Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 88 Impeachment
Dai Quan cast a cold glance at Xia Shouzhong who was paralyzed on the ground, and then rushed in with someone.

At this time, the emperor sitting on the throne in the middle of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, seemed to have not noticed the noise outside, and was still reviewing the memorial.

Dai Quan carried the imperial edict and came to the bottom of the Long Bookcase, and said loudly to the emperor sitting on the throne:

"The Emperor has a decree."

After hearing this, the emperor slowly put down the jade pen, looked up at Dai Quan, then stood up, tidied his dragon robe, walked down the imperial steps, and came to the opposite of Dai Quan.

"My son accepts the order."

"The Supreme Emperor's decree: The emperor has improper employment, and he will shut his doors and think about it for a month."

After saying this, Dai Quan handed over the imperial decree, and then went to the emperor holding the ground in both hands.

Emperor Xiaokang narrowed his eyes, and then said steadily: "My son, I accept the order."

As he said, he cupped his body with both hands, and then returned to the Longshu case, and continued to revise the memorial.

Looking at the emperor like this, Dai Quan felt a cold war in his heart.

The emperor was really too steady, facing such a sudden blow, he didn't even change his face.

If this allowed the emperor to grow up, would there be a way for him to survive?
Dai Quan knew that he was naturally a member of the Supreme Emperor's lineage. He had offended the Emperor many times in the past. If the emperor overtook the Supreme Emperor and assumed real power, his head would probably be moved.

Dai Quan squinted his eyes and looked at the emperor quietly, a cold light flashed in his eyes, after that, he knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor, then bowed and retreated.

After exiting, Dai Quan said to the guards who followed him:

"For one month from today, the emperor will not be allowed to step outside the Yangxin Palace. All memorials will be sent to the Dragon Head Palace."

This deprived the emperor of all his power at once.

Although it was only a month of confinement, it was a huge blow to the emperor's authority.

The Supreme Emperor is letting all the ministers and civil and military officials in the world see that as long as I am still alive, I will be in charge of this world.

No matter how powerful the emperor is, he is just my puppet.

After Dai Quan finished his work, he hurried back to Longshou Palace to deliver the order.

At this time, the Supreme Emperor was reclining on the imperial concubine's couch with his eyes closed, and beside him was a court lady with her legs hanging down.

Dai Quan immediately slowed down and moved slowly to the side of the Supreme Emperor.

"What is the emperor's attitude?" The Supreme Emperor suddenly opened his eyes and asked.

"Back to the Supreme Emperor, the emperor was very calm. After receiving the order, he immediately went to review the memorial and did not express anything else."

After hearing this, the Supreme Emperor was surprised at first, and then he felt a sense of vigilance in his heart.

Don't look at the emperor as his son, but how can there be any father and son in front of power?
This time I imprisoned the emperor for a month, and the emperor was able to accept it calmly, which shows that the belly of his city is already very deep.

Another one is that the emperor already feels that he has some strength, and he, the Supreme Emperor, can no longer touch him.

After thinking of this, the Supreme Emperor once again became vigilant.

"The edict, from now on, will be sent to Longshou Palace for review by all emperors."

Dai Quan, who was standing next to him, had a hint of joy in his eyes. It seemed that the Supreme Emperor had already become suspicious of the Emperor.

"The slave is going to pass the decree."

As Dai Quan spread the decree to the cabinet and the six ministries, the civil and military officials were in an uproar.

What is the emperor doing here?This is the prelude to the abolition of the emperor!

What on earth did the emperor do to make the Supreme Emperor so angry?
Some experienced ministers also shook their heads at the emperor's operations during this period.

To say that this emperor is good at everything, especially in governing the country, to be honest, he is much better than the Supreme Emperor.

If this is in power for more than ten years, it will definitely make the whole world more prosperous and return to prosperity.

However, the emperor was a little too impatient. The Supreme Emperor was still there and still held most of the power in the world. The emperor dared to be petty in front of the Supreme Emperor. Isn't this an eyesore for himself?

And many civil servants who had already taken refuge with the emperor were beginning to hesitate.

The emperor's position is now unstable. Should he go all the way to the dark side?
These vacillations and hesitation immediately caused the emperor's rights formed over the years to begin to shake.

Let's not talk about the power changes in Beijing, let's talk about Jia Rui in Jinan Prefecture.

Since about half of the grain and grass in the household department are all wheat husks, most of this part of the grain and grass is wasted.

However, time is running out, and there is no need to worry about it now. Jia Rui has already started distributing the chaff to the victims.

With these chaff being put into the hands of the victims, the situation in Shandong has finally become more stable.

But Jia Rui's troubles didn't stop there.

There is a patrol censor of Shandong Province named Wang Liang.

The official is very upright, and he is very strict in doing things. He is quite popular and well-known among the people.

This person, shortly after Jia Rui opened the storehouse to release grain, published a memorial to participate in Jia Rui's corruption and perverting the law.

It turned out that during a private visit to the countryside, Wang Liang discovered that the grain distributed by Jia Rui was not the fine grain and rice allocated by the court but was instead chaff.

What is chaff?They were for livestock, and now Jia Rui actually used them as food to distribute to the victims?
Where did the court's disaster relief food go?Was it resold by Jia Rui privately?
The more Wang Liang thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.

As a good official with a good reputation and determined to be the master for the people, how could Wang Liang tolerate this kind of thing happening under his nose.

Although Jia Rui is now an imperial envoy and holds Shang Fang's sword, Jia Rui can find any excuse and cut off his own head if one is not good.

But Wang Liang did not back down, instead he impassionedly wrote a memorial to participate in Jia Rui, which listed Jia Rui's various crimes.

After that, he ordered someone to send him to the capital through the official post.

After finishing the work, Wang Liang's rescuer built a coffin and placed it in the middle of his yard.

He is ready to meet Jia Rui's butcher's knife at any time.

This memorial quickly flew to the Yushitai in the capital.

After receiving this memorial, Li Wanneng, the censor of Zuodu, was also taken aback. He didn't expect that little fellow Jia Rui would dare to be so arrogant.

Just when he was ordered by the Supreme Emperor to go out to Beijing to do business, he dared to embezzle money and pervert the law, and even reached the point of unscrupulousness, is that okay?

Therefore, Li Wanneng immediately sent this memorial to the Supreme Emperor.

But then he was greatly disappointed. The Emperor didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and then he kept the memorial without sending it.

Although Li Wanneng knew that Jia Rui was the Emperor's favorite, he never thought that the Emperor would shield Jia Rui like this.

The old man Li Wanneng couldn't take it anymore, so he contacted his subordinates and disciples that night, and in the early morning of the next day, more than 30 people jointly sued Jia Rui.

If it is an ordinary emperor, in the face of this raging impeachment, no matter what, he would have to take a step back.

But Taishanghuang is not an ordinary emperor. When he was young, he followed his father Emperor Taizong to fight in the north and south, and even went through life and death several times and went deep into the desert.

Such an emperor usually has a very strong character, and his trust in Jia Rui has surpassed anyone else, so he hates others to criticize Jia Rui.

And he also knew that Jia Rui had no choice but to replace the grain with chaff this time.

Therefore, in the morning, the Supreme Emperor was furious, not only severely scolded those who participated in Jia Rui, but even fined Li Wan, the censor of Zuodu who took the lead, with a salary of three months.

At this time, all the civil and military officials in the court knew about Jia Rui's position in the heart of the Supreme Emperor.

Many people who are good at research began to turn their eyes, thinking about fawning over this upstart after Jia Rui came back.

(End of this chapter)