Zhu Youzhen's implication is that he threw all the blame on Xu Xianchun, of course Xu Xianchun will not bear such a big crime, if he does it, Wei Zhongxian will not be able to protect him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Your Majesty, how dare the minister be so bold, all the blame for the confrontation between the forbidden army and the three major battalions lies with Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao."

"Did you say in public that you were greedy for 180,000 taels of silver, which made General Cao angry and made inappropriate moves, triggering a confrontation between the two armies." Zhu Youzhen didn't dare to say with the original intention, listening to Zhu Youzhen's words, Huang Liji's heart became more determined to support Hong Chengchou's thoughts.

Xu Xianchun immediately knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister is really wronged, the one million taels of silver is the emperor, you personally asked, even if you give the minister a few leopard galls, the minister does not dare to be greedy, Cao Wenzhao beat the minister, the forbidden army can't stand it, and wants to stop it, but was stopped by the three battalions of those ruffians, which led to the confrontation between the two armies, the source of all this is Cao Wenzhao, a bold rebel general, and has nothing to do with the minister. ”

"Hmph, then what you mean is that you are not guilty at all, you are responsible for escorting the silver taels, if you don't guard and steal, who can have a chance to do it?"

When everyone in the court saw this, they all understood that the emperor was clearly going to kill Xu Xianchun, if he hadn't had some scruples about Wei Zhongxian, I am afraid that the people of Jinyiwei had already taken down Xu Xianchun last night.

Just as Zhu Youzhen was waiting for Xu Xianchun to reply, Guo Yunhou, the head of the household department, and Zuo Shilang held up righteousness, and both of them knelt down.

Watching Guo Yunhou and Gao Juyi kneel, Zhu Youzhen was also a little confused.

"Guo Shangshu, Gao Shilang, what do you two mean by this?" An ominous aura shrouded Zhu Youzhen's heart.

The character Guo Yunhou was also not famous in the last time and space, but those who have a particularly in-depth understanding of the history of the Ming Dynasty know that this person is a rare good official in the late Ming Dynasty.

Guo Yunhou, a jinshi in the thirty-fifth year of Wanli, once served as the magistrate of the county, the military department, the deputy envoy of Huguang, the squire of the military department, and was promoted to the head of the household department in the seventh year of the Apocalypse.

Zhu Youzhen has a deep impression of Guo Yunhou, because in the last time and space, Guo Yunhou was an evergreen tree at the highest level of the Ming Dynasty, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the scholar and waiter, who changed wave after wave, only this Guo Yunhou has been Chongzhen for thirteen years, became ill from exhaustion, and died of illness in office.

"The minister is guilty." Guo Yunhou said in a low voice.

"Why did Guo Shangshu say such a thing?" Zhu Youzhen seems to understand something in his heart?

"The one million taels of military salaries hand-picked by the emperor and the 180,000 taels of silver that were withheld were withheld by the household department and the ministers."

"Guo Shangshu, what you said is true, the 180,000 taels were deducted by you, do you know that this is the silver taels that I personally asked." Even if Zhu Youzhen had a good impression of Guo Yunhou, Guo Yunhou did not take the majesty of his emperor to heart so much, which made Zhu Youzhen very angry.

"The four counties of Hebei are seriously famine, the people have nothing to rely on, and the local government is also unable to provide disaster relief, and the treasury cannot be opened for a while, and the salary is distributed, so they think about embezzling 180,000 taels of silver for disaster relief, and at the end of the year, the household department will make up the arrears of the three battalions. Guo Yunhou was frank and unrestrained, and stopped all the blame on the household department.

After Zhu Youzhen listened, he sighed and slowly returned to the dragon seat, so that it would be extremely difficult to cure Xu Xianchun's sin.

Now Zhu Youzhen is facing a choice, one is to put all the blame on Guo Yunhou, remove him from office and reprimand, so that he does not have to turn his face with Wei Zhongxian, and he can buy more time for himself to obtain political capital, but this is too unfair to Guo Yunhou, the household department has become a practice since the Wanli period, Hebei famine, I also know it, but I just ordered the household department to raise money to buy grain, but the household department has no money, just catch up with the three major battalion salaries to the household account, the household department in order to be able to control the disaster, embezzlement of the silver, In this way, it seems that there is nothing wrong with the household department at all. The second is to identify Xu Xianchun, put all the blame on Xu Xianchun, and convict him arbitrarily and unreasonably, if this is the case, a conflict will break out between himself and Wei Zhongxian that he can't imagine, and I dare not imagine what the consequences will be.

Choose one of the two, Zhu Youzhen knows how much impact this choice has on the political situation, the peaceful atmosphere he has worked so hard to create will be ruined, and all his efforts will be in vain, giving up Cao Wenzhao, no, Zhu Youzhen has never had this idea, if he gives up Cao Wenzhao, then Hong Chengchou, as the commander of the three major battalions, will not be able to escape responsibility, and the military reform related to the survival of the country will also become a joke.

took a deep breath and said, "Guo Shangshu, get up." I know that there is a famine in Hebei, but I don't have an in-depth understanding, so it's hard for you. Zhu Youzhen said this is to choose the second way, he blamed himself a little, because he was busy intriguing with Wei Zhongxian, and when he heard about the famine, he didn't put his energy on it, and after seeing the famine in Hebei, the holy decree was also very concise: the local government opened a warehouse for disaster relief, and the household department allocated grain at its discretion. This made Zhu Youzhen feel a little remorseful, and at the same time felt how small a person's power was.

He desperately hoped that he had an army loyal to the imperial court and the imperial power, but in the end, he put the cart before the horse, and when the recital of the Hebei famine was put on the dragon case, he did not pay more attention, but instead focused all the attention on the issue of the three major battalions, and he forgot his original intention.

"The minister is really wronged, the silver is embezzled by Guo Shangshu with a legitimate document, and the minister has no right to stop it, but because the time for the silver to be delegated is very tight, it is too late to play to the emperor, I thought that I would play it to the emperor afterwards, but who knows, Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao actually ordered silver in front of the sergeant, and found that the silver did not match, Cao Wenzhao boldly covered the sky, and dared to do it to the minister, and led to the confrontation between the forbidden army and the three battalion sergeants, almost causing a catastrophe, these things were done by Cao Wenzhao, and I hope that the emperor will be the master of the ministers, severely punish Cao Wenzhao, and clarify the law and discipline." Xu Xianchun on the side said with a stitch, what he said was deliberate, and he picked himself up, first of all, the problem of silver two, that is Guo Yunhou Guo Shangshu used the big seal of the household, the proper document signed by the embezzlement, the silver two less than 180,000 taels has nothing to do with himself, and then the confrontation between the two armies, this is more simple and clear, Cao Wenzhao found that the silver was not enough, he was emotional, and he grabbed himself and fought, which led to the confrontation between the two armies, in fact, Xu Xianchun is really a smart person, and someone must pay for the political consequences this time, According to Xu Xianchun's words, there are only two parties who pay for the consequences of this political consequence, one is the household department represented by Guo Yunhou, and the other is the three major battalions represented by Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao.

However, these two people, Zhu Youzhen doesn't want to punish them, Guo Yunhou is right, Cao Wenzhao is not wrong, the fault should be himself, but he is the emperor, and he can't easily admit his mistake, otherwise where is the majesty of the emperor?

As soon as Xu Xianchun's words fell, Huang Liji, who was standing on the side, came out and said: "Your Majesty, Xu Dudu is really full of nonsense, the truth that the minister learned is completely different from what Xu Dudu said, when Cao Wen Zhao Cao Zongbing asked Xu Dudu why he was missing 180,000 silver taels, Xu Dudu provoked and said, the silver taels were taken by him, these words, the minister believes that the soldiers of the three major battalions, and the soldiers of the forbidden army have heard it, if it were not for Xu Dudu's provocation, how could Cao Zongbing be rude, leading to a confrontation between the two armies. Since Huang Liji recognized that he wanted to support Hong Chengchou, he would persevere, and when he heard Xu Xianchun's fateful words, of course he couldn't stand it, and he couldn't care about the "friendship" with Wei Zhongxian.

Xu Xianchun was also a little shocked when he heard Huang Liji say this, because he always thought that Huang Liji, Shi Fenglai and others, the first assistant of the cabinet, were all officials who had a good relationship with Gonggong Wei, and they could also be regarded as people of the same party, why did they refute at this critical moment and not leave a trace of face.