As soon as this performance came out, the entire Fengtianmen Square instantly fell silent.

Wan An and Liu Ji knew that what the Ministry of War handed over yesterday was not this note, so they couldn't help but look at each other.

It's a flurry, right?

Li Yu and other high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Officials couldn't help but have doubts in their hearts when they saw that the spearhead was directly directed to Wang Hua, the governor of Jiangxi, and they turned their heads to look at Zhang Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Is Your Majesty going to deal with Wang Hua?

The vast majority of officials did not realize that it was already an undercurrent, and mistakenly thought that what Zhang Ying played was instructed by the emperor, so they had a bad association.

"Zhang Shangshu, Wang Hua is the governor of Southern Jiangxi, so such a conviction may not be too hasty?" Zhu Youzhu didn't expect that it was this military secretary who jumped out, and asked with a calm face.

Although he knew that Zhang Ying had a close relationship with Xu Pu as a fellow villager, and he also knew that Zhang Ying was not a clean official, He Cong, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, was not suitable to be directly promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of War, so he chose Zhang Ying, who was then the secretary of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, for the transition.

It's just that now it seems that this military secretary does not intend to accept his own affection, but mixes with the traditional civilian forces, and even more at the expense of offending himself, he also wants to defeat one of the most important chess pieces he has fallen on the ground.

The corners of Xu Pu's mouth rose slightly, but he had already expected Zhu Youji's reaction.

Zhang Ying faced Zhu Youji's rhetorical question, and said very calmly: "Your Majesty, the commander of the Jiangxi Metropolitan Division has reported to the Ministry of War, and Wang Hua's salary to the Ganzhou New Army is indeed less than two percent!" Although Wang Hua's previous explanation to the officers and men of the Ganzhou New Army was that there was a mistake in the treasury of the Jiangxi Political Envoy, the Jiangxi Political Envoy had confirmed that this was a lie, and the Political Secretary had confirmed that it was out of the treasury with full silver, and that there were no bandits encountered on the way to escort him. Wang Hua was personally authorized by His Majesty to dare to deceive his superiors and subordinates, and asked His Majesty to severely punish Wang Hua to show the law of the country! ”

"Please also ask Your Majesty to punish Wang Hua to show the law of the country!" Xu Pu saw that Zhang Ying gave Wang Hua a fatal blow, and even led the officials to echo him.

Deceiving the superiors and deceiving the subordinates?

When Li Yu and others heard this accusation, they couldn't help but secretly admire Zhang Ying's cleverness.

"Deceive", this is a direct eye medicine for Zhu Youji, after all, no one wants to be a monarch who is deceived by others. "Concealment", this is to give Wang Hua's explanation for the lack of 20% of the new army officers and soldiers in Ganzhou.

Anyone can see that after Wang Hua's deduction of soldiers' salaries, Zhu Youzhu has been slow to act, obviously deliberately protecting Wang Hua.

It's just that now, Zhang Ying stabbed Wang Hua's case out in the early dynasty, and even put pressure on Zhu Youzhu under the pretext of "national law" and "deception".

"The law of the land is important! It's just that Wang Hua presided over the suppression of bandits in Southern Jiangxi is related to the stability of the south, and it is a taboo for soldiers to change generals in battle, and I will send someone to investigate! Zhu Youzhu didn't plan to arrest Wang Hua back to the capital, so he made concessions.

Although he really wanted to shelter Wang Hua, otherwise he would not have deliberately dragged things out, Wang Hua's culpability had been confirmed by the Jiangxi side, and he could not guarantee 100% that Wang Hua had not deducted his salary.

Even if he did not agree to send Wang Hua back to Beijing to await trial, he had to send officials to examine it to determine whether Wang Huake's withholding of military pay was true.

After all, he is not the leader of the party who only needs to fight for victory, but the emperor of this dynasty, who needs to defend the national law and justice of this empire.

Wan An and Liu Ji originally thought that this young emperor would be stubborn, but when they saw that Zhu Youzhi was able to make concessions, they couldn't help but secretly feel that the emperor Hua Lai in front of them was becoming more and more mature.

When Li Yu and other officials saw Zhu Youzhi make appropriate concessions, they also secretly felt that the Son of Heaven was becoming more and more like a holy lord Mingjun.

In the face of this achievement, Zhang Ying did not intend to withdraw his troops, but said step by step: "Your Majesty, this method is not appropriate!" Wang Hua was not an ordinary official, but a governor with military power in the region, so he begged His Majesty to immediately order Wang Hua to be escorted to Beijing to prevent a local military disaster. ”

Hey?

As soon as these words came out, Wan An and other officials turned their heads to look at Zhang Ying in confusion, never expecting that the new secretary of the military department would not give up.

"Zhang Shangshu, you only see the possible risk of military disasters, but you can't see the opportunity to suppress the criminals. Not to mention that Wang Huake's deduction of military salaries is still debatable, now the imperial court has spent so much silver taels to clean up the Ganzhou Liukou and return the local peace, and now arresting Wang Hua back to the capital is not a waste of all his previous achievements? Zhu Youzhu suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked rhetorically.

Zhang Ying had already made up his mind in his heart, and even said with a statement: "Your Majesty, Wang Hua is so fearless when he sees that you attach importance to exterminating the Ganzhou Liukou, and now Wang Hua's crime has been confirmed, and he should be escorted to Beijing immediately for trial!" As for the candidates for the cleansing of the Ganzhou Liukou, there are many local talents in the Ming Dynasty, and the minister is determined to recommend a capable minister who can take on great responsibilities for His Majesty! ”

"Zhang Shangshu, you should know the military expenditure of the imperial court when you are in charge of the military department, because only one thousand taels will interrupt this suppression, I wonder if you have calculated the gains and losses?" Zhu Youzhu glanced deeply at this military secretary and asked.

Although he cannot ignore the law of the country, he must also consider the overall situation.

If the problem of Nanjiang is left unchecked, the future cost will be calculated in millions of taels, and hundreds of people will suffer miserably. Now because of this mere 1,000 taels and giving up halfway, this is unacceptable to him at all.

Now he can agree to investigate Wang Hua, but he will definitely not agree to arrest Wang Hua in the capital without asking questions, which is simply picking up sesame seeds and throwing watermelons.

In his heart, even if Wang Hua really took the one thousand taels, if Wang Hua could solve the problem of the rogue in Nanjiang, it would still be a very valuable deal.

"Your Majesty, your remarks are wrong!"

It was at this moment that a voice suddenly sounded.

Everyone couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and immediately turned their heads to look over, and found that it was Xu Pu, the left attendant of the ministry.

Xu Pu knew that it was time to go out in person, and when he came out of the ranks, he said: "Your Majesty, when you were in the East Palace, the minister said: Don't lose the big righteousness because of small righteousness!" Although Wang Huake's deduction of 1,000 taels of military salaries is not much, the righteousness has nothing to do with the amount of military salaries deducted, but has to do with the fairness of right and wrong. Even if Wang Huake withholds one or two soldiers' salaries, he must be immediately released to Beijing to await trial, instead of calculating the gains and losses and letting the traitor get away with it! ”

"Xu Shilang, what you said is exaggerated, right? His Majesty meant to send personnel to investigate, when was it to let Wang Hua get away with it? Li Yu saw Xu Pu jump out, and even though he was for tat.

"Xu Shilang, please be more strict in your wording, our Criminal Department has not convicted Wang Hua yet!" Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, saw that Xu Pu was disrespectful to the emperor, and he also corrected him.

Xu Pu's face sank suddenly, but when it came to his ability to debate, he was not afraid of these two straw bales at all, and immediately argued with reason: "Wang Huake's deduction of military salaries has been confirmed by a number of important local officials, and Jiangxi Governor Li Ang sent tens of millions of stones to help the victims of the disaster with 100,000 stones, which is a rare virtuous minister in my Ming Dynasty. Today's revelation of Wang Huake's deduction of military salaries is by no means untargeted, and it is righteous for the court to deal with Wang Hua as soon as possible! ”

"Speeding up is the righteousness, what's wrong with sending people to the local trial case?" Li Si, the head of the household, understood Zhu Youji's economic accounts very well, and said coldly.

Xu Pu came prepared this time, and said lightly: "Zhang Shangshu said just now that Wang Hua is not an ordinary official, but a governor!" If the imperial court connived at Wang Hua to continue to govern the locality, if he saw the defeat and jumped over the wall in a hurry, or if he continued to deduct and induce dissatisfaction with the new army in Ganzhou, who would be responsible for causing a military disaster? ”

"You don't want to be alarmist here! According to what you said, if the governor commits a crime, he will be sent to Beijing to await trial? He Cong, the left attendant of the military department, also stood up and retorted.

But without waiting for Xu Pu to speak, Zhang Ying, the secretary of the military department next to him, said lightly: "In the twenty-third year of Chenghua, the governor of Gansu was accused of greedy ink and the governor of Liaodong for shoddy winter clothes, didn't they all escort them back to Beijing directly?" ”

This......

When Li Si and other officials heard this example, they immediately realized that they had come prepared.

"Having said that, Wang Hua is now in Southern Jiangxi to suppress the Liukou, and it is not appropriate to change the commander in battle!" He Cong, the left attendant of the military department, was defeated, but he still insisted on his point of view.

Xu Pu was very unkind to He Cong, and even if he said that he taught the truth: "If there are mistakes and don't correct them, how can the Ming Dynasty be governed?" What's more, what achievements has Wang Hua made since he took office? It is unusual for the imperial court to send Hanlin officials to serve as governors in local areas, and now it has been proved that Wang Hua is not a military talent, even if he is not escorted to the capital, he must not choose a virtuous minister to serve as the governor of Nanjiang! ”

For a while, everyone was speechless.

In fact, things are really not in favor of their side, Wang Hua did not show enough military talent when he arrived, but he was also found to have deducted military salaries.

The most bizarre thing is that Wang Hua should be negligent to show his innocence, but now there has been no movement on the side of the General Political Division, and it seems that he has acquiesced to the facts of his crime.

"At the beginning of His Majesty's appointment, he had already stated that he would give Wang Hua a year, and now he has to talk about success or failure! Xu Shilang, you are in a hurry! Li Yu saw that Xu Pu was going to pick Wang Hua's results, and reminded him lightly.

Although Wang Hua has indeed not achieved the results of suppressing the Kou so far, and does not reflect half of his military talent from his current performance, Wang Hua was given a one-year time limit at the beginning of his appointment by the imperial court.

Now Xu Pu ignores the time limit and talks about military achievements, but he is attacking for the sake of attacking.

Xu Pu didn't feel that there was anything wrong, so he continued to argue: "Although there is a one-year period, there has been no effect so far, which shows that Wang Hua cannot take on this heavy responsibility!" As he spoke, he said to Zhu Youzhu on the dragon chair: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that you are biased against Wang Hua, and you also want to focus on the overall situation of suppressing Kou!" It's just that Wang Hua's illegal affairs were exposed by Fu Press, and there are officials such as political envoys and other officials, isn't this matter still credible? Please give up your small righteousness and do great righteousness, and order Wang Hua to be released to Beijing pending trial! ”

"I can believe it, but I won't be gullible, so sending officials to check is my bottom line!" Zhu Youzhu was not affected by Xu Pu at all, so he said lightly.

When Li Yu and other officials saw Zhu Youji's statement, they knew that this emperor was not an indecisive faint monarch after all, but a determined Ming monarch.

Even if Xu Pu said it wildly, he couldn't impress the emperor after all.

Xu Pu's brows frowned slightly, and he said with a statement: "Your Majesty, Jiangxi Governor Li Ang is recommended by the minister!" If Your Majesty does not believe Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, the minister is willing to vouch for Li Ang, and beg His Majesty to escort Wang Hua back to Beijing and deal with this sinner who withheld military salaries to uphold the law of the country! ”

Wan An and Liu Ji silently exchanged glances, but they didn't expect Xu Pu to put his political life on the line.

Things have come to this point, even if Zhu Youzhu is a dignified emperor, he needs a suitable reason to refuse.

"Xu Shilang, do you think I can't find out this case?" Zhu Youzhi seems to have decided that Wang Huake's deduction of military salaries is an ironclad fact, and he immediately seems to have insight into all the tunnels.

Xu Pu didn't expect Zhu Youzhu to be so straightforward, so he even pretended to be confused and said: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't understand!" ”

"The case of Wang Huake's deduction of soldiers' salaries must be investigated, but the rogues in southern Gannan cannot be ignored, and I cannot ignore the safety of the local people! Since you are so obsessed with the truth, I will not disappoint you, and I will definitely get to the bottom of the case! Zhu Youzhi felt more and more that this matter was a conspiracy, and even if he expressed his attitude.

Although Wang Hua probably set people up, he didn't believe that the people who set them up could do things seamlessly. Now Zhang Ying and Xu Pu jumped out one after another, which made him believe that Wang Hua was innocent, and this matter seemed like a conspiracy from beginning to end.

Xu Pu was slightly stunned at first, and said preachily: "Your Majesty, once there is a military disaster, there will be endless troubles!" Governing the country should be based on stability, and please remember the teachings of the minister when he was in the Qing Palace, and don't be so arrogant! The minister is willing to vouch for Li Ang, please immediately release Wang Hua from official detention and return to Beijing to await trial! ”

"Xu Shilang, you are really open-minded!" Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but sigh when he saw Xu Pu, who had not submitted his resignation for a long time.

Xu Pu knew that there was no turning back when he opened the bow, and said with great righteousness: "For the sake of righteousness, the minister is duty-bound, and please fulfill it!" ”

"What a good one for the sake of righteousness! Wang Hua is still in office, I will send someone to investigate, if it is really because Wang Hua has a military accident, I will issue an edict of guilt! Zhu Youzhi knew that the other party was in a hurry, so he said it in public.

Guilty of self-inflicted edicts?

When Li Yu and other officials heard this, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Xu Pu's eyes widened, he also didn't expect Zhu Youzhu to be so tough, and he didn't expect Zhu Youzhu to be able to do this for Wang Hua.

It's just that Zhu Youzhu has already made up his mind, but he chose to protect Wang Hua, and did his best to protect that champion.

"I want to go to it!"

"Your Majesty, the minister requests to go to Jiangxi to investigate this case!"

"Your Majesty, the minister recommended Yin Songcheng of Shuntian Mansion to go to Jiangxi to investigate this case!"

……

The officials present saw that Zhu Youzhu was going to send officials to Jiangxi for verification, but they knew that this was the best opportunity to win the holy favor, so they stood up one after another and expressed their authenticity.

Just as everyone was about to compete for this very important position, a Tang newspaper came in through the noon gate and was being passed on to the Fengtian Gate.

(End of chapter)