Chapter 248: Falling Short (Second Update)
"So many people can't even fight a charlatan, it's just a waste, it's not enough to succeed and more than to lose!"
In Tongzhou City, with a crisp snap, a deep roar came from a house, startling a few chirping birds on a big tree in the courtyard.
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There was a broken teacup and a large puddle of water stains on the floor in the room, and the water stains were fine Longjing tea leaves, which were steaming, and it seemed that the crisp sound just now was the sound of the teacup falling to the ground.
King Han sat behind his desk with red eyes, his face full of anger, his chest rising and falling slightly due to excitement, and his eyes revealing a terrifying murderous aura.
Facing the angry King of Han, Zhu Zhanyu was silent, standing at the desk with his head down, and he brought bad news to the King of Han just now when he hurried from the capital.
The trial of the cabinet and the five governments and six ministries has ended, after Su Bolang left, Zhu Yongqing asked people to search Feng Shun's home, and under the leadership of Yang An, he easily found the property hidden by Feng Shun, which is ironclad evidence that Feng Shun was corrupt and perverted the law, and then Zhu Yongqing was put in prison by the criminal department.
The servants who went to the Imperial Dining Room and the food merchants also returned, and the account books of the two parties were paired, and the difference between the price of the ingredients and the market price of the ingredients in the Imperial Dining Room was clearly presented in front of everyone.
To the shock of the officials in the lobby, the purchase price of the imperial dining room was not only several times the market price, but even more than ten times, and the highest reached more than 20 times.
As a result, there was a huge price difference between these ingredients, and these price differences went into the pockets of Zhang Wang and Peng Daniu.
Therefore, Zhu Yongqing interrogated Peng Daniu, who was brought back from the imperial dining room by the criminal department's envoys, and in the face of conclusive criminal evidence, Peng Daniu, who was not psychologically prepared at all, immediately revealed what he knew and confessed, and then implicated himself in the bribery case of the imperial dining room.
Since the imperial dining room belonged to the Shangshan Supervisor of the 24th Yamen of the Inner Court, pulling out the radish naturally brought out the mud, if it were not for the Shangshan Supervisor's inner attendant, Zhang Wang and Peng Daniu alone would not dare to do anything in the imperial dining room.
Therefore, the cabinet and the officials of the five governments and six ministries went down to check, and the people of Shangshan Jian were unlucky, including the right young eunuch of Shangshan Supervisor, many people were put in prison by Jinyiwei.
If it weren't for Empress Zhang's appearance, the eunuch with the palm print of Shang Shan Jian would also be dragged into the water.
In fact, these things in the palace Empress Zhang are clear, and she usually turns a blind eye, after all, these servants of the Shangshan Prison are people who want to serve the royal family in the palace, and they belong to the people around the royal family, so who is willing to work hard for the royal family?
Because of Zhang Wang's matter, the matter of the imperial dining room was stabbed out all of a sudden, and he was arrested by the cabinet and the people of the five mansions and six ministries, so he had to be punished, but he couldn't be ruthless, and the proportions must be taken well, not only to give the people of Shangshan Jian authority, but also to make them concentrate on doing things for the royal family.
Therefore, Empress Zhang opened the net, and the servants of Shang Shan Jian were all grateful, and naturally served the royal people more attentively.
What made the King of Han furious was that the cabinet and the officials of the five prefectures and six ministries thought that Zhang Wang's death was controlled by others and had nothing to do with the Venerable Yuan Xia, and that the mastermind behind the smashing of the Wu family was Feng Shun.
In this way, the Venerable Yuan Xia got out of the current whirlpool of right and wrong, and the clear stream of those imperial courts also died down, waiting for the emperor to settle the account.
This undoubtedly made King Han's plan frustrated, and he could not force Emperor Hongxi to appear, and he could not be sure of Emperor Hongxi's life and death, so he did not dare to enter the city rashly, so as not to fall into the trap of Emperor Hongxi at that time, and there would be no return.
King Han had been leisurely drinking tea and waiting for good news from the capital, but as long as the cabinet and the people from the five prefectures and six ministries thought that the Venerable Yuan Xia was involved in the affairs of Zhang Wang and Wu Shaoqing, the Venerable Yuan Xia had to be tried.
At that time, even if he can't convict the Venerable Master Yuanxia in the court, then he must be imprisoned, as long as the suspicion on his body cannot be cleared, he can no longer preside over the blessing ceremony of Emperor Hong Xi, and without the Venerable Master Yuanxia's prayer ceremony, it will naturally lose its meaning, which will force Emperor Hong Xi to appear.
If Emperor Hong Xi could not appear at that time, no matter whether Emperor Hong Xi was alive or dead, Fan Bin, Feng Changan and others would take the opportunity to build momentum for the King of Han and invite the King of Han to enter Beijing to preside over the overall situation, which gave the King of Han an excuse to enter Beijing, and then control the situation in the capital and be invincible.
At that time, even if the prince can enter Beijing, then he will be suppressed by the King of Han, not to mention that Zhu Zhantan has besieged the prince in Jining Mansion, whether the prince can come to the capital alive or not, it is best to get rid of Zhu Zhantan and save a lot of trouble.
But who would have thought that Venerable Yuan Xia would suddenly appear in the lobby of the Criminal Department, and be anti-guest-oriented, chic and comfortable to lead the trial of the cabinet and the five governments and six ministries, and easily get out of the case, which means that King Han's plan will come to naught, and his anger can be imagined.
"Father, Erchen thinks that Master Yuanxia is indeed a little evil, otherwise how would he know about those secret things?" After King Han's anger subsided, Zhu Zhanyu spoke cautiously.
"Stupid, that Master Yuanxia is just a warlock who is used to hide people's ears, it seems that the emperor's side has a beneficial adviser, not only found out Zhang Wang's yankuai, but also made Feng Shun a scapegoat, which is really hateful."
King Han couldn't help sneering when he heard this, and glanced at Zhu Zhanyu angrily, he didn't believe in any ghosts and gods, this time it was clear that the emperor's skills were superior, which made Fan Bin and others defeated.
"Father, since the prince has secretly entered Beijing, and the emperor is fasting and praying so suddenly, Yi'er Chen sees that the emperor is Bintian, and the father might as well take the opportunity to enter Beijing, and no one will be able to help the father at that time, as long as the father ascends and shouts, there will be many ringers in the capital!"
Zhu Zhanyu's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of embarrassment when he heard this, he groaned for a while, and said to King Han in a low voice.
"This matter should be considered in the long run, not recklessly!" King Han frowned slightly when he heard this, as if he was a little tempted, and then shook his head at Zhu Zhanyu with a stern expression.
In fact, the King of Han also suspected that Emperor Hong Xi had died, but he did not have accurate news at hand so he did not dare to act rashly, he and Emperor Hong Xi fought for the throne for more than 20 years, and naturally knew that his eldest brother was not an idle person, far from being as simple as it seemed.
As Zhu Zhanyu said, this time Emperor Hongxi fasted and prayed very suddenly, plus the prince secretly entered Beijing, it seems that something happened to Emperor Hongxi, but no one knows what the actual situation is, God knows if this is a trap of Emperor Hongxi, just wait for King Han to jump in.
This made the king of Han have to be cautious, he now has no capital to take another wrong step, otherwise it will be an abyss, so he must act steadily.
Anyway, the crown prince has been trapped in Jining Mansion, as long as he waits for the blessing of Emperor Hongxi in 7749 days to be completed, then he will know the truth of the matter.
Zhu Zhanyu saw that King Han had denied his own construction, and his eyes couldn't help but show a look of disappointment, as a young man with strong blood, he was more inclined to take risks.
In the evening, the Warden Office.
Hu Yitu's home set up a sumptuous meal, Hu Yitu and Yang Yungui sat opposite each other and drank, this table of wine and food was ordered by Yang Yungui from a famous restaurant in the capital and sent over.
Since Venerable Yuan Xia made a big show in the lobby of the Criminal Department today and defused the sharp offensive of King Han, Yang Yungui specially came to thank Hu Yitu.
"Master Hu, I would like to give you a cup, if it weren't for your strategizing this time, Venerable Yuanxia would definitely not be able to get out." While talking and laughing, Yang Yungui's face turned pale, and he respectfully raised his glass at Hu Yitu, he now admires Hu Yitu so much, everything is secretly planned by Hu Yitu, which can be described as just right.
"Don't call me an adult, listen to the weird thing, if you want, call me Uncle Hu like Yuntian, and come here to drink with me when you have time."
Hu Yitu smiled and touched the wine glass with Yang Yungui, to be honest, he admired Yang Yungui a lot, through these days, he thought that Yang Yungui's talent was second only to Li Yuntian, if he was good at **, he would have a bright future and become Li Yuntian's right-hand man, so he had a pity for him.
"Uncle Xie Hu." Yang Yungui couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, he heard the meaning of cultivating him in Hu Yitu's words, if he could get Hu Yitu's guidance, it would be of great benefit to him.
Hu Yitu smiled when he heard this, took a sip of the liquor in the wine glass, Yang Yungui quickly drank his own wine, and then poured it for Hu Yitu diligently, chatting from south to north, and the atmosphere was relaxed and warm.
I'm afraid that King Han would never have guessed that the one who spoiled his good deeds would be the Taifu Temple Si Cheng, who lived in the Waryard and was with horses all day long, a petty official with six grades.
On the second day after the trial of the cabinet and the five government and six ministries, Wu Shaoqing and some officials who knelt in front of Chengtianmen were arrested by Jinyiwei and put in the edict of Fusi in Beizhen, accused of criticizing the king, slandering the country and having bad intentions.
This time, no one in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty pleaded for Wu Shaoqing and other people who were arrested and imprisoned, because what they did this time was too excessive, and they had already violated the taboo in the officialdom: kneeling and forcing the palace only by guessing and conjecture without evidence and without evidence, almost ruined Emperor Hongxi's blessing ceremony, which can be described as a provocation to Emperor Hongxi.
In the final analysis, it was Wu Shaoqing's fiasco in the cabinet and the trial of the five governments and six ministries, and it was really impossible for people to open their mouths to intercede for him, after all, the officials also had a bottom line, how could they do anything wrong? You can't offend the majesty of the emperor out of thin air.
Besides, Wu Shaoqing's popularity in the court is not good, whoever is full of food and supports himself for him will become Wu Shaoqing's accomplice.
Feeling that Wu Shaoqing and others were going to be unlucky, many officials in the court saw the wind and steered them, and impeached them, demanding that Wu Shaoqing, who had ill intentions, be severely punished.
Not only that, some officials who participated in kneeling and being reprimanded even wept bitterly and went to the recital, saying that they were deceived by Wu Shaoqing and hoped that Emperor Hong Xi would forgive their sins.
For a time, Wu Shaoqing changed from a loyal minister to a water dog that everyone shouted and beaten, and his situation couldn't help but be embarrassing.
Unlucky with Wu Shaoqing, there is also his friend, Zhao Yu, the priest of the Ministry of Rites who staged a good show of evil in his house, was arrested by Jinyiwei and put in the edict of Fusi in Beizhen, and he was tortured and admitted that he deliberately pretended to be evil to deceive Wu Shaoqing, in order to hope that Wu Shaoqing could bring down the Venerable Yuanxia, so that Wu Shaoqing would not dare to provoke him in the court, and he could also benefit.
Zhao Yu knew very well that Qin Yongxiang was standing behind the King of Han, and he couldn't shake it at all, anyway, he was already finished, and he simply carried the charge for the safety of his family, so that Qin Yongxiang could still take care of his family.
At the suggestion of Empress Zhang, Jin Yiwei did not delve into the authenticity of Zhao Yu's confession, but directly closed the case with his confession, so as not to make waves again.
It can be said that the world is impermanent, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and Zhao Yu's thought is different, not only promoted to a dream, but also became a prisoner, which is really a bit regrettable. One