Chapter 334 The thunder explosion in the court hall was earth-shattering
"The emperor has arrived, all ministers will come to court early!!"
In the Fengtian Hall, Emperor Mingkang sat on the dragon chair, and everyone saluted him in unison.
"Greetings to your Majesty, long live my emperor!"
Dai Quan stood aside and sang loudly, "If you have your roots, start playing, but if you don't have your roots, you will retreat!!"
After hearing Dai Quan's words, a strange look appeared in the eyes of the ministers below.
Fan Yuanhe glanced at Zeng Shutang. When they went to court today, the two of them had already passed the Qi.
Since ancient times, how many people with great military exploits have been able to start well and end well? Most people are not arrogant about taking credit, but they end up alone and end miserably.
Isn't that what Jia Qi did during this period of time?
First, on Jingxi Street in the capital, he shot and killed Qian Yiliang, the previous prefect of Shuntian Prefecture. He offended many ministers in the government here and there, killing and injuring so many people.
What happened next in Jinling added fuel to the fire for the royal family.
Without the emperor's order, he was able to mobilize the army, which was still stationed outside the city.
At present, the royal family has not touched him. The reason is because of his military exploits and his reputation at this time.
But these things will gradually fade away as time goes by. Will people still remember them in one year, two years, or even ten or eight years, or even longer?
Just like Gou Jian, the king of Yue, who had three thousand Yue armor to conquer Wu. One of his two arms was named Wen Zhong and the other was named Fan Li.
What was the final result? Wenzhong, who did not recognize his position clearly, was killed by Yue King Gou Jian, but Fan Li, who was far away from the court, luckily escaped with his life.
Not all emperors in this world are Tang Taizong, and there is only one Lingyan Pavilion.
Jia Qi's lack of restraint is tantamount to digging his own grave.
If it doesn't work once, then twice. No matter how thick the sacred scroll is, it will be exhausted. When the wall falls and everyone pushes it, let alone a marquis, even a prince will be doomed.
Zeng Shutang felt cold in his heart and would wink at his supporters, asking them to speak up.
But the next moment, an emissary from the Inspectorate made a surprise.
"Wei Chen has his own book to start with!!"
Emperor Mingkang was stunned when he saw this person. Gein was always a good man. When he rarely gave memorials, even when he did, they mostly criticized the current situation and dealt with the wrong people. How could he be the first one today?
What about opening your mouth??
"What's the matter???"
Emperor Mingkang waved his hand and signaled Dai Quan to go down and present the memorial, and asked.
"The minister wants to join the cabinet minister Zeng Shutang!!"
As soon as these words came out, the entire Fengtian Palace fell silent. This incident happened so suddenly that almost 99% of the people present did not react.
Even Zuodu Yushi of the Inspectorate was stunned. He turned around cautiously and gave the other party a look, as if asking what are you doing??
The boss did not appreciate the look in his eyes, but continued: "In the 36th year of Taikang, Zeng Shutang successively accepted the tributes from students from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and ordered Lin Jiqing, the invigilator at the time, to take care of him secretly, and later served as the examiner.
At that time, he even leaked the test questions privately! This was used to cultivate power in the court!! Yu Heqing, Zhang Zhiyuan, Xu Zechang and other important officials from Jiangnan were among them!"
Hearing this, Zeng Shutang's face darkened. It had been so many years, and he never thought that Guan Zehai would dig up these old things.
However, he would not admit it without evidence.
"Your Majesty, this Guan Zehai has fabricated facts and made baseless accusations. Your Majesty, please be aware of this!!"
Guan Zehai laughed in his heart, that was not what he wanted to say.
Then he did not refute Zeng Shutang's words, but continued: "In the seventh year of Mingkang, on the third day of June, I had close contact with the housekeeper of Zhen Shihai of the Zhen family in Jinling. The Zhen family promised to give Zeng Shutang a bonus of 1.2 million taels every year, and Zeng Shutang was responsible for helping
Dealing with matters in the court! And arranged for his subordinates to join the salt industry, and work with the Zhen family to completely control the salt industry in Jiangnan!!"
Another thing. When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but whisper among themselves.
Zeng Shutang's face darkened, what happened to Guan Zehai?
Those things are done very secretly, and only a few people in the family know about it.
"Your Majesty, this Guan Zehai has framed the old minister, and I will sue him for slandering the minister!!"
Guan Zehai ignored him and continued: "In the eighth year of the Ming Kang Dynasty, in Jiangnan Road, there were a total of 123 people from Jiangnan who wanted to go to Beijing to complain. Salt in Jiangnan is expensive. People don't eat salt, but salt eats people. Zhen
When the family found out that the incident had been exposed, they quickly sent a letter to Zeng Shutang. After Zeng Shutang received the letter, he secretly sent people to intercept and kill the 123 people. None of these poor people survived! The shocking things that happened in Jiangnan Yanke
, it all came to nothing in the end! It was only in the thirteenth year of Mingkang that Mr. Lin finally solved this matter!"
Another thing happened. This time Zeng Shutang did not express his loyalty to Emperor Mingkang again, but he could do it once and not again and again.
"Master Guan, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. I have worked hard for the court these years and have never had any selfish motives. If you can't produce evidence, I will drag you to be buried with you even if you die!!"
Guan Zehai continued calmly: "In the 12th year of the Ming Dynasty, Zeng Shutang contacted Jianzhou Jurchen Yu Dam and accepted bribes totaling 10,000 taels of gold. He promised to put pressure on him in the court and kill the champion who was guarding Liaodong Town at that time.
Hou forced them out of Liaodong!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar. At that time, this incident even caused quite a stir in the court!!
"In the 13th year of Emperor Kangdi's reign in the Ming Dynasty, an envoy from Fusang came and presented him with a treasure, the Night Pearl of the East China Sea, as big as the mouth of a bowl. He asked Zeng Shutang to do his part in opening a treaty port with Fusang, and he will show his filial piety in the future!"
"He also stated privately that the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast can obey his orders and help him deal with some shady matters!!"
Japanese pirate, this is not a good name. Hearing this, all civil and military officials in the court couldn't help but be moved, even Fan Yuanhe.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! He sighed deeply in his heart. He knew that Zeng Shutang was over, but he did not expect such an ending. He also did not expect that his old friend who was an official in the same court with him would secretly
He actually did so many things.
It's really hidden too deep, and on weekdays, I still pretend to only follow my own lead.
"This is only part of the many major things Mr. Zeng has done in the past few years. The rest have been listed in detail in the memorial. Among them, the correspondence, account books and other specific evidence have been handed over to the Ministry of Punishment. Zeng Shutang arrogantly served as the assistant minister of the cabinet. In fact,
A thief who brings disaster to the country and the people!"
"How can such an unfaithful, unjust, benevolent and unfilial person be able to live in this world with dignity? I would like to ask you to kill this official and the nine barbaric tribes!! Give justice to the world and justice to the tens of thousands of dead souls in the south of the Yangtze River!!
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[To be honest, I have been using the Huanyuan app recently to read and catch up on updates. It allows me to switch between sources and read aloud with many sounds. .huanyuanapp is available for Android and Apple.]
After the imperial envoy finished speaking these things, Emperor Mingkang had almost finished reading the memorial.
Emperor Mingkang, who said nothing, gave people a feeling that a storm was about to come.
"Zeng Aiqing, do you have anything else to say?"
Although they shouted "Aiqing", everyone felt a cool wind blowing in the hall.
Zeng Shutang was Zeng Shutang after all, but he became quiet at this moment.
"Prince Guan, didn't you get these things by yourself?"
After hearing Zeng Shutang's words, Emperor Mingkang narrowed his eyes. Did Zeng Shutang admit it?
"Master Zeng, God is watching what people do, and there are gods at the top of your head. Don't think that no one knows about the things you do. You must know that God's laws are clear!!"
Zeng Shutang burst out laughing when he heard this, as if he was crazy.
"When did you get involved with Jia Qi's son? First it was Lin Ruhai, the Minister of Rites, then the Duke of Zhenguo and the Duke of Li, and now his hands have reached out to the Inspectorate?"
"You keep saying that I am a thief who brings disaster to the country and the people, isn't your master the same? He deceives the superiors and deceives the subordinates, holds a large number of troops, and bribes the officials. What does he want to do?"
Now that Guan Zehai has stated that all the evidence is there, he has given up trying to prove his innocence. He has guessed who is behind Guan Zehai. As a mere emissary, he is definitely not able to find out such a secret matter.
There are not many people with such power in the capital, and there is only one person who has conflicts of interest with him recently, and of course he has the ability to do it, and that is the champion Hou Jiaqi.
That kid wants to kill everyone.
Since the other person won't make it easy for him, why should he make it easier for the other person?
And what he said was not false. Jia Qi's uncertainty also made them, the ministers of the imperial court, pay enough attention to him.
The royal family has found some things, and these ministers have also found some things. The champion prince's mansion is monolithic and it is difficult to check, but what about the things outside the prince's mansion!! Rongguo's mansion, Ningguo's mansion, Lin's mansion, the heavy snow outside Beijing
Dragon Riding Camp.
There are always places beyond the reach of the Nine Borders of Northern Xinjiang, Liaodong Town, and Jiangnan, so he also discovered some tricks.
The power in Jia Qi's hands is much more than what appears on the surface.
He even speculated that most of the troops in northern Xinjiang were controlled by Jia Qi. If this was true, then the lawless Jia Qi in the capital was definitely not what he seemed on the surface. He had long been disobedient.
This is his conjecture, there is no evidence, but he has no good solution at the moment.
Regarding the person sitting on the dragon throne, he knew what the other person was most worried about, and he also knew what the person in the Taihe Palace was most worried about.
It's not about the suffering of the people, it's not about collusion with foreign countries, it's about the fact that this country has the surname Chu.
"presumptuous!!!"
Emperor Kangxi of the Ming Dynasty, Long Yan, was furious. He slapped the royal eucalyptus and shouted angrily.
Since it was already a dead end, Zeng Shutang did not continue to pretend to be a loyal minister or good general.
Looking at Emperor Mingkang who was sitting on the dragon throne, he joked: "Your Majesty, you think Jia Qi's son is yours, but is this really the case? You may not know how many forces are behind him!!"
"In this Fengtian Palace, in this Daming Palace, in this civil and military court!! How many people are Jia Qi's children!! You don't know, do you! Compared with these petty tricks of the old minister,
He is the thief who truly endangers the great prosperity of the country!!"
Seeing the old guy in front of him getting more and more crazy, Emperor Mingkang shouted coldly: "Zeng Shutang!!!"
"I have treated you veterans well, and I have tolerated you over and over again. This is how you repay me, and how you repay the Supreme Emperor??"
"Such a wolf-hearted person actually dares to yell at the court of filial piety. Do you think my sword is harmful? Can't you destroy your nine tribes???"