The black pressure in the Heart Cultivation Hall was full of officials, and Chen Qiang's civil officials all straightened up.

Among the honorable military, except for Jia Jue, who is still calm and composed, others such as Chen Ruiwen, Shi Guangzhu, Li Jiqing and others all have disappointed and unhappy expressions.

Zhu Wucheng saw all this in his eyes and spoke, "In addition to being fined for one year, the Marquis of Zhongwu will also compensate the injured officials for the cost of soup and medicine, and personally come to the door to apologize!" ”

Jia Jue: "The minister is not guilty!" ”

Zhu Wucheng: "Huh? ”

Jia Jue raised his voice, "The minister is not guilty!" ”

Everyone was stunned!

Zhu Wucheng didn't expect Jia Jue to refute his will, and forcibly suppressed his anger, "You beat the minister, are you still reasonable?" ”

Jia Jue said confidently, "Although Chen Qiang and Bai Sheng are imperial histories, they ignore His Majesty's repeated teachings, form a party for personal gain, and have bad intentions. This time, it is even more to fan hundreds of officials, attack the important ministers of the court, and do not hesitate to force the palace in order to achieve the goal, coercing His Majesty, Chen Qiang, Bai Sheng and others are really heinous! Please ask Your Majesty to issue an order to immediately pay the vegetable market entrance to ask for beheading! Please behead! ”

"You, you're spewing blood....."

"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged!"

"Your Majesty Mingjian!"

Everyone was stunned, and Chen Qiang and the others were even more physically and mentally cold, and immediately knelt on the ground and shouted injustice.

Zhu Wucheng was also stunned for a while, and immediately understood what was going on with Li Shouzhong's excerpt, thinking of this, he turned his gaze to Bai Sheng and asked: "You are the imperial historian, and you have the responsibility of participating in the impeachment of the minister." Didn't you shout at the noon gate to see me? If there is anything, just say it in front of the officials! ”

"Yes."

Bai Sheng kowtowed, stood up, tidied up his official robes, and then said: "Bai Sheng, the imperial history of the Imperial Palace, ..... impeachment of the original two Huai."

Jia Jue's eyes were horizontal: "Bai Sheng!" ”

Bai Sheng was stabbed as if he had been stabbed by a steel needle, and his face was as pale as paper.

"Presumptuous!"

Zhu Wucheng snorted, and asked with a broken body: "Bai Sheng, you just have to speak!" ”

Bai Sheng glanced at Jia Jue, and was a little hesitant for a while, what Jia Jue did today reminded everyone of his identity - Wufu, as the saying goes, 'Xiucai meets soldiers, and it is unreasonable!' What's more, it is the commander of the first army like Jia Jue, who dares to beat up hundreds of officials in front of the noon gate without seeing him, if he is hated by him, he may be able to do something crazy!

Jia Jue waved his hand disdainfully: "Gutless rats!" ”

Chen Qiang's body jumped up, "Chen Qiang, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, participated in the impeachment of the two Huai salt administrations Lin Ruhai, accepted dirty bribes, and connived at salt merchants to smuggle official salt, resulting in the loss of the two Huai salt taxes year after year, and the ministers asked for a strict investigation!" ”

Jia Jue sneered, "Lin Ruhai accepts dirty bribes, who has evidence, take it out!" There is no evidence, blood is spurting people, do you think my Jia family is a good bully? Do you want me to shake out all the dirty things you've done behind your backs? ”

As soon as these words came out, all the civil officials were immediately dumbfounded.

"Huh?"

Zhu Wucheng didn't expect Jia Jue to come up with this result with one mouth.

"How?"

Jia Jue suddenly felt a little cold, buttoned up his shirt, lowered his sleeves, and looked at the civil officials provocatively, "Who else is not convinced, come out and let's compare." Don't worry, Lao Tzu won't use force with you, let's fight! ”

About no one expected Jia Jue to come such a hand, they all turned pale and dumbfounded, and no one was willing to come forward.

Liu Wenbin smiled bitterly and shook his head, the Ming Dynasty has been established for nearly two hundred years, and no one can be left alone in officialdom, even if he is the same, take next year's Enke meeting as an example, there have long been rumors that Jia Zheng accepted bribes, so why shouldn't he?

He understands that Jia Zheng, like himself, does not accept money, but connections in the officialdom, which has nothing to do with friends!

To put it bluntly, everyone's butts are not clean, and they can't help but check, and the money at home can't be said clearly!

Zhu Wucheng sat there a little blindsided.

After a period of silence, Zhang Yanji, a scholar at the Hanlin Academy, spoke, "May I ask Marquis Zhongwu, did there be more than a dozen carts entering Marquis Zhongwu's Mansion yesterday afternoon?" ”

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at Jia Jue.

Jia Jue seemed unusually calm, and replied vigorously: "It stands to reason that you are not qualified to talk to Ben Shuai as a little scholar, but in front of His Majesty, Ben Shuai can answer your words, yes, there is indeed such a thing." ”

When Zhang Yanji heard this, his blood immediately surged, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhongwu's Mansion is secretly hiding stolen goods, and the ministers ask for a search!" ”

Zhu Wucheng: "Hmm? ”

Jia Jue smiled, ignored him, turned his gaze to the others and asked, "Is there anyone among you who wants to ask for a search of the Marshal's mansion?" ”

Liu Fusheng, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, replied: "Your Majesty, in order to return Governor Lin's innocence, and also give an explanation to the hundred officials, the minister asks for a search of the Zhongwu Marquis Mansion!" ”

Chen Qiang then said: "Please give an order to Your Majesty." ”

All the civil officials seemed to have been discussed, and then they all said in unison: "Please give your majesty an order!" ”

Zhu Wucheng's eyes were cold, but he praised in his mouth: "It is a blessing for the royal family to have so many ministers in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also a blessing for the subjects of the world!" ”

Speaking of this, he turned his gaze to Jia Jue and asked, "Marquis Zhongwu, what do you think?" ”

Jia Jue stared at Liu Fusheng fiercely and replied, "As long as things are done fairly, the minister has nothing to say." ”

Zhu Wucheng was alarmed in his heart, "What do you say?" ”

Jia Jue glanced at Liu Fusheng, and then smiled: "I'm really strange, some people keep saying that others accept dirty bribes and hide stolen goods, why do they turn a blind eye to their family's corruption and bribery?" ”

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Liu Jianjian, who was standing in the middle of the civil official team and had been silent, and said: "It has only been half a year since the king of Chahar County entered Beijing, and Liu Jian of the Ministry of Rites bought 1,000 acres of fertile land in Tongzhou, and spent another 50,000 taels to buy a mansion in Dongcheng. The military fought bloody battles on the front lines, but the officials of the Ministry of Rites made a lot of ill-gotten gains.

There is a saying in the army, oh, it is called, 'Tight at the front, tight at the rear.' Liu Shilang is also very rich, and Honglu Temple has also made a lot of windfall in recent times. Do you want to point out all of your bribes? ”

Liu Jian prostrated himself and kowtowed, and said in a trembling voice: "The crime of capital punishment is a crime!" ”

The officials were disturbed for a while, and looked at each other in shock.

Liu Fusheng's body trembled, and he raised his pale face, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhongwu has collected and spied on the private mistakes of hundreds of civil and military officials, and plotted against him. I ask Your Majesty to issue an immediate decree to arrest him ......"

"Don't talk about it!"

Zhu Wucheng was upset when he heard this, and his fingers knocked on the imperial eucalyptus and shouted: "It's not a shame?!" Come! ”

Hearing this, the officer on duty waved his hand and led four forbidden soldiers to run in.

All the civil servants have lost their lustre.

Zhu Wucheng's eyes flashed, "Strip off his official uniform, send him to the prison of the Criminal Department, and hand him over to the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department for trial and conviction!" ”

Liu Fusheng couldn't stand still, and immediately shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, in order to retaliate, Jia Jue confuses right and wrong, reverses black and white, and intends to put his subjects to death as soon as possible." Not a single official of the Ministry of Rites took bribes!

As for the gifts given by the king of Chahar County and others, it is to hire officials to teach Han etiquette, in order to learn Han culture, it is a gift for teachers and students, and the sage writes about it, so I don't think it's a matter of corruption, if this is also corruption and bribery? Is it corruption and bribery to visit the protégé of the imperial examination every year and offer celery? This is digging the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, not harboring evil intentions, and I can't say such bastard words! ”

Liu Jian has been stripped of his official uniform, "Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged!" ”

Zhu Wucheng waved his hand disdainfully, "Say it in the lobby of the Criminal Department!" ”

Liu Fusheng: "Your Majesty, you can't treat loyal ministers like this!" ”

Zhu Wucheng: "Let's pull it down!" ”

The uncle and nephew were dragged out.

There was silence in the hall.

At this moment, Liu Wenbin, the second assistant, and Kong Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, rushed over out of breath.

Zhu Wucheng glanced at them and asked, "Do you want to intercede with Liu Jian too?!" ”

Kong Qian hurriedly replied: "The king of Chahar and his party are in the Ministry of Rites at the moment, and the minister is here to ask for an order. ”

Zhu Wucheng softened his face, thought for a while, and said: "I won't see them for the time being, tell the county king, don't worry, the court will definitely give them an explanation." ”

Kong Qian: "Obey." ”

Liu Wenbin: "Your Majesty, you have already raised eyebrows to collect and spy on the private mistakes of hundreds of officials. ”

Zhu Wucheng was stunned and asked tightly, "How is it?" ”

"It has been found out that this matter is related to the traitor Zhu Houze. The Terracotta Division has just delivered the news that a shop has been sealed in the East Market, confirming that it is the stronghold of the Warat people, and the people have been taken away by the Beizhen Fusi. ”

Liu Wenbin said affirmatively.

Zhu Wucheng's eyes showed a look of disappointment and dazedness.

Liu Wenbin took a few steps forward, stopped, took out a piece of letterhead from his sleeve, and presented it with both hands, "This is the list that has been sorted out, everything that should be caught has been caught, and the rest are in this hall!" ”

As soon as these words came out, several officials in the civilian ranks immediately went limp.

"I won't look at it!"

Zhu Wucheng glanced at those people with disdain, and waved his hand, "Send them to the prison of the Criminal Department, and hand them over to the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department for trial and conviction!" ”

Liu Wenbin summoned the forbidden army to escort all the officials on the list, and asked, "..... this eucalyptus?"

Zhu Wucheng: "Don't worry, hand it over to the Criminal Department to calmly investigate!" ”

Liu Wenbin hesitated: "I'm afraid I won't know where to start..... but his eyes are staring at Jia Jue.

Jia Jue's eyes rolled up, looked at the roof, and was silent.

Zhu Wucheng's eyes flashed, "Okay, this eucalyptus will be handed over to the Criminal Department for further investigation." ”

Liu Wenbin smiled bitterly, "Obey." ”

Zhu Wucheng nodded, and then said: "Actually, since I ascended the throne, there have been several old officials who dare to speak up to give me several excerpts, and they are all written in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Recently, state affairs have been difficult, the use of troops has continued, and the treasury has been empty. After a long time of peace, he has his own little Jiujiu, and the officialdom has become more and more mediocre. For example, when the Marquis of Zhongwu impeached Liu Jian for accepting dirty bribes, someone shamelessly involved the saint, which is simply a big joke in the world. ”

Turning his head to Jia Jue, he asked, "How much did Liu Jian take bribes?" ”

Jia Jue was stunned for a moment and thought for a while, "When the minister came, he went to Beizhen Fusi, and he didn't look closely, and there were 200,000 taels of floating wealth and silver tickets. ”

Zhu Wucheng: "Did you hear that?" In a small Ministry of Rites, a Qingshui Yamen like the Ministry of Rites can be greedy for so much money, but what about other places? ”

Speaking of this, he sneered, "Every day is richer than me, and I have been forced to borrow foreign debts." ”

Everyone immediately knelt down quietly, without immediately pleading, waiting for the emperor's will.

Sure enough, Zhu Wucheng said his will: "What I mean, the wind of corruption in officialdom must be blocked, and at this time, I must be strict." What do you think? ”

Hearing this, Liu Wenbin immediately took the lead and shouted: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" All the people kowtowed neatly.

"Get up, all of you."

Everyone kowtowed again, and then stood up.

Zhu Wucheng's eyes glanced at Kong Qian, "Old Kong Ge, the Ministry of Rites is in charge of you, what do you think?" ”

Kong Qian replied very calmly, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Everyone didn't expect Kong Qian to reply like this when the emperor hinted at it, and many people became nervous, and many people began to secretly look at the emperor's face.

Zhu Wucheng said again: "The affairs of the Ministry of Rites, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple are not good to interfere, so I bother Kong Shangshu to check himself." ”

"Yes."

Kong Qian was stunned and quickly lowered his eyes.

"I'm waiting for your good news."

Zhu Wucheng's gaze turned to Jia Jue, "What do you say about your family's affairs?" ”

Jia Jue was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously replied: "The Jia family has received the emperor's grace, and they have no two hearts, and they dare not do such a big rebellious thing, please ..... Your Majesty."

Zhu Wucheng slapped the table, "Don't interrupt, the Heart Cultivation Hall only talks about state affairs!" ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Jia Jue was shocked, but Liu Wenbin, Chen Qiang and others were stunned, and immediately understood what the emperor meant, and when they were shocked, they couldn't help but feel the royal family's favor to the Jia family, such a monstrous eucalyptus is just a private matter!

Chen Qiang's eyes were aimed at Jia Jue, but he secretly scolded in his heart: "No wonder this shaft is so rampant....."

Zhu Wucheng: "Say, I also want to know, what are the more than a dozen cars loaded on?" ”

Jia Jue smiled awkwardly, "Your Majesty, those things are indeed transported from Jinling, but they are not property, if you want to say that they are valuable, it is true, and they are all priceless treasures." ”

Chen Qiang's eyes lit up, and he listened to Jia Jue say: "Those are the books that the minister asked the Xue family to help collect from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, each of them is a priceless treasure, this is a priceless spiritual heritage that the minister is going to leave to future generations, and the Jia family will also grow up under the influence of the family style passed down from generation to generation, and pass on the fine family style." ”

Zhu Wucheng's eyes lit up and said, "The Jia family is ready to abandon martial arts?" ”

"Now that the four seas are clear, it will soon be the day when the horses are released in Nanshan, and the descendants of the future generations will not have a serious way out, wandering around all day long, and become the children of the scourge in the township."

Everyone was stunned by Jia Jue's words, looking at each other, unable to tell whether what he said was true or false.

Chen Qiang sneered, "Your Majesty is asking about Lin Ruhai accepting dirty bribes and conniving at salt merchants to smuggle official salt, don't pretend to be crazy and stupid here!" ”

Jia Jue stared at Chen Qiang and said viciously, "Then what do you say?" ”

Chen Qiang: "Escort Lin Ruhai to Beijing and hand him over to the Three Law Divisions for strict trial!" ”

“.....”

Jia Jue felt hot, unbuttoned his clothes, and glanced around defiantly, "Do you really think I'm a bully?" I want to be a good person, but someone won't let me, so let's compare and compare. If you can't overturn you all today....."

As he spoke, he pointed to Yu Shi Wang Hong, "You old boy accepted 30,000 taels of silver tickets from Babur, saying that he would help him return to Hulan and lose his temperature as soon as possible." ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was suddenly shocked, and everyone's eyes looked at Wang Hong.

Wang Hong pounced and fell to his knees, "No, no..... Minister, minister doesn't understand what Marquis Zhongwu is talking about....."

Zhu Wucheng waved his hand impatiently, "Rip off his official uniform and hand it over to the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department for trial and conviction!" ”

Two forbidden soldiers ran in and restrained Wang Hong.

Wang Hong desperately held on, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister is a lake for a while.... I beg your majesty to spare your life! ”

Dong Shan: "Pull it down!" ”

Two Praetorian soldiers dragged him out.

Outside the hall, Wang Hong's curse voice faintly came: "Chen Qiang, you can't die well!" ..... I surpass your ancestors....."

Chen Qiang's face was pale, the green tendons on his forehead were constantly beating, and when he saw Jia Jue pointing his finger at the team of the Hanlin Academy again, his eyes were dark, and he fainted decisively.

Zhu Wucheng waved his hand disdainfully: "Send it back!" Looking at Jia Jue with blazing eyes, that posture, just waiting for Jia Jue to speak, he could give an order to make money with people.

Jia Jue pouted, "Who wants to participate in the impeachment?!" ”

There was silence in the hall, and all the civil officials lowered their heads, for fear that they would be the next to be named.

Zhu Wucheng suddenly burst out laughing, shook his hand, and strode out of the hall!

Liu Wenbin sighed deeply.