Political battles in the court often focus on one point and attack it with all your strength, striving to achieve a breakthrough. Once a breakthrough is made, this point will be penetrated and captured immediately.
But once the power is dispersed and strikes a large area at the same time, the effect... is basically certain that there will be no breakthrough anywhere.
The reason is simple, because the law does not punish everyone.
Is it possible that all the officials in Yuezhou, Yuanjing, and Taiyang were removed from their posts at the same time
If this is the case, it would be a huge official scandal!
Moreover, the most surprising thing is that this Liu Qingqi is from the prince's line, and he is Zhang Datong's disciple!
Zhang Datong has no real power, but he can't stand the fact that he has presided over five imperial examinations and was the examiner!
According to the unspoken rules of officialdom, all high school Jinshi can be said to be Zhang Datong's disciples without exception, and Liu Qingqi is not only theoretically, but also actually a scribe who actively moves closer to the prince's line. He is supervising the censor. He is quite famous among the people and has always been known for his arrogance and fearlessness. He will bite anyone as long as he is told to do so by the top!
It's just that... Taiyang Governor Li Tian is an official of the prince's line. Moreover, Li Tian committed a heinous crime in the entire Taiyang incident and the prince's assassination. This was also the official of the four princes and his line in the previous court meeting. The officials grabbed hold of him and chased him fiercely.
Now, why did the officials from the Prince's family turn around and shoot him
Li Chengfeng didn't understand the complicated personnel relationships between these officials, but there were many veterans in the court, and they quickly looked at the main leaders of the prince's family: Zhang Datong, Gu Cangping and others.
Zhang Datong's palace was extremely deep, and there was no sign of movement on his wrinkled face, but Gu Cangping couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly, looking very proud.
The smart officials quickly thought about it and understood it immediately!
This is exactly Gu Cangping's "squid tactic"!
This first shot not only hits the enemy, but also hits oneself!
But because of the wide scope, the damage actually caused is very limited, but the purpose is to smear a large area and smear everyone!
As long as everyone is black together, then the "blackness" of Prefect Li Tian will not seem so black!
If the other party continues to pursue and attack Li Tian for his crimes, then I'm sorry, but the prince will start to pursue and attack Yuezhou, Prefect Yuanjing and others for their dereliction of duty.
Li Chengfeng saw that Liu Qingqi had finished presenting the memorial. Before Zhao Bairen took it and looked through it, a middle-aged official from the seventh rank among the civil servants walked out quickly and said loudly: "I impeach the censor Liu Qingqi for his misconduct." , has lost his conscience, committed adultery with his clan sister-in-law, and even intended to kill people and silence them. His actions in the court are just sensational and slanderous, and he is really a despicable villain. He should be stripped of his official position and severely punished to set an example to others!"
When everyone heard this, they were in an uproar again!
Liu Qingqi is the Supervisory Censor, and he holds the terrifying power of public opinion to supervise hundreds of officials. Precisely because of the particularity of their own functions, they also have extremely high moral requirements. Otherwise, they will be unclean, but they will criticize others. Pointing out, this is inevitably dissatisfying.
The person who came out to impeach Liu Qingqi was the Director of the Imperial College.
The position of chief registrar is basically found in various government departments. It is mainly responsible for document management and is equivalent to a secretary. But the Registrar of the Imperial College is different. The Registrar here is in charge of the official seal of the Imperial College, and at the same time supervises the supervisors, that is, oversees many officials and reserve officials of the Imperial College.
In other words, this position has the authority to supervise all officials of the Imperial College!
Not all officials came from the Imperial College, but... all the supervisory censors came from the Imperial College!
In other words, the supervisory censor has the authority to impeach officials, but the chief registrar of the Imperial College has the authority to impeach Liu Qingqi, the supervisory censor!
This is the official version of one thing destroying another, which can be called a tiger, a stick, and a chicken.
Gu Cangyuan was still a little proud at first, but when he heard the opponent's counterattack, his expression changed drastically. He immediately raised his head and looked at Zhang Datong in front of him, and almost instantly shouted "There is a traitor!"
If there was no traitor, how could the other party be able to catch Liu Qingqi and wait for them here in advance
Zhang Datong didn't even raise his eyelids, but secretly lamented in his heart that the fourth prince was so resourceful that he was able to find a way to deal with it in an instant, and immediately discarded Liu Qingqi's card!
This "squid tactic" certainly discredited a group of people and made people turn against him, but the other party was even more ruthless, directly attacking Liu Qingqi on a moral level and completely discrediting this person!
This person has been disgraced, so his memorial will naturally have no credibility!
Just as the Imperial Registrar said, can such a person with bad conduct be trusted by his grandstanding behavior
For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on Liu Qingqi. His face turned green and red, and his whole body was shaking.
Zhao Bairen sat high on the dragon chair, looked at him sideways, and said lightly: "Is this the case?"
Liu Qingqi immediately knelt down and screamed in a sharp and weird voice: "Nothing is happening! This is slander!" He pointed at the director of the Imperial College and screamed: "Chen Yun, you are spitting blood!!"
Liu Qingqi quickly argued: "My sister-in-law is a widow at home. I am entrusted by the clan leader to help out, but I don't expect to fall into the eyes of a villain! Your Majesty, the pure will be pure by themselves, and the dirty will be dirty by themselves. I will never do this." Your Majesty is aware of what is going on in the melon fields and plum trees!"
When Liu Qingqi finished speaking, he kowtowed and burst into tears.
Reputation is the most precious thing among scribes. Once a person's reputation is tarnished, that person's life is over. Not only is his official life over, but he will also be pointed at by others wherever he goes, making him unable to hold his head up.
At this time, Gu Cangping turned his head slightly and quickly glanced at an official in the crowd. The official understood immediately and stepped forward holding the wat board in his arms and said sternly: "Your Majesty, I am impeaching the villain Shen Yun for forming a clique for personal gain, abusing his power, spying on him in private, and closing it down." Peeping into privacy, holding officials hostage, with evil intentions!"
Everyone gasped when they heard this!
If Shen Yun's shot was going to destroy Liu Qingqi's political life, then this official's shot was going to kill Shen Yun!
Moreover, the evidence is all readily available!
As soon as Liu Qingqi jumped out and fired a shot, you immediately bit Liu Qingqi's privacy, and you did it so accurately, which shows that you usually monitor the other person.
Moreover, there were so many censors in the country and hundreds of officials in the previous dynasty. Who knew who fired the first shot? Who can be so accurate and definitely be able to bite back the person who started the attack
To be able to achieve such accuracy, he must be spying on officials in private, peeking into their privacy, and then waiting for the opportunity to act!
If the emperor does this kind of behavior, if others do it, they are seeking death!
What do you want to do when you secretly spy on the officials? Want to rebel
Although Zhao Bairen was dim, he was unambiguous about the emperor's authority. His expression immediately changed, he stared at Shen Yun gloomily, and said, "Is this the case?"
Shen Yun seemed to have expected that the other party would attack him like this. He kowtowed calmly and said: "Your Majesty, this is Liu Qingqi jumping over the wall and biting him back! The reason why I knew about this matter was because his sister-in-law and maid discovered that the two had committed adultery. I was silenced by him but survived the catastrophe. I saw the dying maid at Wukou at the foot of Shenyin Street, so I brought her back and learned about such a crazy and unconscionable thing!"
Everyone immediately started talking and looked at Liu Qingqi with strange expressions.
Liu Qingqi kowtowed desperately and cried: "Your Majesty, there is no such thing, there is no such thing! This maid's name is Cuiyun. She bullies her sister-in-law in every way because she is a widow. I have taught her a lesson several times, so I feel resentful towards me. , this is slander! Your Majesty is aware of it, aware of it!"
Zhao Bairen sneered and said, "Chen Yun, what a coincidence that you met me?"
Chen Yun kowtowed and said, "Thanks to your majesty's wisdom, the sky net is vast and sparse and there are no leaks!"
This answer was a cunning one, but it was hard to find fault with.
What a coincidence that you met
Yes, it’s such a coincidence, what’s wrong
Immediately, another official stood up and accused Chen Yun of evil intentions, misleading the public with lies, and trying to deceive the Holy One. They also produced evidence that he usually forms cliques for personal gain!
But these evidences are nothing more than the people he drank wine with and had private gatherings with on weekdays. It was all trivial matters.
As soon as the quarrel started, the court immediately turned into a noisy vegetable market. Low-level officials on both sides were waving their arms and rolling up their sleeves, spitting and making a lot of noise.
Li Chengfeng was secretly amused when he saw that the court had turned into a "Rashomon" incident involving petty parents.
But at this moment, Gu Cangping couldn't help it any longer. Just when Zhao Bairen was about to burst into impatience, he stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have my own plan to report!"
When everyone heard this, they were immediately shocked!
The struggle in the court just now was just a battle between low-level officials. The middle- and high-level officials stood aside and respected their status and had no end. However, Gu Cangping was a mid-level official and a core official of the prince's line. His end directly declared the fate of this battle. upgrade!
After Gu Cangping kowtowed, he said loudly: "I ask your Majesty to strictly investigate the leakage of the prince's whereabouts, and to investigate the case of the two evil masters behind the scenes colluding with Jue Wuji and Leiyun Laoyao to assassinate the prince!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they all knew that the real big event was coming!