As a result, as soon as he came out, he was startled by the dark figures in the hall! Even his efforts to speed up his pace paused! Because there are so many people, it is definitely comparable to a big tide party! This couldn't help but make him even more worried about Liu Haojia! But then he settled down after thinking about the news that Liu Haojia was sent to the palace again.
Then he sat firmly on the dragon throne and said loudly: "Everyone is harmonious!"
After the officials thanked each other, they all stood up and returned to their places. The eunuch on duty once again shouted loudly: "If you have the right to start a memorial, if you don't have the right to retreat!"
Before he finished speaking, someone shouted loudly: "I have this note!"
Liu Haojia followed the sound and found that there were more than a dozen people who were about to go out to work, but this person was one step ahead! It seems that these people feel that they are dead and can't wait to deal with them. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but reveal a sneer on his face!
Sure enough, as soon as this man left work, he loudly said: "I impeach Marquis Wu Ning for interfering in salt affairs without authorization, causing the price of salt to be unstable..."
What followed was a barrage of accusations. To Liu Haojia, these accusations simply confuse right and wrong, but they appear to be quite reasonable!
After this person finished reciting the memorial, before he could retreat, someone shouted loudly: "I have the memorial to start!"
Then someone came out with a memorial and loudly said: "Yesterday evening, there were fifty-two people, all of whom were well-known people, who wanted to debate the salt policy with Marquis Wu Ning! But Marquis Wu Ning was indiscriminate. He ordered his servants to beat his subordinates, and then took them into the house and imprisoned them..."
When this person finishes playing, the next one will immediately follow! More than 20 officials went out to impeach Liu Haojia! In their memorial, Liu Haojia has become a criminal who has been charged with a series of huge crimes such as specializing in special arts and crafts, intervening in the salt administration regardless of the laws of the Ming Dynasty, seriously disrupting the market, illegally beating and imprisoning Shunsong, blocking speech, etc.!
Moreover, everyone unanimously demanded that Emperor Wanli capture Liu Haojia on the spot, take away his position as marquis, and hand him over to Dali Temple for rigorous interrogation! According to them, if Emperor Wanli did not do this, he would not be a good emperor, the Ming Dynasty would be shaken, and the ancestors would be humiliated!
After hearing this bombardment, Liu Haojia felt like he deserved to die! And these people cited many historical examples to support their views. However, in Liu Haojia's view, these examples are very extreme examples, or taken out of context, which is completely nitpicking!
In addition, they made countless inferences, all of which were based on the belief that Liu Haojia was a bad guy who caused trouble in the country! So he must be guilty!
However, Liu Haojia had no intention of answering, and just stood steadily in the class. Because in his opinion, these people are simply cannon fodder pushed out for testing, or idiots trying to steal credit, and they are not worth dealing with now.
After the impeachment of these officials was completed, they stood in the center of the hall and said in unison to Emperor Wanli: "Your Majesty, please make a decision!"
Emperor Wanli rubbed his temples and said, "I am dizzy when I hear the various charges against Wu Ninghou by the ministers! Let's do this. I will send Dongchang to investigate, and if this is indeed the case, I will definitely punish him severely! So don't do it because of this. This matter has delayed the morning court, which beloved minister has other matters to report?"
Emperor Wanli's obvious protection was specifically requested by Liu Haojia in his second letter. Because he didn't want to have a premature confrontation with those low-level officials, he planned to teach those high-ranking officials a profound lesson. Otherwise, being remembered all the time would be a problem!
But these people were naturally dissatisfied when they heard Emperor Wanli's reply, and repeatedly asked him to reply immediately! However, Liu Haojia was not without allies. At this time, some of the nobles came out to debate with these officials, actively muddying the waters!
These nobles were all arranged by Liu Haojia through writing letters. They asked for nothing else. They only asked those low-level civil servants to come forward and they would keep an eye on them, delaying as much time as possible and disrupting the public hearing! At the same time, try your best to lead the matter to the aspect of imprisoning and beating scholars, and try to downplay the salt policy matter as much as possible!
Although these nobles didn't know Liu Haojia's purpose, they felt that Liu Haojia had clearly missed the point! Obviously we should downplay the imprisonment and beating of scholars and focus on the salt administration.
This way he still has a way to survive! But Liu Haojia just did the opposite. He really didn’t know what to say!
However, they have always been close to Liu Haojia, or they are too involved and have interests in each other. In addition, Liu Haojia repeatedly emphasized this request in his heart, so they had to step forward and follow Liu Haojia's script!
So they came forward to stir things up, but they defused the attacks of these low-level officials. At the same time, they also successfully highlighted the matter of imprisoning and beating scholars!
Liu Haojia was relieved to see someone coming to help! Although he lowered his head, he kept paying attention to the situation in the hall. Watching the two sides quarrel with each other, it turned a good morning into a wet market! So he felt that someone might be unable to restrain themselves and come forward!
Sure enough, during the debate between the two people, one person, Shi Shiran, left work! When people on both sides saw him coming forward, they knew their part had come, and they exchanged a few harsh words and went back to work.
Before everyone left, the man said loudly: "Why doesn't Your Majesty make a decision? What these colleagues are talking about is not a trivial matter. It must not be ignored!"
When Emperor Wanli heard this, he said displeasedly: "I said that I would send someone to intervene and I will naturally send someone to check. The guilt or innocence will be determined at that time."
Liu Haojia recognized this official. His name was Fu Changyuan. He was a member of the Ministry of Rites, and he was already considered a royal servant of the imperial court! Seeing him come forward, Liu Haojia nodded secretly with satisfaction, feeling that an official of this level was worthy of his action!
Of course, this also means that the early testing is over. They probably feel that Liu Haojia has no ability to fight back and just want to rely on the support of nobles to force through, so they all started to attack boldly!
I heard this Fu Changyuan say loudly: "Your Majesty, those scholars are the future pillars of our Ming Dynasty. They naturally have a heart to serve the country, so they went to Wu Ninghou to discuss the salt policy! But Wu Ninghou Arresting these scholars indiscriminately and imprisoning them in the palace is a major event that has never happened in the country! If there is another case of suing officials like this, won't all the channels of speech in the world be blocked! At that time, the court will not be able to listen. When the voices of the people are heard, power will inevitably be usurped by powerful women, and then..."
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