who could have thought that Chu Shizhao had completely given up on the idea of ​​survival? As soon as he opened his mouth, sweat began to break out on everyone's forehead.

Do you dare to say this?

Are you, King Jin, really looking for death?!

Emperor Yongjin's expression also changed.

He wanted to see a quarrel between the Fourth Prince and the ministers.

But he could never have imagined that the fourth brother's fighting ability could be so strong.

With the strength of one person, he angrily rebuked all the civil and military officials in the court!

"The King of Jin's memorial is so arrogant and deceitful, Your Majesty, please kill him immediately—"

No one knew who had shouted such a sentence, but because the voice was so loud and coupled with the angry roar of His Majesty in the hall, the officials at Chengtian Gate subconsciously followed suit, and the voice was then heard from outside the hall to inside.

However, the ministers named by Chu Shizhao, including Emperor Yongjin, started cursing in their hearts.

I'll kill your mother!

In the current situation, if Chu Shizhao is killed, it will only prove that the charges Chu Shizhao has committed are true. Not only can he not die, he must also survive.

If he was really killed, it would be recorded by historians in the future.

Isn't this going to be infamous forever?

"There are more than twenty wise men in this palace, seven of whom are unclean. There are six chancellors, three of whom are derelict in their duties."

"Look at these people who call themselves wise, good, and loyal officials. Which one of them is not an old official with gray hair? Which one of them is not a pillar of the court? Which one of them is not a descendant of a famous family?"

"When I first entered school, I thought the court's biggest enemy was the Xiongnu outside the Great Wall, those rebels who caused trouble for no reason. However, the Xiongnu did not invade the border every day, and there were no rebel armies that revolted every day."

"Who made the people so angry with the imperial court?"

"With this public security petition, I, Chu Shizhao, am worthy of the people, worthy of myself, and worthy of my ancestors."

"If Father wants to kill me, I have no objection."

Emperor Yongjin was silent for a while, and none of the ministers in the court dared to speak.

You, Chu Shizhao, are a hero.

Now in this court, no one dared to speak, because every word they said might have to be recorded in the "Book of Zhou".

The more you argue, the bigger the matter will become. It’s better to calm down first and then think of a way to clear yourself up later.

Emperor Yongjin originally thought that Chu Shizhao's carrying of the coffin to advise was more symbolic, mainly for the purpose of "deterrence" and to scare people, and who knows, there might be a deeper intention to gain fame.

However, Chu Shizhao really came here to seek death, and Emperor Yongjin was clearly aware that he absolutely could not take action.

At this point, Emperor Yongjin also felt guilty.

His fourth son is too tough.

He was so arrogant that it made his back ache.

(End of this chapter)