Chapter 135: The Danger of Impeachment
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At the court meeting, Shi Lu Yanggu came out to impeach Gu Zhan, accusing Gu Zhan of abusing his power for personal gain and selling his official family, and Gu Chongting's ranking was one of the facts. In addition, Lu Yanggu also impeached Gu Zhan for being untalented and unqualified for the post of secretary of the ministry, and cited many examples, including the matter of the imperial treasury official.
Luyang Valley is one of the six imperial histories, and like Fang Xin, he is in charge of raising hundreds of bureaucrats, playing bullets and other things, and he is in a humble position, and he dares to impeach Gu Zhan, a third-grade important minister.
As soon as Lu Yanggu's impeachment came out, there was a moment of silence in the Xuanzheng Palace. There is nothing surprising that the court has seen such a thing as impeachment in the court, and the court officials have seen it too much. It's just that they didn't expect that it was Gu Zhan who was impeached by Lu Yanggu this time, which made them have some ideas.
Gu Zhan has rarely been impeached since he became the secretary of the ministry, and he is a well-known good person in the court, his ability to be an official is not bad, and he has always had a good reputation in the court, why did he cause Lu Yanggu's impeachment?
After Lu Yanggu's impeachment, the court officials remembered that the Gu family had three Beijing officials, and all officials were up to the fifth grade. This is indeed a rare glory in the court, which shows the importance that the emperor attaches to the Gu family.
Dading appointing officials is to implement the principle of avoiding land, but the situation of Jingzhao is exceptional, after all, all the officials of Dading are gathered in Jingzhao, and there are many people who live in Jingzhao, it is difficult to really avoid the land and appoint officials. But in any case, the situation of the Gu family is extremely unusual.
The Gu family is a thin heir, but the only two sons of this grandson are both five-rank officials in the court. This is no worse than the family with abundant heirs, this is where the Gu family is powerful.
Gu Chong'an has been in the limelight too much recently, and the emperor personally ordered him to be promoted to secretary, and the court officials dare not say anything about this. But they didn't expect that in addition to Gu Chongan, Gu Chongting also added rankings.
It's a bit of a mess.
Although the court officials thought that Gu Zhan, as a third-grade minister, would not act so stupidly, but these facts were present, and Gu Zhan always had to give an explanation.
Gu Zhan listened to Lu Yanggu's impeachment. I know what is wrong with my heart all the time. That's not right. It has been there since Gu Chongan was promoted to secretary, he never thought of what it was, but it turned out to be this!
The situation is high, it turns out that someone wants to use Gu Chongan and Gu Chongting to attack him. Abuse of power for personal gain. This is no joke. Really look into it. It is a disaster that will remove you from office and lose your office. It seems that this is the purpose of the people behind the scenes.
This impeachment, Gu Zhan naturally did not admit it. immediately came out to defend himself, and he didn't complain, but said: "The emperor knows what the courtier's heart is." The eldest son of the minister, who was fortunate to be valued by the emperor, was promoted to secretary for his contribution to the academy; The second son of the minister, when he was ranked, the minister was sick at home and did not know about it. Lord Lu's impeachment is nothing! ”
After listening to Gu Zhan's self-defense, Lu Yanggu did not cite the so-called factual evidence, but said solemnly: "Master Gu is especially good at measuring people's hearts, and there is no need to worry about it." ”
As soon as Lu Yanggu's words fell, Shen Du, who was standing in the Xuanzheng Palace, changed his expression slightly, this is terrible. Lu Yanggu's simple words are really heartbreaking! He accused Gu Zhan of being a good person, but in fact, he said that Gu Zhan was good at planning the emperor's heart, and even further alluded to Gu Zhan's ability to drive the emperor's heart and act with the emperor's heart, but he was clean and clean.
As an official in the court, the first taboo is to measure the emperor's heart, even if you know what your intentions are, you have to pretend to be ignorant. Because the emperor can be the Son of Heaven, the thoughts of the Son of Heaven have been guessed, how can he remain mysterious? How can you maintain the majesty of the high?
This is the same reason as the emperor's joy and anger, the emperor's heart is unpredictable, and if you measure it, you will die! This is something that must not be done on the surface, but now that Lu Yanggu said that Gu Zhan did it, what will the emperor think?
Emperor Chongde's face was the same as usual, and he couldn't see anything, only his pupils shrank. He couldn't help but think of the process of promoting Gu Chong'an.
In those days, it seemed that Gu Chongting in the palace was dangling in front of him, talking about the affairs of Yunshan Academy, and the matter of the secretary Cheng Ge Hong, Emperor Chongde thought, so that Gu Chong'an happened to pick up Ge Hong, so he gave such an edict.
Now it seems that these links are so closely connected that his words are as if he was being pushed down, and someone must have understood his mind clearly. Otherwise, Gu Chongan would not have been promoted to secretary.
Emperor Chongde highly respected the phrase "whoever benefits who plans", Gu Chong'an was promoted, and the Gu family got the greatest benefits, which could not help but make Emperor Chongde suspicious.
Suspiciousness is the character of every emperor. They sit in the supreme position of the world, and they are always worried that someone will covet this position. Strictly speaking, the governing principle pursued by each emperor is the outer king and the inner hegemony, or the outer Confucian and internal law.
On the surface, they govern the country with the Confucian doctrine of monarchs, ministers, fathers and sons, benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in fact, they use the power of the Legalists to establish and punish evil to govern. Under such a principle, Emperor Chongde's feelings towards the officials of the imperial court were very delicate.
He has to rely on these court officials to carry out his imperial decrees in order to maintain the operation of Dading, but he is afraid of doubting these court officials, the so-called can be made, but not by it, is actually the mentality of Emperor Chongde. He can make the Gu family have the name of "Three Dynasties and Four Books", can make Gu Zhan serve as the secretary of the ministry, and can make Gu Chongan promoted to secretary.
But he couldn't allow Gu Zhan to guess his thoughts, let alone allow Gu Zhan to act on his thoughts. If a courtier can measure the emperor's mind and borrow the emperor's heart step by step, what does it mean? It means that the Supreme Emperor is nothing more than a puppet clay sculpture!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongde's eyes were a little cold when he looked at Gu Zhan, and the three central gods immediately felt that their hairs stood on end, but they stood respectfully, and they couldn't see anything unusual.
Shen Du trembled slightly, his gaze swept over Gu Zhan in the hall, and his eyes showed pity. He knew too well the coldness of Emperor Chongde. Presumably, the emperor has already become suspicious of Gu Zhan.
Gu Zhan is Gu Yan's grandfather, and he is also a good secretary of the ministry, at least he has been the secretary of the ministry for more than two years, and he has cheated in the selection and cheated in the exam. Regardless of whether he is emotional or reasonable, he has to defend Gu Zhan.
His feet moved. was about to step out of the ranks, but when he saw Lu Qing with his head bowed in front of him on the left, he glanced at him slightly, and then shook his head almost invisibly, this is to ask Shen Du not to act rashly.
Seeing this, Shen Du's footsteps stopped steadily. Lu Qing has been immersed in the court for a long time, and his judgment of the shape is much more accurate than his own, and Shen Du knows that there must be a reason why he does not let himself be listed.
Gu Zhan, who was standing in the center of the hall, was looked at by Emperor Chongde. Panic grew in my heart. The body couldn't help but tremble slightly. The ghost made a difference, he turned his head, wanting to look at Gu Chongting behind on the right, wanting to see him clearly. I want to ask him about such an important thing as the Canadian land. Why not speak up?
But he only saw Gu Chongting standing with his body bowed. Besides, you can't see anything real. Gu Zhan actually felt that there were thousands of mountains between him and his son, and there were many confusions, and the father-son relationship in the past seemed to be covered with a veil.
"Your Majesty. The heart of the micro-minister, the sun and the moon can be expressed. If you want to add impeachment, why not? The Gu family has been loyal and upright for generations, and I implore the emperor to be clear! Gu Zhan turned his head and said this, his voice was full of bitterness and helplessness.
Don't let the loyal ministers be wronged, don't let the traitors be praised, he didn't say these two sentences. He was able to serve as a third-grade important official, and naturally experienced a lot of ups and downs, and he had never experienced such a thing as attacking and dumping between the DPRK and China, but he had never felt so powerless, and he had never felt that it was so difficult to be a minister.
Perhaps, I'm really old. - Gu Zhan thought like this, and the whole person was suddenly depressed.
The impeachment of the court, of course, will not have an immediate result, and Emperor Chongde will not deal with Gu Zhan on the spot, but will order a retreat from the dynasty and not discuss it in the future. It's just that when he was about to leave the Xuanzheng Palace, Emperor Chongde glanced at Gu Zhan again, and there was still a hint of coldness in his eyes.
This look, the important ministers of the court almost knew what it meant.
Shen Du considered the impeachment matter of the Xuanzheng Palace, and deeply felt that Gu Zhan was badly pitted, and the one who was really good at testing the emperor's heart was the person who pushed Yiqiē behind his back. Who could this person be?
Shen Du's gaze moved to Gu Chongting, thinking of Gu Yan's request earlier, and his eyes were full of doubts. When his people monitored the Chengguo Mansion, they found that Gu Chongting was frequently in and out of it, so he told Gu Yan through the small circle, but Gu Yan had a request, that is, to tell Gu Zhan about the death of Kongcui Mountain, and specifically mentioned Gu Chongting.
Of course, Shen Du did it one by one, and there was the scene where he went to Xuanping Street to wait for Gu Zhan.
Shen Du didn't ask Gu Yan why, he believed that there must be a reason for her to do things, how could she act recklessly if she could plan to uproot the girl from Nanfeng Hall? He had immense trust in her.
Judging from this qiē, Gu Yan obviously distrusts Gu Chongting, and now Gu Zhan has been impeached, the direct reason is because Gu Chongting has been promoted to the rank, and it is related to Gu Chongting, which makes him feel somewhat strange.
When Gu Zhan returned to the Gu family, his steps trembled slightly, his expression was depressed, and his face was full of illness, as if he had aged a lot all of a sudden, which surprised all the Gu family members, and of course made Gu Yan worried.
Soon, Gu Yan knew about the affairs of the Xuanzheng Palace, which was not learned from Gu Zhan or Gu Chong'an, but Shen Du asked Xiaoquan to bring the news. Lu Yanggu's impeachment of Gu Zhan for abusing power for personal gain, and Gu Chongting's ranking has been added, are all written in the note brought back by Xiaohuan.
When Gu Yan saw this note and saw the name of Lu Yanggu, her eyes widened slightly, it turned out to be this person.
Lu Yanggu is Qin Ji's person! This time the impeachment in the court is Qin Ji's handiwork!
Only he can secretly pass the official department to add a ranking for Gu Chongting, and successfully concealed his grandfather Gu Zhan, the Chengguo Mansion has Fang Jixin in Shangshu Province, and it is easy to do anything in the official department. What's more, there is also a Shangshu Zuo Cheng Jiang Qin, this person, but the loyal subordinate of the third prince!
Qin Ji is really powerful, as soon as he makes a move, the Gu family will hurt his muscles and bones! This time, I don't know if my grandfather's position as a scholar can be kept.
Thinking of this, Gu Yan's brows furrowed, and he unconsciously exuded a deep chill. Seeing her like this, Xiaohuan's round black bean eyes were a little worried, and he couldn't help rubbing Gu Yan's legs and feet, "squeaking", as if to comfort her.
(Extra: I want to say I'm sorry to everyone, yesterday's May Day holiday, the children made a lot of trouble, so I accompanied her to play, please forgive me!) I'll do more today! (To be continued......)
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