"Bang!" Xianfeng slammed the table and said angrily,"The Gong Prince has betrayed the Emperor's grace by agreeing to the emissaries of the European and American countries in the capital without my consent. He is a sinner of the Aisin Gioro family!”
Prince Zheng, who had just returned from the capital, was trembling in his heart. Should he tell the emperor what he had seen and heard in the capital? The Empress said,"Your Majesty, you've been unwell recently. The Imperial Physician told you not to get angry. Isn't there good news?" This time, the Qing Dynasty agreed not to pay any reparations or cede territory. Speaking of which, even Emperor Xuanzong did not go to this extent.”
After being praised by his wife, Xianfeng thought that he was indeed better than his father in this aspect. Only then did his red face recover a little.
But how could Sushun, who was bent on taking down his future greatest political enemy, let the Gong Prince off so easily? He looked at the memorials that Cheng Xin and Sheng Bao had just sent over and kept looking for loopholes. Suddenly, he realized that Sheng Bao kept emphasizing that the Gong Prince had 8,000 men in charge of the aftermath, and that they were stationed in the north garden where the capital camp was originally stationed. Moreover, the alliance army had retreated and had been preventing the capital camp and the monk king's cavalry from returning to Meng. This made him very puzzled.
So Su Shun stood up and said,"Your Majesty, I want to report that the Gong Prince has the intention of rebellion!"”
The four halls were shocked. Even Xian Feng couldn't believe it.
Although Emperor Xianfeng had always regarded the Gong Prince as the number one threat to his throne, that was a thorn left by Daoguang when he had just ascended the throne. In the past, only the name of the heir would be announced in the secret box, but Daoguang had ingeniously added the name of Xin Xin. This made Xianfeng, who had just ascended the throne, of course unhappy. He guarded day and night, but after ten years, the Gong Prince did not do anything out of line. As time passed, Xianfeng's jealousy of the Gong Prince was not so obvious.
Of course, what others didn't know was that Emperor Xianfeng had buried his previous superficial jealousy in his heart.
Now, when he heard Su Shun's words, he quickly stood up and pointed at Su Shun."Sushun, do you have evidence? You have to know that criticizing a prince is a serious crime!”
"Emperor, please take a look at Lord Sheng Bao's memorial. It specifically emphasized that the Gong Prince already has eight thousand soldiers and has even forcefully occupied the Northern Garden's capital camp. If the Gong Prince did not have any intentions of rebellion, why would he allow a small aftermath bureau to have eight thousand soldiers and not allow Sheng Bao and the others to return to the capital?”
It had to be said that there was a reason why Sushun could become the number one important minister of Xianfeng. He could grasp the emperor's thoughts very well.
Originally, Xianfeng had high hopes for Su Shun and hoped that he could find a better reason, but when he heard Su Shun's so-called evidence, he was disappointed.
"Sushun, is that all?"
Sushun was shocked and thought,"Isn't this enough? Holding troops and self-respect, monopolizing the capital, which is not a serious crime?"
Therefore, Su Shun mustered up his courage and said,"Replying to Your Majesty, these two articles of Prince Ding Gong's rebellion are enough!"”
Xianfeng was very disappointed and said angrily," Sushun criticized the Prince and alienated the bloodline of the Tian family. It's a serious crime. Men, take him down and put him in prison!"”
"Emperor, please think twice. For the sake of Lord Sushun's loyalty, please forgive him this time!”Du Han couldn't help but advise. "Lord Sushun is also thinking for the emperor's sake before speaking out his doubts. If he is convicted of this, this lowly official is worried that in the long run, there will be no one who dares to directly recommend him.”
Hearing Du Han's words, Xianfeng's anger subsided." In fact, Zhen was also angry. Zhen and the Gong Prince are brothers, and I couldn't bear to leave him in charge of the chaos that day.
Now that he has made such achievements, if the world knows that someone has accused him of rebellion, I'm afraid the world will criticize him!”
Everyone knelt down and sighed at Xianfeng's understanding of his subjects.
After Sushun heard this, he said,"I failed to understand Your Majesty's heart. I deserve to die ten thousand times, but I don't know where my impeachment went wrong!"”
After Xian Feng heard this, he waved his hand, and the chamberlain at the side handed a note to Su Shun.
After Su Shun received it, he read it word by word. The more he read, the more terrified he became. Cold sweat kept flowing down.
He thought hatefully,'Damn the Gong Prince, he didn't mean to harm people. He didn't write such important news in the memorial but on a note.'
"How is it?" asked Xian Feng.
"This subject knows his crime and did not know that the Gong Prince had far-sighted plans. But even so, this subject still does not understand why the Gong Prince would place 8,000 soldiers in the aftermath. According to this subject's many years of experience, 2,000 soldiers in the capital is enough to suppress the ground!”
After hearing this, Xianfeng also felt that it made sense. He looked at Duan Hua, who had just returned and was about to reply to the edict.
"Prince Zheng! You just came back from the capital. Tell me, what do you think the Gong Prince is thinking?”
Duan Hua heard Xianfeng's message and said slowly,""Your Majesty, what Lord Su Shun said is reasonable!”
"Then the Gong Prince has ulterior motives?”Xian Feng sneered.
"No! According to the previous train of thought, 2,000 people were indeed enough. However, the Aftermath Bureau not only took on the duties of detaining and investigating cases, but also had the responsibility of traffic and patrol?”
"Even so, 8,000 people are still too many!" Su Shun gnashed his teeth in hatred.”
"Your Majesty, Lord Sushun did not personally investigate and did not see the current situation in the capital. Now, the entire capital's pedestrian traffic has taken on a new look, and the speed of travel is more than five times faster than before.”Duan Hua said with a smile.
"Duan Hua, you speak well of the Gong Prince everywhere. Did you receive some benefits from the Gong Prince?”Su Shun pointed at Duan Hua and said.
Seeing this, Duan Hua knelt on the ground and cried,"This official has investigated and the facts are all like this. But Lord Sushun, you keep saying that I protect the Gong Prince, but aren't you slandering the Gong Prince everywhere?”
Seeing the two brothers arguing endlessly, Xian Feng didn't know how to deal with it. Suo Xin sat on the dragon throne and closed his eyes to rest.
Du Han also did not know why Duan Hua, who had always followed Su Shun's lead, had become like this after a trip to the capital, but he knew that if this continued, not only would they not be able to overthrow the Gong Prince, but they would also make this pair of brothers enemies.
"Your Majesty, this matter is difficult to decide in a short period of time. Why don't we discuss it later?”
Xianfeng was also a little tired of the quarrel between the two, and someone came out to help.
So he said," This matter will be as Minister Du said. However, Sushun's crime of presumptuous discussion of the former emperor's bloodline should be punished. However, considering his loyalty and the fact that the country is employing people, he will be demoted to three levels of probation!
Prince Gong has made great contributions to the country, so he is rewarded with the double salary of the prince, and the officials who stay behind are rewarded with grace clothes!”
After the court session ended, Duan Hua looked at the angry Sushun and couldn't help but feel a little afraid. However, in the blink of an eye, he understood. The title of Prince Zheng had been passed down, and the Gong Prince had promised that as long as he listened to him, he would put his son into the jade disc. This was something that Su Shun could not do.
Therefore, between his son and his brother, Duan Hua decisively chose his son.
In the court, after everyone had dispersed, the Empress gently pressed on Xianfeng's shoulder and said,""Emperor, since the peace agreement has been decided and you are worried about the government, why don't we return to the capital?”
After hearing this, Xianfeng scratched his head and hesitated for a long time before saying,"Empress, you should stay for a few more days! I still want to go to Shengjing to pay my respects to my ancestors!"
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