Chapter 347: The Competition for Dominance in Case Handling
From being a member of the Jinyiwei Qianhu to becoming the Jinyiwei commanding Jinshi, it can be said that for a person like Lin Pingzhi, who is less than twenty years old, it is quite a remarkable award.
After all, in terms of rank alone, the officials who command Jinshi can be regarded as the real high-level officials in the Ming Dynasty.
Even within Jinyiwei, apart from those who have no real power and only empty names to command Jinshi, and those who are commanders, who actually sits in the position of commanding Jinshi, who has not worked hard for decades before they have the slightest chance of being promoted.
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It can be said that in this war, although Lin Pingzhi made considerable achievements, if we really talk about it, it would not make Lin Pingzhi such a big improvement. However, because of Li Huan, the emperor's attitude towards Lin Pingzhi was so great.
Pingzhi's reward was clearly higher on purpose.
That is to say, Lin Pingzhi is in the Imperial Guard system. Otherwise, if he is in the military or among the civil service group, the emperor's promotion will inevitably lead to the opposition of hundreds of officials in the court.
However, because Lin Pingzhi is a royal guard and belongs to the emperor's personal army, and the emperor's personal army directly belongs to the emperor, normally, no matter who the emperor wants to promote, the officials in the court have no right to question it, just like Li Huan did
At a young age and occupying a high position in the Imperial Guard, wouldn't the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government have no choice but to help Li Huan?
Compared with other generals, after the imperial edict was read out, officials would come out among the hundreds of officials to respectfully receive the edict and express gratitude. However, after Qiu Ju read out the reward decree about Lin Pingzhi, no one among the hundreds of officials came out.
Many officials did not know that Lin Pingzhi had been sent to Yangzhou Prefecture by Li Huan to handle the case a few days ago, so many people looked puzzled when they saw Lin Pingzhi not showing up.
At this time, Li Huan took a deep breath, stepped forward and saluted the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, Lin Pingzhi, a member of Qianhu of the Jinyi Guards, has important matters. He was sent to Yangzhou Prefecture on official business and is not in the capital now.
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Zhu Houzhao naturally knew this, but this time Zhu Houzhao secretly ordered Qiu Ju to leave the reward for Lin Pingzhi at the end, which made it clear that he had his own intention.
At this moment Li Huan spoke, Zhu Houzhao looked astonished, nodded slightly and said: "So, since Lin Qianhu is in Yangzhou Mansion, then someone should send someone to send Lin Qianhu's reward to his mansion."
Li Huan suddenly took out a memorial from his sleeve and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I have this memorial."
At this time, the awards for meritorious soldiers have passed. Although many generals and officials who were awarded the title said that they were extremely happy, their faces remained calm and did not show it.
Many people know that the real storm has not yet arrived at today's grand meeting.
When Li Huan suddenly stood up, many people couldn't help but sigh and tensed up.
Among the civil servants, many showed solemn expressions and stared at Li Huan.
Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan, nodded slightly and said, "I wonder if Li Qing has something to report!"
Li Huan said solemnly, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have been favored by Your Majesty and have been entrusted with the important task of supervising the case of Chen Wenliang, the censor of Zuodu, who is planning to commit rebellion."
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "I remember this. Could it be that the case of Chen Wenliang's rebellion has already been resolved here in Jinyiwei?"
Many officials looked at Zhu Houzhao's serious look in surprise, and then looked at Li Huan, and they suddenly understood.
The Yangzhou Jinyiwei Yamen was destroyed, and the Yangzhou Fuyamen reported to the court in the form of official documents. They all got the news. If the emperor did not know about this sensational news, it would be an underestimation of Dongchang and Jinyiwei.
Even in Dongchang, Jinyiwei did not inform the emperor of the matter. Since such an important matter reached the cabinet, the cabinet would copy it and submit it to the emperor as soon as possible. Therefore, the emperor must have known about Yangzhou Prefecture at the first time.
what happened.
But now the emperor is singing harmony with Li Huan here, which naturally makes many people sigh.
Facing the emperor's inquiry, Li Huan's expression changed and he said: "I am guilty. News came from Yangzhou Prefecture that Jinyiwei was not doing well. The remnants of the Chen family gathered desperadoes to attack the Jinyiwei Yamen at night, so that the entire Jinyiwei Yamen was destroyed.
Even the Jinyiwei Yamen was
The thief burned the ground with fire."
Even though many officials were already aware of this matter, they still couldn't help but feel frightened when they heard Li Huan's statement, and subconsciously looked towards the emperor sitting there.
They even dared to burn down the Jinyiwei Yamen. All the people from the Jinyiwei Yamen were killed. This is such a shocking thing. It would be strange if the emperor was not outraged.
Sure enough, the emperor shouted angrily, stood up suddenly, and slapped the dragon chair beside him, breaking the armrests of the dragon chair.
You must know that the handrails were carved from the highest quality rosewood. They could be said to be extremely solid, but in the end they were smashed to pieces by the Emperor's slap.
"The thief is bold!"
The emperor's angry shouts echoed in the large square in front of the Qianqing Palace, and anyone could hear the emperor's anger from the emperor's angry shouts.
Zhu Houzhao stood there with a face full of anger, and a pair of sharp and majestic eyes swept across the officials present.
Whenever they were stared at by Zhu Houzhao's angry eyes, many officials lowered their heads subconsciously, not daring to look at the emperor at all.
Finally, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on the cabinet ministers Yang Tinghe, Liu Yu, and Wang.
Then Zhu Houzhao said in a deep voice, "Do you have anything to say?"
With a pop, several people hurriedly knelt down in front of the emperor, led by Yang Tinghe. Their faces showed a bit of self-blame and fear, saying, "I am guilty and have failed to govern well, so that such an appalling incident happened in the local area."
Things."
Yang Tinghe slightly raised his head and looked at the emperor, his expression full of seriousness as he said: "Your Majesty, such a big event happened in Yangzhou Mansion. The imperial court must send capable officials to Yangzhou Mansion to supervise the case. It must get to the bottom of this case and not let it go.
Anyone."
Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said, "I wonder which Aiqing Mr. Yang Ge thinks is appropriate to send for this matter?"
Before Yang Tinghe could speak, Wang, one of the elders of the cabinet, suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I believe that for such a big event, the officials of the three divisions should be led by the ministers of the court."
Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows after hearing Wang's words and said, "Oh, I wonder who Wang Aiqing thinks should be in charge of the Third Division?"
Wang Hao took a deep breath, glanced at a figure among the officials, and said slowly, "I think Lord Deng Yuandeng, the Minister of Punishment, is the most suitable candidate."
At this moment, among the ranks of nobles, a figure suddenly snorted coldly and said, "It's ridiculous. Such a big case involves the Jin Yiwei, so it is only appropriate for the Jin Yiwei to personally supervise the case. If you ask me, this dynasty's civil and military affairs,
Only the champion is the most suitable."
The person who spoke was none other than the British nobleman Zhang Lun.
Although there was no communication between Zhang Lun and Li Huan in private, Zhang Lun realized that the civil servant group wanted to take the initiative when he saw Wang Hao withdraw from the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and Deng Yuan, the Minister of Justice, to take charge of the case.
As far as Zhang Lun knew about Li Huan, it was absolutely impossible for Li Huan not to react at all when such a big thing happened, especially when the Jinyiwei Yamen was wiped out. Zhang Lun knew without thinking too much that Li Huan would definitely supervise this incident personally.
case.
Even though he didn't know what the emperor meant, Zhang Lun knew that he had to speak up for Li Huan at this time.
After all, even if Li Huan wanted to personally supervise the case, he wouldn't be able to take the initiative and recommend himself.
After Zhang Lun finished speaking, the Duke of Ding, Xu Guangzha, and the Duke of Cheng, Zhu Fu, came out one after another and said to the emperor: "I second the suggestion that this case should be supervised by the champion in person."
Originally, Wang Hao took the initiative and pushed out Deng Yuandu, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Anyone who was not a fool could see that his purpose was to seize the initiative in investigating this major case in the hands of the civil service group.
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Few people who can reach high positions are fools. They know very well how great the impact of the murder of thousands of households in Yangzhou Jinyiwei.
If this case is really handed over to Li Huan to supervise, no one can guarantee that Li Huan will set off an unprecedented big case of involvement.
Although it has been hundreds of years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, not many people have forgotten several major cases.
If Li Huanzhen was involved in a big way, the civil and military officials of the whole court would really be unable to sleep at night, feeling uneasy.
Moreover, relying on his intuition as an official, Wang Hao noticed that there were many problems in the official documents reported to the Yangzhou government. Wang Hao knew that this case was not that simple, and who knows what kind of inside story was involved.
It was also because of this that Wang Hao couldn't wait to stand up.
At this time, seeing Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu, Xu Guangzha and others recommending Li Huan, many officials became nervous.
When Wang Hao came forward and recommended Deng Yuan to supervise this major case, many officials secretly breathed a sigh of relief and even looked at Wang Hao with a bit of admiration.
In their opinion, Wang Hao is really old and strong, and he goes straight to the point when he takes action. As long as he can take the initiative in investigating this case, then they don't have to worry that Jin Yiwei will use this as an excuse to get involved.
Among the crowd, several old ministers immediately stepped forward and bowed to the emperor, saying with a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty, such a major case must be handled by the imperial court and jointly supervised by the three departments. Otherwise, how can the law of the country be demonstrated?"
The power."
"Yes, what Mr. Pavilion and several other adults said is true. It must be supervised by the Third Division."
All of a sudden, hundreds of officials were talking about it, and almost 70% to 80% of them couldn't help but speak up, unanimously saying that it should be supervised by the Third Division.
Baiguan's attitude was very clear, he just didn't want Jin Yiwei to get involved in the case.
All eyes fell on the emperor. After all, it was the emperor who made the final decision.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao was condescending and watched everyone's reactions, but the calm look on Zhu Houzhao's face made it impossible to tell what the emperor was thinking.
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan and said, "Li Qing, since it concerns the Jinyiwei Yamen and you are in charge of the Jinyiwei, in your opinion, how should this case be handled?"
Li Huan glanced at the officials around him lightly, then bowed to the emperor and said, "I am willing to personally supervise the handling of this case, for no other reason than to get to the bottom of this case and bring those involved to justice."
The spirits of those Jinyiwei brothers who died tragically are still in heaven, demonstrating our Ming Dynasty’s national laws.”
After speaking, Li Huan bowed down and kowtowed with great respect, "If Your Majesty does not agree, I am willing to resign as the commander of the Jinyi Guards. Otherwise, I will not be able to explain to the superiors and subordinates of the Jinyi Guards."
Many officials couldn't help being stunned when they heard this, and looked at Li Huan in astonishment. It seemed that they did not expect that Li Huan actually said that he would resign as the commander of the Jinyiwei. This was simply something they had only dreamed of.
Why do they fear and hate Li Huan? In the final analysis, it is not because Li Huan is in charge of such a terrifying government office as Jinyiwei.
If Li Huan's power was ten points, then the Jin Yiwei accounted for at least eight points. Without the Jin Yiwei, in their eyes, Li Huan was just a tiger without teeth and would not be able to achieve anything.
Many officials suppressed the joy and expectation in their hearts and looked at the emperor. How they hoped that the emperor could refuse Li Huan's request. In this way, what Li Huan said in front of all the officials must be true to his words and take the initiative.
Resigned from the post of Commander of Jinyiwei.
However, there are only a handful of people who really have this thought. Officials such as Yang Tinghe, Wang Hao, Deng Yuan, etc., after listening to Li Huan's words, their expressions changed slightly, and they secretly thought something was wrong.
Wang Ao immediately spoke to Li Huan and said, "Marquis Champion, what do you mean by these words? Could it be that you are trying to blackmail His Majesty..."
Li Huan just glanced at Wang Hao lightly and said, "What does Mr. Wang Ge mean by this? Li just begged His Majesty to allow Mr. Li to supervise the handling of this case. Mr. Ge reacted so strongly. Is it possible that this case has any connection with Mr. Ge?"
No? Or maybe Mr. Ge knows some inside information about the case? "
Hearing what Li Huan said, Wang Hao couldn't help but said angrily, "How can I be connected with this case? You don't want to slander anyone."
As he said this, Wang Hao raised his official official pendant and bowed to Zhu Houzhao, saying, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me. Now the champion prince dares to slander me. If the champion prince supervises the case, I am afraid that he will be implicated and unjustly imprisoned. I don't know what to do."
How many innocent people have been implicated? Your Majesty, the wise king,
Don’t be deceived by villains.”
The officials who jumped out to support Wang Hao were also shocked by Li Huan's words, and they all looked at Li Huan with fear.
Then he followed Wang Hao and bowed to the emperor and said, "Your majesty is a saint, and you must not be deceived by villains."
The Duke of Cheng, Zhu Fu, looked at this scene and said with a grin, "Tsk, tsk, you guys have such a big reaction, are you really involved in this case as the champion said?"
As a result, Zhu Fu's words immediately seemed to step on the tail of some Xuan officials. One of the officials immediately said to Zhu Fu, "Chengguo Gongzhi is talking empty words and white teeth, and he is slandering important officials of the imperial court out of thin air. I want to impeach you."
Facing Li Huan, these people were afraid, but towards Zhu Fu, they were not afraid at all.
Even if Zhu Fugui is the Duke, so what, he is just an empty-shell Duke with no real power. What they are not afraid of most is that these nobles have long become like decorations.
Several officials even expressed their grievances to the emperor, "Your Majesty, Duke Cheng Guo has slandered important ministers of the imperial court, and you still ask your Majesty to make decisions for them."
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