Seeing Zhang Siwei accepting the apology, all the officials around him breathed a sigh of relief! This means that there is room for relief. Since Wu Ninghou’s false accusation against us was impulsive, then our false accusation is probably nothing!
But at this moment, Zhang Juzheng said with a straight face: "Those who are going to impeach Marquis Wu Ning today, except the censor, should all go up and resign on their own initiative!"
When these words came out, not only the officials were shocked, but even Zhang Siwei's eyes widened! Why did Liu Haojia get nothing wrong when he falsely accused me? If my subordinates falsely accuse him, he will resign on his own initiative!
This is when someone shouted loudly: "Lord, the capital, let them go for nothing? Those who make false accusations will be punished, and those who make false accusations will be punished with a third degree! All of these people who made false accusations should be dismissed from office and have their homes confiscated. Why? Let them go in vain?"
Liu Haojia couldn't help but nod secretly when he heard this. This man came with a great assist! So he looked up and saw Xu Xigao looking at him with a smile. It seemed that he said this intentionally, which showed that Xu Xigao was also a truly smart man!
After Xu Xigao's words came out, a large number of nobles followed and made noises! For a time, the hall was filled with the triumphant shouts of these honorable nobles! But this shout also reminded the civil servants! If according to Liu Haojia's statement, none of these people will end well! Now that the adults in the capital have asked them to resign on their own, not only can their reputations be preserved, but they will also become prominent officials after returning to their hometown!
But if they don't agree, Liu Haojia and Zhang Juzheng are really annoyed, and they really deal with it as if they were civil servants, and their entire family will be wiped out! At least according to Zhang Juzheng's approach, they will still have a chance to make a comeback in the future!
But there are always some dissatisfied officials, such as Peng Jianbin! But just when he was about to leave work to speak, he suddenly saw the greedy look in the eyes of his subordinates, and he couldn't help but shudder instantly!
Because this look is so familiar to them! They have this expression and this look when they see official positions or other things that are in their own interests!
They immediately understood that if they resigned, someone would naturally have the opportunity to take over the vacant position! If he persists and causes trouble, not to mention how Liu Haojia and Zhang Juzheng will embarrass them, these subordinates alone will not let them go!
I'm afraid that as soon as the morning session is over, the news that I falsely accused others but was discovered will spread all over the world! And under the thumb of thousands of people, it will no longer be something that can be solved by just resigning on your own! So the official couldn't help but glared at his subordinate fiercely! What chilled him was that his usually obedient subordinate looked at him with a cold expression!
Peng Jianbin, who felt cold in his heart, knew that he had to make a choice now! So a moment later, with everyone watching, he left work and knelt on the ground, saying in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, please beg for the bones!"
After Peng Jianbin spoke, the entire hall was silent for a while, and then one after another someone said the same sentence in a sad, angry, or dissatisfied tone: "Your Majesty, please beg for the bones!"
As they resigned one by one, the atmosphere in the hall took a very strange direction! This is mixed with the sadness, anger and unwillingness of those who resigned, and mixed with the gloating on the part of the nobles! And the joy of those censors who survived the disaster! But what’s more is the officials’ excitement!
Because there were almost fifty people who impeached Liu Haojia just now. Excluding more than ten censors, there are still more than thirty people who have resigned. Their vacated positions must be filled by someone, and the people who fill the vacancies will be left vacant. For people at the next level, this is simply a feast for those civil servants! .
At this time, Emperor Wanli had woken up from his surprise. After observing Zhang Juzheng carefully, he said slowly: "I, um, everyone, dear friends, you have worked hard for state affairs! Thank you for your hard work! This time, I can go back to my hometown for a leisurely trip. Izumi is also a good thing! By the way, the reward will be doubled! You go down!"
So these thirty or so people kowtowed and thanked each other with sadness in their hearts, and then helped each other out of the hall. The nobles looked at them as if they were victors, while the eyes of the civil servants were much more complicated!
But at this time, Zhang Siwei was furious and frightened! But he can't speak! Because he did not have enough strength to overturn Zhang Juzheng's decision, which would be tantamount to breaking up with Zhang Juzheng.
The price is something he can't afford!
The other one is his resentment towards Zhang Juzheng! He originally thought that as long as these people apologized honestly, just like Liu Haojia apologized to him, they could at most get away with some compensation! But unexpectedly, Zhang Juzheng slashed him with a knife!
These people are all important personnel under him! This time his power has shrunk by at least half! Moreover, Zhang Juzheng did it in the name of correcting the atmosphere of the court, leaving him no room to refute! So after much thought, he could only remain silent even though his teeth were almost bleeding from the bite!
He also knew that after this incident, his status in the hearts of his subordinates might be shaken a lot! But there is nothing that can be done about it, but fortunately, he is the second assistant in the cabinet, and there are many people who are willing to join him! As long as he patiently wins over, he will eventually regain his momentum!
At this time, Zhang Juzheng said to the censors: "Although you censors have the right to report rumors, you should not go too far! If you want to impeach someone, you must have some evidence! Otherwise, you will misunderstand the real people. Minister, isn’t this a loss to the country!”
At this time, the censors finally knew that they were completely fine, and they secretly breathed a sigh of relief! In fact, these censors knew that nothing would happen to them, because most of the censors in the Inspectorate were Zhang Juzheng's people! Even if you are not his person, you still have to look at his face when doing things!
Because as the chief minister of the cabinet, the first thing Zhang Juzheng must control is the Inspectorate! Only by mastering the Inspectorate can we advance and retreat freely and deter officials who do not cooperate with us! After all, reform will touch the interests of many people, so there must be opponents!
If such an opponent cannot be persuaded or bribed, then simply kill him through the censor! Anyway, Zhang Juzheng is very good at making false accusations!
Then Zhang Juzheng gave a long speech, the theme of which was that officials at all levels should rely on their own abilities to work seriously for the court to get promotions, instead of relying on false accusations to eliminate opponents! This kind of thing will never work! As court officials, we naturally have to set an example for the people, so if anything like this happens again, we will be severely punished!
