After hearing what the housekeeper said, Zheng Qingzhi realized that someone was harming him.
In this way, Shi Miyuan's reaction can be explained.
Shi Miyuan must have believed the rumors, which made Zheng Qingzhi shudder.
He had worked under Shi Miyuan for many years, so he naturally knew the terror of this powerful official.
Over the years, none of the ministers who impeached him had a good ending. He even forced Prince Ningzong to death.
Now that Shi Miyuan thinks that he has betrayed him, why not kill himself?
He asked Li Zhixiao to join Zhongshu Province in order to replace him with Li Zhixiao and then kick him out of the court.
Thinking of this, Zheng Qingzhi wanted to curse.
He had endured the humiliation and endured the heavy burden by Shi Miyuan's side and had been a good wife for so many years just to gain Shi Miyuan's trust, but now it was all over.
"Who on earth is so wicked and ruins my plans!" Zheng Qingzhi really hated those who spread rumors.
"It must be Li Zhixiao, that beast!" Zheng Qingzhi did not doubt Zhao Tai, because the two had not even met until now. The first person he thought of was Li Zhixiao, who was about to enter Zhongshu Province.
Zheng Qingzhi gritted his teeth, "This guy has wanted to enter Zhongshu Province for a long time. He must be harming me!"
Thinking of this, Zheng Qingzhi gritted his teeth. He walked quickly back to the study and started writing a memorial.
He has been in the History Party for many years, and he knows a lot about the internal affairs of the History Party.
That Li Zhixiao actually resorted to such despicable means, he decided to reveal his dirty information and impeach Li Zhixiao tomorrow.
This is not only revenge, but also tells Shi Miyuan that it is Li Zhixiao who is harming him.
Early the next morning, Zheng Qingzhi, who had not slept all night, cheered up and went to court with the memorial in his sleeve.
"If you have something to do, go to court, if nothing comes of it, leave the court!" In front of the emperor, the chamberlain sang loudly.
Zheng Qing put his hands into his sleeves, and just as he was about to leave the class to participate in the performance, he heard an admonishment official come out, "I am impeaching Zheng Qingzhi, the political advisor, for embezzling public funds!"
Zheng Qingzhi's eyes were shocked, and he saw another person coming out of the job, "Your Majesty, I am impeaching Zheng Qingzhi. He claims to be incorruptible, but he looks at erotic pictures in Zhongshu Province, often goes to brothels, and has affairs with many girls from brothels!"
Before Zheng Qingzhi's memorial was released, there were calls for impeachment in the court. The content was either that he had taken bribes or that he had problems with his style. Not only did he engage in prostitution, but he also read pornographic books at work.
In the first year of Jiading, that is, 1208, after Zhu Xi and others were rehabilitated by the Song court, Neo-Confucianism gradually became the prominent school of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty was one of the dynasties that explicitly banned prostitution by officials, but when it was implemented, it was not so strict. People who prostituted in private were basically unsupervised.
After all, it was rumored among the people that the emperor of the Song Dynasty also visited prostitutes, but this was tacitly acknowledged and would not be mentioned on the table. But now that it is mentioned, the situation is different.
Zheng Qingzhi, as a counselor in political affairs and deputy prime minister of the imperial court, had no problem doing it quietly in private. But now that he was found to be a prostitute and he revealed it in court, it became a big problem.
After all, Neo-Confucianism is now popular, and public opinion is bound to be in an uproar.
Shi Miyuan has been in power for so many years and has extremely rich fighting experience. Before Zheng Qingzhi opened his mouth, he was overwhelmed by the impeachment of the Shi Party.
At this time, he was stunned again. He had black information in his hand and had no chance to speak.
With so many people impeaching him, Shi Miyuan has already taken the lead. If he opens his mouth again, he will be regarded as a dog jumping over the wall and biting people indiscriminately.
Zhao Yun was a little at a loss when he heard hundreds of officials besieging Zheng Qingzhi, "Zheng Aiqing, please explain!"
Although most of Zheng Qingzhi's refusal to argue and the participation of hundreds of officials were just myths, some of them were real.
Zheng Qingzhi could only salute hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged!"
Zheng Qingzhi was also one of the heroes who supported Zhao Yun. Although Zhao Yun did not favor him as much as Shi Miyuan, he still fell in love with his old love. He looked at the excited officials and could only say in a deep voice: "Go back and write a memorial to yourself. Debian, before that, don’t go back to Zhongshu Province!”
After finishing speaking, Zhao Yun stood up and left his seat, and the chamberlain immediately sang: "Retreat from the court!"
All the officials exited the hall. Zheng Qingzhi was stuck in the hall as if struck by lightning, knowing that he had been completely abandoned by Shi Miyuan.
Zheng Qingzhi walked out of the hall in despair. When he crossed the threshold, he accidentally fell down and no one guarded him at the door to help him.
Everyone is aware of the current situation. Yesterday, Xianggong Shi asked Li Zhixiao to enter Zhongshu. Today, hundreds of officials attacked Zheng Qingzhi, which means that Zheng Qingzhi will soon be kicked out of Zhongshu by Xianggong Shi.
At that time, it would be better to be demoted from the court, but I am afraid that I will be exiled thousands of miles away and kill him on the road.
The Song Dynasty generally did not kill scholar-officials, but there were still many methods to torture people to death.
Now everyone knows that Zheng Qingzhi offended Shi Xiang, so no one dared to get close to him for fear of being implicated and punished.
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The news that Li Zhixiao was promoted to Zhongshu and that Zheng Qingzhi was played by hundreds of officials spread quickly in Lin'an City.
At this time, near Taixue, where the political atmosphere was relatively strong, students were discussing the matter in a niche.
"Have you heard? Zheng Shenzheng was impeached by hundreds of officials today!"
"Why haven't I heard about it? She was said to be a prostitute, and it was revealed that she was looking at pornographic pictures in Zhongshu Province!"
"If this were true, wouldn't Zheng's political reputation be discredited?"
"This must be a frame-up by a traitor who wants to drive Zheng Shenzheng out of the court!"
"Yes! I heard two days ago that Zheng participated in politics and ordered Li Yushi to die for remonstrance. It must be this matter that made the traitor angry!"
Zhao Tai pretended to be a scholar, sat in the wine shop, listened to the students' discussions, and roughly understood what happened in the court.
He listened to the discussion and smiled, "Zheng Qingzhi, if you don't want to fight Shi Miyuan, I will force you to fight him. Now that you are forced into a corner, I will see if there is any blood in you. If you If you don’t dare to resist now, then I’ve misjudged you!”
Thinking of this, Zhao Tai felt that the time had come, so he said to Chengde: "Let's go back!"
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When Zheng Qingzhi returned to the mansion, he didn't even eat, so he locked himself in the study.
He didn't expect that he would be suddenly abandoned by Shi Miyuan just as he was about to succeed after so many years of forbearance.
He has followed Shi Miyuan for many years and knows Shi Miyuan's methods. Once he takes action against him, he will not give him a chance to stand up.
After Shi Miyuan asked Li Zhixiao to become Zhongshu, Zheng Qingzhi still had some illusions, and he was only going to play Li Zhixiao today, but he didn't expect that before he could open his mouth, he was greeted by Shi Hongyuan's fierce attack.
At this time, Zheng Qingzhi couldn't help but regret. For all these years, Shi Miyuan had excluded dissidents, and he had always sat idly by and watched as loyal ministers were kicked out of the court by Shi Miyuan.
Now that it was his turn, he realized that there was no one in the court who could help him, and he could not avoid the fate of being purged.
In this situation, if he resisted forcefully, he would probably be attacked even more violently. If he wanted to protect himself, he would probably have to admit defeat and surrender, and perhaps save his life.
At this time, when Zheng Qingzhi was thinking wildly, a burst of hurried footsteps broke his thoughts, and he remembered the butler's knock on the door, "My lord, the visitor came outside the house again that day and insisted on seeing my lord!"
