When Yan Liang saw that he did not bring Wei Huai, he immediately felt dissatisfied and said, "Prefect Ye, you just go there and say a few words and then come back. It's too perfunctory! If you can't go there a second time, It’s not difficult! Do you still want to work under the general?”
Ye Yongjia was helpless in the face of Minister Yan's scolding. He had no choice but to nod his head and listen to what he said. Then he replied: "I know very well what kind of person Mr. Wei is. If I pull him hard, I'm afraid it will make him even more disgusted and corrupt." Our reputation. So... let Mr. Wei go first."
"I also have to go back to pay a visit," Yan Liang said angrily, "Who would be happy to see General Liu empty-handed!"
"I have a plan," Ye Yongjia said. "Since we can't win, we will work hard on martial arts. Jiang Tian from the Inspection Department is my man. There are two thousand people there to prevent Wan Lu from joining forces and triggering a mutiny."
Yan Liang was a little suspicious, and after thinking for a while, he turned away and refused to follow his plan: "According to this, it is better not to lead to rebellion."
"Sir!" Ye Yongjia's eyes were extremely resolute, "General Liu came to Nanjing for inspection. The only thing he was afraid of was the military power of the two parties. If they are restricted here, they can use the power of the emperor to do whatever they want. Half of Lu Fangxuan's troops If the two are cut off from joining each other outside the city, their disobedient actions will naturally be frustrated... Please think twice, minister!"
"How many doors can two thousand people guard?" Yan Liang looked disdainful.
"You may not know that on New Year's Eve last year, the inspection department guarded the two doors tightly and no thieves came in. I want to ask you, is this considered untenable?" Ye Yongjia argued hard, but did not say anything. Don't be afraid of him, the official minister.
Yan Liang seemed to be frightened by his momentum. He was silent for a moment, then sneered and stood up slowly: "I don't want to waste any more time talking to you. General Liu has the final say on this matter. Let's wait for his opinion. .”
"Here comes the list," Gui Fu held a piece of white linen paper and squeezed in through the crack in the door, "You want it."
Liu Zhennian threw down the official uniform he was about to put on, took a look at it, and laughed with satisfaction: "People say that Lieutenant Gui is incapable of making arbitrary decisions, but this statement is false!"
"I don't know which one to deal with first?" he asked again.
"After Lu Yingshan sent people to investigate, it was found that the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate was the most troublesome, full of cronies from all parties, and it was not appropriate to act first; the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Rites did not have heavy responsibilities, but they could have planned it early as a way to gradually reduce it." Gui Fu continued. , "Yesterday, Lu Sijin found out that Wang Hanlin, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, was embezzling money and befriending the squires. He advised the general to use this to impeach the emperor."
"That makes sense!" Liu Zhennian stroked his thick beard, "Have you prepared all the evidence?"
"Lu Sijin said that he would be brought there when the case is tried."
Liu Zhennian spat: "It's so troublesome! Besides, the Yamen is his territory, and the trial will be difficult. Why don't I gather all the officials here tomorrow to face the emperor, impeach the Hanlin in person, and have him shackles and tortured? Just leave. I will order him to send evidence documents tonight!"
"Okay..." Guifu obviously disapproved of such a 'rough' method, and looked extremely miserable, so he reluctantly agreed.
Wan Heshun heard that the emperor wanted to discuss politics in the hall, which was a rare thing. He wondered that Liu Zhennian had always refused to let him see the emperor, but today he suddenly showed mercy again. It was so unpredictable and strange. He walked into the living room hesitantly and expectantly.
The emperor was sitting on the dragon chair right in front, but the eunuchs moved a screen to cover his majesty's face, leaving only a thin shadow, which made him very angry.
I had no choice but to stand aside with my hands down, my angry eyes like a ball of fire.
Then, Lu Fangxuan arrived. When he saw the screen, he also said nothing and stood opposite Wan Heshun, calmly. Lu Fangxuan glanced at him secretly.
Many of his cronies, including Hanlin's bachelor, came from the palace. Hanlin wanted to say a few words to him, but King Wanjun refused.
"General Liu is here!"
Wan Heshun slowly raised his head, and the shadow behind the screen also straightened up, still holding something tightly in his left hand.
"Your Majesty!" Liu Zhennian was the first to break the silence, speaking passionately, and then kowtowed deeply. Almost all the ministers looked at him with contempt; when he stood up and looked around, everyone's His expression was gentle and kind again.
"Everyone, your Majesty is always in the capital, and you never know everything about the affairs in other provinces. You can give me a report so that His Majesty can hear it personally and not be blinded by evil spirits." After saying that, he retreated to the ranks of officials. .
Wan Heshun first reported to the emperor how complicated and troublesome the official affairs in Nanjing were, and how rich and peaceful Nanjing was. The emperor responded coldly: "I understand."
Lu Fangxuan didn't care about government affairs, so he kept his remarks brief. He nodded a few times when he saw the emperor's shadow, and then he was speechless.
"Cough! Cough!" Liu Zhennian coughed loudly, strutted to the middle, knelt down and said, "I have something important to report."
"Don't worry, sir." The emperor's voice was still cold.
"I want to impeach a person. This person has been corrupt, accepted bribes, used power for personal gain, has no regard for frugality in office, and has no discipline. He should be removed from office in order to purge the court!"
Wan Heshun took a deep breath after hearing this, his heart pounding with nervousness.
"This person!" Liu Zhennian slapped the ground a few times, which frightened several officials to the point where their legs went weak. "It's exactly... Wei Chen, please bring the evidence first."
The door creaked open, and two eunuchs came out carrying a box of documents and saluted everyone.
"The evidence is all there," Liu Zhennian fiddled with the documents in the box casually, "it is Wang Hanlin from the Nanjing Hanlin Academy!"
When Wang Hanlin heard this, his face turned pale, his eyes were fixed, and he almost fainted; but the officials looked at each other in confusion, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Hanlin struggled and stared at Prince Wanjun pitifully.
Wan Heshun must take a stand. He looked at the ironclad evidence and knew that he could not be protected, so he shouted sternly: "Wang Hanlin! You are an official in Nanjing, you have failed to improve your political performance, and have harmed the country and the people. I have long wanted to remove you! Who thought that you have such a heavy responsibility? He was discovered by General Liu. Your Majesty, this man has committed countless crimes and should be immediately handed over for trial and beheaded! Beheaded in public!"
"No need!" Liu Zhennian waved his hand, and a dozen fierce-looking soldiers came from down the hall, "The evidence is all here, how can we interrogate him? Let's take off his clothes first!"
"yes!"
The sergeants showed no mercy to Master Hanlin. In front of everyone, they tore off his official robe and kicked him to the ground.
"Tied!"
Without saying a word, the sergeants tied a tight knot on his hand with a hemp rope.
"take away!"
After three orders, Liu Zhennian easily pushed a minister out. No one in the hall dared to speak, not even the usually proud Wan Heshun.
