Chapter Twenty-Three: Clearance
"The emperor is going to be deposed!" Following the assassination of several princes one after another, another shocking news began to spread in the capital. From dignitaries to peddlers and pawns, everyone is talking about this strange story in the palace. After all, since Emperor Taizu, only Emperor Wuzong, who left the name of mediocre **** among the emperors of all dynasties, has been abolished three times.
When the emperor discussed this matter in the court, all the ministers, including Xiao Yunchao, were stunned. It is common for the emperor and queen to disagree with all dynasties, but it is rare to abolish it for this reason, not to mention that in addition to the disadvantages of the imperial court, Emperor Wanlie can also be regarded as a Ming monarch. At that moment, several old ministers of the two dynasties put on a posture of death advice, and the queen's relatives were even more panicked, and they used precedents to dissuade them, and even Xiao Yunchao also pretended to admonish a few words. The always mild-mannered Prime Minister Hai Guanyu repeatedly touched the ground with his head, dissuading the emperor from dispelling this idea on the grounds that the queen was related to the majesty of the country and was ominous after the hasty abolition. In the end, the annoyed emperor walked away, leaving only the stunned ministers stunned.
The queen naturally knew that since the quarrel a few days ago, the emperor had sent guards to take care of the Kunning Palace of the Empress He's family, and no matter who they were, they were not allowed to enter or leave, and they put on a posture of being abolished early. Poor He has always been an arrogant and domineering person, how can he stand this kind of grievance, but he committed suicide several times by crying and crying, and was persuaded to come back by the foggy clothes every time.
"Dad, what the hell should this be?" He Furong's eldest son, He Mofei, looked at his father anxiously, his heart was already a mess, after all, the wealth of the He family was obtained by the queen, once the queen was deposed, the Xiao family would definitely take advantage of the situation, and then the whole family would be miserable.
He Furong still doesn't know what went wrong, and he can't answer his son's words at all, but this eldest son is the most talented of his sons, and he has to be appeased. "Mo Fei, the matter of the heavenly family has always been traced without any signs, and the queen's fall from grace is inevitable, so let's think about what to do in the future!"
"Dad, so many adults in the court have admonished you, will the emperor really insist on going his own way?" He Mofei showed a shocked expression, "The matter after the abolition is related to the unification of the country, and it is also closely related to the storage position of the Fifth Highness. If the queen mother is abolished once, not only will it be difficult for the Fifth Highness to ascend to the throne in the future, but our He family will also be difficult to turn over forever! ”
"Even if the emperor doesn't abolish the queen today, will he go to Kunning Palace again?" He Furong snorted coldly, "My father can only discuss with a few ministers who are good with each other and let them protect the queen, but who can interfere in the favor of the harem." The queen has always been jealous, if she hadn't stopped her, if your sister had successfully entered the palace, she would have had one more arm to help, how could she be embarrassed now, hum! ”
He Mofei could only keep his mouth shut, it was not a day or two that his father was worried about his sister He Junlan, although his sister finally married Prince Min, at least she could not escape the position of a princess in the future. But in his father's opinion, although Prince Min has the title of prince, he is not as good as the prince, and the prince has no possibility of ascending to the throne, how can he marry into the harem as the glory of the imperial concubine. He couldn't help but sigh, his father was too keen on power, and one day, he would plant himself on it.
"Master, master!" The housekeeper He Gui stumbled in, his face was already pale, "A team of guards surrounded the mansion, and the people were panicking, go and take a look!" ”
He Furong, who was annoyed at first He Gui for breaking into the study, suddenly changed color, and he never expected the emperor to suddenly attack him. "You go out first, and I'll come right over. The big and small minions in the house have restrained me, if anyone dares to take advantage of the chaos to do something, I will ask you! After all, after many years of qi cultivation and hard work, He Furong regained his composure, "What are you afraid of, if the emperor wants to ask me about my crimes, the envoy would have come in a long time ago, and there is still a need for those people to block the door?" ”
"The minions have written it down!" He Gui replied respectfully, a strange light flashed in his eyes, "The slave will do it immediately." ”
Seeing He Gui retreat in a hurry, He Furong sighed and fell weakly on the Taishi chair. "Mo Fei, you take all the silver tickets in that drawer, there are probably hundreds of thousands of taels, if you save some, it will be enough for you to spend a lifetime. You hurry up and escape from the secret passage now, the emperor is determined to deal with our He family this time! ”
"Daddy!" Rao is He Mofei has always been calm, and this big change also made him dizzy, "It's not so serious, right?" ”
"Don't be wordy!" He Furong almost roared, "Do you want my He family to be the queen?" Don't hurry up and go! ”
"Dad, what should they do with Dou'er?" He Mofei had already started a family, and he was really ruthless when he thought of running away alone and leaving his wife and children.
He Furong slapped his face, "Bastard, the wife can remarry, the son can be reborn, the important thing is that you escape safely!" He casually opened the bookcase, took out the key to open a dark compartment tremblingly, grabbed out a stack of silver tickets, and threw them into He Mofei's arms, "Hurry up, do you want to be angry with me!" As he spoke, he turned the lamp on the wall and opened the secret passage.
He Mofei couldn't bear to look at his father, and walked in without looking back, he knew that this time, he would say goodbye to his family completely.
Bao Huasheng, the emperor of Zuodu, was extremely surprised to receive an order from the emperor to raid the He Mansion, and since the last time he was reprimanded, he almost thought that he had completely lost his holy favor, however, in the days when he was sick, the emperor did not remove him from his official position, but sent someone to comfort him. After this catastrophe, this originally sharp and superb official has been much more restrained, but under his teaching, the intensity of the Supervision Yuan's impeachment of officials has also been strengthened a lot.
Sitting on the official sedan chair, Bao Huasheng's mood was very complicated, this time the emperor attacked the He family, and he didn't get any news, but looking at the reactions of Shicai Hai Guanyu and several other important ministers, they didn't know anything, and the emperor's thunderous methods, even outsiders felt extremely cold. Alas, as long as the He family falls, I am afraid that the matter after the abolition will not be far away, and the situation will be chaotic again.
Stepping into the He Mansion, Bao Huasheng sensed a tense atmosphere, although those subordinates were not panicked, but from their eyes, in addition to fear, they were uneasy. The face of the high-spirited scholar He who used to be in the court was also covered with frost, but he couldn't hide the fear in his eyes. Seeing Bao Huasheng come in, He Gui shouted, and the people in the gang all knelt on the ground, and He Furong also knelt behind the incense case.
"If this official asks He Furong at the emperor's command, everyone else will avoid it." Bao Huasheng stood facing south and said in a deep voice. There is an extremely strange sentence in the emperor's confession, but how can he get to the bottom of it when he has already suffered a loss, let He Furong worry about it.
"Weichen obeys the emperor's will." He Furong knelt on the ground and kowtowed. Without waiting for the master's orders, the housekeeper He Gui hurriedly drove the people to the backyard, and in a blink of an eye, He Furong was the only one left in the empty front yard.
"He Furong, do you recognize this?" Bao Huasheng took out something from his sleeve, put it in the palm of his hand and handed it over. He had played with this thing many times on the road, but he had come to the conclusion that it was only a royal thing, and the rest was incomprehensible.
As soon as He Furong saw the fan pendant, his whole body suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and he could no longer move. Although he has repeatedly avoided the matter of those two killers these days, he did not expect it to be this incident. On that day, he sent his henchmen to meet the two people, and in order to show his identity, in addition to the jade plate, there was also a fan given by the emperor. As a result, the fan was brought back immediately by the henchman, but the jade plate was left there. Later, when the two killers visited again, they returned the jade plate, and he thought that there was no trace of it, after all, no one would believe the words of the two killers, but the pendant actually fell into the hands of others.
"The guilty minister suffered by himself, and he had nothing to say, so please ask the emperor to surrender his guilt." He Furong's face was pale, and all his temperament and official body were thrown out of the clouds, and Bao Huasheng even had a feeling that the person in front of him had died. I just asked the first sentence, He Furong became like this, did he really do something rebellious?
"Since your ancestors, the He family has always been diligent in state affairs, and there has never been a mistake, since you entered the court, although you have been in power, but you have not made many achievements, and you have failed to live up to the emperor's grace, ask you if you know the guilt?" Bao Huasheng asked dryly. This is really boring, most of the important ministers in the court are guarded, and it is rare not to make mistakes, where do you come from, the emperor is obviously looking for a crime.
"The criminal minister is in an important position, and he should have done his best to share the emperor's worries, but he has always acted carelessly, so that he has not made an inch, and begged the emperor to surrender." He Furong saw that the emperor did not explain the matter, but his heart was at ease, so it seems that maybe the old and young in the family can still be saved.
"Your fourth son, He Molin, behaved perversely, took the official position without thinking of repaying the emperor's favor, **** outside and raised prostitutes, the ministers of the DPRK and China were repeatedly impeached, and I did not pursue the name of the He family. Unexpectedly, he became even more violent, and even insulted a woman from a good family on the street, so that her husband died and her son died. What is your sin as a father and not thinking about teaching your children? This is a bit harsh, He Molin is a famous playboy in Beijing, and this matter really has to fall on He Furong.
"Dog He Morin, since he has committed a serious crime, there is no forgiveness for it, and I implore the emperor to punish him severely, so as to show the law of our dynasty. As a father, the criminal has no way to discipline him, and he is willing to accept the blame. He Furong didn't expect the emperor to start with his uncompetitive son, he was already itching with hatred, if it weren't for the fact that this was not the time, he would have wanted to kick the rebel to death.
"During your tenure as the head of the household department, the deficit in the treasury was not only not cleared up, but the accumulated deficit amounted to four million taels. As the head of the household, you don't think about managing the country's finances, but sit back and watch the huge deficit, do you know the guilt? ”
This crime is the real point, He Furong chuckled in his heart, and he no longer had the calmness to start answering, one is not good, if all those things come out, the emperor will not only clean himself. He carefully considered his sentence, "There has been a long history of deficit in the household department, but since the criminal minister took charge of the treasury, the expenses have increased day by day, and there have been many clear discrepancies between the silver and the treasury in various places, and there are records in these household account books. The excessive deficit in the treasury is indeed due to the incompetence of the criminal ministers, and I implore the emperor to remove the criminal ministers from the post of secretary of the household department, and appoint a good minister to take over. These words are all evasive, and He Furong gently and skillfully prevaricates with an incompetent rhetoric.
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