Tang Zheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Works, is not very conspicuous among the cronies of Huang Yourong. After all, the Ministry of Works is Zhao Junchen's territory, and Tang Zheng, as Huang Yourong's disciple, will always be suppressed in the Ministry of Works.
.Huang Yourong obviously didn't plan to gain much benefit from Tang Zheng, so he never paid attention to it.
But this time, Zhao Junchen took action on Tang Zheng first, but he also had far-reaching considerations, and it was even a key step for the success or failure of the next plan!
Today, Zhao Junchen's power and influence in the central court are mainly concentrated in the two major offices of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works. In addition, he also has some influence in the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Among them, the Household Department has been run by Zhao Junchen for many years, like an iron bucket. Now, under the leadership of Zhao Junchen, the Household Department has modified its accounting methods, making it impossible for people to grasp the handle. It is no longer possible to pour water.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is Zhao Junchen's own back garden. Although Ma Sen, a disciple of Zhou Shangjing, serves as the left minister of the household department, it cannot make any waves.
As for the Ministry of Works, it is because of Zuo Lanshan, the Minister of Works, and Chen Dongxiang, the right minister of the Ministry of Works. As the first and third leaders of the Ministry of Works, they play a very important and influential role in the Ministry of Works. As long as these two people are there, the work of the Ministry of Works will
The yamen will naturally be under Zhao Junchen's control.
In addition, the two yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works, one responsible for disbursing money and the other responsible for spending money, are closely related and complementary to each other. It can be said that as long as there are no accidents in these two yamen, what will happen to Zhao Junchen in the court?
Party strife will not damage the foundation of vitality!
However, compared with the stability of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Works has a hidden danger, and that is Tang Zheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Works. He is not a friend of Zhao Junchen, but a disciple of Huang Yourong! There are also many doctors in the Ministry of Works.
He and Yuan Wailang advanced and retreated together with him, which looked quite annoying. They wanted to do something, but Tang Zheng was watching from the side, but they were always at a loss.
Now, Zhao Junchen is planning to launch a full-scale party struggle against Huang Yourong. If Huang Yourong wants to fight back, Tang Zheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, is in Zhao Junchen's territory and has an important position, so he will immediately become Huang Yourong's pawn!
It can be said that as long as Tang Zheng exists and Huang Yourong's power and influence is used, the Ministry of Industry will face a big trouble if it uses some means! By that time, even Zhao Junchen will be unable to calm it down! Maybe
Even the household department will be implicated!
Therefore, Zhao Junchen's first step in launching an offensive against Huang Yourong was to take advantage of the situation when Huang Yourong was unprepared and caught him off guard. He would first take down Tang Zheng, and at the same time remove Zuo Lanshan, Chen Dongxiang and others from all their crimes of corruption and perversion of the law over the years.
Pass it on Tang Zheng!
Now, it can not only attack Huang Yourong's influence and kick off this turmoil; it can also eliminate the hidden dangers in Zhao Junchen's territory and stabilize the foundation;
Huang Yourong’s impeachment counterattack! It’s a good thing that kills three birds with one stone!
It can be said that as long as Zhao Junchen takes advantage of today's morning meeting to defeat Tang Zheng first, then Zhao Junchen will have won half of the party battle with Huang Yourong first!
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However, Zhao Junchen's wishful thinking was because the incident happened suddenly and Huang Yourong had not thought of it at all.
At this time, Huang Yourong was frightened and angry. He was still surprised - Zhao Junchen had just made a statement yesterday to support him in staying in Beijing to assist Emperor Deqing during his southern tour. Why did he suddenly impeach his disciple today? Zhao Junchen said to him
, what exactly is the attitude?
However, there was no room for Huang Yourong's surprise and hesitation. After hearing the report from Gu Quan and Jin Duode, Emperor Deqing raised his brows and asked in a deep voice: "The matter is of great importance. Do you have any evidence for such a big case?"
Gu Quan and Jin Duode had long expected that Emperor Deqing would ask this question, so they both took out the incriminating documents from their sleeves without haste.
With the secret investigation of the West Factory and the full cooperation of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the personal and material evidence had naturally been prepared long ago and could not be argued with.
On the other side, Emperor Deqing took two pieces of evidence and unfolded them, only to see that the conditions, time, place, witnesses and material evidence were all present and could not be disputed.
Therefore, after reading the excerpts, Emperor Deqing had an angry look on his face. He threw the two excerpts on the imperial case, turned his eyes to Tang Zheng, and asked in a cold voice: "Tang Zheng, they said so, and they also put you
The evidence of the crime has been laid out in detail in the booklet, do you have anything to say?"
After hearing Emperor Deqing's inquiry, Tang Zheng, who was impeached, finally reacted to this sudden change.
Tang Zheng, who was handsome, white and fat, was suddenly impeached at this time. He couldn't help but look pale and sweaty. He quickly walked out of the queue, knelt down and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty! I have been wronged! I... this is
Someone is making false accusations against me, I hope Your Majesty will find out!"
From a certain point of view, Tang Zheng's words are not wrong. Although he has done a lot of embezzlement and bending the law, the money he embezzled is definitely not as much as 300,000 taels. This is Zuo Lanshan and Chen Dongxiang.
All the money that others have coveted has been put on his head.
Although Huang Yourong was still unclear about Zhao Junchen's thoughts, he also knew that he should protect his disciples at this time, so he quickly stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, I think what Mr. Zuo and Mr. Gu said is really strange when you think about it carefully.
This Tang Zheng is just a minister of the Ministry of Industry. He is watched over by the minister above and closely watched by the ministers and ministers below. He has only been in the Ministry of Industry for four or five years, so how can he be able to withstand a huge man who embezzled 300,000 taels of ink?
Yin? I'm afraid that this is a frame-up by someone with ulterior motives. I hope your Majesty will find out clearly."
As he spoke, Huang Yourong's expression rarely showed a smile, and he turned his head and glared at Zhao Junchen, implying a warning.
As Huang Yourong finished speaking, Huang Yourong's cronies in the court came out one after another to echo, hinting that something fishy was going on with Emperor Deqing, and begging Emperor Deqing to leave Tang Zheng alone for the time being.
"Your Majesty, I think what Mr. Huang Ge said is reasonable. I hope your Majesty will consider it carefully and never listen to the words of one faction and wrongly accuse a good person."
Lin Wei, the Minister of Rites, was a brother-in-law to Huang Yourong. As Huang Yourong finished speaking, he was the first to come out in support.
"Your Majesty, I am familiar with Mr. Tang Zheng and Mr. Tang, and I know Mr. Tang's style best. I believe that Mr. Tang will never do such corruption and pervert the law. I am afraid there is some misunderstanding about what happened today. I hope your Majesty will understand clearly!
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Yan Pengfei, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, also came out to echo.
"Your Majesty, I also think there is something fishy about this matter. I am afraid that someone wants to falsely accuse Tang Zheng and frame Mr. Tang. I hope your Majesty will enlighten you!"
Young Master Zhang Cheng was Huang Yourong's staunch ally. As a high-ranking official in the court, he was not afraid of Zhao Junchen's power. When he spoke, he was like Huang Yourong. He glared at Zhao Junchen, as if to say that he was falsely accusing the person who framed Tang Zheng.
It’s Zhao Junchen!
However, Zhao Junchen's officials were well prepared. As Huang Yourong sent out to speak, they also came out to refute. They did not give in and were determined to completely defeat Tang Zheng in this morning's meeting.
His posture, even his words, pointed the finger at Huang Yourong.
"Your Majesty, the facts are all there now, including the impeachment of Mr. Zuo, the Minister of Industry, and the evidence collected by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Tang Zheng's corruption and perversion of the law cannot be refuted! I hope that your Majesty will investigate strictly and set the correct course for the government!"
As the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Liu Changan was deprived of authority in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but he was still able to speak up in the morning court.
"Your Majesty, I am with you at the Ministry of Industry, and I have often heard about Tang Zheng's corruption and violations of the law, and now someone is impeaching him. I guess there is no smoke without fire. There is a reason for the incident, so I suggest that a case be filed for investigation!"
Because Chen Dongxiang was the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, what he said at this time was more convincing.
"Your Majesty, I also believe that Tang Zheng is just a small minister of the Ministry of Industry. With his own strength, it is absolutely impossible for him to dare to embezzle as much as 300,000 taels of ink. I am afraid that there are others from the imperial court behind Tang Zheng.
I hope your majesty will understand clearly!"
When Li Lide, the Minister of Punishment, made this report, he gave Huang Yourong a pointed look. The implication was that Tang Zheng was greedy and had been entrusted by Huang Yourong.
As a result, it naturally caused a fierce backlash from Huang Yourong's group!
For a time, officials from the two groups quarreled in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
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However, except for Huang Yourong and Zhao Junchen, officials from the other three major factions in the court, under the instructions of Zhou Shangjing, Shen Changmao and Cheng Yuandao, all watched with cold eyes. Now that the incident happened suddenly and they did not know the details, they were unwilling to rush into it.
of participation.
Especially Shen Changmao and his officials. These days, they have been fighting openly and secretly with Huang Yourong's faction to compete for the position of staying in Beijing to assist the government. Now that they see Zhao Junchen's people suddenly attacking Huang Yourong's officials, they are not only taking pleasure in others' misfortune, they are not showing any signs of it.
He had the intention to help, and he was even a little bit ready to add insult to injury.
However, most of the officials in the court felt a little frightened at this time. Above the court, partisanship was the most influential thing. They could see that with the sudden impeachment of Zhao Junchen,
Huang Yourong's person was killed, and it seemed that they had planned it for a long time. The two sides had a quarrel over this, but it also meant that a full-scale party struggle between the two major factions might be coming soon!
At this time, how to express one's stance and how to stand in line is a major matter related to their wealth and future. For them, it is far more important than official duties.
And while all the officials in the court were having their own thoughts, Zhao Junchen, who had pushed all this with his own hands, still stood in the queue of officials with his head bowed, his expression calm and silent, as if everything in front of him was related to him.
Nothing to do!
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While the officials from the two factions were arguing endlessly with their own opinions, Emperor Deqing couldn't help but frown slightly as he looked at everything in front of him. While his eyes were roaming around, he also stopped at Zhao Junchen from time to time.
Emperor Deqing naturally saw clearly that everything that happened in court this morning was driven by Zhao Junchen!
The reason why Zhao Junchen was able to defeat Wen Guanliang and accept most of Wen Guanliang's forces in the DPRK was precisely because of the secret support of Emperor Deqing. The reason why Emperor Deqing did that was because he wanted Zhao Junchen to replace Wen Guanliang and participate in
Go to the party struggle between North Korea and China to balance the forces of various factions in the temple.
However, I never expected that after Zhao Junchen formed his own faction, he became even more low-key in his actions. He adopted the attitude of "I will not offend others unless others attack me" with the major factions in the DPRK, which gradually calmed down the factional fighting in the DPRK.
, which made Emperor Deqing quite dissatisfied.
Now, Zhao Junchen's people suddenly impeached Huang Yourong's people, and the ensuing factional fight was what Emperor Deqing expected. After all, the emperor always benefits from the fight between ministers.
However, Zhao Junchen's sudden change in style also made Emperor Deqing quite uncomfortable, and he was somewhat confused about Zhao Junchen's thoughts.
Being unable to understand Zhao Junchen's thoughts also made Emperor Deqing feel uncomfortable, so after hesitating for a long time, he finally decided to ask Zhao Junchen directly.
So, during the quarrel between the two groups of officials, Emperor Deqing suddenly snorted and shouted: "Quiet! How unbecoming of you to argue like this! This is the Hall of Supreme Harmony! It is not a folk market!"
When the officials calmed down, Emperor Deqing turned his attention to Zhao Junchen and asked: "Zhao Aiqing, the Ministry of Household Affairs has a close relationship with the Ministry of Industry, and I heard that you have a close relationship with Zuo Lanshan, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. How about this matter?"
,What do you think?"
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