Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Qiyu sat behind the imperial desk and reached out to flip through the memorials in front of him. He felt a rare headache.
In recent days, as the turmoil surrounding the knocking ceremony has gradually subsided, the court has finally become more peaceful.
Of course, there are still some subsequent impacts of the Knock Que.
For example, he had a pile of impeachment memorials in front of him.
When the Beijing investigation started, Zhu Qiyu said that he would not help Wang Wen, but in the end, he still could not stand by and watch.
With the support of Chen Yi, Yu Qian and others, the mutual trading proposal was successfully passed, and the hidden dangers of Wang Wen's trip to Liaodong were completely eliminated.
Without this threat, he was even more aggressive in his inspection of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He finished cleaning up the Hanlin Academy, and then turned the target back to the Metropolitan Inspectorate. Other temples and supervisors were also spared.
Anyway, strict inspections were carried out. In just half a month, those who were rated as average or unqualified accounted for almost a quarter of the people who were inspected by Beijing.
What followed was naturally a series of impeachments, especially by the censors. Although the matter of Liaodong could not be mentioned again, it did not mean that they would just give up.
He acted cruelly and eradicated dissidents, and he kept delivering impeachment memorials to the emperor, which made Zhu Qiyu extremely annoyed.
"Your Majesty, the cabinet has sent another batch of memorials, many of which are aimed at impeaching Lord Tianguan..."
Cheng Jing walked in holding a pile of memorials, his expression also helpless.
Nowadays, the cabinet basically only writes abbreviations of these impeachment memorials, and does not even write drafts of the votes. It would be useless anyway, and they are all left unpublished.
Picking it up and flipping through two books, Zhu Qiyu sighed and said.
"In this case, you send someone to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and summon Wang Wen. During this period, he has been tormented enough, and going too far is not enough."
It has been almost two months since Jingcha found out, and the goals that should be achieved are basically almost achieved.
After this Beijing inspection, it can be said that the Sixth Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have changed a large number of people.
Empress Dowager Sun and the British Duke's side, the number of people deployed in the court who can be deposed should have been removed.
The remaining handful were either those who had contributed to the establishment of the War of Oara and could not be easily moved for the time being, or some who could not find any faults, or who were left behind deliberately to deceive others. Not affected by the climate.
During this period of time in the court, Wang Wen's methods were causing a lot of panic. Even Chen Yi raised the issue with Zhu Qiyu several times, openly or secretly.
If this continues, President Chen Daxian may have a serious quarrel with Wang Tianguan again.
Cheng Jing nodded, casually called two servants over, gave a few instructions, and then told them to go and declare the decree.
Immediately, Cheng Jing took out another memorial book, handed it to Zhu Qiyu, and said.
"Your Majesty, in addition to the memorial to impeach Lord Tianguan, there is another one that is also quite eye-catching. I would like to ask Your Majesty to take a look at it."
Zhu Qiyu opened it and took a look, but his expression became a little playful.
This memorial comes from Wu Cheng, the head of the Ministry of War.
It is said that when checking the weapons account books, it was discovered that a few years ago, when Shi Luotong, the deputy censor of the left capital, was the director of the Ministry of War, a batch of weapons disappeared for no reason.
However, because it was wartime and the amount was not large, and Luo Tong was soon demoted for corruption, the matter was dropped.
After Wu Cheng checked the account books, he suspected that Luo Tong and Wang Ji had colluded with each other to hide major crimes with minor crimes, and requested a thorough re-investigation of the case.
This incident is not surprising. Ever since a bloody military report from Pingyue was uncovered by the court, Wang Ji's reputation in the court has plummeted.
After all, Confucianism emphasizes the principle of benevolence and forgiveness. Sitting back and ignoring people while they are in dire straits cannot really be called benevolence.
Therefore, among the scholars, the disdain for Wang Ji has become louder and louder day by day.
There is never a shortage of people in the imperial court who add insult to injury. If this case is confirmed, it can be regarded as Wang Ji's crime of dereliction of duty. It would not be surprising if someone finds out.
But the strange thing is, this impeachment man!
Wu Cheng, the head of the Ministry of War, had contacts with the Dingxi Marquis Mansion in his early years.
He is precisely one of the few people who Zhu Qiyu did not touch during this round of inspections in Beijing.
However, it is not because he has any merits, but because he is always cautious and never makes any mistakes.
Even with Wang Wen's strict standards, the most they can do is suppress him from promotion, but fail to depose him.
Speaking of Luo Tong, Zhu Qiyu didn't pay much attention to him after he was thrown into prison.
He carries the credit of resisting Oala, which can be regarded as a meritorious service to the country. Just organizing the Knock Que in private is not enough to beat him to the end.
After all, no big trouble really occurred. If they really arrived in front of the palace gate, they would naturally handle it however they wanted.
But if you are stopped midway, you won't be able to deal with it too harshly.
Zhu Qiyu originally planned to demote him somewhere to get to know him after a while, but he never thought that this trouble would happen again.
Wu Cheng is a man who always protects himself and doesn't meddle in other people's business.
This time he came to impeach Wang Ji, and he reported an old case related to Luo Tong. It is unlikely that there was no one behind this.
However, what puzzled Zhu Qiyu was why the British government did this?
Is it possible that, seeing that Luo Tong didn't help them get things done, they just took it out on him and stepped on him again?
After pondering for a moment, Zhu Qiyu ordered: "Where's Lu Zhong? Ask him to come over."
During this period, Lu Zhong basically stayed in Beizhen Fusi.
Logically speaking, the distance between the Fusi and the Ministry of Personnel in Beizhen and the palace is not much different, but perhaps it is because the Ministry of Personnel has official duties and cannot escape. Although Zhu Qiyu summoned Wang Wen first, Lu Zhong arrived faster. .
After drinking tea, Lu Zhong, who was wearing a flying fish robe, strode into the hall. After saluting, Zhu Qiyu didn't do anything to hide the clouds and mountains, and asked directly.
"Has anything unusual happened in the prison in recent days?"
Lu Zhong was a little confused when he was asked this question, but he quickly came to his senses and spoke.
"Your Majesty, there's nothing else. After Wang Ji was taken to prison, Jiang Yi from the Dingxi Marquis Mansion came in to visit him once."
"In addition, after Jiang Yi met Wang Ji, Ningyuan Hou Renli also came once. When they wanted to meet Luo Tong, neither of them revealed their identities, but bribed the jailer."
"According to His Majesty's previous instructions, I did not alert the enemy. I only ordered the jailer to let them in as if nothing had happened."
Back when Chen Mao was still in prison, the British government had done this kind of thing, bribed the jailer, secretly visited the prison, colluded with both internal and external parties, and passed on information.
However, they themselves didn't know that after Jin Ying's incident, Lu Zhong quietly cleaned Jin Yiwei thoroughly.
The spies installed in various mansions were either transferred away or secretly monitored. The same was true in the imperial prison. Those little jailers who seemed to be greedy for money had many of Lu Zhong's confidants among them.
After hearing Lu Zhong's answer, Zhu Qiyu tapped the table with his fingers. After thinking about it, he ordered Wu Cheng's copy of the memorial to be given to Lu Zhong, and then asked.
"If I remember correctly, when Wang Ji was granted the title of Earl of Jingyuan, it was because he followed Dingxi Marquis Jiang Gui in the battle of Adai Khan, right?"
