And then he was sprinkled with a whole bunch of inferences and prospects! And after him, several officials of the same level began to attack Liu Haojia. As a result, their appearance made him breathe a sigh of relief! Because the direction of these people's attacks is obviously focused on the fact that he is imprisoning the scholars!

In fact, in Liu Haojia's opinion, if these people focus their attacks on Yanzheng, he has almost no chance of winning! Because in terms of numbers, the other party has an absolute advantage! And sometimes the direction of things in the DPRK and China is judged according to the number of people, not according to the right and wrong of things!

Just like when the Great Song Dynasty dug a canal, everyone knew that this canal could not be built, because the terrain was high in the east and low in the west, and the canal built could only cause the river to backflow, but it was still built like this! It is because the people who advocate the construction of the canal are the majority of the imperial court! And among these people, they are all *** of the imperial court!

And Liu Haojia has offended many officials when he meddled in the affairs of salt politics, and these officials are inextricably linked with salt merchants! Even if there is no connection between them, I'm afraid they don't want Liu Haojia to interfere in the salt administration!

Because stability is overwhelming for these ***! As long as the court and the people remain stable, they will be able to control everything and safeguard their interests! Only when there is a change, they have to devote extra energy to deal with it! So sometimes even if they know that a certain policy is beneficial to the country and the people, they may not do it!

What's more, what a big deal it is to lower the price of salt, and it is a glory that can go down in history, how can such an honor be completed by a nobleman! So even if this matter is beneficial to the country, it must become unfavorable for him, and then remove Liu Haojia from it, and then let them complete it!

So once Liu Haojia faces these people, he really has no chance of winning! If these people stood together in the center of the main hall and shouted at Emperor Wanli, "Please make a decision!" , Emperor Wanli is likely to give up Liu Haojia!

This is not to say that Emperor Wanli does not understand the reason, but because he can't reverse the general trend! When so many court officials oppose him together, as the emperor, there must be avoidance! Especially when the entire civil service group has the power to subvert the imperial power, he must be more careful! Even if you sacrifice some people, you have to exchange for the stability of the imperial power! So this is not the matter of Emperor Wanli himself, but the position he is in requires him to do this! Look at the book

After these people went out to publish the impeachment article, the nobles who supported Liu Haojia symbolically debated with them and then retreated. Because the people who impeached Liu Haojia just now were all low-grade civil officials, the right ones with them were all nobles with relatively small portals.

This is the default unspoken rule in the imperial court, soldier against soldier, general against general! However, this rule is not divided according to official position, but according to the actual power of oneself!

Like Liu Haojia is just a marquis, but he has an actual fief, and he is deeply trusted by Emperor Wanli, and he is also the commander of the Jinyi Wei Qianhu, the commander of the Wu'an Army, the actual controller of Tianjin, the protector of the maritime merchants, and the commander of the navy, so he actually has a lot of power, and he can be regarded as a wealthy family at the level of the national prince!

Therefore, the civil officials also sent low-grade civil officials to come forward in accordance with the rules, and then Liu Haojia sent the nobles of small families to resist. But when the civil officials were promoted, these nobles returned to the class. And those veteran nobles did not mean to come forward, which is also the lack of background of the Liu family, and they were not moved for a while.

Since Xungui didn't come forward, Emperor Wanli took on the responsibility of making peace with the mud! He insisted on investigating and then talking about the problem. And these people faced Emperor Wanli and argued without fear!

Just when the smell of gunpowder on both sides was getting stronger, another person came out of the class and said, "Why do you need Dongchang to intervene in such a thing? Wu Ninghou is in the class now, why don't you ask him to come out and ask! 「

Liu Haojia raised his eyes and recognized that this person was He Jinsong, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites! Seeing him appear, Liu Haojia knew that today's heavyweight boss appeared! And he knows very well that this person is Zhang Siwei's person, it seems that it is probably Zhang Siwei who is the one who will deal with him this time!

But he didn't understand why Zhang Siwei was working so hard to deal with him? But he understood the truth after a little thought.

Shanxi is Zhang Siwei's hometown, and the Zhang family's power is naturally great! In this case, it is natural to meddle in the salt industry! Maybe this time Liu Haojia made a big loss to the Zhang family! Moreover, after Qi Jiguang sat in Datong Town, he used thunderous means to liquidate a group of smugglers with a less profound background, which relatively shocked many people! It is estimated that the Zhang family has lost a lot in this regard! Probably Zhang Siwei wants to make up for the loss from him!

Moreover, Zhang Siwei has coveted the position of the first assistant for a long time, if he can interfere in the salt administration, with the help of Liu Haojia's existing layout, he can really bring down the salt price in Shanxi and its surroundings! It's a great feat to come here, and it's a huge help for him to ascend to the throne of Shousuke!

At this time, Emperor Wanli was also a little unbearable, so he wiped his sweat and said, "Liu Aiqing has anything to say?"

Liu Haojia said after hearing this, "The minister has nothing to say! They said that the minister had never done anything to imprison and beat the scholars, and they slandered them at this time!"

His words immediately caused a commotion among the hundred officials, and everyone accused him of lying! And He Jinsong sneered and said, "Why should Wu Ninghou lie and quibble! Yesterday evening, fifty-two scholars rushed to the door of the Hou Mansion and wanted to ask the Hou Ye about the salt administration, but Wu Ning Hou did not say a word and directly instructed the family to beat the scholars and arrest them into the mansion! I'm afraid there are hundreds of people who have seen this, and it's not like you can fool around without admitting it!"

Liu Haojia said lightly: "You said that there are hundreds of people who can see Ben Hou imprisoned and beat the scholars, but Ben Hou can also find hundreds of people to prove that Ben Hou went back to the house directly yesterday, and he has not met the scholars, let alone begged them to be imprisoned, you are slandering!"

He Jinsong sneered and said, "Slander? I'm afraid it's not slander! Wu Ninghou, the evil things you have done are something you can't hide! Wu Ninghou, this official wants to ask you, did you torture the scholars, and the methods were extremely cruel?"

As soon as he said this, the entire hall was silent, and then a huge commotion erupted! All the civil officials looked at Liu Haojia in disbelief! Some of them look at them with regret because they are neutral people! As for the officials who were hostile to him, they were ecstatic!