Changning Palace, Qinzheng Palace.

"Long live, long live, my emperor."

All civil and military officials bowed down together, and the mountain shouted long live.

"Everyone loves to be flat."

Xiao Ji nodded slightly, showing no expression of happiness or anger.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

All the officials worshiped again, then got up, left Wen and right Wu divided into two shifts.

As usual, Xiao Ji glanced at all the officials in the palace, and unexpectedly found that Xiao Jie had gone to court again today. Thinking of what he said a few days ago, he secretly thought in his heart whether there would be a big change in Yushitai today.

"If you have something to play, you will retreat."

As usual, Lian Yi, the internal servant, used his sharp voice to question the officials in the palace on behalf of the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I have an instruction book."

Chen Chi from Zhongshushe came out.

"What did Chen Qing's family say?" Xiao Ji leaned forward slightly.

"The minister impeached Yushi Zhongcheng Huang Yi for being unfilial, his personal morals have been corrupted, and he is unbearable to be a minister."

As soon as Chen Chi's words came out, there was an instant uproar among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.

The Ning Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and even among the people there was a saying that filial piety is the first of all. It can be said that filial piety is the most basic requirement to test a person's virtue.

Now that Chen Chi is impeaching Huang Yi, the censor Zhongcheng, for being unfilial, he is impeaching Huang Yi for his moral corruption. If Huang Yi is called unfilial, not only will he no longer be an official in the court, but even if he returns to his hometown, he will be cast aside by his neighbors.

The shock in Xiao Ji's heart couldn't be overstated, and he couldn't help looking at Xiao Jie. How did this son manage to be a prophet?

Xiao Jie looked calm and composed. According to the content of the original book, in order to favor the royal party because of the result of the joint trial of the three divisions, Wang Chong ordered his party members to impeach Huang Yi, the imperial censor Zhongcheng, on charges of unfilial piety before the Liangzhou general was escorted to Beijing.As soon as Huang Yi was dismissed from office, his party member Shu Shi Qiaotai, who was in charge of the secretary, naturally stepped forward to represent Yu Shitai and became one of the three officials who tried the case.

Contrary to his son-in-law Xiao Jie's composure, his father-in-law Su Jing felt like a thorn in his back. He never imagined that the first time he participated in the court meeting as a secretary and censor, he would encounter the impeachment of his superior. I have been immersed in the pile of old papers in the Imperial College, and it is also the first time I have discovered that the struggle in the court is so cruel, and I have a faint regret in my heart.

Huang Yi was naturally dissatisfied, and came out angrily, pointing at Chen Chi: "Chen Sheren, you've been spitting blood and ruining my reputation. You say I'm not filial, but you have evidence!"

Chen Chi smiled coldly: "Evidence? Huang Zhongcheng's unfilial piety is well known to all officials, so why do you need evidence? Let me ask you, why didn't you resign from office and return to your hometown to observe filial piety without Ding You when Ling Tang died of illness last September."

According to the etiquette system, if the parents of the court officials die during their tenure, no matter what official position the person holds, he must resign from the official position and return to his ancestral home from the day he learns of the funeral, and guard his parents for 27 months. This is called Ding You. .

Huang Yi was even more furious when he heard the words: "It's ridiculous, it was only one of my aunts who died of illness last September, why should I, Ding You?"

Chen Chi shook his head: "Forgive me for Huang Zhongcheng's words, but I don't agree with them. There is still a saying in the folk that 'the kindness of life is greater than the kindness of people, and the kindness of upbringing is greater than the kindness of the sky'. Even ordinary people who are illiterate still know that the kindness of nurturing is greater than the kindness of life."

"However, Huang Zhongcheng's biological mother died of illness when he was young. Over the years, the Huang family has relied on his concubine to take care of everything. It can be said that Huang Zhongcheng has been kind to Huang Zhongcheng. However, when she died last year, Huang Zhongcheng did not want Ding You. Isn't it against the law of human relations?"

Chen Chi's words can be said to be heartbreaking, but Huang Yi couldn't argue with them for a while.

Huang Yi was born into a family of officials and eunuchs, and his father was also a high-ranking official in the court. Although he lost his mother since childhood, there are always servants in the mansion who take care of his daily life. There is no need for his concubine Liu to take care of him. I have a normal relationship with this concubine. Therefore, when his concubine passed away last year, he naturally never thought of resigning from office and going back to honor her filial piety. This is also human nature.

But he didn't expect that this matter would be uncovered by Chen Chi now, and he would be impeached for being unfilial, and he didn't know how to argue.

"Your Majesty, I also think that what Chen Sheren said is very true, that filial piety is the first thing to do, but Huang Zhongcheng is greedy for power and position, and refuses to be filial to his mother. This is really against the way of a son of man. I implore Your Majesty to dismiss Huang Zhongcheng from office. To serve as an example to others." Yin Zhi, the minister of the Ministry of War, stepped out and took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire.

"Your Majesty, my ministers seconded the proposal. Huang Zhongcheng is in charge of Yushitai, but he is not filial. It is difficult to set an example for the people. I implore His Majesty to dismiss him from office, so as to calm the hearts of the people in the world."

All of a sudden, apart from the inconvenient appearance of Yushi Qiaotai, who was also in charge of Yushitai, Wang Chong's party members came out to attack Huang Yi, criticized him verbally and pens, reprimanded him for being unfilial, and almost portrayed him as Yushi Zhongcheng who was in charge of Yushitai. Become a heinous person.

On the contrary, no one in the palace dared to stand up to defend Huang Yi. Yushitai's duty was to supervise officials and impeach lawless officials, which could easily offend other officials.Huang Yi, as the Yushi Zhongcheng in charge of the Yushitai, naturally offended more officials. Now that he is in trouble, many officials are secretly happy. It would be good not to take the opportunity to add insult to injury. How could they stand up and speak for him.

Even some officials who were on good terms with Huang Yi on weekdays could not help feeling timid when they saw such a situation, bowed their heads in silence, and did not dare to come forward to defend him.

What's more, now that Huang Yi is impeached for being unfilial, this is a very serious accusation. If he comes forward to defend him, he will easily be regarded as the same kind of person and get burned for no reason.

Xiao Ji sat on the dragon chair, expressionless, watching the farce in the palace with cold eyes.

He keenly noticed one thing. Compared with defending Wang Cheng last time, the number of officials who participated in the crusade against Huang Yi was less than half. It seems that Xiao Jie's strategy of pretending to be ill to disrupt the royal party was very effective. Begin to alienate Wang Chong intentionally or unintentionally, and even draw a clear line with him.

Xiao Ji cast his eyes on Xiao Jie again, but saw Xiao Jie smiled at him mysteriously, and then came out:

"Report to the emperor, the son has something to report."

Huang Yi's face was slightly happy, all the civil and military officials in the court knew that Qi Wang Xiao Jie had turned against the Wang family, and last time in the court hall, he had ruthlessly placed Wang Dang together, if he was willing to give him a hand, maybe he would have a chance vitality.

Seeing Xiao Jie popping up again, the officials of the Royal Party tightened their hearts secretly. After all, last time Xiao Jie made them suffer so much from being dumb, they didn't know what tricks they were going to play when they jumped out on their own initiative this time.

"Sure!" Xiao Ji said concisely, and he also wanted to know what kind of medicine was sold in Xiao Jie's gourd.

Xiao Jie smiled lightly and began to talk eloquently: "The sages have a saying that the nature of heaven and earth is that people are precious; there is nothing greater than filial piety in human behavior. If people are not filial, they are no different from animals. Huang Zhongcheng's concubine died of illness, but he did not want to resign and keep filial piety." , It is really against the principles of human relations, and my son thinks that such behavior is very inappropriate, and the emperor should be severely punished."

After saying that, Xiao Jie bowed to Xiao Ji again and returned to his queue.

All the officials in the palace were instantly stunned by Xiao Jie's coquettish manipulation.

They all thought that Xiao Jie came out to sing against the royal party, but they never expected that Xiao Jie came to add insult to injury, not only did not pull Huang Yi, but stepped on him again.

Officials of the Royal Party always felt that something was wrong, but carefully savoring Xiao Jie's words, every word was helping them to impeach Huang Yi together. Could it be that the last assassination really scared him, and now he wants to reconcile with the Wang family?

Huang Yi was completely disheartened. He never imagined that even King Xiao Jie of Qi, who had no grudges against him in the past, would choose to make trouble at the last moment and impeach him together with the royal party.

"Your Majesty owes you the Holy Grace, please forgive me."

Xiao Ji glanced at his son with complicated eyes, and then at Huang Yi who had confessed his crime in despair. Knowing that the overall situation was settled, he could only decree:

"Huang Yi is unfilial to his mother and violates human relations. He will remove the post of Yushi Zhongcheng and depose him as a citizen. He will never use it."

"My minister, thank the emperor for his kindness."

Huang Yi kowtowed to thank him, and shed tears on the spot in the Hall of Qinzheng. His career path was completely ruined today.

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