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Emperor Deqing is an emperor who is very happy, indulged in power tricks, neglected government affairs, and is slightly suspected of being ambitious and talented, but he is by no means a confused emperor. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

For example, Emperor Deqing had known about Song Qiwen's accumulation of money through the "Huaigufang", but it was just because of the situation in the temple and Zhou Shangjing's reaction, so he had been holding back and not picking it out.

At this time, although the content of Zuo Lanshan's impeachment was somewhat obscure, Emperor Deqing still immediately guessed Zuo Lanshan's impeachment target, and as Zuo Lanshan's words fell, the corner of Emperor Deqing's eyes first aimed at Zhou Shangjing, and then at Song Qiwen, and a trace of hesitation flashed between his expressions.

For the fierce counterattack of the "Zhao Party", Emperor Deqing has long been psychologically prepared, but even Emperor Deqing never expected that the counterattack of the "Zhao Party" was so fierce, not only directly aimed at Song Qiwen, the second person of the "Zhou Party", but also completely disregarded the feelings of colleagues and the unspoken rules of officialdom, and directly involved the matter of "Huaigufang", so that the contradiction between the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party" will be great, and the conflict between the two factions will become more and more intense, and the situation in the temple will probably be chaotic for a long time.

Thinking of this, Emperor Deqing secretly rejoiced in his heart, thinking that the fierce conflict between the "Zhao Party" and the "Zhou Party" was conducive to his future plans, but in addition to the joy, Emperor Deqing was faintly worried, thinking that the "Zhao Party" was too big, and the next development of the situation might be out of his control!

In officialdom, there are many hidden rules, and these rules are the tacit understanding between hundreds of officials, and no one will easily touch them unless they have to.

There are many unspoken rules, and the core content of them is nothing more than the words "point to point"!

Who doesn't have a handle on the people of the sea? Who doesn't know who's in the driver's seat? Take Song Qiwen's "Huaigufang" as an example, there have been countless officials who have sent silver to "Huaigufang", what is the real role of "Huaigufang", most of the officials know it, but even those who claim to be "dare to admonish" the "prince. The party's "clear streams" have never dared to pierce the "Huaigufang" thing!

Why? "Huaigufang" is Song Qiwen's real handle, which the officials know well, but Song Qiwen also knows the real handle of the officials, if someone exposes the "Huaigufang" thing, then Song Qiwen will inevitably fight back fiercely, and will also expose the other party's real handle, at that time, there will be no room for maneuver, and it will become a fierce situation that never stops, but no one wants to see it.

The most important thing is that when Song Qiwen traded power and money through "Huaigufang", Song Qiwen was only the party that accepted bribes, and a large number of officials committed the crime of bribery! If the matter of "Huaigufang" is exposed, then the number of officials who sent money and bribes to "Huaigufang" is as high as hundreds, should it be investigated? If it is tracked down, how extensive will it be implicated? What kind of turmoil will there be in the situation between the government and the opposition? If it is not investigated, where is the face and credibility of the imperial court?

It is precisely because of such concerns that the officials have already had a tacit understanding, that is, when the officials are competing in the temple, even if they are like fire and water with each other, but until the last resort, they must not reveal the real handle of the other party, otherwise they will lose their room for maneuver and attract more people's hostility; In order to stabilize the situation, the imperial court often only pursues those "lonely cases" that are not widely implicated, similar to "Huaigufang", which is a major case with wide involvement, but it is cautious and cautious, and will never take the initiative to touch it unless it is absolutely necessary.

Since ancient times, the more prominent the ministers have fallen from power, the more insignificant the crimes involved, not because their crimes stop there, but because those more serious crimes are often covered up by the imperial court, and the reason for this is precisely because of such unspoken rules.

Such an unspoken rule, even Emperor Deqing must abide by it, so Emperor Deqing has long known the details of "Huaigufang", but he has always endured and did not investigate, otherwise everyone in the temple would not want to live in peace.

Now, seeing that the "Zhao Party" took the initiative to destroy the unspoken rules of officialdom and directly involved the matter of "Huaigufang", whether it was Emperor Deqing or the hundred officials in the court, everyone was naturally shocked, and they only felt that the determination of the "Zhao Party" was far beyond imagination!

And the conflict between the "Zhao Party" and the "Zhou Party" will also be far beyond imagination.

Without further ado.

However, he said that after Zuo Lanshan exposed the matter of "Huaigufang", Emperor Deqing hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to wait and see what happened, and let Zuo Lanshan finish the scene.

I saw that Emperor Deqing glared at Zuo Lanshan, and said coldly: "Yesterday, on the occasion of the impeachment of the imperial historians, it was said that a certain important minister protected Ma Xicheng, the governor of Henan Prefecture...... Hehe, it's all cover-up, can't tease me? Zuo Lanshan, don't go around in circles, you tell me clearly, who is behind the scenes of 'Huaigufang'?

After hearing Emperor Deqing's urging, Zuo Lanshan was faintly nervous in his heart, but his expression was impassioned, and he replied loudly: "Your Majesty, according to the information found by the minister, the master behind this 'Huaigufang' is Song Qiwen, the current official secretary!" Song Qiwen disregarded Jun'en, and has been taking advantage of the power of the ministry over the years, accepting bribes, selling official titles, and privately changing the evaluation of officials, and I hope that Your Majesty will strictly investigate this matter! ”

As Zuo Lanshan's words fell, I saw that all the "Zhao Party" officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate came out one after another, led by Situ Han, the right deputy inspector of the imperial history, and Gu Quan, the right imperial historian, all of whom echoed the voice, saying that they had long been aware of the matter, thinking that Song Qiwen was very suspicious, and hoped that Emperor Deqing could strictly investigate the matter of "Huaigufang".

With the fierce rebound of the "Zhao Party" and the turn from defense to offense, the focus in the temple also shifted for a while, from Zuolanshan to Song Qiwen, and everyone in the "Zhou Party" changed their complexions.

Like Emperor Deqing, they guessed that the "Zhao Party" might counterattack, but they didn't expect that the "Zhao Party" counterattack would be so fierce and ruthless!

Under the counterattack of the "Zhao Party", Song Qiwen, the secretary of the ministry, hurriedly came out and reported to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, the minister of 'Huaigufang' is completely unaware of the matter, and this shop has nothing to do with the minister. ”

As Song Qiwen's words fell, Du Bai, the left capital of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, also came out again, his expression was full of anger, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's previous impeachment of Zuo Lanshan's various crimes was all out of a public heart, and it was never instructed by others, and all kinds of criminal evidence were repeatedly confirmed by the minister, and there was absolutely no forgery, the minister thought that Zuo Lanshan's impeachment of Song Shangshu was to divert the focus and cover up his crimes, and I hope that Your Majesty will be aware of it, and investigate the responsibility of Zuo Lanshan for framing his colleagues!" ”

Then, naturally, a large number of "Zhou Party" officials came out to support the views of Song Qiwen and Du Bai, and rebuked Zuo Lanshan's ill intentions.

The views of Song Qiwen, Du Bai, and the "Zhou Party" naturally immediately caused the "Zhao Party" to counterattack again, and then the officials of the two factions quickly argued fiercely, and for a time there was a lot of noise and saliva in the Imperial Palace.

However, after all, the "Zhou Party" is a large number of people and has greater influence, so in the midst of the quarrel, although the "Zhao Party" people are fully prepared, they have gradually fallen into a disadvantage and are unable to do so.

At the same time, when the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party" were competing, Zhou Shangjing and Zhao Junchen, as the leaders of the two factions, were unusually low-key, without any moves, just hidden behind the scenes, and through their respective party fighting methods, people could not guess what the two of them really thought at this time.

On the other side, seeing that the conflict between the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party" intensified, "The Prince. The party "everyone looked excited, feeling that they had seen a good show of "dog eat dog", and were ready to participate in it at any time; "Shen Party" since Shen Changmao descended, are a cold sidestander posture, yesterday they only suffered the loss of the "Zhou Party", and the "Zhao Party" was a dead and not save attitude, now they naturally will not help either side, just hope that both sides will lose; As for the "imperial party", they also looked like they were watching the fire from the other side, but they were also secretly waiting for Emperor Deqing to show their attitude and tendency.

Seeing that the "Zhao Party" was gradually at a disadvantage, and the situation in the Imperial Palace was becoming more and more chaotic, Emperor Deqing finally expressed his attitude after thinking for a long time!

I saw that Emperor Deqing first stopped the argument between the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party", and severely reprimanded a few words, and then said slowly: "Regardless of whether Zuo Lanshan's impeachment is true or not, and whether Song Qiwen has anything to do with 'Huaigufang', but since 'Huaigufang' is suspicious, it must be strictly investigated!" Announcing my will, Shuntianfu immediately sent people to seal up the 'Huaigufang' and arrest all the people involved in the 'Huaigufang', and then handed the case over to the joint trial of the three legal divisions. ”

After hearing Emperor Deqing's will, Yin Huo Zhengyuan of Shuntian Mansion and the prefects of the Three Law Divisions came out to agree.

However, although Emperor Deqing's will is severe, all the officials know that if they only investigate the "Huaigufang" alone, they can't find anything at all, and Song Qiwen must have prepared the way back at the beginning of the establishment of the "Huaigufang", so the clues of the "Huaigufang" will definitely be interrupted, and it is difficult to really involve Song Qiwen.

However, after all, "Huaigufang" is the old signboard of the "Zhou Party", because after Zuo Lanshan's impeachment was seized, it is undoubtedly equivalent to the "Zhao Party" slapping the "Zhou Party" in the mouth and cutting the face of the "Zhou Party".

Therefore, after Emperor Deqing announced his will, most of the officials' eyes were focused on the cabinet elder Zhou Shangjing, waiting for the reaction of the "Zhou Party".

Then, under the attention of hundreds of officials, the counterattack of the "Zhou Party" began immediately!

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ps: A few days ago, I took a look at the subscription data of "Regent" in recent times, and it was very pitiful and bleak, and it was inevitable that I was a little disappointed in my heart, but if I think about it seriously, it's all because I died, and I can't complain that everyone will give up, so I adjusted my mood today and continued to update, no matter what, since there are still readers insisting, the worm wants to give you a complete explanation, nothing to do with the results, just the heart.

…… (To be continued.) )