Zhao Junsheng was holding a book in his hand, which was the list of ministers, military generals, and local officials who had close relations with Cui Hao and some evidence of their dealings.

There are sixteen folds in this fold, all of which are full, and it took Zhao Junsheng half an hour to read them.

"Regarding the relationship between Cui Hao and these people, what is the conclusion of your lawsuit?"

Wang said frankly: "The conclusion of the lawsuit is: these people are headed by Cui Hao, and they are all Cui Hao's henchmen, except for the first four, the other twenty-four people are all pulled up by Cui Hao, and these are all from the Shi clan!" ”

What made Zhao Junsheng shudder was that among the twenty-eight people, there were four court ministers, six generals, twelve taishou, and six county commanders, and they had maintained close contact with Cui Hao in the past two years.

It is not difficult to see that Cui Hao has been regarded as the head of the scholar clan by these people, but it is not clear from these that they have any bad intentions, which is also the reason why Zhao Junsheng is a little relieved.

Zhao Junsheng took this thick fold and fell into contemplation, the lawsuit was established in the last two years, Zhao Junsheng believes that Cui Hao has promoted more than these people, and the officials and generals led by Cui Hao are definitely more than these.

But it is irrational to attribute some officials to Cui Hao's gang just because they have been promoted by Cui Hao, so this matter still needs to be secretly investigated and screened.

Zhao Junsheng took another fold from the imperial case, which was a list of all the officials and generals suspected of being related to Cui Hao found by the eunuchs through the files, and this list recorded the entire process of each person's transfer and promotion.

He compared the two lists one by one, and as expected, Wang frankly admitted that except for the first four court ministers, the names of the others appeared on the list sent by the eunuchs.

Zhao Junsheng took a deep breath, handed the list sent by the eunuchs to Wang Tanyan: "I want you to send someone to verify one by one whether these people have been bored in the previous promotion process, whether their military exploits or political achievements are real, there is no false report and exaggeration, and the situation of presumptuous military exploits, after finding out, report to me as soon as possible!" ”

Wang frankly took the fold and looked through it quickly, raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to send people to go one by one, they used to be officials, and it will take a lot of time to verify the place where they will be stationed!" ”

"I'll give you three months, is that enough?"

"Three months is enough!"

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Cui Mansion.

Kou Qianzhi, who was already eighty-three years old, came to the gate of Cui's Mansion in a carriage, the carriage stopped, the groom jumped out of the carriage and put the pedal next to the carriage, and a disciple lifted the curtain and said to Kou Qianzhi in the car: "Master, Cui's mansion has arrived!" ”

A young disciple helped the old Kou Qianzhi out of the carriage, Kou Qianzhi was already white-haired and old-fashioned, and he got out of the carriage with his left hand and walked towards the gate of Cui's mansion.

Menzi saw that it was Kou Qianzhi coming, and immediately stepped forward to greet him: "Meet the national teacher!" ”

Kou Qianzhi nodded: "Is Gong Cui at home?" ”

"Yes, national teacher, please!"

Another disciple had already run into the door to report, and when Kou Qianzhi was led by the door to the front hall of Cui's mansion, Cui Hao was already waiting at the door of the front hall.

"National teacher, what kind of wind blew you here today?" Cui Hao smiled and greeted him.

Kou Qianzhi made a joke: "I sat in the temple this morning, and I was whimsical, so I came to Cui Gong's mansion to disturb him, Cui Gong didn't dislike it, right?" ”

"Hahaha, the national teacher said with a smile, please come in and serve tea!"

The two of them walked into the front hall and sat facing each other on a low table near the window, and a maid boiled tea for the two of them.

Cui Hao waved his hand at the maid and asked her to go out first.

"The national teacher has come here less often in the last year or two! Come, have tea! Cui Hao picked up the teacup and gestured.

Kou Qianzhi picked up the teacup and took a breath, put down the teacup and said, "Poor Dao is eighty and three this year, and he is too old to walk. If you don't want to go to the court, you don't go out on weekdays, but today it's a whim, and I feel the need to come to Duke Cui's mansion! ”

Cui Hao was quite surprised: "Oh? Has the national teacher figured out anything? ”

Kou Qianzhi looked at Cui Hao for a long time, and said, "Cui Gong, I'm afraid your situation won't be too good in the next period of time!" ”

Cui Hao's heart jumped when he heard this, he knew Kou Qianzhi's ability, he was very good at looking, fortune-telling, and divination, since Kou Qianzhi said this, he was definitely not scaring him, he hurriedly said: "What do you say about the national teacher?" ”

"At worst, you will be imprisoned, and at worst, you will ······ Maybe the family is ruined! ”

Cui Hao panicked: "Is there a way to crack it?" ”

Kou Qianzhi sighed: "Cui Gongzhen is a poor Taoist immortal? Who else in the world today can put Cui Gong in prison? ”

"Your Majesty?" Cui Hao frowned, "Cui asked himself that he didn't cause His Majesty to be unhappy during this time, and he didn't offend anyone in the court!" ”

Kou Qianzhi thought for a while and said to Cui Hao: "A few days ago, Poor Dao heard a small piece of news and didn't know if it was true, someone in the court impeached Cui Gong, and more than once, but His Majesty did not mention this matter at these two court meetings, and he did not embarrass Cui Gong on weekdays, if this news is true, Poor Dao guesses that His Majesty should have suppressed the impeachment!" ”

"And this?" The forehead wrinkles on Cui Hao's forehead deepened, "We still don't know the news of what happened in the palace fast enough!" ”

Kou Qianzhi warned Cui Hao: "Cui Gong must not pay attention to the palace, don't you know that Your Majesty is the most taboo courtiers to plant eyeliner in the palace, once it is found out, it will definitely not be spared, three years ago, Huang Mao, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, bought the eunuch to spy on the news in the palace, do you remember!" ”

Cui Hao nodded, how could he not remember this, at that time, this incident was full of turmoil in the city, shaking the government and the opposition, after the matter was found out, the eunuch who was bought was hanged on the spot, and afterwards Huang Mao was also ordered by Zhao Junsheng to divide the corpses of five horses, and his family was punished to serve hard labor in the mine and could not be released for life.

Kou Qianzhi asked: "If someone impeaches Cui Gong, what does Cui Gong think is the reason?" ”

"It will definitely not be greedy for ink and accepting money, I, Cui, have never done anything to insult my family style and reputation in my fifteen years as an official in Daqian!"

Kou Qianzhi said: "Over the years, you have often recommended and promoted some juniors, I guess I am afraid that someone has caught the handle of this matter!" ”

"What? I, Cui, recommend talents for the imperial court, is it also a crime? Do you want me Cui to watch those talented people being buried? Cui Hao was quite angry and a little excited.

Kou Qianzhi looked at Cui Hao and said: "A few years ago, you didn't recommend talents, but the people you recommended were some former friends or children of the family, and many people still have no experience in politics and officials. Poor Dao has warned you a long time ago that today's cadres no longer need to recommend talents, it already has its own rules for selecting and using officials, but you still do your own thing, hey······"

Cui Hao was a little irritable, and he asked Kou Qianzhi: "National Teacher, you said that I went to ask Your Majesty for guilt, how about it?" ”

"Please? Are you guilty? What sin? Kou Qianzhi asked rhetorically.

"This ······" Cui Hao thought about it, what should he say when he went to see Zhao Junsheng? Whether anyone is impeached is still just gossip heard by Kou Qianzhi, and it cannot be confirmed.

After a long time, Cui Hao said: "Cui Mou is not afraid of shadows, if someone wants to impeach, let them impeach!" ”

Kou Qianzhi looked at Cui Hao, his mouth moved, but he still didn't ask in the end.

Cui Hao said again: "The national teacher actually came here to tell me about this? ”

"This is just one of them, in fact, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read!" Kou Qianzhi couldn't help but sigh.

Cui Hao was very surprised when he heard this: "What troubles does the national teacher have?" ”

Kou Qianzhi sighed: "Poor Dao is getting old, and recently Poor Dao feels that his body is getting worse and worse, but I am afraid that the deadline will come soon!" What reassures Poor Dao is that there is no disciple under his knees who can inherit the mantle, and once Poor Dao dies, he is afraid that this vein will not be able to hold for long. Although Poor Dao is old, he is not blind in his eyes and deaf in his ears, and some disciples and grandchildren have not abided by the rules and relied on the power of Poor Dao to do things that hurt nature and reason, once Poor Dao dies, their good days will come to an end! ”

Cui Hao asked: "Since the national teacher knows that some disciples are ruining your reputation outside under your name, why don't you clean up the portal?" ”

"Hey, I can't do it! Although they are doing nonsense outside, they can treat the poor Dao as if they were their biological parents in the view, and the poor Dao is ruthless and can't do it! ”

Cui Hao couldn't help but be speechless when he heard this.

On 15 June, Zhao Junsheng came to the court to listen to the government, and the ministers of various ministries stood up one by one to report on the affairs of the yamen.

After the ministers of the various ministries finished reporting one by one, Zhao Junsheng was about to announce his retirement from the court, when Huang Hongsheng, a member of the military department, stood up and held a rugin and said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach one person!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was stunned for a moment, there has been no minister to impeach anyone else at the court meeting for several months, you must know that if it is impeached in the book, the person who is impeached may not know who impeached him, but impeachment in front of the court means tearing the skin, and generally no one will do this.

Who will be impeached this time? Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Who are you going to impeach?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach Shangshu's right servant and Cui Hao, over the years he has promoted his protégés and old friends, the children of the scholars who are not learned and unskilled, and cronyism, and a large number of party henchmen have gathered around him, these people have no merit and political achievements, but they have been in a high position in a short period of time, and they have wantonly collected money and appointed cronies during their tenure, what Cui Hao has done over the years is to cultivate party henchmen and form a party for personal gain!"

When all the ministers and generals in the court heard this impeachment, they all knew that if there was evidence for this matter, they were afraid that it would make a big fuss.