Then he followed up with a lot of inferences and prospects! And after him, several officials of the same level came out one after another and began to attack Liu Haojia. In the end, their appearance made him relieved! Because the direction of these people's attacks was obviously focused on his imprisoning the scholar!
In fact, in Liu Haojia's view, if these people focused their attacks on the salt policy, he would have almost no chance of winning! Because based on the number of people, the other party has an absolute advantage! And sometimes the direction of things in the DPRK is judged by the number of people, rather than by whether things are right or wrong!
Just like when the canal was built in the Song Dynasty, everyone knew that the canal could not be built because the terrain was high in the east and low in the west. The built canal would only cause river water to flow back, but it was built anyway! It's because those who advocate building the canal are the majority in the court! And among these people are all the prostitutes of the imperial court!
When Liu Haojia intervened in the salt administration, he offended many officials, and these officials were inextricably linked to the salt merchants! Even if there is no contact between them, I'm afraid they don't want Liu Haojia to interfere in the salt policy!
Because for these ***, stability is overriding! As long as the court and the people remain stable, they will be able to control everything and safeguard their interests! Only when changes occur, they must allocate extra energy to deal with such changes! So sometimes even if they know that a certain policy is good for the country and the people, they may not do it!
What's more, lowering the price of salt is such a big deal and an honor that will go down in history. How can such an honor be accomplished by a noble person! So even if this matter is beneficial to the country, it must be turned into a disadvantage, and then Liu Haojia is removed from it, and then they can complete it!
So once Liu Haojia faces these people, he really has no chance of winning! If these people stood together in the center of the hall and shouted to Emperor Wanli: "Your Majesty, please make a decision!" Emperor Wanli would most likely give up on Liu Haojia!
This is not to say that Emperor Wanli does not understand the truth, but because he cannot reverse the trend! When so many court officials are against him, as an emperor, you have to give way! Especially when the entire civil service group has the power to subvert the imperial power, he must be careful! Even if some people are sacrificed, the stability of the imperial power must be exchanged! So this is not about Emperor Wanli himself, but because his position requires him to do this! Read the book
After these people went out to publish the impeachment article, the nobles who supported Liu Haojia had a symbolic debate with them and then retreated. Because the people who just impeached Liu Haojia were all low-level civil servants, the people who were against them were also nobles from relatively small families.
This is the default unspoken rule in the imperial court, soldiers against soldiers, against generals! However, this rule is not based on official position, but on the actual amount of power one holds!
For example, Liu Haojia was just a marquis, but he had an actual fiefdom and was deeply trusted by Emperor Wanli. He was also the commander of Qianhu Jinyiwei, the commander of the Wu'an Army, the actual controller of Tianjin, the protector of maritime merchants, and was once the commander of the navy. , so the power he actually holds is very large, and he can be regarded as a wealthy family at the level of a prince!
Therefore, the civil servants also followed the rules and first sent low-level civil servants to come forward, and then Liu Haojia sent nobles from small families to resist. But when the people who came forward from the civil service were promoted, these nobles returned to the class. But those old nobles have no intention of coming forward. This is because the Liu family has insufficient background and cannot invite them for the time being.
Since Xungui didn't come forward, Emperor Wanli took on the responsibility of making peace with Xini! He insisted that he would discuss the matter after investigation. And when these people faced Emperor Wanli, they started arguing without fear!
Just when the smell of gunpowder between the two sides was getting stronger, another person came out of the class and said, "Why does Dongchang need to intervene in such a matter? Wu Ninghou is in the class now, why not ask him to come out and find out!"
Liu Haojia raised his eyes and recognized this person as He Jinsong, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites! When Liu Haojia saw him appear, he knew that a heavyweight boss had appeared today! And he knew very well that this person belonged to Zhang Siwei. It seemed that Zhang Siwei was probably the one who advocated dealing with him this time!
But he didn't understand why Zhang Siwei was trying so hard to deal with him? But he understood the reason after a little thought.
Shanxi is Zhang Siwei's hometown, so the Zhang family is naturally very powerful! In this case, they will naturally get involved in the salt industry! Maybe this time Liu Haojia took action and caused the Zhang family a lot of losses! Moreover, after Qi Jiguang took control of Datong Town, he used thunderous means to liquidate a group of smugglers with less than profound backgrounds, which shocked many people! It is estimated that the Zhang family has suffered a lot in this regard! Probably Zhang Siwei wanted to make up for the losses from him!
Moreover, Zhang Siwei has been coveting the position of chief assistant for a long time. If he can intervene in the salt policy and use Liu Haojia's existing layout, he can really drive down the price of salt in Shanxi and its surrounding areas! Coming here is a huge achievement, and it is a huge help for him to ascend to the throne of chief minister!
At this time, Emperor Wanli couldn't bear it any longer, so he wiped his sweat and said, "Does Liu Aiqing have anything to say?" "
After hearing this, Liu Haojia went out to salute and said, "I have nothing to say! They said that I imprisoned and beat the scholars, which I never did. Now they are slandering me!"
His words immediately caused a commotion among the officials, and everyone accused him of lying! And He Jinsong sneered and said: "Why should Wu Ninghou make false claims! Yesterday evening, fifty-two scholars rushed to the gate of the Hou Mansion to ask the Marquis about the salt policy. As a result, Wu Ninghou directly instigated him without saying a word. The servants beat up the scholars and took them into the mansion! I'm afraid there are hundreds of people who saw this. This is not something you can get away with without admitting it!"
Liu Haojia said calmly: "You said that hundreds of people could see me imprisoning and beating the scholars, but I can also find hundreds of people to prove that I went back directly to my hometown yesterday and never met the scholars, let alone You imprisoned them, you are slandering!"
He Jinsong sneered and said: "Slander? I'm afraid it's not slander! Wu Ninghou, you can't cover up the evil things you have done! Wu Ninghou, I would like to ask you if you have done anything to the scholars. Tortured severely, and the methods were extremely cruel?"
As soon as he said this, the whole hall fell silent, and then a huge noise broke out! All the civil servants looked at Liu Haojia in disbelief! Some of them looked quite regretful, because they are neutral people! As for the officials who were hostile to him, they were ecstatic!
