Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 104

Goo... so dangerous!
Liu Jian, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, thought that he had almost stepped out just now, so he couldn't help but look at his toes in fear, but he stopped in time.

A household secretary with a total value of more than one million taels of silver, not to mention whether Xie Yikui's account books are true or false, can no longer explain the origin of such a huge amount of property.

If he stood up to defend such a person just now, not to mention whether His Majesty will pursue it afterwards, but his reputation for hard work will also be ruined in one go.

Fortunately, he didn't stand up to defend Li Min, and he just saved his life for nothing.

Like Liu Jian, there are Xu Pu and other Qingliu, no matter what their psychology is, they have saved their political career by not standing up for Li Min.

"How could this be?"

Ma Wensheng stared blankly at Guo Yong, still unwilling to believe such a result, he could not help but mutter to himself.

Although he was abandoned by the first emperor and was thrown to Nanjing, but this time the new dynasty came back from Nanjing with high spirits to do a big job, how could it be planted here?

It's just that Li Min has more gold and silver than Li Zhun, the former eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies and Bingbi, and he resolutely defended Li Min repeatedly, and even asked His Majesty to acquit Li Min and stop ransacking his home.

Zhu Youtang ignored these grassroots officials, and said lightly: "Since you don't want me to release Li Min, and you don't want me to stop searching the Li family, then let's talk about Wang Yue again! It's a coincidence, and I'm here too. Received a petition from the people of Huguang!"

Manmin Book?
Hearing this, Ma Wensheng suddenly had a bad feeling.

Huh?
When Xu Pu and other officials heard this, they also felt that something bad would happen.

Although their civil official group has always excluded Wang Yue, it is undeniable that Wang Yue is the kind of honest gentleman with an open heart.Even if he acted without respect, it cannot be said that Wang Yue did something wrong.

Zhu Youtang saw the reaction of the officials in the palace, and added: "This is the Wanminshu presented by Hubei, you all listen to it, don't worry about the country and the people here all day long and don't ask the needs of the people. If you can have the popularity of Wang Yue, why not give you the Shang Fang Sword?"

Guo Yong turned his head and glanced at Zhu Youtang, then took the Wanmin petition and read to the outside of the hall: "Today Huguang Wanmin invites Wang Yue, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, to show his merits! Since Wang Yue came back, he was beheaded in Jingshan County. The evil gentry, Li Guangming, punishes the magistrate of Jingshan..."

"This is the real good official!"

"Wang Yue did nothing wrong, he killed corrupt officials!"

"Such an approach is obviously very satisfying, what's wrong with it?"

"Someone is picky, or killed his fellow countrymen, or hated Wang Yue only in the same year!"

……

The mid-level and lower-level officials such as Wailang Liu Yuyu, who stayed outside the hall, raised their ears to listen, but after hearing the specific content of Wanmin's book, they all stood silently at Wang Yue's side and said.

Although Wang Yue beheaded Li Guangming, the former prefect of Shunde, and the magistrate of Jingshan County, etc., but it was clear that these officials committed crimes first, so how could Wang Yue be dismissed because of this matter?
For a while, the officials of His Highness all supported Wang Yue, but they did not think that Wang Yue had done anything wrong.Compared with upper-level officials, middle- and lower-level officials are far less complicated.

"Your Majesty, Wang Yue is punishing local corrupt officials according to the law. This matter cannot be blamed on Wang Yue's indiscriminate killing, but Huguang's officialdom has been corrupted to the root, so there is no reason not to kill him! Today, Wanmin Shangshu is doing Wang Yue's meritorious deeds. I am grateful for Your Majesty's kindness, so please do not accept Ma Wensheng's invitation!" Li Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, represented the administration of officials, and immediately stood up to express his opinion.

"Second ministers!" Liu Xuan, the right servant of the Ministry of official affairs, and other officials immediately responded to Li Yudao.

Wan An knew that Wang Yue was simply Zhu Youtang's favorite, and immediately led all the officials to stand up and express his opinion: "The ministers and others seconded the proposal, and Wang Yue should be rewarded rather than punished!"

This……

Seeing that almost all the senior officials in the hall stood up to defend Wang Yue, Ma Wensheng couldn't help looking at Wan An, Li Yu and others in shock.

He didn't expect that so many officials would speak for him in that lonely official who was excluded by all officials, and he didn't understand how Wang Yue gained such a great reputation, so that his attack this time seemed so ridiculous.

Thanks to myself, I always thought that Zhu Youtang was guilty of ignoring me. It was because Zhu Youtang had already separated from the ministers. I dare to feel that the new king is waiting for him to hit the gun!
Seeing the clear attitude of all civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Zhu Youtang looked at Ma Wensheng and said, "Ma Yushi, do you still think that the imperial court should dismiss Wang Yue?"

"I... I didn't think about it carefully, and I am willing to withdraw this matter!" Ma Wensheng knew that Wang Yue's dismissal could not be pushed away, so Dang even had to back down.

Zhu Youtang didn't intend to let Ma Wensheng go, so he said lightly: "Ma Yushi, let's talk about Qingyunhou next! You have always argued the truth about Li Min's case, why did you come to Qingyunhou and say Are you in love? Dare to speak out and intercede, is it all up to you?"

Huh?
Officials such as Shangshu Du Ming of the Ministry of Punishment realized this, and immediately turned their heads to look at Ma Wensheng.

In Li Min's case, Ma Wensheng has indeed always emphasized the law.It's just that when it came to the case of Marquis Qingyun, he ignored the law and used filial piety as an issue.

Although everyone guessed that His Majesty would not be able to kill Qing Yunhou, but now that the two incidents came from Ma Wensheng, this man is really... double standard.

"I have no such intentions! It's just that Qing Yunhou is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager, and it is His Majesty who insisted on beheading Qing Yunhou to make the Empress Dowager sad. This is against filial piety!" Ma Wensheng realized that he was indeed a spy Xinjun, even if he reiterates his point of view.

"Your Majesty, regarding Qing Yunhou, I have an account!" Song Cheng, the newly appointed Dali Temple Shaoqing, noticed that the emperor was looking at him, so he immediately stepped forward.

what's going on?
Li Si and other officials, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, knew that Song Cheng was an imperial party, and seeing him suddenly stand up to play a role, they had a premonition that something different was about to happen.

who is this?

When Ma Wensheng saw this black-faced young man in a fourth-rank official uniform, he couldn't help but look at him strangely.

Zhu Youtang had already prepared for today's event, and he had already made a decision in his heart, so he said indifferently: "Quick play!"

"Chen Song Cheng, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, exposed ten crimes committed by Qingyunhou and Zhoushou! After inspection by the minister, Qingyunhou committed two cases of burning people's houses, two cases of robbing civilian women, three cases of adultery, and three cases of beating people to death by envoys. Get up!" Song Cheng took out the memorial from his sleeve, and said righteously and dignifiedly.

what?
The officials present could not help but look at each other. Although they all knew that Qing Yunhou was corrupt, they did not expect to have done so many illegal things.

The former crimes are better, but the latter crimes can be said to be death.

Ma Wensheng had no impression of this black-faced young man, he immediately questioned and said, "Do you have any evidence to know what crime it is to frame the royal family?"

"These ten cases are all archived in the Shuntian Government Office, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It is just because Qing Yunhou is a relative of the emperor, so the case has been detained! If President Ma doesn't believe it, just check it!" Song Cheng turned his head and looked at it in a little astonishment. He glanced at Ma Wensheng, and then said seriously.

"This is what Song Tan said, so it must be untrue!"

"Qing Yunhou's crimes are no secrets, these crimes are only on the surface!"

"If it's true about the law of the country, the death of Qing Yunhou is really not a pity. I didn't expect Ma Wensheng to want to protect this kind of person!"

"Ma Wensheng's calculations are ringing? He knows that His Majesty will not kill him. This is political speculation, and he can also please the Empress Dowager!"

……

His Highness's middle- and lower-level officials heard about the development of the situation, especially many officials knew Song Cheng's official morality, and expressed their opinions one after another.

All the officials in the palace turned their heads to look at Ma Wensheng. Ma Wensheng was also frowning at this moment, but he didn't understand what the new king wanted to do.

Zhu Youtang saw Ma Wensheng's reaction in his eyes, and immediately made a statement: "Ma Wensheng, your son Ma Jie once led the Europeans to death, and even beat up several people. He should be asked to beheaded, and then the emperor benevolently issued an imperial edict to forgive him. ! It’s just that if you think that the royal family and ministers kill someone, the court will forgive them, so what is the legal principle? If you don’t strictly control your descendants in the future, I will definitely not forgive you!”

As soon as these words came out, the officials present couldn't help but feel chills.

Ma Wensheng's scalp tingled for a while, and he finally realized that the new emperor was not a closet prince at all, but a decisive emperor.

"Your Majesty, apart from the ten crimes, Marquis Qingyun still has several crimes that have not been registered, so I beg you to be executed without pardon!" Song Cheng always had a feeling in his heart, and immediately issued his appeal formally.

This……

Hearing Song Cheng's request, the officials present could not help but look at each other.

Ordinarily, the countless crimes committed by Qing Yunhou should be punished, but after all, Qing Yunhou is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Zhou, the uncle of His Majesty, how can he be killed?
Zhu Youtang looked at the officials in the palace who didn't dare to do anything, and asked indifferently: "My dear friends also agree with Ma Wensheng's request, shouldn't I implicate Lord Qingyun?"

"I beg you to be executed without mercy!" Minister of Criminal Affairs Du Ming and other officials knew that it was time to express their position, and Dang even knelt down and said.

This……

Ma Wensheng always thought that he was the new leader of Qingliu, who could order all the officials with one order, and that he was the chosen son who carried the flag to fight against the imperial power.It was only when he saw that the ministers in the palace had been echoing the new emperor that he realized that he was simply a clown.

Zhu Youtang no longer asked Ma Wensheng, but made a decision in his heart: "Where is the envoy of the General Administration?"

"The minister is here!" Zuo Tongzheng envoy Xie Yu heard the words and said.

Zhu Youtang handed over all the memorials in his hand to Guo Yong, and told Xie Yu lightly: "You compile these things today into the mansion report to announce to the world! By the way, compile Ma Yushi's defense report together Come in, so that people in the world can take a look at Mr. Ma's demeanor!"

Saying that, without waiting for other officials to respond, Dang even got up and left.

Zhu Youtang is already impatient with these endless fights. If there are clowns who jump out of the bridge in the future, even if they want to bear the infamy of a tyrant, they will be sent to prison and ransacked their homes.

Fighting and fighting all day long, only Wang Yue was doing business, and all the courtiers were eating vegetarian meals in the corpses.

"I will send you off to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!" Seeing Zhu Youtang leaving, Wan An hurriedly led all the officials to kneel and send him off.

"Master Xie, you have to take care of what your majesty has told you!" Guo Yong handed the memorial to Xie Yu, and instructed him earnestly again.

Xie Yu is an out-and-out Hengyang native of Huguang, and he has already seen the disputes in his eyes.

Whether it was for the justice that he insisted on in his heart, or because of his nostalgia for his father and fellow villagers in Huguang, he had no reason to side with Ma Wensheng.

Xie Yu took the memorials Guo Yong handed over, and immediately expressed his opinion: "Eunuch Guo, don't worry, I will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations, and will inform the world of what happened in the court today!"

puff!
When Ma Wensheng saw that he was about to announce the report he had submitted to the world, he suddenly became anxious, and felt a sweetness in his throat, and a mouthful of blood spewed out.

From the present point of view, the four things are sparse, one is to plead the crime of corruption for the first place in Ming Dynasty, the other is to abolish Wang Yue, who is supported by all the people in Huguang, and the fourth is to exonerate Qing Yunhou who has done all the evil things.

He, Ma Wensheng, was originally a direct minister second only to Wang Shu. If he told the world about these four things, he would be ridiculed by people all over the world, and his reputation would be ruined.

Although the emperor didn't pursue him just now, but now it seems that the emperor's action is simply killing people!

"You've committed crimes, you can't live!" Xu Shen, the right servant of the household department, shook his head slightly when he saw Ma Wensheng spurting blood.

The other officials saw Ma Wensheng's tragic situation, but they didn't have any sympathy in their hearts. After all, Ma Wensheng was entirely to blame.This is going to be against the emperor just after returning from Nanjing. This simply doesn't know how to write dead words.

Baiguan followed Wan An and retreated outside the Fengtian Gate, and saluted again, and this Shuowang Chaohui officially ended.

Wan An and Liu Ji are the only two pavilion elders so far. They are different from other officials. They entered together from the left along the door and headed towards Wenyuan Pavilion.

Although the two have been fighting openly and secretly for many years, they are still in the same year of the 13th year of Zhengtong, and they are also worshiped under the former chief assistant Shang Ren's family, so they can be regarded as friends for many years.

Wan An was old after all, and thanked slowly, "Our emperor has become a god!"

"Yuanfu, what do you mean?" Liu Ji walked with Wan An, confused.

Wan An raised his head and glanced in the direction of Qianqing Palace, and couldn't help admiringly said: "Everything, every piece, I've done it all!"

"That's true, Xu Pu and Ma Wensheng probably don't dare to make trouble anymore!" Liu Ji stretched out his hand to support Wan An, and nodded in agreement.

Wan An shook off Liu Ji's hand, pointed at the core and said: "Now that Li Min is in front of you, who dares to challenge our Majesty again?"

"What's the matter with the cleanliness of the officials? It's not found that all of them are clean officials, but can we afford to investigate?" Liu Ji withdrew his hand in embarrassment, sarcastically speaking.

Wan An's face straightened, and he corrected him immediately: "Old Liu Ge, what are you talking about? I have ruled the country for nine years, and I haven't been greedy for a penny!"

"Yuanfu officials are as clear as water, and I admire them!" Liu Ji was slightly taken aback, then cupped his hands and said authentically.

Wan An found that these words were equally harsh, so he said in a serious manner: "Don't say that the official integrity is like water, the old man will respond! But you have to call that idiot Jia Jun in the branch. If he doesn't want to die, he will quickly give up the camp of the Aegis Camp!" Done, and the Ministry of War will get another 10 taels stolen by then!"

"Yuan Fu has a long-term vision, and I'll do it right now!" Liu Ji finally came to his senses, stopping immediately and said.

Now that there is Li Min's major corruption case, if these officials dare to delay the matter of the SHIELD Camp, there will probably be another bloodbath.

(End of this chapter)