Zhu Youzhen had to order Sun Chengzong to go to the Wenhua Hall for questioning.

Although he was also full of doubts in his heart, there was a great reaction inside and outside the court, with more and more twists and turns in the impeachment, and more and more fierce rhetoric, and the scene many years ago seemed to be repeating itself.

After careful consideration, Zhu Youzhen made a decision, let Sun Chengzong directly debate with everyone, there is something to show the reason, there is no big deal, just make it clear.

He has always believed that the mouth of the defense is worse than the defense of Sichuan, if he forcibly suppresses the speech of many ministers, when it comes to the final rebound, he may not be able to bear it, besides, some of the things mentioned in the fold also touched the things in his heart, and some even dared not think about it.

At three o'clock, the officials of the six ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the four grades and above, the six departments were given to the matter, the matter and more than 100 supervision of the imperial history, gathered in the Wenhua Palace, many people discussed, talking about the impeachment and twists, the general caliber is relatively unified, there are some views on the impeachment of this time, but there are also clear objections, that these impeachments are nonsense, absurd to the extreme, I can't imagine that Sun Chengzong is needed to come to be questioned.

When Sun Chengzong entered the Wenhua Palace, everyone quieted down.

According to everyone's understanding, Sun Chengzong should be angry, at such an age, suffering such a serious impeachment, and it is related to his personal reputation, including the rise and fall of the family, but to everyone's surprise, Sun Chengzong had a smile on his face, and when he walked in, he even greeted everyone with a fist.

This kind of momentum made the arrogance of those who were ready to launch a surging offensive suddenly dissipate a lot, no matter what. In front of the respected Sun Chengzong, these young imperial historians and ministers are still a little short of breath.

Sun Chengzong had been prepared for a long time, and when he first learned about this matter, he was also angry and almost had a problem, but fortunately, he had the persuasion of Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou. It is not the first time that he has been ostracized, Sun Chengzong has suffered a lot of grievances, but this time the situation is very unusual, and there is a great tendency to put him to death.

Sun Chengzong, who calmed down, quickly got in touch with Su Tiancheng and others, and also tried his best to find out all the situation, and after making relevant preparations, he took the initiative to give the emperor a fold and asked to be questioned. Although rumors stop at the wise, there are always hidden dangers in relying on the emperor to suppress these impeachments, so it is better to put them out and make them clear.

Besides, Sun Chengzong understands the emperor's mental tricks better than the ministers of the court, and some words are not clear. can't reassure the emperor, this kind of worry is gathered in the emperor's heart. It's like a time bomb, there is always a time to break out, and it's better to prevent it than to prevent it, and now it's a good opportunity to explain these things clearly.

At the end of the day, Zhu Youzhen came to the Wenhua Palace.

I remember Chongzhen five years ago. There are often inquiries here, many scenes, very unpleasant, and many ministers, like children. quarreled back and forth, and in such arguments, many people ended their careers, and some even collapsed and were directly thrown into prison.

Sun Chengzong took the initiative to go up and ask for questioning, which made Zhu Youzhen feel pleased.

To say that Sun Chengzong is seventy-five years old, seeking rebellion, that is a big joke, such an old person, how long can he live, I don't know how many things Lu Dao has seen through, how can he seek rebellion, but this time the impeachment is really fierce, not only some ministers in the court echo it, even the eunuchs in the palace are also discussing it in private, to such an extent, it is necessary to debate.

The inquiry is officially opened.

He was the main drafter of the impeachment, and of course he needed to speak first.

"The minister impeached the young master, the scholar of Wenhuadian University, and the second assistant of the cabinet, Lord Sun Chengzong."

Everyone knows what happened today, and no one feels strange, mainly to see what this soldier has to say.

"As a deputy assistant to the cabinet, Lord Sun is deeply trusted by the emperor, and should have followed the ancestral system and done his best to set an example for the Chinese military minister, but now the situation is just the opposite, Lord Sun supports the royal family to enter the imperial court as officials, which is already very inappropriate, and at the moment of managing the affairs of the military department, in Shaanxi to abolish the army of the guard, the formation of the so-called new army, so that the number of soldiers in Shaanxi has been greatly reduced, and after Lord Sun entered the imperial court, he still cares about the situation of the Zhongxing Academy, which is suspected of recruiting many talents, It is necessary to know that all talents in the world belong to the emperor, and they must be loyal to the emperor......"

The Wenhua Hall gradually quieted down, and the military department was very clever in the matter, and involved the problem in the party struggle.

It must be known that when Zhu Youzhen was the king of letters, he had witnessed Wei Zhongxian's criminal behavior of planting party henchmen and mutilating Zhongliang, and he hated the party struggle and party planting within the imperial court.

Speaking of the most difficult thing, the most core material finally broke out in the military department, that is, Su Tiancheng often wrote letters to Sun Chengzong, and the content of these letters must be related to major events in the imperial court.

This revelation surprised everyone.

It is not uncommon for there to be correspondence between ministers of the imperial court, but the relationship between Su Tiancheng and Sun Chengzong is different, if there are frequent letters between the two, it is easy to think of forming a party, and the Zhongxing Society was also established under Su Tiancheng's suggestion.

In the Wenhua Palace, there was a lot of discussion.

Soon, the individual superintendents also began to speak, and there was nothing new in the content, it was all about the same content.

The most impeachment proposal was to remove Sun Chengzong from all his positions and put him in prison.

In this process, Sun Chengzong's expression has always been very calm.

After the military department gave the matter and supervised the imperial history of the speech, the first to stand up and refute it was Xu Eryi, the squire of the military department, and then the refutation was Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, both of them started from the matter of dismantling the army of the guard, and denounced the pedantic understanding of the military department in the matter, after Shaanxi abolished the army of the guard and formed a new army, it had an obvious effect, on the one hand, it saved expenses for the imperial court, and on the other hand, defeated the invading Mongolian tribal army.

One after another, some ministers came forward, some in favor of impeachment, and some in opposition to impeachment.

The vast majority of ministers did not speak.

Zhu Youzhen's eyes looked at Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet.

Everyone has been arguing for a while, and as the head of the cabinet, Wen Tiren must express his position, no matter what his attitude is in private, in the Wenhua Palace, on the occasion of formal questioning, he does not have a clear attitude, it is inappropriate.

Wen Tiren cleared his throat and finally spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister said a few words, the minister has always respected Lord Sun, Lord Sun is highly respected, conscientious for the court, past and present, have made a lot of contributions, today there is a matter and the imperial history to impeach Lord Sun, the minister is heartache."

In just a few opening words, the hall fell silent.

"The minister thinks that what Lord Sun has done is not enough to show that there is a suspicion of rebellion, this is too far-fetched, if it is for the development of my Ming Dynasty, the contributions made are suspected of rebellion, and no one in the DPRK will dare to do anything."

"It is a fact that Shaanxi has abolished the army of the guard and achieved very good results, and it is well known that it has carried out mutual markets with the Mongolian Xibe and Daurian tribes to increase the income of the imperial court, and the Zhongxing Society has sent a lot of talents to the imperial court, and it has a lot of contributions......

Sun Chengzong looked at Wen Tiren and began to be vigilant, who is the mastermind behind this farce, he faintly knows the way, he has done too many things, has merit, threatens the position of some people, and will always encounter trouble, this is not unusual, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, just deal with it well, there is no need to panic.

But Wen Tiren's previous speeches seem to be praising and praising you, it seems that these impeachments are made out of nothing, that is, playing the piano indiscriminately, this must be abnormal, the practice of first raising and then suppressing is also common in the imperial court, and this kind of practice has a great lethality, expressing your many merits, it seems that the emperor and the court can not leave you, and then point out the key places, showing that you have bad intentions, and the debate is very difficult.

Sure enough, Wen Tiren's words began to shift.

"Chen just thinks that after doing so many things, there always needs to be a purpose, for the development of my Ming Dynasty, it is one of the purposes, but is there any other purpose, or I have not been able to see it in advance, but things may develop in that direction, and it cannot be transferred by my own will."

"The emperor is working hard and thirsty for talent, just thinking that my Ming Dynasty can develop, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, the world is peaceful, the four seas return to their hearts, and hundreds of millions of people are grateful to the emperor for his hard work, but this feeling, after a few years, whether there will be some transfers, the minister can not be completely sure."

"The ministers of the court, Chinese, and military are all working for the emperor, and all the achievements made by the ministers are the result of the emperor's support......

Inside the Wenhua Palace, there was a deathly silence.

If the previous impeachment is a bit far-fetched, or even out of tune, Wen Tiren's words are particularly insidious and vicious, not talking about the current situation, everything is very good now, so if it develops, the Ming Dynasty can also become rich, but what to do after a few years, the ministers below, the merits are high, how to deal with it, there can be no two suns in the world, the emperor's prestige and status have been threatened, and now there are such signs, so someone has stood up for impeachment, This is also a problem that must be addressed. (To be continued......)