Chapter 191: Fighting for Power
Five more.
Royal Palace, Jinshui Bridge.
After autumn, the light is getting later and later, and when you go to the court, it is still pitch black everywhere.
Yao Wenhua, the Shangshu of the Zhengerpin Household Department, was at the forefront of the six teams, and the old bones trembled gently in the night wind.
This official of the Yanguang Dynasty is really not good to be! Yao Wenhua sighed in his heart.
During the reign of the first emperor, it was rare to open an early dynasty once in half a year. Now this majesty has been like a day for more than 20 years, and the early, noon, and evening dynasties have not fallen.
Hearing that His Majesty got a Miss Chen, I was still hoping that he would not be the king from now on, but this His Majesty is becoming more and more spirited.
He can endure it, but he can't stand it himself. I don't send it, and I get up earlier than the chickens every night......
Three-way drums sounded.
The ceremonial officer of Honglu Temple sang the phrase "enter the class".
The officials on the south side of the Jinshui Bridge began to walk slowly.
The general entered first, followed by the close officials, then the princes and horses, then the five prefectures and six departments, and finally the Ying government and miscellaneous officials in Beijing.
Yao Wenhua was among the six, and he looked at Jianingbo's writhing cheeks walking in front of him, and a wave of sleepiness came up.
He forcibly held back the yawning action, and said in his heart: "The old man is really tired of being a tired official like this!" ”
Fortunately, the old man's folds have already been put on three paths, and His Majesty also promised to promote himself to Guanglu Doctor, which will be equivalent to retirement in Beijing at that time.
After a lifetime of mixing, I can finally take a break in the position of a first-class master......
This early dynasty is actually not interesting.
But Yao Wenhua knew that after the early dynasty, there would be another round of bloody storms.
He watched coldly and saw it clearly.
The original pattern of the court, the first assistant Zheng Yuanhua was a party, holding the officials and the military department in his hands; The second assistant Lu Zhengchu was a party, pinching the household department and the ritual department; Zuo Jinglun is a party, pinching the criminal department and the Ministry of industry; There are also people like Bian Xiuyong of the Metropolitan Inspectorate who see the wind and steer the rudder......
Now Lu Zhengchu has lost the Ministry of Rites and has more Wang Fang's East Factory; Zuo Jinglun lost the criminal department and added the Ministry of Rites; Qian Chengyun came from behind, pinching the Criminal Department and the Taiping Division.
Today, Qian Chengyun, Zuo Jinglun, and Bian Xiuyong will unite to pull Wang Fang, the eunuch, off the horse.
Presumably, after getting Wang Fang down, Zuo Jinglun and Bian Xiuyong will turn against Qian Chengyun, a shameless traitor.
Yao Wenhua thought so, and glanced at the team of the Criminal Department, but was stunned for a moment.
I saw the old criminal department Shangshu You Kaiji behind him...... The criminal department's waiter Qian Carrier is not there?!
The big war is coming, but he doesn't come?
Yao Wenhua was stunned for a moment, he really couldn't figure it out.
"The minister impeached the ...... of Wang Fang, the commander of the East Factory"
"The Minister impeached the criminal department and the squire Qian ......"
"The minister impeached the Shunfu Yin Xiayan ......"
Someone was singing loudly in his ears, Yao Wenhua looked sideways and found that it was Luo Baqian who was standing there with a lot of righteous and solemn words.
Luo Baqian is the nickname of the new Yu Shi Luo Yuan.
The DPRK advocated donations, and Luo Yuan donated a piece of silver, but after the household department weighed it, it was less than eight yuan.
It is really disgraceful to be angry with officials to such a degree!
Bai Yi Zhangqi, the imperial historian, dared to impeach himself, so he publicized this matter to all ministries, and finally made Luo Yuan a laughing stock in Beijing.
Sure enough, after Luo Yuan stood up, there was a faint laugh of shame.
"A person who only donated eight dollars of silver dares to make a big statement?"
"Hey, Luo Baqian still has the face to impeach others?"
Yao Wenhua shook his head in his heart, and said in his heart, no one will pay attention to Luo Yuan's ugly jumping beam anymore.
Let's think about how to deal with the reality of the East Factory for a while.
Everyone was a little absent-minded.
After today, the pattern of the DPRK and China will be very different, with some people looking forward to it, some people waiting and watching, and some people grinding their fists......
The early dynasty ended in such an atmosphere.
Next, it is Your Majesty to personally try Wang Fang's case!
Yao Wenhua was in good spirits.
It's finally getting started!
The first to speak was You Kaiji, the secretary of the Criminal Department.
"Your Majesty, the minister thoroughly inspected the East Factory last night, this is the amount of grain and silver money counted, please take a look at ......it Your Majesty."
Emperor Yanguang opened the fold, and after only one glance, it changed color!
He suddenly looked at Wang Fang, his eyes were full of anger!
Wang Fang has been confined in the palace from last night to now, and at this time he is being supported by two eunuchs to stand in the palace
He thought that his innocence would be proven immediately, and he secretly thought in his heart: "There are only 2,000 stone of grain in the warehouse, and you dare to defile our family and exploit the people?" Bah! ”
However, Emperor Yanguang's eyes suddenly glared at him viciously, and Wang Fang met such a gaze, and his heart chuckled, his heart was broken!
As soon as his knees went limp, he fell to his knees.
The next moment, he slammed into his face.
Wang Fang's eyes looked at the song fold that fell to the ground, and his face was as if he had seen a ghost.
"Eighty-five thousand stone grain, sixty-three thousand taels of silver!!"
Emperor Yanguang stood up and roared, "You...... This is what I keep saying on weekdays that the slaves are incompetent, and I can't wait to be a good companion for His Majesty?! ”
"I see you're not incompetent, you're too powerful! I asked you to take the commander of Dongchang, and this is how you pulled these bloody grains from my people, layer by layer?! ”
With a roar, Emperor Yanguang had already walked over and kicked Wang Fang to the ground with a kick.
Wang Fang lay on the cold bluestone slab, still in disbelief.
How can it be? I only scraped two, and I scraped more than 2,000 stones in total, and I swallowed 200 stones......
"Your Majesty, the old slave has been wronged! It was these people who framed the old slaves...... You Kaiji! It's you, you pretended to be evidence and framed our family! ”
You Kaiji said lightly: "This case is jointly handled by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, Shunfu and other departments. ”
"Impossible!" Wang Fang roared: "You Hu! ”
"Shut up! Can the grain be turned into your warehouse on its own? Emperor Yanguang was so angry that his face turned pale, and even his fingers trembled: "That's how you treat my trust? Repay me 2,000 stones...... Oh, I was greedy for 83,000 stones! You've been serving me for forty years! ”
"Forty years!"
"Now, even you dare to treat me like this!"
Hatred surged in his heart, and the dragon pattern golden boot kicked Wang Fang's head again.
Wang Fang was kicked by this, tears fell into her eyes, and she cried heartbreakingly.
"Your Majesty, the old slave will never dare to deceive Your Majesty......"
"Your Majesty, according to the evidence given by Zhang Xu, the secretary of the Taiping Division, Wang Fang promised that when the price of winter grain doubles and sells, everyone will have a reward......
"According to the evidence given by Wu Youcai, a thousand households of the Taiping Division, in order to exploit the grain stored in the people's homes, Wang Fang ordered his 100 households to prepare a set of tools for wine-making, and when collecting grain, he put the leaky tank into the people's courtyard, and then began to move the grain......"
"Wang Fang also wantonly detained innocent people on the charge of brewing wine without permission, and demanded that their families ransom them with silver money......
"According to Zhao Pingxing, a thousand households of the Taiping Division, in order to conceal the grain obtained, Wang Fang asked him to find someone to make false accounts, and changed the number of 80,000 stone to 2,000 stone......"
For a time, the officials of Dali Temple and Shunfu stood up one by one.
Wang Fang watched the letter by letter being handed to the case, and her heart was shocked, and she finally became desperate.
"You hu! It was you civil officials who united to frame our family! Your Majesty......"
The anger on Emperor Yanguang's face had faded, replaced by deep disappointment.
"Heh, even the people around me are like that...... Is money that good? For the sake of money, you can even cheat me. ”
He sneered, picked up the folds on the table, and threw them on Wang Fang's face one by one.
"You love money, too."
Oh, when I wanted to buy a house, you refused to take out five hundred taels for me.
"I'll give it to you!"
Wang Fang couldn't feel the pain in her head anymore, only the endless fear in her heart welled up.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the old slave is really wronged......"
Emperor Yanguang pointed at Wang Fang, and the words "drag this slave down and kill it" choked in his throat......