The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"Zhang Aiqing, do you have anything else to say?" Seeing that Zhang Fan had finished breaking the news, but did not go back, the Empress Dowager Li couldn't help asking.

But at this moment, Gao Gong's face was as dead ashes, and his whole body was trembling like chaff. Looking at him like this, even though he was kneeling there with his hands on the ground, it seemed that he might faint on the ground at any time.

"That's right," Zhang Fan said without changing his face and heartbeat, "I still want to impeach Gao Gong, take revenge on my own right, reject disagreements, and be cronyist."

As soon as Zhang Fan said these words, there was a bit of commotion down there again. Zhang Fan is good. In the past two years as the commander of Jinyiwei, he personally took down a corrupt guard eunuch except when he went to Jiangnan. In addition to Liu Shan, probably because of Feng Bao, the incompetent Meng Chong who was sitting in the seat of the eunuch in charge of the ceremony at that time was indirectly pulled down. Basically, Zhang Fan never impeached again. It's unimaginable for a person in charge of Jinyiwei to be a minister, but Zhang Fan did it

At first, many people thought it was because Zhang Fan was timid. After all, Zhang Fan had not been in office for a long time, so he didn't dare to offend people. But later, people found that this was not the case. People who are afraid of something, Zhang Fan, who was scarred from Mobei and only breathed a sigh of relief, let them understand. After the mission of sending him to his death, no one dared to underestimate Zhang Fan anymore.

What's more, since Zhang Fan entered Jinyiwei, there is no need to be afraid of anyone at all. The reason why he lost his role as an ordinary minister was because of the disagreement between Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng, which involved Zhang Fan had just entered the officialdom, but afterwards, Long Qing's love for Zhang Fan was undisguised, which naturally doubled Zhang Fan's worth.

In the future, the relationship between Zhang Fan and Zhu Yijun is not a secret among the ruling and opposition parties, which makes Zhang Fan a rising political heart.

Many people are very honest as officials, some are because they are really honest, and some are because although they have a dishonest heart, they are forced to become honest by many reasons. When he took the throne, many people who were trusted by Long Qing but actually had self-interest in their hearts did not dare to make a big move. The reason was to protect themselves wisely. Who knows when the emperor will die. People don't think about what will happen to them when the time comes, so now it is natural to be a man and an official with your tail between your legs.

But Zhang Fan didn't need to care about these at all. Whether Long Qing continued to reign or Zhu Yijun ascended the throne, Zhang Fan could swim in the court like a fish in water, and he didn't need to care about anything at all.

However, Zhang Fan, who has such convenience, did not do so. It is obviously not that Zhang Fan wanted to pretend, but that he really didn't have that kind of thought.

But now, Gao Gong is in trouble, and Zhang Fan is the first person to stand up and wantonly impeach Gao Gong in response to the Queen Mother Li's call. Moreover, Zhang Fan either doesn't say anything, or he just keeps talking. It confuses the ministers.

But Zhang Juzheng has figured it out a bit, he can vaguely know Zhang Fan's intentions, Zhang Fan did this not only to make Zhang Juzheng less trouble in the future, but also...

"Oh, I didn't expect our senior scholar to have such things," Queen Mother Li said with a smile, but anyone could see that her smile contained a coldness, "Zhang Aiqing, tell me quickly."

"Yes," Zhang Fan responded, and continued, "The post of censor is dedicated to supervision, not only to monitor the words and deeds of officials, but also to supervise the government affairs. It is understandable to talk about political affairs in the imperial history. The emperor set the rules, but Gao Gong couldn't tolerate them.

"It was also this year, in April, when His Majesty was still recuperating from his illness. The censor Wang Wenhui made a memorial, and his words were quite sarcastic about current affairs. There was nothing wrong with this matter, but it was only because Wang Wenhui's memorial involved Gao Gong's words. At that time, His Majesty was not in court, and all the memorials presented by the ministers were reviewed by the cabinet and sent to the Supervisor of Rites for approval. After Gao Gong saw this memorial, he immediately summoned Wang Wenhui and sent him to the court in front of other officials. After scolding, Gao Gong used his own power to release Wang Wenhui to Ningxia.

"Afterwards, things got worse. Shang Baoqing and Liu Fenyong made a memorial not to impeach Gao Gong, but to correct his faults; in the matter, Cao Daye impeached Gao Gong because of the memorial. , and Gao Gong personally offered bribes, etc. As a result, the memorials of the two lords fell into disrepair, and not long after, the two lords were also demoted from Beijing, "

"The Ai family has never heard of this matter at all." The Empress Dowager Li frowned when she heard Zhang Fan's words, and then asked Feng Bao, "Feng Bao, as the eunuch who is in charge of ceremonies and seals?" , all the memorials from the ministers have to be passed from you, you know about this, "

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager," Feng Bao immediately replied respectfully, "this servant does not know about it."

"How could this be?" Empress Dowager Li became puzzled. Empress Dowager Li is a principled person. Even if she wants to bring down a person, she must rely on actual evidence. If what Zhang Fan said is not true, she will naturally It won't be counted on Gao Gong's head, so she must ask clearly about the things she doesn't know.

"Back to the queen mother," Feng Bao naturally would not let go of this opportunity. What Zhang Fan said was true, and Feng Bao knew this, but at that time, due to many reasons, Feng Bao did not take the opportunity. What to say, now that Zhang Fan has brought it up, of course he will put another shitpan on Gao Gong's head, "Although the Supervisor of Rituals is responsible for collecting the memorials submitted by the ministers for His Majesty's review, he must Someone will hand over the memorial to the servant, "

"You mean..." Queen Mother Li already knew what Zhang Fan was going to say.

Not only the Empress Dowager Li, but also the officials below all understood it. It seems that Zhang Fan's words will deal a more severe blow to Gao Gong.

"The empress dowager is wise," Feng Bao said, flattering the empress dowager Li, "the officials in the court will submit all the memorials, before handing them over to the servants' supervisors, they must all be handed over to the cabinet, and the cabinet scholars will review them all. That's right, if anyone thinks that there is something wrong with the memorial, or that it is not suitable for His Majesty to see, they will naturally not present the memorial, and the servants will naturally not know about it."

"Gao Gong, you are so brave," Empress Dowager Li suddenly became angry and shouted at Gao Gong.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not have explicit regulations, there was an unwritten rule. No one had the right to stay in the impeachment memorial issued by officials. Although it was unwritten, there was no law to break this rule. However, once the news spreads, people will naturally understand that there must be something wrong with the person who withheld the memorial, or if you didn’t withhold the memorial, you would just withhold the book of impeachment. What is the official's memorial? The key point is that the person collected the money, or the person impeached in the memorial is himself.

"This..." At this moment, Gao Gong couldn't say a word at all.

If it was in the past, no matter who it was in front of, even Long Qing, he would stand up and refute it, because Gao Gong knew that the reason why Long Qing still didn't do anything to him after he had done so many things , it is because Long Qing cherishes his talents.

However, now that Long Qing has passed away and Zhu Yijun is on the throne, but the real power is in the hands of the Empress Dowager Li. The Queen Mother is not that kind, because you have talent, so you can do things that others can't do, and you won't be punished. From the perspective of Queen Mother Li, these ministers who are not very close to her, she treats all of them equally of.

The so-called "ten thousand merits are not worth one deed", no matter how many good deeds you have done, how much contribution you have made to the court and Ming Dynasty, as long as you make a big mistake, all those credits will be gone, and you will be punished if you know the law and break the law. bigger.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Zhang Fan didn't say anything else, turned around and walked back to where he should be standing, bowing his head in silence.

Beside him, Zhang Juzheng looked at Zhang Fan with deep meaning in his eyes, and Zhang Fan also gave him a look back, indicating that what he had to do has been done now, and he also showed a pleading look.

After seeing Zhang Fan's eyes, Zhang Juzheng thought about it for a while, and finally nodded slowly, agreeing to Zhang Fan's request.

What Zhang Fan asked for was very simple, that is, to ask Zhang Juzheng not to go out and insult Gao Gong again. Now, what Zhang Fan said was enough to make Gao Gong no longer an obstacle. What would Zhang Juzheng say if he went out again? , it will not have any effect, but it will make people feel that he is a bit too much.

What's more, now that Zhang Fan started this, the situation is very different from before. Most of the ministers present had some grievances with Gao Gong. I didn't dare to say it just now. After all, I was bullied by Gao Gong for two years. In childhood, some fear is certain.

What Zhang Fan said just now dispelled the fear in these people's hearts.

"The minister impeached Gao Gong,"

"The minister has the power to impeach,"

"minister……"

"..."

The voices of impeachment can be described as one after another, continuous, some people have never even spoken a word since they stood up in this palace, and now they are also enthusiastic, which shows that Gao Gong is really too It's unpopular.

However, the things they impeached Gao Gong were not all major crimes requiring beheading. Many things were not serious, but they were enough to make Gao Gong go away.

Gao Gong, who knew that the situation was gone, was lying on the ground, unable to get up,