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A storm approached Jingshi, and the sky was overcast and overwhelming, and then a torrential rain poured down, so that many streets in Jingshi began to be covered with stagnant water, and pedestrians along the way could only roll up their trouser legs. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The officers on the Shuncheonfu side took action and were sent to low-lying places to prevent houses from collapsing or mobs taking advantage of the chaos to loot. Because the rain in Jingxian was so great that the river burst into the mouth, it was flooded a lot of fertile land at once, and such a thing happened at the feet of the Son of Heaven naturally could not be taken lightly, and all the yamen worked together to resettle the victims.

However, whether it is the cabinet or the various ministries of the Beijing Division, in fact, everyone's attention is not on disaster relief, the situation in the court has been too strange recently, first Zhou Cheng's family was killed, the government and the opposition were in an uproar, and they demanded to find out the real culprit, and Liu Chengfeng was also pushed to the cusp.

It stands to reason that Zhou Cheng's death is inseparable from Liu Chengfeng, but it was Jinyiwei who investigated the case, and the palace let the thief catch the thief, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of many ministers, forget it, but so many people stood up against it, and the emperor didn't react at all, and even connived at Liu Chengfeng.

And then, the eunuchs accompanying the emperor suddenly went to prison, which also made people confused for a while.

But the really terrifying news is not this, this morning, because of the heavy rain in Beijing, the emperor organized a court meeting to discuss how to give relief, of course, in this season it rained for more than a day, thunder and lightning, according to the emperor's previous habits, more or less will say that I am determined that the governance is wrong, so that the heavens are not beautiful.

In this era, the change of heaven is not only a natural phenomenon, but also a kind of warning from God in politics, and the emperor like Hongji has always been enlightened, so whenever there is a famine, he will hold a court meeting to reflect on himself, in order to review the gains and losses of his own governance.

However, today's court meeting was very unusual, and instead of making introspective actions as before, the emperor did not move like a mountain, and only asked some questions about the disasters in various places, so that some ministers finally couldn't help it and stood up one after another. Some people even say that this rainstorm is a warning from heaven, and there must be something wrong with the imperial court, so that the heavens are dissatisfied and issue a warning. Your Majesty should change his course so that the wind and rain can be smooth.

This kind of thing can be said by the emperor to show his open-mindedness, but the minister jumps out and says that it is a bit of gunpowder.

However, Zhu Youzhu didn't seem to be angry, but just asked, where is my fault?

It's okay not to ask, this question, everyone is like a chicken blood at once, and dozens of ministers jump out in a moment's effort, everyone has been waiting for your words for a long time, and everyone has been prepared for the answer, and it is you who are waiting.

The first to speak was Zhao Fang, the left attendant of the household department, he talked eloquently, saying that His Majesty has always been sage, in fact, there are not many faults, but there is one thing, Weichen has to say something, naturally, Zhao Fang said about Zhou Cheng, saying that Zhou Cheng's family died unexpectedly, His Majesty did not order a thorough investigation, and investigated the perpetrators, but repeatedly protected and connived everywhere, so even God couldn't stand it, so there was this warning from God.

This Zhao Fang has always been upright, his surname is similar to Xie Qian, and the nine cows can't pull it back, in fact, Zhao Fang does have a lot to do with Xie Qian, he is Xie Qian's fellow villager, and Xie Qian is a son and daughter, he saw that Zhu Youzhu was unmoved, and immediately became angry, and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, this person who killed Zhou Cheng, the people of the world are talking about it very much now, everyone says that it is because he offended the commander of Jinyiwei to make Liu Chengfeng, and Liu Chengfeng will repay him and take the opportunity to harm him." Liu Chengfeng's surname is like a jackal, and he is cunning, please Your Majesty immediately dispose of Liu Chengfeng to set an example. ”

His words can be regarded as ruthless, others are just knocking on the side, but this old man is refreshing enough, and directly said Liu Chengfeng's name, to put it mildly, that is, to tell Zhu Youzhu that this heavy rain was caused by Liu Chengfeng's perverse behavior, and His Majesty did not deal with Liu Chengfeng, and everyone did not agree.

With Zhao Fang as the pioneer, the scene became a lot more exciting, so all the ministries and halls, as well as a few Hanlin and Yanguan, came out one after another, originally everyone was still secretive, looking around the bend to find Liu Chengfeng's trouble, but now the surname Suo has become bold and directly named the surname.

There are also many important people who stand out of the class, in addition to Zhao Fang, there are also Wen Yan, the left waiter of the Criminal Department, Yang Ao, Dali Temple, and so on.

These are all relatively backbone high-ranking officials in the imperial court, in addition to these people, even Wu Tong, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, also stood up.

With them, the Hanlin and Yanguan behind them all seemed to be crazy, and they came out one by one like a marquee, and the crowd was excited.

I thought that at this time, even if the emperor didn't immediately issue an order to ask, he should be in harmony with the emperor's thoughts, who knew that the emperor was furious on the spot, and the emperor after Zhu Mian couldn't see the expression clearly, but the emperor slapped the case, but his tone was extremely angry.

"The heavy rain is like a note, crushing many houses, the river is lost, I don't know how many fertile fields are flooded, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the people's livelihood is withering, the people are waiting to be fed, waiting for the imperial court to provide disaster relief, cast porridge and rice, and settle the victims, but you ...... But you are still here to criticize the ministers of the court, and here to cause chaos for me, before Zhou Cheng's case is revealed, you can't bear it, and you want to use this to slander the court officials, what are you thinking about? What use do I want you? ”

"The words of ghosts and gods are not enough to be believed, such as today's rainstorm, but you use this words of ghosts and gods to provoke party strife, if I say that if it is appeased, how can I convince the public?"

After some reprimands, more powerful ones are yet to come. Immediately, the will came out, and Zhao Fang, the head of the household department, and Wu Tong, a scholar of Hanlin University, were old and faint, and they did not know the etiquette law, and they were fined for one year to set an example. Wen Yan, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, and Yang Ao, the secretary of Dali Temple, had bad intentions, maliciously slandered the ministers, did not abide by the way of the ministers, and had ill intentions, so they were immediately dismissed from their official positions and demoted to Nanjing.

In addition, the rest of the ministers who stood up were also fines and derogatories.

This decree came down beyond everyone's expectations, not only the emperor's unexpected reaction, but more importantly, the emperor's holy decree.

For those old ministers in the court, this holy decree is very greasy, you know, this matter was provoked by Zhao Fang, Zhao Fang's guy should be the main culprit, and the others are accomplices, but the main culprit was only slightly punished, but a few accomplices fell into bad luck and went to Nanjing, which means that everything is over, your life's efforts in exchange for nothing but going to Nanjing to retire, the future, career and rights are all in vain, under normal circumstances, if you don't have the luck to win the jackpot, You're going to have to stay there for most of your life.

The first penalty is followed by the bad luck of shouting, what is going on? After a little pondering, many people immediately understood. Who is Zhao Fang? Zhao Fang is Xie Qian's henchman, the two of them are both in-laws, and their friendship is also irreversible, as for the Hanlin scholar Wu Tong, he is Liu Jian's protégé and has an excellent relationship with Liu Jian. But what about Wen Yan, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and Yang Ao, the secretary of Dali Temple? These two people are Liu Ji's henchmen, and they are both several important assistants that Liu Ji shoehorned in after he came to power.

After sorting out this relationship, everyone understands that the emperor's anger is fake, it is true to take the opportunity to clean up people, Xie Qian and Liu Jian's people are fine, the so-called fine, a year is to fine a hundred taels of silver, no pain. But Liu Ji's people are really unlucky, what does this portend...... Liu Ji is going to be finished...... Liu Ji couldn't finish it and didn't say it, but Liu Jian, a scholar, was afraid that he would come back again.

This meaningful hint is enough to shock everyone, because before that, there was no clue in the palace at all, and the emperor did not reveal a little bit of tone, although a few days ago Liu Ji went to the emperor because of his disobedience, and the emperor asked him to think about it at home behind closed doors, but on the second day, the palace sent eunuchs to appease, comfort Liu Ji, and revoke the previous punishment. In the eyes of outsiders, I thought that Liu Ji and Liu Daxue were still in the holy family, who knew that the egg would be over.

All of a sudden, the Jingshi began to get busy, and all the departments were absentmindedly rescuing the disaster, but all the adults were staring at the movements of the court all the time.

Liu Ji, who was in the spiral nest, was quite calm, he quickly reacted, and went to tell the old man, in fact, the content of this song is not Liu Ji's real thoughts, let him tell the old now, with his surname Liu Mian, how can he be willing to tell the old.

Liu Ji's recital is just a test to test what the idea is in the palace. As a result, the book was handed over, but it was sunk in the sea, and His Majesty did not send it.

Things are becoming more and more intriguing, if the minister wants to return to his hometown, under normal circumstances, there is only one possibility, the palace will retain it anyway, that is, refuse to resign from the recital, and send the recital back, that is, whether the emperor approves or does not approve it, it will be retained, even if the emperor sees that you are not pleasing to the eye, he will also make a gesture, and write some Aiqing in the rejected recital Although he is old, but the country is still employing people, Yunyun, and then wait for the second letter of resignation to be handed over and then approved.

This is an unspoken rule, and it is rare to say that the music is handed over to stay in the middle, but how can it not surprise people that these two palaces have repeatedly made unusual moves?

At present, everyone's eyes are on Liu Ji, wanting to see what this scholar Liu Ji will do next.

(To be continued)