First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 428 Intricate
Although Wu Xun seldom speaks in court, he only knows to read jokes of civil servants, but this also proves their detached status, basically nothing can implicate them, even if hundreds of civil servants have died in the four years since the founding of the country, it may not be possible. Die a Wu Xun.

Most of them committed crimes, and it was nothing more than dismissal and demotion. If the civil servants were demoted, it would be a waste of time, but the demotion of the nobles did not change much.

After all, no one wants to be called unreasonable. They were all fought side by side in the sea of ​​blood and corpses. No one has ever saved someone's life.

Not only will they not be contemptuous, but they will work together to find ways to pave the way for the old brothers to intercede. In this regard, the Wuxun Group is indeed more cohesive than the Civilian Group, but it is also more threatening at the same time. Sometimes loyalty is fatal.

Wu Xun took a deep look at Hu Weiyong, and some of them wanted to stand up and say something, but they were also stopped by the people on the side. Now at least Wu Xun was not involved on the surface. A stupid thing to do.

What's more, Fu Youde, the Duke of Ying at the front, hasn't spoken yet. The rest of the generals are not here now. Duke Ying is the leader of their martial arts in Beijing.

Fu Youde focused on Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the dragon chair, with his calm and heavy eyes. The court disputes did not affect him at all.

The atmosphere in the court hall was a bit clever, what everyone said was mostly a metaphor for something else, no one would easily express their true will, Zhu Biao never thought that he would encounter such a wonderful performance when he returned to the temple after leaving Beijing for a long time.

It's numerous fun to fight the destiny!Fighting with people is a lot of fun!
These two sentences also explain the relationship between the emperor and the ministers in the temple. The word "fighting" is carried out in it, and it will never end forever. They are all continuous contests in compromise.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs glanced at Hu Weiyong's back, gritted his teeth, stepped forward and said, "This case involves a wide range of officials and gentry, even some of the rich and wealthy in the south of the Yangtze River and the gentry in the north. Please issue an order from the sage, and the minister will thoroughly investigate and give me a bright future!"

As soon as this remark came out, Chen Youzong, who was honestly watching from the sidelines, also frowned and looked at Hu Weiyong. Is this crazy?

The Jiangnan rich and rich undoubtedly pointed the finger at him, and the northern gentry alluded to the fact that the frontier general embezzled military rations and sold them to the disaster area.

The leader of the Jiangnan gentry is Chen Youzong, and the northern frontier army is under the control of King Chang Yuchun of Kaiping. In the final analysis, these two parties can be said to be the direct descendants of the Eastern Palace. How dare Hu Weiyong?
Wu Xun was also so puzzled, they all knew that under the deliberate arrangement of the Holy Majesty, there were no princes staying in the capital at all, and they were either defending the enemy in the north, or guarding various places in the south of the Yangtze River.

It is obvious that they are being cultivated, and they are being suppressed deliberately so that His Highness the Crown Prince will be able to extend his kindness in a hundred years and recruit them to return to Beijing to take power.

The Ministry of Education and the officials of the six ministries all had gazes projected from all directions, doubts, doubts, sarcasm, murderous intentions, gazes containing all kinds of inexplicable emotions seemed to be drawing bows and arrows, ready to kill them at any time. Shoot into a hedgehog.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao also looked at Hu Weiyong with some doubts. This situation is indeed a bit surprising. Shouldn't the current prime minister follow the usual practice of turning big things into small things and turning them into nothing?
Why did he become so radical all of a sudden? You must know that it is impossible for local officials to say that they did not cling to high-ranking officials in the capital. After a thorough investigation, Hu Weiyong himself would not be able to please him, and it would even be normal for him to risk his own life.

But at this time, Hu Weiyong's face still had that dignified upright look on his face, he didn't care about the eyes of his surroundings, like a mainstay in the torrent, he suddenly raised a different kind of demeanor.

Zhu Biao has no expression on his face, but he is constantly thinking in his heart. Could it be that he is making progress by retreating?In fact, this case is a case of local corruption after all. Neither Lao Zhu nor Zhu Biao's plan planned to involve such sensitive places as the Jiangnan border in Beijing.

Because the time is not yet ripe, it will take time to clear up the administration of officials. Even if all the corrupt officials are taken down now, there is no guarantee that the top officials will not be corrupt. There may even be a vicious rebound, and the successor will be more greedy and cruel than the predecessor.

However, this method is too rough, not like what Hu Weiyong can use. Forcing the emperor to make concessions is definitely a desperate method that will be used when there is no way to retreat. There will be endless troubles. Hu Weiyong's current situation has not yet reached that point.

Then there was another commotion. The General Secretary of Dali Temple and the officials of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion tried their best to reprimand the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment for slandering without evidence.

The Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs believed that he was devoted to the country, and the officials of the other six ministries all supported him. The scene suddenly became stalemate. Wu Xun's Dongpinghou Hanzheng also stepped in suddenly. Someone took the lead, and Wu Xun naturally didn't mind joining in the fun.

The eunuch with a whip on the side of the hall lashed three times in a row to control the scene. Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's darkened face, all civil and military officials hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, but they still held their own opinions.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his attention to Yushitai, looked at Yushi Zhongcheng Han Qi and asked: "How should Yushitai think this case should be handled?"

Han Qi took a deep breath, stood up and cupped his hands: "I thought that corrupt officials should be severely punished, but the involvement in this case is already very extensive, so it should not be expanded, so as not to cause turmoil."

As soon as this remark came out, the other ministries did not mention it, and the officials at Yushitai were stunned. Is this still the stubborn Old Master Han?

Immediately, the speech officer looked at the former revered figure with a heartbroken look, stepped forward and cupped his hands, and said, "I am reporting to the Holy Majesty, and my subordinates think that what Hu Xiang said is very true, and it is right to thoroughly investigate corruption and eliminate officials. Let it go!"

And the officer who had been dissatisfied with Han Qi for a long time came forward and said: "I impeach Han Qi, the prime minister of the censor, who is in a high position but hides a corrupt official with a dead body. Please behead this dog to set the record straight!"

Naturally, there were also many censors who knew Han Qi was a human being and pleaded for mercy, but it was a pity that what Han Qi said was not politically correct. Under the situation where the Holy Majesty ordered repeatedly to eliminate the officials, the court would not tolerate such a statement.

The Sixth Department of Zhongshu Province and many Wu Xun all attacked Han Qi vigorously. They already hated this old master who didn't like anything. Han Qi's children and grandchildren were often chased and beaten by Wu Xun's children.

After all, from Liu Bowen to Qian Tang and Han Qi, all the censors in the imperial censor were at odds with Huaixi nobles, and they were always picking on their faults. How can we not avenge this feud!

As for whether Han Qi is dedicated to serving the country and the people, what does it have to do with them?
What's more, to be honest, this country was brought down by our brothers, so you have no room to dictate, how dare you drive a wedge between me, the nobles, and the Holy Majesty!

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(End of this chapter)