The news that Emperor Xuande wanted to expand the city of Beijing soon spread throughout the officialdom of the capital, which made many officials feel very lost in their hearts, and it seemed that Emperor Xuande had decided to set the capital of Beijing, and it was impossible to move the capital to Nanjing City of "Six Dynasties and Ten Miles of Qinhuai River" in the future.

Li Yuntian knew very well that this news would be accompanied by a frenzied wave of land purchases, and the land located in the prosperous residential and commercial areas outside the south gate of the capital had become a fragrant bait for dignitaries and Ming businessmen.

In order to avoid this situation, Li Yuntian asked Shuntianfu to suspend the sale of land outside the city, and he planned to plan the construction of the outer city as a whole to make its layout more reasonable, and divide the areas for various functions before carrying out land transactions.

It is worth mentioning that as early as a few years ago, members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce had purchased a large number of land outside the capital, but since this year, they have uncharacteristically stopped purchasing land, and so far no member has purchased land outside the city.

In addition to the fact that the members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce already had enough land outside the city in their hands, the most important reason was that Emperor Xuande only had the intention of expanding the city at the end of last year after Li Yuntian's persuasion, so Li Yuntian, who knew about it, asked the members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce to suspend the purchase of land in order to avoid giving people a handle.

Anyway, after a few years of acquisition, the members of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce have hoarded a large amount of land, enough for them to build various industries on it, and the rest of the land is for others to fight for.

The day after Emperor Xuande announced the expansion of the city of Beijing, in the gloomy weather, the capital held the last great court at the end of November of the ninth year of Xuande.

No one would have thought that this dynasty caused a major earthquake in the capital, which caused the upcoming Layue in the ninth year of Xuande to be shrouded in a tense and depressing atmosphere.

As in the previous court meetings, hundreds of civil and military officials successively reported the important affairs of the headquarters to Emperor Xuande, who was coughing constantly, in the Taihe Palace.

Li Yuntian is located at the front end of the noble queue on the right side of the Taihe Palace, next to Zhang Hao, the Duke of Yiguo, which shows his high status among the nobles.

Although Li Yuntian stood there solemnly, his eyes were already wandering in the world, and he was not interested in the affairs of various ministries and academies, so he took this opportunity to secretly ponder the matter at hand.

In fact, Li Yuntian did not agree with this kind of court meeting in his heart, although the momentum showed the domineering spirit of the emperor in the world, but the work efficiency was very low, but this was a necessary means for the emperor to maintain his rule, so he followed the customs.

"Your Majesty, Wu Xin, the Imperial History of the Imperial Inspectorate of the Zhejiang Provincial Inspectorate, has a book."

The court meeting was about to end, and when Jin Ying was about to announce his retirement from the court, a voice suddenly sounded in the silent hall, and I saw a civil official wearing a seven-grade official robe walking out of the queue of the Imperial Procuratorate to supervise the imperial history, walked quickly to the front of the hall, and said loudly to Emperor Xuande who was sitting on the dragon chair:

"The minister impeached the prince of Zhenguo, the governor of Jiaozhi Guangxi, the scholar of Zuo Chunfang University, and the right deputy of the Imperial Court Li Yuntian, who bent the law for bribes and embezzled state funds, and hoped that the emperor would severely punish him to set an example!"

As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the hall were suddenly taken aback, and they all looked at Wu Xin, who was standing in front of the hall with a serious expression, and no one thought that he would suddenly attack Li Yuntian.

Li Yuntian was also stunned, looking at Wu Xin with a stunned expression, no matter what, he didn't expect Wu Xin to impeach him, and he was very surprised.

Although Li Yuntian is busy with official duties, but as the right deputy of the Imperial Palace, he still knows very well about the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, if he is not mistaken, Wu Xin is a jinshi of Ding Weike in the second year of Xuande, and he is cautious in the Imperial Procuratorate, and his appearance can be described as decent, I don't know why he suddenly attacked him this time.

At this moment, Gu Zuo, the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Wang Yucheng of the right capital, and Zhang Yunhai, the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, stood there dumbfounded, as the three officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they did not know about Wu Xin's impeachment at all, so they were also extremely shocked now, it stands to reason that Wu Xin, who is so important to impeach, should have communicated with them in advance.

But then again, the supervision of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has the power to perform independently, so even if Wu Xin did not communicate with Gu Zuo, Wang Yucheng and Zhang Yunhai in advance, there is nothing wrong with the process.

In the face of the sudden scene, the hall showed a tricky silence for a while, and everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them, Li Yuntian is not only a celebrity in front of Emperor Xuande but has always been strict with himself, so he has no handle, plus he is very popular in the court, who is full of food to offend Li Yuntian.

"Your Majesty, Wu Yushi is a good man, and the prince of Zhenguo has always been public and self-serving, where did he say that he was corrupt and perverted the law and embezzled state funds?" Soon, an angry voice came from the scene, and King Jian, the prince of Xiaoguo, walked out of the queue of nobles on the right, glared at Wu Xin angrily, and then said loudly to Emperor Xuande, "Please punish the emperor severely." ”

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhenguo is diligent in government affairs every day and conscientious, Wu Yushi's nonsense here is really ill-intentioned, please ask the emperor to investigate strictly." As soon as Wang Jian's words fell, Liang Shaojie, Marquis of Wuping, stood up and sang a loud speech to Emperor Xuande.

"Your Majesty, Wu Yushi is the Zhejiang Provincial Inspector of the Imperial History, and the Zhenguo Gong is either in Jiaozhi or in the capital, how can he know that the Zhenguo Gong has illegal things, and I hope the emperor will investigate it strictly!" Immediately after, Yu Shi Ma'an, the superintendent of Guangxi Province of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, also stood up in line and loudly said to Emperor Xuande.

Ma An and Li Yuntian were originally not on good terms because of Cui Hui, but since Li Yuntian saved Ma An's life from Niu Fei in the fifth year of Xuande, he was impressed by Li Yuntian, and this time Li Yuntian was attacked by Wu Xin, of course he couldn't sit idly by.

"Your Majesty, Wu Yushi slandered the Duke of Zhenguo, with sinister intentions, and hoped that the emperor would be clear."

"Your Majesty, Jiaozhi Dao has not found that the Zhenguo Gong is corrupt, I don't know where Wu Yushi started with this."

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhenguo is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and he can't let the villains slander him!"

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One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and after coming back to his senses, the officials of the Lecture Hall and the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the main hall came forward one after another to express their support for Li Yuntian, and they were filled with righteous indignation, making the scene become lively in an instant.

However, what was surprising was that although Li Daniu, Marquis of Anwu, and Li Manshan, the uncle of Zhongwubo, were Li Yuntian's descendants, the two of them did not speak, they just stood there expressionlessly, their expressions were extremely strict, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

Facing the turbulent scene of emotions in the main hall, Emperor Xuande kept coughing there, and because he coughed too much, a strange flush appeared on his pale face.

"No noise before the saint!" Jin Ying, who was standing beside Emperor Xuande, saw the chaos in the hall, and couldn't help but take a step forward and shouted loudly in a sharp voice.

Hearing this, the civil and military officials who were gossiping about Li Yuntian quieted down, looked at Emperor Xuande in unison, and waited for Emperor Xuande's holy ruling.

"Zuodu Yushi, do you know about this?" After a while, Emperor Xuande's coughing stopped, and he looked at Gu Zuo, the imperial historian of the left capital, under the gaze of the ministers.

"Your Majesty, Wu Yushi did not inform the minister in advance, and the minister did not know about it." Hearing this, Gu Zuo hurriedly left the queue and came to the front of the hall, and said to Emperor Xuande in a deep voice, with a helpless look on his face.

"Wu Yushi, Zhenguo Gong is the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty, do you know what crime should be committed to framing important ministers of the imperial court?" Emperor Xuande's brows furrowed, and he looked at Wu Xin with a stern expression.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhenguo seems to be a loyal and good minister, but in fact he is a traitorous and evil person." Wu Xin was not afraid at all, and bowed his hand to Emperor Xuande, and said in a solemn voice, "Your Majesty, according to the news obtained by the ministers, since the Zhenguo Gong took charge of Jiaozhi, he has not only profited greatly from the overseas trade with Nanyang, but also monopolized the commerce of Jiaozhi, and grabbed a lot of taxes from it!" ”

With a bang, Wu Xin's words immediately caused a commotion in the Taihe Palace, and the ministers whispered among themselves.

Everyone knows that Li Yuntian is in charge of the overseas trade with the Nanyang countries and the taxation of Jiaozhi, especially the overseas trade with the Nanyang countries, each time he brings millions of taels of silver to the treasury of the household department and the inner treasury of Emperor Xuande, and the profits can be imagined.

In the eyes of everyone, there are very few people who can resist the temptation in front of those white flowers, Li Yuntian has worked the affairs of Nanyang Maritime Trade, so it is natural to get some oil and water from it, and no one accounts for this.

Now that Wu Xin has pierced this layer of window paper that everyone tacitly understands, it naturally makes everyone feel surprised, and they can't figure out why Wu Xin is doing this, is it to win the name of not being afraid of power?

The civil and military ministers who can stand in the Taihe Hall have all been in the court for many years, and they will definitely not believe that the purpose of Wu Xin's attack on Li Yuntian is to recover the lost tax revenue for the Ming Dynasty, because this is nothing compared to Li Yuntian's contribution to the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Xin has always acted in a decent manner and has not won many corrupt officials before, how could he suddenly change his temper?

Therefore, the only explanation is that Wu Xin wants to use Li Yuntian to win a clear name as capital, and many officials in the court are proud to attack and be important ministers of the court, and everyone has already seen it.

Now Li Yuntian is a person in the limelight above the Ming Dynasty, if Li Yuntian is impeached, it will definitely attract the attention of the government and the opposition, and then Wu Xin will become famous in one fell swoop.

"Wu Yushi, you have evidence, and the court doesn't allow you to be untruthful!" Emperor Xuande's brows furrowed, and he looked at Wu Xin expressionlessly.

This made the hall quiet again, and people invariably turned their eyes to Wu Xin, it was obvious that Wu Xin would not impeach Li Yuntian in the court if he didn't have something at hand.

"Your Majesty, the minister received an anonymous report letter, saying that the Zhenguo Gong handed over all the business of Jiaozhi to the businessmen led by the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, and the businessmen were profit-seeking and wantonly oppressed the people in Jiaozhi."

Wu Xin reached out and took out an envelope from his sleeve, and respectfully held it in both hands and presented it to Emperor Xuande, "Not only that, but the letter complained that Zhenguo Gong manipulated the maritime trade between the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce and the Nanyang countries, and then enriched his own pockets and grabbed amazing money. ”

Emperor Xuande glanced at the letter, then bowed slightly to Jin Ying, and Jin Ying immediately walked down the imperial stairs to take the envelope, and bowed down to Emperor Xuande.

"Your Majesty, to impeach a court member on the basis of an anonymous letter alone, the minister thinks it is too child's play." Just when Emperor Xuande took the letter, Yang Shiqi, the first assistant to the cabinet, stepped forward and walked out of the queue, and said to Emperor Xuande quietly.

"The ministers also feel that it is inappropriate, if all the ministers hear about it, then the situation in the court will be chaotic." Immediately, even the official Shangshu Jianyi, who had always been old and respectful, stood up rarely, and sang to Emperor Xuande in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhenguo is an important minister in the court, and he does his best for the country, and the minister thinks that this matter should be handled carefully." Seeing this, Zhang Fu also stood up in line after groaning for a while, and said to Emperor Xuande.

Because Yang Shiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, took the lead in expressing his attitude, Jian Yi and Zhang Fu could no longer stay out of the matter, not only because Li Yuntian had a good friendship with the two, but most importantly, Li Yuntian held many important positions, and no one could take his place if there was any accident, so they naturally had to say to Li Yuntian.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Seeing that the chief officials of the cabinet, the military cabinet and the six ministries had already made their positions clear, the civil and military ministers in the hall bowed to Emperor Xuande one after another and said.

Li Yuntian couldn't plead for himself, so he stood there quietly, and when he heard the ministers pleading for him, he felt quite relieved, it seemed that his usual work was not in vain, and all the forces in the court got along well with him, so he would naturally lend a helping hand at this time.

But then Li Yuntian realized something, and hurriedly turned his head to look back, only to see all the ministers behind him bowing down in unison, leaving him standing there alone, his face suddenly turned pale.

At the same time, Emperor Xuande's right hand tightly grasped the armrest of the dragon chair, and looked coldly at Li Yuntian, who was standing in front of the palace, and his eyes flashed with a murderous intent.

On one side of the dragon chair, Fang Liang, who was standing among several Shuji scholars waiting for the order, looked at the scene in front of him with a pleasant expression, and a smug smile flashed on the corner of his mouth.