"If you have something to do, you can play early, and you have nothing to retreat!"

He Neng's shout Zhu Houzhao was already very familiar, but Zhu Houzhao still shivered, I don't know if it was because the weather was too cold.

With He Neng's shout, a person below stood up, bowed down and said, "The minister has this music!" “

Zhu Houzhao followed the voice and looked over and found that this was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a thin figure and a neatly groomed beard, looking quite handsome. It is not enough for Zhu Houzhao to pay attention to this, but the identity of this person, the right hand of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the imperial history Feng Qi, which makes Zhu Houzhao have to be cautious, obviously the matter is serious.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao didn't expect those salt merchants to be stimulated so much, and they would be able to move to the body of the Imperial Court and the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate so quickly.

You must know that the Metropolitan Procuratorate itself is a super-grade yamen, that is, their power and status cannot be measured by their grade, and you must know that the positioning of the Metropolitan Procuratorate itself is to correct the impeachment of hundreds of officials, identify wrongs, and supervise all ways, and be the division of discipline for the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven. In the Imperial Palace, the imperial history of the capital is a third-class official, and his status is very high, and if he impeaches anyone, an ordinary seven-rank imperial envoy can do it.

The main responsible officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are two people from the left and right capitals, two deputy capitals with two people, and four people from the left and right capitals.

Among them, the left and right imperial histories are the second grade, the same as the six books, the left and right deputy envoys are the third grade, and the left and right deputy envoys are the four products, which can be said to be high and powerful. Obviously, the person who wants to be impeached this time is not simple, otherwise he will not be so excited, and the other is that he did not have the twists and turns of impeachment, but chose to speak in the early court, which is to expand the pressure of public opinion and put pressure on the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao turned his head to look at his father, and when he saw that his father still had a calm and breezy expression, he turned around and lowered his head.

"Feng Aiqing is coming!" Zhu Youzhu said in a calm tone.

"The minister impeached Shou Ninghou and Yang Peng of Dongchang for colluding with each other to blackmail and frame salt merchants!" Feng Qi bowed and said: "The righteous son of Yang Peng, the prince of Dongchang Factory, went south to Yangzhou, accompanied by the steward of the Hou Mansion of Shouning, two people planted salt merchants in Yangzhou, extorted money, and ran rampant, causing Yangzhou to be angry, the salt road is the weight of the imperial court, the world can not be without salt for a day, the imperial court taxes rely on the salt class more, since Ye Shangshu changed the grain to the silver to open the middle, the imperial court salt class is more for the state, the salt road is stable, the country is stable, and the matter of the salt road must be investigated. Please Your Majesty severely punish the crimes of the two, and at the same time send a large number of officers to appease Yangzhou. ”

Zhu Houzhao looked at Feng Qi, and at the same time turned his head to look at Shouninghou Zhang Heling, Zhu Houzhao didn't expect the other party to point the finger at Shouninghou, it seems that the other party also knows who is behind the ghost!

As soon as Feng Qi's words fell, a few more people stood up, basically all of them impeached Shou Ninghou, and the charges were all the same, obviously these big people in the court went to impeach Yang Lian, and they still couldn't pull their faces. It is different to point the finger at Shouninghou, and there is a lot of public opinion in the court, but several cabinet scholars and six scholars have no intention of speaking.

However, Zhu Houzhao knew that these people would not be able to escape, and the storm of impeachment would definitely expand, and it would start from this early dynasty.

If the six scholars or the three scholars of the cabinet do not express their position, they will also become the target of impeachment, and the names of "clay sculpture six scholars" and "papier-mâché three pavilion elders" will also be worn on them.

Zhu Houzhao turned his head to look at his father, at this time, it depends on what his father does, according to the normal process, at this time, the imperial court should send an investigation team, that is, the minister sent to Yangzhou to find out the truth of the matter. In the Ming Dynasty, this investigation team usually included a person from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, a person from the Criminal Department, a person from Jinyiwei or Dongchang, and personnel were drawn from each department.

The Qincha has never been a single person, but a group of people, but the leader of the Qincha minister is the most dazzling.

Zhu Houzhao told his father Zhu Youzhu about these things last night, the father and son really didn't think about who to send to this matter, Zhu Houzhao wanted to go, Zhu Youzhu didn't want his son to go, and the father and son didn't negotiate last night. Now things have naturally come to this point again, things have long been expected, and now it's up to Daddy to deal with this matter.

"Prince, what do you think should be done in this matter?"

Just when Zhu Houzhao was hanging up high without caring about himself, Zhu Youjiao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, suddenly spoke, but the words he said made Zhu Houzhao excited.

I say? Me, what do I say?

I didn't expect you to be such a stingy father.

The ministers below didn't expect Zhu Youzhu to push the matter to Zhu Houzhao, although everyone knows that His Majesty is cultivating the prince, and he also took the prince to the early dynasty, and took the prince to correct the folds, but for a period of time, the prince is more studying, and he doesn't speak in the early dynasty, basically just listening to the government, now such a big thing, how can he ask the prince?

The ministers' eyes were also focused on Zhu Houzhao, the prince, and they were still very curious about what Zhu Houzhao, the prince, would say.

At the same time, the ministers also understood that His Majesty asked the prince at this time, which means that His Majesty really wants to cultivate the prince and wants the prince to participate in political affairs, instead of simply listening to politics as before. This represents a very important signal that the crown prince has begun to set foot in the center of power. This requires the courtiers to begin to grasp the relationship with the prince, too close, too far.

If it is too close, it is easy to be rejected by His Majesty as a fortunate person, and if it is too far, it will offend the prince, once the son of heaven and a courtier, once the prince ascends the throne, then there will be no good fruit for you to eat.

Zhu Houzhao took a step forward, bowed to Zhu Youjiao, and then said: "Father, the sons think that they can let Shouning Marquis and Dongchang Yang Gonggong defend themselves. ”

In the administrative process of the Ming Dynasty, someone has been impeached, you must know that impeachment is usually a rumor, this cannot be convicted, but someone is impeached, even if it is a rumor, it is also to be investigated. Normally, there will be two situations, one is that there is something to do, or there is suspicion, then the impeached person has to petition for guilt, express his confession, and at the same time close to himself at home and wait for the emperor's verdict.

It's just that many times it is said that it is an excuse, but in fact, it is self-defense, and the excerpt is handed over, and the emperor sends someone to investigate the case.

One is that there is no such thing, and the minister writes to defend himself, that is, this is a false accusation, so the emperor must also give the minister a chance to defend himself.

However, whether it is self-defense or petitioning, the emperor will send someone to investigate the case, if it is true, then how to punish it, if there is no such thing, then the emperor will issue an order to clear the minister's guilt, tell the world, and correct his name.