"If you have something to do, report it early; if nothing happens, leave the court!"
The next day, during the morning court, following the shout from eunuch Zhang De, all the officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony turned their attention to Zhao Junchen and Huang Yourong - even Emperor Deqing!
Everyone knows that there is an extremely fierce party struggle going on between Zhao Junchen and Huang Yourong, and as Zhao Junchen deliberately released the news that Prince Zhu Heyu is about to return to Beijing, everyone can
Guess, in order to prevent things from happening after Crown Prince Zhu Heyu returns to Beijing, Zhao Junchen and Huang Yourong will definitely make further moves in court this morning!
Especially the elder Huang Yourong, who has been suppressed and beaten by Zhao Junchen during this period. Zhao Junchen and his faction have successively impeached several officials under his command. Among them, Tang Zheng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, is still Huang Yourong's confidant, and another confidant, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, is Huang Yourong.
Yan Pengfei is also in danger now, it can be said that he has lost all face!
If Huang Yourong doesn't fight back, not only will his momentum decline, but people's minds will also change. By then, the building will probably collapse!
Sure enough, as expected by all the officials, after learning that Prince Zhu Heyu was about to return to Beijing, Huang Yourong couldn't hold himself back in order to prevent variables from arising!
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As soon as eunuch Zhang De finished speaking, Taifu Zhang Cheng was already out of the queue. His expression was full of indignation and hatred, and he loudly reported to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"
Seeing Zhang Cheng coming out, Emperor Deqing's face flashed a look of "as expected", but then changed to a solemn expression. He nodded and said solemnly: "Young Master Zhang, you are an important minister of the country, why should I give up?"
Are you so excited? Tell me!"
"Your Majesty, I am impeaching officials from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Household Affairs for colluding with each other to form cliques for personal gain, and by falsely reporting accounts, accepting kickbacks, blackmailing local governments and other means. They took bribes and made huge amounts of private money! These officials have colluded together and have been involved for several years.
It was because they embezzled nearly 200,000 taels of silver from the imperial court. Last year, the Huaihe River floods affected a total of five prefectures and eleven counties, causing tens of thousands of people to suffer and causing widespread resentment! It was also because they extorted local places, deducted money from ICBC, and caused the local dams to be in disrepair.
.The final evil consequences! It is truly a heinous crime! It is unpardonable! I hope Your Majesty will understand clearly!"
When Zhang Cheng was reporting, his voice was loud and his expression became more and more excited. He seemed to be filled with indignation.
As soon as Zhang Cheng finished speaking, a censor named Liu Quan'an from the Imperial Procuratorate came out. He also echoed with a righteous look: "Your Majesty, what Mr. Young Master said. In fact, I have already
I heard that evidence of the crime has been collected in recent days, and now the evidence is conclusive! According to the investigation, this corruption gang formed a large scale, involving a total of five people from the household department and two from the Yuanwai.
There is one chief official, four doctors from the Ministry of Works, two foreign ministers, and three chief officials; a total of 19 officials! The evidence of the crimes of all of them is verifiable and irrefutable! I hope that your majesty will investigate strictly and eliminate all evil!"
While speaking, Liu Quan'an took out a thick memorial from his sleeve and held it on his head.
Then, the memorial was received by the eunuch Zhang De and handed over to Emperor Deqing on the imperial steps.
This memorial was naturally written by Huang Yourong's group based on the list and criminal evidence provided by Chen Dongxiang, and then modified and exaggerated.
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As Huang Yourong's faction officially launched a counterattack against Zhao Junchen's faction, the young master Zhang Cheng and the censor Liu Quan'an successively impeached the two families. For a time, the whole court was shocked!
Although the grades of the officials Zhang Cheng and Liu Quan'an impeached were not high - the doctors of the Sixth Ministry were only the fifth-rank official of the imperial court, the Yuanwailang was only the fifth-rank official, and the chief ministers of the Sixth Ministry were only the sixth-rank officials - there were too many of them.
Well, there were actually 19 people in total!
In any case, this will be a big event that shocks the government and the public!
You know, this is equivalent to nearly one-fifth of the main officials in the two major yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works!
As a result, if the impeachment comes true, not only will the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry be in great turmoil, but even Zhao Junchen, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Zuo Lanshan, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, will inevitably be implicated!
At the very least, the charges of "not being strict with his subordinates", "not knowing people well", and "negligence of duty" are absolutely unavoidable.
For a time, except for Emperor Deqing who was seriously reviewing the memorial submitted by Liu Quan'an with a serious expression, all the officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony looked at Zhao Junchen and Zuo Lanshan, and secretly sighed in their hearts:
"As expected of Mr. Huang Yourong! He has endured it for so long, and now he strikes back with great force! Now Zhao Junchen and his party are in trouble!"
However, except for a few people, no one thought that the names and evidence of the impeached officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household were deliberately leaked to Huang Yourong by Zhao Junchen through Chen Dongxiang!
In doing so, Zhao Junchen had two purposes.
First, it is to get rid of some moths under his sect!--that is, the two officials who are now being impeached.
Relying on the protection of Zhao Junchen, these worms have always been the most greedy. Even though Zhao Junchen warned them repeatedly and gave them many other benefits - such as the shares of "Yue Rongfang", these people still do not know how to change. If they continue to stay,
Following them will sooner or later lead to a catastrophe and drag Zhao Junchen himself down! So Zhao Junchen plans to take advantage of these opportunities and use Huang Yourong's hands to get rid of them openly!
Anyway, Emperor Deqing still needs to rely on Zhao Junchen for many things now. Even if Zhao Junchen will be implicated, Emperor Deqing cannot really punish Zhao Junchen severely. But if some time passes, Emperor Deqing begins to regard Zhao Junchen as a
Zhao Junchen couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if he kept these people under his command.
Secondly, Zhao Junchen also took this opportunity to show weakness to Emperor Deqing!
During this period of time, Zhao Junchen actually suppressed Huang Yourong in the party struggle. Not only did it surprise all the officials, but Emperor Deqing might also feel that Zhao Junchen's power development was out of control, and he might have thoughts of suppression in his heart.
, this is what Zhao Junchen does not want to see! Taking advantage of this opportunity to allow Huang Yourong's counterattack to succeed and make Emperor Deqing mistakenly believe that Zhao Junchen's strength is nothing more than this, it will only be beneficial to Zhao Junchen's future development.
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However, he personally sold his own cronies. If this kind of thing is leaked, I'm afraid everyone will be separated from Zhao Junchen, and the forces in the DPRK and China that Zhao Junchen has worked so hard to manage will fall apart in an instant!
Therefore, because of the impeachment of Zhang Cheng and Liu Quan'an, when all the officials in the court were paying attention, Zhao Junchen, like Zuo Lanshan and other Zhao party officials, also changed his expression, as if he was surprised by Huang Yourong's counterattack
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On the other side, Huang Yourong has been staring at Zhao Junchen since Zhang Cheng came out for impeachment. Now seeing Zhao Junchen's "expression changed drastically" under his counterattack, he couldn't help but smile proudly. But he had no idea that he had been betrayed by Zhao Junchen.
Junchen took advantage of it.
On the other hand, the chief assistant Zhou Shangjing looked at Huang Yourong and Zhao Junchen each with a thoughtful and scheming expression. He seemed to have noticed something.
While everyone in the Hall of Supreme Harmony had different expressions, Emperor Deqing had already reviewed Liu Quanan's impeachment papers.
Emperor Deqing's expression became more solemn, and he handed the book to Zhang De, the eunuch at the side, and motioned to Zhang De to pass the book to the elders for circulation.
Then, Emperor Deqing slowly asked: "My dear friends, what do you think of the impeachment of Zhang Shaofu and Liu Yushi?"
However, although Emperor Deqing's expression was extremely solemn, Zhao Junchen raised his eyes and took a peek. He found that there was clearly a hint of joy in Emperor Deqing's eyes.
Obviously, as planned, the situation created by Zhao Junchen himself was what Emperor Deqing expected to see!
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Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
As the political center of the Ming Dynasty, the capital city had countless yamen, and the total number of officials and nobles at all levels was no less than tens of thousands. Naturally, not everyone was qualified to attend the morning court.
In fact, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, only officials of third rank and above, as well as officials of fourth rank and above in some special yamen, were eligible to attend the morning court.
While the young master Zhang Cheng and the imperial censor Liu Quan'an were impeaching the officials of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Household Affairs, the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Yuanwai Lang and the principals were staying in the Yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs to handle various official affairs.
Perhaps because no one had woken up, the household was quiet at this time, and everyone was listless.
However, a sudden cry of panic interrupted Tobe's peace!
"It's not good! Something bad has happened!" A doctor from the Ministry of Revenue ran into the office room of the Ministry of Revenue and shouted in a panic: "I just got the news that the young master Zhang Cheng and the censor Liu Quan'an have collected...
After receiving conclusive evidence, they impeached a total of 19 officials from our Ministry of Household Affairs and Ministry of Industry!"
As this shout fell, the office room of the Ministry of Revenue suddenly became chaotic.
All the household officials in the room changed their expressions. They quickly surrounded the doctor who had received the news and asked at once: "What is going on?"
"Is the news true?"
"Impeached nineteen people in one go? How is that possible?"
"Who are the impeached people? Is there any accurate information?"
"Where is Lord Shangshu? How did Lord Shangshu react? He will definitely find a way, right?"
"What charges did Zhang Cheng and Liu Quanan impeach? We are always careful, how could we be caught?!"
Under the leadership of Zhao Junchen, a corrupt official, it can be said that all the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs are not clean. Now when they heard that there were two young masters, Zhang Cheng and Yushi Liu Quan'an, they impeached the Ministry of Works and the Chief Minister of the Ministry of Households in one go.
Nineteen officials, all of them felt guilty and panicked.
As a result, in the chaos, the doctor who brought the news was faced with numerous questions. He didn't know how to answer for a while, and even broke out in a sweat.
At this time, someone suddenly shouted loudly: "Everyone, be quiet! The decision has not been decided yet! Why are you panicking! Even if something happens, there will naturally be Master Shangshu to protect us! How unbecoming is it now! Let Mr. Lu take a breath first. Tone, he will naturally explain things clearly next!"
Hearing this shout, all the household officials calmed down a little. When they turned around, they saw that it was Zhao Junchen's chief confidant in the household—Jiang Qian, the doctor in the household!
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