The Wenyuan Pavilion on the east side of the Forbidden City is the cabinet, and Yang Tinghe and other cabinet ministers are on duty here!

Early this morning, Yang Tinghe came to Wenyuan Pavilion to greet the other auxiliary ministers, and before he began to deal with official business, a shrill voice had already shouted: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Generally speaking, after the voice is shouted, it will not take tea time for the emperor to appear.

In the past, when the first emperor had not yet died, whenever he heard this shout, Yang Tinghe would hurriedly lead other auxiliary ministers and errands in the cabinet to welcome him out of the door.

But now, Yang Tinghe does not have the same sense of urgency as before.

He took a sip of tea unhurriedly, counted how many twists and turns needed to be dealt with today, and saw that the other auxiliary ministers and errand listeners were ready, so he straightened out his official uniform, came to those people, and led them out!

Zhu Houxi's Luan drove Yang Tinghe and stepped out of the threshold of Wenyuan Pavilion and also arrived at the door.

Yang Tinghe led the people to Luan, and when Zhu Houxi got out of the car, he said unhurriedly: "Minister, Yang Tinghe, welcome the holy driver!" ”

Before he could bend his waist completely, Zhu Houxi had already held it and said, "Yang Zhuguo is exempt!" ”

Yang Tinghe was very satisfied with this, squinting at Zhu Houxi, not knowing why Zhu Houyu suddenly came to Wenyuan Pavilion.

The people who followed Yang Ting and behind him finished saluting at this time, and their waists were still bent there and they didn't dare to straighten up.

Zhu Houxi raised his hand and said, "Zhong Aiqing is flat!" Without waiting for the others to straighten their waists, they had already pulled Yang Tinghe into the Wenyuan Pavilion. As he walked, he said: "I have encountered a tricky case, I don't know how to deal with it, so I came to ask Yang Zhuguo for advice!" ”

Yang Tinghe said: "The saint is humble! I didn't feel strange in my heart, it is said that no matter what the case, it will go through the cabinet in advance, that is, after he has read it, he will use the right to draft the vote to paste the handling opinions, and then the emperor will approve it.

He thought about it, and there didn't seem to be any tricky cases recently! Even if there is, Zhu Houxi only needs to return to the cabinet for reprocessing, why would he make a special trip to the cabinet because of a case, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd!

Zhu Houxi sat down behind Yang Tinghe's case and said, "Give that copy to Yang Zhuguo to see!" ”

A eunuch stepped forward, took out a piece of folding from his sleeve, and handed it over.

Yang Tinghe stretched out his hand to take it. Judging from the materials and colors of the fold cover, this is an excerpt on the eight-grade official, and he remembers that he hasn't sent such a low-level official's fold recently, could it be that other auxiliary ministers sent it? I didn't even say hello to him!

Looking at the handling opinions of the cabinet on the top of the fold, Yang Tinghe frowned. Someone dared to bypass the cabinet and send a recital directly to the emperor. It's simply unreasonable, don't take him in your eyes, and look at him turning around like this!

He opened the fold and saw that it was an excerpt of impeachment, and if it weren't for the fact that there was a note behind the people to be impeached, he wouldn't even know who these people were.

Ten lines at a glance, he finished reading the recital. It turned out to be the Guozi Prison Eunuch, the excerpt of the impeachment of all the officials of the Guozi Prison. The facts are clear, the evidence is conclusive, and it is not untargeted.

The impeachment of other officials by the prison officials is nothing more than corruption, and the number of corrupt officials is not very large, the maximum is only tens of thousands of taels, and the minimum is only a few thousand taels.

Is this a thing? Not a thing at all! The income issued by the imperial court is so low, how can you live in the capital if you are not greedy for some silver. That's a lot of money, and it's pretty clean.

In the past, after reading this impeachment, Yang Tinghe would only smile slightly, put this piece aside, and no longer paid attention to it. You have to let the family live, you can't starve people to death, how can there be a reason to want the horse to run fast and the horse not to eat grass, turn a blind eye and it will pass. If you really want to be more serious, there will be no officials in the world.

But today is different, Zhu Houxi took this recital, it was obvious that the teacher was asking for guilt, not something that could be passed with one eye turned a blind eye.

But you can't take it too seriously!

Although the Ming Dynasty has been founded for more than 100 years, but the Ming law is still formulated in the Hongwu period, if convicted according to the Ming law, these people not only have to cut off their heads, but also have to peel the skin and fill the grass to warn future generations.

Is it appropriate to kill so many people at once?

Yang Tinghe said: "Pei Geng sued other officials of the Guozijian for corruption, and this matter must be investigated." The so-called empty talk has no evidence, and it is not possible to arrest people and ask them for guilt just because someone is impeached, and they must find out the evidence before they can be held accountable. ”

Zhu Houxi nodded and said, "I mean the same as Yang Zhuguo, I have to check!" After a pause, he said: "What kind of place is Guozijian, it is a place to cultivate talents for the Ming Dynasty, how can these people make Guozijian a miasma, it must be thoroughly investigated!" ”

Yang Tinghe said: "The saint is wise, and the minister will arrange for people to deal with this matter when he turns around!" ”

Zhu Houxi said: "This matter should not be delayed! Today is the day when Guozijian enters school, and I am afraid that the people in Guozijian will be panicked, the officials have no intention of teaching and educating people, and the prisoners have no intention of studying! Therefore, today we will arrest all the people on the fold, interrogate them quickly, and be sure to close the case as soon as possible, so as not to affect the students' studies. ”

Yang Tinghe was taken aback and said, "Holy Lord, I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate!" When we arrest all the officials of the Guozijian when the prison students are enrolled, it will also make the Guozijian panic! ”

Zhu Houxi said: "Long pain is better than short pain!" The prison of the country has rotted to the roots, how can they be allowed to mislead the children of the people in the prison of the country? In order to get the country back to normal, the short-term pain is worth it! ”

Yang Tinghe said: "That...... That can't make the Guozijian not even have a teacher and educate people! It takes 10 days and a half to find out any case, and it is not uncommon for it to drag on for three or five months or even a year and a half. There is no one to teach in the country, how can the prisoners study! ”

Zhu Houxi nodded and said, "Yang Zhuguo is right, fortunately, I have been prepared!" Come! ”

More than 100 Confucian scholars came in from outside, including Hanlin from the Hanlin Academy, as well as attendants and professors in the palace. As soon as these people came in, they first saluted Zhu Houxi, and then saluted Yang Tinghe and other auxiliary ministers. After the salute, he stood there quietly, without saying a word.

Yang Tinghe realized that something was wrong. Zhu Houxi took out this impeachment on the day of Guozijian's admission, and called so many people to prepare to replace the arrested officials. It seems that he has been prepared to take the country from him.

It happened so suddenly that it caught him off guard, so that he had no chance to fight back.

He said: "Arrest the original team of Guozijian and replace them with new people, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's not appropriate!" ”

Zhu Houxi smiled: "What's wrong, could it be that Yang Zhuguo is still afraid that these people's knowledge is not deep enough to teach those prisoners?" ”

Yang Tinghe was speechless for a while! Can you go to Hallym Temple without learning? No scholar can be Zhu Houxi's attendant or professor? However, Zhu Houyu wants to let these people go to Guozijian, and it is obvious that these people are Zhu Houxi's people. This time, Guozijian became Zhu Houxi's.

Too careless! Although Guozijian is insignificant in his eyes, after all, the people there are of great use, and it will be more than ten or twenty years later. But Shengsheng was taken away by Zhu Houxi, and he was really unwilling!

Zhu Houxi then said: "It's decided!" Yang Zhuguo, do you see if I sent Jinyi Wei to deal with this matter, or did you send someone to deal with it! ”

A thought immediately flashed through Yang Tinghe's mind. Guozi Jian is under his control, if he lets Jinyiwei arrest people, others will misunderstand that he and Zhu Houyu have disappeared, he can't suppress Zhu Houyi, and it will make others move the idea of changing the court!

Nothing like this can be allowed! He said: "Let the minister handle it!" ”

Zhu Houxi said: "Then it's hard Yang Zhuguo!" ”