It is true that Chu Yi has power over the government and the public and has many supporters. However, Chu Yi's situation in the court is one of two extremes. While there are many supporters, there are also many officials who are dissatisfied with Chu Yi.
In order to control the right to speak, Chu Yi killed too many high-ranking officials and powerful people, even if it was to confiscate their families and exterminate their clans, but don't forget that there are still teacher-student relationships outside of the nine clans.
However, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was densely connected, and many officials were classmates. In the same year, the relationship between teachers and students was considered connected and formed a large network.
With such a big net, even a powerful figure like Chu Yi was unable to completely break it. Therefore, while Chu Yi cleaned up some high-ranking officials, he also offended quite a few officials.
If this were not the case, there would not have been the massive Ningwang Rebellion. Although Chu Yi contributed to this, the Ningwang Rebellion swept across most of the south of the Yangtze River. If there were no officials involved,
It is absolutely impossible for the vassal king of Ningwang to cause such a big disturbance.
Just looking at Chu Yi's current power and the fact that there are still officials who dare to impeach Chu Yi, we can see that the forces opposing Chu Yi still exist in the court.
Even if there is no Gu Dayong, there will still be other people who will target Chu Yi. If the entire court is to be monolithic and all surrender to Chu Yi, Chu Yi himself may not believe it.
It was expected that the emperor would protect Chu Yi. Just as the officials were waiting to see how Chu Yi would react, they saw an imperial censor step forward and salute the emperor with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, I am impeaching King Wu Chu Yi."
, secretly coveting the spoils of war from Japan, and rewarding the soldiers who went out to fight, in order to win people's hearts, this is really a treasonous and unethical act..."
"Um!"
Above the court, all the officials were shocked when they heard the words. If the previous officials who stood up to impeach Chu Yi did not threaten Chu Yi, the impeachment of the censor now would be a big problem.
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This person impeached Chu Yi for inviting military support and had evil intentions. For anyone, once convicted of this crime, it would be an unforgivable crime of confiscating one's family and annihilating one's clan.
Is Chu Yi really trying to buy people's hearts and have evil intentions?
Many officials subconsciously looked at Chu Yi. If Chu Yi had dismissed the charge of disrespecting the prince before, then now that they had pinned the label of rebellion on his head, how could Chu Yi still sit there?
Can you live there?
Wu Kang, the censor, stroked his beard and noticed the eyes of the officials looking at him. Wu Kang's face was filled with a bit of pride. As a censor, if he didn't even have the courage to impeach the powerful, what else would he do?
Censor, he, Wu Kang, was nearly sixty years old, almost at the age of becoming an official. At this age, Wu Kang was thinking about how to leave a mark in the history of history.
So Wu Kang was eyeing Chu Yi, and his luck seemed to be very good, as he accidentally found out about Chu Yi's large-scale reward for military generals in Japan.
Wu Kang was so excited when he found out this. As the commander-in-chief of an army, he was feared by the emperor when leading troops outside. Chu Yi actually rewarded the soldiers lavishly. Such an action was simply making himself unhappy.
If any emperor was even slightly afraid, Chu Yi's actions in Japan alone would be enough to convict him of the heinous crime of plotting rebellion.
Before Chu Yi could speak, he saw a general stand up among the ranks of military generals and shouted angrily at Yushi Wu Kang: "Bold Wu Kang, you dare to slander His Highness. What's the point of saying that His Highness is rebelling?"
Evidence?”
Wu Kang looked disdainful and glanced at the third-grade martial artist. Although the other person's grade was even higher than his, Wu Kang's eyes when he looked at him were full of disdain.
Since the Tumu Fort Incident, Wu Xun's backbone was broken, and the original balance of civil and military checks and balances in the Ming Dynasty has been completely broken.
Especially when Yu Qian used his talents as a scholar to take charge of the Ministry of War and seize all the power of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. Since then, the martial arts department has become a decoration in the court.
, when he was a sixth-grade civil servant, he was humble and could not hold his head high.
Even though with the support of Chu Yi, a group of newly promoted nobles gained a lot of real power and gradually restored their status as warriors, the literati's disdain for warriors did not change much over time. Just like Wu Kang,
Since he entered the court, the civil servant group has completely suppressed the Wu Xun group. This has been the case for decades. It is obviously impossible for him to change his attitude towards Wu Xun.
Wu Kang's disdainful look couldn't help but make all the martial artists present angry with him, especially the martial artist who stood up to question Wu Kang. An angry look flashed on his face, and he strode forward. At Wu Kang's surprise,
In the midst of the cry, he grabbed Wu Kang by the collar, pulled him close to him and shouted: "How dare you look down on me, general!"
"It's an insult to gentlemen, it's an insult to gentlemen, why don't you let me go..."
Wu Kang reacted and couldn't help but cursed at the other party.
At this moment, several old censors frowned and said angrily at the martial artist: "Reckless man, you are really reckless. Isn't this a place where warriors like you roam rampant above the court..."
Seeing that the martial artist was being besieged by several old censors, he heard a slight cough. As a member of the cabinet and Minister of War, Yang Yiqing stepped forward, first saluted the emperor who looked at ease, and then
He said to Qiu Yue: "Uncle Xianning, above the court, in front of the emperor, how dare you act so arrogantly, yet you still won't let go of Wu Yushi!"
It turns out that this martial artist was Qiu Yue, the guerrilla general of Ningxia Town who was instrumental in putting down Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion in the past. Because of his contribution in putting down Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion, he was named Xianning Bo for his merits.
Qiu Yue can be said to be a good general. He was awarded the title of General Pingtei by the Emperor. He holds the position of Uncle Xianning. Among many martial arts, he is also a new martial hero. It can be said that he is quite famous and prestigious among many martial arts.
Qiu Yue let go of Wu Kang, bowed down to the emperor, and said in a solemn voice: "I was angered for a moment, and I lost my manners in the court. I am willing to be punished. However, Yushi Wu dared to slander His Highness King Wu and intended to rebel. His heart is to be punished. I still ask your majesty to govern Wu."
The censor's lies are a crime of slander!"
Immediately, more than a dozen warriors were seen bowing down to the emperor and saying: "I sincerely ask your majesty to punish Wu Yushi for his crime!"
As martial artists, especially these martial artists who have stood out are all new martial artists who have been promoted through battles in the past few years. It can be said that these people are not like those old martial arts families.
He has long since lost all his bravery as a martial artist, and is only filled with enjoyment and conspiracy.
It can be seen that among the ranks of military generals, a considerable number of veteran martial arts masters are standing there without moving, as if the civil servants and censors besieging Qiu Yue have nothing to do with them at all.
The difference between the veteran martial arts and the new martial arts can be clearly seen by just looking at it.
Wu Kang looked at the dozens of warriors kneeling on the ground and expressed their disbelief, but he did not panic. Instead, he looked proud, laughed loudly, pointed at the warriors, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty,
Have you seen it? This is evidence, this is evidence that Chu Yi formed a clique in the army and had evil intentions!"
"Ah, shit..."
"You are fucking slandering..."
"Wow wow wow, I'm so angry..."
If the more than a dozen newly promoted warriors are talking about scheming and eloquence, how can they be compared with these sophisticated old officials who have been in the officialdom for decades?
There was a bang, and Zhu Houzhao, who had been sitting there with a gloomy expression, suddenly slapped the armrest of the dragon chair and said angrily: "That's enough, what kind of place is this? Where is the tiger in front of the palace?
I will drag all these people who are roaring in the hall and Your Highness has behaved inappropriately and drag them out of the palace and give them twenty punishments with a cane!"
Immediately, a group of mighty Huben guards were seen filing out, and a few censors including Wu Kang, who was stroking his beard and saliva flying around, were picked up amidst the astonished eyes of the civil and military officials.
Wu Kang and others were pointing at Qiu Yue and other new martial artists and taunting them with words like knives, when they were suddenly silenced by the emperor's outburst.
Although Qiu Yue and the others were picked up by the Hu Ben Guards, they were all strong generals in the army and were only punished with sticks. They did not take it to heart at all. Instead, they looked at Wu Kang and others with expectant faces.
After Wu Kang and others reacted, they couldn't help but loudly said to the emperor: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please wait. If Chu Yi is not eliminated, our Ming Dynasty will be in danger..."
Zhu Houzhao, who had a gloomy expression at first, snorted coldly and said: "Hit me hard!"
Suddenly, there was a sound of hitting with a stick from outside the hall, bang bang bang. The dull sound of the blow was heard, and soon a shrill wail was heard. Needless to say, what happened to the bodies of old censors like Wu Kang?
You can withstand the punishment of the rod.
"Hahaha!"
Also accompanying the wails of Wu Kang and others was the hearty laughter of Qiu Yue and Wu Xun.
They didn't care at all about being relied on, but it was just a stick. They had been through the battlefield and passed through hell many times, and they had countless scars on their bodies. A mere stick was nothing.
Then I heard Zhu Houzhao say coldly: "The officers and soldiers who have been rewarded by Daban of Chu are all acting in accordance with my will. If anyone slanders Daban again, I will definitely punish him severely."
I thought that relying on this could shake Chu Yi's foundation and even create a rift between the emperor and Chu Yi. However, seeing the emperor's reaction, many officials sighed in their hearts.
However, some officials were secretly happy. In their view, Zhu Houzhao was angry, which meant that Wu Kang's impeachment was effective. Although Zhu Houzhao protected Chu Yi, at least if Zhu Houzhao did not have any suspicion against Chu Yi, at least
They don't believe it.
Facing these waves of impeachments, Chu Yi, who had never reacted, sighed softly, stepped forward and saluted Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, in order to express my innocence, please allow me to resign from the post.
Supervisor of Ceremonies, the position of Superintendent of Royal Horses!"
