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On this day, the court discussion had just begun, and before Emperor Deqing could speak, some Qingliu officials couldn't wait to jump out to impeach Zhao Junchen. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Your Majesty, the old minister wants to impeach Zhao Junchen, the secretary of the household department!"

Young Master Guo Tang walked out quickly, his expression was full of indignation, and he said loudly.

Seeing Guo Tang's indignant appearance, Emperor Deqing glanced at Zhao Junchen out of the corner of his eyes, and seemed to have guessed the reason why Guo Tang wanted to impeach Zhao Junchen, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, but he still said: "Guo Aiqing wants to impeach Zhao Junchen?" What exactly is it? ”

Guo Tang turned his head and glanced at Zhao Junchen hatefully, as if he had some deep hatred with Zhao Junchen, for an old scholar like Guo Tang, what Zhao Junchen did yesterday really exceeded his psychological bottom line.

At the same time, Guo Tang still has some pride in his heart, after all, Zhao Junchen has become more and more cautious in recent years. The sub-party "can't easily find the handle, and now that he has finally discovered the flaw, he naturally can't wait to make Zhao Junchen look good!"

Then, Guo Tang's face was full of righteous words, and he said: "Your Majesty, I have a rule in the dynasty for a long time, and officials are not allowed to accept Qinglou women as concubines!" But as far as the old minister knows, Zhao Junchen has always been indulgent and lustful, and yesterday he ignored the imperial decree, not only accepted a lowly Qinglou woman as a concubine, but also made a big show and invited hundreds of officials, lest the world would not know! Such an act not only corrupted the atmosphere and flouted the law, but also made the entire court humiliated! Your Majesty, what do you think the people will think when they see that Zhao Junchen, as the head of the imperial court, is actually such a grandiose favor for a woman from a Qinglou? In this case, what is the reputation of the imperial court? How do the officials herds? Zhao Junchen's crime has made the world outraged, and he also asks His Majesty to remove him from his official position and severely punish him! ”

As Guo Tang's words fell, "Too. The sub-party "everyone is also ready to move, planning to impeach Zhao Junchen with Guo Tang.

At the same time, the crown prince Zhu and Yu were silent, and they did not have any intention of obstructing them.

Although Zhao Shancai has always hoped that the crown prince Zhu and Yu will improve the relationship with Zhao Junchen, but yesterday Zhao Shancai died of illness in endless pain, and at the same time Zhao Junchen was taking concubines with great fanfare, and the prince Zhu and Yu were naturally a little unbalanced in their hearts, so although he did not directly come forward against Zhao Junchen, he did not prevent the "princeling" officials from impeaching Zhao Junchen, but just stood aside and watched the changes.

However, Guo Tang's words just fell, and he didn't wait for "too. The officials of the sub-party came out to echo the young master Guo Tang, and Zhao Junchen had already preemptively come out of the list.

I saw Zhao Junchen's expression was serious and cold, and he raised his voice and said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach the young master Guo Tang!" ”

Seeing Zhao Junchen's-for-tat move, Emperor Deqing raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Oh? Zhao Aiqing also impeached Guo Shaofu? Say, what are you going to impeach him. ”

Zhao Junchen raised his voice and said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach the young master Guo Tang for the crime of spreading rumors and slandering the minister!" The minister did marry a side chamber named Fang Ru yesterday, Your Majesty, you have also seen her! The minister and her are happy and love each other, and finally got married yesterday! Fang Ru is virtuous and gentle, innocent, and the minister is also marrying her, but Guo Shaofu maliciously slandered her, claiming that she was born in a Qinglou, such slander and slander not only damaged the minister's reputation, but also hurt the minister's family, so that the minister is completely intolerable, and I hope that Your Majesty, you must be the master of the minister! ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen turned to look at Guo Tang, his eyes were extremely cold, Guo Tang didn't dare to look at Zhao Junchen for a while, and couldn't help but stagger his gaze.

However, Zhao Junchen still did not let go of Guo Tang, and asked in a cold voice: "Young Master Guo, I have always respected your reputation and knowledge, but you must also be responsible for speaking in front of Your Majesty and hundreds of officials!" You say that I've always been indulgent and lustful, so I want to ask Young Master Guo...... In my mansion, there is only one concubine in the room, that is, the Fang Ru I received yesterday! Since I take a concubine, I am considered by Guo Shaofu to be relaxed and lustful, but I don't know how many concubines there are in Guo Shaofu's mansion, who has always been clean and self-conscious? It can't be just one wife, right? ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's rhetorical question, the officials couldn't help but be stunned.

After the propaganda of the Qingliu people over the years, Zhao Junchen's reputation among the government and the opposition is quite bad, under the propaganda of the Qinglius, Zhao Junchen can be said to be full of five poisons, all the vices that the traitors and corrupt officials have since ancient times, Zhao Junchen can be said to be the same! Among them, there is naturally no shortage of evaluations such as lustful and greedy, erosive style, and even snatching wives and daughters!

is the so-called "three people become tigers", after listening to similar propaganda, most of the officials also think that Zhao Junchen is indeed a womanizer! Greed for money and lust are always compared by people, since Zhao Junchen is a corrupt official, then he must also be a yin stick!

But at this time, after hearing Zhao Junchen's rhetorical question, the officials recalled a fact, that is, Zhao Junchen has only taken a concubine so far, and there are no rumors of lust at all on weekdays.

On the other side, Young Master Guo Tang looked embarrassed, and he didn't dare to respond to Zhao Junchen's questioning at all.

However, although Young Master Guo Tang did not answer Zhao Junchen's question, the "Zhao Party" people would not miss this opportunity to fall into the ground.

I saw that Huo Zhengyuan, a university scholar, stepped out of the ranks, and said to Zhao Junchen with a smile: "Lord Zhao, you are lonely and unheard!" Guo Shaofu is amorous, but he is as famous as his moral articles! At this time last year, Guo Shaofu had just accepted the sixth concubine, I remember that the concubine was only sixteen years old, Guo Shaofu was old enough to be her grandfather, and many officials in the court at that time praised Guo Shaofu for being old and strong! ”

As Huo Zhengyuan's words fell, all the "Zhao Party" officials burst into laughter, which also made Guo Tang's old face blush.

Actually, this is not such a funny thing, having six concubines in Guo Tang's mansion was originally just an ordinary thing, for example, Huo Zhengyuan himself has seven concubines in his mansion, one more than Guo Tang, but at this time, laughing can help Zhao Junchen vent his anger, and it can also humiliate the young master Guo Tang, which is enough for the "Zhao Party" officials.

In the midst of the laughter, Zhao Junchen's expression was still serious, and he asked Guo Tang again: "It turns out that Young Master Guo who takes six concubines is a clean and moral example, and this official who accepts a concubine is lustful and indulgent, and he is really taught!" …… But the official also wants to ask Young Master Guo, you said that the official's concubine Fang Ru was born in the Qinglou, but I don't know if you have tangible evidence, Young Master Guo? If there is no evidence to prove this, why is the woman of this official so slandered by you? ”

Speaking of which, although Fang Ru is innocent and was redeemed by Zhao Junchen very early, she did stay in the Qinglou for a while, but she never showed up, and it is not wrong to say that she was born in the Qinglou.

However, this Qinglou was originally Zhao Junchen's property, as long as Zhao Junchen never recognized it, then no one would be able to find any evidence!

After all, once Fang Ru's background is confirmed, Zhao Junchen will indeed violate the laws and disciplines of the imperial court, and it will be enough to receive some punishment at that time, but if Emperor Deqing orders Zhao Junchen to drive Fang Ru out of Zhao Mansion to set the record straight, Zhao Junchen will not be able to accept it.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Junchen will compete with each other and not give an inch after hearing Guo Tang's impeachment!

At this time, hearing Zhao Junchen's questioning again, Guo Tang, who was feeling ashamed in his heart, couldn't help but be a little speechless, and retorted: "That woman named Fang Ru was originally from Qinglou and had a humble status, although you deliberately covered up this matter, how could you hide it from everyone's eyes?" A lowly woman from such a background, apart from you Zhao Junchen, who else would be included in the mansion with great fanfare? ”

Hearing that Guo Tang opened his mouth to "was born in a green building" and closed his mouth to "humble status", he kept humiliating Fang Ru in front of hundreds of officials, Zhao Junchen's eyes became more and more cold.

Zhao Junchen found that his performance seemed to be too good to speak, especially in the face of "too . Zidang", often look at the face of Emperor Deqing and the crown prince Zhu Heyu have a lot of forbearance, always blindly defensive, and do not take the initiative to attack, so that many "too. The "sub-party" officials are a little contemptuous in their hearts, and they always subconsciously think that Zhao Junchen is a soft persimmon who is easy to bully!

"If you want to gain a firm foothold in the temple and establish prestige, you must not only show grace, but also build authority! In the past, I always shot out in the shadows and killed people with soft knives, so much so that many people thought that I would only blindly tolerate and lack reverence! …… Now it seems that it is time for me to show some toughness! …… Guo Tang, you brought it on yourself! ”

When he secretly made up his mind, Zhao Junchen looked at Guo Tang's eyes, as if he was looking at a dead man!

However, Zhao Junchen did not show his thoughts, it was not very difficult to bring down Guo Tang, but if he wanted to completely destroy everything about Guo Tang and take the opportunity to establish the awe of the officials, it would take a day or two to prepare!

Therefore, Zhao Junchen just asked in a cold voice again: "So, Young Master Guo, you are just a cloud of people, and there is no evidence?" Without evidence in your hands, you can maliciously slander the important ministers of the court and their families at will, Young Master Guo, you are really majestic! Even His Majesty's punishment of officials today needs tangible evidence, and Young Master Guo's majesty is even greater than His Majesty! ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen was involved in the topic on himself, Emperor Deqing could no longer sit idly by, so he also shouted with a serious expression: "Enough!" Two court officials, quarreling like this in the Imperial Palace, what kind of system has it become? Don't argue anymore, it's up to me to judge this matter for myself! ”

Hearing Emperor Deqing say this, all the officials quieted down, and even the two parties, Zhao Junchen and Guo Tang, all hung their heads and waited for Emperor Deqing's decision.

Emperor Deqing first glanced at Zhao Junchen, then turned his gaze to Guo Tang and asked, "Young Master Guo, do you have tangible evidence in your hands to prove that Zhao Junchen's concubine Fang Ru was born in the Qinglou?" ”

Guo Tang couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw that Emperor Deqing was also asking for evidence from him.

As one of the leaders of the clear stream, he has long been accustomed to casual rumors, where is there conclusive evidence?

In the end, after Guo Tang hesitated for a long time, he finally said: "Old minister...... There is no evidence. ”

"Since there is no evidence, it is slandering the minister and spreading rumors!" Emperor Deqing didn't wait for Guo Tang to explain, and he had already made up his mind: "This is not a small crime, no wonder Zhao Aiqing reacted violently!" This matter is indeed your lack of thoughtfulness, but you are an old courtier in the court, and I can't bear to punish you heavily, so I will punish you for a year, and personally come to the door to thank Zhao Junchen after the next court, are you willing? ”

Emperor Deqing has made it clear that this is just a "light punishment", if Guo Tang dares to refuse, then it will inevitably refute Emperor Deqing's face, and the punishment at that time may not only be a fine and an apology.

Therefore, although Guo Tang was embarrassed, he finally nodded and agreed.

Then, Emperor Deqing asked Zhao Junchen: "Zhao Aiqing, are you still satisfied with my decision?" ”

Zhao Junchen lowered his head and said: "Since it is Your Majesty's decision, the minister naturally does not dare to have an opinion. ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's answer, Emperor Deqing nodded with satisfaction.

In fact, Zhao Junchen didn't care whether Emperor Deqing's punishment of Guo Tang was light or severe, because Zhao Junchen had now decided to punish Guo Tang personally!

"If three days later, you can still stand safely in the Imperial Palace, this game will be considered my loss!"

This is what Zhao Junchen thinks now!

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When Emperor Deqing personally opened his mouth to resolve the dispute between Zhao Junchen and Guo Tang, "Tai. "Everyone saw that they not only failed to punish Zhao Junchen, but suffered a secret loss, so they were naturally unwilling to let the matter end like this!"

As a result, Lu Chunxiao, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, suddenly came out of the ranks and said to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, what is the background of Zhao Junchen's concubine, you can ignore it for the time being!" But yesterday, Zhao Junchen took a concubine with such fanfare, lest the world not know it, it really hurt the reputation of the imperial court! In addition, Zhao Junchen took advantage of the concubine to feast hundreds of officials, and it seems that there is still a suspicion of forming a party, and I hope that Your Majesty will be aware of it! ”

Emperor Deqing turned his gaze to Zhao Junchen again and asked, "Zhao Aiqing, do you have anything to explain about Lu Aiqing's impeachment of you?" ”

Zhao Junchen came out again and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's actions are all out of a public heart!" With the trust of His Majesty, he was in charge of the rectification of business and taxation, and also established the 'United Shipping Company' to support the force! However, after all, 'United Shipping Company' is only a start-up, and its financial, material, and human resources are all insufficient! Therefore, the ministers took advantage of the reason of concubines to invite some close colleagues to a banquet, ask them for help, and let them raise silver from relatives and friends to invest in the 'joint ship', so that the imperial court's plan to rectify commercial taxes can bear fruit as soon as possible! Of course, the minister also knows that such a fanfare concubine does not have a good impact, so if Your Majesty, if you punish the minister's sin for this reason, the minister has nothing to say! ”

As Zhao Junchen's words fell, the officials of the "Zhao Party" were once again keenly aware of the opportunity to curry favor with Zhao Junchen, so they came out one after another and pleaded for Zhao Junchen to say good things!

This time, the new cabinet elder Zuo Lanshan seized the opportunity, and first came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister can prove that what Lord Zhao said is the truth, yesterday the minister was also in Lord Zhao's house, at that time, Lord Zhao did ask the ministers for help, hoping that the ministers would raise silver taels from relatives and friends, fund the 'joint ship', and make a modest contribution to the imperial court, Lord Zhao's loyalty, the minister is also deeply admired, and I hope that Your Majesty will be clear!" ”

As soon as Zuo Lanshan's words fell, he saw Chen Dongxiang, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, walking out quickly, and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers also participated in yesterday's banquet in the Zhao Mansion, but Lord Zhao mainly discussed with the ministers and others about the affairs of the imperial court's taxation, and the so-called concubine is indeed just a reason. I hope that Your Majesty will not let down Lord Zhao's loyalty! ”

Next, the officials of the "Zhao Party" came out one after another, all patting their chests to vouch for Zhao Junchen, proving that Zhao Junchen's concubine yesterday was completely out of public intentions.

Eventually, "too. The impeachment of Zhao Junchen by the sub-party fell through again, and Emperor Deqing only fined Zhao Junchen for one year, and such a punishment had no effect on Zhao Junchen at all.

It's just that the "too. "Zi Party", especially for Young Fu Guo Tang, a disaster is about to begin!

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