"You officials, you always boast about how honest and fair you are on weekdays. You talk about the court's laws and regulations, but keep your mouth shut about being selfless. It's as if each of you is a blue-sky lord comparable to Bao Zheng and Di Renjie..."
"I actually know what you are like. You and Yang Xian formed a clique for selfish interests and protected each other. You are not worthy of your current position at all."
"However, you are not the chief culprits after all. Your crime will not lead to death. Dismissal from office will be my punishment for you."
Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was solemn, and every word was heart-breaking!
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's reprimand and punishment, the expressions of these more than ten officials changed drastically.
You must know that official position is often the foundation of an official!
Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his attention to Yang Xian.
He was silent for a while, then slowly said: "Yang Xian, get out of the queue!"
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes completely focused on him, Yang Xian's body couldn't help but tremble.
At this time, Yang Xian did not have the same air as before, and he stumbled and knelt down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Yang Xian burst into tears and cried: "Your Majesty, I am guilty, I am guilty, but I have never deliberately squeezed the people for the sake of political performance..."
"Even if I really did something wrong, the officials below did it without telling me. I just committed an oversight and please be punished by the Holy Spirit!"
Hearing Yang Xian's cry, everyone in the morning felt a burst of contempt in their hearts.
You must know that in officialdom, there are many things, and a single word can determine life or death, victory or defeat, not to mention the distortion of things.
Yang Xian seemed to have confessed his crime, but in his words, he always avoided the important and minimized the important, as if the various serious crimes he committed for the sake of political performance were just "accidents".
The most despicable thing is that in order to protect himself, Yang Xian put most of the blame on his party members.
Such an approach is not only irresponsible and unworthy of a party leader, but will also completely throw away one's only chance of survival.
In times of crisis, you can see the true nature of a person!
Now that Yang Xian is about to face a disaster, he no longer cares about his former aloof image, and his cowardly and selfish nature is fully exposed!
After seeing Yang Xian's series of refusals to acknowledge and shirk responsibility, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes became even more gloomy.
Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely angry, picked up a stone inkstone on the imperial platform, and threw it directly at Yang Xian!
Yang Xian, who did not dare to dodge, was immediately beaten to death by Shi Yan.
"Oh? Don't tell me that you really don't know these things? The other things you have done are enough to punish you with death and confiscate your home and exterminate your clan..."
"As far as I know, although you claim to be incorruptible, you have always lived a comfortable and pampered life..."
"Just you alone, your monthly expenses are more than a thousand taels of silver, which is more than my food and clothing expenses..."
"Also, there are various calligraphy and paintings by famous people in your house, such as Huang Tingjian's "Inscription on Pillar Pillars" in the Song Dynasty, Wang Meng's "Picture of Xiaosi Temple in Qiu Mountain" in the Tang Dynasty, "Love and Ink Flowers" by Chen Gui in the Yuan Dynasty, "Pingfu Tie" by Lu Ji in the Western Jin Dynasty, etc.
It’s worth nearly ten million taels, which is almost as much as the imperial court’s annual taxes…”
"You, the Yang family, have been buying up properties in the capital over the years. This seemingly endless amount of money is all earned by your brother..." "There are many businessmen in the world, and how many are there?
How can someone be like your brother..."
"The reason why you are not greedy is not because you are so pure, but because you have a mountain of gold and silver in your home that you can never use up..."
Having said this, Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "In my opinion, officials like you are far more abominable and hateful than ordinary corrupt officials, and should be killed!"
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's accusation, Yang Xian knelt on the ground, his body trembled again, but he firmly refused to admit it.
He said word by word: "Your Majesty, I have never understood the value of calligraphy and painting, and I have never asked about the cost of daily food and clothing. I really don't know.
You know these things!"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and became even more angry.
He said: "If what you said is true, then you are an incompetent person who can't even tell the difference. Letting someone like you become an official is simply a shame for our Ming Empire."
"No matter what, you are no longer suitable to hold the position of Zuocheng of Zhongshu Province!"
Then, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand, and the eunuch Huang Minghao put a book of poems into his hands.
Zhu Yuanzhang threw the collection of poems in front of Yang Xian and said playfully: "Even these previous things can be explained..."
"Then how do you explain these vicious anti-poems..."
"You are mocking the imperial court, you are mocking me..."
Speaking of the latter, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer suppress his anger and roared angrily at Guo Tang.
From a beggar to the founding emperor, this is Zhu Yuanzhang's greatest pride, but it is also Zhu Yuanzhang's biggest black spot!
After Yang Xian saw the "Collection of Poems on Green Bamboo and Stone" in front of him, his expression suddenly changed. After sighing quietly, he stopped struggling.
Even if it is in my own house, only a few people know the existence of this collection of poems. It is my secret.
Now that this collection of poems has fallen into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, it proves that Jin Yiwei has already begun investigating him!
This time, I was defeated unjustly!
The person who rose up relying on the Holy Will also fell into the endless abyss because of the Holy Will!
But this is really ironic.
The other side!
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "Haha, since ancient times, there have been many heroes and emperors, even beggars can dominate the mountains and rivers. What is a hero and what is a king? Ignorant people can be a bright man..."
"Yang Xian, you are really talented. I really feel wronged by letting you be an official..."
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's sarcasm, Yang Xian no longer denied it, lowered his head and said nothing.
All the officials in the imperial court entered the officialdom through the imperial examination, and they still have some ability to comprehend poetry.
After they heard the verse uttered by Zhu Yuanzhang, they quickly guessed the deep meaning behind it!
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They looked at Yang Xian with even more gloating eyes.
They knew that because of this collection of poems, the crime Yang Xian was responsible for was far greater than imagined.
Seeing that Yang Xian no longer dared to defend himself, Zhu Yuanzhang finally revealed his punishment for Yang Xian.
"As the left prime minister of the imperial court, Yang Xian does not want to be loyal to the country and serve the government impartially. Instead, he is harsh on the people, bullies the emperor, slanders ministers, and ignores the grace of God. It can be said to be a heinous crime..."
"Now that I have noticed, he has written anti-poems to ridicule the imperial court and me. It can be said to be an evil act and a crime of disrespect. According to my decree, Yang Xian was dismissed from his official position, his residence was raided, and the whole family was sent to a prison awaiting trial.
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After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's decree, Yang Xian's face suddenly turned pale, and his whole person was bloodless.
He knew that not only was he completely finished, but the Yang family was also completely finished, and all his relatives would also be buried with him.
Yang Xian was so excited that he could no longer hold on. His body twitched violently and he passed out. Then he was dragged out of the palace by the imperial guards like a dog.
No one among the officials dared to intercede for Yang Xian. Because of Yang Xian's previous behavior of shirking responsibility, the Yang Party had long hated him with itch and wished they could step on him more, let alone help him.
At this time, even Prince Zhu Biao did not dare to touch Zhu Yuanzhang's troubles anymore.
After Yang Xian was dragged away by the imperial guards, while all the officials in the court were silent, Zhu Yuanzhang issued another decree.
"Because the world has been in peace for a long time, scholars and students have been disrespecting the imperial court for a long time. The imperial court has always treated scholars generously, with tax reductions and exemptions, and many privileges..."
"However, these scholars do not want to serve the country with all their loyalty. Instead, they take pride in criticizing the imperial court and ridiculing the imperial government's policies all day long. Their words are unscrupulous and have a bad influence..."
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It is said that literati and talented people talk about military affairs on paper and harm the country and the people. Now it seems that it is indeed true..."
According to my decree, from today onwards, all the ministries of the imperial court will strictly supervise the words and deeds of scholars all over the world, and strictly investigate all kinds of anti-poetry and anti-writing. Once discovered, they will definitely be severely punished!"
In this way, Yang Xian's downfall finally came to an end.
However, the impact of this incident went far beyond just Yang Xian's death and the Yang family being buried with him.
Because of the fall of Yang Dang, many positions in the court were vacant.
For these important positions, the factions of various factions have been engaged in constant disputes and fierce internal fighting, disrupting the direction of the entire country.
In addition, Yang Xian's anti-poems also caused a huge literary disaster.
In order to perform meritorious service, Jinyiwei arrested many scholars, and even some great scholars in the literary world were implicated, and the impact was extremely far-reaching!
When the morning session ended, Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong left the palace, surrounded by officials from the "Huaixi Clan".
Officials who can survive in the bottomless place of the imperial court may not necessarily have the ability, but their general skills of observing words and emotions are all up to scratch!
This time, although it was Yang Xian who was attacked first by the prince's party, anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong who really delivered the fatal blow.
Most of the officials were people who acted according to the prevailing situation, shaking their heads and wagging their tails. After Li Shanchang stepped on Yang Xian and ascended to the top of power, the attitude and status of quite a few officials changed.
Many officials respectfully stepped aside to make way for the road, and looked at Li Shanchang with even more awe.
Yang Xian had held the power of Zhongshu Province for several months, but was deprived of it by Li Shanchang. Not only did he lose his official position and go to jail, his reputation was ruined throughout his life, even the officials of the Yang Party also lost their official positions and titles.
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