Chapter 421: Chasing the King of Jin

Although Zhang Kuan established the Zhang Party in the DPRK, the Zhang Party is a practical party, and the major national affairs are indispensable for the Zhang Party's people to contribute and strength, but what about Wang Cheng? When you encounter a problem, you can push it, you can hide when you encounter a problem, and when you encounter a problem, you can desperately rush forward.

As an old fox of officialdom who swayed from side to side and never took a stand, Wang Cheng can be said to have served three generations of emperors, from Emperor Shengming (Emperor Dao) to Emperor Shengzhuang (Emperor Taiqian), and then to Emperor Dade today, but unlike Zhang Kuan, he was never sure of his political position and did not participate in the battle for succession, so he was trusted by Emperor Shengzhuang, that is, Emperor Taiqian.

In the process of seizing the heir, Wang Cheng thought that he would make a steady profit, but in the heart of Emperor Dade, this person was not trustworthy, and once he was ill and could not handle the government in the future, this person would inevitably take refuge in the name of others. In addition, Emperor Dade was also quite dissatisfied with Wang Cheng's ability, and the Eight Ministries were not as good as the Six Yuan, which was in charge of the Zuo Xiang, under his governance, especially the appointment of many officials was surprising.

Everyone knows that behind the scenes, Wang Cheng must have received a lot of money and sold his official position to make money. The most famous running official is none other than him, Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng can sell his official position to make money, but he is like an iron rooster in supporting the emperor, as the saying goes, only by losing a small profit can you get a big profit. How can the emperor not know that the courtiers are corrupt and bribed, but there is a limit to corruption and bribery, when the emperor is short of money, Wang Cheng only donated 5,000 taels of silver, in the eyes of Emperor Dade, it is his provocation to himself, he did not see the emperor in his eyes at all.

If Wang Cheng was allowed to make a bad start, Emperor Dade's enthusiastic donation activities would end in disgrace, which was the reason why the emperor had to remove Wang Cheng from the right side.

Even at this moment, the generalissimo and the left minister did not help Wang Cheng say a word, but fell into the ground, which shows that Wang Cheng offended all the important ministers in the court at once. Regarding the dismissal of the right minister Wang Cheng, both Du Shanbo and the left minister Zhang Kuan supported it, and they knew in their hearts that this Wang Cheng had been an official for 50 years, and his family wealth was worth at least two or three hundred thousand taels of silver. Wang Cheng's current fate is deserved, and he will be held accountable in the future, and even the gains from corruption in the past 50 years will be reported one by one.

"Old minister...... The old minister ...... "Wang Cheng was already stunned at this time, and even a little slurred," the old minister planned to ...... Go home and raise ...... Raise 100,000 taels ......"

Emperor Dade still smiled and said: "The right minister has worked hard, and the historians of the empire will remember your fifty years of hard work as an official, historian, do you know?" ”

Si Cheng of the Taishi Academy immediately said: "The minister has written it down." ”

Emperor Dade said: "The right minister has stepped down, but there is no one in the right minister's department, and where is the book of the household department." ”

Hubu Shangshu Xiang Rui said: "The minister is here." ”

"You will take the right side for the time being."

"Minister...... The minister ......" Xiang Rui said excitedly, "The minister receives the order." ”

What those in power are most afraid of is losing power, once they lose power, the whole system will collapse, Wang Cheng was short-sighted at this time, and was pushed to the end, which really scared everyone and woke everyone up.

"The minister is willing to donate 50,000 taels." Xiang Rui said that as the head of the household department and the right minister, he could neither take too much nor too little, so he had to bite the bullet and say the number of 50,000.

"The minister is willing to donate 30,000 taels."

"The minister is willing to donate thirty-five thousand taels."

"The minister is willing to donate 12,000 taels."

"The minister is willing to donate 20,000 taels."

Today's people in the court, even the number of Wang Cheng donated at least 5,000 taels, and the rest of the people at least 10,000 taels, now everyone is bleeding, some families are rich, but not all families have money, but at this moment can only donate hard, so as not to end up with the ugly consequences of Wang Cheng being dismissed from office in court.

Wang Cheng looked at the ministers, and then at the entire hall, and suddenly fainted.

"Right Prime Minister fainted!"

Immediately, the ministers helped him up, and some eunuchs carried him out of the Zhengde Palace. And everyone looked at Wang Chengyuan's back, and their hearts were cold, and they suddenly realized that the Great Emperor who could inherit the Holy Han Empire was not as weak and deceitful as people imagined, nor was he as weak as he seemed on the surface.

A eunuch on the side counted the amount of silver donated by the ministers and dedicated it to Emperor Dade, who still frowned after reading it, and said: "Zhong Aiqing donated a total of 1,175,000 taels, but it is still insufficient." King Jin, how much do you donate? ”

King Jin was surprised, he donated his own money, how could he donate, he didn't have much money.

Because the king of Jin was still young, he didn't know how much grain he had in his house, and in order to prevent him from learning from the king of Chu (the seventh prince), Empress Dowager Zhang instructed the money and grain manager in the palace of the king of Jin, and kept telling him that there was not much grain. Of course, the Jin Wangfu does not have much silver, after all, he has just established the mansion and has no income except salary.

"Brother...... Brother...... The younger brother donated 10,000 taels of silver. King Jin said stubbornly.

Emperor Dade smiled slightly, nodded and said, "I know that you are an idle job as an imperial official, and you don't have much salary. The Jin Palace's annual treasury is only 30,000 taels of silver, and the imperial official is only 200 taels of silver a year. In this way, you go to guard the royal hunting ground, the royal hunting ground has been idle for a long time, you go and run it. In addition to the land in the hunting ground, the emperor can take it for himself, which can be regarded as my love for you. Without waiting for King Jin to react, Emperor Dade got up again and said: "Decree, order Lu Baiting, the county commander of Longyang County, to be promoted to the imperial official, and Ji Hai, the imperial study, to serve as the county commander of Longyang County." ”

The King of Jin was demoted to the royal hunting ground in Ping'an County, so that the officials and courtiers finally realized a huge problem, no matter how gentle the tiger is, it is also a tiger. Emperor Dade is indeed in poor health, but if he despises him because of his poor health, he will have to pay the price. Emperor Dade also seized the best opportunity to fight back, taking advantage of the time when the imperial court was raising military salaries, and sent his political opponent, who was also his own brother, to the royal hunting ground to guard.

The royal hunting ground has been abandoned for many years, except for the wild beasts, the idle Royal Forest Army, and the people of Ping'an County. King Jin wanted to defend himself and fight for himself, but he suddenly knew that he was a courtier, and a courtier could not make any demands.

As the saying goes, the higher you hold, the worse you fall, and this is the case with King Jin. He stood to the side in disbelief, at a loss, trying not to let his tears flow, and he didn't even hear the sound of retreat. When the hundred officials retreated, the king of Jin suddenly woke up, and he immediately looked at his grandfather Zhang Kuan.

Zhang Kuan also looked at his anxious face, disappointed in his heart, so he shook his head and motioned for him not to mess around, and he would talk about it later.