"Your Majesty, I have something important to report. (Please use the pinyin domain name of this website to visit us.)"
Hearing Wen Guanliang's sudden report, Emperor Deqing glanced at Wen Guanliang, then glanced at Zhao Junchen intentionally or unintentionally, and then said slowly: "Oh? Wen Aiqing actually has something to report? This is rare, let's talk about it."
Wen Guanliang raised his voice and said: "Your Majesty, I have heard that in recent years, the accounts of the Ministry of Household Affairs have been unclear. They have repeatedly deducted various funds from the Ministry of Works on the pretext of insufficient money in the treasury, resulting in delays in river defense, materials, city walls and other important items of the Ministry of Works. The common people and local officials are all complaining about the delay, so I ask your Majesty to take a closer look."
Emperor Deqing was stunned for a moment, then his face became more serious. He turned to look at Li Chengru, who had been re-appointed as the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and asked, "Li Aiqing, is this the case?"
Li Chengru knew that Wen Guanliang's impeachment was called the Ministry of Husbandry, but actually Zhao Junchen. Before the situation was clear, he did not want to get involved, so he went out and said: "Your Majesty, the cooperation between the Ministry of Hunan and the Ministry of Industry has always been Former Minister Zhao Junchen, Mr. Zhao, is in charge, and I don’t know the details.”
What Li Chengru said was true.
Emperor Deqing did not pursue the matter, and turned to Zhao Junchen and asked: "Zhao Aiqing, is what Mr. Wen Ge said true?"
Zhao Junchen came out and said: "Your Majesty, there is absolutely no such thing. The responsibility of the Ministry of Industry, whether it is river construction, farmland, materials, city walls, repairs, road construction, river channels, etc., are all related to major national affairs. The Ministry of Household Affairs I have never dared to neglect, and the household department has always tried its best to meet the various expenditures over the years, and there has never been any deduction or delay."
While speaking, Zhao Junchen looked at Wen Guanliang and asked respectfully and politely: "Mr. Wen Ge, I'm afraid you heard wrong?"
Wen Guanliang did not answer, but looked at the right deputy censor Gu Quan, the minister of industry Zuo Lanshan and others with confusion. However, he saw that Gu Quan, Zuo Lanshan and others lowered their heads and remained silent as before, as if they had no idea what was happening in front of them. .
In fact, when he went out to report, Gu Quan, Zuo Lanshan and others did not follow him out to respond. Wen Guanliang already felt that something was wrong. Looking at this situation now, what does it mean? Wen Guanliang has gone through many ups and downs in officialdom. Ten years, naturally very clear, I just feel my heart sinking!
But with the idea of a chance, Wen Guanliang still said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has been getting better and better in recent years. I don't dare to question it casually. It's just that the situation is so important that I don't dare to hide anything, so that's why I did this." Report."
After clearing himself, Wen Guanliang continued: "However, as far as I know, as far as I know, Mr. Gu Quangu, the right deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, has conducted an investigation into this situation, and he is the clearest, and the entire Ministry of Industry is also involved. If you are a good person, ask them, and you will find out what the facts are."
However, before Emperor Deqing could ask, Gu Quan, the right deputy governor of the capital, had already come out and said: "Your Majesty, I have indeed heard of such rumors. It is of great importance and I dare not neglect it. I also investigated it carefully, but in the end But I found out that such rumors were just fabricated and there was no such thing."
Zuo Lanshan, the Minister of the Ministry of Works, also came out and said: "Your Majesty, I have your Majesty's trust to be in charge of the Ministry of Works. I know the various situations of the Ministry of Works best. In the past, the Ministry of Household Affairs had no income and expenditures, and there were many shortfalls. It is true that There are often delays and deductions from the Ministry of Works. However, in recent years, the Department of Household Affairs has been operating better and even has a balance. Not only has there been no delay in deductions, but the funds owed to the Ministry of Works have been reduced in recent years. They were also made up one by one.”
After hearing what Gu Quan and Zuo Lanshan said, although Wen Guanliang was somewhat mentally prepared, his body was still shaken and his eyes were gloomy. He turned his head and glanced back and forth at the two of them, his eyes like spears and arrows.
Zuo Lanshan and Gu Quan, however, felt guilty and did not dare to face Wen Guanliang's gaze directly. They both bowed their heads and remained silent after being lined up.
On the contrary, Chen Dongxiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, looked calm and had the courage to look at Wen Guanliang. There was a little sarcasm in his eyes, but he did not hide it at all.
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Zuo Lanshan and Gu Quan were both disciples of Wen Guanliang, and this matter was not a secret in the court.
Everyone can see that Wen Guanliang's impeachment of the Ministry of Revenue was to deal with Zhao Junchen.
Therefore, you can naturally imagine how shocked the officials in the court were when they saw that Zuo Lanshan and Gu Quan were actually opposing Wen Guanliang.
Could it be that Zuo Lanshan, Gu Quan and the others turned to Zhao Junchen at some point? ?
On the other side, seeing Wen Guanliang standing there alone at this time, but no one responded, Zhao Junchen sighed secretly, but took the opportunity to look around and look at the expressions of the officials.
Most of the officials had expressions of uncontrollable shock at this time; Zuo Lanshan, Gu Quan and others lowered their heads, making people look down on their expressions at this time. Is it because they were uneasy and guilty, or was it natural? Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan The expressions on their faces were mostly those of gloating over misfortune; however, the two pavilion elders Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong looked at Wen Guanliang thoughtfully, with meaningful expressions on their faces.
The only ones who could keep their expressions unchanged were Zhou Shangjing, the first assistant, and Emperor Deqing on the throne. Looking at the expressions on their faces, it seemed that they had no idea what Zuo Lanshan and Gu Quan's statements meant. Of course, this was impossible, but they didn't know whether they were hiding their true feelings or attitudes, or whether they had already known about it. Anticipate.
However, when he saw Chen Dongxiang and Wen Guanliang looking at each other with sarcasm on their faces, Zhao Junchen frowned slightly.
Although Chen Dongxiang is now regarded as Zhao Junchen's, seeing Chen Dongxiang treat his old master like this still makes Zhao Junchen feel unhappy.
While Zhao Junchen was looking around, Wen Guanliang was also looking at Zhao Junchen. When he saw Zhao Junchen's calm eyes, as if he had expected it, Wen Guanliang finally determined that Zuo Lanshan, Gu Quan and others betrayed him. , must have been bribed by Zhao Junchen using some means.
Thinking that his well-thought-out plan had ended up being betrayed and separated from his relatives, Wen Guanliang's body swayed slightly. After losing his confidence and power, his face turned out to be much older.
"Your Majesty, in this case, I am afraid that the old minister was misled by the rumors and reported it rashly. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
After Wen Guanliang was silent for a long time, he finally expressed his attitude. His voice suddenly became hoarse and he spoke slowly.
When Wen Guanliang said this, he was giving up.
For a time, most of the officials in the court focused their attention on Zhao Junchen.
Zhao Junchen lowered his head and looked down, as low-key as ever, but many courtiers looked at Zhao Junchen with a little awe.
It's not an easy thing to silently turn away many viewers.
Since the news that Zhao Junchen and Wen Guanliang had broken up, everyone felt that the two factions would definitely usher in a battle between dragons and tigers, but no one could have imagined that it would end so suddenly. Wen Guanliang, who had the upper hand in reputation, was defeated so completely.
However, it turned out that this matter was not the end, but just the beginning.
What happened next, even Zhao Junchen could not have imagined, but it made Zhao Junchen thoroughly understand the cruelty of officialdom.
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