Not long after, a group of Dongchang officers carried knives and surrounded the private room where Wei Yingjia, Zhang Xiude and other officials were staying.
Wei Yingjia was stunned when he saw this, and with the strength of his drink, he slapped the table and stood up: "What are you doing? Who asked you to come, who allowed you to break in! Do you know who we are?! I I am an official of the Department of Science and Technology, with the power to impeach, supervise, admonish, approve and refute! Believe it or not, I will give you a copy!"
Seeing this, Zhang Xiude also said: "Yes, we are here to talk about Confucian classics and discuss literature and art. Who asked you to come here? It's not your Dongchang people who want to come. It's also Feng Xian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate." Officer, not to mention that I am Feng Xianguan!"
Yang Huan, the headmaster, laughed because of this: "Talk about Confucian classics and learn about literature with a prostitute?"
Then, Yang Huan asked: "Who are the officials Wei Yingjia and Jiangxi Taoist censor Zhang Xiude?"
Wei Yingjia and Zhang Xiude both stood up: "I am the one!"
After saying that, Yang Huan turned cold and said: "Take him away!"
"yes!"
So, all the Dongchang officers took out their shackles and immediately grabbed Wei Yingjia and Zhang Xiude, who smelled of alcohol and had red lipstick marks on their faces, and dragged them out.
Everyone else looked at it dumbfounded and at a loss.
It was only after he was tortured away that Wei Yingjia suddenly realized something was wrong and shouted angrily: "What are you doing? I am an official of the imperial court, and it is the imperial court that is responsible for the matter!"
Zhang Xiude also shouted: "I am the censor, you can't do this!"
At that moment, Wei Yingjia and Zhang Xiude had been escorted to the main street of Qipan Street.
But at this time, Zuo Guangdou, the censor patrolling the city, happened to come face to face.
Wei Yingjia immediately shouted: "Mr. Zuo, save me! Mr. Zuo, help me!"
So Zuo Guangdou immediately ordered people to stop the sedan, got out of the sedan, and stopped the people from Dongchang.
Zuo Guangdou was shocked when he saw that Wei Yingjia and Zhang Xiude were both shackled, and asked the people in Dongchang: "What are you doing?"
Crack!
And Yang Huan pulled out the knife directly.
Other Dongchang officers also drew their swords.
Yang Huan also directly took out the imperial edict and driving post and said: "Zuo Yushi, you see clearly, this is not the imperial edict, but the imperial edict, and there is also the driving post of the Ministry of Punishment. If you dare to stop us, don't blame us for being rude. The second time, Xu Qianhu held the imperial edict and was able to kill the offender. This time we hold the imperial edict. If you are killed by us, even your Zongxian Zou Gong (Zou Yuanbiao, the censor of Zuodu) will have nothing to say."
The edicts issued directly by the emperor without going through the cabinet or the six departments are called central edicts.
An imperial edict is not only issued by the emperor, but also recognized by court agencies such as the cabinet and the Sixth Section.
Therefore, most civil servants are more convinced of the imperial edict.
Precisely because of this, Zuo Guangdou was even more shocked after hearing that this was an imperial edict, but he had to step aside.
Zuo Guangdou therefore asked in his heart: "When did the cabinet actually collude with Dongchang?!"
Yang Huan smiled when he saw this and hurriedly led Wei Yingjia and Zhang Xiude forward.
Wei Yingjia and Zhang Xiude were also dumbfounded by what Yang Huan just said.
Neither of them expected that Dongchang's plan to take advantage of them would go through the cabinet!
Wei Yingjia and Zhang Xiude began to feel even more uneasy because of this.
Because even the cabinet is willing to let Dongchang interrogate him, this undoubtedly shows that there is no possibility of him turning over.
"What's going on, what's going on?"
Wei Yingjia didn't know what the cabinet ministers Liu Yishen and Han Xu were doing and why they couldn't speak for him.
Zhang Xiude also had this question.
By the time they arrived at the imperial prison, Wei Yingjia and Zhang Xiude were already in disbelief.
And when Wei Zhongxian's pale face appeared in front of the two of them and smiled, the two of them were so frightened that their legs weakened and they knelt on the ground.
Wei Yingjia first said: "I dare to ask my father-in-law, why are we taken? What crime have we committed?!"
Wei Zhongxian snapped his fingers and smiled: "We might as well tell you, it's not a secret anyway. It's not our family that wants to harm you this time, it's Yuan Fu who personally told you in front of the emperor."
Wei Zhongxian unconsciously raised his orchid fingers as he spoke.
"Whatever you say, please let me know clearly!"
Wei Yingjia spoke excitedly.
Wei Zhongxian was the same as Zhu Youxiao. As an emperor, he also hoped that the civil service group would be divided, and he also wished that civil servants would stand in front to deal with other disobedient civil servants.
Therefore, Wei Zhongxian continued to talk to Wei Yingjia and Zhang Xiude patiently: "I said that you formed a party for personal gain, so you deliberately framed Xiong Tingbi. When the emperor heard that it was a party disaster, he naturally wanted our family to severely interrogate you. You'd better be truthful. Tell our family who is the envoy behind your tomb, and why do you want to frame Xiong Tingbi? Don’t force our family to torture."
Wei Yingjia was stunned immediately after hearing this.
He really didn't expect that he would be imprisoned because Fang Congzhe charged him with such a crime.
Then, Wei Yingjia started to curse: "Fang Congzhe! You traitor! You spit on others, you bully the emperor, you betray the loyal! I, Wei Yingjia, never thought that you could be so sinister and traitorous!"
Zhang Xiude also hammered the ground: "I didn't expect, I didn't expect that Fang Congzhe would protect Xiong Tingbi to such a crazy point, and then blame us like this!"
At this time, Wei Yingjia suddenly grabbed the cell fence with both hands and said to Wei Zhongxian: "Father, this father-in-law, please help me, help me, I was wronged, please let me see Your Majesty, I am really wronged, What Fang Congzhe said is false. I did not form a clique for personal gain. I really did not form a clique for personal gain! If you can help me, I will be very grateful!"
After all, Wei Zhongxian is now the Superintendent of Ceremonies, and Eunuch Bingbi will not accept bribes easily, not to mention that he is no longer short of money, and he also knows the rules and knows that he cannot go against the emperor, so he smiled disdainfully and had no plans Help Wei Yingjia.
However, Wei Zhongxian just wanted to continue to direct the hatred of the officials towards Fang Congzhe, so he deliberately said: "We can't help you. We can't change Yuan Fu's words. You'd better do it now." To tell the truth, you won’t suffer from the pain of meat!”
"What can we do!"
Wei Yingjia started crying. He did not expect that the eunuch in front of him could not help him and was actually afraid of Fang Congzhe's power.
Zhang Xiude asked: "Excuse me, father-in-law, is there any other way?"
Wei Zhongxian lowered his face: "Didn't our family tell you the truth? Yuan Fu did this not against you, but against the people behind you. Why are you so uncooperative? Do you want to die more miserably?"
Wei Yingjia hated Fang Congzhe even more after hearing what Wei Zhongxian said, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Fang Congzhe! You old thief! I think you are the one who works with the party and opposes those who are different!"
At this time, Zhang Xiude took the initiative to confess: "I said, I said, I was instructed by Fan Yuqing, the staff of the Liaodong Chief Secretary, Right Councilor Wang Huazhen, to impeach Xiong Tingbi. I really did not form a party for personal gain. I just took the money. They, the Donglin Party, want to form a party for personal gain and push Yuan Yingtai to the position of manager!"
"you shut up!"
Wei Yingjia suddenly shouted at Zhang Xiude and glared at Zhang Xiude angrily: "Do you know what you are talking about!"
