Originally, it was unbelievable that a group of officials jumped out to impeach Li Huan and accused Li Huan of treason. Now Su Kang jumped out and yelled at those officials. It was really unbelievable.
Everyone was stunned.
For many years, the civil servants in the court have been crazy about impeaching Wu Xun or military generals. The Wu Xun have long lost their right to speak in the court. It can be said that they have never thought that one day,
There were generals who dared to yell at them like crazy.
All eyes fell on Su Kang, as if they wanted to see clearly who dared to scold them like this in the court hall.
As one of the generals who followed Li Huan and entered the court due to his meritorious service, many officials in the court were no strangers to Su Kang.
After the previous great victory, many generals in the army rose to prominence and even entered the imperial court. Naturally, these people were regarded as members of Li Huan's party by the civil and military forces of the DPRK.
Now Su Kang jumped out and scolded the officials who impeached Li Huan. In the eyes of all the officials, this was the most direct manifestation of being part of Li Huan's party.
I saw a Kedao speaker stood up and yelled at Su Kang: "Bold Su Kang, how can you be so rude at the Great Court meeting? Do you still have His Majesty in your eyes? Do you still have His Majesty?"
rule?"
As he said this, he saw the official of the Ministry of Education bowing to the emperor and saying with a serious look on his face: "Your Majesty, I am impeaching Su Kang for ignoring etiquette. Please punish him for the crime of disrespecting the emperor."
"Yes, Su Kang has no superiority and should be held accountable!"
Since Su Kang dared to stand up and speak for Li Huan, then don't blame them for insisting on punishing him for the crime of misconduct before the emperor.
All the officials who originally impeached Li Huan now spoke to the emperor, demanding that Su Kang be punished.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but have a cold look in his eyes. Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, he did not expect that these people would be so unwilling to let go.
Su Kang just couldn't bear to see them impeaching Li Huan, but in the end he was accused of being unbecoming a king. If Su Kang's actions were also unbecoming of a king, then they all would be so powerful.
What is the point of impeaching Li Huan?
Su Kang, who was confused by this scene, had a look of astonishment on his face. He couldn't help but point at Liu Sen and others and said: "You... you guys..."
It's a pity that Su Kang is a rough man. Faced with the impeachment of these officials in front of him, he didn't know how to refute it for a while.
At this moment, a slight cough was heard, and the British Duke Zhang Lun stepped forward and saluted the emperor: "I have something to say."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhang Lun standing up. Then he realized what he was doing, nodded slightly and said, "Oh, I wonder if the British Master has anything to say?"
Zhang Lun glanced at Liu Sen, Wang Hao and other officials, smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I sincerely request that the champion, Li Huan, be punished for his dereliction of duty."
After Zhang Lun finished speaking, all the civil and military officials present were stunned, looking at Zhang Lun standing there impeaching Li Huan in disbelief.
Li Huan's relationship with the British government was known to everyone in the court. As the son-in-law of the British government, the relationship between the two families was definitely one of prosperity and loss.
Now Wang Hao and other officials are impeaching Li Huan. As a representative of the British Duke Zhang Lun who is close to Li Huan, it would be fine if he did not stand up to intercede for Li Huan at this time. But in the end, he stood up to impeach Li Huan. This
How not to be deeply surprised.
Even the emperor looked at Zhang Lun with some doubts after hearing Zhang Lun's words.
However, there were not without smart people in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty. Wang Yangming was stunned at first, and then a hint of enlightenment flashed in his eyes, obviously he understood Zhang Lun's intention.
Yang Tinghe also saw Zhang Lun's intention. His hand that was stroking his beard paused slightly and glanced at Zhang Lun with a strange look.
Of course, there were some officials who didn't know what was going on. They didn't expect that Zhang Lun would side with them to impeach Li Huan this time. They didn't care too much at the moment. They didn't think much about why Zhang Lun suddenly impeached Li Huan. They were too busy.
He took the opportunity to speak: "What the British Lord said is true. I sincerely ask your Majesty to punish Li Huan for his crimes."
Zhu Houzhao was a little unable to react, and Zhu Fu, the Duke of Chengguo who was present at this moment, also stepped forward, saluted the emperor, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I sincerely ask your Majesty to punish the prince for his dereliction of duty!"
This time when Cheng Guogong mentioned the words "crime of dereliction of duty", it can be said that he uttered each word one by one.
Zhu Houzhao's reaction was not slow. He was originally a little confused about what Zhang Lun and Zhu Fu were doing, but he immediately reacted after hearing Zhu Fu's words.
A smile flashed in his eyes, and Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, his eyes fell on Li Huan who was standing there without saying a word and said: "Li Qing, do you know your guilt?"
Li Huan stepped forward, bowed before him, and said respectfully: "I am guilty, and I beg your Majesty to convict you!"
At this time, Wang Hao, Liu Sen and other officials seemed to have thought of something, but the smiles on their faces gradually disappeared. They opened their mouths to say something, but at this time, facing the confrontation between the emperor and Li Huan, they were not there at all.
Room to speak.
Of course, those officials who did not understand clearly thought that the emperor was definitely going to punish Li Huan severely this time, and the smiles on each of their faces were not to mention how bright they were.
Zhu Hou looked after Li Huan and said with a solemn expression: "The Jin Yiwei's failure in handling the case led to the thieves breaking into the imperial city. The Jin Yiwei commander made Li Huan fail to handle the matter, which is a crime of negligence. Now I am exempted from the post of the Jin Yiwei commander and will be temporarily in charge."
Therefore, I will waive my salary for one year as a warning to others!"
After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Li Huan saluted the emperor and said, "I accept the decree and thank you for your kindness!"
The emperor just waved his hand slightly and said to Li Huan: "Okay, Li Qing, please get up without courtesy!"
In just the blink of an eye, the monarch and his ministers moved smoothly between each other as if they were going through a formality. They gave a verdict to a case that attracted the attention of the whole court and even punished them. This was so efficient and so transformative.
Quickly, many people were immediately dumbfounded.
The officials who were originally prepared to see how unlucky Li Huan would be and how miserable he ended up looked at Li Huan in disbelief as he slowly stood up and retreated to the ranks of the courtiers. They were still a little dizzy until now.
How could this happen? Didn't you say that Li Huan was going to be punished? Is that the end?
This is nothing. If it is to directly remove Li Huan from the position of commander of the Jinyi Guards, then that's fine. The emperor indeed removed Li Huan from his duties, but in the end he let Li Huan take charge of the Jinyi Guards. This did not remove anyone.
What's the difference?
There is also the exemption of Li Huan's salary for one year. Is this considered a punishment? For a newly rich man like Li Huan, what is missing is that year's salary? Let alone a year's salary, even if it is a lifetime, it is
Li Huan didn't have any influence either.
Some officials looked at the emperor, then at Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and other nobles who were chatting quietly with Li Huan, and they suddenly understood.
Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and others impeached Li Huan and killed him for dereliction of duty. The purpose was to exonerate Li Huan.
You must know that Liu Sen had previously impeached Li Huan for colluding with the rebels and intending to do evil to the emperor. Although it was a bit exaggerated, when Wang Hao came forward, although he did not say that Li Huan had evil intentions, he proposed that the three departments should interrogate Li Huan.
As long as this step-by-step operation can be achieved, I dare not say that it will directly overthrow Li Huan, and it will certainly not make Li Huan feel better.
As a result, as Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and others impeached Li Huan for dereliction of duty, the emperor directly punished Li Huan for dereliction of duty.
The crime could be big or small, and there was plenty of room for flexibility. The emperor dismissed Li Huan from the position of commander of the Jinyi Guards and fined him a year's salary. Compared to Li Huan's crime, the punishment could not be said to be severe or light.
But in the eyes of the officials who were looking forward to putting Li Huan in jail, this punishment was too light.
However, at this time, they were shocked to find that, with the emperor cutting the knot quickly, they could no longer impeach Li Huan on this matter, otherwise it would be provoking the imperial power.
Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the throne, was in a good mood at this time, with a slight smile on his lips. He looked down at the officials whose expressions were changing, especially when his eyes fell on Wang Hao and others.
He smiled and said, "What do you think of my arrangements?"
No matter what they thought in their hearts, facing the emperor's inquiry, Wang Hao and others could only break their teeth and swallow.
"Your Majesty is wise, I have no objections!"
Smiling softly, the emperor nodded with satisfaction and glanced at the crowd: "Do you have anything else to do with your family?"
Wang Hao and other officials slowly retreated. At this moment, Dong He, the Minister of Household Affairs, stepped forward and said with a solemn look on his face: "Your Majesty, I have this memorial."
Looking at Dong He who stood up, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He knew that today's meeting would not be so peaceful. After finally settling the aftermath of last night, the Department of Revenue jumped out again and said that these people
Zhu Houzhao would never believe it if he hadn't been eyeing the property Li Huan brought back from Yangzhou Mansion.
But even if he knew Dong He's purpose, Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said: "Oh, I wonder if there is anything in Dong Qing's family that he wants to report to me?"
Dong He first glanced at Li Huan, then his eyes fell on the emperor, and then said with a righteous look: "I impeach the champion Li Huan for embezzling the stolen money from the imperial court."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart when he heard this. Could it be that Li Huan didn't clean up the whole process during the house raid and was caught by someone?
Zhu Houzhao still knew everything about Li Huan's money from his family.
Not to mention other things, every time Li Huan ransacked his house, he always moved money into the house in boxes and boxes. Zhu Houzhao was always happy to see this happen, and he acquiesced.
Now that Dong He was impeaching Li Huan for being corrupt, the first thing Zhu Houzhao thought of was that it was discovered that Li Huan had taken money from his family.
Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Li Huan subconsciously, and he happened to be looking at Li Huan. There was a bit of inquiry in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, as if he was asking Li Huan why he was given money for bringing money to his home.
Found it.
Li Huan understood Zhu Houzhao's eyes and shook his head slightly towards the emperor.
He is the majestic commander of the Jinyi Guards. If he can't even handle this little thing, how can he have the dignity to be in charge of the Jinyi Guards?
With a slight cough, Zhu Houzhao looked at Dong He and said, "Oh, could it be that Dong Qing is the impeachment champion Hou Tanmo? Is there any evidence?"
Dong He immediately said: "The champion supervised the destruction of the Jinyiwei Yamen in Yangzhou Prefecture, and confiscated many properties. These properties should be put into the national treasury..."
Before Dong He could finish what he said, Zhu Houzhao interrupted Dong He and looked at Wang Hao, Yang Tinghe, Liu Yu, and Wang Yangming, the elders, and said, "Elders, what do you think of this?"
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao obviously realized that Dong He was impeaching Li Huan for being corrupt. He was using Li Huan as a cover. The ultimate goal was that huge sum of money.
Regarding that huge sum of money, Zhu Houzhao naturally did not want to put it into the national treasury. It was not that he was a foolish king who insisted on collecting all the good things into the inner treasury. It was Zhu Houzhao who felt that these gold and silver were put into the inner treasury.
Putting it in the treasury makes him feel more at ease, and it is more convenient to use.
Just like the previous reorganization of the Beijing camp, if under normal circumstances, if you want to eliminate the old and weak in the Beijing camp, you must spend a large sum of gold and silver. Then if this gold and silver wants to be spent by the imperial court, I am afraid that it will be
All the ministers in the hall were stuck.
They may not express their objections explicitly, but they will definitely hold on to the money.
However, the money in the inner treasury could be used by him at will. At that time, he directly allocated a batch of gold and silver from the inner treasury to Li Huan to eliminate and reorganize the Beijing camp.
Now think about it, if he hadn't supported Li Huan with the money from his inner treasury to eliminate the old and weak in the Beijing camp and reorganize a group of elites, I am afraid that the Tatars might not have won such a big victory when they invaded the border later.
Therefore, if possible, Zhu Houzhao did not intend to sit back and watch that huge amount of wealth being added to the national treasury.
At first, several court elders did not know the specific circumstances of Li Huan's confiscated property in Yangzhou Mansion. After entering the palace, they reached a tacit agreement with the emperor on this matter. They tacitly allowed the confiscated property to enter the inner treasury, and the emperor allocated it from the inner treasury.
Three million taels of silver were deposited into the treasury.
Originally, this matter should have been settled like this, but who made the amount of property so shocking? When the civil and military officials in the dynasty realized this, they naturally stopped thinking about the three million taels.
Needless to say, Dong He took the initiative to stand up and take action on that property, which meant that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were prepared not to admit their debt.
At this moment, the emperor looked at several pavilion elders, and the civil and military officials of the court also turned their attention to Yang Tinghe and Wang Hao.
Although it is said that the cabinet elders are the role models for the hundreds of officials and are the leaders elected by the officials, it does not mean that the officials will listen to the cabinet elders on some matters.
Of course, if there was no push from Mr. Ge behind this matter, I am afraid no one would believe it.
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