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On this day, the morning court time was at 3:30 in the morning, and Yan Pengfei, as the chief prosecutor, had arrested all the officials involved in the case at 15:00, and the trial started before noon!
Under Yan Pengfei's various methods, the case progressed smoothly, and all the officials involved had no room for denial. By Youshi, the case was completed, and the interrogation results of the case were handed over to the hands of the elder Huang Yourong. [No pop-up novel website]
Yan Pengfei's work efficiency was not to be described as unpleasant, and after receiving the results of the interrogation, all the core members of Huang Yourong's party were happy and excited, feeling that they were not far away from overthrowing Zhao Junchen!
At this time, all the core members of Huang Yourong's faction gathered together in Huang Yourong's mansion.
Lin Wei, the Minister of Rites, held the charges confessed by Lu Shunde and others, looked excited, and said loudly: "Shilang Yan did a good job this time. Not only did he clear up the case so quickly, but he also successfully implicated Zhao Junchen! Let me see how Zhao Junchen can defend himself in court tomorrow morning!"
The young master Zhang Cheng also nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, thanks to Yan Shilang's capable work this time, although the Huaihe River flood case has nothing to do with Zhao Junchen, the other crimes confessed by the officials of the Ministry of Industry and Household Affairs are one after another. , one by one, most of them have something to do with Zhao Junchen! Now that the evidence of the crime is conclusive, we will impeach him at court tomorrow morning. I am afraid that no matter how eloquent Zhao Junchen is, he will not be able to get rid of the guilt! "
As Lin Wei and Zhang Cheng finished speaking, all the yellow party officials also responded one after another.
"Yes, Zhao Junchen was still digging his own grave in the morning today. He said that if he was involved in the crimes of the Ministry of Household Officials, he would be willing to get an additional penalty. Now the evidence is conclusive. We are bound to win! "
"Haha, if we can take this opportunity to overthrow Zhao Junchen in one go, we will definitely gain momentum in the court. However, after Zhao Junchen falls, we have to prepare in advance to take over the work and household yamen. We cannot let it be Other factions benefit from it."
For a while. In the living room, everyone was happy.
Faced with the praise from all the superior officers and colleagues, Yan Pengfei completely lost his momentum in court. He just hurriedly said humbly: "My lords, you are over-praising me. It's all because of the proper arrangements made by Mr. Huang Ge, Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Lin, and because of the help of my colleagues in every aspect, so that we can achieve today's results. In the final analysis, Pengfei is actually just running errands." It’s just a matter of doing things, but I don’t dare to take the first credit.”
On the other side, Ge Lao Huang Yourong has been in the officialdom for many years. In addition to his rich experience, he also has some inexplicable premonitions about officialdom battles.
Now, looking at the confession evidence in his hand, Huang Yourong knew that his plan was going well, and he was happy in his heart. But vaguely, I always felt that something was wrong!
so. Huang Yourong did not say anything congratulatory with the others at this time, but just turned to look at his "brave" - the great scholar Huo Zhengyuan!
At this time, Huo Zhengyuan also frowned slightly.
After noticing Huang Yourong's searching eyes, Huo Zhengyuan slowly said: "It's a good thing if everything goes well, but if it goes too smoothly, something will go wrong! Now, our plan is so smooth that it's so smooth that people don't dare to I believe it! However, with the scheming methods Zhao Junchen has shown so far, he should not have allowed us to plot!"
After hearing Huo Zhengyuan's words, the Huang Mansion lobby, which was originally filled with joy, fell silent.
Indeed, Zhao Junchen's stubborn suppression of Huang Yourong's party in the party struggle not long ago was still fresh in everyone's memory, and they all believed that Zhao Junchen was an opponent who could never be underestimated.
Nowadays, a plan that is so obviously aimed at Zhao Junchen is proceeding so smoothly. The smoothness is almost incredible. After Huo Zhengyuan's reminder, all the Huang Party officials felt that something was wrong.
"Master Huo, are you saying there is fraud in this?" Huang Yourong asked slowly.
"Impossible!" Yan Pengfei said before Huo Zhengyuan could answer.
Before, in the face of everyone's praise, Yan Pengfei was always humble, but he was still quite proud in his heart.
Now, seeing that Huo Zhengyuan was worried that this was just a trap by the enemy, but was somewhat denying the results of his work, Yan Pengfei refuted it without even thinking.
However, Yan Pengfei was not a mediocre person after all. Seeing that everyone was focusing on him, he quickly figured out the reason.
"First of all, according to the official, our plan went so smoothly not because Zhao Junchen didn't obstruct it, but because Zhao Junchen didn't have time to obstruct it at all! You know, today's morning meeting, we suddenly launched an attack. Look at Zhao Junchen's performance , was also caught off guard and had no time to prepare. Before the morning court, the people from the Three Laws Division had already taken away the officials involved in the case from the Ministry of Industry and Household Affairs. Zhao Junchen had no chance to meet with those officials involved. It was even more impossible to give any instructions, and the lower official finished the case in the shortest possible time. From beginning to end, Zhao Junchen had no chance to do anything, so these confessions would only be revealed by the officials involved in the case when they were desperate. The truth cannot be faked!"
Having said this, Yan Pengfei looked up and saw that most people were nodding, and he couldn't help but feel more confident.
"Secondly, after the case was closed, the official had sent close personnel to closely monitor the officials involved. Zhao Junchen would never be able to contact them, so there is no possibility of overturning the case in the future, and the various crimes confessed by these officials involved are mutually exclusive. It's absolutely accurate in comparison, and it's obviously not a perjury made in a hurry! In this case, this incriminating evidence falls into our hands, which makes us invincible, even if Zhao Junchen really has some dirty tricks , we have nothing to worry about!”
Seeing that what Yan Pengfei said was reasonable, everyone nodded again.
Seeing that everyone was convinced of his point of view, Yan Pengfei's eyes flashed with pride, but his expression became more humble, and he continued: "In the end, the most important thing is, even if things go according to the worst possible Sexual development, now all of this is just a trap set by Zhao Junchen, and the testimonies obtained during the interrogation by the official are all false, but in this case, what can Zhao Junchen get? At most, it is the official and the Liu Yushi was implicated because of the unclear trial of the case, but all your lords will be fine. But Zhao Junchen lost more than one-fifth of the main officials of the Ministry of Work and Household Affairs! And they were all Zhao Junchen Junchen’s confidant! For Zhao Junchen, this is definitely a choice that outweighs the gains and losses!"
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If it were an ordinary time or faced with an ordinary opponent, there would naturally be no problem with Yan Pengfei's inferences.
But what Yan Pengfei didn't know was that Zhao Junchen's real plan was to use Huang Yourong's hands to deal with some of the moths under his sect and take the opportunity to show weakness to Emperor Deqing, for which he had already begun preparations.
so. Yan Pengfei's inference that "there should be no problems according to reason" can only be "taken for granted" when faced with an opponent like Zhao Junchen who plays cards unreasonably.
Yan Pengfei is full of confidence. I thought that Zhao Junchen would never frame a mere Minister of Justice like him at the expense of one-fifth of the main officials of the Ministry of Work and Household Affairs!
However, in Zhao Junchen's opinion, he only sacrificed some moths under his sect that would have to be removed sooner or later. He can defeat a third-rank official in the imperial court. Taking the opportunity to take control of the Ministry of Justice and reduce Emperor Deqing's precautions was a sure-fire deal!
However, Yan Pengfei didn't know Zhao Junchen's thoughts and plans, and neither did the rest of Huang Yourong's party.
Therefore, after hearing Yan Pengfei's reasons, even Huang Yourong and Huo Zhengyuan still felt that something was wrong, but they could not think of any other opinions.
finally. After Huang Yourong and Huo Zhengyuan looked at each other, Huang Yourong nodded slowly and said, "That being the case. Let's go to the court tomorrow morning and everything should go according to our original plan. As Yan Shilang said, under the current circumstances, I want to come there. Zhao Junchen has no tricks up his sleeve."
——Even if Zhao Junchen really pulls some tricks, the only ones who will be unlucky in the end will be Yan Pengfei and Liu Quanan who are responsible for the trial, and it is impossible to implicate him! In this case, why not give it a try?
Huang Yourong didn't say the above sentence, but it was the real reason for Huang Yourong's decision.
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While Huang Yourong's party was discussing matters, more than a dozen officials from the Sanfa Division were secretly arrested by Xichang's fans without anyone noticing.
What these government officials have in common is that they all participated in the arrest of officials involved in the case from the Ministry of Industry and Household Affairs during the morning court!
At the same time, under the arrangement of thoughtful people, some prisoners and their families who had been convicted by Yan Pengfei, the Minister of Punishment, were secretly brought to the capital.
And that night, a secret visitor came to the house of Qin Huaiyuan, the young minister of Dali Temple. No one knew who this secret visitor was and what he and Qin Huaiyuan talked about!
All of this is done in secret!
Under such turbulent undercurrents, the perfect plan that Huang Yourong and his party thought would never go wrong is also undergoing a quiet change!
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The moon rises and the moon sets, and the morning of the next day finally arrives.
Although Emperor Deqing has not yet arrived, the atmosphere in the Hall of Supreme Harmony is already somewhat solemn.
Many officials on the list could not help but secretly look at Huang Yourong and Zhao Junchen.
At this time, all the officials had received the news. They knew that Yan Pengfei had concluded the "Huaihe River Flood Disaster Case" in just half a day. They heard that Zhao Junchen himself was also implicated, so they knew that this morning he would go to court. There is bound to be a good show happening.
What's more, if Zhao Junchen falls because of this, the current balance of power between the DPRK and China will inevitably be broken. Many interests - especially the two oil and water yamen of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household - will inevitably need to be redistributed, but it will also make it impossible for officials to Don't pay attention to the progress of this matter!
Under the attention of all the officials, Zhao Junchen just stood quietly in the queue, with an expression that seemed to be joyless and worry-free, but also seemed to have everything in mind.
Seeing Zhao Junchen like this, Huang Yourong, who was standing at the front of the line of officials, frowned slightly and snorted: "Pretending!"
Zhou Shangjing, who was on the side, suddenly smiled slightly after hearing Huang Yourong's words. He seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to mean something, and said slowly: "People's status and realm are different, and their views on gains and losses will also vary. The difference. Sometimes, it seems like a loss outweighs the gain, but for those who have a higher level and see further, it has a hundred benefits and no harm. Sometimes, it seems like a sure gain without any loss. business. But in fact, it is only harming oneself and benefiting others! Everything is actually right in front of you, but it depends on whether you can understand it."
Hearing Zhou Shangjing's sudden but inexplicable words, Huang Yourong couldn't help but be stunned. He felt that Zhou Shangjing seemed to be giving him instructions, and he had a vague understanding, but he couldn't understand it.
However. Just when Huang Yourong was about to ask further questions, eunuch Zhang De's shout suddenly came from the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
"Your Majesty has arrived!!"
In desperation, Huang Yourong had no choice but to suppress the doubts in his heart. Along with all the officials, they saluted Emperor Deqing and shouted long live.
In fact, even if Huang Yourong asked Zhou Shangjing, Zhou Shangjing would not answer in detail.
Regarding the party struggle between Huang Yourong and Zhao Junchen. Huang Yourong had already made up his mind not to help each other. He was just waiting for the snipe and the clam to fight for the fisherman's profit. Those words just now were just a momentary emotion. If he really wanted to remind Huang Yourong, he would not have said it until now.
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"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
But it was said that amid the shouts from Baiguan Mountain, Emperor Deqing came to the back of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He first glanced at Zhao Junchen's position intentionally or unintentionally, and then sat on the throne. Said: "Everyone loves you, please be free."
After the etiquette process, the eunuch Zhang De came out and shouted: "If you have something to do, report it early. If nothing happens, go to court!"
As soon as the eunuch Zhang De finished speaking, Yan Pengfei, the Minister of Punishment, could not wait to come out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, according to the imperial edict, yesterday I, together with Mr. Liu, the Supervisor and Censor, and Mr. Qin, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, tried to interrogate the workers and households. The Huaihe River flood case involving a total of 19 officials from the ministry has finally lived up to the holy hope, and it has now been clarified."
Although Emperor Deqing also received the news, he still pretended to ask: "Oh? Yan Aiqing is very capable. In just one day, the case was clearly investigated. I am deeply gratified. Tell me, what is the outcome of the case?"
"Back to Your Majesty, in the case of the Huaihe River Flood, a group of officials from the Work and Household Departments have confessed to their crimes. The Huaihe River Flood last year was precisely because they asked for kickbacks from the local government, but they were rejected by the local government. Therefore, he deliberately created difficulties and not only delayed the distribution of silver for several days, but also withheld 20% of the silver, which caused floods in 13 counties in five prefectures and counties along the Huaihe River! Displacement of more than 10,000 people! It is really a heinous crime, Your Majesty!"
After hearing Yan Pengfei's report, Emperor Deqing frowned. Just as he was about to order the punishment of the relevant officials involved, Yan Pengfei spoke again: "Your Majesty, this time I interrogated the officials involved in the case from the Ministry of Industry and Household Affairs. The crimes found were But it’s not just a Huaihe River flood case, there are many more shocking cases! And the relevant officials involved are not just the current nineteen people, but also most officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs, And the two ministers Zhao Junchen and Zuo Lanshan!"
Although they had already been mentally prepared, everyone in the Hall of Supreme Harmony couldn't help but change their expressions when they saw Yan Pengfei directly pointing the finger at Zhao Junchen, Zuo Lanshan and others!
As soon as Yan Pengfei finished speaking, he saw Liu Quan'an, the inspector-general, reporting to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, I reviewed the case with Mr. Yan and Mr. Qin yesterday, and found out that all the people from the Gong and Hu ministries were investigated. Such a crime really makes me furious! As your Majesty’s supervisor and censor, I cannot sit idly by as your Majesty’s duty, but I want to impeach a group of corrupt officials headed by Zhao Junchen for a total of nine charges! They must be punished for their crimes!”
After hearing Liu Quanan's words, Emperor Deqing glanced at Zhao Junchen again intentionally or unintentionally, his expression became more serious, and he said slowly: "Oh? Nine deadly sins? Punishment for crimes? So many? So serious? ?Speak quickly."
"One of Zhao Junchen's crimes is corruption! According to the confessions of all the officials involved in the case from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhao Junchen has repeatedly made false accounts, falsely reported amounts, and misappropriated the imperial public funds, totaling no less than one million since he became an official in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Two! Among them, on July 2nd of the previous year, April 15th of last year, and the ninth day of the first lunar month of this year, the amounts involved were the largest three times! They were all calculated as one hundred thousand taels!"
"Zhao Junchen's second crime is to form a clique! According to my investigation, Zhao Junchen has taken advantage of the convenience of the household department's silver and grain in recent years, used the household department's treasury money for his own use, bribed court officials, and showed favor to the feudal officials. Now he has It formed its own party in the court! Among them, there were a total of twelve officials above the third rank, including Zuo Lanshan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Li Lide, the right minister of the Ministry of punishment, Zhan Shanchang, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs... and countless officials below the third rank! "
"The third crime of Zhao Junchen is disloyalty! Zhao Junchen is favored by His Majesty. He not only manages the treasury of the Household Department, but also manages His Majesty's internal transportation treasury. However, Zhao Junchen does not want to repay his loyalty to the emperor, but instead takes advantage of his position. Not only did he embezzle money from the imperial treasury, but he also embezzled His Majesty's internal funds! If someone audited the accounts, Zhao Junchen would take advantage of his position to either transfer the money from the household department to the internal transportation warehouse, or transfer the money from the internal transportation warehouse to He was transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs. In this way, no one could catch him. However, nearly half of the money in the treasury and internal funds had been embezzled by him privately! During the recent audit of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhao Junchen came from The internal funds moved 1.3 million taels of silver to make up for the shortage of inventory in the household department!"
"Zhao Junchen's fourth crime..."
"enough!"
However, just when Liu Quanan read out one-third of Zhao Junchen's crimes and was about to read out the fourth article, he was interrupted by the sudden speech of the angry Emperor Deqing.
However, I don’t know the purpose of Emperor Deqing’s interruption. Was it because he was really angry? Or is it because if Liu Quanan is allowed to continue reading, Zhao Junchen will really be indefensible?
However, at least judging from Emperor Deqing's expression at this time, he seemed to be really angry! ——But while he was angry, Emperor Deqing did not forget to give Zhao Junchen a chance to defend himself.
"Zhao Junchen, are these charges that Liu Yushi impeached you for true?"
Faced with Liu Quanan's impeachment, while all the officials were horrified and his cronies were panicked, Zhao Junchen still showed no joy or anger.
It wasn't until Emperor Deqing called his name and asked questions that Zhao Junchen came out steadily.
"Your Majesty, I am impeaching Yan Pengfei, the Minister of Justice, and Liu Quanan, the Inspector-General, for having ulterior motives. They took advantage of the trial to beat them and framed the imperial ministers!"
While all the officials were watching, Zhao Junchen said loudly!
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Well, the second update is still a 5,000-word chapter.
Still asking for likes! (To be continued...
