Chapter Four hundred and forty-five. The Great Court (5).
Take away fame and power, dismiss from office and serve the people
Such a punishment would completely destroy Zhao Shancai's political future.
Prince Zhu Heyu never expected that his plea would make Zhao Shancai's situation even worse.
What's even more frightening is that Prince Zhu Heyu is completely unaware of the real reason behind this.
Therefore, the situation of Prince Zhu Heyu also became worse.
To be precise, Emperor Deqing became even more disappointed with Prince Zhu Heyu when he saw his ignorant, yet anxious look.
The various performances of Prince Zhu Heyu, including his dull political sense, shallow city scheming, and impulsive and blind actions, disappointed Emperor Deqing.
Although Prince Zhu Heyu has indeed grown a lot during this period, the nature of a country is easy to change and hard to change. Compared with the requirements of Emperor Deqing, the growth of Prince Zhu Heyu is still far from enough.
Because of Zhao Shancai's plan, Emperor Deqing's idea of changing the crown prince was already shaken a lot, but after this incident, this idea became firm again. At this point, Zhao Shancai's various suggestions to Prince Zhu Heyu have all become
His efforts were in vain, but instead he was hurting his own career.
Of course, as mentioned above, in Emperor Deqing's opinion, now is not the best time to change the crown prince. Firstly, the situation does not allow it, and secondly, Emperor Deqing has not yet found a suitable replacement.
Therefore, Emperor Deqing still wanted to maintain the reputation of Prince Zhu Heyu, and he concealed his disappointment with Prince Zhu Heyu well and did not show it.
In this way, Prince Zhu Heyu did not notice Emperor Deqing's change of mind. He just led a group of "princeling" officials to continue interceding for Zhao Shancai, hoping that Emperor Deqing could change his will and reduce the punishment of Zhao Shancai.
However, with the scheming ability of the "princeling", how could he go against the will of Emperor Deqing?
The result is naturally destined.
In the Huangji Palace, as Song Qiwen finished speaking, Crown Prince Zhu Heyu immediately appealed to Emperor Deqing and said, "Even if my father, Zhao Shancai, made mistakes, they are not serious after all. He is also a rare young talent in our dynasty in recent years.
Wouldn't it be a pity if his official career was cut off just like that? I hope my father will take pity on his talent and lighten his punishment."
At the same time, members of the "Princeling Party" such as Prince Young Master Guo Tang, Zuodu Censor Lu Chunxiao of the Imperial Procuratorate, Cheng Yuandao and other "Princeling Party" members also came out one after another to express their approval, and each found many reasons.
However, in the face of the pleas from Prince Zhu Heyu and the "Princeling Party", Emperor Deqing retorted with just one sentence: "Prince, what you mean is that Zhao Shancai's fault does not need to be investigated and my will does not need to be followed. However, if there is any
If mistakes are not punished, if there is no respect for the purpose, and no mercy is outside the law, then how can I govern the country and convince the government and the public that if other officials make mistakes in the future, should they follow this example?"
After hearing Emperor Deqing's inquiry, all the "princeling" members, including Crown Prince Zhu Heyu, were at a loss for words and had no idea how to refute.
In fact, before this, members of the "Princeling Party" often believed that Emperor Deqing's punishment for offending officials was too light, and often asked Emperor Deqing to increase the punishment. Such statements as today's request for Emperor Deqing to be lenient
It's the first time.
After all, "governing the country strictly", "rectifying the administration of officials", "implementing strict government", etc. have always been one of the main political ideas of the "princelings". Although Zhao Shancai is very important to the "princelings", the "princelings"
The Party will not give up the ideals they have always adhered to just because of Zhao Shancai.
Therefore, if the "princeling" officials give Emperor Deqing a positive answer, then they will completely lose their position and principles in the future; but if they cannot answer Emperor Deqing's question, then they will have no choice but to
Give up on Zhao Shancai
Obviously, Emperor Deqing caught the "princeling" within seven inches
In the end, after hesitating for a long time, the "princeling party" finally gave up on Zhao Shancai. Under the leadership of Prince Zhu Heyu, they all retreated to their positions and did not bother Emperor Deqing anymore.
At the same time, Prince Zhu Heyu was naturally unwilling and full of guilt towards Zhao Shancai, but he secretly made up his mind that he must treat Zhao Shancai well in the future and must not let Zhao Shancai be wronged again until he ascends the throne as emperor in the future.
The first thing is to let Zhao Shancai return to officialdom and entrust him with important tasks.
On the other side, seeing that they finally gave up interceding for Zhao Shancai, Emperor Deqing nodded with satisfaction, feeling that he had achieved his goal. He had not only intimidated the officials, but also secretly warned the crown prince Zhu Heyu.
As for the unlucky Zhao Shancai, he was not within the scope of Emperor Deqing's consideration.
In this way, the dispute ended, and Zhao Shancai's matter finally came to an end.
Soon, all the officials in Huangji Palace gave up paying attention to this matter and waited for the next issue to arise.
After all, Zhao Shancai is just a small person after all, so his affairs are just trivial matters. The officials present are all big people, and there is no need to pay special attention to the fate of the little person, even if this little person originally has great power.
potential.
Not only the officials in the court, but Zhao Junchen also didn't care much about this matter. If the plans of the seventh prince Zhu Heyu were ignored, this matter would not have any significance to Zhao Junchen. After all, it was Zhao Shan who really made people
What feels threatened is his intelligence and strategy, not his official career. Whether Zhao Shancai is an official or a civilian does not prevent him from continuing to make suggestions for the prince Zhu Heyu, so the threat of Zhao Shancai still exists if the seventh prince Zhu Heyu does not go further.
actions.
Therefore, the meeting quickly turned to the next topic.
Originally, according to Zhao Junchen's plan, after the big court meeting began, the "Zhao Party" officials should be the first to speak and impeach the cabinet boss Huang Yourong. Unexpectedly, Li Yuran took the lead.
As a result, Zhao Junchen's plan changed, and the "Zhao Party" officials felt that they were not doing enough, for fear of being blamed by Zhao Junchen.
So, after Zhao Shancai's matter came to an end, all the "Zhao Party" officials acted very anxiously. Emperor Deqing had just asked, "Do you have any other matters to report to me?" when he saw Zuo Lan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Shan quickly came out of the queue and reported to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Seeing Zuo Lanshan coming out of the queue, a glimmer of understanding flashed in Emperor Deqing's eyes. He roughly guessed Zuo Lanshan's purpose, but he still asked: "Oh, Zuo Aiqing, can you tell me something?"
Zuo Lanshan's expression was serious and he said slowly: "Your Majesty, after I returned to the capital, I found that many colleagues were missing from the court, such as Master Gu Quangu, the censor of Zuo Qiandu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Mr. Gu Quangu, the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Sir Liu Changan, Mr. Liu, Mr. Zhan Shanchang, Mr. Zhan, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, etc. were all missing. I asked my colleagues for the reason and found out that these adults were all dismissed from their official positions by Mr. Huang Yourong and Huang Ge during His Majesty's southern tour.
I also asked my colleagues about the reasons why these adults were dismissed from their posts, but found many strange things. I hope your Majesty can investigate this matter in detail."
Emperor Deqing asked: "Oh, what's so strange?"
I saw Zuo Lanshan reply: "If you don't talk about others, let's talk about Mr. Zhan Shanchang, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. The reason why he was dismissed from office was that he secretly embezzled public funds from the treasury. He secretly delayed the repair work of the Ministry of Works in November last year.
He used the money to lend money to the private sector. In addition to taking advantage of the opportunity to make profits, it also delayed the Ministry of Industry's water conservancy repairs for several months. However, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, I had no knowledge of this matter. If
Zhan Shanchang really delayed the money from the Ministry of Works, so I should have known better, so this matter is very fishy."
Then, Zuo Lanshan said: "There is also Mr. Gu Quan. The crime for which he was removed from office was fabricating evidence, framed his colleagues, and used his power to impeach officials to suppress dissidents. However, I have always known that Mr. Gu
As a person, I think Mr. Gu would never do such a thing. In addition, there is Mr. Liu Changan. Some people impeached him for accepting bribes and selling out his official positions. He secretly tampered with the records of officials' merits and demerits in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. However, as far as I know, Mr. Liu entered the official staff.
The ministry has less than a year and is not capable of accomplishing this matter. All of these require your Majesty to investigate again. If these adults have been wronged, please put things right and restore the reputation of these adults.
and official position, otherwise it will inevitably make all officials feel cold."
As Zuo Lanshan's words fell, Tong Huan, the envoy of the General Affairs Department, immediately came out to report: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Mr. Huang Yourong for forming cliques for personal gain and suppressing dissidents. During your tour to the south, Mr. Huang Yourong fought against
Despite his status as an assistant minister, he was arrogant and acted tyrannically. Officials in the court who had different political views from him were ostracized and suppressed. Many officials were even dismissed from their posts due to inexplicable crimes. Such perverse behavior,
Confusing right and wrong is an act of manipulating power and harming the country. I hope your Majesty will severely punish Huang Yourong."
Then, Qin Huaiyuan, the Minister of Punishment, also came out and said: "Your Majesty, what Mr. Zuo and Mr. Tong said are all true. What Huang Yourong did can be said to be a disaster for the country, chaos for the government, and corruption of the government. Therefore, without severe punishment, it is not enough to govern the world.
, not punishing him severely is not enough for the common people, I hope your Majesty will learn from it.”
Huang Yourong is about to fall and lose power. This is something that everyone can see clearly. In addition, Huang Yourong has offended many officials in the DPRK and the Central Government during his struggle for power over the years. Therefore, there are naturally many people who want to take advantage of the situation and add insult to injury.
few.
Therefore, as the "Zhao Party" officials took the lead in impeachment, a massive campaign to denounce Huang Yourong suddenly began.
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