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As more than a dozen officials rushed to impeach and present, everyone in the Imperial Palace changed their expressions and turned their eyes to Zhao Junchen. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Some time ago, Zhao Junchen was more concerned than anyone else about the relief of disasters in various places, and in order to reverse the predicament of food shortage in the imperial court, he even did not hesitate to confront hundreds of officials for nearly ten days.

But now, after the imperial court finally raised enough grain and grass to support the disaster situation in various places, a scandal suddenly broke out, and a large amount of disaster relief money and food disappeared, so that more than ten officials rose up and impeached, Zhao Junchen, as the person in charge of this matter, was naturally extremely embarrassed.

Under the attention of the officials, Zhao Junchen's expression was also quite shocked, as if he didn't know about it at all.

Emperor Deqing glanced at Zhao Junchen, and his expression became more serious.

Now, sporadic Mongolian cavalry has entered Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi and plunder, a large number of Mongolian cavalry will soon appear, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi in order to resist the fire into the Kou has already worked hard, if at this time there is a problem in the relief of disasters in various places, or even inspired the people to revolt, that is, internal and external troubles will break out together, and the entire northwest situation will be a piece of erosion.

Emperor Deqing naturally understood this truth, so he immediately paid attention to it.

Different from the matter of the Sixth Department of Nanjing just now, Emperor Deqing's expression this time was serious and there was no fraud at all.

Then, Emperor Deqing slowly asked, "What is going on?" You speak one by one, don't make a mess! ”

After more than ten officials glanced at each other, the last one was represented by Xu Zheng, the highest-ranking official of the Imperial Procuratorate, and said: "Your Majesty, last night, the minister saw the messenger of Fengxiang Prefect Xing Zhihui, according to this messenger, the relief money and grain allocated by the imperial court to various parts of Shaanxi and Gansu are only about 30% of the accounts, and there are even some state capitals that are not serious in the disaster have not received the money and grain from the imperial court at all...... Most of the grain and grass have disappeared, and the current grain and grass can't last long, Xing Zhihui was forced to send a messenger to the capital to find out the news, and the minister and Xing Zhihui are fellow villagers and classmates, so this messenger was the first to find the minister here, and then the minister knew that there was a problem with the court's disaster relief money and grain! ”

After a pause, Xu Zheng said: "In addition, according to the messenger, when he rushed to the capital and passed through various prefectures and counties in Shanxi, he found that although the situation in Shanxi was better than that in Shaanxi and Gansu, the people's relief money and grain were still deducted!" ”

As Xu Zheng's words fell, Bao Wenjie, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, also said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, the minister got the news from the letter of Yuan Wensheng, a fellow acquaintance of Zezhou Mansion in Shanxi, the disaster in Zezhou is not serious, but there are still more than 1,000 households in need of relief, but Zezhou has not received relief money and food from the imperial court...... The minister originally thought that this matter was just an isolated case, or that the turnover of money and grain had been delayed for some reason, but when he talked about this matter with Xu Yushi yesterday, he found that things were not so simple, the money and grain that the imperial court gave to Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi had already made a big mistake, and most of the grain did not fall into the hands of the local government. ”

Then, the rest of the officials also spoke out what they had received.

The channels of the news are different, and the details are also different, but the obvious thing is that there is a very serious problem with the money and grain that the imperial court has supported to Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, and other places, and a large amount of money and grain has disappeared.

The nature of this matter is too serious for anyone to hide it.

It is precisely because of this that these officials will come out to present this matter in the court this morning, and they have pointed the finger at Zhao Junchen.

After all, Zhao Junchen was originally a well-known corrupt official, and the money and food that the imperial court provided to help the disaster in various places was arranged by Zhao Junchen, and now that there is a problem with this batch of money and food, the first reaction of many people is that Zhao Junchen can't help but start embezzling again.

After hearing the report, everyone's expressions were serious.

Emperor Deqing's gaze was a little cold, and he asked Zhao Junchen: "Zhao Junchen, now there are problems with disaster relief money and food in Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi, and you have always been responsible for this matter, what do you have to say?" ”

Zhao Junchen also had a solemn expression, faintly at a loss and doubt, and immediately confessed: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty!" ”

Of course, Zhao Junchen would never admit that this matter had anything to do with him, but said: "Some time ago, the minister was busy with various government affairs of the imperial court, and he was too tired, seeing that everything was on the right track, he wanted to take a break and handed over everything to the two squires to be responsible, but he didn't notice that there was a problem with the court's relief money and food. ”

Zhao Junchen's words, on the surface, seemed to be a plea, but in fact, he took off all his responsibilities, and even faintly showed his hard work during this period of time, but Emperor Deqing was completely unable to punish him.

So, Emperor Deqing snorted lightly, and then turned his gaze to the two household servants - Zhan Shanchang of the "Zhao Party" and Ma Sen of the "Zhou Party".

After seeing Emperor Deqing's gaze, Zhan Shanchang also walked out quickly, and also neatly picked up his own involvement, and said: "Your Majesty, since this period of time, there have been too many things in the household department, so the minister and Master Ma have always acted in the division of labor, each responsible for a share, the minister is responsible for the implementation of the agricultural reform policy and the monitoring of commercial tax rectification, as for the disaster relief, it has always been the responsibility of Lord Ma Senma, and the minister does not understand. ”

At this time, Ma Sen's expression was full of astonishment, and he felt even more aggrieved in his heart.

At the beginning, Emperor Deqing wanted to promote the checks and balances between the "Zhao Party" and the "Zhou Party", so he mixed sand with each other, appointed Liu Changan of the "Zhao Party" as the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and appointed Ma Sen and Ye Shanghong of the "Zhou Party" as the Household Servant and the Ministry of Works, so that the two parties were planting a nail in each other's core sphere of influence.

In the end, although because of the tacit restraint of Zhao Junchen and Zhou Shangjing, the impulse of the two parties did not appear, but Liu Changan, Ye Shanghong, and Ma Sen were hollowed out, ostensibly the three-grade servants of the core yamen of the imperial court, but in fact, they were powerless to meddle in the affairs of these yamen.

Some time ago, because of Zhao Junchen's rest and decentralization, and Zhan Shanchang was busy with the agricultural reform plan and commercial tax rectification, the matter of the imperial court's disaster relief money and grain also fell into the hands of Ma Sen.

Vaguely, Ma Sen felt that all this was like a conspiracy arranged by Zhao Junchen in advance, just to plant the responsibility on his head.

However, there is no evidence for this speculation, and Masson cannot say it.

In the end, under the gaze of Emperor Deqing, Ma Sen stubbornly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, about the specific arrangements for the imperial court's disaster relief money and food...... The minister is not very clear, the specific matters are handled by the officials under the household department, the minister is only responsible for the collection and distribution of money and grain, and there is no problem with the accounts of the household department, but why a large amount of money and food is missing, and the minister does not know the details! ”

Ma Sen's explanation did not lie, the household department is Zhao Junchen's prison, all the household officials are Zhao Junchen's cronies and friends, and Ma Sen was born in the "Zhou Party", he is an outsider who needs to be guarded against, although Ma Sen is responsible for the disaster relief money and food, but what the specific arrangements are, the following officials will not report to Ma Sen in detail, and Ma Sen is not very clear.

And after Emperor Deqing heard the explanations of Zhao Junchen, Zhan Shanchang, and Ma Sen one after another, he laughed angrily!

"Good! A large amount of disaster relief money and food is missing, and it has not reached the hands of the local government or the victims, but what is going on is this, the entire household department does not know! The head of the household is tired and wants to rest, the right waiter of the household department is responsible for other things, and the left waiter of the household department who is directly responsible for the relief of grain and grass only knows how to read the account book! Ha! In my opinion, it's useless to keep this household! ”

After speaking, Emperor Deqing's eyes turned around on Zhao Junchen, Zhan Shanchang, and Ma Sen, and then his eyes were fixed on Ma Sen, and his gaze became colder and colder.

The matter of the disappearance of the grain and grass for disaster relief is too big, someone must be responsible for the imperial court, someone must be responsible for the household department, and Emperor Deqing must also find someone to stand up for his authority...... Obviously, after Emperor Deqing thought about it for a while, the candidate for the black pot would be Ma Sen!

After seeing the change in Emperor Deqing's expression, everyone in the "Zhou Party" changed their complexions.

Ma Sen is a member of the "Zhou Party", and the "Zhou Party" naturally wants to protect its shortcomings.

Zhou Shangjing hesitated slightly, and was about to intercede for Ma Sen before Emperor Deqing could speak.

However, at this time, Zhao Junchen spoke again.

Before Emperor Deqing and Zhou Shangjing made a statement, Zhao Junchen suddenly kowtowed to Emperor Deqing and saluted, saying: "Your Majesty, now is the time for the fire to sift into the Kou, the imperial court's disaster relief money and grain are of great importance, once the disaster victims in Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi and other places do not get relief, the entire northwest situation will be eroded, and now most of the disaster relief money and grain are missing, and the minister is the head of the household, and the responsibility cannot be shirked to others, all of which are the sins of the minister's negligence!" ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's plea, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

No one expected that Zhao Junchen had obviously taken off the responsibility, but now he took the responsibility back on his head, which is by no means Zhao Junchen's usual style!

At the same time, Zhao Junchen's expression became more and more serious, and he said: "However, where is the disaster relief money and food of the imperial court, the minister is indeed completely unaware at present, and this matter has a great impact and cannot be underestimated, so the minister implores His Majesty to let the minister make meritorious service and personally go to Shanxi and Shaanxi and Gansu to investigate this matter, and he will definitely give Your Majesty an explanation!" ”

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