It seems that things are going to end like this, naturally impossible.
Near the end of the year, Zheng Yunjie, the Censor of the Right Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was impeached for accepting bribes and attacking political enemies.
The evidence is ironclad, and there are witnesses.
Dali Temple came to investigate the case, and also found a booklet in its study, which recorded the benefits of who received it and what it did for it.
Simply appalling!
The Metropolitan Procuratorate is in charge of all the officials, and supervises all matters. If the case is verified, Zheng Yunjie has committed the crime knowingly, adding to the crime.
From then on, the layer of veil covering the hall was finally torn off in such an embarrassing state. It turns out that these high-ranking officials are not as beautiful as they imagined. They form parties for selfishness and fight each other.
In fact, the exposure of this matter is not beneficial to anyone, but the first to bear the brunt is Emperor Jiacheng.
Before, Zheng Yunjie also vowed to impeach the harm of land mergers in various places, and denounced Jiang Wang, the prefect of Suzhou, as an inhumane official. Now that this kind of thing broke out, who would dare to believe that what he said was true or false, or whether he was instructed to deliberately frame it.
The chaos in the courtroom turned into a pot of porridge, and officials were arguing and criticizing each other, creating a cloud of smoke. Emperor Jiacheng's face was black every day, and a monstrous flame of anger was brewing in his eyes.
Seeing this, some low-level officials all bowed their heads to be human beings, and the big guys fought and fought, but it wasn't them that small fish and shrimp could mix in.
At the same time, the atmosphere in the cabinet was a rare harmony.
Usually a few patriarchs are at odds with each other, and from time to time they have to tear it apart. Now they meet in harmony, and occasionally sit in one place and drink tea.
As for Xue Tingxiang, he is now the first person in a two-room book. Naturally, there are some people who are jealous, but he can't stand Wu Ge's willingness to praise him. He usually does everything he does, and he often walks outside a lot. All the six departments know him.
He also took advantage of his position to 'use power for personal gain' to help Mao Badou and Li Datian, and finalized the matter of their release from Beijing. Naturally, it was impossible for him to come forward, but to change a few hands in the middle. These are not difficult for Xue Tingxiang, and it can even be said that it is easy to be familiar with it.
The right to not use it, and it will be invalidated when it expires. Who knows how long he will be able to do it as a big celebrity's Zhongshu Sheren. After all these things happened, Xue Tingxiang always had an inexplicable sense of urgency in his heart.
Just when Xue Tingxiang was in the cabinet, Chen Jian didn't seem to be idle. He didn't know when it would start. When Xu Shoufu appeared in front of people again, Chen Jian would always be by his side.
Xue Tingxiang was a little surprised, but not surprised. It seems that there are always some things that overlap in a dream. He deliberately chose a night to meet with Chen Jian. No one knew what the two talked about, but when they met in front of them, they were just strangers as before.
In the ninth year of Jiacheng, it has not been a peaceful year. There seems to be something to be disturbed. The sky above the capital is shrouded in a lingering haze, and the mountains and rains are about to come.
And at this moment, something happened and the prince died.
The prince died on the 16th day of the first lunar month, the day after the Shangyuan Festival, which was celebrated all night by the people of the city. On that day, Emperor Jiacheng stayed in the East Palace for a long time, and even suspended the court for three days because of this matter.
With the completion of the funeral of the prince's large and small funerals, when he went to court again, the civil and military officials found that Emperor Jiacheng had reduced a lot.
The originally resolute face is now more angular, with a deep nasolabial fold appearing on both sides of the nose, and the corners of the mouth are always pursed, seeming to be decades old out of thin air.
On second thought, Emperor Jiacheng was diligent in political affairs, and it was normal for the white-haired man to send the black-haired man a little old.
Only Xue Tingxiang had horror in his eyes, and kept roaring in his heart, that's it, that's it. In that dream, when he first visited Emperor Jiacheng, Emperor Jiacheng looked like this.
Xue Tingxiang's hunch was not wrong.
On February 18, Jiang Wang, the prefect of Suzhou, was escorted to Beijing. Since then, there has been a bloody storm in the courtroom.
Originally, this kind of case should be a tribunal of three divisions, but Jin Yiwei was dispatched and took Jiang Wang away.
After this incident, the court was shocked, and several ministers wrote that Jin Yiwei should not overtake the court, but should be tried by the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Supreme Court, even Shuntian Prefecture, but it should not be Jinyiwei .
The word 'Jinyiwei' seems to have made many civil servants very sensitive. The disaster of the factory guards in the former dynasty is vivid in our minds. How many loyal and good people were murdered at the beginning, Jinyiwei is like a butcher knife hanging over the heads of the officials, and it may fall in an instant. Come.
It's a pity that no matter how these ministers understand it, Emperor Jiacheng doesn't seem to be moved. After Jiang Wang was taken away, several other court officials were involved, and the capital changed color when he heard the flying fish suit.
On February 25th, more than 30 officials, large and small, knelt outside the Taihe Gate, trying to persuade Emperor Jiacheng to withdraw his order.
God, ignore it.
The next day, more than 30 officials became more than 50, and Emperor Jiacheng remained the same.
The next day, more than 50 officials increased to more than 100, and the cry outside the Taihe Gate shook the sky. At this time, Emperor Jiacheng sacrificed a big killing weapon, a court staff.
He seems to also want to use the court staff to conquer these scholars and officials like Ming Shizong did, but unfortunately this time is not the other time.
At this point, many high-ranking officials finally couldn't sit still and came out one after another. Several cabinet ministers headed by Mr. Wu Ge also came to Taihe Gate. Until Xu Shoufu, who was old and senile, also came here with the help of Chen Jian, and Emperor Jiacheng of Qianqing Palace finally changed his color.
Jin Yiwei put Jiang Wang and others back, and handed it over to the three divisions of Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Metropolitan Court for a joint trial. The only difference was that the palace sent an internal servant to follow up the whole process.
After this incident, Jiang Wang was not important, but a continuation of the battle between the monarch and his ministers.
And no one won, neither did Baiguan, nor did Emperor Jiacheng win.
The problems that should exist are still there, and the problems that have not been solved are still unsolved. It seems that the situation has been calm, but in fact it is still anxious.
In the spring of March, it should be the occasion of spring rain, but it did not rain.
Entering April, there is still no sign of rain in the capital.
Not only that, there was no rain in the northern Zhili area, and even in the areas of Henan, Gansu, and Shanxi.
Spring rain is as expensive as oil. This sentence is not fake. Without rain, what should I do with the crops this season? The people scolded the sky one after another, and the hall was silent.
At this time, rumors are naturally inevitable.
I don't know when it started, rumors circulated in the market, saying that it was because His Majesty accused the officials in front of Taihe Gate, so it would never rain.
Even Zhao'er was stunned when he heard this statement.
"If it doesn't rain in the world, what does it have to do with whether the sage will spank those officials?! These people are crazy!"
Xue Tingxiang also felt that these people were crazy. Finally, Emperor Jiacheng finally stopped. Whether or not he died, at least there was no trouble for the time being.
If you push Emperor Jiacheng more anxiously, I am afraid that someone will suffer again.
He also knew what these civil servants wanted to do. They wanted to subdue Emperor Jiacheng with a single stick, so that he would not have any trouble in the future.
Kejia Chengdi is a living person, and he is still the honor of the ninety-five. It doesn't matter if a group of people and his wrestling have won, but if one is against the other, he still doesn't know who will die.
For the time being, no one has died, but Qin Tianjian's supervisor and deputy supervisor have changed a few.
On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, Emperor Jiacheng couldn't hold on any longer and issued an edict.
For a time, all the officials were celebrating. As for whether it would rain or not, who would remember to take care of it.
On this occasion, Emperor Jiacheng was ill.
The imperial physicians diagnosed that Emperor Jiacheng had become ill from overwork, coupled with the coinciding with the untimely death of the Crown Prince, His Majesty was grief-stricken, and thus induced the cause of the disease.
To put it in vernacular, it is because Emperor Jiacheng has been too diligent in political affairs since he ascended the throne, and suffered repeated blows, so that he became seriously ill.
The sage was ill, and as the officials below, they naturally had to pay more attention. Several ministers in the cabinet came to express their condolences one after another. The implication was that Emperor Jiacheng should not worry too much about the government. With so many ministers around, nothing major would happen to the court.
But the question is, when Emperor Jiacheng is ill, who will criticize Zhu after the cabinet votes.
The so-called drafts are the memorials handed in from all over the country. Before they are sent to the emperor for instructions, the cabinet will write the approval suggestions on paper, and paste them on the memorials for submission. The vote is only to provide advice to the emperor, and the decision-making power still rests on the emperor's criticism.
Of course, if the emperor's criticism of Zhu is inconsistent with the cabinet's political views, the cabinet has the right to refute it. However, this kind of thing happens very rarely. Usually, this kind of thing happens when the courtier and the emperor tear their face.
The problem now is not these, but the Jiacheng Emperor ordered people to rebuild the Silijian, making Zheng An the eunuch in charge of the Silijian and temporarily approving Zhu's affairs.
Yes, temporary.
After such a fight before, Emperor Jiacheng also realized that he couldn't confront these people head-on, he could only go around in a roundabout way.
Civil servants always like to use the banner of righteousness, so this time Emperor Jiacheng also used righteousness against them. The king's father is in bad health, you dare to force him to preside over government affairs, dare to say that you don't need to approve Zhu, you can only use cabinet votes.
Anyone who dares to answer a sentence, the former is disloyal and unrighteous and unfilial, and the latter is an attempt to subvert the government and attempt to monopolize the power of the state.
These big hats are too big for anyone to carry, so they can only wear them like this.
As a result, when the previous dynasties perished, the Sili Jian, who was wiped out in the torrent of history, appeared again.
In fact, for some of the following small officials, who criticizes Zhu is really not important.
The government offices of the various ministries are still the same government offices, and it doesn’t matter at all.
It's like these middle-class bookkeepers in the two cabinets. They may understand the deep worries of the elders, but they can't empathize with them. The only difference is that after the votes, they were sent to the Qianqing Palace, and now they are sent to the Secretary. ceremonial supervisor.
At this time, the Sili Jian did not have a separate government office, so he temporarily stayed in a row of houses near the Zhenshun Gate and next to the root of the city wall.
However, there is a lot of weather inside. Anyway, Xue Tingxiang saw it when he went to deliver the tickets. He had everything he should have, and nothing was bad. It didn't look like a temporary representative at all.
In fact, everyone knew that this temporary generation was just a pretense. To put it bluntly, Emperor Jiacheng felt that he could not fight against these ministers alone, so he cultivated some helpers.
In the past, Jin Yiwei died without a disease, and later, the Si Lijian was born.
These two are the two great weapons used by the previous emperors to concentrate the imperial power and deal with the officials.
In a dream, Xue Tingxiang studied the root cause of the demise of the previous dynasty. In addition to the disaster of party disputes, there was also the cause of the collapse of the factory and guards. Anything can be counterproductive, the imperial power is too much, if you lose control, you will be dictatorial. And the power of the courtiers is too great, and if the imperial power is restrained, chaos will inevitably occur.
When the two are just right, supervising and restraining each other, can we create a peaceful and prosperous age.
This is based on the vision and accumulation of Xue Tingxiang's two worlds, so that these advantages and disadvantages can be seen, but it is obvious that all of these are obviously not within his control now.
He is now facing a problem, and Wu Ge Lao finally showed him his cards.
Naturally, this showdown could not have been brought out by Mr. Wu Ge himself, but He You, the first person by Mr. Wu Ge's side before.
"Xue Zhongshu, you must be a smart person too. You should be able to understand what I mean." He You said with a smile, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.
Xue Tingxiang pretended to be sincere and fearful, but looked a little confused: "He Zhongshu's words are too profound, can you allow me to think about it carefully?"
"You still need to understand this matter. This is the old man's flattering of you. You should be knowledgeable."
Xue Tingxiang looked at He You's smiling face, and his heart was a little dark.
Normally, since you play the role of He You, you shouldn't say it like this. In a word, different people say it with different meanings, why is He You trying to provoke him
For a moment, thousands of thoughts flashed through Xue Tingxiang's mind, and he put away the smile on his face: "He Zhongshu is threatening me?"
"I dare not."
"But I heard the implication of what you said. It's clearly a threat." Xue Tingxiang was persuaded by He You for a few glasses of wine before, and his fair face was slightly red at this time: "I'm not afraid to tell you, don't say you come, even if it is Lord Zhongtang came in person, and I have the same attitude, I, Xue Tingxiang, have a wife and son, and I can't bear such a love from Lord Zhongtang."
"Xue Tingxiang, you have to be responsible for what you say."
Xue Tingxiang flicked his sleeves: "Do you think I'm like some people, the most two-faced?" After speaking, he turned and left.
On the contrary, He You showed a smug smile.
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In the study room of Wu Mansion, Wu Ge was sitting behind the desk in homely clothes.
"Did he really say that?"
He You looked frightened but couldn't hide his anger: "Lord Zhongtang, the lower officials must not dare to deceive. I specially found some free time, and specially invited him to come to drink at home, just to talk about this. Thinking that this son doesn't know how to praise him, and he said nothing, not to mention that I came here, even if Lord Zhongtang came in person, he would still have such an attitude."
"I don't know how to lift!"
He You raised his head and glanced at the anger on Old Wu Ge's face, and added some more firewood: "He said that he has a wife and son, and he can't bear such a love from Lord Zhongtang. Lord Zhongtang, don't wait for this. Those who know how to lift up, get angry."
Wu Ge glanced at him, nodded, and called for Amber to lead him out.
After the people left, Wu Ge asked someone to call Wu Wanqiong, told the matter again, and said, "You are my only daughter, and have been loved since childhood. When did Dad put down his body like this, for the sake of a hairy boy, you Daddy doesn't want this old face anymore, he personally came forward to make a case for him. But look at it, look at the attitude of others."
"Father!" Wu Wanqiong lowered her head with a pale face.
"After this incident, don't think about it any more. Then Tao Yi is not happy with you. Dad will change it for you. Okay, you can go back to your room. Dad still has things to do."