Liu Haojia sneered and said, "Mr. Zhang Ge, I didn't see you say anything when the officials were making things difficult for me just now, so I don't care!"
After speaking, Liu Haojia immediately said to Emperor Wanli: "Your Majesty, I am here to formally impeach those people whose names I just named! Impeach these people for being corrupt and perverting the law, buying and selling positions, and accepting bribes..."
Liu Haojia charged everyone with more than a dozen charges in one go. Basically, he included all the charges commonly used in officialdom that he could remember! Finally, he said loudly: "I ask your Majesty to remove these people from office and put them in jail, and to investigate them strictly with guards in royal robes! If they did not do what I impeached, they will naturally be reinstated! If there are any charges..."
When Liu Haojia said these words, all the officials, including Emperor Wanli, were shocked! Especially the civil servants were all dizzy! It’s not that I haven’t seen impeachers before, they are veterans in this industry! But there must be procedures for impeaching people, how could it be so random!
If civil servants want to impeach someone, they must first build momentum! In other words, they have to hire people to spread rumors in the market about what happened to a certain person, almost to the point where everyone knows about it. This is only the first step!
Then we have to negotiate terms with the censors and agree on a price based on the level of the impeached person, the charges of impeachment and the severity of the wording! After the price is negotiated, the censor will use his advantage of hearing about the matter to issue a bullet! This is the second step.
Then it’s tandem! The person who is impeaching must connect a group of people with common interests, or simply bribe a group of people, and appear as the main attacker after the censor sends the bullet. This is the third step!
At this time, the other party will naturally not sit still and wait for death, and will definitely recruit some allies to defend themselves or oppose impeachment! At this time, it depends on the ability of each person to debate. This is the fourth step.
When everyone debates in the main hall until there is no point in arguing, the intermediary who has contacted in advance will come forward to contact both parties and bring them together to sit down and talk. So both parties put their needs on the table and made it clear what they should pay and what they could get. Finally, an agreement is reached after mediation. This is the fifth step.
When the two parties have reached an agreement, the middle party will come forward to mediate during the mutual debate, and finally reach an agreement in front of the officials, and then disperse. This is the last step!
Moreover, when both parties impeach each other, they will not use overly harsh words or accusations, so as to leave room for eventual reconciliation. And for a person like Liu Haojia to accuse a large group of people of crimes that are enough to decapitate them, this is simply a non-stop rhythm! So everyone was shocked by what he did!
But Liu Haojia wasn't over yet. At this point, he chuckled twice and turned around and said to everyone: "I am a guard of thousands of households, and I have the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials! Therefore, it is only fair and just for me to impeach you!" But you are all decent people, so I won’t let anyone go to the palace to pick up anyone right now! When the morning court is over later, I’ll trouble you to follow the royal guards!”
When Liu Haojia said this long string of words, the stunned officials finally came to their senses. There was a burst of noise at that time! For a while, there were endless accusations, and some even yelled!
Because how could they, how dare they let Liu Haojia take them away? Once they are taken away by the Jin Yiwei, based on what they did to Liu Haojia, Liu Haojia can charge them with any crime! If you still want to get out of the prison then, just dream about it!
At this time, Zhang Siwei was so surprised that he couldn't even speak! He has been an official for many years, and no one has ever dared to speak loudly in front of him! But now someone actually falsely accused dozens of officials in front of him. This was like throwing his face to the ground and stepping on it again and again!
So he gritted his teeth and said, "You are so good at Wu Ninghou! Since you are so ignorant, don't blame me..."
Just when he said this, Liu Haojia said loudly: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Mr. Zhang Ge for buying and selling officials, accepting bribes, forming cliques for personal gain, cheating on imperial examinations, and embezzling millions of taels of river workers' silver! Everything I said is true. Your Majesty, please investigate closely!"
When Liu Haojia said these words, the whole hall suddenly fell into deathly silence! Everyone, including Emperor Wanli, had the same idea: Hou Wu Ning was crazy!
If he just impeached other ministers just to vent his anger, everyone would understand!
But now he has pointed the finger directly at Zhang Siwei, who is the deputy minister of the cabinet. This is not as simple as venting his anger! This is finding yourself an extremely powerful enemy!
In the silence, Liu Haojia cupped his hands to Zhang Siwei and said: "Mr. Zhang Ge, according to the rules of this dynasty, when Mr. Ge is impeached, he has to go home and stay behind closed doors. So after today's morning session, I ask Mr. Zhang to do it on his own." Go back home!"
At this time, Zhang Siwei was no longer angry at all! He was so angry that he calmed down and asked in a steady voice: "Hou Wu Ning, do you know what you are doing?"
Liu Haojia still looked polite and said: "Of course I know! I just discovered some people's illegal behavior and impeached them! Even if you are a cabinet minister, you can't break the law!"
Zhang Siwei shook his head and said in confusion: "You clearly know that you are framed by me, and you can't cause any damage to Liu's father at all, so why do you do this?"
Liu Haojia said seriously: "How can this be a frame-up? I am obviously here to impeach the offending minister with a heart for the country! And Mr. Zhang Ge, don't worry. When you go home to attend the meeting, I will Naturally, we will conduct a serious investigation and see if there is any report! If the evidence is conclusive, of course there will be nothing to say, and we will just deal with it according to the law! If it is confirmed that there is no impeachment, then I will personally hold a banquet to present Mr. Zhang Ge. Let’s toast to apologize! This is much more solemn than the lighthearted cupping of hands by those people just now!”
Xu Xigao, who had been silent at this time, clapped his hands and said: "In the past, we had fewer nobles and were not as good as those civil servants; and those civil servants were not as sharp in speaking and always failed to convince people. As a result, we were wronged countless times! Now we are better, and in the future If we see someone we don't like, we'll sue him. If we sue him right, he will be unlucky, and he will be dismissed from office and his house will be confiscated. If we make a mistake, we'll have to drink wine to make amends! It's no big deal!"
Upon hearing his words, the nobles immediately echoed loudly! Some are applauding, some are stamping their feet, and some are shouting wildly! The civil servants glared angrily and refuted loudly! For a moment, the hall was in chaos, with only Liu Haojia and Zhang Siwei still looking at each other calmly.
