Chapter 429, the government and the opposition shake
After hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian's expressions suddenly changed.
Emperor Hongzhi has always been very generous and kind. He can forgive even his mortal enemies before he ascended the throne. From this we can know that Emperor Hongzhi is really a good man.
But now, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly sent Zhou Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Ma Wensheng, the Minister of War, to prison. This shows how angry Emperor Hongzhi was.
"Your Majesty~ You must not do this, please think twice~"
Liu Jian bit the bullet and remonstrated: "This matter has not yet been investigated. How can we so hastily send important officials to prison?"
"Find out?"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian and said coldly: "Check, of course we must check, and we must check clearly and clearly."
"Xiao Jing~"
"Here~"
When Xiao Jing heard Emperor Hongzhi calling him, he immediately knew that he had something to do and a big job.
"You ask Dongchang and Jinyiwei to investigate this matter thoroughly, and let me investigate the matter clearly, so that everyone in the world can see how our important ministers of the Ming Dynasty report to the king and govern the people.
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When Emperor Hongzhi spoke of "the important ministers of the country," he spoke very slowly and in a loud voice. There was no doubt that he was speaking sarcastically. Didn't you say that these are all important ministers of the country?
Okay, just check it out and you will know whether he is an important minister of the country. Let the people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei investigate, and everything will come to light naturally.
"Yes~"
Xiao Jing listened carefully to Emperor Hongzhi's words and had followed Emperor Hongzhi for many years. He knew that Emperor Hongzhi was really angry this time, and he also knew clearly that Emperor Hongzhi wanted to use this incident to exert his influence and regain military power.
into the hands of the emperor.
Don’t you want to limit the imperial power?
Then I must strengthen the imperial power, and military power is the most important thing.
Now if Emperor Hongzhi wants to mobilize troops and generals, he needs to obtain the approval of the Ministry of War. Without the approval of the Ministry of War, Emperor Hongzhi cannot mobilize any soldiers.
This was accomplished during the Tumubao Incident. At that time, the Ying clan of Ming Dynasty was defeated and captured. The government and the public were leaderless. Yu Qian withstood the huge pressure and deployed troops and generals to defend the capital. From that time on, the military power was vested in civilian officials.
in the hands of the group.
Hearing that Emperor Hongzhi asked Xiao Jing to use Dongchang and Jinyiwei to investigate the matter, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng, and Zhou Jing's expressions became even darker.
Let’s not talk about the fact that Dongchang and Jinyiwei made people angry after hearing about it. Just the fact that Emperor Hongzhi asked the factory guards to investigate the matter is enough to show that Emperor Hongzhi no longer trusts these civil servant groups.
This is the real fatal part.
Although factory guards are scary, what is really scary is that the civil service group has lost the trust and support of the emperor. Just like in the previous dynasty, during the Ming Xianzong period, the emperor reused factory guards, and they would never have a good life as officials.
They finally welcomed Emperor Hongzhi, a good old man, as the emperor. In the past ten years or so, the factory guards were basically abolished, and everyone lived a good life.
In the past, if something happened, Emperor Hongzhi would not use the factory guards to investigate. Instead, he would just let them investigate on their own. Then he would casually find a few scapegoats and the matter would be over.
Sometimes, there is no need to even investigate, just an excuse is made, and everyone is fooled. Emperor Hongzhi is a good old man, and with his immense trust in them, nothing can cause trouble.
Well now, the case of the theft of the official warehouse and the case of Li Guang have not been solved yet, and another bigger shocking case has arisen. The key is that Emperor Hongzhi asked the factory guards to investigate this matter.
Not to mention that you have a dirty butt, there are a lot of things and various problems. Even if there is nothing wrong, if the factory guard goes to check it, it can solve the problem for you.
Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian looked at each other, and they all saw fear in each other's eyes, and they all realized that a storm was coming.
"If the factory guards go and investigate, you will definitely not be convinced."
"Let's go check it out. Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and Zhang Mao, the four of you will take the lead in the investigation. I want to see what you can find out."
"snort!"
"I have taken out 1.5 million taels of silver from the internal funds, as well as the allocations over the years. I would like to see all the money go into those people's pockets,"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the faces of several people and knew what they were thinking without even thinking, so he smiled and said.
His move was very clear. On the one hand, he asked Xiao Jing to investigate, and on the other hand, he asked you to investigate on your own to see what you can find out.
"I obey the decree~"
When Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others heard this, their heads suddenly felt big. If you just let us investigate, then this matter can be controlled. Then a group of people will be handed over and an explanation will be given to Emperor Hongzhi.
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But you asked the factory guards to investigate, and then asked us to investigate. This is definitely a hot potato. If we investigate strictly, it will definitely be widely implicated. We don’t know how many ministers from the DPRK and China will be implicated.
How will they be able to gain a foothold in the government then?
However, if the investigation is not strict and the Emperor Hongzhi is casually dealt with, the Emperor will also know what the Emperor Hongzhi will think and look at them. Maybe he will be implicated. If he is not careful, he will be killed.
move place.
But Emperor Hongzhi has already spoken. It will definitely not work if we don’t investigate, and we must strictly investigate. We must give an explanation to Emperor Hongzhi and to the Ming Dynasty.
What happened in the palace soon spread out of the palace, and then quickly spread throughout the capital.
Suddenly, the entire capital was in turmoil.
Zhou Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Ma Wensheng, the Minister of War Affairs, were imprisoned by Emperor Hongzhi at the same time.
Why were the two ministers sent to prison at the same time?
This was something that had never happened before in the Hongzhi Dynasty. Although the official warehouse theft case and the Li Guang case were widely implicated, and many ministers were imprisoned, there had never been any ministers at the level of six ministers who were implicated, let alone one at a time.
The two ministers of the son.
The well-informed people in the capital naturally figured out this matter quickly.
The relevant officials immediately felt in danger, as if they were mourning their heirs, and some were so frightened that they committed suicide directly.
As for those who didn't know the inside story, they began to speculate about what happened that made Emperor Hongzhi so angry that he even sent two ministers to the sky prison at the same time. You must know that not long ago, the Ming Dynasty defeated the grassland people.
The whole country is celebrating.
At this time, it is absolutely unusual for such a big event to happen.
But soon, the entire capital knew what had happened. Early the next morning, the Ming Dynasty Morning Post introduced the matter in detail in the form of a headline.
Suddenly the entire government and opposition parties were shocked!
In a teahouse in the capital, people gathered together, reading newspapers and talking about national affairs.
"Bang~"
"Everyone deserves to be killed, everyone deserves to be killed~"
"I asked why our Ming army always dared not fight the Tatars in the past. It turns out that the problem lies here."
"The cotton armor is as thin as summer clothes, the weapons are made of iron sheets, and the food given to the soldiers is old and moldy rice. Even such a meal is not enough."
"Eating on empty pay and drinking on the blood of soldiers, the soldiers will not get a penny of military pay throughout the year, and the children at home will have no money to watch them die when they are sick~"
"Reselling military supplies, setting up private horse markets, selling iron tools, salt, killing good people and taking credit for their merits, etc. to the Tatars in the steppe..."
"Let's all take a look. Let's take a look. What kind of combat effectiveness can such an army have? Can it protect our country?"
The people of the Ming Dynasty were angry. They had never understood why the Ming army, which could sweep across the desert during the Taizu and Chengzu periods, now did not even dare to go out of the city to fight.
The Tatars moved south every year, but they could only stay in the city every year, watching helplessly as the Tatars burned, killed, and looted wantonly in the Central Plains.
Everyone hated these soldiers and was angry at them for not fighting. They had also scolded them in the past.
But now, everyone finally understands that they cannot be entirely blamed for some things.
No one dares to go out and fight the Tatars if he doesn't have enough to eat and has nothing to do.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were also human beings. They also had to eat, they also had to support their families, and they were also afraid. They were also fathers, husbands, and sons.
You can't say let them fight the Tatars with bare hands and hungry stomachs.
"This time, His Majesty took out 1.5 million taels of silver from the internal funds to fight the war, plus the materials allocated from the treasury, etc. The weapons and armor distributed to the front line were not even used. These corrupt officials
, all of them deserve to die, all of the nine tribes should be killed."
"If His Highness hadn't organized everyone to donate money and materials to support the front line this time, and if there hadn't been companies like Miyun Iron Works supporting armors, weapons, cannons, etc., we might have really lost this time."
"Fortunately, His Highness the Prince personally supervised the use of the money we donated, so all the money went into the hands of the frontline soldiers. Otherwise, if it had been handed over to the corrupt officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, these tens of millions would have been lost.
Most of the money will go into the pockets of corrupt officials like them."
"Good catch~"
"This case must be investigated strictly. The Ming Dynasty's army is the Great Wall that protects our peace. If there is a problem with the Great Wall, we will never have peace. These moths should kill the nine tribes."
"Yes, we must check, check carefully."
In the streets and alleys of the capital, people were discussing this matter fiercely, and almost everyone supported Emperor Hongzhi to investigate this case.
Some people even think that these corrupt officials should punish the nine tribes. When it comes to the Ming army, these corrupt officials are simply unscrupulous and directly destroyed the Ming army, causing Ming to be repeatedly bullied by the grassland people.
There are too many souls who die under the scimitar of the prairie people every year.
