Chapter 120: House Arrest and Salary Deduction

Go to court at Mao hour.

As soon as Xie Tingzhou stepped into Chengtian Gate, Li Jifeng hurried over.

He lowered his voice and said: "You are on the cusp of the storm now, why did you come to the court? Do you know how big the fuss was yesterday?"

"I know." Xie Tingzhou said, "That's why I'm here."

Li Jifeng originally wanted to persuade him to go back, but he was willing to shoot him.

He stamped his feet and followed Xie Tingzhou to Xuanhui Hall, "Tell me what's going on. The Jiang family's influence in the court is intricate. If someone in the hall makes an attack on you later, I can help you." He's my brother, he can't be bullied."

Xie Tingzhou glanced at him and said, "Jiang Ji robbed my people."

"Did he really steal your mistress?"

Li Jifeng also heard what was going on, but he felt that that was not Xie Tingzhou's style, or that the waiter was so beautiful that even Xie Tingzhou and Jiang Ji couldn't resist.

There were all the officials outside the palace. As soon as the two arrived, a group of them looked over.

"Look." Li Jifeng whispered: "These must be their henchmen."

Xie Tingzhou smiled and moved forward instead of retreating. He walked to a place three steps away from Jiang Lian and stopped, "Yesterday Mr. Jiang was still rosy. How come he is so haggard after only one day?"

"You don't understand." Li Jifeng took the opportunity to sing a double act, "Children cry for candy, let alone adults."

The implication is that Jiang Lianzhi is putting on airs, deliberately pretending to be like this to gain sympathy.

The minister standing behind Jiang Lianzhi was holding back his anger and was about to complain for Jiang Lianzhi, but Jiang Lianzhi raised his hand to stop him.

"Your Majesty, please don't bully others too much."

"Is it too much to bully others?" Xie Tingzhou and Shi Shiran shook his sleeves, "Then Mr. Jiang, please don't covet talents that are not your own."

Li Jifeng helped, "Yes! Don't covet him!"

Xie Tingzhou was speechless and glanced sideways at him.

Li Jifeng looked confused, "What are you looking at me doing?"

Xie Tingzhou walked away and whispered to Li Jifeng, "No matter how they attack in the palace later, don't speak."

"Why?" Li Jifeng asked.

In Honglu Temple, the whip was fired three times, and all the officials were silent. After "singing" and playing, they entered the temple one by one.

Ge Liangji had just been executed yesterday, so many people probably breathed a sigh of relief.

After the report, a minister stood up and said, "I have my own source to report."

coming!

Xie Tingzhou looked back and saw that it was Zhang Huaixing, the right deputy censor of the capital.

Emperor Tongxu: "Yes."

Zhang Huaixing saluted and said: "Today I impeached Xie Yun, the prince of Beilin and the commander of the capital, recruited private soldiers, and led troops to besiege the residence of the chief minister. I simply ignored the law and the country's structure. I always regarded the outline as nothing. I Please handle it strictly, Your Majesty.”

Xie Tingzhou was calm and composed, and he even smiled lightly when he heard several "I second my opinion" in the palace.

"Master Zhang, you said that I recruited private soldiers. Where did this accusation come from?"

Zhang Huaixing said: "Your Majesty, you still dare to quibble. Many people saw those who besieged Jiang Mansion yesterday. Do you still want to deny it?"

"Then have you counted it? 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 I haven't counted it, how can you think that I have exceeded the regulations?"

Zhang Huaixing said: "According to the law, the prince has thirty-six guards and twenty personal guards. The prince can't be higher than the prince's regulations, right?"

"Of course it's nothing compared to the prince." Xie Tingzhou looked at Emperor Tongxu, "When I came to the capital, your majesty authorized me to regulate the vassal and lead three guard camps. It stands to reason that the total yesterday's total was less than one guard camp. Half of it.”

Zhang Huaixing: "This..."

Emperor Tongxu nodded, "That is indeed the case."

How could Zhang Huaixing know about the conditions reached privately between Emperor Tongxu and Beilin, and he could not come to Taiwan for a while.

"Even so, what's the explanation for surrounding the residence of Lord Chief Assistant without permission?"

Xie Tingzhou glanced at Jiang Lian and said, "Why don't you ask Mr. Jiang what's going on."

"How can the Luan Palace allow you to push back and block me?"

Xie Tingzhou smiled coldly, "When will it be your turn to question this prince again?"

Wan Ruixian, the left deputy capital censor, was just about to go out, but he saw Xie Tingzhou sweeping the crowd quietly, his eyes lingering on him for a moment longer.

He understood instantly, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his back.

Fortunately, he didn't speak for Xie Tingzhou just now. Emperor Tongxu was afraid of Beilin. How would Emperor Tongxu react if he knew that there was someone from Xie Tingzhou in the court?

Now that no one speaks for Xie Tingzhou, Emperor Tongxu feels more at ease, but he doesn't know how to deal with it.

"Master Jiang." Xie Tingzhou didn't even look at Jiang Lianzhi, "Why don't we explain everything clearly in the palace today."

Jiang Lianzhi was forced to step out, "There was a slight friction between the minister and the prince."

Xie Tingzhou said leisurely: "It's not easy to talk about this matter in the palace, but since Mr. Zhang has read my book, I still have to make it clear. I usually hang out in the Qin Tower and Chu Hall, and I don't hide it from you. , there is a beloved waiter.”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the palace.

How could such an unsavory matter be mentioned in court? It was simply unseemly.

Xie Tingzhou continued: "It's a coincidence that Lord Lian Jiang, a clean and self-sufficient person, actually fell in love with the same person as me and secretly abducted the person in the house. If it was ordinary, it would be fine, but what about the person you love? Can give in."

"What nonsense! Just because you are the prince of Beilin, you are falsely accusing the imperial officials."

"That's nonsense! How could Mr. Jiang do such an unruly thing if he is a noble man?"

Xie Tingzhou looked at Jiang Lianzhi, "Lord Jiang, what do you think?"

Jiang Lianzhi clenched his fists.

If he spoke frankly, Shen Yu would be implicated. Did Xie Tingzhou know that he would not dare to do so, or was Shen Yu not that important to him?

Jiang Lianzhi knelt down with his robe raised, "It is true. I have lost my dignity. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

This was a tacit agreement.

Those who had just called him noble and upright were speechless.

Zhang Huaixing was sweating profusely. There were some things that were not allowed to be seen in public in the homes of wealthy families, but he did not expect that Jiang Lianzhi was such a person.

If he had not impeached Xie Tingzhou in the palace today, how could he have made the matter of Jiang Lian's house public.

Xie Tingzhou smiled, "Your Majesty knows what kind of person I am. I am used to being a jerk. If I can't even find a young prostitute, then it would be too boring to stay in Shengjing."

Shengjing is boring, so where is interesting?

Isn't it Beilin? How could Emperor Tongxu let the tiger go back to the mountain?

In the final analysis, it was just two sons of noble families fighting for the favor of a prostitute. It was wrong 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 unacceptable in front of the civil and military officials.

In the future, the sons of noble families will follow suit. Today you bring servants to surround me, and tomorrow I bring servants to surround you. That would be a mess.

Emperor Tongxu pondered for a moment and said, "You two are fighting for the favor of a young prostitute, which is indeed unbecoming. So let Xie Yun be confined to his house for a month."

"One month." Xie Tingzhou sighed.

Li Jifeng heard it, one month, that's too much. He was almost killed by the emperor's confinement for half a month before.

He stepped forward, "Father, it was obviously Minister Jiang who robbed first, why only Tingzhou was punished?"

"Shut up." Emperor Tongxu said in a deep voice: "The Ministry of Revenue is now under the leadership of Jiang Ji. He will not be temporarily confined, 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 said in unison.

"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, which really damages Minister Jiang's image of noble character. Minister Jiang is different from me. He is a pillar of the country."

Emperor Tongxu heard the hidden meaning of Xie Tingzhou.

Jiang Ji has passed the age of twenty, and he has not yet married. It is time to put the marriage on the agenda.