Chapter 85: Aboveboard

Yue Su's sharp words left Bai Yu speechless. However, the old guy also knew Lord Yue well and knew that Lord Yue would never agree easily. On the way from Beijing, Bai Yu was thinking about countermeasures.

Seeing that Yue Su had finished speaking, Bai Yu gritted his teeth and stopped crying, saying: "Sir, Bai Yu's wealth and life are nothing, but have you ever thought about it, when the case is really found out?

What kind of uproar will be caused, and how will your Excellency end it? There are no less than twenty officials who are dependent on Your Excellency, and they have all received benefits from Shanxi merchants. Their official positions vary, but they have real power. If Your Excellency,

Really enforcing the law impartially would be tantamount to breaking one's own wings. Now that Han Xu has returned to Beijing and served as the chief assistant, the officials of the Donglin Party are eager to try, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback. If the status quo is maintained, the Donglin Party will have no chance, but if the adults take matters into their own hands.

Great, the Donglin Party members will never miss this opportunity and will definitely counterattack with all their strength. Your Excellency should also be able to imagine what the situation will be like. Also, our Ming Dynasty has internal and external troubles and cannot withstand such a torment. I hope

Your Excellency, you should put the overall situation first, and don’t ignore the country and the country for the sake of your own reputation!”

For the sake of his son, Bai Yu also worked hard and dared to say anything. But what he said was indeed correct.

Yue Su smiled slightly, nodded, and said: "Bai Yu, your analysis is not bad at all. It seems that you came prepared. Seeing that your cry and begging failed, you had a showdown with me. You are very sensible and very

I have a general understanding, and I also know that the Ming Dynasty has internal and external troubles. But now I want to ask you, when you accepted the money from the Shanxi merchants, did you ever think about the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty?

Is the overall situation the most important thing? As the saying goes, you should ask for more from others than others, and money cannot be lost in the sky. You are also a person who has read poetry and gone through great storms. Don’t you know this truth? Will the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce give you money for this reason? You also have it

Take it! Don't talk about righteousness in front of me. You have to know that I will not accept this! The Shanxi merchants are collaborating with the enemy to harm the country. I tell you, they will not only die, but also die miserably! As for the DPRK Central Committee

As an official, you don’t have to worry about how I will deal with it!”

"Sir Yue, do you think that those officials of the Donglin Party will just sit back and do nothing if they treat things lightly? With Han Xu behind them, they will definitely try their best to impeach you. If you do things unfairly, your reputation will only be clear for the rest of your life..."

"Okay!" Before Bai Yu could finish what he said, Yue Sudeng shouted, laughed, and said coldly: "Bai Yu, didn't you just tell me not to care about my personal reputation, but to put the overall situation first?

Why are you now worried about my reputation for the rest of my life? I think it’s fake that you care about me and the Ming Dynasty, but it’s true that you care about your son’s life. I might as well tell you today, no matter what, those Jin

I am determined to kill Shang, not just them, but all their families. I will kill all the chickens and dogs! I will use the lives of these people to remind the profiteers in the world that who dares to only care about their own interests and ignore the laws of the court?

No, their fate will be the same!"

After saying this, Yue Su stood up and shouted loudly: "Where is the golden cicada?"

"My subordinate is here!" Jin Chan and Tie Qiu stood guard outside the hall. Upon hearing Yue Su's call, Jin Chan agreed and walked in.

"Take Mr. Bai to the guest room to rest and greet him nicely, but there must be someone around him at all times. He is not allowed to leave without permission from the officer. Those who came with him outside are also invited in and asked to be taken care of!

"

After Yue Su finished speaking, he tossed his sleeves and walked out of the hall.

When Bai Yu heard Yue Su's instructions, he quickly shouted: "Sir, you can't do this... I am the cabinet minister... you have the right to put me under house arrest..."

But Lord Yue paid no attention to him. He left the side hall and went directly to the study. Jin Chan walked to Bai Yu's side, smiled slightly and said, "Please, Lord Bai."

"Alas..." Bai Yu was helpless and could only sigh.

Not to mention that Bai Yu went to rest with Jin Chan, but Yue Su came to the study in a short time.

He opened the door, and Jiang Jie and Wu Sinan were both sitting at the bottom. When they saw Yue Su coming in, they quickly stood up and saluted. Yue Su nodded slightly and said, "No need to be polite, sit down..."

As he spoke, he walked straight to his desk and sat down.

Jiang Jie and Wu Sinan waited until Yue Su sat down before following him. Then, they heard Yue Su say: "Taixie, do you know who the person who just sent a famous invitation to see me is?"

"I don't know about this official, but I guess he is an official who has a close relationship with you," Wu Sinan said.

Yue Su didn't say anything. Naturally, Jiang Jie didn't want to show Wu Sinan's name card. When Yue Su went to see Bai Yu, the two of them came to the study to wait. Both of them sat down, but didn't say anything. Wu Sinan's

In his mind, he kept guessing who the visitor would be? Of course, he would inevitably feel that Yue Su was not trusting him because he did not tell him the name of the visitor.

Now Yue Su asked him to guess, and Wu Sinan was not stupid, so he directly gave the answer. Although he didn't know his name, he probably could think of it.

Yue Su nodded and said, "Taixie's guess is good. The person who came here does have a close relationship with me. Taixie should know the name Bai Yu."

"Sir Bai is a bachelor of the cabinet. Naturally, the lower officials have heard about it." Seeing that Yue Su did not hide anything and told the truth about the names of future people, Wu Sinan was relieved. It turned out that Lord Yue did not regard him as an outsider, but just wanted to test himself.

vision.

"As Mr. Jiang expected, the person who stood up for Shanxi merchants does have some weight, and he is an official who has a close relationship with me. It seems that there are quite a few officials involved in this case. Mr. Jiang, take a guess.

What did Yu say to me?" Yue Su said calmly.

"If my subordinate's guess is correct, Bai Yu comes here to intercede for the Shanxi merchants. But Mr. Bai should understand your temper. He will never tolerate such an important case. The Shanxi merchants who are sponsoring the enemy will definitely be killed.

Doubtful. Therefore, my subordinates believe that Mr. Bai will not be stupid enough to stand up for Shanxi merchants. It is most likely that he is asking you to show mercy to him, and to inform you of the situation in the DPRK, hoping that you can treat him lightly. " Jiang Jie.

said.

"Sir, your guess is good. He did analyze the situation between North Korea and China for me and hoped that I could minimize the big issue. But there is one thing that I didn't expect, that is, Bai Yu not only wanted to excuse himself, but also wanted me to let Fan Yongdou and the others go.

Yue Su said with a smile.

"Oh? How could Mr. Bai be so stupid? He should have thought that even if he could save some officials because of the situation in the DPRK, he would not be merciful to these businessmen who are sponsoring the enemy." Jiang Jie said with some confusion.

said.

"This is because his son is under the control of others. Alas..." Yue Su sighed and said, "It is human nature for a father to save his son's life. But if he had known about this, why would he have done it in the first place? Jin

Shang must die. We don’t need to study it anymore. It’s just that this case is too closely related and affects the whole body. It’s best to think of a safe way to avoid causing any big trouble. Sir, you are resourceful.

Can you please analyze it again for Su?"

"We are not sure who the officials involved in the case are at the moment, but it is easy to know them all. My subordinates believe that it is best to make the final decision after all the officials involved in the case are known. Shanxi merchants previously

Having already agreed to confess, it can be said that they have no choice but to not confess. But the key lies in how you want to conduct the trial. Should it be an open trial or a secret trial?" Jiang Jie said.

There is a big difference between a public trial and a secret trial. A public trial is open and aboveboard, and nothing can be said in the future. But a secret trial is different. God knows if you did anything behind your back. You will be criticized a lot in the future, and you will inevitably be criticized.

People criticize him. However, with Mr. Yue's current status, even if he is tried privately and shields someone, he will at most be criticized. No one can do anything to Mr. Yue.

Yue Su thought for a while and said: "It is really inappropriate to interrogate privately and secretly. At this time, even if I deal with justice, I will be criticized. Anyway, I have no intention of appeasing anyone, so I am just above board."

"I bow to you." Jiang Jie stood up, actually bowed, and then said: "If you have selfish intentions, things in this world will naturally be complicated. If you are honest, everything will fall into place. In this case, if you have selfish intentions,

If you take the opportunity to suppress dissidents, you will end up with turmoil in the government and the opposition, and hundreds of officials will be dissatisfied. Party struggle is the most harmful to the country. Although the three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang have always been at odds with you, they are in the troubled times of the country and they should work together. If you take the opportunity to suppress, it will inevitably lead to Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang.

The three parties in Zhejiang and the Donglin Party have joined forces, making the party struggle more and more intense. However, if your Excellency handles the matter in a fair manner without distinguishing between each other, the Manchu officials will be convinced. If the officials whom your Excellency supported at the beginning were involved in the case, they will be punished.

, although I am dissatisfied, I have brought it upon myself. For the official positions vacated by these officials, it is best for the officials to decide on their own, so as to convince the public. It is time to clean up some corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty. It is time to kill some of them.

, and it is difficult to act as a deterrent. Just like Xuanfu and Datong, they are the gateways to the capital. If such officials are here to guard them, it will be good if the Ming Dynasty is not destroyed. There is no need to talk about ZTE."

Jiang Jie's words are not only reasonable, but also contain hidden mysteries. As long as the presiding judge can be fair and above board, no matter how big the case is, it will make people talk. To put it bluntly,

It also refers to the party struggle. If Yue Su really only uses this case to suppress the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang and appease his own officials, how can the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang be convinced? The party struggle will inevitably become more intense. The three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang will even fight with Donglin.

The Party joined forces to confront the Yue Party. Yue Su was powerful, but he could not wipe out all the three parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and the Donglin Party. The reason was very simple, that is, the Queen Mother would not agree, and the Queen Mother could not let Yue Su.

The Su family was the dominant one. Otherwise, Han Xu would not have been allowed to return to Beijing as the chief minister. You must know that when Wei Zhongxian was able to eliminate the Donglin Party, it was only with the support of the emperor. Without the emperor's support, Wei Zhongxian would not have been able to do that.

As a result, there would be no need for wars of words every day in the court, but everything would have to be thrown away.

The mysterious sentence is the sentence "It is best for you to let the Ministry of Civil Affairs draw up the official positions vacated by these officials, so as to convince the public."

Why do you say this? Because the current Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is Qi Shijiao, and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is Yang Yishan. Yue Su has told the Ministry of Personnel to select officials. Does Qi Shijiao have the guts to arrange all his subordinates? Don't say that Yue Su will not do it.

Yang Yishan couldn't agree either. Even though you, the Minister of Civil Affairs, are the top leader, you are not the only one who has the final say in appointing officials. At least two ministers and one minister must sign them all. In this way, the meaning is clear, so let

Qi Shijiao and Yang Yishan discussed how to appoint officials. With Yue Su here, Qi Shijiao did not dare to be too strong. Yue Su only had to tell Yang Yishan not to go too far, and Yang Yishan would not give all the vacancies to officials from the Yue Party. The two of them discussed it.

, wouldn’t everyone be happy if they come up with a list that is acceptable to both parties? At the same time, Qi Shijiao can also receive a favor from Yue Su, so that there will be no more disputes, and officials from the three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang will not be forced to side with Han Xu.
Chapter completed!