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"If you have something to do, report it early; if nothing happens, leave the court!"
The next day, during the morning court, following the shout from eunuch Zhang De, all the officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony turned their attention to Zhao Junchen and Huang Yourong - even Emperor Deqing!
Everyone knows that there is an extremely fierce party struggle going on between Zhao Junchen and Huang Yourong, and as Zhao Junchen deliberately released the news that Prince Zhu Heyu is about to return to Beijing, everyone can Guess, in order to prevent things from happening after Crown Prince Zhu Heyu returns to Beijing, Zhao Junchen and Huang Yourong will definitely make further moves in court this morning!
Especially the elder Huang Yourong, who has been suppressed and beaten by Zhao Junchen during this period. Zhao Junchen and his faction have successively impeached several officials under his command. Among them, Tang Zheng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, is still Huang Yourong's confidant, and another confidant, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, is Huang Yourong. Yan Pengfei is also in danger now, it can be said that he has lost face!
If Huang Yourong doesn't fight back, not only will his momentum decline, but people's minds will also change. By then, the building will probably collapse!
Sure enough, as expected by all the officials, after learning that Prince Zhu Heyu was about to return to Beijing, Huang Yourong couldn't hold himself back in order to prevent variables from arising!
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As soon as eunuch Zhang De finished speaking, Taifu Zhang Cheng was already out of the queue. His expression was full of indignation and hatred, and he loudly reported to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"
Seeing Zhang Cheng coming out of the queue, Emperor Deqing's face flashed a look of "as expected", but then changed to a solemn expression. [Read the latest chapter] He nodded and said in a deep voice: "Young Master Zhang, you are an important minister of the country. What makes you so excited? Tell me!"
"Your Majesty, I am impeaching officials from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Household Affairs for colluding with each other, forming cliques for personal gain, and by falsely reporting accounts, accepting kickbacks, blackmailing the local government and other means. Corruption, bribery, and massive personal gain! These officials have colluded together and have been involved for several years. It was because they embezzled nearly 200,000 taels of silver from the imperial court. Last year, the Huaihe River floods affected five prefectures and eleven counties, causing tens of thousands of people to suffer and causing widespread resentment! It was also because they extorted local places and withheld ICBC, causing the local dams to be in disrepair. .The final consequences! It is truly a heinous crime! It is unpardonable! I hope your Majesty will understand clearly!"
When Zhang Cheng was reporting, his voice was loud and his expression became more and more excited. It seemed like he was filled with righteous indignation.
As soon as Zhang Cheng finished speaking, a censor named Liu Quan'an from the Metropolitan Procuratorate came out. He also echoed with a righteous look: "Your Majesty, what Master Young Master said. In fact, I have already I heard. In recent days, we have been collecting evidence of the crime, and now the evidence is conclusive! According to the investigation, this corruption gang formed a large scale, involving five people from the household department, two Yuanwai Lang, There is one chief official; four doctors from the Ministry of Industry, two foreign ministers, and three chief officials; a total of 19 officials! The evidence of their crimes is verifiable and irrefutable! I hope your majesty will investigate strictly. We will do our best to eradicate evil!"
While talking, Liu Quan'an pulled out a thick memorial from his sleeve. And hold it on your head.
Then, the memorial was received by the eunuch Zhang De and handed over to Emperor Deqing on the imperial steps.
This memorial was naturally written by Huang Yourong's group based on the list and criminal evidence provided by Chen Dongxiang, and then modified and exaggerated.
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As Huang Yourong's faction officially launched a counterattack against Zhao Junchen's faction, the young master Zhang Cheng and the imperial censor Liu Quan'an successively impeached the two ministries of labor and household. For a time, the whole court was shocked!
Although the grades of the officials Zhang Cheng and Liu Quan'an impeached were not high - the doctors of the Sixth Ministry were only the fifth-rank official of the imperial court, the Yuanwailang was only the fifth-rank official, and the chief ministers of the Sixth Ministry were only the sixth-rank officials - the number was too many. Well, there were actually 19 people in total!
In any case, this will be a major event that shocks both the government and the public!
You know, this is equivalent to nearly one-fifth of the main officials in the two major yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works!
As a result, if the impeachment comes true, not only will the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry be in great turmoil, but even Zhao Junchen, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Zuo Lanshan, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, will inevitably be implicated!
At the very least, the charges of "not being strict with subordinates", "unrecognizing people", and "negligence of duty" are absolutely unavoidable.
For a moment, except for Emperor Deqing, who was seriously reviewing the memorial submitted by Liu Quan'an with a serious look, all the officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony looked at Zhao Junchen and Zuo Lanshan, and secretly sighed in their hearts: "As expected of Mr. Ge Huang Yourong! He has tolerated it for so long, and now he strikes back with great force! Now Zhao Junchen and his party are in trouble!"
However, except for a few people, no one thought that the names and evidence of the impeached officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household were deliberately leaked to Huang Yourong by Zhao Junchen through Chen Dongxiang!
In doing so, Zhao Junchen had two purposes.
One is to get rid of some moths under his door! ——These are the two officials who are now being impeached.
Relying on the protection of Zhao Junchen, these worms have always been the most greedy. Even though Zhao Junchen warned them repeatedly and gave them many other benefits - such as the shares of "Yue Rongfang", these people still do not know how to change. If they continue to stay, Following them will sooner or later lead to catastrophe and drag down Zhao Junchen himself! So Zhao Junchen planned to take advantage of these opportunities and use Huang Yourong's hands to get rid of them in an honest way!
Anyway, Emperor Deqing still needs to rely on Zhao Junchen for many things now. Even if Zhao Junchen will be implicated, Emperor Deqing cannot really punish Zhao Junchen severely. But if some time passes, Emperor Deqing begins to regard Zhao Junchen as a Zhao Junchen couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if he kept these people under his command.
Secondly, Zhao Junchen also took this opportunity to show weakness to Emperor Deqing!
During this period of time, Zhao Junchen actually suppressed Huang Yourong in the party struggle. Not only did it surprise all the officials, but Emperor Deqing might also feel that Zhao Junchen's power development was out of control, and he might have thoughts of suppression in his heart. , this is what Zhao Junchen doesn’t want to see! And taking this opportunity to allow Huang Yourong to succeed in his counterattack and make Emperor Deqing mistakenly believe that Zhao Junchen's strength is no more than this, it will only be beneficial to Zhao Junchen's future development!
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However, he sold his own cronies with his own hands. If this kind of thing is leaked, I'm afraid everyone will be alienated from Zhao Junchen, the power in the DPRK that Zhao Junchen is now painstakingly managing. It will also fall apart in an instant!
Therefore, because of the impeachment of Zhang Cheng and Liu Quan'an, when all the officials in the court were paying attention, Zhao Junchen, like Zuo Lanshan and other Zhao party officials, also changed his expression, as if he was surprised by Huang Yourong's counterattack. !
On the other side, ever since Zhang Cheng came out for impeachment. Huang Yourong had been staring at Zhao Junchen, but now he saw Zhao Junchen's "expression changed drastically" under his counterattack, and couldn't help but smile proudly. But he had no idea that he had been used by Zhao Junchen.
On the contrary, the chief assistant Zhou Shangjing looked at Huang Yourong and Zhao Junchen each with a thoughtful and scheming expression. It seems that he has noticed something.
And in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, everyone had different expressions. Emperor Deqing has already reviewed Liu Quanan's impeachment papers.
Emperor Deqing's expression became more solemn, and he handed the book to Zhang De, the eunuch at the side, and motioned to Zhang De to pass the book to the elders for circulation.
Then, Emperor Deqing slowly asked: "Dear ministers, what do you think of the impeachment of Zhang Shaofu and Liu Yushi?"
However, although Emperor Deqing's expression was extremely solemn, Zhao Junchen raised his eyes and took a peek. But he found that in the eyes of Emperor Deqing. There was clearly a hint of joy.
Obviously, as planned, the situation created by Zhao Junchen himself was what Emperor Deqing expected to see!
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Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
As the political center of the Ming Dynasty, the capital city had countless yamen, and the total number of officials and nobles at all levels was no less than tens of thousands. Naturally, not everyone was qualified to attend the morning court.
In fact, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, only officials of third rank or above, as well as officials of fourth rank or above in some special yamen, were eligible to attend the morning court.
While the young master Zhang Cheng and the imperial censor Liu Quan'an were impeaching officials from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Yuanwai, Yuanwailang and principals of the Ministry of Household Affairs were staying in the Yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs to handle various official duties.
Perhaps because no one had woken up, the household was quiet at this time, and everyone was listless.
However, a sudden cry of panic interrupted Tobe's peace!
"No! Something bad has happened!" A doctor from the Ministry of Revenue ran into the office room of the Ministry of Revenue and shouted in a panic: "I just got the news that the young master Zhang Cheng and the censor Liu Quan'an have collected... After receiving conclusive evidence, they impeached a total of 19 officials from our Ministry of Household Affairs and Ministry of Industry!"
As this shout fell, the office room of the Ministry of Finance suddenly became chaotic.
All the household officials in the room changed their expressions. They quickly surrounded the doctor who had received the news and asked at once: "What's going on?"
"Is the news true?"
"Impeached nineteen people in one go? How is that possible?"
"Who are the impeached people? Is there any accurate information?"
"Where is Lord Shangshu? How did Lord Shangshu react? He will definitely find a way, right?"
"What charges did Zhang Cheng and Liu Quanan impeach? We are always careful, how could we be caught?!"
Under the leadership of Zhao Junchen, a big corrupt official, it can be said that all the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs are not clean. Now when they heard that there were two young masters, Zhang Cheng and Yushi Liu Quan'an, they impeached the Ministry of Works and the Chief of the Ministry of Households in one go. Nineteen officials, all of them felt guilty and panicked.
As a result, in the chaos, the doctor who brought the news was faced with a lot of questions. He didn't know how to answer for a while, and even broke out in a sweat.
At this time, someone suddenly shouted loudly: "Everyone, be quiet! The decision has not been decided yet! Why are you panicking! Even if something happens, there will naturally be Master Shangshu to protect us! How unbecoming is it now! Let Mr. Lu take a breath first Tone, he will naturally explain things clearly next!"
Hearing this shout, all the household officials calmed down a little. When they turned around, they saw that it was Zhao Junchen's chief confidant in the household—Jiang Qian, the doctor in the household!
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Well, the first update today! (To be continued...)
