Speaking of which, the reason why Zhang Hong was able to become Zhao Nanxing and Sun Wei's deputy to participate in Jingcha has a lot to do with Li Hongyu.

The reason why Li Hongyu went to North Korea with Zhao Xin last year was Zhang Hong's suggestion, and finally got the willingness of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, so that Li Hongyu was able to stay away from the whirlpool of right and wrong in the officialdom of the capital.

It was precisely because of Zhang Hong that the Donglin Party finally breathed a sigh of relief when they were in Jingcha, and according to Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's itinerary, they would definitely return to Beijing after the results of Jingcha were announced, which made it impossible for the two cronies of the Emperor of the Apocalypse to help the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang in Jingcha.

Zhao Nanxing and Sun Wei also fell in love with Zhang Hong, who had made great contributions, and asked him to assist him in conducting a Beijing inspection.

Just imagine, Zhang Hong even dared to calculate Li Hongyu, so there were people in the court that he didn't dare to provoke, Zhao Nanxing and Sun Wei pointed at him and charged.

It is precisely because of his participation in Jingcha that Zhang Hong said just now that Li Hongyu was impeached.

"Zhang Yushi, you must have real evidence to speak, Young Master Li is an important minister of the country, a model of a hundred officials, and you must not be temporary!"

When the civil and military ministers were stunned, Sun Chengzong, who had been silent, took the lead in speaking and solemnly said to Zhang Hong that although he was one of the leaders of the Donglin Party, this matter was related to the relationship between the Donglin Party and Li Hongyu, and he really couldn't sit idly by.

"Zhang Yushi, can you verify it clearly?" Then, Yang Lian followed and asked Zhang Hong, his expression extremely serious.

This made a dramatic change in the situation in the main hall, in the face of Zhang Hong's impeachment of Li Hongyu, the first to question was not the people of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, but the two important ministers of the Donglin Party, this kind of scene is difficult to see if it rests on other ministers.

It is worth mentioning that Yang Lian is a representative of the radical faction of the Donglin Party, and he made great contributions to the Donglin Party together with Zuo Guangdou in the palace transfer case, and assisted Zhao Nanxing a lot in this Beijing inspection.

As Sun Chengzong and Yang Lian spoke, the members of the Donglin Party couldn't help but glance at each other, because the two represented the radicals and moderates within the Donglin Party, so the officials of the Donglin Party naturally could not express their contradictory remarks.

Besides, including Zhao Nanxing and Sun Wei, the officials of the Donglin Party did not expect that Zhang Hong would suddenly make it difficult for Li Hongyu, so they didn't know what to do for a while, so they could only choose to wait and see what Zhang Hong said.

Now that Sun Chengzong and Yang Lian have already said what they want to ask, Wu Liangsi and other important members of the Qichu and Zhejiang Party don't have to bother anymore, they all glared at Zhang Hong angrily, waiting for him to give an explanation.

"Your Majesty, everything the minister said is true, and there is no half-nonsense."

Under the gaze of the ministers in the main hall, Zhang Hong bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said in an orderly manner, "Your Majesty, Young Master Li is the one who should have been impeached, so his previous high-sounding words need to be considered. ”

"Zhang Yushi, there is no evidence, do you have evidence?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse frowned, and then asked in a deep voice.

"Back to the emperor, since the minister dares to impeach Young Master Li in this Jinluan Palace, then naturally there is real evidence."

Zhang Hong bowed down when he heard this, and said seriously, "The minister once handed over the evidence to Zhao Shangshu and Sun Zuodu, but when the war outside the Guanxi was in full swing, the two adults were worried that it would affect the war situation outside the Guanwai, so they suppressed it. ”

"Zhao Shangshu, can what Zhang Yushi said be true?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse frowned slightly and asked Zhao Nanxing.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Yushi did give the minister some evidence about Young Master Li's violation of the law, but the minister thought that there were still doubts about this matter and was verifying."

The corners of Zhao Nanxing's mouth suddenly flashed a wry smile, he was not willing to provoke Li Hongyu, and Li Hongyu really didn't have any tricks to make a fuss, and said after a deep groan.

Hearing this, the people in the hall suddenly had a commotion, and the ministers thought that Zhang Hong was talking wildly at first, but now it seems that Zhang Hong did collect some things against Li Hongyu.

But then again, Li Hongyu has been running around since he stepped into the official career, except for the Customs Department, he is working in the Hanlin Academy and the Zhan Mansion.

Needless to say, the Customs Department was built by Li Hongyu from scratch, and the Hanlin Yuan and Zhan Shifu were the Qingshui Yamen without administrative power in their hands, so even if Li Hongyu wanted to break the law and discipline, he would not have this opportunity.

Therefore, everyone was full of curiosity about the evidence in Zhang Hong's mouth, wanting to know what evidence he had found that could be used to attack Li Hongyu.

"Zhao Shangshu, what kind of evidence is it?"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at him with a serious expression after hearing Zhao Nanxing's answer and asked, his tone became a little cold, I don't know if it was because Zhang Hong impeached Li Hongyu, or because Zhang Hong found evidence of Li Hongyu's violation of law and discipline.

"Back to the emperor, because the time is a little long, the ministers don't remember it too clearly, let Zhang Yushi report to you." Zhao Nanxing pondered for a moment, bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said, he really couldn't say those incriminating evidence.

When the Emperor of the Apocalypse heard this, he looked at Zhang Hong and motioned for him to take care of the matter, which made the atmosphere at the scene suddenly become tense.

"Back to the emperor, according to the minister's investigation, the largest cloth business in the capital, 'Honghai', is the industry of Li Shaofu."

Zhang Hong bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse when he heard this, and then said with a serious expression, "Honghai is just a little-known local small business in the forty-sixth year of Wanli, but since Li Shaofu stepped into the official career, it has expanded rapidly, if the minister is not wrong, he has already controlled the cloth business of the Ming Dynasty, and then made huge dividends from it." ”

"Your Majesty, according to the "Ming Law" set by Emperor Taizu, civil and military officials above the fourth rank of the imperial court are not allowed to do business.

Saying that, Zhang Hong bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse again, and said solemnly, "The emperor is sympathetic to the people, and the most evil thing is to compete with the people for profit, and now Young Master Li controls the cloth business and makes a huge profit, which is really a disappointment to the emperor!" ”

When Zhang Hong's voice lagged behind, there was an unexpectedly silent atmosphere in the hall, whether it was the officials of Qi, Chuzhe and other factions or the officials of the Donglin Party, they were silent, and they had no intention of interjecting, and many people's faces showed embarrassed looks.

Indeed, the "Ming Law" clearly stipulates that officials above the fourth grade are prohibited from doing business, and violators must be severely punished, but the prosperity of officials in business and wealth in the past dynasties is the most important in the Ming Dynasty, which is really surprising.

The Ming Dynasty has a large economy, a prosperous market, and its commercial prosperity is far better than that of the previous dynasty, coupled with the low income of Ming Dynasty officials, which makes the officials aim at commerce.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been officials of the imperial court involved in commercial affairs, for which Ming Taizu deliberately banned officials above the fourth grade of the Ming Dynasty from doing business in the "Ming Law", so as not to use their power to seize profits with the people and disrupt the market, but unfortunately it has not been able to ban.

By the time of the Jiajing period, the trend of officials doing business was unstoppable, from princes to lords, bureaucrats, and doctors, all of them were engaged in business, and the bigger the officials, the larger the scale of their business, and this phenomenon was unprecedented in previous dynasties.

This also shows from the side that the economy of the Ming Dynasty is prosperous and it is profitable to do business, otherwise it would not make those officials follow one another and rush to it.

At the same time, this is also the reason why it is difficult to collect commercial taxes in the Ming Dynasty, when the officials of the Manchu Dynasty are opposed to the collection of commercial taxes, the emperor is indeed very helpless, even if he forcibly decrees the taxation of the people who do things under the will be disobedient.

Jiangnan is the most prosperous and wealthy place in the Ming Dynasty, and the prosperity of commerce is the crown of the Ming Dynasty, so the court officials who control the commercial affairs in Jiangnan make the most profits from it, so it is more difficult to increase the commercial tax in Jiangnan than to ascend to the sky.

Thinking about it, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is really pitiful, he wants to open mines to increase income regardless of the rich business taxes, and he is also attacked by those officials who control commercial interests, and he must be very aggrieved.

It is precisely because of the prevailing style of business among Ming officials, and the higher the official position, the bigger the business, so when Zhang Hong attacked Li Hongyu with the cloth business, no one agreed, they can be said to be in the same boat as Li Hongyu, do they want to overturn and sink this ship themselves?

Therefore, how can Zhao Nanxing and Sun Wei use the evidence that Zhang Hong found, it is a tacit rule that things that do not involve commercial interests in officialdom battles, after all, no one's ass is clean, and no one can run away if they really want to make trouble.

Of course, Zhao Nanxing and Sun Wei couldn't directly explain the reason to Zhang Hong, who was stunned, and they couldn't say it clearly, so they could only detain and suppress the evidence.

But what Zhao Nanxing and Sun Wei didn't expect was that Zhang Hong actually poked this matter out on the Jinluan Palace, which made the two feel quite embarrassed, where is this to deal with Li Hongyu, it is simply a slap in the face of those business officials!

As a result, this strange scene appeared in the hall, Zhang Hong's impeachment of Li Hongyu was not supported by anyone, including the radical faction of the Donglin Party.

To be precise, none of the civil and military officials in the court had the intention of answering this question, and no one wanted to be involved in this matter.

"Young Master Li, what Zhang Yushi said is the truth, Honghai Firm is really your industry, and you control Daming's cloth business?"

Since no one in the civil and military officials in the court expressed their opinions on Zhang Hong's impeachment of Li Hongyu, then the Emperor of the Apocalypse himself could only break the deadlock on the scene, so he asked Li Hongyu after a deep sigh.

The question of the Emperor of the Apocalypse made the attention of the ministers in the hall focus on Li Hongyu again, wanting to see how Li Hongyu would deal with this matter, it stands to reason that Li Hongyu can find an excuse to shirk.

After all, the ancient business name did not need to register a legal person with the industrial and commercial department as in later generations, so as long as Li Hongyu deduced that the Honghai was the property of the rest of the Li family, then Zhang Hong's impeachment would come to naught, and no one dared to privately swallow Li Hongyu's Honghai business name anyway.

"Back to the emperor, this matter is the truth, Honghai Merchant is indeed the property of the minister, the minister has the emperor's grace, and I hope the emperor will be punished."

However, to the surprise of the ministers in the main hall, Li Hongyu did not make an excuse to deny it, but knelt on the ground with his legs bent and said solemnly to the Emperor of the Apocalypse

Boom, the civil and military officials at the scene were in a commotion, and no one expected that Li Hongyu would admit his relationship with the Honghai, which undoubtedly complicated the situation.

Not only did those officials look stunned, but even Zhang Hong was a little stunned, looking at Li Hongyu in disbelief, as if he didn't expect things to become so simple.

(End of chapter)

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