"Your Majesty, if a courtier commits a crime, it should be handed over to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple for trial, how can you let Beizhen Fusi interfere in the affairs of the court?" Zuo Guangdou said urgently.

Yang Xiaoyu sneered: "Who doesn't know that you are in charge of the Criminal Department? At that time, the military salary case will drag on for a year and a half, and a group of corrupt officials and corrupt officials will be able to return to the court to make trouble! ”

"Lord Yang, this is the court, please be careful!" Ye Xianggao, who was on the first place on the left, turned around and said with a straight face.

"Lord Ye, the lower officials know very well that this is the court, and besides, the lower officials are also on the matter!" Yang Xiaoyu was not afraid of Ye Xianggao, an old man, and sneered when he heard this.

Ye Xianggao is the first assistant in the Wanli period, and the leader of the Donglin Party, he is quite respected by the courtiers in the court, Yang Xiaoyu, a fledgling teenager, publicly refuted him, where to put his face?

Ye Xianggao held his identity and did not want to embarrass his juniors, he glanced at a speech official under the door with a cold face, and then turned around and stopped talking.

The official received Ye Xianggao's signal, and stood up and pouted: "You and other factory guards have harmed the people and the scholars, and now they have framed the courtiers, so that more than 30 loyal ministers are unjustly imprisoned!" ”

Yang Xiaoyu knew that the officials had always been a lot of truths, and they were proud of being the court staff, and it was difficult to get benefits from talking to these people, so he interrupted the words of the officials: "Your Majesty, many of the more than 30 ministers arrested last night have confessed, please take a look!" As he spoke, he took out a thick stack of confessions from his bosom and presented them with both hands.

The little eunuch standing next to him walked down to take the confession, and presented his hands to the carpenter little emperor on the dragon throne.

When the ministers heard that many of them had confessed, many of the ill-intentioned courtiers were secretly frightened, fearing that they would be implicated in the matter.

At this time, Yang Lian stood up and asked in a loud voice, "Lord Yang." Beizhen Fusi's methods are ruthless, and the confession of torture can also be counted? ”

Yang Xiaoyu used to think that his cousin was okay, but since he saw that he was also among the officials who received bribes yesterday, he lost that trace of respect in his heart, and sneered: "Lord Yang can stand here and speak today because some people have not confessed to you. But people are doing it, the sky is watching, there will always be a day! ”

The Carpenter Emperor looked at the confession for a while, and said angrily: "These bastards have collected so much silver, and all the military salaries I allocated to Liaodong have been swallowed by them. ”

"The emperor is angry!"

A group of courtiers knelt down and shouted.

The Carpenter Emperor asked angrily, "Lord Ye, Lord Fang, what should you two do about this matter?" ”

Ye Xianggao took the lead and said, "Your Majesty." There are many suspicious points in this case, and the minister suggested that the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Zhenfu Division should try the case together, and after the case is clear, it is not too late to draw conclusions! ”

Fang Congzhe coughed and chuckled: "Your Majesty, this case has been clear, it is the courtiers who embezzled Liaodong's military salaries, resulting in Liaodong's lack of armaments. There will be no fighting spirit, and no fighting power will be imposed. The reason for this is that the ministers of the DPRK and the central government embezzled military salaries, and the ministers suggested that these traitorous ministers who had brought disaster to the country and the people should be beheaded at noon. ”

"Your Majesty. The case is still unclear, and it is not too late to make a decision after the facts of the case are clarified! Zuo Guangdou hurriedly stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, these traitors embezzle military salaries and do all kinds of evil. The three clans should be degraded as slaves, beheaded by them, and comforted the Liaodong soldiers who died in battle! A white-bearded official of the Zhejiang Party saw the opportunity and stood up and said loudly.

"Who do you say is a traitor? Lord Zhao was the mainstay of the imperial court, and he was framed by Jinyiwei. A Donglin party spokesman stood up and retorted.

"Nonsense, Zhao Nanxing is arrogant, corrupt military salaries, deceive the saint, the crime is unforgivable, he should be beheaded!" When a spokesman of the Zhejiang Party saw that the Donglin Party was unlucky, he immediately shouted down.

The courtiers began to quarrel over this matter.

The Donglin Party said that the case should be re-examined!

Zhe Qichu and some centrist officials believed that the facts of the case should have been cleared and that the culprit should be beheaded for public display.

The officials of the two factions have their own opinions, and they are arguing.

The carpenter emperor said angrily: "Wait for the silence, this case has become clear, pass on my will, Zhao Nanxing, Gao Panlong, and Wang Yonglin will be dismissed from their official positions, sent back to their hometowns, and the rest of the officials will be filled with military border passes, and their family property will be confiscated." ”

"Your Majesty, how can you convince the people of the world if you are so hasty?" Zuo Guangdou shouted in surprise when he heard the verdict of the Carpenter Emperor.

The carpenter emperor threw the confession before the dragon case to the center of the main hall, got up and said angrily: "There are all human and material evidence, you can see for yourself!" After saying this, Emperor Mujian left the hall in a huff.

The Donglin Party officials were shocked, the carpenter emperor left, there was no room for recovery, and the fate of the courtiers was doomed.

Zhejiang, Qi, and Chu parties and some centrist officials finally had a chance to raise their eyebrows, and one by one they walked out of the hall with their heads held high and on their toes like victorious roosters.

Yang Xiaoyu walked behind, he was shocked in his heart, he boasted that he already knew the carpenter emperor very well, but today this incident was beyond his expectations.

According to the carpenter emperor's style, he will definitely cut off the heads of these corrupt officials.

However, the Carpenter Emperor only dismissed three highly respected ministers, and some other small fish and shrimp filled the frontier and did not kill a single person, which does not look like the style of the Carpenter Emperor?

Yang Xiaoyu was a little skeptical, was someone behind his back giving the carpenter emperor an idea?

If someone really gave the carpenter emperor an idea, then this person would be too terrible, he could expect such a controversy in the court, and give the carpenter emperor an idea, which shows that this person is scheming.

There are very few people in the palace who are so prescient!

Ke Yinyue only knows how to play tricks, and does not have such sensitive wisdom.

Wang Tiqian is even more impossible, although this person is more feminine, he does not know the intrigues and tricks of officialdom at all.

Others are also simple-minded and well-limbed, and will not have such foresight.

So who is this person?

Yang Xiaoyu thought about it for a while, and there was no definite goal, but someone must have an idea for this matter, otherwise, the Carpenter Emperor would not have been able to make such a wise decision.

If the carpenter emperor killed these corrupt officials, it would cause panic among the courtiers, and it would also cause the forces in the court and China to fight each other.

If you don't kill these corrupt officials, dismiss the respected Zhao Nanxing and others, and all the remaining small fish and shrimp will be assigned to the frontier to fill the army, so that although the power of the Donglin Party has been greatly reduced, no one has been killed because of this case, and the three parties of Zhejiang, Qi and Chu seem to be the winners, but in fact they are not, because these dismissed officials can be recalled at any time, and the officials who are assigned to fill the army can also be recalled every few years to continue to appoint.

What a clever means, two words, balance!

Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the court law has been relaxed, the discipline has been corrupted, and some corrupt officials who have received bribes have been sent back to their hometowns, and after a period of time, they will be recalled to the court by the holy decree, which has become the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

When Yang Xiaoyu was shocked that there was a master behind the carpenter emperor, he also smiled bitterly at the changes in the court.

More than 30 officials have lost their official positions, and the vacant vacancy is a big piece of fat.

Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe will definitely not let go of this big fat meat,

Yang Xiaoyu thought to himself that this piece of fat was made by himself, and he should also share some meat by himself, and he couldn't be occupied by these people for any good thing.

Out of the palace gate, Yang Xiaoyu got into the carriage and went straight to Fusi in Beizhen.

Just as he returned to Beizhen Fusi, the official document of the cabinet executing the anti-thief Xu Hongru and the three was delivered.

Yang Xiaoyu took the official document and looked at it a few times, and threw it aside, and the ministers of the cabinet asked him to behead Xu Hongru in three days, and at the same time, the official document also mentioned his contribution to the suppression of the rebellion in Shandong, and encouraged him to continue to serve the imperial court.

Yang Xiaoyu knew that most of the cabinet ministers were Donglin Party members, and it would be good to encourage him a few words, but now it is different, Zhao Nanxing and Gao Panlong, who are highly respected among the Donglin Party officials, are both locked up in the edict prison, and the weight of this official document is not as important as before.

Yang Xiaoyu called Huang Zhongwei and explained that he would take the soldiers and horses to escort Xu Hongru and the three to the noon gate for execution three days later.

Huang Zhongwei thought that this was an opportunity to show his face, and hurriedly agreed.

Just when Yang Xiaoyu's ass was still hot, Geng Kaicheng, a thousand households guarding the Imperial Prison, came to report, and more than 20 officials from the court and the central government came to the gate of the Imperial Prison, clamoring to go in to visit Zhao Nanxing and other prisoners.

Yang Xiaoyu smiled coldly, and instructed Ti Qi to send a message to Geng Kaicheng, ordering him to mobilize troops to guard the gate of the edict prison, and if someone dared to force his way into the gate of the edict prison, he would immediately be arrested and sentenced to serve in the edict prison.

There is no need to guess, he also knows that the people who came here to visit Zhao Nanxing and others are all minor officials of the Donglin Party in the DPRK, and he wants to take this opportunity to slap Zhao Nanxing and others, after all, Zhao Nanxing and Gao Panlong were only removed from their official positions, and the chance of a comeback in the future is still very great.

It's a pity that these officials' calculations are wrong, and the edict of Beizhen Fusi is not so easy to enter.

Don't say that they are just some small officials, even if the chief officials of the sixth department are here, without Yang Xiaoyu's order, they can only stay outside, and they want to go to the edict to see people, but there is no door.

Yang Xiaoyu leaned back on the chair and rested for a while, estimating that Fang Congzhe should have no guests now, so he immediately took the guards and ran to Fang Congzhe's mansion.

As soon as Fang Congzhe spoke up this morning, many officials from Zhejiang, Qichu followed suit, which shows that Fang Congzhe has attracted many officials during this period of time.

There are so many vacancies this time, Fang Congzhe will definitely find a way to let his disciples fill the vacancies.

Yang Xiaoyu said in his heart that he had spent so much energy in order to deal with the Donglin Party, and he should also ask Fang Congzhe for some fat.

When he came to Fang Congzhe's mansion, Yang Xiaoyu did not report to his subordinates, so he came directly to the courtyard where Fang Congzhe was resting. (To be continued......)