Chongzhen is really angry, Wang Weizhang and Chen Yaoyan are simply shameless, in order to help Wang Yingxi seize people's property, these two people actually abused their power and fabricated charges to put people in prison, Daming still has such officials!

Huang Chenghao secretly observed Chongzhen's expression, and saw that he was already on the verge of rage, so he hurriedly added fuel and vinegar: "Your Majesty, this Chongqing prefect Chen Yaoyan seems to have a problem, because the officials are controlled by Wang Yingxiong, his past service experience Weichen has not been checked, however, Weichen checked the list of Jinshi, and found that this Chen Yaoyan is only the last of the three first-class in the Yiwei Hall Examination in the forty-seventh year of Wanli. Judging from his performance, he seems to be the same as Wang Weizhang, and has become Wang Yingxiong's private party. ”

What he meant by this was to imply that Chongzhen and Wang Yingxiong were abusing his power, promoting his cronies, and forming a party for personal gain!

At this time, Chongzhen had already finished reading the accusations that Li Guangchun had polished, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but stand up, turned around and took out a list of Jinshi from the bookshelf behind him, and looked it up carefully.

This list of Jinshi is a very important reference, although the origin and ranking of Jinshi is not the only criterion for promoting officials, but it has an important reference value, after all, the high ranking of people means that the performance of the people in the palace examination is better than the people behind the row, this performance is a comprehensive assessment of knowledge, strategy, literary style, etc., basically can represent the level of a person's ability, so generally when promoting and appointing officials, the chief officials at all levels will check the list of Jinshi, in the same case, It is definitely the preference to choose those who have a relatively high ranking in the imperial examination.

Such an important reference is available to Huang Chenghao, and Chongzhen naturally has it here, and Chongzhen often reads it.

He skillfully flipped through a few times, and soon flipped to the list of the top three in the Yiwei Branch Palace, and then he swept back one by one.

Top 100, no.

The first two hundred, still none.

All the way back, he was almost swept to the end, and he finally found Chen Yaoyan's record in the penultimate few.

Chen Yaoyan, a native of Wucheng, Zhejiang, was born in the sixteenth year of Wanli, and was one of the two hundred and sixty-five in the fourth year of Wanli.

The list of Jinshi here must be the latest, after the imperial examination in each world, the Ministry of Rites will work with the Ministry of Officials and other relevant yamen to re-edit the list of Jinshi, copy the new Jinshi into it, and update the basic information of the Jinshi who will be on the job, he swept forward again, ranking in front of Chen Yaoyan, not to mention the prefect, there are very few people who serve as the governor, basically they are all magistrates, and the state government is sentenced to six or seven grades, and the bottom few of the top three are so much higher than the same department position in front of him!

Chen Yaoyan said that if he had outstanding political achievements, he would have said that there was no problem, if there was, there would definitely be a brief record on the list of Jinshi, it was obvious that he was forcibly promoted, and nine times out of ten the person who promoted him was Wang Yingxiong!

At this time, Chongzhen was already a little suspicious of Wang Yingxiong, but a cabinet scholar and secretary of the ministry could not be disposed of casually, let alone listen to one-sided words and wronged others, Chongzhen stood there with a gloomy face and thought about it for a while, and did not immediately get mad, he sat down slowly and asked cautiously: "Do you have any other evidence?" ”

Huang Chenghao hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Back to the emperor, there are so many evidences for the time being, but Li Guangchun is rushing back to the capital with Ni Sihui and Ni Tianhe father and son, and it is estimated that there will be ten days to arrive."

He is both physical evidence and human evidence, it seems that he fabricated a crime and framed Wang Yingxiong with very little possibility, Chongzhen nodded, waved his hand and said: "Well, I know, you go down first, you bring him to see me after Ni Sihui arrives in Beijing."

Huang Chenghao hurriedly retreated, Chongzhen sat there with a gloomy face and thought about it for a while, and then said coldly: "The king should come to see him." ”

This breath is like freezing, which makes people panic, and it is obvious that this Wang Yingxiong is in trouble.

Cao Huachun didn't pass any news to Wang Yingxiong, he said goodbye outside, and then directly sent a little eunuch to summon Wang Yingxiong, and didn't let anyone bring anything.

Wang Yingxiong spent most of his time in the cabinet office, and the cabinet office was in the palace, so he was naturally faster than Huang Chenghao, and after a while, he was called.

He knew very well that Huang Chenghao would definitely go to the emperor to sue him, but he had just received Wang Weizhang's letter, and he knew that the Metropolitan Procuratorate was investigating his connivance with his family's crazy accumulation of money, he thought that Huang Chenghao would not sue the emperor until at least a few days, but he never thought that the first assistant Wen Tiren had just left less than half an hour, and the emperor had ordered someone to summon him.

What's going on here?

Wang Weizhang and Chen Yaoyan didn't mention him and his brother at all, and Wen Tiren couldn't sue him for blackness, could it be that Huang Chenghao happened to go to the emperor to complain, and it was unlikely, he just received the news, so Li Guangchun just snatched people away, can Li Guangchun investigate the matter so quickly, God what is the speed!

In fact, he was pitted by Wang Weizhang, and Wang Weizhang naturally couldn't say in the letter that he couldn't endure hardship and couldn't be tired, so he "rushed" for five days to rush from Chengdu Mansion to Chongqing Mansion, and Wang Weizhang didn't dare to mention the five-day time difference.

This kind of person is greedy for pleasure, people are already fat like pigs, and they do things like pigs, Wang Yingxiong was unconsciously pitted by this pig teammate.

However, he is not unprepared at all, after Wen Tiren left, he has been thinking about how to fool Chongzhen, and at this time he is already a little bit of a draft, but he will not be caught off guard.

When he entered the study, he pretended not to know anything, and bowed respectfully, and then he bowed and stood there, pretending to be obedient to the hadith.

After Chongzhen calmed down for a while, he no longer had the previous impulse, he saw Wang Yingxiong looking like nothing happened, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, is this Wang Yingxiong really that kind of treacherous villain?

He sorted out his thoughts, and then asked lightly: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate is investigating your corruption, do you know?" ”

Wang Yingxiong replied honestly: "Back to the emperor, Weichen knows." ”

Chongzhen then asked, "Then do you have anything to say?" ”

Wang Yingxiong pretended to be calm and said: "Your Majesty, the so-called corruption is purely false, and Weichen is not afraid of them to investigate." ”

Chongzhen couldn't help but be more puzzled, this Wang Yingxiong looked righteous and awe-inspiring, and he really didn't look like a treacherous villain.

Wang Yingxiong picked up Chongzhen and was stunned by him, and hurriedly pretended to be aggrieved, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, Weichen is frightened, but if you have to say something, the court knows that he Huang Chenghao peeped into the position of the secretary of the ministry, and tried in vain to enter the cabinet as a minister, so he has been trying his best to slander Weichen and want to impeach Weichen, Weichen doesn't want to mess up the court, and he doesn't want to disturb the emperor, so he forbears everywhere and hopes that the emperor will investigate clearly!" ”

said this, it seems that Huang Chenghao is a treacherous villain, and he is a loyal minister who is loyal to the monarch and patriotic!

Now Chongzhen is even more fooled by him, who is deceiving me?

He looked at the evidence on the table, and simply asked directly: "Do you know that the Metropolitan Procuratorate sent Li Guangchun, the imperial historian of Zuo Yandu, to Chongqing Mansion to investigate the case of Ni Sihui and Ni Tian and his father and son?" ”

Although Wang Yingxiong was prepared in his heart, he still couldn't help but sweat in his palms, of course he knew what was going on with the case between Ni Sihui and Ni Tianhe father and son, Wang Weizhang and Chen Yaoyan also asked him before they started, after all, Ni Sihui had been the left waiter of the Nandu Household Department, although the Nandu Household Department was nothing compared to the six departments of the capital, but Ni Sihui was also a member of the court of Zhengsanpin, and he was a well-known figure in the entire Chongqing Mansion, is it appropriate to get him?

Although Wang Yingxiong deliberately restrained his arrogant personality in the officialdom, he is still quite horizontal in his heart, what's wrong with Ni Sihui, a waiter who is just a three-grade waiter, or a pension yamen in Nandu, and he is also a scholar, I'm afraid of a fart, get him, let everyone in Chongqing Mansion see, who is the boss of Chongqing Mansion now!

So, Wang Weizhang and Chen Yaoyan did not hesitate to do it, and separated the wives of the three high-quality masters, broke their families, lived in broken temples, and were extremely miserable.

At that time, he felt so enjoyable and refreshing, but when Chongzhen asked at this time, he couldn't help but be frightened, this guy, a third-grade member of Zhishi, was made into such a ghost by himself, and it was strange that the emperor was not angry!

What to do?

Hack him!

Wang Yingxiong Tian shamelessly slandered: "Your Majesty, you don't know, that Ni Tianhe relied on his father to be a member of the imperial court, arrogant and domineering, rampant in the township, that is the famous Chongqing tyrant, he doesn't know how many people's property has been robbed, and the entire Chongqing Mansion is full of complaints, then Ni Sihui deliberately connived, this father and son, it is simply lawless!" Wang Weizhang and Chen Yaoyan handled the father and son, and the people of Chongqing Mansion all applauded! ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he was even more dizzy, listening to Wang Yingxiong say this, it seemed that Wang Weizhang and Chen Yaoyan were presiding over justice and punishing bullies!

Chongzhen was dizzy, he thought about it and simply left this matter and continued to ask: "During Wang Weizhang's inspection of Xining, despite the serious drought, he expropriated and extorted money violently, and filled his own pockets, so that the people changed one after another, he was a corrupt official who was dismissed and investigated, don't you know?" ”

Of course he knew that, but he had to pretend he didn't know!

He feigned shock and said, "Ah! This, this, Wechen is guilty, Wechen really doesn't know about this, after all, he is a subordinate official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Wechen can't recite the resume of every official, at that time, Tang Shiji and Zhang Jie praised him, Wechen thought he was a good official who was honest and honest, so when Tang Shiji and Zhang Jie invited Wechen to recommend together, Wechen was confused and followed them to recommend, now that I think about it, these two treacherous villains deliberately pulled Wechen into the water! ”

This is why Chongzhen, a fool, will believe it, can an official who can be a secretary of the ministry be so confused?

He thinks that there is nothing wrong with what Wang Yingxiong said, although the official department is in charge of the promotion of officials, but there are so many officials in the world, it is impossible for the official department to remember everyone's resume clearly, this Wang Weizhang is a subordinate official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Tang Shiji, who was the left capital of the Imperial Palace, and Zhang Jie, who was the right deputy of the Imperial History, must be clear, but Wang Yingxiong may not be clear, they joined forces to fool Wang Yingxiong, Wang Yingxiong did not check, and it was really possible to follow their way.

Chongzhen thought that everyone was as easy to fool as him.

Wang Yingxiong secretly glanced at Chongzhen, and when he saw Chongzhen's expression of believing it to be true, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately, there is no proof of death for this trick, if Tang Shiji and Zhang Jie are not dead, he really doesn't say that, now that Tang Shiji and Zhang Jie are dead, just push everything on them, Chongzhen can't ask the two dead people!

This trick is indeed played well, and Chongzhen was dizzy by his flickering again.

There seemed to be nothing to pursue in this matter, and he continued to ask, "What about Chen Yaoyan?" Chen Yaoyan is not a subordinate official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and his promotion is completely handled by the Ministry of Officials, right? Chen Yaoyan abused his power to help your younger brother Wang Yingxi seize people's property and handle a lot of unjust cases, what do you do and explain? ”

When Wang Yingxiong heard this, his face was complicated and said: "This, the emperor forgives the sin, after all, Weichen is from Chongqing, and it is inevitable that he will be criticized for meddling in the appointment and removal of local officials, so when he was appointed and dismissed from the Chongqing prefect, Weichen did not ask at all in order to avoid suspicion." Unexpectedly, in the end, he was still far-fetched and forced to have a relationship with him, if this Chen Yaoyan really handled a lot of unjust cases, Wechen did have the crime of not investigating, but he said that he was trying to help my brother take away people's property, and Wechen couldn't agree with it. There are tens of thousands of local officials in the Ming Dynasty, and it is inevitable that there will be so many corrupt and perverted people, if the local officials will pull the officials as soon as there is a problem, then who would dare to be the secretary of the ministry, Li Guangchun was obviously instructed by Huang Chenghao, and wanted to be far-fetched and slander the ministers, the emperor, and the ministers were wronged! ”

This guy can really break it, if Zhang Bin is here, he will definitely give him a thumbs up, amazing!

Chongzhen has been a mess in his foolish head at this time, at this time, he really can't judge who is right and wrong, a scholar of the Ministry of Shangshu and the Cabinet, a Metropolitan Procuratorate Left Imperial History, a Metropolitan Procuratorate Right Imperial History plus Sichuan Governor, a Metropolitan Procuratorate Left Imperial History, and a second-grade Lady and Shizhu Tusi, and even a Zhishi Nandu Household Servant, there are too many officials involved in this matter, and none of them are not small roles, so you can't make a conclusion!

He thought about it for a while, and finally waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go down first." ”

When Wang Yingxiong heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he finally flickered over, it was not easy, he hurriedly surrendered and slipped away.

Wang Yingxiong is okay for the time being, Chongzhen is indeed a big head, he looked at the twists and turns and accusations in front of him, frowned, and fell into deep thought, how should this matter be handled?

Originally, this was an obvious corruption case, Wang Yingxiong formed a party for personal gain, and appointed his cronies to help his younger brother make crazy money, it was as simple as that.

However, Chongzhen was fooled by Wen Tiren and Wang Yingxiong joining forces, but he thought that this was his important ministers who were pouring into each other!