(It’s an excessive chapter, and because I have to take over the job temporarily today, the state is extremely bad, so you don’t need to order it. I will take some time off tomorrow to make up for it...)
Crows gather in the palace, whips are waving in the dawn colors, swords and swords are arched too slightly. The sun shines on the royal bed, and the embroidery is bright, and the clouds return to see the green flag.
It was another day of the imperial meeting, and in the majestic and magnificent Xuanzheng Hall, hundreds of officials shouted for long live the mountain.
Xiao Cheng was wearing a black imperial robe and a twelve-crown crown. He was sitting on a dragon chair, overlooking the palace, accepting the worship of hundreds of officials in the court.
After the ceremony, all officials stood up slowly.
The official Cao Shangshu Zhang Hong immediately stepped out of the queue, held the memorial in his hand high, and saluted:
"Your Majesty, Lord Shangshu Ling Qu asked for leave yesterday at Li Cao. The servant said that he was overwhelmed by the workload due to the long days of working on state affairs. He has been undercover in bed for two days and cannot get up to see anything. He can only ask the minister to submit the memorial to the emperor on his behalf.
This is how you plead guilty."
At this time, all the ministers in the court heard the confession memorial of Qu Cheng, the minister, and they looked at each other one by one. Feeling that a storm was coming, they all lowered their heads and pretended to be wood carvings.
Many of Qu Cheng's former subordinates in the court, as well as former officials of the Ma and Tao families, could not help but feel uneasy at this time.
Although Feng Bao initially saved face for Qu Cheng, he did not make much noise when he took Qu Jing away.
But even so, he couldn't hold back the fact that this matter had become too big after fermentation. With many people talking about it, it was natural that Mr. Qu's involvement in a major case could not be concealed. It was only a few words.
Within a few days, all the officials in the court knew about it.
The big merchants in the country colluded with Shangshu Hucao, who was in charge of the court's finances, and embezzled the relief grain and grass supplies from the northern border together. The most important thing was that they even colluded with the Xia Kingdom and sold them privately to make huge profits.
All these cases can no longer be treated as ordinary cases.
But the most important thing is that all officials in the court have no idea whether the current Qu family is inexplicably involved in this case. Is it true, or is His Majesty using it as an excuse to eliminate the influence of these three families in the court?
It was because of these concerns that all the officials in the court did not dare to speak at this time and lowered their heads to make their own clay and wood sculptures.
The specific expression on Xiao Chengyin's face could not be clearly seen behind his eyes. At this time, all the officials could hear was his plain, calm voice, which sounded in the Xuanzheng Hall.
"In this case, the affairs of the Shangshutai will be handled by Zhang Zhao, the Minister of Li, for the time being!"
Zhang Zhao on the side looked serious and showed no joy. He just walked forward slowly, cupped his hands and said:
"I obey the decree!"
Xiao Cheng glanced at all the officials in the court, his eyes kept shaking, and he spoke again:
"My lords, is there anything else you need to report?"
After a moment of silence, among the military attachés' queue, a man suddenly walked out quickly and said loudly:
"I, Yue Cavalry School Lieutenant Bubo, have a plan to report!"
The Yue Cavalry Captain is one of the eight captains under Zhi Jinwu. Although he only has the title of captain, he is responsible for commanding the cavalry under the patrol camp in the middle of the capital, guarding the capital, and also conducting expeditions. It is a position second only to the nine ministers of the court.
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Nowadays, the political power of the Yun State has been completely returned to the Cao Cao of the Shang Shutai under Xiao Cheng's reforms. The military power in and outside the capital is nominally under the control of Taiwei Tao Ai, but in fact, all of it has been controlled by Xiao Cheng's trusted generals.
Take over, integrate.
The Yueqi captain, who used to be so famous in the past, now only has a little fame left.
"Correct!" Xiao Cheng said solemnly.
Yueqi Colonel Wei Bubo immediately took out a memorial from his arms and said loudly:
"I was entrusted by my former colleague, the county captain of Anlan County under the current Jianchang Prefecture, to supervise the censor Hai Rui. He relied on your majesty's trust, had an arrogant and unruly personality, and acted on his own initiative. He arbitrarily arrested and detained government officials without asking the reason.
Being in prison has caused the accumulation of government affairs in the Jianchang Prefecture and delayed state affairs. These words and actions are a disgrace to the Holy Grace, and please be severely punished by Your Majesty!"
As soon as these words came out, several people in the court immediately came out and responded:
"I have also received news that I want to take action against Hai Rui for taking advantage of his power!"
"Second!"
"Hai Rui relied on His Majesty's trust to treat the dignified official office of Jianchang Mansion as his private residence, and reprimanded all the officials, like slaves, to take something and take it away. This person's words and deeds are arrogant and domineering, which is intolerable. Please punish this person severely!"
"Your Majesty, please take away his official position as censor and escort him back to the capital for trial!"
Xiao Cheng looked at the indignant people in the palace, raised his brows, pretended to just remember, and nodded:
"I remember that Hai Rui is indeed the censor responsible for supervising the affairs of Jianchang Mansion..."
Speaking of this, Xiao Cheng suddenly paused slightly and said with confusion:
"It's just that Hai Rui did something outrageous in the government office. It should have been Li Cao who received the memorial from the officials of Jianchang Prefecture and handed it to me... Zhang Qing, has Li Cao ever received the impeachment memorial?"
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Zhang Hong went out to salute and replied:
"Your Majesty, I have not received the impeachment memorial from the officials of Jianchang Prefecture!"
Xiao Cheng nodded, looked at the people in the hall, and asked deliberately:
"Ah, if I remember correctly, these are all military attachés. How is this faster than officials receiving impeachment memorials?"
Hearing Xiao Chengzhi's words, the few people who stood up were shocked and froze on the spot, not knowing how to speak.
After a while, someone finally stammered:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I and several of my former colleagues are working in Jianchang Mansion. It would delay the resettlement of refugees, so they asked me to report..."
Hearing this, Xiao Cheng chuckled and said casually:
"That's how it is... The duty of supervising the censor is already resented by others. It's just the one-sided words of a few officials, and the court has not received the memorial from Jianchang Mansion. I still know Hai Rui's temper.
Although he is a bit more upright and tough, he is definitely not the arrogant and domineering person you say, so it is not easy to hold him accountable for this!"
Xiao Cheng's words clearly meant that he was standing up for Hai Rui.
The person who had just spoken was immediately blocked and didn't know how to continue.
After all, they are not censors and have no right to hear the news. The impeachment memorial against Hai Rui from Jianchang Mansion has not yet been submitted to the court at this time because it has to go through various procedures.
Now His Majesty has such an attitude of believing in Hai Rui that these people immediately don't know how to continue.
In desperation, several people could only stop their activities and planned to impeach again until the official documents from Jianchang Mansion arrived.
Xiao Cheng saw no more officials coming out at this time, so he said loudly:
"Hu Cao Shangshu Liu Yu colluded with Jin Tangfeng, a merchant in the middle of the capital, to embezzle relief materials and sell them privately to the Xia Kingdom. His conduct was serious. We ordered Shangshu Taiwan, Yushitai, Dali Temple, and the three departments to examine this matter in detail.
Anyone who obstructs the handling of the case will be severely punished!"
The chief officers of the third division who were named immediately stepped forward and shouted in unison:
"According to the order!"
Upon hearing this, all the officials in the court subconsciously raised their heads and glanced at His Majesty, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, his face hidden under the curtains. He looked down at the officials like a god, and their hearts were filled with fear.
The situation between North Korea and China is likely to change drastically this time!