People in Zongwu: Starting with the Yin Gui Sect

Chapter 312

"Come here, take Wei Zhongxian away, and make a decision after the investigation is clear!"

As Wu Yu finished speaking, two big generals came in and dragged Wei Zhongxian away.

"Do you have anything else to say?"

After hearing this, the officials looked at each other and shook their heads.

Originally, they came here today to test the new emperor's attitude towards the eunuch party, but they didn't expect that things would go more smoothly than they imagined. It seemed that His Majesty had been waiting for them to impeach Wei Zhongxian.

Now that the goal has been achieved and even exceeded expectations, what else are they dissatisfied with?

However, there were other people who had thoughts again after seeing Wei Zhongxian being taken down, but they were immediately stopped by their colleagues.

Don't rush things. Since Wei Zhongxian has been taken down, the rest of the people won't take long. Everyone understands the principle that monkeys scatter when the tree falls, and they can wait.

Seeing that no one answered for a long time, Wu Yu was about to stand up, but suddenly another official stood up, "Your Highness, the Right Assistant Censor Mao Yujian, has something to report!"

"Right Assistant Censor Mao Yujian?"

When this name came out, Wu Yu always felt that he had heard it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.

But if he couldn't figure it out, he didn't think about it, just let him speak for himself.

"Approved!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, after investigating the actual situation of the post stations in our dynasty, I found that there were many acts of embezzlement. I hope Your Majesty can abolish the post stations."

"Abolish the post stations!"

Yes, Wu Yu remembered. Isn't this the culprit in history who secretly kept a concubine outside, but was caught by his wife through the post station channel, and finally blamed everything on the post station, causing Chongzhen to abolish the post station?

It was this action of his that caused Brother Li to lose his job as a postman. In the end, he could not survive and had to join Gao Yingxiang's uprising team, which eventually overthrew the Ming Dynasty.

And the beginning of all this came from Mao Yujian, who was caught by his wife with a concubine.

At this time, Mao Yujian had no idea that he was on Wu Yu's blacklist, and he was still talking non-stop.

"First, the post stations are becoming increasingly corrupt and have lost their original functions. In addition, the postmen have been fleeing so badly that they can no longer operate normally.

Second, there are currently 2,366 post stations and nearly 100,000 postmen, which is very costly. After the abolition of the post stations, the expenses can be used as military pay for Liaodong.

What's more, many post stations are now being used for private purposes and have become the private property of many people. Therefore, I suggest that Your Majesty abolish the post stations."

"Your Majesty, I second the motion!"

As soon as Mao Yujian finished speaking, Wu Yu had no time to speak, and Liu Mao, the military secretary, stood up and agreed with Mao Yujian's proposal.

"Is there anyone else who agrees to abolish the post stations?"

Wu Yu did not get angry immediately, but wanted to see who else agreed with this matter, but after he scanned the circle, no third person stood up.

"Right Assistant Censor, right? If I hadn't guessed, your duty would be to accuse hundreds of officials, to clarify injustices, to supervise all roads, and to be the emperor's eyes and ears of discipline. When did the post station have anything to do with you?

In addition, if the post station is abolished, how will the customs, official documents and urgent reports from various places be transmitted? How will the tribute etiquette and vassal states be received in the capital? How will the abolished postmen be resettled? How will the post station deal with itself?"

Wu Yu's series of questions confused Mao Yujian, because he only thought about abolishing the post station so that his wife would not catch him raising a concubine, and he had never thought about so much.

"Don't think I don't know your little thoughts. You asked me to abolish the post station just because your wife knew about your concubine through the post station channel. You didn't dare to offend your wife, so you blamed all the mistakes on the post station, right or not!"

Wu Yu's words made Mao Yujian pale. He didn't expect that His Majesty would know such a secret matter.

After seeing the other party's performance, the other officials knew that what the emperor said was true, so they began to gloat over the misfortune.

At this time, Wu Yu was too lazy to listen to his quibbling, "Come here, take the right assistant censor Mao Yujian away and dismiss him from his post for investigation, and the military official Liu Maoting will be caned twenty times.

In addition, the matter of the post station being used for private purposes must be thoroughly investigated. If it is found to be true, it will not be forgiven lightly!"

"Your Majesty, spare my life, I was wrong, please give me another chance!"

Hearing that Wu Yu was going to dismiss him, Mao Yujian couldn't bear it anymore and began to wail and beg for mercy.

But Wu Yu ignored him at all. After the big Han general outside the hall pulled the two away, Wu Yu continued: "Who else has something to report?"

The officials below, especially the Donglin Party officials, were all thinking about how to make Wei Zhongxian unable to turn over.They no longer had the heart to attend the court, so they all bowed and said, "We have nothing to say!"

"Then let it be!"

Since these people had nothing to do, Wu Yu was too lazy to pay attention to them. Anyway, he had never thought of placing the hope of reviving the Ming Dynasty on them.

As Wu Yu stood up and left, Wang Chengen shouted to withdraw the court, marking the end of the first court meeting of the new emperor's accession to the throne.

After Wu Yu returned to the Qianqing Palace, he immediately ordered Wang Chengen: "Send the commander of the Jinyiwei, Tian Ergeng, and the commander Xu Xianchun to see the emperor."

Now that Wei Zhongxian has been captured, it is the turn of the Jinyiwei.

About a quarter of an hour later, Wang Chengen reported that the two had arrived.

"Let Tian Ergeng come in first!"

Tian Ergeng was brought in by Wang Chengen soon, "I, the commander of the Jinyiwei, Tian Ergeng, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

Wu Yu did not speak immediately, but first checked the other party's information. After finding out that he, a commander of the Jinyiwei, only had the cultivation of a first-class warrior, he cursed him in his heart as a waste.

You must know that the Jinyiwei is not the same as the civil service group. They are the eyes and knives of the emperor. If they don't have any strength, how can they protect the emperor?

Didn't you see that Cao Huachun, who was also the former commander of Nanzhili, has already reached the innate realm? Only guys like Tian Ergeng who live a life of luxury and don't do anything don't pay attention to cultivation.

However, no matter how annoyed he was, he still had to do what he had to do. "Tian Ergeng, I'm sure you already know about Wei Zhongxian's affairs!"

When Tian Ergeng heard about Wei Zhongxian's affairs, his legs immediately trembled with fear. At this point, how could he not know that the new emperor was going to take a series of actions against their eunuch party, and as one of Wei Zhongxian's five tigers and five beasts, how could he escape?

Thinking of this, Tian Ergeng began to kowtow desperately, hoping that the other party would spare his life because of his dedication to the late emperor over the years.

But it was precisely because of his words that Wu Yu rolled his eyes: Are you devoting yourself to my brother? You are clearly devoting yourself to Wei Zhongxian!