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Emperor Deqing's decree was actually very particular, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was well-intentioned. 1Novel﹤≦≤＜≤
Emperor Deqing hoped that the conflict between the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party" could continue so that he could fish in troubled waters and benefit from it, so he did not comment on the "Zhao Party"'s impeachment of Zuo Lanshan, leaving " Everyone in the "Zhou Party" can continue to target Zuo Lanshan, retaining the fundamental contradiction between the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party".
At the same time, Emperor Deqing did not want the conflict between the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party" to be too fierce, otherwise the situation in the temple would be too chaotic and the situation would be out of control, so he quickly issued an order The decree to seal up "Huaigufang" temporarily suspended the impeachment of Song Qiwen by the "Zhao Party". Before the Three Laws Division found out about the "Huaigufang", the "Zhao Party" could not continue to make things difficult for Song Qiwen on this matter. This limits the scale of the conflict between the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party".
In this way, the conflict between the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party" changed from an "offensive battle" involving all offense and all defense to a "tough battle" involving one attack and one defense, and Emperor Deqing could influence the situation to the greatest extent This conflict is trending.
Unfortunately, although Emperor Deqing's wishful thinking was good, the final trend of this conflict was still out of Emperor Deqing's control.
As Emperor Deqing's decree came down, everyone in the "Zhou Party" was silent for a moment, and then exploded like a volcano.
Du Bai, the censor of Zuodu of the Nadu Procuratorate, had a bad start today. This was originally his first time working for the "Zhou Party" after becoming the censor of the Supervisory Yuan. However, not only did he fail to bring down Zuo Lanshan cleanly, but he also It was Zuo Lanshan's counterattack that implicated Song Qiwen, so Du Bai's mood at this time was inevitably a little suffocating. When Emperor Deqing's decree was over, Du Bai wanted to wash away the shame and prove his role to Zhou Shangjing, so He still couldn't wait to speak out first.
I saw Du Bai hurried out of the queue again and reported with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, I still believe that Zuo Lanshan's impeachment of Song Shangshu is Zuo Lanshan's trick to divert the focus and call the thief to catch the thief. I believe that your Majesty His wisdom and wisdom must be able to see through Zuo Lanshan's tricks! Now, Your Majesty has ordered the closure of 'Huaigufang'. Under the strict investigation of the Three Law Departments, the matter will surely come to light soon, but Zuo Lanshan's All kinds of crimes are still unsolved. I sincerely request your majesty to order a strict investigation of Zuo Lanshan and never let Zuo Lanshan escape the responsibility for his crimes!"
As Du Bai finished speaking, everyone in the "Zhou Party" came out to echo!
Ma Sen, the Minister of Household Affairs, stepped forward and raised his voice: "Your Majesty, Zuo Lanshan has been greedy and bold since he became Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Now he has aroused public anger and indignation. I am in the center of the temple. For Zuo Lanshan, Many people have heard of Lanshan’s various practices, and I hope Your Majesty will learn from it!”
Ye Shanghong, the Minister of Industry, was a nail planted by Zhou Shangjing in the Ministry of Industry. At this time, he was even more responsible. He also walked out of the queue quickly and said solemnly: "I accept the favor of Your Majesty and assume the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry. I have always been I worked hard and did not dare to neglect, but when I was doing my work, I found that most of the officials of the Ministry of Industry only followed Zuo Lanshan. The accounts and public funds of the Ministry of Industry were also controlled by Zuo Lanshan. There were many ambiguities and strange things. And local officials often complain that the Ministry of Industry does not allocate the full amount of silver, causing delays in construction projects in various places. Therefore, I believe that Mr. Du’s impeachment is not unfounded, and I hope that your majesty can take it seriously and never tolerate it!"
"Your Majesty, there are many rumors in the government and the public that the Ministry of Industry is corrupt. As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. I thought it would be best to take advantage of today's opportunity to investigate it strictly!..."
"Your Majesty, as a supervisory censor, I have received many reports from local colleagues in recent years, saying that the Ministry of Industry blatantly asked for bribes from local yamen, otherwise ICBC would not be released to local yamen. I am now working on the details. After investigating this matter, I feel more and more that there is a big problem with the Ministry of Industry, so I believe that there is absolutely nothing false about Lord Du Bai's impeachment. Since the Ministry of Industry descended from Zuolan Mountain, it is time to rectify it..."
"Your Majesty, I also want to impeach Zuo Lanshan..."
"His Majesty……"
Under the leadership of Du Bai and others, in just a short moment, dozens of ministers came out to impeach Zuo Lanshan, which once again put Zuo Lanshan at the forefront of the storm.
In this way, under the attention and expectations of hundreds of officials, the "Zhou Party" did not disappoint the public's expectations, and their counterattack was swift and fierce.
However, because Zhou Shangjing did not express his position, their counterattack still only targeted Zuo Lanshan, and did not expand the scope of the attack and turn their target to Huo Zhengyuan or Zhao Junchen.
After all, Zhao Junchen is the absolute leader of the "Zhao Party". If the "Zhou Party" turns its attack target to Zhao Junchen, it means that the conflict between the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party" will further expand. Without Zhou Shangjing, Before the clear signal, although everyone in the "Zhou Party" was a little angry at the boldness of the "Zhao Party", they were still very cautious.
However, although the "Zhou Party" is cautious in style, the "Zhao Party" does not think so. According to Zhao Junchen's idea, the bigger the scale of this conflict, the better, and the more intense the battle, the better.
As a result, everyone in the "Zhao Party" still refused to give in. They firmly protected Zuo Lanshan, argued fiercely with the "Zhou Party" officials, and even went so far as to directly expose the true intentions of the "Zhou Party".
Under Zhao Junchen's secret suggestion, Huo Zhengyuan spoke out first and expressed his support for Zuo Lanshan!
"Your Majesty, I believe that the colleagues who impeached Mr. Zuo today are all friends with the great scholar Li He. Now there is a vacancy in the cabinet, and both Li He and Zuo Lanshan are candidates to join the cabinet to assist the government. These The colleagues’ move to impeach Mr. Zuo is probably out of evil intentions and intended to suppress Mr. Zuo’s momentum. It is their move to secretly help Li and the Grand Scholar enter the cabinet!”
Following Huo Zhengyuan's statement, although the "Zhou Party" was only targeting Zuo Lanshan, the "Zhao Party"'s counterattack target was expanded to include Bachelor Li He.
Seeing this scene, both Emperor Deqing and the officials in the court frowned, feeling that what "Dang Zhao" did today was too reckless.
However, everyone in the "Zhao Party" did not think that Huo Zhengyuan's words were taken seriously, but instead came out to support him one after another.
Chen Dongxiang, the left minister of the Ministry of Works, also came out and said: "Your Majesty, I think what Academician Huo said is reasonable. I have been working in the Ministry of Works in recent years. I know the situation of the Ministry of Works best. The situation of the Ministry of Works is by no means certain. What his colleagues said was so unbearable, but Zuo Shangshu was even more conscientious and devoted to the public affairs. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a role model for all officials. On the contrary, Mr. Ye Shanghong, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, had always been ambitious since he entered the Ministry of Industry. , forming cliques everywhere in an attempt to oust Zuo Shangshu, most of his remarks today are made out of nothing and are all criticism, I hope your Majesty will learn from it!"
As Chen Dongxiang finished speaking, the "Zhao Party"'s counterattack target became Ye Shanghong, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry...
"Your Majesty, I agree with what Academician Huo and Chen Shilang said. I have always understood and admired Zuo Shangshu the most. I will never believe that Zuo Shangshu would deceive the emperor, pervert the law, or take bribes! If so, With Zuo Shangshu in such a bad state, how could Your Majesty entrust Zuo Shangshu with the heavy responsibility of taking over the power and responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry? I hope Your Majesty will learn from this!"
"Your Majesty, I have just returned to the central government not long ago. I have been serving at the local level. During my tenure at the local level, I have dealt with the Ministry of Industry many times because of the water engineering and river issues, but I have never seen the Ministry of Works asking for bribes or embezzling money from ICBC. Therefore, it is really hard for me to believe that some colleagues impeached Mr. Zuo..."
"Your Majesty, I believe that Mr. Zuo was unjustly impeached..."
"His Majesty……"
In this way, as everyone in the "Zhao Party" came out to speak for Zuo Lanshan, Zuo Lanshan's situation finally improved.
However, the power and influence of the "Zhou Party" is much greater after all, so although everyone in the "Zhao Party" tried their best to protect Zuo Lanshan, Zuo Lanshan was still in a situation where he was besieged on all sides and everyone wanted to beat him.
At the same time, because "Zhao Party" acted too wantonly today and repeatedly violated the unspoken rules of the officialdom, not only did he expose the "Huaigufang" incident, but also under the situation where "Zhou Party" exercised some restraint, "Zhao Party" However, the "Party" was like a fool, lighting fires everywhere. In addition to counterattacking, it not only criticized Song Qiwen, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, but also expanded the targets of the counterattack to include Du Bai, the censor of the inspection, Li He, the bachelor, and Ye, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. Shang Hong and others looked like they were worried about the world being in chaos.
The actions of "Zhao Party" aroused the resentment of many neutral officials, so many neutral officials also abandoned their position of not being guilty of two things and stood opposite to "Zhao Party".
In addition, after seeing that "Zhao Party" continued to increase the number of counterattack targets, many "Zhou Party" officials became more and more angry, but finally they couldn't hold it in any longer. Without Zhou Shangjing's statement, they began to retaliate one after another, and gradually The scope of impeachment by the "Zhou Party" was expanded. In addition to Zuo Lanshan, "Zhao Party" officials such as Huo Zhengyuan, Zhan Shanchang, Tong Huan, etc. were also impeached by "Zhou Party" officials one after another.
In this way, (ww) except for the two faction leaders Zhao Junchen and Zhou Shangjing, the scale of the conflict between the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party" has become larger and larger. Later, there were even many " In their excitement, the Zhou Party officials had forgotten the main goal of the Zhou Party today, and began to criticize the Zhao Party officials whenever they saw them.
The consequence of the expansion of the scale of the conflict is that the "Zhao Party" is increasingly unable to do what it wants and is increasingly at a disadvantage.
Seeing that "Zhao Party" was gradually unable to hold on, Zhao Junchen, as the leader of "Zhao Party", remained extremely low-key, as if he was not worried at all.
However, Zhao Junchen's eyes were always fixed on Huang Yourong, who had been forgotten by everyone.
Seemingly noticing Zhao Junchen's gaze, Huang Yourong thought about the transaction between himself and Zhao Junchen, and felt a little anxious. He also winked at Lin Wei, the Minister of Rites, and Zhao Zhenghe, the Shaobao.
Under Huang Yourong's urging, Lin Wei and Zhao Zhenghe finally made a statement after hesitating for a long time!
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...(To be continued.) f--
