Chapter 201 Avoid its edge(1/2)
June 29, the ninth year of Hongzhi, the Ming Dynasty.
Early in the morning, the ministers entered the palace to prepare to participate in the court meeting.
The ministers were very excited.
They had long agreed to continue to impeach Zhang Yanling in the court. This was also the sixth consecutive day they wanted to impeach Zhang Yanling, in order to force the emperor to punish Zhang Yanling, and to prevent the chaos of foreign relatives from happening again.
The six-day impeachment seems to have made the emperor anxious, and they have achieved initial results.
Just wait until the iron is hot and you can do it overnight.
But they waited outside Fengtian Hall for a long time that day, until the sun was over three o'clock, and they were not summoned to enter Fengtian Hall.
"What's going on? Your Majesty has stopped the court? Could it be that Your Majesty's successive impeachment against us is already unbearable?"
Tu Wei walked over and asked Xu Pu. The civil officials forced the emperor to the point of helplessness, and Tu Wei's face was a bit aggressive and proud.
Xu Pu was closing his eyes to rest, but when he heard this, he just shook his head.
Li Dongyang, who was standing beside him, looked sideways and reminded: "The Ministry of Revenue Department is not here either."
Some people have noticed that the Zhou Sutra is not listed. If it is said that the Zhou Sutra is due to illness and rest due to matters, someone should be talking.
But Zhou Jing didn't even have any news, and even the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Ji Zhong, was not aware of this.
"Two days ago, Your Majesty just appointed the Right Censor Liu Shiyong to Xuanfu. It seems that the dispatch of money and grain in Xuanfu has become a big problem..." Liu Jian said.
Probably speaking, Zhou Jing is under a lot of pressure on his shoulders now. After all, Zhou Jing has just been appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. In terms of the money and grain management of the Ministry of Revenue, there is still a big gap with his ex-girlfriend Ye Qi. This is probably a criticism from the people in the court. Ye Qi clearly regards the Ministry of Revenue as his back garden and does something that is despised by others, but he just manages the Ministry of Revenue in an orderly manner.
However, Zhou Jing could not fill the money and food, but several crises needed to be resolved by Zhang Yanling.
At present, there is another big problem in the dispatch of money and grain in the Jiubian important town. If Ye Qi is there, there will definitely be a solution, and Zhou Jing is at a loss.
At this moment, the eunuch Li Rong, the chief inspector of the Sili, walked down the steps bypassing Fengtian Hall.
Xu Pu and others quickly met him and asked, "But the saint is ill?"
Li Rong said: "Sage, please wait first. Your Majesty is summoning the ministers alone. You can't come out to meet for the time being. Maybe you have to wait a while... Our family is just coming out to inform you, you may have to wait a little longer."
"What?"
Tu Wei and others were surprised when they heard this.
It turned out that the emperor was not trying to see Zhang Yanling because they impeached Zhang Yanling one after another, nor did he stop ceremonies due to illness, but was just meeting ministers?
"Is it the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Zhou?" Xie Qian asked.
Li Rong looked embarrassed, as if he didn't want to say anything. After he walked out for two steps, he turned around and reminded: "In fact, it was Jianchang Bo and Zhou Shangshu..."
After hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but feel angry.
Their purpose in the court today is to continue impeaching Zhang Yanling, and to hammer Zhang Yanling into the ditch, so that Zhang Yanling will not be able to turn over from now on. As a result, they are waiting here for impeachment. Zhang Yanling has already entered the palace to summon the couple.
How can the emperor succeed if he has such a different attitude to be close to him?
"Eunuch Li, please report it to you. Today, we will impeach the foreign relatives in the court for illegal matters. Your Majesty cannot indulge them so much..." The Tongzheng envoy Yuan Shouzhi walked out and shouted loudly.
His temper seemed to be more irritable than Tu Fei and Liu Zhang.
Li Rongben wanted to say something, but he sighed, "Oh!" and went straight inward.
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"Gemaster Xu, what do you think is this? Why did Your Majesty summon the relatives alone?"
Yuan Shouzhi and others instantly surrounded Xu Pu again.
Xu Pu really wants to say, you don’t know, how can I go there?
Li Dongyang said: "Maybe it was because of the military pay of Xuanfu, and he secretly said that there was a mutiny in the army under the rule of Wanquandusi."
Due to the lack of food and wages in the imperial court, soldiers had already mutiny in the Xuanfu local garrison, which was a major event in the Ming Dynasty. However, in order to prevent soldiers from following the imitation of the local people, the imperial court did not publicize it to the outside world.
There is no way, who has caused food and salary everywhere to be short of food and food now?
At this moment, he saw Zhou Jing coming out from Fengtian Palace, and he had obviously just come out of the Ganqing Palace.
After he got down the steps, everyone rushed over.
"Bo Chang, what happened?" Tu Wei couldn't help but go up to ask, his tone as if he was questioning.
Zhou Jing looked helpless and sighed: "Let's wait for the court to talk about it."
Yuan Shouzhi said angrily: "Are you trying to keep it in the trap? Tell me! Is that guy Zhang Yanling also in the inner hall?"
Zhou Jing looked around at the people present and found that the group of people were looking at him with angry eyes, as if the group of people had transferred their hatred for Zhang Yanling to him. He instantly felt that he was alienated by his colleagues.
Zhou Jing said: "Your Majesty originally did not allow him to say it, but since you have asked, I have nothing to hide... It was the Shouning Hou who seized another batch of money and grain from Li Shishi in Guide Prefecture, Henan, and also captured the Princess Jutan, Yibin and others who were connected. The total amount of money and grain exceeded 100,000 taels..."
"ah?"
When the people present heard this, they said.
I was stunned for a moment.
Liu Zhang, who had always wanted to endure, pulled away Xu Qiong in front of him, walked to Zhou Jing and questioned: "What are you talking about? Didn't Shouning Hou still cause trouble in the capital yesterday?"
Xie Qian reminded: "It was Changning Bo who caused trouble yesterday."
Liu Zhang was stunned.
For these civil officials, the nobles were basically the same, and they were all the same. Whenever the people in the court mentioned the nobles, they must have had something to do, and now they know that they were confused.
They are now focusing on Zhang Yanling and are only concerned about impeaching Zhang Yanling.
Where is Zhang Heling? Only genius knows!
He doesn't make trouble, no one cares about him.
As a result, I told them now that Zhang Heling actually went to Henan to handle the case? He also found out the pending Li Shishi case?
Xu Pu's face was very serious and asked, "Bo Chang, are you right? Are you sure it is Shouning Hou? Why is it not Jianchang Bo?"
Zhou Jing sighed, "If it weren't for today, I would have no idea about this. Don't think that I knew it in advance but didn't tell me."
Xu Pu quickly comforted: "No one questioned us," said my colleague."
It would be strange if no one doubted it.
Some people have long thought that Zhou Jing and Zhang Yanling were in a relationship. It is said that the two of them wore a pair of pants for a day or two.
Zhou Jing said: "Today, when I arrived at the Ganqing Palace, I realized that the illegal things that Jianchang Bo had done before were completely to paralyze Princess Jutan and others. In fact, he had known that there was this batch of money and grain in Henan, and he set up a plan with His Majesty... Until two days ago... After the people of the Ning Prince's Mansion learned about the capital, they were relieved to contact Li Shishi's people, and were taken down on the spot by the Hou of Shouning and Eunuch Xiao, the Sili Supervisor... "
Hearing this, the expressions displayed by the people present exceeded the scope of shock.
Everyone looked at each other, especially some people who were preparing to perform well in the court with impeachment memorials, were even more stunned at this time.
"Bo Chang, aren't you talking for that kid?" Yuan Shouzhi was almost about to go up and hit someone.
Why do you want to hit someone?
Even Yuan Shouzhi himself didn't know.
It is like the principles that have been followed throughout his life and the beliefs he has adhered to collapse in a while, making him at a loss and insisted on venting his feelings to relieve his depression.
Zhou Jing shook his head and said, "I hope everything is not true, but it seems... Your Majesty has known about this for a long time. Perhaps this is also the reason why Your Majesty returned to protect Jianchang Bo in the court a few days ago, but did not expose the matter and asked us to continue to impeach, which is to paralyze the people of the Ning Palace."
"Damn it! This is impossible!"
"He occupied the land of the people in the capital and even attacked people. What happened to His Majesty had known about it for a long time?"
"Who are you lying to? Even if Shouning Hou handled the case, it would definitely have nothing to do with Jianchang Bo's illegality at this time."
"Yes! Your Majesty is protecting the relatives."
Many straightforward censors are still questioning.
But those cabinet masters and tribes of the Ming Dynasty did not speak at this time, and even Tu Fei, Liu Zhang, Yuan Shouzhi and others who were honest before remained silent.
No matter how you question it, the emperor has known about this for a long time, and it seems that he is not wrong.
What Zhang Yanling did, including beating people, became an order.
Obtain the land of the people under the order?
Beat someone with orders?
Everything is for the case, no matter what the process is, Zhang Yanling's motives are pure, and more importantly, the result is satisfactory. Is it possible to use any impeachment to impress judge Zhu Youtang?
The judge asked Zhang Yanling to do what he did, and Zhang Yanling did what he did well, and finally even found out the case.
You have to say that both are okay, but you have to let the judge believe it.
How can you tell the emperor if you just open your mouth?
Did you recover the money and grain? Did you find out the case? Besides impeaching Zhang Yanling, making Zhang Yanling's notorious, and paralyzing Princess Jutan and others, what else did you do?
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The incident happened suddenly, which unexpectedly happened to those present.
To be continued...