Chapter 821 slander and negligence
After dawn, the news that the Censor Wang Shenbin was taken into the Imperial City Division by Sun Tu led the Imperial Army to the Imperial City Division quickly spread in the Tokyo officialdom, causing an uproar.
In just a few days, Sun Tu had already taken people everywhere. Many officials and wealthy businessmen were arrested by him. Now even Wang Zhongcheng, who is in a high position, has been taken unreasonably by him. Is there any law of the Song Dynasty? For a time, all officials are in danger. If they let him do whatever they want, they will be arrested by him. The statement of condemning Sun Tu was immediately rampant in various yamen.
Today, the officials did not care about handling all the official duties they were in charge, and began to write memorials to impeach Sun Tu to arrest the officials randomly. They made up their minds to take him down before he could do it again.
When this trend started, Gao Qiu, who had been ill at home, and Liang Shicheng, also took advantage of the situation and began to let the dependents of his family add fire and add fire immediately, vowing to bring down Sun Tu in one go. Even if he was not good, he had to take away these important tasks from him. Especially Liang Shicheng, his reaction was even higher than Gao Qiu. After he made arrangements, he changed into eunuch's uniform and headed straight to the palace.
You should know that after he was valued by Zhao Ji and was named the Grand Tutor, Liang Shicheng has already valued his identity quite much and will no longer enter the palace as an eunuch. Today, he actually entered the palace abnormally, which is enough for those who are interested to see the mystery behind it.
Only Cai Jing was still watching from the wall at this time. However, the relevant news would still be delivered to him in time. After hearing about Liang Shicheng's actions, he smiled even more: "It seems that Yue Hou really hit Liang Taifu this time. I'm afraid that after today, all kinds of memorials impeaching Sun Tu can easily overwhelm him, and this person's official position will end here."
As one of the people who know the character of the current government, Cai Jing has a very deep understanding of this incident. Perhaps at the beginning, His Majesty would be furious when he learned that there were spies from Liao in Tokyo and that someone was in touch with foreign enemies to send out important weapons from the country, and thus fully supported Sun Tu to investigate the case thoroughly. But after all, our Taoist Emperor is still a person who only likes pleasure but is afraid of trouble.
Sun Tu's disturbance this time was too great, almost causing a crazi wave in the court, causing all officials to be in danger, which naturally made everyone think about how to get rid of him. And when these words and memorials against him were sent to the emperor, the result was already destined. It was impossible for the officials to refute the face of all officials for this case. After all, in his eyes, the current stability is the most critical!
So Sun Tu's fate is already visible. Tomorrow, at most, he will be demoted and deprived of his post. Even if he can keep the position of marquis, it will be difficult for him to do anything in the court in the future. At this time, it is a good time for him, Grand Master Cai to take action and seize certain benefits.
Just as Cai Jing stroked his beards and outlined the next series of plans, another news came but made him stunned again - Yue Hou suddenly went to the palace to ask for a meeting with the official family, and the case seemed to have made significant progress!
"Well? He really gained something in just one night? Or did he know that time was tight, so he tortured Wang Shenbin and forced him to confess all the charges? It seems that there is still some variables in this matter!" Cai Jing's eyes flashed and he decided to take a look again, so that he should not let himself fall into this dispute.
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"Your Majesty, you must be the master of the old slave. I have been loyal to Your Majesty for many years. Heaven and earth can be seen, and Your Majesty is even more wise. How could I do something that would harm my Song country? But Sun Tu, even though he knew that Wang Shenbin was the one recommended by the old slave, he forcibly slaughtered a serious crime like Tongliao on his head. This is not to investigate the case, it is clearly aimed at the old slave, no, it is for Your Majesty. Your Majesty, this person has a sinister intention and must have major plans. He must not be deceived by him!"
Liang Shicheng, who was kneeling in front of Zhao Ji, did not have any appearance or demeanor as a three-month official in the court. His snot and tears were not much different from the scoundrel who was rolling around.
But Zhao Ji was the one who took his best approach. Seeing this, he quickly got up and pulled him up in person: "Shi Cheng, what do you have to say? It's really ugly to look at this. Sun Tu was indeed ordered to investigate the case, but I didn't expect that he would be so erratic that he even took down the Censor Central Chief. There must be something strange about this matter, and I will definitely find it clear and restore your innocence." Obviously, he forgot the guarantee he had made before, and no matter who involved this matter, he will investigate it to the end!
Liang Shicheng followed the trend, but he still looked aggrieved, but he was extremely proud. He used this move many times in the past many years, but it was tried and tested. As long as he grasped His Majesty's favor for him and criticized him with added fuel to the fire, his enemy would be quickly defeated. Moreover, this time all the officials in the court will become their support. Once hundreds of bullets were launched, are they still afraid that Sun Tu would be able to turn over?
"Your Majesty is wise. Sun Tu is a man who acts extreme. He has always been a military general and has always been accused of civil servants. He thinks that with His Majesty's order in hand, he can act recklessly and wrongly accuse all officials. This man deserves to die. He also asks His Majesty to quickly seize his post and take charge of it. Otherwise, I wonder how many officials will be killed by him." He also made a fuss and said while the iron was hot.
But this time, Zhao Ji hesitated: "This... I have just issued an imperial edict to investigate the case. If I take his post now, wouldn't it be a rebellion?"
"But if your Majesty, if you let him snatch and bite people outside, the court will be panic. Although the Liao Dynasty's meticulous work is terrible, it still cannot disrupt my Bianjing City, but Sun Tu can disrupt the hearts of all officials."
If he had changed an emperor, even though he had been dissatisfied with Sun Tu's series of methods, he would still think about using this person. Because no matter which dynasty the emperor was, he was actually used to having a lonely minister or a cruel official in his hands. Only by using such a person could he truly suppress all officials and make the court form a balance under his control. This is the reason why Zhou Xinglai and the monarch and ministers were arrogant for a while.
If such a cruel official is used well, it is a sharp blade in the hands of the emperor. Even if it really makes the public angry one day, it can still kill him with one decree to calm the situation. But our Emperor Daojun has no idea about this. He is even more afraid that this matter will cause many troubles and affect his leisure and cultivation. So after hesitation, he had to agree to Liang Shicheng's request and first remove Sun Tu from his investigation.
But just as he opened his mouth and wanted to issue another order, an eunuch appeared carefully in front of the palace gate: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Yue is asking for a meeting outside the palace gate, saying that there has been significant progress in the Tongliao case and must be reported to Your Majesty in person."
As soon as these words were said, both the king and the minister were stunned. Zhao Ji did not expect that Sun Tu would come to report the report so by chance, but Liang Shicheng had a gloomy look and looked back at the eunuch who had reported it. He had not been in the palace for many days, but did anyone dare to go against him?
What are the advantages of the emperor's close ministers and favorite ministers compared to ordinary officials? That is, they can easily meet the emperor, thereby ensuring their own interests to the greatest extent, and at the same time blocking the ministers who are hostile to them outside the palace gate.
As a close attendant and an important minister, Liang Shicheng was even more likely to do this. You must know that although he had not been in the palace for a long time, there were still many subordinates in the palace who were dependent on him. As long as he said a word, even if Sun Tu held a goldfish bag, he would not want to pass the words into the palace. The emperor would not even want to know that such a thing was happening.
With this move, he used to deal with political enemies with all his strength. But today, after entering the palace, Liang Shicheng had already passed on his meaning, so that people could not pass Sun Tu's words into the palace, especially in order to report to the emperor.
But now, someone violated his order and reported Sun Tu's words to see him outside. How could he not get angry? For a moment, even in front of the emperor, his face was also gloomy and twisted, and then he realized it, quickly calmed down and looked pitiful, "Your Majesty..."
"The case is serious, so I'd better meet Sun Tu first." Zhao Ji was not so stupid that he only listened to someone's words, so he immediately issued an order: "Xuan Sun Tu comes in to report the matter."
When Liang Shicheng heard this, his heart became even more sank. He looked back at the eunuch who was retreating with the order again. He had already made a decision in his heart that he would definitely get rid of this guy. To his surprise, the eunuch did not see any fear after facing his gaze. Instead, he looked back at him provocatively, and said a word silently in his mouth - Tong!
In an instant, Liang Shicheng finally understood that this guy was Tong Guan's man. No wonder he would help Sun Tu and not take his ban seriously!
Like him, although Tong Guan has not been in the palace for a long time, as a favorite minister of the emperor for many years, Tong Guan has a great influence in the palace. It is just because of his personality that he is not too concerned about the affairs in the palace, so sometimes these people are not too conspicuous and are easily overlooked.
Liang Shicheng ignored the fact that there was such a force in the palace, and even more forgot that Sun Tu has always been Tong Guan's person. Now, even though he knew that someone in the palace was suing him for his mistakes and his situation was extremely dangerous, how could Sun Tu not use this relationship?
So in a sense, Sun Tu is not something that Liang Shicheng can seal in the palace. And it was such an negligence that caused a large gap in his encirclement of Sun Tu, and this might affect the direction of the whole matter!
Chapter completed!