Chapter 97: The Rise of a New Force?
Who is this who is here to assassinate him? The people of King Qing? It's kind of impossible. If it was, it would be terrible. If this old guy has such a powerful master under his hands, he will be really cautious in the future.
If not, then who?
Liang Jia thought about several forces that would threaten him, and found that except for King Qing, no one had the ability to send such a strong person.
couldn't think of a clue for a long time, so Liang Jia didn't want to think about it, so he sent the queen back.
The place where he is is a bit unsafe.
He went back to bed and lay down, but he didn't fall asleep until Koharuko called him to go to court.
When they arrived at the Imperial Palace, the ministers had already arrived.
Liang Jia yawned, glanced at the crowd, and sat down a little tiredly.
Koharuko's court meeting every three days, he must come, this is an excellent occasion to brush up on his presence, he will not be absent.
After the routine, the work begins.
What made Liang Jia strange was that the first thing turned out to be about the disaster relief in Shandong, and several ministers actually impeached Ge Mingxuan for his ineffective disaster relief at the same time, so that Liang Jia issued an order to punish the crime.
After the impeachment of these ministers, Liang Jia thought that someone would come out to defend Ge Mingxuan, after all, Ge Mingxuan had also served as the first and auxiliary minister of the Administration Department for a period of time, and there must be a few loyal subordinates under him.
But Liang Jia was disappointed, and no one came forward.
"Zheng Shoufu, what do you think?" Liang Jia asked Shoufu Zheng Yechuan.
Zheng Yechuan stood up and replied: "The minister thinks that Lord Ge is not effective in disaster relief, in addition to some of the reasons that the adults said, there are other reasons. For example, when Lord Ge passed, Shandong Liukou had already gained momentum, which was the fault of the former first assistant for concealing the disaster, and it should not all be counted on Lord Ge. In addition, the funds were insufficient, and before Mr. Ge went to Shandong, he paid 50,000 taels of silver from the household department, and 50,000 taels of silver was just a drop in the bucket. The third is that Master Ge does not have the right to transfer troops, and can only support some local troops, which leads to the unfavorable implementation of various measures.
Therefore, the minister believes that even if Lord Ge is ineffective in disaster relief, it is not for a reason, and the court should give Lord Ge a little more time. ”
"Is there anything else anyone else would like to say?" Liang Jia turned to the others.
However, no one came out to speak, and when they saw Liang Jia coming over, they all hurriedly lowered their heads, for fear of being named by Liang Jia.
Ge Mingxuan was suddenly impeached by the ministers, and Liang Jia was a little confused about what was going on. It stands to reason that Ge Mingxuan has left the center now, even if he is a political enemy, he will only suppress it secretly, how can he attack it in groups. What's more, in Liang Jia's opinion, Ge Mingxuan is still very dedicated, otherwise not to mention that these ministers want to impeach him, Liang Jia himself would have to replace him immediately.
Seeing that no one spoke, Liang Jia said to himself: "Then this matter will be discussed later." Ge Aiqing is in Shandong for disaster relief, and at the critical moment, he must not mess up the hearts of the army and the people. I have already allocated 300,000 taels of silver from the inside, and I will send the Jinyi guard to Shandong from now on. ”
"The Emperor Shengming!" The ministers praised in unison.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Aiqing has something to continue playing."
"Your Majesty, the minister has a book." The oldest guy in the Administrator's Office stepped out. He is He Guoxu, who was elected to the Administration Office last time and has returned to his hometown. At this time, he was seventy-five or sixteen years old, and he looked old and a little unsteady when he walked.
Liang Jia was worried that one day this guy wouldn't be able to get up as soon as he fell asleep.
However, this guy is very energetic and has been the most active since he joined the Office.
Every court meeting must be done, and it is still a big event. Liang Jia admired him a little.
Liang Jia nodded, and He Guoxu said: "Your Majesty, the minister impeached Niu Shangshu of the Criminal Department for bending the law for personal gain, failing to fulfill his duties, and in the trial of the king's rebellion case, his attitude was extremely negative, and to this day, there has been no progress at all. ”
"Fart!" Niu Shangshu scolded directly, then stood up and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, in the case of the rebellion of the kings, more than a dozen ministers of the court and the central government who were arrested were all imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, and the ministers did not have any personal contact with them. All the interrogation processes are in accordance with the laws of the imperial court, so why bend the law for personal gain, and why have a negative attitude? ”
"You're a fart." After listening to Niu Shangshu's rebuttal, He Guoxu also scolded directly, and then said: "The dozen or so officials arrested here are all former Liu Zhongzhi's hardcore subordinates, and there are even close relatives of Liu Zhongzhi. Liu Zhongzhi's whereabouts are now unknown, and it is very likely that he was defeated and fled. If other officials don't know, how many of his close relatives don't know? During your interrogation, you only caught whether they had contact with the king of Fuzhou, but did not track down Liu Zhongzhi's whereabouts. During the interrogation, there was no torture at all for the prisoners, and a few questions were casually asked every day, isn't this called a negative attitude? ”
"Do you want this official to torture you to extract a confession and torture you into a confession?"
"I didn't say that. Whether you are negative or not, everyone can see it. ”
"The minister seconded the proposal!" Another minister from the Administration Office stepped forward to agree with Ho Kwok-xu's opinion. "The minister thinks that Niu Shangshu, as a former supporter of Liu Zhongzhi, must also participate in the rebellion, so please thoroughly investigate Lord Niu of the Criminal Department."
"Lin Zheng, are you taking revenge on your own official?" Niu Shangshu was furious.
This forest administrator has always served in the Hanlin Academy, and this time he was elected to the Administration Office as the Minister of Governance, which can be described as a step to the sky.
A few years ago, when Lin Zheng's son was serving in Xijiang, he was taken down by him for corruption and bribery, and now he is here to take revenge.
"What this official says is the truth." Lin Zheng said lightly.
"Niu Aiqing, there has been no substantive progress in the trial of the case of the rebellion of the kings?" Liang Jia spoke at this time.
Last time, a large number of people were arrested, and in addition to those who directly beheaded them, more than a dozen guys with relatively high official positions were all locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department. These dozen or so people are all die-hard supporters of Liu Zhongzhi, and there is no direct evidence whether they participated in the rebellion.
These people are all old foxes, unlike some guys with small official positions who directly and clearly speculate, even if they participate, they will not leave any direct evidence, so it is more difficult to interrogate.
Liang Jia didn't want to close the case quickly, but this case was a good place for him to continue to clean up some disobedient courtiers or corpse vegetarian meals. The old cow of the Criminal Department does not try the case quickly, but it is very good for Liang Jia.
"Back to the emperor, there is not much progress for the time being." Niu Shangshu replied.
"Okay. Take your time, don't rush, these people can't jump up, but don't rush. ”
"Yes."
"Your Majesty, Lord Niu is not easy and kind!" The old man He Guoxu spoke again.
"He Lao, you can't talk nonsense without evidence." Of course, Liang Jia's attitude towards Niu Shangshu is also very clear, he needs him to delay, and he needs to stand in the court as a former supporter of Liu Zhongzhi, so as to reassure people's hearts, so that he can free his hands to clean up slowly.