Chapter 343: Attacking in Groups (First Update)
On the morning of the second day, several masters in the cabinet, like Li Banghua, all stayed awake all night but were full of energy, and they seemed to have returned to the days when they were young and fighting old Cao and fighting old Wei.
Last night, as soon as Liu Hong's front foot left, Li Banghua visited the first assistant Zheng Sanjun overnight, and then five or six uncles in the cabinet began to work on today's affairs.
In the middle of the night, the servants of the cabinet chief assistant were busy in all directions, wandering among the major dignitaries of the imperial court......
After 300 years of the Ming Dynasty, the open and secret struggle between the emperor, the ministers and eunuchs, and the cabinet and civil officials has never stopped.
However, due to a series of actions of the cabinet, there were also contradictions between the cabinet and the civilian clique, and with the-stirring stick of An Guogong, the factional relationship in the court became more subtle for a while.
When Chongzhen first inherited the unification, he directly put Lao Wei and his comrades in one pot and connected countless so-called eunuchs.
Under the vigorous initiative of the civil official group, on the grounds of not competing with the people for profit, Chongzhen successively abolished the tax supervision, mining tax, salt tax, and tea tax...... There is also the East Factory.
These were all subordinate functions of the celebrant before, and the civil officials and the ministers fought for two hundred years, and in the Chongzhen Dynasty, the civil official group defeated the ministers.
Now that Chongzhen has reopened the East Factory, the celebrant has gradually risen again.
And Li Yunkui's passage of the Ma Shiying case was regarded by these civilian officials as a provocation to them.
Originally, there was still some gap between the cabinet and the civilian clique, but because of this incident, they came back together.
Because they have a common enemy, an enemy that is more terrible and more insidious than An Guogong.
"Hundreds of officials!" Li Yunkui saw Chongzhen's signal, glanced at the ministers, and shouted at the male duck's throat.
He is in a good mood today, because of Ma Shiying's case, there have been more and more officials who have come to give gifts in the past few days, and this year's income alone has exceeded all of his life......
This feeling can't be too pleasant, Zhang Xinyu, the female official next to Queen Yi'an, ignored him in the past, and now she is willing to marry him, and she can sleep with the cold female official at night, making him feel like a man again.
The only thing that made him unhappy was that the Dongchang Fanzi reported that the candlelight in the house of the cabinet chief assistant was lit overnight last night, and the servants were running around, as if they were planning actions against him.
Li Yunkui scoffed at this, not to mention Chongzhen's indignation at Ma Shiying's corruption, just because Dongchang raided those corrupt officials, Chongzhen was indignant and had a lot of indignation.
Even with Li Yunkui's hands, he also made a lot of money, with Li Yunkui's understanding of Chongzhen, Chongzhen will definitely not reprimand him because of the words of these civil officials.
Because Chongzhen doesn't trust them at all!
"The minister has something to do!" Wei Renmin, the right deputy of the Inspectorate, knelt out of class.
"What's the matter with Wei Aiqing? Read! Chongzhen's face was expressionless, and the image of the entire inspectorate had already collapsed in Chongzhen's heart.
"The minister impeached Li Yunkui, the eunuch of the Ministry of Rites, and took the case of Ma Shiying, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, as an opportunity, to wantonly plant a lot, fill his own pockets, and cause chaos to the court! Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven and the Lord of the People, so you should revitalize the dynasty and eradicate the traitors! ”
Wei Renmin said impassionedly, and after speaking, Li Yunkui's face darkened when he finished speaking, but before he could argue, Chongzhen opened his mouth first.
"Wei Aiqing is serious, the cases handled by Dongchang are all well-founded, how can they cause trouble to the court, I see, it is those corrupt officials who have been convicted who are causing trouble to the court!"
Chongzhen looked disdainful, saying that Li Yunkui was full of private pockets, didn't he mean that he Chongzhen was full of private pockets?
These hypocritical imperial histories love to 'do justice' with high-sounding hats, which is really bold!
If you talk about the recent Li Yunkui, Chongzhen really feels that in addition to An Guogong, he is another capable general sent to him by God.
Although the matter of copying the house was carried forward by An Guogong, Chongzhen Li Yunkui was also unrelenting, and recently only copied more than 3 million taels of silver.
These are all moths of the Ming Dynasty, but now they are impeached by these courtiers, and it is no wonder that Chongzhen is not angry.
Then several courtiers came out to impeach, but Chongzhen still didn't care, and the entire early dynasty broke up unhappily.
On the third day, in addition to the Inspectorate and the Six Sections, the grandfathers of the cabinet also took action to impeach Li Yunkui, but Chongzhen still refused to allow it with a gloomy face.
But it is obvious that the weight of the cabinet is much heavier than that of those imperial historians, and Chongzhen and Li Yunkui both frowned and retreated.
Li Yunkui was not to be outdone, and that night he raided the mansions of several officials in Dongchang to make an example of the monkeys.
But the official may be afraid of An Guogong, but he is not afraid of this dead eunuch at all.
The two sides are dog-eat-dog-haired, no one is afraid of anyone, but no one can help anyone, but Chongzhen is sandwiched in the middle, and his brows are getting deeper and deeper.
So that night, two waves of people came to the Anguo Mansion.
The first wave is a joint letter from the first and second assistants of the cabinet, to the effect that they can't hold on, An Guogong, it's time for you to go!
The second wave was Chongzhen's own dictation, ordering him to go to court tomorrow, but he didn't say why.
But Liu Hongjian has been paying attention to the development of the situation, how can he not know why.
So on the morning of the fourth day, Liu Hong, who was dressed in a gorgeous costume, finally came late.
"Your Majesty, Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, sent a note to impeach Li Yunkui, the master of ceremonies, for investigating the Ma Shiying case as an excuse, not knowing black and white, and his hands, causing the yamen of various ministries in Nanjing to fall into panic and the people's resentment boiling!"
Zheng Sanjun, the first assistant to the cabinet, took out Shi Kefa's recital and read it out on his behalf.
"I don't know if Shi Kefa's words are true or false, but has Zheng Aiqing also begun to be alarmist?" Chongzhen glared at Zheng Sanjun, who was very dissatisfied with the cabinet's recent actions.
It's just that last night, even Zhang Guoxing, the imperial horse supervisor, explained to him Li Yunkui's evil deeds in the palace.
Zhang Guoxing has never interfered in court affairs, he abides by the duties of a minister and does not make friends with anyone, and when the army besieges the city, he can risk his life and climb the city wall to confront the army, which is very respectful.
What Zhang Guoxing said, Chongzhen was finally shaken, and he reprimanded Li Yunkui that night and ordered him to reflect on his mistakes.
But that's about it......
But the court has fallen into a dead loop, and Chongzhen knows that if there is no end, I am afraid that these courtiers will still chatter.
"An Guogong? Do you have any suggestions? ”
Since the marriage of the crown prince Zhu Cihong, Liu Hongji, the Duke of Anguo, has not been to the court for several days, Chongzhen feels that it is time, after all, this trick of investigating and punishing the family is still the best at An Guogong.
And An Guogong has never let him down, and this time will definitely be no exception!
Unlike Chongzhen's expectant eyes, Li Yunkui's face instantly darkened, and he felt a little bad.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Li Yunkui is guilty, and his crime should be punished!" Liu Hong gradually became silent, and he became a blockbuster!
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