Chapter 221: Balance
The impeachment of Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai caused an uproar in the early dynasties.
The object of their impeachment is the military department Zuo Shilang, Zuo Du Yushi, Yansui Governor Zheng Xunrui, which is beyond everyone's expectations, Zhang Pu has not been the governor of the Imperial History for a long time, but a few months, not to mention Zhang Cai, just took office, at this time, they should be a little low-key, and they didn't expect to start impeaching the people of the court immediately.
There is a huge contradiction between Zhang Pu and Zheng Xunrui, which everyone knows, if Zhang Pu impeaches others, outsiders still think they can understand it, but impeaching Zheng Xunrui, no matter what, makes outsiders feel that there is a meaning of private revenge.
In just half a month, more than 100,000 rogues were exterminated, three leaders of the rogues were killed, and five people were captured, so that only six of the thirteen rogues of the Xingyang Conference were left.
Of course, many things are not clear, and the duty of supervising the imperial history is to impeach and supervise the behavior of officials, and from this point of view, Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai have done nothing wrong.
Therefore, when Zhang Pu read the impeachment recital in public, everyone listened very carefully, and the huge Qianqing Palace was surprisingly quiet, which is rare.
Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, had no expression on his face, his eyebrows were lowered, as if he didn't care about anything, but occasionally he could be seen raising his eyes and looking at Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai, and his eyes were shining brightly.
Wen Zhenmeng, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, turned slightly pale, and he could see that his heart was not at peace.
Zhang Fengyi, an auxiliary minister of the cabinet and a secretary of the Ministry of War, stared at Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai, this time the battle to exterminate the Liukou in Henan won glory for the Ministry of War, and Hui Dengxiang and others were also escorted to the capital to wait for disposal, in this case, someone actually impeached Zheng Xunrui, and the Ministry of War was unacceptable.
The strangest thing is that there is no expression on the emperor's face, at least there is no tantrum and no reprimand for Zhang Pu.
Thinking of Liu Zongzhou and Yao Ximeng's affairs, everyone seemed to understand something.
Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai's impeachment recitals were completed in just a quarter of an hour.
This is a mildly worded impeachment memoranda, the only request put forward is that the secretary of the military department and the governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou, are responsible for the extermination of the Liukou, and the reason for the emphasis is also very clear, because Zheng Xunrui has made mistakes, especially after the best opportunity came out, he was not able to mobilize the armies from all walks of life, did not form a joint force, and lost the best opportunity to exterminate the Liukou.
As for the impeachment of Deng Xi, the commander of Sichuan, it has a somewhat insidious taste, you must know that Deng Xi is obviously delaying the fighter plane, not to mention deducting military salaries, even the generals under him do not know the military orders issued above, and as a result, the situation of the siege of the guide zhì has not been able to form, if it were not for the desperate pursuit of Zheng Jiajun, He Yilong and He Jin would have fled, it can be said that Zheng Xunrui killed Deng Xi, no one can speak, as for Zheng Xunrui did not punish the rest of the sergeants, this is also very understandable, under the circumstances, The extermination of the Liukou is the first priority, and the Sichuan army later made great contributions in the battle to exterminate the Liukou, and it also suffered heavy casualties, which must have the credit of Zheng Xunrui.
As soon as the impeachment fold was read, Zhang Fengyi spoke.
"It's a bunch of nonsense, I don't know how to fight, I haven't experienced fighting, and I'm actually here to impeach the ministers of the court who are fighting in front, do the two imperial historians think that fighting a war is as simple as you writing an impeachment note, it's enough to sit and talk about it."
Zhang Cai, who has a fiery personality, immediately spoke.
"The duty of the imperial history is to impeach and supervise the lord of the court, can he not be impeached without a war, the lower officials dare not agree, if such a rule is set, what qualifications does the imperial history have to impeach the lord of the court, and how can he be loyal to the emperor."
Zhang Fengyi was choked and couldn't speak, there was indeed something wrong with what he said just now.
Zhang Pu also spoke.
"Your Majesty, the minister is concerned about how to exterminate the Liukou as soon as possible, Lord Zheng has made contributions in Henan and exterminated many Liukou, the minister did not deny the credit of Lord Zheng, but only Jianyì adjusted the responsibility of exterminating the Liukou, Lord Hong is old and serious, and has repeatedly cracked down on the Liukou, and is more suitable than Lord Zheng to be responsible for the eradication of the Liukou."
After Zhang Pu's words came out, he was silent for a while.
Zhan Shifu's Shao Zhan Shi, Shuntian Mansion Yin Yao Ximeng spoke.
"Chen thinks that the construction of Lord Zhang Pu and Lord Zhang Cai is proper, and Lord Zheng has made a contribution to the extermination of the Liukou in Henan, which is undoubted, but what he said above is also true, if Lord Zheng can seize the opportunity and mobilize the armies of all parties, he can completely exterminate the Liukou."
Shao Zhan Yang Tingshu couldn't help it, he understood very well that Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai were communiqué personal vendettas, and he was afraid that Zheng Xunrui's credit would be too great, if he exterminated the rogue, Zheng Xunrui would definitely be reused by the emperor.
Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, Yang Yi, Wu Weiye, Wu Changshi, Gong Dingyu and others, Yang Tingshu knew about the things that were united, but he didn't care, and he didn't pay special attention to it.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the impeachment is pure nonsense."
Yang Tingshu's opening made the surroundings quieter.
"The Liukou rebellion, the first year of Chongzhen began, so far, for eight years, Lord Zheng is responsible for the extermination of the Liukou, less than a month, exterminate more than 100,000 Liukou, kill the general leader of the Liukou Luo Rucai, when the Liukou gathered in Xingyang, there were as many as thirteen, and now there are only five left, and the remaining eight have all been exterminated, dare to ask who can have such ability, has not been able to personally go deep into the battle, behind closed doors, vainly speculated, attack the meritorious ministers, is this also the so-called responsibility of the imperial history."
Yang Tingshu's words were very heavy, originally he wanted to defend Zheng Xunrui, and he was telling the truth, but unfortunately saying such things in the Qianqing Palace would definitely not have a good effect.
Zhang Cai blushed and was about to open his mouth to fight back, but Zhang Pula, who was beside him, pulled his sleeve and signaled him not to open his mouth to defend himself.
Yang Tingshu supported Zheng Xunrui, in this case, everyone already understood the meaning of this debate, and the rest of them would not speak, and they set their sights on Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Wen Zhenmeng, the second assistant of the cabinet.
Wen Zhenmeng lowered his head and had no intention of speaking.
Yang Tingshu also looked at Wen Zhenmeng, he knew very well that Wen Zhenmeng could support Zheng Xunrui when he opened his mouth at this time, at least when others spoke, they should also think about it more, but unfortunately Wen Zhenmeng did not speak, which made Yang Tingshu lament in his heart.
Wen Tiren looked at Wen Zhenmeng, and a sneer flashed on his face.
"Lord Zhang Pu and Lord Zhang Cai are supervising the imperial history, and it is their duty to impeach officials, Lord Yang is too excited."
Wen Tiren's opening made Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai's faces smile.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Zheng has made great contributions to the establishment of the eradication of the Liukou in Henan, and the court should be rewarded, and Lord Zheng has written a fold to show merit for the ministries, and the minister thinks that it can be all corrected, but this matter of commanding the operation, you can consider letting Lord Hong Chengchou be directly responsible, so as to facilitate the mobilization of the armies of all parties......"
The emperor did not make a decision directly in the early dynasty, but asked the cabinet to discuss the matter, in fact, this has already shown that if the emperor supports Zheng Xunrui, he can suppress the impeachment and fold.
The results of the cabinet deliberations were soon in, and a day later they were presented to the emperor.
The next thing is the emperor's decree, but this decree has not come down for a long time, but it has attracted the attention of many ministers of civil and military affairs.
The Chinese military ministers of the DPRK began to discuss this matter, and most people believed that Zheng Xunrui could not be responsible for the matter of exterminating the Liukou, seeing that the Liukou was about to be exterminated, and at the critical moment, Zheng Xunrui, who had made great contributions, was about to be replaced, such a thing, it was not appropriate to say it at any time, but unfortunately Zheng Xunrui was too young and had no qualifications in the DPRK, and it was normal to encounter such a secret calculation, and it was useless to complain.
Yang Tingshu has already written to Zheng Xunrui, he not only talked about the union of Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, Yang Yi, Wu Weiye, Wu Changshi and Gong Dingyu and others, but also talked about Wen Zhenmeng and Yao Ximeng's expression in this matter, he was very disappointed, at the critical moment, Wen Zhenmeng could not stand up and speak, what is the role of being a cabinet deputy assistant, and it is okay to rely on it like this.
Yang Tingshu was angry, his words were more intense, and after the letter was sent, he regretted it a little.
In the harem, there is only Wang Chengen by the emperor's side.
"Wang Chengen, I understand what you mean, Zheng Xunrui did a good job in Henan, in less than a month, he exterminated more than 100,000 rogues, Yang He, Chen Qiyu, including Hong Chengchou were not able to do it, but I have no choice, if I fully support Zheng Xunrui, it will definitely trigger a backlash from the DPRK, and the twists and turns will continue to come up, I don't want to worry about this little thing, the arrogance of the rogues has been suppressed, at this time, let Hong Chengchou come forward to get greater credit."
"Zheng Xunrui is still young, his credit is too great, and it is not easy to gain a foothold in the DPRK, so I will let Hong Chengchou be responsible for this matter of exterminating the rogues."
"I am very disappointed in Wen Zhenmeng, Wen Zhenmeng is very loyal, but unfortunately in the cabinet, it is difficult to play any real role, I let him become the second assistant of the cabinet, but I don't want him to be clean."
Wang Chengen looked at the emperor and didn't speak, but he understood what the emperor meant, Wen Zhenmeng was in the cabinet, and he was originally competing with Wen Tiren, but unfortunately so much time has passed, Wen Zhenmeng has not played such a role at all, especially in the matter of treating Zheng Xunrui, Wen Zhenmeng should show his attitude, and he should have an attitude in both public and private.
Wang Chengen also sighed slightly in his heart, he thought of Xu Guangqi, although Xu Guangqi was seriously ill and could not be a director, but the words he said were loud, even if he was the first assistant of the cabinet, he couldn't oppose too much, Wen Zhenmeng and Xu Guangqi compared to each other, the gap was too big