Qianqing Palace.
The handling of Shi Heng and the others was nothing more than a trivial matter.
Even though Shi Heng had power in his previous life, he was now just a small official serving a crime.
Zhu Qiyu asked him to lead the troops into battle, which not only did not "harm" him, but was a sign of God's great grace.
As for whether he can come back from Zijingguan, that is not Zhu Qiyu's concern.
Cheng Jing walked up, still holding a thick stack of memorials in his hand.
Putting down the memorials on the table, Cheng Jing took out seven or eight volumes from the top, handed them to Zhu Qiyu first, and said.
"Your Majesty, according to your instructions, these memorials are also for the impeachment of Cao Jixiang. For some reason, there are more memorials sent here than usual."
Cao Jixiang is not Wang Zhen, he is just a local eunuch who oversees the army.
There were not hundreds but seventy or eighty eunuchs like him in the Ming Dynasty who were supervising the troops outside or guarding one side.
Therefore, although Zhu Qiyu left the memorial to impeach him unpublished, it did not cause any big splash in the court.
Anyway, since Taizu, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have been very protective of their eunuchs, and courtiers have long been accustomed to it.
However, there are still a few censors who have to read another book every two or three days to brush up their presence.
That's all, there are also people Cheng Jing specially found.
If not, this matter might have been suppressed.
Zhu Qiyu glanced at it and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Looking at the thickness, there must be about ten copies!
Has Cao Jixiang stirred up a hornet's nest?
After scanning these memorials one by one, Zhu Qiyu frowned and asked.
"How many of these people did you find?"
Cheng Jing took the memorial, glanced at them one by one, and replied.
"Back to the emperor, there are three of them, Zhu Qing, the censor of Zhejiang Province, Yu Ying, the censor of the military department, and Lin Guangyuan, the censor of Shanxi Province. They were informed by messengers from the chamberlain."
Only three?
Zhu Qiyu read through these memorials again, with a smile on his lips.
This is interesting...
After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu asked: "Where's Lu Zhong, how is the matter I ordered him to do?"
The reason he summoned Lu Zhong to see him before and asked him to investigate the criminal evidence of the ministers involved with Wang Zhen was just a superficial reason.
The deeper meaning is to let him find out the bottom line of all the existing ministers in the court.
You know, spying on information is Jin Yiwei’s specialty!
Lu Zhong is a smart man, he obviously understood.
Cheng Jing replied: "The first batch of files, the numerous ministers in the court, their apparent qualifications, the same year, friends, fellow villagers and other easy-to-find information have been sent. Other more secret information, Commander Lu has also I'm making inquiries, and I'm told it will take some time."
Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.
"Go and bring me the files of the people mentioned above."
Jinyiwei is still useful.
Although these people are suppressed by Dongchang, they are still in the same business.
Jin Yiwei already has the files on the ministers of the DPRK and Central Government, but they are all information that is easy to find out in the open.
Zhu Qiyu didn't care much about these things in his previous life.
After all, as a king, the only people he can take seriously are the small group of people.
As for the social background of those officials below the third rank, he still couldn't understand it.
If he had not seen the fierce party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty, he would not have thought of it.
The middle and low-ranking officials who were not valued by him in the past, through their connections with fellow villagers, the same year, teachers and students, and so on, united to have the power to influence the emperor.
With Yin Jian in front, he naturally had to prepare in advance.
Isn’t this useful?
These files were kept in the Qianqing Palace, so Cheng Jing came back with a pile of documents not long after the meeting.
Most of the officials mentioned in the memorial do not have high official positions and have little qualifications.
In other words, there is not much information about them, and the context is very clear.
Unlike the big shots in the imperial court, he had so many connections that even with the files, he couldn't figure out the clues.
Most of these people were imperial censors. They had only been in the official position for a few years, and their family connections were very clear.
Zhu Qiyu spent a stick of incense to read through the information.
But after reading it, he found it very interesting.
This time, there were seventeen memorials in total to impeach Cao Jixiang. Three of them were brought by Cheng Jing and three were from Empress Dowager Sun.
Among the remaining eleven books, five came from the Hanlin Academy, two were fellow students of Shen Yi from the Ministry of Revenue, and three were students from Chen Yi from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Looking at the contents of their impeachment, Zhu Qiyu already had a firm guess in his mind, so he closed the memorials and gave instructions.
"These memorials will continue to be retained and do not need to be disposed of."
Cheng Jing nodded, but there was some worry on his face as he said.
"Your Majesty, last time I stayed in Zhong and did not send it. There were already discussions in the foreign court. This time there are so many imperial ministers to report. If I still stay in Zhong, I am afraid that these elders will directly report to the court tomorrow morning."
These days, Zhu Qiyu is still quite diligent, and every morning meeting is held on time.
Cheng Jing still has some discernment and can see that there is something not simple behind this matter.
There are so many memorials, all of which have been left unpublished. The courtiers will definitely report them directly at the court tomorrow morning.
When the time comes, in front of so many ministers, it will be hard not to deal with it any more.
However, Zhu Qiyu already had a plan in mind and just waved his hand.
"It doesn't matter, I have my own opinion."
After saying that, Zhu Qiyu glanced at Cheng Jing and asked a little strangely.
"In the past, you wouldn't talk so much. What happened today?"
Cheng Jing always handles matters appropriately and with great measure.
Generally speaking, Zhu Qiyu would only speak cautiously when he asked for his opinion on these matters.
Just like today, Zhu Qiyu made a decision, but Cheng Jing secretly persuaded and questioned it. This was the first time.
Being stared at by the emperor, Cheng Jing immediately fell to his knees and said.
"I dare not deceive the emperor. Yesterday, Cao Jixiang came to the ministers and said that the Empress Dowager of Cining Palace summoned him to see him and asked him to devote himself to his work. However, he was impeached by the ministers. He knew that only the emperor could protect him, so he asked The ministers should say a few good words for him in front of the emperor."
Zhu Qiyu's face became a little dark and inexplicable, and he rapped his knuckles on the case, but there was no emotion or anger in his tone.
"Then how do you think?"
Cheng Jing swallowed his saliva and kowtowed.
"I have received great favor from the emperor, and I don't dare to be selfish. I just feel that Cao Jixiang has repeatedly made military exploits. The momentum in the Beijing camp is too strong now, and there are no middle officers to supervise the army. There is a risk that something will happen. Cao Jixiang can speak frankly to Cining Palace." The Queen Mother must have had a desire to win over him."
I see……
Zhu Qiyu sighed quietly, he finally figured out the mystery about Cheng Jing.
In his previous life, Cheng Jing also said the same thing, but he didn't mention that Cao Jixiang took the initiative to come to him.
This is not surprising, Cao Jixiang came to Cheng Jing, after all, he was asking for help secretly, and he might even bring gold, silver, and silk.
Cheng Jing is certainly honest, but he is not stupid.
If you tell Zhu Qiyu the inside story and make a good recommendation, you will inevitably be suspected of accepting bribes to help others get a job.
When the time comes, the person is not recommended, but he is reprimanded, so why bother?
So when he recommended him, he only said that Cao Jixiang was available.
Because there were many people recommended by Cheng Jing, Zhu Qiyu in his previous life did not check them one by one, so Cao Jixiang escaped.
But this time, because Zhu Qiyu showed a strong dislike for Cao Jixiang from the beginning.
Therefore, even Cheng Jing did not dare to hide this inside story secretly, which led to the current scene.
After rubbing his forehead, Zhu Qiyu relaxed and spoke.
"Get up first and tell me this in detail."
