"Now that Lin Aiqing has spoken, what do you cabinet members think?"
Yaoji guessed Lin Yuji's plan, but he was not worried at all. If the chief minister dared to disobey his will, he could close the net in advance, wait until all the big fish were caught, and then rearrange the government and the opposition according to his own will.
Furthermore, if you want to impress Xue Guoguan, you have to either directly use the vacancy to win over him, or directly give him money. If you ask the first assistant to contribute with such dry words, then you will overestimate your own value. .
Among the chief ministers at the end of the Great Rebellion Dynasty, this one was the one with the least ink in his belly. What is the pronoun of Xue Guoguan? Four words are enough - he is blinded by money!
Hearing that Lin Yuji was recommending him, Xue Guoguan suddenly smelled a threat and did not take any action. Instead, he replied calmly and maturely: "I think this matter is harmless!"
When the first assistant heard Zhang Sizhi's previous answer, he immediately learned and applied it. Although there was no great truth, he could still fool him no matter what.
The civil servant group is terrifying, but the current prince is even more terrifying!
If you offend the civil service group, you may still survive until the end of the year.
If you offend the prince, you won't even be able to survive tomorrow!
Why are the prince's officials divided into two categories, one is to confiscate their homes, and the other is to serve as official officials?
Because the prince knew the property of each official clearly, he could catch them all accurately!
What type of official does Xue Guoguan belong to?
He must know it best!
What are you most afraid of as an official?
That's what someone caught you for!
Something happened that shocked Lin Yuji. After Xue Guoguan, four people, Zhang Sizhi, Chen Yan, Wei Zhaocheng, and Yao Minggong, gave exactly the same answer: "I agree with what the chief assistant said!"
These four people didn't even bother to say "harmless" and simply followed Xue Guoguan's views and positions. If it weren't for the difference in timbre, their colleagues almost thought they heard an echo.
Oppose your home to be ransacked and abstain from eating locusts!
The five members of the cabinet obviously had psychological barriers to the prince's punishment methods. Once something happened, they would have instinctive conditioned reflexes like dogs.
Yesterday Chen Biqian, today Li Juesi, if you don't stand on the cliff, there will be an abyss ahead!
Regardless of the others, none of the five cabinet members could accept the tragic end of losing both their money and their heads at the same time.
Lin Yuji's ardent expectations lasted for less than a minute, and disappeared in an instant. This result made Yaoji very proud, and then he asked his opponent in a vindictive voice: "The cabinet has agreed, does Lin Aiqing have any other ideas?" ?”
If you have a good idea, if you don't have a good idea, just die!
I don’t need to be a conservative and crippled old thing. I have to give you thousands of taels of rice a year. What a waste of food. Are you raising a bunch of losers just to antagonize me?
Today, no matter who jumps out to object, even if Taizu appears, he can't stop me. I want you to cut your nails. If you don't cut your nails, get out, all of you!
You will have to keep your nails until you die. After you become an official, you can put on women's clothes, apply some rouge and gouache, and go to a certain building to be a female anchor. You may earn more than when you were an official!
The young prince was clearly provoking him openly, and Lin Yuji was so angry that he kept gasping. Unexpectedly, the cabinet headed by Xue Guoguan actually bowed to the prince, completely disregarding propriety, justice and integrity.
hateful!
Really abominable!
If he can't turn the tide now, won't the prince have to press on him step by step from now on?
Just when Lin Yuji was at the end of his rope, Shang Zhouzuo, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, suddenly came to the battle: "Your Highness, Xue Guoguan himself is ill, and it is even more difficult to convince the public with his words. Wu Changshi, the doctor in the official department, impeached him for using power for personal gain. Let's go to your highness to find out!"
As early as the tenth year of Chongzhen, Xue Guoguan was impeached and removed from office by Wu Changshi due to bribery. Later, being able to be re-employed by the imperial court was indispensable because of careful management, and it was also confirmed from the side that this guy was indeed extremely wealthy and had a good way of amassing money.
Wu Changshi was the backbone of Fushe, and Fushe and Donglin were two small sects under the same big faction. They both spoke for interest groups in Jiangsu and Zhejiang under the banner of loyalty to the emperor and the country, and they were not afraid of betraying themselves and being buried early.
The doctor in the Ministry of Personnel is a fifth-grade official, not very high. There are a lot of them in the capital. But as long as you have money, work hard, and seize the opportunity, you can be promoted to the rank of minister, and then enter the ranks of real officials.
"Oh? Since Shang Aiqing said this, let's spread this...Wu Changshi!"
Zhou Zuo and Wu Changshi of the Shang Dynasty were both from Zhejiang. Even if they had different political opinions, for the sake of their fellow villagers, if their current goals overlapped, they might be able to share their needs and kill someone with a borrowed knife.
If Wu Changshi hadn't taken the initiative to go to Shang Zhouzuo and planned to use the prince to supervise the country and persuade him to trip up Xue Guoguan in one fell swoop, someone in Donglin was working hard behind the scenes to fish Chen Biqian out.
It is a commonplace story that Xue Guoguan accepted bribes, and Yaoji was not worried about it. If Wu Changshi had held ironclad evidence back then, Xue Guoguan would not have been dismissed from office simply by being blamed by his father.
"When I was in Wu Chang, I knelt down to Her Majesty the Queen and His Majesty the Prince, and wished Her Majesty the Queen a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years, and I wish the Prince a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years!"
With Shang Zhou Zuo at his side, Wu Changshi was 80% sure that he could put Xue Guoguan to death and allow the prince to promote him.
"Wu Aiqing was freed from the ceremony. I heard from Shang Aiqing that Wu Aiqing intended to impeach Xue Guoguan? Do you have any evidence?"
Your plan is quite good, but it’s not certain who will play who. At this time, if you want to fish in troubled waters and reap the benefits, you are totally wrong.
Wu Changshi stood up quickly and respectfully replied: "Your Highness only needs to ask Xue Guoguan what he ate for dinner on the three days before going to court, and the results will naturally come to light!"
It was difficult for Wu Changshi to collect real evidence. Xue Guoguan would not leave any evidence when he was corrupt, unless the housekeeper in Xue's house defected or the briber surrendered. But with Chen Biqian as the guide, it would not be difficult to do this.
This guy actually dared to come up to the main hall and show off his cleverness. Yao Ji couldn't help but chuckle and asked: "If Wu Aiqing is like this, what use will the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Jin Yiwei have in the future? Ask him what he is eating at night. Isn’t food enough? Since Wu Aiqing is so loyal, I have to ask Wu Aiqing what he had for dinner three days before going to court? Tell me, I am here to listen!"
Xue Guoguan is the chief minister of the imperial court, a first-rank official. Even if he wants to deal with it, it will not be your turn as a fifth-rank official. If he wants to take the opportunity to rise to the top, you must have the appearance and figure of a young man, otherwise who is special? What do you care about?
Promote the ugly? I'm sorry, I already have one. It's disgusting to have him around. I'm planning to get rid of it sometime. If you think you can, you can bury him with him at any time!
Don't say you have no evidence, even if you have evidence, I can ignore it!
In this dynasty, the only one who can make a fair decision is me, hahahaha...
Wu Changshi was instantly choked and speechless. According to what the prince said, didn't he want to ask Xue Guoguan? How could he turn to ask himself? What should we do?
When Zhou Zuo of Shang Dynasty saw Wu Chang, he was questioned by the prince. He felt unhappy and had to go into battle in person: "Your Highness governs with integrity. Everyone in the world has witnessed it and applauded His Highness. Now someone is impeaching officials in the DPRK. If we don't investigate, Then rumors will inevitably arise, which will damage His Highness’s prestige, or may involve His Highness’s goal of reviving the Ming Dynasty!”
Since Wu Changshi's trick didn't work, Shang Zhouzuo planned to encourage the young prince by instigating him. If Xue Guoguan dared to stand on the wrong team, he would have to pay a heavy price for it.
This person had really sinister intentions, so Yao Ji confronted him and said, "According to what I said, if someone impeaches someone, you have to go and search it? If someone impeaches the same person again in a few days, do you need to send someone to search again? Jin Yiwei Aren't you being manipulated by people with ulterior motives? By the way, Wu Aiqing, you haven't said what you ate for the past three nights yet? Tell me quickly, I'm still waiting to hear!"
In this country, I have the final say on who should be copied and who should not be copied.
Anyone who dares to borrow my methods to command me is committing arrogance!
Don't use your reputation to kidnap me, it's useless!
I don’t care about reputation, and this thing can’t be cashed out!
The prince asked questions, but he kept silent because he had something in his heart. Wu Changshi could only reluctantly answer: "It has been too long, and I really can't remember it. I hope your highness will understand!"
When Shang Zhouzuo heard this answer from his fellow countryman, he suddenly felt cold. He guessed that the prince was deliberately protecting Xue Guoguan, not to mention punishing him, and he also understood that his efforts would be in vain.
Yaoji despised this guy in his heart. He even gave such a poor excuse and his acting skills were really bad: "That's weird. You have to let Xue Guoguan think about things that you can't even think of. I don't know you." What are you thinking in your head? How did you become this doctor? Zhenghua, send someone to Wu Aiqing's house to ask, help Wu Aiqing think carefully about the recipes for these nights! By the way, help Wu Aiqing order some belongings, if He is truly an upright official, so I can let go of the past! If not, go and accompany Chen Biqian, Li Juesi and the rest! I will also take a look at the wealth of the fifth-rank officials in the imperial court, and see if they can claim to be incorruptible!"
Fang Zhenghua, the admiral of the East Factory, immediately understood what the prince meant. "Digging the property" meant to ransack the property.
According to the prince's behavior in the past two days, if Wu Changshi was really an upright official, he would have been appointed to the official position at the court meeting.
Nine times out of ten, the men will be able to bring back boxes of silver, as well as countless antiques, calligraphy and paintings, jewelry, and jewelry.
Based on yesterday's experience and lessons, the Dongchang and Jinyiwei sects who went to search their homes today all carried "professional tools" such as firecrackers, bows and arrows, shovels, iron picks, and sledgehammers.
If the opponent is stubborn, you can call for artillery support at any time.
In short, the house can be demolished, the cellar can be dug, and all the stolen goods must be searched out, and no living person can be allowed to escape.
Upon hearing the order to confiscate his home, Wu Changshi was stunned for a few seconds. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy with tears in his eyes: "Your Highness, I absolutely cannot do this. I am acting out of pure sincerity..."
