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The Ming Dynasty had a vast territory, and there were more than 200 officials at the prefecture level. Among them, it was inevitable that there would be a few corrupt officials who extorted excessive taxes and exploited the people. Like what happened in court this morning, the central government would encounter it once or twice a year. From this On one hand, this matter is not that serious.
What's more, Henan Prefecture is far away from the capital. No matter how resentful and pitiful the people of Henan Prefecture are, it is only a corner of the Ming Dynasty and cannot affect the overall situation. In the eyes of the officials in the capital, it is just a few lines of text in an official document. It is commonplace. Under the circumstances, the officials would not have any special feelings.
However, this matter is ultimately related to the credibility and image of the court. On the surface, officials all care for the people, and the emperor must be willing to make decisions for the people, so they must show their attitude, show their attention, and conduct investigations. , give the people an explanation, even if it is just pretentious and perfunctory!
Under normal circumstances, similar incidents would not affect Zhao Zhenghe at all. Zhao Zhenghe could easily resolve the matter, but now is the critical period for Zhao Zhenghe to fight for cabinet membership, so this matter has a great impact on him.
This is the game of politics. Many things may not seem serious, but once the time is not right, they will often have extremely far-reaching impacts. As for whether this impact is good or bad, only those in the game can often know.
As for outsiders, they are just watching the excitement. It often takes a long time before they can realize the change and exclaim that the sky has changed!
Nowadays, Zhao Zhenghe is naturally a dumb man who eats Coptis chinensis and knows his own suffering.
Under the watchful eyes of the officials, Zhao Zhenghe slowly walked out of the queue, knelt in front of Emperor Deqing, and after looking at the chief minister Shen Changmao,
He actually confessed his fault and said: "Your Majesty, I am guilty! When I was the governor of Sichuan, I had contact with Ma Xicheng for a period of time. At that time, Ma Xicheng was strict, sophisticated and fair in handling affairs, and I also admired him quite a lot. Over the years, he has been promoted and promoted many times, and he believes that Ma Xicheng deserves to be reused by the court! After the Ministry of Civil Affairs received Ma Xicheng's impeachment, the minister thought that Ma Xicheng was still the good official he was before, so he tried his best to defend Ma Xicheng, but he did not expect that people would change his mind. The reason for the change... Looking back now, it was my fault!"
After hearing Zhao Zhenghe's confession, Emperor Deqing was slightly stunned, but he did not expect that Zhao Zhenghe directly admitted his mistake without any explanation!
In fact, even though Zhao Zhenghe was willing to admit his mistakes, he was forced to do so.
The major factions in the DPRK often make deals and concessions in order to protect their respective cronies. After the Ministry of Revenue received the relevant charges against Ma Xicheng, Zhao Zhenghe also made a series of transactions with the "Zhou Party" in order to protect Ma Xicheng. In the end, Song Qiwen was very talkative and did not investigate Ma Xicheng strictly. He only asked Zhang Qiling, the governor of Henan, for his opinion, and sent Wang Zheng, a doctor in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, to investigate.
At that time, in Zhao Zhenghe's view, Ma Xicheng was a person who "sinked the party", and the governor of Henan Zhang Qiling and the official doctor Wang Zheng were also people who "sinked the party". Even though Song Qiwen knew this, he still By asking a "Shen Party" official to investigate another "Shen Party" official, he obviously agreed to his request and planned to let Ma Xicheng go.
At that time, Zhao Zhenghe was still a little surprised by Song Qiwen's easy talk, but now he realized that the "Zhou Party" had already arranged it, and actually kept this handle to prepare to deal with him at the critical moment of entering the cabinet!
Now, the facts are all there. Song Qiwen still has official documents from Henan governor Zhang Qiling and official doctor Wang Zheng. Naturally, he cannot tolerate Zhao Zhenghe's denial!
Therefore, Zhao Zhenghe could only admit the matter straightforwardly, abandon Ma Xicheng, and try his best to protect himself!
"I remember that when I negotiated with Song Qiwen, His Majesty had not yet conducted his southern tour! Could it be that the 'Zhou Party' had already anticipated that Huang Yourong would fall and I would compete for a cabinet seat at that time? If so, , Zhou Shangjing’s sophistication and long-term layout are really unmatched!”
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhenghe felt a little chill in his heart.
After Shen Changmao became the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhao Zhenghe also had some ambitions in his heart. He only felt that if the "Shen Party" could develop smoothly, it might not be able to surpass the "Zhou Party" and become the strongest faction in the DPRK. !
But now, when the "Zhou Party" began to attack the "Shen Party", Zhao Zhenghe realized that he was too naive. Faced with the "Zhou Party"'s aggressive attack, the "Shen Party" from Shen Changmao down did not even resist. There was no chance. Before they could react, the possibility of Zhao Zhenghe joining the cabinet was completely destroyed by the "Zhou Party"!
At this point, in order to protect himself, Zhao Zhenghe had no better choice but to admit defeat.
This is a gap in strength, but also a gap in means and vision!
An insurmountable gap!
After recognizing the reality, Zhao Zhenghe felt bitter in his heart, and most of his original ambitions were immediately dissipated.
On the other side, Emperor Deqing glanced at his chief minister, Shen Changmao.
At this time, Shen Changmao looked terribly gloomy, but he had no intention of speaking out.
Obviously, like Zhao Zhenghe, Shen Changmao, who had always had a strong personality, also gave in when faced with the well-prepared and fierce attack of the "Zhou Party". Seeing that the overall situation was decided, he had no intention of resisting.
Seeing Shen Changmao's performance, Emperor Deqing's eyes flashed with contempt.
Emperor Deqing knew that after this incident, the impact on the "Shen Party" was not just as simple as Zhao Zhenghe being unable to join the cabinet. After Shen Changmao became the chief minister, he finally overpowered Zhou Shangjing, but now he was defeated by Zhou Shangjing. He was defeated directly without even a chance to resist. This was a devastating blow to Shen Changmao's reputation.
Perhaps, because of this incident, Shen Changmao's position as chief assistant will gradually become unstable.
Under such circumstances, even if he was stubbornly resisting, Shen Changmao should show his attitude in order to recover the loss of reputation. However, Shen Changmao, who always prided himself on being strong and strong, just gave up... Apparently, Shen Changmao never thought that he could Beat Zhou Shangjing!
"Mud can't hold up a wall! I tried to use you to check Zhou Shangjing, but I misjudged the person!"
Emperor Deqing thought secretly.
Then, Emperor Deqing's eyes turned to Zhao Junchen.
After ousting Zhao Zhenghe, (uukashuc) the next target of the "Zhou Party" should be Zuo Lanshan or Huo Zhengyuan, the candidates supported by the "Zhao Party"!
At that time, how will Zhao Junchen react?
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ps: Well, second update! A total of more than 5,000 words have been updated today.
In the previous chapter, Chongzi felt that his writing was too slow, so he deleted the plot of the imperial censor's impeachment and changed the plot from a detailed description to an overview. Although it reduced nearly two thousand words in one breath, it did not The update target of 6,000 words can be achieved, but Chongzi does not regret it, otherwise it will affect the reading experience.
Readers who want to vote for the update, please vote to 6,000 words tomorrow and let the bugs try again!
It's not that he is greedy for the income from the update ticket, but that Chongzi wants to find a goal and motivation for himself. Even if he cannot update 6,000 words in the end, the amount of updates of 5,000 words exceeds Chongzi's usual level.
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……(To be continued.)fg_qvduw--
