In the Wenhua Hall, all the ministers looked at Chen Xun in surprise.
You should know that this Minister of Industry, perhaps because he had served in the cabinet before, has always been known for his good temper in the court.
In many government affairs, what he is best at is to remain neutral. Moreover, because he comes from a clear background and has many old friends in the court, the most important thing he does is to say good things to his students.
Among the Qingliu people today, Jiang Yuan is one of the few people who can be called an important minister in the court. But for such a person, Chen Xun actually used words like "harboring evil intentions" to describe him.
This is...the sun is coming out in the west?
Not to mention, these words were not only directed at Jiang Yuan, but also offended Zhu Jian.
That incident was the biggest setback Zhu Jian encountered when he became an official. Although his reputation in the government and the public was already bad, he was still a dignified cabinet minister after all, and he had the credit of welcoming back the emperor. Close to me, in front of my face, no one has ever scolded me like this.
Normally, those who can say such things are usually political opponents who have long-standing grievances in the court. However, what kind of grievances can Chen Xun, a clean figure, and Zhu Jian, who has been in the local area for a long time, have?
However, the ministers were not clear about it, but Zhu Qiyu, the leader, roughly saw Chen Xun's intention.
He is clarifying the relationship between himself and Jiang Yuan.
Although the case of the last imperial examination was not publicized, Zhu Qiyu did receive a report from Dongchang that there seemed to be some discord between Jiang Yuan and Chen Xun in the mansion.
Although he doesn't know the specific situation, but based on the truth about the imperial examination case he got from Xiao Fan, some clues can be roughly drawn.
In Zhu Qiyu's opinion, Chen Xun had flaws in his character.
He likes to socialize and win over people, which was learned by Peng Shi and others. He is keen on officialdom and has a thorough study of officialdom. This is very similar to Xu Youzhen. At the same time, he is a bit weak and always likes to emphasize The value of peace has always influenced Du Ning.
Basically, these characteristics of Chen Xun can be found in several of his favorite students.
However, the most pity is that his students learned these shortcomings from him but did not inherit his advantages.
Although Chen Xun has shortcomings of one kind or another, he, Yu Qian, Chen Yi and others have a common advantage, that is, they can stay upright!
Knowing that the situation was irreversible, Chen Xun would not do anything useless, but he would never take the initiative to do anything harmful to the court.
It was not something Chen Xun could do to benefit himself at the expense of the country.
He has ambitions to become an official, but the difference between him and Xu Youzhen is that he has a bottom line, is not obsessed with anything, and is indeed a person who can do things in a down-to-earth manner.
There are two things in it. Although he has a gentle personality, he can still be used.
In addition, this old guy has a good reputation in the court and has a wide network of contacts. Among the seven ministers, in terms of popularity, Hu Hui may not be as good as him.
Many times, it is not a good thing to have sharp-edged people like Wang Wen and Yu Qian in the court.
Therefore, Zhu Qiyu put him in the position of Qi Qing.
Therefore, based on Zhu Qiyu's understanding of him, Chen Xun would not do anything like cheating in the palace examination. The completely opposite attitudes between Du Ning and Jiang Yuan on this case later also verified his conjecture.
Under this situation, the relationship between Jiang Yuan and Chen Xun must have gradually become estranged. However, many people in the court knew about their relationship. Therefore, Jiang Yuan's actions can easily be regarded as Chen Xun's.
The meaning of follow.
Especially, in the current scene, Jiang Yuan seems to be following Chen Xun. In order not to be implicated by Jiang Yuan for no reason, the charges Chen Xun accuses must be serious, and if necessary, the attack must be severe enough!
For example...
"Your Majesty, I am impeaching the cabinet minister Jiang Yuan. He has no virtue and conduct and cannot be held in his position. He should be transferred out of the cabinet and appointed to another position."
Under the gaze of everyone, Chen Xun indeed made another shocking statement.
This sentence immediately made all the ministers present pay attention to it.
If just now, they had doubted whether Chen Xun was playing a trick on Liu Bei to throw his child, now, this idea has been completely eliminated.
As Chen Xun is the Minister of the Sixth Ministry, once the word impeachment is spoken, it will be irreversible. If you are not careful, it will lead to a game among important ministers in the court.
Of course, the biggest reason for this kind of game is that under normal circumstances, the person who impeaches and the person who is impeached do not belong to the same faction.
However, strictly speaking, Chen Xunben was Jiang Yuan's backer in the court. As a result, once the impeachment was announced, it was almost a foregone conclusion.
So, is this Chen Shangshu really determined to clean up his family?
While everyone was thinking, Chen Xun continued.
"At the beginning, during the civil war, the imperial court suffered heavy losses, the cabinet was empty, and government affairs were cumbersome. His Majesty promoted Jiang Yuan to the cabinet to oversee government affairs. However, since Jiang Yuan entered the cabinet, the government affairs have not made much achievements. In the court, he has repeatedly gone crazy.
To say otherwise is imprudent."
"When you are in the cabinet, you do not want to be loyal to your duties, and you repeatedly entangle yourself with cronies in the cabinet. This is disloyal."
"His Majesty trusted him dearly and entrusted him with the important task of serving as the examiner for the palace examination. However, Jiang Yuan misjudged that the top three examination papers were the first one, and almost made the imperial examination a laughing stock. This is incompetence."
"Today, we are discussing the official position of the East Palace. Jiang Yuan knew that Zhu Jiande's conduct was faulty, but still recommended him to serve in the East Palace. This is unethical."
"Such an irreverent, unfaithful, virtuous and incompetent person is left in the court, making all the officials laugh at him. Therefore, I sincerely request your Majesty to banish him from the capital in order to set the record straight!"
Therefore, many times in the court, things are changing rapidly.
No one knows how big a storm a small introduction will cause in the end.
Just like Jiang Yuan himself, he probably didn't expect that he just said a few words on behalf of Zhu Jian, which would actually provoke such a violent reaction from Chen Xun.
However, before he could react, someone present had already reacted.
Chen Xun, this is not just about cleaning up the family!
Although it is said that Chen Xun's final goal was to demote Jiang Yuan from Beijing, the crimes he listed alone would be enough for him to be dismissed from office.
This is not an ordinary house cleaning, it is obviously a fight to death!
Was it just because he praised Zhu Jian that Chen Xun reacted so violently?
The answer must be no.
With Chen Xun's good-natured character, he would not be like this.
So, why?
There is no answer in the minds of everyone present, but they believe that there will be an answer soon.
Chen Xun's excited statement successfully silenced everyone present. Logically speaking, when it comes to the decision of cabinet ministers, there will at least be some debate.
However, the premise of the debate is that there must be people of the same level willing to protect Jiangyuan.
But again, Chen Xun is Jiang Yuan's backer in the court. He himself came forward to impeach Jiang Yuan. So, who will protect him?
For a moment, all the ministers fell silent. However, it was not that they had nothing to say, but they were just observing the changes.
At the same time, the emperor's face straightened up, he pondered for a moment, and then asked Jiang Yuan beside him.
"Mr. Jiangge, Chen Shangshu is impeaching you for being imprudent, disloyal, incompetent and immoral. What can you say to defend yourself against this?"
Judging from the title, the Emperor's attitude is relatively mild.
With this question, Jiang Yuan also reacted.
There is no doubt that Chen Xun's behavior will completely break up with him.
Although I still haven't figured out why a simple little thing caused him to react so violently, I must not sit still and wait for death at this time. Otherwise, if the emperor really goes his way, his career path will end here.
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After letting out a gentle breath, Jiang Yuan stepped forward and cupped his hands.
"Your Majesty clearly knows that I don't know how to defend myself, because the crimes mentioned by Chen Shangshu are all fictitious. Since they are fictitious, how should I defend myself?"
Of course, having said that, it is impossible not to refute anything.
After a brief pause, Jiang Yuan felt that the eyes of everyone around him were focused on him. Jiang Yuan felt vaguely uneasy, but he still spoke calmly and said.
"Since I received His Majesty's grace and joined the cabinet, I have worked conscientiously and walked on thin ice. Although I dare not say that I have outstanding abilities, I have never made any major mistakes in handling government affairs, big or small. I don't know where they came from."
"The cabinet is originally a place for communication between internal and external affairs and consultation on voting. Cabinet ministers need to work together and discuss government affairs from time to time. The ministers' interactions with cabinet ministers are all for official business and have no personal relationships. They dare not accept the crime of entangled in cliques.
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"In the matter of the palace examination, I misjudged Cheng Zong's records. Chen Shangshu used this to say that I was incompetent. I did not dare to object. If your Majesty wants to punish you in this way, I have nothing to say."
"As for the recommendation of Mr. Zhu Ge, it was originally discussed by His Majesty. I just expressed my own thoughts. I don't know why Chen Shangshu is so excited."
"My talents and virtues are shallow, and I have gained your majesty's trust, so I was able to join the cabinet. Since I entered the official position, I have been blessed by the emperor's grace. I dare not slack off or make any mistakes for a day, but I have no intention of neglect. I sincerely ask your majesty to give you a clear warning.
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He said he had no words to refute, but in fact, Jiang Yuan refuted Chen Xun's statement one by one.
What he said seemed as if Chen Xun was making trouble unreasonably.
In this way, the pressure was instead put on Chen Xun. As one of the Seven Qings, he personally dealt with an ordinary cabinet minister and his own student. If he failed to succeed and spread the word, where would he lose his face?
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However, now that Chen Xun has reached this position, it shows that he is not a person who eats nothing in the corpse position. The reason why Qiqing is called Qiqing is not because he sits in this position, which gives him the power of such a position. It is precisely because he has
Only with sufficient ability and prestige can you sit in this position.
Facing Jiang Yuan's excuse, Chen Xun didn't panic at all, sneered and said.
"It's just clever words and sophistry!"
"Isn't it true that you didn't think about the right way in the cabinet and often acted in cliques? When Zhu Jian planned the Zhan government, do you dare to say that you didn't help him?"
"You two are working together, supporting each other, jumping up and down in the cabinet, and now you are even making a fuss about the Eastern Palace Governor. Do you really think that the whole government and the public are blind and deaf?"
"There is also the case of the Imperial Examination, Jiang Yuan, no matter how eloquent you are, but you, a dignified Hanlin scholar, really can't tell the quality of a test paper?"
"Are you not sure whether this is a dereliction of duty or a hidden secret?"
The shouts and questions were full of momentum and attracted the attention of everyone present.
Especially Zhu Jian's face turned green.
This is great, why did you wrap him up again? When he first joined the cabinet, he did get close to Jiang Yuan openly and secretly for a while, but when did this happen, it is still worth it now.
Turn it out?
Seeing that he could no longer remain silent, Mr. Zhu Ge had no choice but to step forward and speak.
"Your Majesty clearly knows that when I first requested you to prepare a palace for His Royal Highness, it was actually out of public concern. During this period of time, the government and the public have criticized me a lot, and I didn't want to pay attention to it. However, I dare not accept the words of Chen Shangshu."
"I have no personal relationship with Mr. Jiangge, and I dare not write anything in the East Palace Reserve. I know that everyone is talking about money, and I dare not ask for rewards from your majesty. However, I ask for your Majesty's warning. I will never act in any clique."
, all dealings with Mr. Jiangge are official business only."
At this time, Jiang Yuan immediately followed and said.
"Your Majesty, what Chen Shangshu said just now are all speculations without any solid evidence. It is too arbitrary to impeach the minister. Please be clear to your Majesty."
The two of them sang and harmonized, as if they were trying to drive Chen Xun speechless.
However, even so, Chen Xun was still unhurried, and even said with a faint smile in his eyes.
"Jiang Yuan, how do you know that I have no solid evidence?"
As soon as he said this, everyone was shocked.
It should be said that Jiang Yuan is right. Many of the accusations made by Chen Xun just now sound scary, but they lack solid evidence to support them.
Moreover, most of the crimes he listed are difficult to find solid evidence for, except...
"Your Majesty, I have been ordered to thoroughly investigate the case of imperial examination fraud. Although the truth has not been fully ascertained, great progress has been made. The details of the case are here for your Majesty's inspection."
At this time, Du Ning, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly stood up and spoke, took out a memorial from his sleeve and presented it to him.
Sure enough, Chen Xun would not do anything unprepared!
Among the many accusations against Jiang Yuan, if there is any biggest evidence, then it is the case of imperial examination fraud.
The emperor originally handed this case over to Dali Temple for investigation, but there has been no follow-up. Looking at the current situation, can it be said that Jiang Yuan has been investigated?
The chamberlain took the memorial and presented it to the imperial case. Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment, then opened it and browsed it quickly.
However, after reading it, his expression was inexplicably weird. He first glanced at Chen Xun and Du Ning, and then focused on Jiang Yuan, looking thoughtful, as if he was thinking about something.
At this time, someone finally couldn't hold it any longer. With everyone watching, Wang Ao, the chief minister of the cabinet, stepped forward, raised his hands and spoke.
"Your Majesty, today we are discussing the rewards for the prince's meritorious ministers. Now, the rewards for Mr. Zhu Ge and General Zhu Yi have not been decided. Should we wait until this matter is over before discussing other government affairs?"
This sentence was said very plainly, but almost as soon as the words fell, it attracted the attention of all the ministers present...
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