A month later, the Imperial Gate was in the early dynasty.

The civil officials of the six grades were eligible to participate in the early dynasty of the Imperial Gate. Tai Hospital's sentence Liu Wentai is also among them.

Chang Feng studied hard last night until the second half of the night, and he was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes.

No way, the emperor is a workaholic and never quits the court. The courtiers had to get up early every day and come to Fengtianmen.

Xiao Jing, the master of ceremonies, shouted at the top of his voice, "Discussion!"

Liu Wentai was the first to come out of the class: "Minister, the Tai Hospital sentenced Liu Wentai to have a good performance!"

Although the Tai Hospital judged that he was eligible to participate in the early dynasty, according to the customary rules, this official was standing on the stake in the early dynasty to fill the façade.

There has never been a precedent for a court to sentence an early dynasty.

The eyes of the military generals of Wenchen were all focused on Liu Wentai.

Emperor Hongzhi is also a little curious, what can the Tai Hospital judge do?

So Emperor Hongzhi said, "Play it."

Liu Wentai said righteously: "A total of 246 ministers, officials from the capital and local governments, jointly participated in the impeachment of the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Shu for the third major crime."

As soon as Liu Wentai's words came out, the court in front of Fengtianmen was in an uproar!

A small court judgment actually participated in the official book!

Chang Feng also pricked up his ears. Today, the king was sick and did not participate in the early dynasty. This is Liu Wentai's shameless sneak attack on the seventy-year-old Wang! Is that good? It's not good! ap.

Liu Wentai said loudly: "Wang Shu has committed three major crimes! During the Chenghua Dynasty, when Wang Shu resigned from his official position and lived in the township, he asked someone to write a biography of him, which was engraved and printed."

"In the biography, Wang Shu sells his reputation and reputation, compares himself to Yiyin and Zhou Gong, and slanders the king! This is the first great sin."

"The king has disturbed the law of electing officials, and those who do not attach themselves to him will be dismissed and degraded at every turn! This is the second great sin!"

"In the previous dynasty, Wang Shu also left behind the courtiers' performance for Master Xian. said that the palace did not reply, and fabricated the lie that the Xian Sect refused to admonish. This is the third great sin!"

"The joint impeachment of Wang Shu has a total of two hundred and forty-six signatures. Please ask the emperor to accept the words of the ministers, severely punish the king, and punish the law and discipline to calm the spirit of the first emperor!"

Next, Liu Wentai recited the impeachment recital of 10,000 words.

Chang Feng, who was standing under the front court, had the same idea as Emperor Hongzhi sitting on the dragon chair:

First, Liu Wentai has a backstage. Otherwise, how can a small Tai Hospital sentence be folded together with more than 200 officials?

Second, Wang Shu was in charge of the Ministry of Officials for six years, and there were too many people who had offended. Most of those officials who signed jointly were probably belittled by Wang Shu.

The removal of the mediocre officials was actually the will of Emperor Hongzhi. Wang Shu was attacked by officials on behalf of Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi asked, "Is your impeachment hearsay or evidence?"

Liu Wentai said: "There is Wang Shu's biography as proof. Present it with the fold!"

Xiao Jing presented Liu Wentai's folds and evidence to Emperor Hongzhi.

Sure enough, the officials who signed the joint name are basically petty officials of the sixth and seventh grades. Almost all of them have been cleaned up by Wang Shu.

In that "Biography of Wang Tianguan", all the words that slandered the former emperor have been marked by Liu Wentai. It's all a big rebellion.

It was always the joint impeachment of hundreds of officials, and Emperor Hongzhi could not help but express his position.

Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself: This matter must be investigated. Leave it to Chang Feng to check, and return Wang Shu to his innocence.

Liu Wentai seems to have guessed this. He said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, the king will definitely investigate thoroughly. But you can't let the factory guard check it."

"Wang Shu and the governor of Dongchang can make friends. Although Father-in-law Qian is loyal to the country, he will never show favoritism. But if the factory guards go to investigate, there will definitely be gossip about the partiality of the father-in-law."

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a moment and said, "This matter is ordered by the Ministry of Punishment to investigate thoroughly."

Peng Shao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, came out of the class: "The minister's order."

Changfeng went down and returned to the Fusi duty room in Beizhen.

Qian Neng and Qian Ning, father and son, walked in angrily.

Qian Neng picked up the teacup and took a sip, then spit out the tea, and "Kua" smashed the teacup to pieces!

Qian Neng scolded: "The wrestlers below are too eyeless!

Such hot tea, you want to burn me to death!"

Chang Feng knew that Qian Neng was angry because of Wang Shu's involvement. He hurriedly said, "Gong Qian is angry."

Qian Neng scolded: "Stop being angry, how can I be angry? What kind of dog and chicken neck egg would dare to impeach our generation of famous ministers of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Chang Feng, catch! Arrest Liu Wentai and serve him with great punishment!"

"Dare to slander the prince, see that I don't squeeze out his yolk and feed the flies!"

Channing chimed in: "Yes! Godfather is right, Liu Wentai should be arrested and tortured by the Great Memory Recovery Technique to him again!"

Chang Feng said, "Never!"

Qian Neng's face changed, and he glared at Chang Feng angrily: "Chang Feng, why are you turning your elbow out? Don't forget, the prince and your godfather Huai'en are close friends!"

"When the prince was transferred from Nanjing to the capital as a secretary of the ministry, it was recommended by your godfather."

"Liu Wentai's impeachment of the prince is to slap your late godfather in the face!"

Chang Feng calmly gave Qian Neng to analyze: "Father-in-law Qian, Liu Wentai has three things that cannot be caught."

"He is judged by a small court, where is there such a bold person who connects more than 200 officials and participates in the impeachment of the Ministry of Officials? There must be a backstage."

"I've guessed who's behind him."

Qian Neng asked, "Who is it?"

Chang Feng replied, "If I'm not mistaken, it's the new pavilion elder Qiu Jun. Qiu Ge is incompatible with Wang Butang."

"Last month, our ears and eyes found out that Liu Wentai had visited Qiu Ge Lao at night, and he also gave a box of Song edition books as a gift."

"The emperor needs the old pestle of Qiu Ge in the cabinet for the time being, so as to calm the hearts of the world's scholars. In other words, Liu Wentai's backstage can't be down."

"Rat-throwing taboo, this is a must-have."

Qian Neng said, "Isn't Jinyiwei good at tying tickets? Liu Wentai can be secretly arrested and interrogated."

Chang Feng explained: "Everyone in the world knows that Father-in-law Qian, who is in charge of the factory guard, is good friends with Wang Butang. If Liu Wentai participates in the impeachment of Wang Butang, he will disappear mysteriously immediately."

"Everyone in the world knows that it was you who ordered the factory guard to tie up Liu Wentai. It's not good for your reputation in the royal hall."

"Behind Liu Wentai stood Qiu Jun, and behind Qiu Jun stood all over the world. To do this is to offend the scholars of the whole world!"

"You can't catch them."

Qian Neng calmed down and pondered Chang Feng's words carefully: "Yes. Those chicken-necked and egg-reading people are not easy to mess with."

Chang Feng continued: "In the early dynasty, the emperor issued an order in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and the criminal department was responsible for this case. If our Jinyi Wei arrests Liu Wentai, won't it become a protest?"

"These are the three things you can't catch!"

Qian Neng praised: "Chang Feng, you are still thoughtful. But are we going to sit idly by?"

"Are you watching the female officials frame Tadashi?"

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "My subordinates have already figured out a way. Jinyi Wei and the Criminal Department are in charge of the prison. Peng Shao, the current secretary of the Criminal Department, is an experienced veteran criminal name."

"I will ask the emperor to go to the criminal department to watch the government. Learn how to handle cases from Peng Butang."

Qian Ning on the side heard the doorway, and he stretched out his thumb: "Master Chang, you are clever! The emperor did say that he would let the Criminal Department investigate this matter. But the Penal Department is made up of one individual."

"You go to the Criminal Department for the time being to watch the government. Isn't it just right to intervene in this case?"

Chang Feng said, "Exactly. What Father-in-law Qian said just now was right. We Jinyi Wei can't watch the female cadres frame Zhongliang!"

Qian Neng sat down in a chair, asked Lux to serve him a cup of tea, stabilized his mind, and said, "Actually, everyone understands in their hearts. It's nothing more than that the prince has offended too many people by cutting out mediocre officials and redundant personnel over the years."

"These people are in tandem, and this time they want to seek revenge on the king."

Chang Feng sat opposite Qian Neng. With his current power, he can already sit with the celebrant and the celebrant.

Chang Feng said: "Father-in-law Qian's words are incisive! Readers all over the world have such an idea. As long as you study hard and get the title on the gold list, you can ensure that you will be an official for a lifetime."

"However, after Wang Butang took charge of the ministry, he broke the convention. All officials who are mediocre in ability, do not do things, and do things in a disorderly manner, even if they have a top three background, will still be demoted and dismissed."

"Scholars all over the world naturally regard Wang Butang as an enemy!"

"Qiu Jun, a master of science, is the general backstage of scholars in the court. It is not uncommon for him to command people to attack the king's hall."

Qian Neng got up: "Without further ado, go, I will lead you into the palace to meet the emperor."

Half an hour later, in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi was looking at the impeachment excerpt worriedly.

Liu Ji was previously a stand-in for Emperor Hongzhi in the cabinet. Isn't Wang Shu a stand-in for Emperor Hongzhi in the ministry?

It is the will of Emperor Hongzhi to eliminate the redundancy of mediocre officials. Wang Shu is only the executor.

Now the stand-in has been impeached, and the reason is still in Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi didn't want a loyal old minister like Wang Shu to die well.

However, the book "The Biography of Wang Tianguan" as evidence was placed in front of him!

This is Wang Shu's autobiography, which is 2,000 words long, and it is the content of slandering the emperor.

If Emperor Hongzhi did not punish Wang Shu, wouldn't he have connived at his courtiers to insult the emperor?

Qian Neng walked in: "Your Majesty, Chang Feng asks to see you."

Emperor Hongzhi said, "I'm looking for him, let him in."

Chang Feng entered the main hall, kowtowed to Emperor Hongzhi, and said his idea of going to the Criminal Department to watch politics temporarily.

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi patted the dragon case: "Wonderful! In this way, you can help Wang Qing clear her grievances without going against my will. Officials and scholars all over the world can't find fault with it!"

"Chang Feng, people in the court say that you are young and old. I see, you're scheming!"

Chang Feng said: "Thank you for the emperor's praise. When the minister went to the Criminal Department, he did go to learn the name of the criminal from Peng Butang. It has nothing to do with Wang Shu's case."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled, "Yes, yes. I have never ordered you to go to the Criminal Department to participate in Wang Shu's case."

The next day, the lobby of the Criminal Department.

Peng Shao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, held a book in his hand and read it hungrily.

He was sixty-two years old, but his body looked like he was eighty. Sickly.

He was known for his eagerness to learn in the court, and he kept his hands on the books in his spare time.

Chang Feng walked into the lobby and explained his intention to Peng Shao.

Peng Shao is a good reader, but he is not a nerd. He immediately understood Chang Feng's intentions.

Peng Shao coughed violently and drank a cup of tea to stop coughing.

He asked Chang Feng, "You came to the Criminal Department for the time being, was it ordered by the emperor?" The purpose is to investigate the impeachment case of the old ministry of the Ministry of Officials, right?"

Chang Feng smiled slightly, "Not really. I'm here to humbly learn from you."

Peng Shao took another sip of tea: "Everyone knows it. I'm old and not in good health. You can't look into the case yourself."

"Wang Butang's impeachment case will be handed over to Yang Yiqing, the Qing official of Beizhili, to be thoroughly investigated."

"Yang Yiqing is very capable. You have to study hard with him."

Peng Shao is an old fritter in officialdom. He knew that the essence of this case was the battle between Qiu Jun, a cabinet member, and Wang Shu, the secretary of the ministry.

He didn't want to get involved. Simply designate a subordinate official to go to the top cylinder.

After a while, Yang Yiqing was called into the lobby.

Chang Feng saw the thirty-eight-year-old Yang Yiqing, and secretly said in his heart: My God, why does this person look uglier than a tiger?

If Zhang Cai is the most handsome person in the entire Beijing officialdom. That Yang Yiqing is the ugliest person among the Beijing officials.

Because of his ugliness, he should be ranked in the top ten of the second class of the gold list according to his talent, and he was classified as the top ninety-five in the third class by Master Xian.

Because of his ugliness, he has been an official for 19 years, but he is just a scholar in the fifth grade. To put it bluntly, he is a ghostwriter who writes edicts.

This year, it was easy to transfer to the Criminal Department as a substantive position.

Peng Shao introduced Yang Yiqing to Chang Feng. Instructed him to investigate Wang Shu's impeachment case.

Then Peng Shao sent the two away

"You go to the Qing Officials Division of Beizhili to study this case. Oh, take the physical evidence with you."

The Criminal Department is divided into 13 divisions according to provinces. The Beizhili Qing Officials Division is one of them.

Entering the duty room, Yang Yiqing said bluntly: "I don't like the people of Jinyiwei. I don't like to soothe you often."

Chang Feng was stunned.

With his current status, the Langzhong of the Six Divisions scrambled to convince him.

But the first time they met, Yang Yiqing directly said that he didn't like him?

Chang Feng said quietly, "Yang Langzhong, I haven't offended you before."

Yang Yiqing said with a straight face: "Jinyi Wei is above the law. Treat hundreds of officials as soon as they want to arrest them, use them if they want to use torture, and kill them if they want to. This yamen shouldn't exist in the Ming Dynasty!"

"You often pacify the envoys, and you are even more notorious in the capital. Relying on the emperor's favor, he is a butcher."

"I'm not ashamed to be in the company of butchers."

Yang Yiqing's courage is too great! actually called Chang Feng a "butcher". This was much more than Changfeng expected.

Chang Feng said, "You say I'm a butcher, but I'm telling you, I kill all the people who deserve to be killed!"

"There are too many people in the Ming officialdom who should be killed. I can only bear the infamy of being a butcher."

Chang Feng is actually very worried, Yang Yiqing is a rotten Confucian. He was not allowed to participate in the investigation of Wang Shu's impeachment.

Then he will come to the Ministry of Punishment in vain.

Unexpectedly, Yang Yiqing said with a straight face: "I don't like you, I don't like you." To clear the grievances of a generation of famous ministers, I still have to cooperate with you."

Chang Feng said: "Yang Langzhong also thinks that Wang Butang is wronged?"

Yang Yiqing replied, "Anyone with a discerning eye knows what's going on. Wang Butang is upright, and in his six years in office, he has made countless mediocre officials who have been in office lose their positions."

"Those people are taking revenge on this fold!"

Chang Feng praised Yang Yiqing: "Brother Mingren!"

Yang Yiqing opened the so-called "criminal evidence" - "The Biography of Wang Tianguan".

This is an autobiography by Wang Shu. The autobiography of officials is not unique to modern people, starting with the Song Dynasty.

Chang Feng and Yang Yiqing carefully looked through "The Biography of Wang Tianguan". It was found that there were indeed many rebellious words slandering the former emperor.

For example, the first emperor was obsessed with atrial surgery, and Wang Shu repeatedly advised.

said that the first emperor was faint and used villains, and Wang Shu dissuaded him many times.

What's more, it is said that the emperor has a disease that does not move, and he loves to use health medicine. Wang Shu wrote a letter to persuade the emperor to stop using the body-strengthening medicine and take care of the dragon's body.

It's a dead life! Directly said that the emperor was soft...... Typical of the Great Rebellion.

Chang Feng said, "Yang Langzhong, I don't think Wang Butang will be so confused. Put these headless words into your autobiography."

Yang Yiqing said: "I also think that this "Biography of Wang Tianguan" is fake."

Chang Feng said: "In my early dynasty, I listened to Liu Wentai read the excerpts of the impeachment of Wang Butang. The words are sharp, and each word is like a knife."

"It doesn't look like it was written by someone who has been in the hospital for a long time. It's like the handiwork of an old imperial historian."

Yang Yiqing said, "That's it. Let's go to the palace of the royal department first and ask about the authenticity of this autobiography."

Chang Feng said, "Okay. Let's go."

The two came to Wang Shu's mansion.

Seventy-six-year-old Wang Shu was already riddled with diseases. I had a big fight with Qiu Jun last time, and his condition became even worse. Now he is bedridden.

Chang Feng and Yang Yiqing came to Wang Shu's sickbed and explained their intentions.

Wang Shu was so sick that he couldn't see things clearly, so he could only ask Chang Feng to read the autobiography to him.

Chang Feng thought about it for two full moments.

Wang Shu said, "This autobiography is false! In the past, when the female cadres were in charge of mediocrity, I briefly returned to my hometown."

"When I returned home, I asked a friend from my youth to write a biography."

"But where are those rebellious words in there?"

"Seventy percent of what you read is the original text of my autobiography. The other thirty percent of the great rebellion was added by others!"

Chang Feng blurted out: "Sure enough!"

Lau Boon Tai's Mansion.

Liu Wentai is celebrating with his friend, Yushi Wu Zhen, drinking and having fun.

Liu Wentai smiled and said, "Brother Wu, you are still good at writing excerpts of impeachment! I read aloud at Fengtianmen this morning, and I was shocked by all the civil ministers and military generals!"

Chang Feng's guess was right. The impeachment excerpt was not drafted by Liu Wentai, but by Wu Zhen.

Wu Zhen said indignantly: "Originally, I was the right Yushi of the fourth grade. Wang Shu took charge of the ministry, and actually demoted me to the end, and let me be a little seven-grade imperial history!"

"If you have revenge, you don't take revenge, it's not a gentleman!"

Liu Wentai said: "Yes! Originally, I was sure that I could be promoted to Sichuan salt tea transfer. You can earn at least tens of thousands of snowflakes in three years!"

"But the king forgives me for stumbling on that old thing! Get in my way!"

"Cutting off people's wealth is like killing your parents! How can you not avenge the murder of your father and your mother?"

Wu Zhen was a little worried: "It's just that I always sweat when I falsify my autobiography."

Liu Wentai smiled: "Don't worry, brother! I've found it all out. Wang Shu's true autobiography was only printed in 300 copies in his hometown of Sanyuan Mansion in Shaanxi Province and distributed to relatives and friends."

"This time, I paid my money, took out two thousand taels of silver to save money, and printed five thousand copies of my fake autobiography. It's in almost all the bookstores in the capital!"

"There are more fakes than reals, and fakes have come true!"

Wu Zhen was surprised: "Two thousand taels? Brother Liu really paid for it!"

Liu Wentai talked about business: "Being an official is like doing business. If you don't put in it, how can you get it back?"

"I spent two thousand taels, if I can bring down Wang Shu and become a Sichuan salt tea transfer envoy, the return will be at least five times!"

"To do a big business, how can you feel sorry for the small capital?"