Chapter Eighty-Six: Chain Reaction

Yue Su and Jiang Jie have been friends for many years, and the two of them can talk at one point. After Jiang Jie finished speaking, Yue Su understood the meaning of the words. He smiled and nodded, and said, "Sir's words are exactly what I want." Just take advantage of this case to remind those corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty. ”

After finishing speaking, Yue Su looked at Wu Sinan and said: "Taixie, this official will leave for Beijing tomorrow, your contribution this time is not small, after I return to Beijing, I will report your merits to Your Majesty, please Your Majesty reward." ”

"Thank you, Lord for cultivating ......" Wu Sinan hurriedly got up and bowed down to thank you.

Early the next morning, Yue Su returned to Beijing and announced that the case would be tried in public at the Criminal Department. Most of the generals in Zhangjiakou were involved in the case, but this was a border stopper, and Yue Su couldn't take people away, so he only took a confession and returned to Beijing. Yue Su did not let Wu Sinan follow him into Beijing, but only asked him to write a memorabilia about the case and record a confession. Yue Su also wrote a memo, saying that he would return to Beijing to review the case in detail, and the two memoranda were sent to Beijing as soon as possible.

The fold was sent to the capital one step earlier, and immediately sent to the cabinet, and the ministers had to read it first, and after reading it, they were all shocked. But in addition to surprise, everyone also had a different idea.

Let's talk about why I was surprised, everyone knows that this case not only involves other officials, but also involves officials of his Yue Party, Yue Su will not really plan to kill even his own henchmen.

Then let's talk about the thoughts in the hearts of the ministers. Shoufu Han Yi was secretly happy in his heart, Yue Su did this, it was too beneficial to himself. The current cabinet is an ornament, the cabinet minister is either the Yue Party or the Qichu and Zhejiang parties, and Yue Su is the minister of the orphan, and he is the first assistant, and he can't do anything. The officials of the Donglin Party below are not big officials, they are not officials, or they are tricks, one or two have a bit of real power, and their grades are not very high. As soon as this case was tried publicly, Yue Su could not shield his own henchmen, so he had to be convicted according to the law without discrimination. It can be said that no matter who it is, the crime of accepting bribes is real, even if it is extrajudicial and benevolent, it is also a reduction of officials for the people, and how many positions must be vacated. For so many official positions, you Yue Su must have arranged all of them for your own henchmen, and the Queen Mother was already jealous of you, so wouldn't it be more and more jealous, and she would definitely have to rely on me more. The three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang have been severely suppressed, and the remaining officials will definitely feel the crisis, worried that you will continue to suppress in the future, walking on thin ice, and in order to protect yourself, you will inevitably cooperate with me and become one. With their support, coupled with the Queen Mother, she is definitely qualified to stand up to you.

Compared with Han Yi's stealing joy, Qi Shijiao was worried that he and Han Yi had similar ideas, and Yue Su's public trial could be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. First, it can be used to suppress the forces of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, although the officials of the Yue Party will also lose a lot, but the vacated positions will definitely be occupied by the Yue Party, and the smallest losses will be exchanged for the greatest benefits. After all, after the trial of this case, Yue Su's prestige will also be in full swing, and with the identity of the minister of Tuogu, who he wants to arrange to replace the official position is definitely a matter of his words. What can I do about this, in the future, I will have to move an inch.

Zhang Zhenggang's heart is up and down, he has always admired Yue Su's selflessness, and his own personality is just like his own name, upright. Although he was involved in the whirlpool of power, Zhang Zhenggang also has a bottom line in doing things. Zhang Zhenggang was not confused, he quickly saw that if he did this, he was obviously planning to shuffle the cards, and it didn't matter if a few officials in his party were killed, and the officials of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang were also eliminated first, and the vacated positions could not be said by Lord Yue. Isn't that a bit too ruthless? I didn't expect Lord Yue to be like this in terms of fighting for power and profit.

This is Yue Su's excerpt, and after reading it, the cabinet ministers must immediately send it to the celebrant supervisor.

Zou Yi looked at the fold, and his hand couldn't help but tremble. There are two excerpts, one is that Yue Su submitted a request to return to Beijing for a public trial, and the other is the trial process submitted by Wu Sinan and the general content of his previous trial. The five major supervisory armies of Xuanfu, Datong, Henan, Shandong, and Huguang were all involved in the case. These five eunuchs all have backstage in the palace, and who doesn't accept money in these backstage, to be honest, the eunuchs are the most greedy for money, including his father-in-law Zou. Don't look at Zou Yi's big things, he is not confused, but he can't avoid the common problem of eunuchs.

Shandong Supervisor Bai Xiansheng was promoted by Zou Yi himself, and now the case involves Bai Xiansheng, Zou Yi is flustered, Bai Xiansheng has given himself a lot of silver, how did the silver come from, Zou Yi also understands more or less that the people below have their own ways, but the matter is not big, just open your eyes and close your eyes. But the current case is not a trivial matter, it is the illegal sale of ordnance, and what is even worse is that these ordnance still have to be sold to the Tatars outside the Guan. Once it is found out, Bai Xiansheng will definitely die, but Bai Xiansheng will not sit still, he will definitely pull himself in, and say how much silver he has given himself.

A cold sweat broke out on Zou Yi's head, thinking in his heart, Yue Su made things bigger, not only the Manchu officials had to go through a major reshuffle, but even the inner palace had to go through a major reshuffle. Liu Mingguo has coveted my position for a long time, and if you push me down, Liu Mingguo will be able to come to power. No, I can't sit still, Bai Xiansheng will never live.

Getting rid of Bai Xiansheng, this was the first thought that flashed in Zou Yi's mind. But when I think about it, I feel that something is wrong. If Yue Su really wanted to move himself, it would be useless to kill Bai Xiansheng, but instead he wanted to cover up, and even fell into the pretext of killing people. He is the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant eunuch, but if there is any fault, he can sentence himself, or remove himself from his position, it has to be the emperor's opinion, and now that the emperor is young, it is the queen mother's decision. The Queen Mother is not confused at all, if Bai Xiansheng is killed, the Queen Mother will immediately think that I did it, and it is really not good to give the Queen Mother such an impression. Pretending to be confused and not pursuing it, I will feel that I am not honest enough, if the Queen Mother wants to protect me, it is okay not to kill Bai Xiansheng. After all, whether the Queen Mother dismissed the celebrant and the eunuch in charge of the seal does not need to be charged with any crime.

Thinking of this, Zou Yi decided that he didn't have to be a villain to kill Bai Xiansheng, and hurried to the Queen Mother to admit his mistake and spit out the silver. He is a minion, he can't hide anything from his master, hide it from the queen mother, and it will not benefit him at all, and he will be honest, isn't it just a bribe, and the queen mother doesn't know this little problem with our eunuchs.

Zou Yi took the fold and hurried to Cining Palace, and when he saw the Queen Mother, he first handed over the fold and asked the Queen Mother to take a look.

Zhang Yan opened it to take a look, and after opening it, it was inevitable that Feng Yan was furious, "It's the opposite, it's really the opposite, they are really bold, I said how can the Tartars enter the customs so easily, it turns out that they are these dog things, ignoring the emperor's grace and filling their own pockets." The imperial court wanted to take out how much silver in order to defend the border town in a year, but I didn't expect it to be swallowed by them. Kill! Not one can be spared. There are also those daring and reckless traitors who collaborate with the enemy and traitors, and they can't let go of any of them. Pass the decree to Yue Su and handle this case seriously! ”

"Yes, the slave obeys......" Zou Yi hurriedly and cautiously responded.

"Whew...... ...... "Zhang Yan seemed to be too angry, and when she said this, she gasped again and again.

Zou Yi saw it in his eyes, and he was extremely worried, he was wondering whether to ask Zhang Yan for guilt now. But right now, the Queen Mother is angry, once she says that she has taken bribes, won't she add fuel to the fire, and then kill herself in a fit of anger, it will be bad. But after thinking about it, it can't be done if you don't say it, you can't wait for Yue Su to clarify the case and ask the truth, and after the evidence is conclusive, I will tell the Queen Mother again.

......After a while, Zhang Yan's heart finally calmed down, and he said in an unkind tone: "Did my Ming Dynasty treat them badly?" The foreign officials were shameless, and even the prison soldiers sent down were bold and reckless, reporting the shortage of military supplies every day, but they didn't expect that they were all bought in private. If Yue Su hadn't discovered it in time, captured them and captured them, and waited for these ordnance to be transported out of the customs and sold to the Tartars, wouldn't the Tartars be even more powerful. Even, I have to take the weapons of my Ming Dynasty to slaughter the officers and soldiers and people of my Ming Dynasty! The mourning family regretted it, they knew that this was the case, and they should have let Yue Su take away the affection, stay in the capital division, and continue to be in charge. With Yue Su here, there will be no shame of Tartars grazing horses outside Beijing! ”

"Yes, yes......" Zou Yi didn't dare to say more, but responded cautiously.

"Okay, I'm tired of mourning, you go down. Prepare the will and quickly pass it to Yue Su. By the way, the people of Paidong Factory will check the prison troops in various places to the mourning family! ”

"Yes, yes......"

"After this case has passed, if this kind of similar thing occurs again in the prison guards in various places, the mourning family will definitely punish you for the crime of unfavorable supervision. Let's go down......" After Zhang Yan finished speaking, she waved her hand at Zou Yi.

"Plop!"

Zhang Yan just waved his hand to signal Zou Yi to retreat, and Zou Yi knelt down directly. Seeing Zou Yi like this, Zhang Yan was not surprised, but said: "Get up, the mourning family knows that after the prison army involved in the case, there must be something to do with you." Since you succeeded as the celebrant and supervisor, you have also been conscientious and conscientious, and you are not confused about major matters. Forget about the past. ”

"Thank you Queen Mother......" Seeing the Queen Mother say this, Zou Yi couldn't help shedding tears, kowtowed and said: "The slave and maid should die, Bai Xiansheng, who was sent to Shandong to supervise the army, was promoted by the slave and the maid, and over the years, he has not been filial to the slave and maid, and now he ......."

"Well, I'm tired of mourning and don't want to hear this. Let's go down. Zhang Yan said tiredly.

"Thank you, Queen Mother...... The old slave retired ......"

The Queen Mother didn't have the slightest intention of pursuing it, such a generous kindness was really beyond Zou Yi's expectations, and he was grateful.

While shedding tears, he slowly exited the palace. When he went out, Zhang Yan leaned on the back of the chair tiredly, as a woman who was not strong, she was too tired and tired to support this country.

She understands that she can't pursue Zou Yi, if Zou Yi is done, and takes over as the celebrant and the people of Dongchang, there will only be two candidates left. One is Liu Mingguo, the other is Cao Huachun, seeing that these two people seem to be very close to Yue Su, if they are allowed to grasp the highest power, and then join forces with Yue Su, then Yue Su's strength will be too great. Although she always felt ashamed of Yue Su, she also had a hint of jealousy. It's just that this fear has been reduced a lot compared to before.

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