Chapter 120: House arrest and salary fine
Go to court at the hour of Mao.
As soon as Xie Tingzhou stepped into Chengtian Gate, Li Jifeng came running over.
He lowered his voice and said, "You are in the center of the storm right now, why did you come to the court? Do you know how big the commotion was yesterday?"
"I know." Xie Tingzhou said, "That's why I came."
Li Jifeng originally wanted to persuade him to go back, but he didn't expect that the other person was willing to walk into the trap.
He stamped his feet and followed Xie Tingzhou to Xuanhui Palace. "Tell me what's going on. The Jiang family has a lot of influence in the court. If someone in the palace makes trouble for you later, I can help you. You are my brother, you can't let others bully you."
Xie Tingzhou glanced at him and said, "Jiang Ji stole my man."
"Did he really steal your young prostitute?"
Li Jifeng also heard what happened, but he felt that was not Xie Tingzhou's style, or the young man was so beautiful that even Xie Tingzhou and Jiang Ji could not resist him.
All the officials were outside the hall, and when the two men arrived, a group of them looked over.
"Look." Li Jifeng whispered, "These must be their followers."
Xie Tingzhou smiled, and instead of retreating, he walked forward and stopped three steps away from Jiang Lianzhi. "Yesterday, Lord Jiang was still rosy-cheeked. How come he looks so haggard in just one day?"
"You don't understand this, do you?" Li Jifeng took the opportunity to sing a duet, "Children know how to cry for candy, let alone adults."
The implication is that Jiang Lianzhi is putting on airs and deliberately acting like this to gain sympathy.
The minister standing behind Jiang Lianzhi was so angry that he couldn't show it. Just as he was about to speak up for Jiang Lianzhi, Jiang Lianzhi raised his hand to stop him.
"Don't go too far, my lord."
"You're going too far?" Xie Tingzhou shook his sleeves leisurely, "Then Lord Jiang, please don't covet what doesn't belong to you."
Li Jifeng chimed in, "Yes! Don't covet it!"
Xie Tingzhou was speechless and glanced at him sideways.
Li Jifeng looked bewildered, "Why are you looking at me?"
Xie Tingzhou walked away and whispered to Li Jifeng, "No matter how they attack you in the palace later, don't open your mouth."
"Why?" Li Jifeng asked.
The Honglu Temple whip sounded three times, and all officials fell silent. After the "singing", they entered the hall one by one.
Ge Liangji was just executed yesterday, and I guess many people breathed a sigh of relief.
After the report was made, a minister stood up and said, "I have something to report."
Here we come!
Xie Tingzhou looked back and saw that it was the Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief Zhang Huaixing.
Emperor Tongxu: "Yes."
Zhang Huaixing bowed and said, "Today I impeach the Prince of Beilin and the Deputy Commander-in-Chief.
Xie Yun recruited private soldiers and led them to besiege the Prime Minister's residence. He simply disregarded the law, disregarded the state system, and regarded the moral principles as nothing. I ask Your Majesty to punish him severely. "
Xie Tingzhou remained calm and composed. When he heard several voices of "I second the motion" in the hall, he even smiled lightly.
"Master Zhang, you said I recruited private soldiers. Where did this accusation come from?"
Zhang Huaixing said, "Your Highness, you dare to quibble. Many people saw the people who besieged Jiang's house yesterday. Do you still want to deny it?"
"Have you counted them? How many are there in total?"
Zhang Huaixing said angrily: "There are so many people, how can I count them one by one?"
Xie Tingzhou said: "Since you haven't counted, how can you determine that I have exceeded the regulations?"
Zhang Huaixing said, "According to the law, a prince has thirty-six guards and twenty personal guards. The prince can't have a higher standard than a prince, right?"
"Of course, I can't compare to a prince." Xie Tingzhou looked at Emperor Tongxu, "When I came to the capital, Your Majesty granted me the authority to be a vassal king and lead three guard battalions. Logically, all the troops yesterday combined should not be even half of a guard battalion."
Zhang Huaixing: "This..."
Emperor Tongxu nodded, "That's true."
Zhang Huaixing had no idea about the conditions reached privately between Emperor Tongxu and Beilin, and he was embarrassed for a while.
"Even so, how do you explain the unauthorized siege of the Prime Minister's residence?"
Xie Tingzhou glanced at Jiang Lian and said, "Why don't you ask Lord Jiang what's going on?"
"How can you be so unreasonable in the palace?"
Xie Tingzhou smiled coldly, "When will it be your turn to question this prince?"
Just as the Left Vice-Chief Censor Wan Ruixian was about to step out, he saw Xie Tingzhou silently scanning the crowd, his gaze lingering on him for a moment.
He understood instantly and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his back.
Fortunately, he did not speak for Xie Tingzhou just now. Emperor Tongxu was afraid of Beilin. If Emperor Tongxu knew that there were people like Xie Tingzhou in the court, how would he react?
The less people speak up for Xie Tingzhou now, the more relieved Emperor Tongxu becomes and he won't decide how to deal with him.
"Master Jiang." Xie Tingzhou didn't even look at Jiang Lianzhi, "We should make everything clear in the palace today."
Jiang Lianzhi was forced to step out, "I had a little friction with the prince."
Xie Tingzhou said leisurely, "Speaking of this, it is not appropriate to talk about it in the palace, but since Lord Zhang has reported me, I still have to make it clear. I usually hang out in brothels and brothels, and to be honest, I have a beloved young prostitute."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the hall.
How could such a lowly thing be brought up in the court? It is totally inappropriate.
Xie Tingzhou continued, "It is a coincidence that Lord Lian Jiang, who is so self-disciplined, has fallen in love with the same person as me.
"If it was just an ordinary person, it would be fine, but how can I give up my beloved one?"
"What nonsense! He relied on his status as the prince of Beilin to slander the imperial officials."
"That's nonsense! Minister Jiang is a man of integrity, how could he do such an illegal thing?"
Xie Tingzhou looked at Jiang Lianzhi, "Master Jiang, how is it?"
Jiang Lianzhi clenched his fists.
If he spoke frankly, Chen Yu would be implicated. Did Xie Tingzhou know that he wouldn't dare to do that, or was Chen Yu simply not that important in his heart?
Jiang Lianzhi lifted his robe and knelt down, "It is true. I have lost my manners. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
This is the default.
Those who just called him noble and pure are now speechless.
Zhang Huaixing was sweating profusely. There were some shady things in the homes of wealthy families, but he didn't expect that Jiang Lianzhi was such a person.
If he had not impeached Xie Tingzhou in the palace today, how could the matter of Jiang Lian's rear house have been made public.
Xie Tingzhou smiled and said, "Your Majesty knows what kind of person I am. I am used to being a jerk. If I can't even find a prostitute, then it will be too boring to stay in Shengjing."
Shengjing is boring, where else is interesting?
Isn't it just Beilin? How could Emperor Tongxu let the tiger go back to the mountain?
After all, it was just two young men from aristocratic families fighting over a prostitute, and it was inappropriate to bring it to the court.
But it was a fact that Xie Tingzhou surrounded the Jiang Mansion yesterday. If he did not give an explanation to the Jiang Mansion, it would be hard to justify himself in front of all the civil and military officials.
In the future, the children of noble families will follow suit. Today you bring your servants to surround me, and tomorrow I bring my servants to surround you. That will be a complete chaos.
Emperor Tongxu pondered for a moment and said, "You two are fighting for the favor of a young prostitute. This is indeed unbecoming. So, Xie Yun should be confined to his home for a month."
"A month." Xie Tingzhou sighed.
When Li Jifeng heard this, he thought, a month? That was unacceptable. He was almost dead after being confined to his room by the emperor for half a month.
He took a step forward and said, "Father, it was obviously Minister Jiang who snatched the item first, why was Ding Zhou the only one punished?"
"Shut up." Emperor Tongxu said in a deep voice, "The Ministry of Revenue is now under the supervision of Jiang Ji. He will not be detained for the time being, but will be fined for three months. Do you have any objections?"
"I obey your order." "I obey your order."
Xie Tingzhou and Jiang Lianzhi spoke at the same time.
"But..." Xie Tingzhou dragged out his tone, "Your Majesty, I think Minister Jiang has no one in his backyard, and he has fallen to the point of lingering in the Chu Pavilion like me. This really damages Minister Jiang's image of high moral character. Minister Jiang is different from me. He is a pillar of the country."
Emperor Tongxu heard the hidden meaning in Xie Tingzhou's words.
Jiang Ji is already over 20 years old, but still hasn't married. It's time to put the arranged marriage on the agenda.
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