Meng Ren, the doctor, was already thinking about killing him head-on. He couldn't figure out how a mere transfer order from the county magistrate could alarm His Majesty!
The chief officer Xu Shi's face was ashen and he was trembling.
It was common for King Dianshi to be like this. Instead, he relaxed. He was just a clerk who was cheating, and he did not participate in the doctor or chief officer's second cheating. His Majesty's conviction would not cut off his head.
"Your Majesty, this, this..."
Meng Ren hesitated, not knowing how to explain.
Wu Lin, the Minister of Rites, came out, looked at Meng Ren, with an angry look on his face, and shouted sternly: "Mr. Meng, you have been in the Ministry of Personnel for many years, so you should know how to do things. The headquarters is responsible for the selection and appointment of officials. Promotions and demotions are subject to examination. Merit assessment. Gu Zhengchen was appointed magistrate of Jurong County by the headquarters. He had no experience in taking office and had never taken a merit examination. Why was he suddenly transferred to Yangjiang County Magistrate? Without going through the headquarters and the merit examination department, how could the Si Xunbu transfer official duties? Such an arrogance. One item is enough to convict you! Why don’t you actually bring it upon yourself!”
Meng Ren didn't dare to hide anything. He put his head on the floor and confessed in fear: "Yes, it was done by the minister, Li Sidi, on the instructions of the minister. He said, said..."
"say what?!"
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the table.
Meng Ren broke into a cold sweat: "It is said that Gu Zhengchen offended Chen Ning, the imperial censor."
Zhu Yuanzhang's cheeks moved slightly, and the corner of his mouth was cold: "Chen Ning? Haha, okay, a magistrate who has not even been appointed as an official has offended the official of the Yushitai! Who is the censor who went to the Si Xunbu?"
"Chen Shiju."
Meng Ren said frankly.
Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his sleeves: "Pass on Li Sidi, Chen Ning, and Chen Shiju!"
Chen Ning and Li Sidi were in Zhongcheng and entered the palace soon.
Chen Shiju was outside the city and knelt in the hall for nearly half an hour.
During this time, Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his head to deal with government affairs, Zhu Biao and Mu Ying stood silent, and Wu Lin and Zhan Tong did not dare to breathe heavily.
Chen Ning and Li Sidi didn't know the reason, but the emperor didn't say anything and could only kneel.
Knee pain.
When Chen Shiju arrived, Zhu Yuanzhang put down his writing brush and looked at Chen Ning majestically: "I heard that a county magistrate named Gu Zhengchen offended Dr. Chen Yushi. You ordered Chen Shiju to go to Si Xunbu, together with Li Sidi, a doctor in the official department, to kill Gu Zhengchen. From Jurong County Magistrate to Yangjiang County Magistrate, what I said may be wrong."
Chen Ning, Li Sidi, and Chen Shiju were shocked.
Such a trivial matter was just a drop of water flowing into the river without even a splash. Why did it alarm the emperor?
Chen Ning looked at Mu Ying aside and gritted his teeth secretly. Needless to say, this person must be the one to complain! Mu Ying, is it worth it for you to delay His Majesty from handling government affairs and resting for an inconspicuous person?
Just wait and see, I’ll settle the score with you later!
Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "If you listen to both, you will be enlightened, if you listen to one side, you will be dark. I will not believe one-sided words, so tell me."
Chen Ning raised his head slightly and shouted: "Your Majesty, I didn't know about this!"
"I don't know?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were cold.
Chen Ning said sternly: "Today in the morning at court, His Majesty mentioned that eating is the key to governing the country. I was so stupid that I didn't understand it for a while. Only when I was hungry and empty did I finally realize that everyone in the court should work together to solve the people's feeding problem. Only in this way can people be diligent in farming and be content with farming.”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly: "So, this matter has nothing to do with you?"
Chen Ning shouted loudly: "It has nothing to do with me."
"You don't know either?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
Chen Ning replied calmly: "I don't know anything about it. Maybe it was done by the supervisory censor Chen Shiju. I heard that he went to find out who proposed eating as the outline of governing the country. It caused him to have nothing to eat, or it was out of selfish anger. Resentful, and now I want to take revenge."
Chen Shiju looked at Chen Ning, my imperial censor, I am loyal to you, how could you sell me?
Zhu Yuanzhang moved his eyes away from Chen Ning and looked at Chen Shiju: "So, Chen Yushi is very powerful and can command the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Minister Li, are you an official of the Ministry of Personnel or the official of the Yushitai? I don’t remember that the Ministry of Civil Affairs needs servants to supervise the censor, Wu Shangshu and Zhan Shangshu, have I ever issued such a decree?"
Wu Lin and Zhan Tong knelt down quickly: "There is no such intention."
"Li Sidi, what can you say?"
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and walked out from behind the desk.
Li Sidi gritted his teeth. Now that Chen Ning has sold Chen Shiju, he has also sold himself. How could a small supervisory censor be able to command him?
Chen Ning made it clear that he did not admit it, but when doing things, Chen Shiju made it clear that this was Chen Ning's intention and also Hu Xiang's intention!
Damn it, who dares to get along with Chen Papi, who dares to offend Hu Xiang!
But after all, I still underestimated these old foxes. I only listened to Chen Shiju talking to himself and didn't let him leave any evidence. Now that Chen Ning was bitten, he couldn't admit it.
Li Sidi lowered his head and said after a long time: "I am guilty!"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed out loud, his voice clashing in the hall, giving people a strong sense of oppression, followed by a deep voice: "A seventh-rank censor, a third-rank minister, and a sixth-rank chief minister, you are quite powerful, just because I asked you to skip one meal. If you are hungry, I want to send the person who proposed that eating is the outline of governing the country to feed the fish in Yangjiang, Guangdong! Chen Shiju and Li Sidi, it is my order not to let you eat. You don’t hold any grudge against me, but have you ever thought about letting me go to Huangjue Temple to eat fast and chant sutras?”
Chen Shiju and Li Sidi were trembling all over and begged for mercy.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Chen Ning and said word by word: "Chen Shiju took personal revenge and acted arbitrarily. The staff is eighty. He was sent to Yangjiang, Guangdong to serve as a historian. Li Sidi did not abide by his duties and used the official title to retaliate against private interests. The staff is At eighty, he was sent to Yangjiang, Guangdong to serve as county magistrate. Dr. Chen Yushi, what do you think?"
Chen Ning quickly replied: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, and without looking at Chen Shiju and Li Sidi who were kowtowing to express gratitude, he said to the doctor Meng Ren, the director Xu Shi, and the Dianshi Wang Chang: "Mr. Meng knows that he is wrong and has done something wrong. I thought you were ordered by others to receive forty sticks! Xu!" Shi, get thirty sticks. Wang Chang... you can be exempted. As for this official certificate, you can take it back and speculate on how to write it!"
Meng Ren, Xu Shi and Wang often kowtowed to express their gratitude.
Zhu Biao did not intercede for these people, but just watched them leave coldly.
Zhu Yuanzhang walked back to Long'an and sat down. He looked at Chen Ning who was kneeling and refused to leave, and raised his eyebrows: "Is there anything else?"
Chen Ning kowtowed and said in a deep voice: "I don't know whether to speak or not."
"Heh, is there anything else you shouldn't talk about? Tell me."
Zhu Yuanzhang spoke indifferently.
Chen Ning glanced at Mu Ying and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, I heard that Gu Zhengchen is a civil servant, but he lives in the Mu Mansion. He is very close to Governor Mu and seems to be clinging to him and trying to flatter him. , please give your Majesty a clear decision!"
When Mu Ying heard this, she opened the corners of her mouth slightly and cursed softly: "Damn it!"
The voice was so soft that no one except Zhu Biao heard it.
Zhu Biao glanced at Mu Ying and was filled with envy. He is better as a military general. He can curse freely. I also want to greet Chen Ning and his family, but I can't find the right words...
I don't know what my father likes about Chen Ning. He is a petty person who will retaliate for his anger and his methods are vicious. Not long after he took office in Suzhou, he was nicknamed "Chen Laotie" by the people. Without checking, he knew that Chen Ning was the instigator of today's incident, but his father just let him go and did not pursue the matter in depth!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Mu Ying: "If someone impeaches you, don't you know what to say?"
Mu Ying came out, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, what Dr. Chen Yushi said is absolutely correct and there is no need to defend it."
Chen Ning's pupils suddenly condensed and he looked at Mu Ying. I don't know why he admitted so frankly that this was not to give someone a hand. If so, don't blame me for taking advantage of the situation to pursue him!
Just when Chen Ning was about to speak, Mu Ying spoke again: "My son Mu Chun is indeed imitating Gu Zhengchen's knowledge and is trying to flatter him. He has given out gifts several times and wants to study planning under Gu Zhengchen. But they were all rejected by Gu Zhengchen. Dr. Chen Yushi has sharp ears and eyes, and knows a lot about the affairs of the Prince's Mansion and Mu's Mansion. I wonder if there is any way to get my son to become a disciple?"
Chen Ning had a look of fear on his face.
The so-called sharp eyes and ears, knowing a lot about the affairs of the Prince's Mansion and Mu's Mansion, aren't they telling Zhu Yuanzhang that he has many subordinates, not only has insiders in Mu's Mansion, but also has people planted in the Prince's Mansion?
Mu Ying is not a rough person, his counterattack is so sharp and terrifying!
If I go, won’t this cost me my life?
Zhu Biao's face was gloomy.
That's right, it's time for the Prince's Mansion to be reorganized. When my father mentioned to the officials that eating was the key to governing the country, he didn't mention Gu Zhengchen's name, but the Censor's Office soon found out about Gu Zhengchen.
Obviously, the people in the Prince's Mansion are a bit talkative!
These people are really messing around. They just tell His Majesty what happened in the East Palace, but they dare to tell outsiders! In the past, if something happened in the East Palace, wouldn't it be known to the Yushitai? Then every move of his would be exposed to their eyes?
You are not my father and you are also staring at me?
Zhu Biao shook his fist!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Chen Ning with amusement in his eyes.
If you want to bully Gu Zhengchen, then bully Gu Zhengchen. If you bring Mu Ying along with you, that's too much. Mu Ying is my son!
Chen Ning lowered his head and broke into a cold sweat: "I also heard about the incident..."
"enough!"
Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Chen Ning and said sternly: "Gu Zhengchen lives in Mu Mansion. It was arranged by me. If you want to impeach Gu Zhengchen for forming a party and clinging to powerful people, then write a memorial and let me see how you do it." Impeach him! Go down."
Chen Ning was shocked.
Did His Majesty arrange it?
Does Your Majesty know Gu Zhengchen?
Chen Ning wanted to give himself a slap in the face. If Zhu Yuanzhang didn't agree with Gu Zhengchen's statement that eating was the outline of governing the country, how could he bring it up to the court?
Without Zhu Yuanzhang's permission and nod, how could Gu Zhengchen enter the East Palace and talk with the prince while admiring the moon?
Without Zhu Yuanzhang's tacit approval, how could Gu Zhengchen and Mu Ying be so close?
Damn it!
I actually ignored so much!
Gu Zhengchen didn’t have much background or background, but he knew Zhu Yuanzhang and his two sons!
Outside the Huagai Palace.
Looking at Chen Ning who was staggering, Mu Ying took two steps to catch up and said coldly: "Doctor Chen Yushi, the next time you hear something is going on, at least check the direction of the wind..."
