Chapter 618: The Confrontation Intensifies, Zhang Jun Comes Night
Chapter 618: Confrontation intensifies, Zhang Jun comes at night
On this day, starting from the early morning, dozens of courtiers were kneeling outside the palace.
The prison van transporting Geng Wang has also arrived.
However, Shi Hao had Geng Wang sent to death row to wait before entering the palace.
On the second day, these people were still kneeling outside the palace gate, but at noon, Wang Hu led a group of imperial city officials to come in a hurry.
"Zheng Qiu, a doctor in the official department, privately paid 80 yuan for the land and forced three villagers to death. The Imperial City Department was ordered to arrest him!"
"Tong Tiancheng, a member of the Household Department, embezzled someone else's mansion and killed one person. The Imperial City Department was ordered to arrest him!"
"Qin Gaomiao, general secretary of the Ministry of Rites..."
As Wang Hu's stern voice sounded, the Imperial City's Iron Guard stepped forward to lock it.
In just a moment, seven or eight people were captured.
Among these people, there are people from the six bureaus and even people from Yushitai. Among them, the one with the highest official position is the doctor of the Ministry of official affairs.
Sure enough, as one person was arrested, the people kneeling became somewhat panicked.
How can there be anything as clean and honest as water?
Even in the prosperous times, officials were always poor, let alone the Song Dynasty where corruption was rampant?
If we really carry out a detailed investigation, it would be lucky to have only one or two tenths of the people left here.
Fortunately, after arresting these seven or eight people, Wang Hu glanced at the ministers with a sneer and led them away.
Although the Imperial City Department is not of high rank, it is independent of the imperial court structure and is under the sole control of the emperor. It is not only the emperor's tool to monitor the world, but also the emperor's true confidant.
Therefore, even when faced with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Wang Hu did not have much fear.
Let alone a mere doctor or below, with just a piece of imperial orders, even the ministers and the three princes are just sinners under the iron rope of the imperial city.
In the past two hundred years of the Song Dynasty, there were more than one or two prime ministers captured by the Imperial City Secretary.
When the news reached Shen's mansion, Shen Tang sighed slightly when he heard the words, "Your Majesty's move is inappropriate..."
Zhao Shen's meaning is very obvious. Today's drama is to scare the monkeys! To put it bluntly, don't think that I can't touch you. As long as I want to take you down, I can find conclusive evidence at any time.
If you know this, retreat as soon as possible, otherwise, don’t blame my subordinates for being ruthless.
However, Zhao Shen forgot that there was still a knotty knot that remained unresolved.
What these courtiers relied on was that the law did not punish the public. In fact, it was impossible for Zhao Shen to directly capture all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
If these courtiers come spontaneously, then this method can have some deterrent effect.
However, behind these courtiers, there is countless support, which gives them enough confidence to continue this confrontation.
As expected, those people who were imprisoned were put into the prison of the Imperial City Division.
However, that very day, these people all received a secret message.
"My dear boss, you are doing your best for everyone, so even if you are in trouble for a moment, there is no need to worry.
There will naturally be people in the family who will take care of you, and even if you are really punished or demoted, you only need to immerse yourself in it for a few years, and there will definitely be a vacant important position for you and others!"
Zhu Zhuo had been in court all his life. Among the civil and military officials of the dynasty, from the high officials to the humble officials, I don’t know how many people were his disciples and former officials, let alone how many people were his overt and covert pawns.
It may be difficult to rescue these people from the prison of the Imperial City Division, but it is easy to just send a word.
Similarly, this sentence also spread among all the courtiers.
For a time, Zhao Shen's arrest not only did not have a deterrent effect, but instead made these courtiers even more excited! The civil servants of the Song Dynasty were strong and perverted beings. The courtiers of other dynasties were somewhat in awe of the emperor. Heart.
However, when the civil servants of the Song Dynasty mentioned fighting against the emperor, it was as if they had been given blood.
Therefore, on the third day, the number of ministers kneeling at the entrance of the palace not only did not decrease, but even increased.
Also at noon, Wang Hu led his people again.
This time, he only locked up five people.
However, the one with the lowest official position among these five people is the principal of Dali Temple! And the one with the highest position is the Minister of Punishment!
The Minister of Justice is ranked third in rank, and he is a real powerful man! Further up, there is the Minister, the real top official in the court.
Winning a minister, even on weekdays, is definitely not a trivial matter.
Obviously, the anger in Zhao Shen's heart has intensified, otherwise, he would not have easily won the position of Minister.
In the dark night, a small sedan quietly entered the back door of Shen's mansion! Facing the light of the torch, Shen Tang respectfully asked, "Why is Prime Minister Zhang here?"
The person coming is none other than Zhang Jun!
The two of them entered the study one after another, screened the others, and Shen Tang poured fragrant tea for Zhang Jun himself, and then said again, "Xiang Zhang, look at your serious face, could it be that something happened again? "
Zhang Jun sighed softly, "You should have heard about what happened outside the palace gate!"
Shen Tang nodded. Although he did not go out, the news had already reached him as soon as the incident happened.
"What do you think..." Zhang Jun asked.
Shen Tang was silent for a moment, and then said in a solemn voice, "Prime Minister Zhang, I'm afraid what happened this time is beyond your Majesty's expectations.
These people will never stop here, and today they have already moved the third-rank officials, and those who are higher up will be the real pillars of the court.
If His Majesty does not take action, then His Majesty will undoubtedly be defeated.
However, if His Majesty continues to take action, it will undoubtedly cause an uproar. Without sufficient reasons and opportunities, it is by no means a trivial matter to win the position of Minister."
"good!"
Zhang Jun nodded slightly.
"Shen Tang, you and I can no longer stand by and watch! Your Majesty cannot lose this battle.
Otherwise, not only will His Majesty lose his prestige, but all our efforts will also be in vain! Moreover, once these people succeed, I am afraid that the old guy will also find the opportunity to set foot in the court again.
At that time, there will be real trouble in this court.
Although I have never been afraid of anyone, this person cannot be treated with common sense, which is why Your Majesty has never revived him."
"If he stands in the court, let alone me, even His Majesty must be cautious!"
Zhang Jun's words made Shen Tang's eyes tighten!
Of course he knew what Zhu Zhuo represented, but even so, he did not expect Zhang Jun to be so in awe of Zhu Zhuo.
In this way, even after such a long period of secret investigation, I am afraid that I still have not seen Zhu Zhuo clearly.
Yes, Shen Tang had ordered An Ye Pavilion to investigate Zhu Zhuo's details more than a year ago.
After more than a year of investigation, I have indeed gained a lot. However, now it seems that what I saw is still superficial.