A few days later, the courtier's court push was held in Ziguang Pavilion as scheduled.

With the continuous rise of the status of the courtiers, the ministers have become the most important point of contention among the factions.

The reason why Zhang Siwei was pinned on high hopes by the Shanxi faction was precisely because Zhang Siwei was born as a minister, filled the regret of Yang Bofei Hanlin official, and could have the opportunity to enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister in the future.

This time, the court pushed the cabinet ministers to restart, and the officials of the six Shangshu Shilang, the imperial history of the capital, the six departments to the matter, the political envoy, the Dali Qing and the head of the imperial history came as scheduled and came to the main hall of the Ziguang Pavilion.

This time the court push was presided over by Xu Jie, but except for Xu Jie, all officials could only stand in the hall.

In contrast to the local governors and the six servants, in order to show respect and attention, all officials stood to carry out the court push, also known as "standing push".

Everyone's attention was on the four candidates, Wu Shan still had that stinky face as always, Yan Ne and Li Chunfang showed an amiable face, and Dong Fen showed an arrogance.

Li Chunfang seemed to be in a very good mood today, he thought he was an escort, but now he has the opportunity to compete for the admission ticket of the minister, how can he not be excited?

In this election for the ministers, all parties have done their best, and everyone hopes to be able to enter the cabinet first and sit on the throne of the first assistant in the future.

Unexpectedly, Wu Shan suddenly stood up and said that he would not participate in this court push as a candidate, but he took the initiative to give up the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to promote the court of the cabinet ministers.

"Why did Wu Shangshu give up his candidacy?"

"Wu Shangshu is a well-deserved candidate for the first cabinet!"

"Wu Shangshu is the second assistant when he enters the cabinet this time, why should he give up such a good opportunity?"

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Many officials present were ready to vote for Wu Shan, but now they learned that Wu Shan took the initiative to withdraw from the court push, but they inevitably felt a disappointment in their hearts.

It's just that this is Wu Shan's own decision after all, and many people have been greeted in advance, although many officials expressed regret, but they can't change this matter.

With Wu Shan taking the initiative to give up his status as a cabinet minister, and now it has become three people competing for two cabinet ministers, Li Chunfang retains some hope of joining the cabinet.

Lin Haoran, who was standing in the front row, found that Dong Fen cast a grateful glance at him, and knew that Dong Fen was completely relieved, so he nodded lightly with Dong Fen in response.

With the support of their side, Dong Fen's votes are still not as good as Yan Ne, but he will definitely be above Li Chunfang, thus becoming the second assistant of the new Ming Dynasty.

Xu Jie seemed to catch the eye exchange between the two people, but there was a solemn look on his face, but he stood up and said loudly to everyone: "Everyone already knows the rules, and the old man will stop talking nonsense, so let's vote now!" ”

When Dong Fen heard this, he started voting now, and followed Gao Yi and Mao Kai and others to exchange eyes, and he already had the chance to win in his heart.

It was at this moment that a voice suddenly came out, "Lord Motofu, wait!" ”

Everyone looked for prestige, and found that it was the voice of the Kedao official standing in the back row, but they saw that Ouyang Yijing had already stood up calmly in the criminal department.

Hey?

Lin Haoran saw Ouyang Yijing's sudden stand up, and his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, but he turned his head to look at Xu Jie, who had a normal face, but he faintly felt in his heart that things were likely to make waves.

"What?" Xu Jie looked up at Ouyang Yijing, who was standing at the back, and asked with a displeased face.

All the officials looked at Ouyang Yijing one after another, and found that this criminal department did not know how to be proportionate, and now the court push of the cabinet ministers was about to be held, what qualifications did this little official from the seventh rank have to stop?

If you mess around here, even if the old Xu Jie, the old man of the Licorice Pavilion, doesn't accuse anything, I'm afraid that this little person from the Seventh Rank Criminal Department will have to pay the price of being released.

Ouyang Yijing respectfully bowed his hand to Xu Jie, but turned his head to look at Dong Fen and complained directly: "When Yan Shifan's incident happened last year, the Yan family sent a large sum of silver to Dong Shilang's Wucheng hometown, asking Dong Shilang to try to rescue the traitor Yan Shifan, which is why Dong Shilang wanted to rescue the traitor Yan Shifan several times. The day before yesterday, Xia Guan had already impeached the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, but the emperor did not reply for a long time, but this person is very greedy and cannot participate in the court promotion of the candidate cabinet ministers! ”

This......

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.

The "Da Ming Law" stipulates that if the official stolen goods are always 70 canes, they will always be 80 rods for 5 times, and 80 stolen rods for 5 times.

Although this criminal law has long existed in name only, it has long been commonplace for officials in the Ming Dynasty to take bribes, and there are few officials in the entire Ming Dynasty who are not greedy, otherwise Hai Rui would not seem so valuable.

It's just that Dong Fen was exposed at this critical moment, and he was still bribed to rescue Yan Shifan, who was "a prisoner", and this crime was enough to make Dong Fen overturn.

Mao Kai, the left deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, received the favor of Dong Fen in the past, but he stood up for the first time and said unevenly: "Ouyang Yijin, you don't want to make a big deal here, you said that Lord Dong accepted the bribes of the Yan family, do you have any evidence?" ”

The capital is located in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and many things are quite troublesome to investigate. Especially Ouyang Yijin is located in the capital, but he is so clear about the affairs of Jiangxi and Zhejiang, which really makes people doubt the authenticity of the matter.

"This matter is the official of the Yuanzhou Mansion, no, it is Guo Jichen, the director of the Literature and Selection Department of the Ministry of Officials, who is about to take office, can prove it!" Ouyang Yijin was already well prepared, and immediately responded seriously.

Mao Kai's position was firm, and he immediately said with a smile: "Guo Jichen is just a small Yuanzhou Mansion magistrate, even if he happens to see the Yan Mansion transporting the silver out of Yuanzhou, then it is impossible for him to know where the silver will eventually go, how can he listen to Guo Jianchen's words?" According to this official, he is framing important ministers of the court, and he should be beheaded together with Ouyang Yijing! ”

The people present were all Beijing officials, who had a natural sense of superiority over local officials, and even had an innate sense of rejection. They are also reluctant to accept the testimony of a trivial local official, and this testimony is clearly flawed.

Just when Ouyang Yijin was about to say something, Xu Jie's voice suddenly sounded: "Shut up!" ”

Faced with the statement of the high-ranking Shousuke, the two of them also obediently closed their mouths.

Dong Fen stared at Ouyang Yijin, but he didn't know if this was a lack of heart or a kind of indignation that had been wronged.

Xu Jie sighed lightly, but said to Dong Fen: "Yongjun, this matter is very important, the matter of Tingtui will be suspended for a while, let's go to Wanshou Palace together to explain the matter to the emperor!" ”

Dong Fen's gaze moved away from Ouyang Yijing, glanced at Xu Jie deeply, and finally spat out a word from his throat: "Okay."

"Ladies and gentlemen, something happened suddenly, so wait here for a while!" Xu Jie saw that something was wrong, and he also took out the majesty of Shoufu and said to everyone.

Naturally, everyone nodded their heads and seemed to be waiting here honestly, while many officials looked at Dong Fen who had left worriedly.

During the period of Yan Song Xiangguo, after repeated defeats, the Kedao Yanguan looked very peaceful.

It's just that now Xu Jie, when he is the prime minister, with the approval of the emperor to open up his words, he has made these imperial histories and things like taking medicine, and often pointed the finger at the big man of the dynasty, and often can stage the drama of "grasshoppers shaking down the tree".

Now Ouyang Yijing is impeaching Dong Fen in the Criminal Division, although he is a quasi-pavilion elder who directly challenges a second-grade from the Criminal Division of the Seventh Grade, many people secretly sweat for Dong Fen.

Lin Haoran watched Xu Jie call Ouyang Yijing to meet the emperor together, but he had a bad premonition in his heart.

In his original idea, Dong Fen was put on the throne of the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and they continued to join forces with the Zhejiang Party to fight against Xu Jie. It's just that Xu Jie is an old fox after all, and he seems to have been guarding against Dong Fen for a long time, and now he is blatantly attacking Dong Fen.

So far, he only hopes that Dong Fen can survive this catastrophe unharmed, let Xu Jie's plan go bankrupt, and avoid an unfavorable political situation in which the three Xu Dang are in charge of the cabinet.