Chapter 1223 Military Reform - Abandoning People Who Wanted to Be Abandoned a Long Time ago (2)
After hearing Zhao Wei's words, everyone turned to look at Puding Marquis Chen Huan and others. Chen Huan was stunned, raised his head and glanced at Yunxi, and understood what he was going to do today.
'It turns out that your Majesty has already fully known what we have done, and has always remembered it, but just tolerated it. Until the defeat of Samarkand, there will be no more major wars in the Ming Dynasty, and your Majesty finally has no worries.
There is no need to worry about turmoil, so at this time we are getting rid of those who are an eyesore.'
'Furthermore, if His Majesty wants to carry out reforms, he will definitely arouse the opposition of many generals. As I expected, most generals in the Ming Dynasty do not support it. If we are removed, we will kill the chicken to show the monkeys, so that the reform can be implemented smoothly.'
'Your Majesty should also have expected that such a huge change announced today will arouse our opposition. Although we do not dare to oppose it ourselves, we are too late to do anything; but our close associates must understand that we do not want such urgent reforms and will give advice.'
'His Majesty took the opportunity to put them in jail for corruption, a crime for which we cannot plead, and first cut off one of our arms. Then he asked the censor named Chen Ying to expose the case of corruption, thereby implicating us. The corruption of merit.
We have always been deeply hated in the army. Your Majesty only needs to spread this matter widely in the army. Even if our trusted generals are very dissatisfied, the middle and low-level generals without factions will definitely hate us very much. In addition, Xu Huizu and others' close followers
A military commander is enough to prevent turmoil in the army.'
"As for Mei Yin and Zhao Wei, His Majesty should have made arrangements before. Zhao Wei will bear all the blame, and Mei Yin will only bear the responsibility for negligence, so that he can continue to be used."
Chen Huan's guess was good, and this was what Yun Xi planned. Yun Xi couldn't tell clearly how Chen Huan and other generals criticized the Xu family and other military generals before and after the Battle of Annan and before the Battle of Yiwu, but he also knew it**
Never leave ten.
Yunxi was extremely disgusted with this kind of thing: the civil servants were eyeing the military generals and wanted to control the military with civility, but the military generals did not unite and were still killing each other. Especially at that time, when the enemy was facing a powerful enemy, Chen Huan and others took advantage of Yunxi.
He criticized others with a stable mentality, which made him even more unhappy. Now that the enemy was gone, he was finally able to let go of his hands and feet to deal with them. This also happened to deter other generals who opposed the reform, so that they did not dare to speak.
Yun Xi and Chen Huan looked at each other, then looked away and said, "Zhao Feng, can you guarantee that what you just said was true? It is a serious crime to frame an official of the imperial court!"
"I am definitely not lying!" Zhao Yi kowtowed several times: "Your Majesty, I am definitely not an important official in the imperial court!"
"In this case, Cao Tai, Sang Jing, and Zhang Quan, when you go to court in a while, the three of you will cooperate with the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate the case. Don't worry, if it is found that you have nothing to do with this matter, it was an innocent frame-up by Zhao Wan
, I will never wrong you, and I will never let Zhao Wan go!"
Yunxi's words were high-sounding, and he was very polite to them. He also allowed them to continue to go to court here instead of immediately arresting them as prisoners; but the three of Cao Tai were not stupid either. They did help Zhang Yi appropriate the work of others, and they did not
It's easy for people to investigate anything, but there is no reason why they can't find out as long as they check the evidence? It's not like they opened the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. They will definitely be convicted in the end. As for how to deal with it, it depends on what Yunxi thinks in his heart.
Zhang Quan rolled his eyes and understood what Yun Xi meant, and he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, it is indeed the case that I committed this case in a moment of confusion."
"When the document was delivered to me from the Ministry of War, I felt something was wrong. I was about to go to the Ministry of War to ask Mei Yin about it. Zhang Yi approached the minister's office and asked me to sign the document. Because of my friendship with Zhang Yi, I
I felt soft-hearted and agreed. Please forgive me for my sins, please forgive me for my sins."
He suddenly pointed at Cao Tai and Sang Jing and said: "Your Majesty, in addition to me, that document also passed through the hands of Cao Tai and Sang Jing. I also know that Zhang Yi also found them."
Cao Tai and Sang Jing were dumbfounded. Just as they were about to say something, Yun Hei had already said: "Since Zhang Quan has confessed his crime, please come and take him, Zhang Yi and Zhao Wan into custody." Then they turned to Cao Tai and Sang Jing.
"Isolated evidence doesn't stand up, so I didn't take Zhao Huan's testimony against the three of you just now seriously; but now that Zhang Quan has confessed, I can only treat the two dear friends as criminals." Then he said loudly: "Take them out.
Take the two of you down!"
Cao Tai and Sang Jing had figured things out at this time and were about to speak, but the Han general had already come over, removed their caps, and wanted to take them off. They did not dare to resist, and were taken off before they had time to speak.
Zhang Yi and Zhao Wan were also taken away together.
"Chen Qing,...," Yunxi said to Chen Huan and others: "Although Zhao Huan just now accused several beloved ministers of violating the national law, I will never listen to one side or believe others, and I will not punish these beloved ministers just now.
Even if I punish you, I will not deprive my beloved ministers of their errands. But after all, this matter is closely related, so I hope that my beloved ministers can cooperate with the Metropolitan Procuratorate in investigating the case. This is not because I doubt your beloved ministers, but since Zhao He
When it comes to you, in accordance with the "Laws of the Ming Dynasty", we must investigate clearly. Moreover, after the case is investigated, we can still clear the names of my dear friends, so please do not conflict with me."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Although their bodies were trembling, Chen Huan and others still replied.
Chen Huan had the urge to confess his guilt in front of more than a thousand civil and military officials at the scene, and then revealed Yunxi's plan, which ruined his good deeds. But he finally resisted. If he had done that, he would have been really happy for a while.
, but the emperor would definitely not let his whole family go. He also wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy, asking Yunxi for forgiveness, just like Zhang Quan did just now; but he himself was one of the targets Yunxi wanted to deal with this time.
, and Zhang Quan is not, so even if he knelt down and begged for mercy, it was useless; didn't you see that just now Cao Tai and Sang Jing wanted to beg for mercy, but they were stopped by the Han general?
'When Zhang Quan was interrogated, he would definitely tell me many of my faults in order to reduce his guilt. In the end, I would either be exiled to the border or executed. I have enjoyed wealth for half my life, and I have no regrets, as long as my family can survive.
'
'It's just that if the emperor abolishes so many generals at once, isn't he afraid that the remaining factions will be too powerful?' he thought.
"Mei Qing." Yunxi naturally didn't know what Chen Huan was thinking, and said to Mei Yin: "Although this case has nothing to do with Ai Qing, Ai Qing didn't know anything about it and committed a crime of negligence. I ordered
You will have a day of self-examination in the mansion tomorrow as a punishment. The general affairs of the Ministry of War will be temporarily taken care of by Zuo Shilang."
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Mei Yin saluted and said.