Chapter 640: Use me in the first battle
"Yang Lian, the director of the Ministry of Literature and Selection, impeached Jiang Shixin for favoritism and fraud, tricks on power, accepting bribes, and suppressing dissidents in the name of the plan, Shen Hong, the prefect of Ping'an Mansion in Nanzhili, is known as a clear name, honest and honest, but Jiang Shixin is in charge of the great plan, and does not want to serve the country with all his might, but deposes Shen Hong for no reason with the power in his hands, this is the crime of bullying the king, please Your Majesty Mingjian!"
Yang Lian stood in the center of the main hall, his face was calm, but he dropped a bombshell on the court hall without his trust.
Among the anthologies, it seems to be an inconspicuous position, but it is a well-known fat shortage in the entire imperial court!
You must know that the core power of the Ministry of Officials is the selection and transfer of officials, and it is the Department of Literature and Anthology that is responsible for these affairs.
The first thing that the successive officials did when they took office was to firmly control the Wenxuan Division in their own hands, and Sun Piyang was naturally no exception.
Jiang Shixin, the current Anthology Shilang, is his confidant.
And Yang Lian's identity, the courtiers know it well, so that the emperor's first knife after taking office is not to be cut on the head of the officials?
"Jiang Aiqing, Yang Lian impeached you for accepting bribes of thousands of gold in the name of a big plan, and deposing Shen Hong, the prefect of Ping'an Mansion, for no reason, is there such a thing?"
Zhu Changluo took the note from Yang Lian from the hand of the little chamberlain, and closed it after a while, his tone was already slightly cold.
"Your Majesty, there is no such thing! The minister has always been conscientious and conscientious, how dare he abuse his power, this matter must be framed by a villain! ”
An official in his fifties was already in a cold sweat and hurriedly stepped forward to defend himself.
"Then please explain to Lord Jiang in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, why Shen Hong, the prefect of Ping'an Prefecture, was deposed as the prefect?"
Yang Lian took a step forward and said.
"That's because he got inferior comments in the evaluation of the officials, and according to the official system, he should be deposed!"
Facing Yang Lian, Jiang Shixin barely calmed down.
In the final analysis, Yang Lian is no longer an old minister of the Qiandi, and now he is still a small principal under him, facing Yang Lian, Jiang Shixin can still find some courage and say confidently.
"Is that really the case?"
Yang Lian snorted coldly, but he was not afraid that this person was his top boss, and took out a folded envelope from his sleeve again.
"Your Majesty Mingjian, this is the testimony obtained by the minister's investigation, a businessman surnamed Liu in Beijing personally admitted that he bribed Jiang Shixin with thousands of gold, hoping that Jiang Shixin can give Shen Hong an inferior evaluation when he has a big plan!"
Above His Majesty, a small chamberlain walked down again, took the testimony, and handed it to the imperial case.
But this time, the courtiers' eyes changed when they looked at Yang Lian.
It seems that this Lord Yang came prepared this time......
"Take this testimony to Jiang Shixin and take a look!"
Zhu Changluo flipped through the testimony, his face turned cold, and he said lightly.
"Jiang Aiqing, what else do you say?"
"This ......"
The moment Jiang Shixin saw the testimony, his face changed greatly, he stammered and couldn't speak, but the cold sweat on his forehead kept rising.
"Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for taking the liberty of being presumptuous, Lord Yang is not a Taoist official, although he has the right to impeach, but it is very inappropriate to investigate the imperial court officials without authorization, and Yang Lian, as the director of the Literature and Anthology Division, wantonly impeached the officials, and his credibility is still doubtful! Yang Lian is not an official of Dali Temple of the Criminal Department, and has no right to try the case, where does this testimony come from, it still needs to be picketed, and the conviction of the court members with a single evidence is reckless! ”
The person who spoke was not small, and Sun Piyang, the secretary of the ministry!
A well-deserved big man in the DPRK, as soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately reversed the unfavorable situation in the DPRK and China, and even turned against Yang Lian, you must know that Yang Lian is the head of the Wenxuan Division, and the person he impeached is Jiang Shixin in the Wenxuan Division.
And Jiang Shixin is Yang Lian's top boss, if he is impeached, then Yang Lian, as the minister of the hidden mansion, is the most likely to ascend to the throne......
But this is not over yet, Sun Piyang paused slightly, and then continued.
"As for Shen Hong's affairs, the evaluation of the officials has its own customization, that Shen Hong is not a talent for governing the world, his people are mediocre, and there are repeated chaos in the Ping'an Mansion under his jurisdiction, and thieves are rampant, and the ministers think that it is not against the imperial court system to depose him! If Your Majesty intends to investigate thoroughly, the ministers can immediately transfer the case file from the Ministry of Officials, and send the detailed process of the Ping'an Mansion included in the merit examination in the past three years, and ask Your Majesty to verify it with the ministers! ”
On the throne, Zhu Changluo's eyebrows were slightly raised, and he really deserved to be an old fox who had been in officialdom for a long time.
In a short period of time, it is not easy to think of such a countermeasure.
Today's bureau was arranged by him, and the reason why he chose to let Yang Lian come forward was because he saw his ability, but he forgot that Yang Lian was originally working in the ministry, but Sun Piyang took the handle.
But it doesn't matter, the reason why he valued Yang Lian in the first place was that he valued this person's combat effectiveness, and just one Sun Piyang, I'm afraid it is not enough to suppress Yang Lian......
"Hypocrisy!"
Sure enough, even in the face of a high-ranking and powerful person like Sun Piyang, Yang Lian was still not afraid at all, sneered, and said.
"Your Majesty, the ministers will impeach Sun Piyang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, for shielding his subordinates, forming a party for personal gain, and framing his colleagues, how can such an unfair person be in charge of the election, please make a clear observation!"
"You ......"
Sun Piyang was suddenly angry and couldn't say anything, he had been in charge of the Ministry of Officials for many years, and few people dared to speak to him like this, it was simply inferior.
What's more, this Yang Lian is really a must, and to put it mildly, one big hat after another is smashed down!
But I have to say, it works!
To the point where Sun Piyang is a person, he can defend his subordinates, but if someone comes forward to impeach him, he can't defend himself, because in this way, he will only become more and more unclear.
And just inadvertently caught a glimpse of Yang Lian's relieved look, Sun Piyang suddenly had an alarm bell in his heart, and he already regretted standing up.
Without him, today's game is clearly aimed at him, the secretary of the ministry.
Yang Lian is clearly the emperor's person, since he came forward to impeach, it is the emperor's intention, but in a mere anthology, is it worth the emperor's effort?
It's definitely not worth it, I'm afraid the emperor's ultimate goal is his Sun Piyang!
Thinking about this clearly, Sun Piyang suddenly regretted that he stood up, even if he was impeached in this court, but the matter was very important, and it was impossible to decide the case on the spot.
When he can stay in the court, there is always a way to save him, but now that he intervenes, the core point of this storm suddenly shifts to himself, and Yang Lian didn't think about what to do to Jiang Shixin from the beginning, he just wanted to drag himself into the water......
But at this point, he has only one way to go!
This is also the most common practice when high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty are impeached......
"The emperor is clear, the old minister is impeached, he is suspicious, it is not appropriate to continue to be in charge of the ministry, he has asked to return to the house and think about it behind closed doors, I hope that His Majesty will approve it!"
Sun Piyang no longer paid attention to Yang Lian, turned around, knelt down respectfully, took off the beam crown on his head, and bowed.