The devil is coming

Chapter 365 Hong Yanyan
The painful winter is finally over.
Winter is a hurdle for the elderly;
If you step over it, you can experience spring, summer and autumn again, and enjoy the scenery of the four seasons again; if you can't step on it, you can only stay in this winter forever.
For the people in Sanjin, this winter is particularly difficult. Not only the elderly, but also men, women and children have all experienced the plowing of war. The withered bones on the roadside that no one has restrained are the most common scenery at the moment.
For the people of Yanjing, this winter was also painful, but in the end, they got through it.
Yan Jun's first defeat and then victory made everyone focus back on their own lives.
For them, life is nothing more than firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, and for a little flavor, just add "tea".
Therefore, the wind in the court will not really affect them. After all, the higher the place, the stronger the wind.
It was indeed windy in the court of Yan State. The wind was not strong, but it also knocked down a minister.
First, the censor heard the news and reported to Shangshu to impeach Xu Guanghuai, the Minister of Household Affairs of the dynasty, saying that his family had a bad reputation in his hometown.
Faced with impeachment, Xu Guanghuai didn't take it seriously at first. He just wrote a self-defense statement and submitted it to Emperor Yan.
In fact, according to past customs, when a censor impeaches you, the standard procedure you should do is to report illness and return home, wait for His Majesty to issue an order to question you, and then explain your self-defense.
This is a rule, a tacit understanding established by everyone.
In fact, it is just a process.
But right now, because the alliance with the Chu State has been finalized to the last stage, Xu Guanghuai doesn't want to make any mistakes, so he wants to continue to check it himself;
Secondly, compared with those from the Qian Kingdom, the censors of the Yan Kingdom were obviously much inferior in terms of combat effectiveness. They were not on the same level at all.
After all, rules are dead, but people are alive, right?
However, Xu Guanghuai still took the time to send a letter to his family in Sanshixu County, reminding them to pay attention to their conduct and maintain a good reputation in the neighborhood.
This incident should have passed like this, like being bitten by a mosquito.
But then,
The magistrate of Xu County in Sanshi County, Zhao Chengming, a newly-recruited scholar from the Ministry of Finance last year, impeached the family of Xu Guanghuai, the then Minister of Household Affairs, in Xu County, annexing Liangtian Fish and Meat Township. He said that the Xu family in Xu County relied on Xu Guanghuai's status to dominate the local area. It is said among the common people: Only treat Xu County as Xu County!
This is the impeachment of a local parent official. The nature changes immediately, and it is also the local parent official in your hometown.
Especially the sentence in the excerpt: "Only treat Xu County as Xu County!" has extremely terrifying lethality.
Xu Guanghuai could no longer remain calm and immediately reported illness and returned home. He no longer attended the morning court. Instead, he took the initiative to plead guilty and waited for Emperor Yan to send someone to defend himself.
But the matter is not over yet,
in a few days,
The Secret Intelligence Department of Sanshi County captured a group of remnants of the powerful family. After interrogation, it was learned that this group of remnants had been sheltered in Xu County some time ago. The person who took them in was none other than the eldest son of the Xu family, the eldest son of Xu Guanghuai. .
Xu Guanghuai was an official in Yanjing, and his second and third sons were with him. The eldest son stayed in his hometown to deal with family clan and land affairs.
The evidence from the Secret Service is conclusive and cannot be denied.
Horses stepping on the family, this is the handiwork of Emperor Yan, it can be said that it is a national policy.
This matter has nothing to do with right or wrong, because even if the clans are guilty, it is impossible for every clan to bully the villagers or have evil intentions. However, in political matters, right and wrong are rarely distinguished.
The remnants of the clan were either sent to the army or taken as official slaves.
Perhaps, after the crown prince succeeds to the throne or even after the grandson succeeds to the throne, it is possible to pardon some remnants of the family, but at this time, even saying a few nice words to express some sympathy for the remnants of the family is absolutely politically incorrect!
Your Xu family dares to take in and protect the remnants of the clan. What is your intention?
After hearing this news, Xu Guanghuai was completely stunned.
By this time, if he still doesn't know that he is being targeted, then he will really be living at a young age, and his career will be in vain.
But what he really can't figure out is who is attacking him at this point in time, and once the attack is made, this series of offensives, from the release to the foreshadowing, to the sword, is simply impossible to parry.
He knew what kind of character his eldest son was. He was good at everything, but he just liked arty and literary things. In his early years, he liked to have fun and hold poetry gatherings with the disciples of the wealthy families.
Xu Guanghuai did not simply think that this was a frame-up from the Secret Service, because his eldest son was really likely to be unable to bear the cries and pleas of his former friends and take them in.
However, this treacherous son really tricked his own father this time!
However, a few days later, Wai Lang, a member of the Sanshi County Qing Li Division, one of the seven major Qing Li divisions under the Ministry of Household Affairs, submitted a booklet, which recorded the list of grains paid by the Ministry of Husbandry when the eldest prince's Eastern Expedition army was formed and set off. Military leaders in other places were only allocated half of their salary, while the Sanshi Deng family was allocated [-]% of their salary.
This Yuanwailang was originally not qualified to submit the imperial examination, but after the imperial examination was held last year, Emperor Yan issued an edict that all those who were Jinshi and were officials, whether in Beijing or abroad, could submit the Imperial Examination.
It just so happened that this Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Revenue was born as a Jinshi last year.
It can be said that this is the last straw that breaks Xu Guanghuai's life.
In fact, according to common sense in the Yan Dynasty, it is generally difficult to fully pay the troops and horses at once. Firstly, the local military leaders need to raise some funds separately. Secondly, they also want to wait for the Eastern Expedition army to enter Chengguo, relying on Chengguo. To supply.
Therefore, there was a scene where the commander of the left army of the Eastern Expedition would reach out to Zheng Fan, the general of Shengle at the time, to ask for money and food.
This is an unspoken rule,
Everyone knows that.
Dayan has been fighting non-stop in recent years. How can the national treasury have so much wealth to fully support it?
But the problem lies precisely in this: why is it that when your household department provides money and food, others provide [-]%, but the three-stone Deng family provides [-]%?
This can be explained, but this explanation cannot be given.
Because the Sanshi Deng family is the mother clan of the fourth prince, and the Sanshi Deng family has a very high influence among local military leaders, the face of the old family leader, General Deng, is still valuable. He reached out to ask for it. It's normal to just give more batches.
But precisely because of this, this explanation cannot be used as a real explanation. How do you speak, do you want to bite the prince?
In the initial defeat at Wangjiang, the one who suffered the most heavy losses was the Left Army led by the head of the Deng family.
Even though Wangjiang had died in battle, it was impossible to let go of the guilt of the defeated general.
Therefore, now an old account has been revealed. As the Minister of Household Affairs, you have secretly communicated with the leader of the local army to withdraw money.
What the hell are you trying to do!
one pile,
Piece by piece,
Step by step,
Xu Guanghuai, it’s over.
Because he could no longer change things, unless Emperor Yan was willing to forcibly correct things for him.
Emperor Yan has this ability. For hundreds of years, His Majesty's authority is undoubtedly the first.
But if the defendant Xu Guanghuai is forcibly rectified, the officials who impeached him will be found guilty of false accusations.
the fact is,
It is impossible for Emperor Yan to make such a choice.
Because even an individual can see clearly,
One here, one there, one here, one there, one after another, these people who jumped out to overthrow Xu Guanghuai were basically all officials who had graduated from the Xinke Jinshi last year.
How could Emperor Yan, who had only been in the family for a few years, do something implicated at this time?
The imperial examination must be carried out and persevered. This was Emperor Yan's general policy. Otherwise, his efforts to step on the throne would be in vain.
therefore,
Emperor Yan issued an edict,
Xu Guanghuai was dismissed from his post, investigated and prosecuted, and convicted at a joint trial.
This has already set the tone. The result of the trial is how guilty Xu Guanghuai is, not whether Xu Guanghuai is guilty.
The people in Yanjing City may not think anything is wrong.
But the officials in the court were stunned for a moment.
The wind seemed weak at first, like a light scratching an itch, but suddenly a violent storm came and blew the Minister of the Ministry of Finance down, no, it broke!
……
"It's not that I'm impatient, but if I wasn't impatient, I wouldn't even have the cold tofu."
Ji Chengjue personally poured a glass of wine for Wen Yin, who was sitting opposite him. Wen Yin immediately stood up and waited respectfully, touching the edge of the glass with both hands.
"Although these officials with Jinshi background are all specially selected with good character in the past few years, the officialdom is a big dyeing vat. Once they are completely dyed, I, the benefactor, will try to revive them. It’s difficult.”
Wen Yin immediately nodded and said:
"My master is smart, so we can take this opportunity to completely tie them onto the master's ship."
"What's the matter? Is my boat very broken? Do I need to tie it up?"
"Haha." Wen Yin smiled, "My subordinate made a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue."
Ji Chengjue took a sip of wine.
Wen Yin quickly took a sip and drank it all. He immediately stood up, helped the Sixth Prince pour the wine, and said at the same time:
"Xu Guanghuai fell, and the prince's arm was broken."
"I dealt with Xu Guanghuai not because he and the prince were flirting with each other, but because my father asked me to watch the Ministry of Finance and raise money and food for Dayan. It was not suitable for me to have an old guy sitting above my head and gesticulating. It was too annoying. "
"It's just that I'm worried about whether this time..."
"Don't worry about anything. There is no way out. Ever since I entered Beijing in my uncle's carriage, I have no intention of leaving in despair.
By the way, I have called you back today specifically to tell you something face to face. Over the years, some of it was me who gave the signal, and some of it was you who made the decision without permission. You have buried a lot of nails around my second brother;
For now, just withdraw and try your best to clean yourself up. You can also retire and take care of yourself. "
"Master, I want to continue to be my master..."
"This is to tell you to avoid the limelight. When I want to use you again in the future, you, the old guy, still have a breath of life and can still use your strength."
Wen Yin was immediately shocked and said immediately:
"Master, is something going to happen?"
Ji Chengjue looked at Wen Yin,
Wen Yin is waiting to hear the answer,
But Ji Chengjue didn't speak.
Wen Yin was so frightened that he left his seat and knelt down;
"Subordinates should die."
Ji Chengjue yawned.
Road:
"Lonely."
"Subordinates retire."
After Wen Yin left, Ji Chengjue didn't rush to leave the wine table and go to bed. Instead, he reached out and grabbed a handful of peanuts and started throwing them into his mouth one by one.
His eyes were deep in thought, a little sad, then became numb, and finally turned into indifference:
"Oh, it's going to rain and my mother wants to get married, so just let him be."
immediately,
Ji Chengjue picked up his throat,
I hummed like that singing tune;
"On March [-]rd, the girl got on the sedan chair and was about to get married. Her red hijab was so red..."
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That’s all for today, I’ll be back with more updates tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)