People in Zongwu: Starting with the Yin Gui Sect

Chapter 311

Wu Yu's summoning of Lu Xiangsheng and others did not hide from those who were interested. The cabinet got the news in just one day.

"Prime Minister, His Majesty summoned Lu Xiangsheng and others and entrusted them with important tasks without informing us in advance."

In Wenyuan Pavilion, Shi Fenglai, the second minister, complained to the Prime Minister Huang Liji.

However, Huang Liji just glanced at him after hearing this, "Your Majesty must have issued an imperial decree. When did you need the consent of the cabinet!"

"That being said, it is not a good thing that His Majesty's first decree directly bypassed the cabinet. If it continues for a long time, I am afraid that the authority of the cabinet will be greatly reduced."

As soon as this was said, Lai Daozong on the other side also joined in: "Yes, I also agree with Yu Huang's opinion. We must try our best to find a way to persuade His Majesty, otherwise the cabinet will become a decoration in the future."

Although the two belonged to different factions, they still stood together when it came to the authority of the cabinet.

"Okay, instead of worrying about this, it's better to think about how to prepare for tomorrow's morning court."

Don't think that you don't know what these people are thinking. It's just that you think it's easy to fool your Majesty because he is young and has just ascended the throne.

But others don't know, but Huang Liji doesn't know. He witnessed the whole process of Emperor Tianqi entrusting his son to him a few months ago. The new emperor is definitely not someone who can be fooled.

Especially the perfunctory words of the new emperor at the beginning, he heard that the new emperor seemed to intend to suppress the eunuch party.

Although it is unknown to what extent the suppression will be in the end, there will definitely be many officials of Wei Zhongxian's faction who will become cannon fodder to balance the court.

So compared with others who are thinking about how to figure out the emperor's mind, he is more concerned about how to cut off from Wei Zhongxian.

And the speed of this cut must be fast, so as not to be pushed out by Wei Zhongxian as a scapegoat.

Although he was also a member of the "eunuch party", he was only temporarily attached to Wei Zhongxian in order to take the position of the prime minister.

Didn't you see that after he took this position, he rarely interacted with the other party, and even when Wei Zhongxian summoned a group of confidants to his house many times, he did not go once. This is why he was a member of the eunuch party on the surface, but in fact he was not deeply involved with the other party.

Unlike several others, such as Cui Chengxiu, the Minister of War, Zhou Yingqiu, the Minister of Personnel, and Shi Fenglai, the second assistant of the cabinet in front of him, no one believed him even if they wanted to cut ties with Wei Zhongxian.

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On March 15, the seventh year of Tianqi, this long-awaited morning court by civil and military officials was finally held in the square of Huangji Gate two months after the new emperor ascended the throne.

Yes, the place where the court meetings were held in the Ming Dynasty was not held in the Jinluan Palace as described in later film and television dramas, but was held in the open air in the square outside the palace.

After three long live the emperor, Wang Chengen said loudly: "If you have something to report, please report it. If not, please leave the court!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an official of the Donglin Party stepped out and said, "I have something to report!"

"Who is this?"

Wu Yu thought about it carefully in his mind and found that he really had no impression of this person. He should be just a little Karami pushed by the Donglin Party.

"Approved!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I impeached the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, the governor of the East Factory, for ten crimes. The treacherous minister Wei Zhongxian..."

Then there was a long and eloquent speech, and the eunuch party members such as Cui Chengxiu and Shi Fenglai in front of the team were sweating profusely.

After a while, he held up the memorial in his hand and said, "This is the memorial of Qian Jiazheng, a tribute student of the Imperial College. Please take a look, Your Majesty."

"Show it!"

"I obey your order!"

Soon the man handed the memorial to Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen handed it to himself.

Wu Yu took it and found that the content was almost the same as what he had just said, so he closed the memorial and said to Huang Liji: "Prime Minister, tell me your opinion!"

As the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Huang Liji was also a member of the eunuch party, so Wu Yu wanted to hear what he would say.

When Huang Liji heard the emperor call his name, he had not yet stood up, but Cui Chengxiu and others beside him breathed a sigh of relief first.

Huang Liji stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know whether the ten crimes impeached in the memorial are true or false, but I know that everything must be based on real evidence. Otherwise, it would be too much of a joke for a tribute student from the Imperial College to casually slander the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty."

Wu Yu nodded and looked at the Donglin Party official named Zheng Lun and said, "Yes, that's right. Does Zheng Aiqing have any evidence?"

"I have!"

As if he had expected it long ago, as soon as Wu Yu finished speaking, the other party took out another memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Wang Chengen.

This scene fell into the eyes of Cui Chengxiu and others, and they immediately felt uneasy.A wonderful premonition.

Wu Yu took it and took a quick glance at it, then motioned to Wang Chengen to give it to Huang Liji, "The Prime Minister should also take a good look!"

Huang Liji took it and looked at it over and over again for a long time, and then said, "Your Majesty, in this case, why not summon Eunuch Wei to confront him in court."

"Just as the Prime Minister said, someone summon Wei Zhongxian!"

Wei Zhongxian arrived soon, and after the other party finished the ceremony, Wu Yu did not waste any words, and directly motioned to Wang Chengen to give him the two memorials to read.

Did Wei Zhongxian know how to read? Of course he knew, maybe he did not know how to read before entering the palace, but he could not have climbed from a low-level eunuch to his current position step by step without learning to read, otherwise he would not have been able to give a special approval to Emperor Tianqi.

As for those who said that Wei Zhongxian was illiterate in later generations, there is no need to guess that it was the Qing Dynasty that tried to smear him as much as possible when compiling the Ming History in order to reflect orthodoxy.

Let's get back to the point. After reading the two memorials, Wei Zhongxian immediately knelt down and said, "Slander, all of this is slander. Please, Your Majesty, help me."

Wei Zhongxian was really scared. Although he knew that the new emperor would definitely take action against him after he ascended the throne, he didn't expect it to be so fast, and these damn Donglin Party officials were so ruthless and left no way for him to survive.

But Wu Yu didn't want to listen to his nonsense. Since Wei Zhongxian couldn't make a decision, he would force him to make it. Anyway, except for himself and some officials who were really talented, he didn't want to use any of the other eunuchs.

And it's not just the eunuchs, the Donglin Party is the same, but this kind of thing needs to be done slowly.

"Whether it is an injustice or not can only be known after investigation. If it is really an injustice, you will be fine, and even the person who submitted the memorial will be convicted of a false accusation. But if it is true, you know the consequences yourself."

Is Wei Zhongxian wronged? Of course not. Every crime in the memorial is more real than pearls, and every one of them is enough to confiscate his property and exterminate his clan.

But whether it is true or false, whether he is killed in the end is a matter of Wu Yu's words.