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It can be said that Li Huan's words really shocked all the officials present, even the elders couldn't help but groan in their hearts.

Both Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe knew a little about Li Huan.

With Li Huan's temperament, since he dared to say these words on such an occasion, he must have been fully sure that he had already obtained evidence of corruption and bribery by Shen Yu, Ma Qing and other officials.

You must know that when Li Huan waved the butcher knife at the officials of the DPRK and China several times, he always produced sufficient evidence. I can't do it even if I ask for mercy.

Glancing at each other, the elders couldn't help sighing inwardly. I'm afraid this matter will end badly.

Looking at Li Huan's posture, no one could figure out what Li Huan meant, whether he was only impeaching Shen Yu, Ma Qing and other officials, or whether he was going to impeach a few people to further impeach him.

If Li Huan really wanted to get involved, I'm afraid that in the fourth year of Zhengde, there will be another big case that will cause a sensation in the court.

As for how many officials will be involved at that time, Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and they can't guarantee.

Being able to step up to the senior positions in the cabinet step by step, Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and the others naturally knew the character of the officials below.

If you want to say whether there are clean and honest officials in the officialdom, there are definitely some, but they are absolutely rare. The vast majority of officials can be said to be unclean under their buttocks. There are various illegal acts of corruption and bribery.

At least at this moment, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others have noticed that the complexions of many officials present have changed.

Especially the officials of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War all looked very bad at the moment.

The dozens of officials Li Huan impeached, including Shen Yu and Ma Qing, all came from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Household Affairs. Many officials even knew about Shen Yu and Ma Qing's corruption of ink. , and even some people even participated in it.

Not to mention anything else, but Zuo Yang, Bao Ming, Yang Ling and the others were all panicked and apprehensive at the moment.

Shen Yu, Ma Qing and the others dared to attack the logistics and military supplies. Without the support of the upper-level officials, they would not have been so rampant.

And Zuo Yang, Bao Ming, and Yang Ling were the officials who participated in it, so at this moment, the eyes of these people looking at Li Huan were full of fear and panic.

I don't know how much evidence Li Huan has at this moment, whether Shen Yu, Ma Qing and other officials have confessed to them.

Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and other dignitaries on the side opened their eyes wide, looking at Li Huan in surprise, and then a look of excitement and anticipation appeared on their faces.

Zhu Fu even said with indignation: "Your Majesty, the frontline soldiers are fighting with the Tatars with their lives. The sad thing is that there are a group of moths of the country who dare to do it even with military supplies, that is, the generals and the governors. The good fortune is equal to the sky, and His Majesty's foresight is the only way to defeat the Tatars, otherwise, once the entire army is defeated due to logistical problems, and the northwest land is corrupted, who can take the responsibility?"

Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly when he heard the words, glanced at all the officials, and finally said to Li Huan: "Li Qing's family, just now I saw something on the Qing family's battle report, that the firearms in the army were unable to use firearms due to lack of enough gunpowder. Do more harm to the Tatars with its power?"

Li Huan nodded and said: "Return to Your Majesty, the governor Wang Yangming assembled more than a thousand large and small artillery pieces in the army, relying on the power of my big firearms, the Tatars who were beating them had no power to fight back, and the result was that the logistics could not supply them." Enough gunpowder so that the firearms cannot be used, otherwise, Nadayan may not be able to escape and ascend to heaven with tens of thousands of elites."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he frowned and looked at one of the officials and said in a deep voice: "Lu Jing, the Ministry of Industry is under your jurisdiction. Tell me, has the Ministry of Industry allocated enough military supplies according to my order?" To supply the army for combat?"

At this time, Lu Jing's complexion was a little pale, but she was still able to maintain a little calmness. Hearing the words, she couldn't help trembling slightly, stepped forward and bowed and said: "Return to Your Majesty, how dare I be negligent, I have already urged my subordinates Allocate enough ordnance and supplies to the front line."

Zhang Lun looked at Lu Jing with a sneer and said, "If that's the case, then Lu Shangshu will tell me, where are the military supplies allocated by Lu Shangshu? Why is there a shortage of gunpowder ahead? Could it be that the gunpowder can grow wings and fly away? Or The Ministry of Industry did not allocate enough ordnance and supplies..."

Lu Jing didn't wait for Zhang Lun to finish his sentence and said: "The British public don't want to spout blood. The Ministry of Industry has records of allocating materials, and there are receipts from personnel at all levels. This old man has always been clean and honest. He is valued by His Majesty and entrusted with important tasks. How dare you be negligent on such a major matter that concerns the safety of the country."

Seeing Lu Jing's awe-inspiring and loyal appearance, some officials couldn't help but secretly nodded, secretly thinking that Lu Jing, an old man, really deserves to be the pillar of the country and is dedicated to the country.

Of course, the most important thing is that in the eyes of some officials, Lu Jing is indeed very simple in daily life, and the mansion is not luxurious. They really do not believe that Lu Jing, as a minister, is greedy for ink.

Speaking of which, Lu Jing cupped her hands towards Li Huan and said, "General, do you trust me?"

Looking at Lu Jing's serious appearance, if ordinary people are really confused by him, but Li Huan is also, if he is not fully sure, he would not be able to be in this grand meeting. Start this big case.

Don't look at Li Huan didn't speak just now, but the reaction of Lu Jing and others is in Li Huan's eyes.

Especially Lu Jing, who only looked at Li Huan's awe-inspiring appearance just now, was full of praise in his heart.

It really deserves to be a Shangshu, just this concentration and thick skin are not comparable to ordinary people, at least Li Huan asked himself that he couldn't open his eyes and talk nonsense like Lu Jing, even without blinking his eyes.

Li Huan just glanced at Lu Jing indifferently, and said with a sneer, "Li doesn't believe it!"

I have to say that Li Huan's decisive words really surprised many people.

After all, in the eyes of many officials, Lu Jing has already said that, no matter what, Li Huan will give Lu Jing, the official of the Six Departments, a little bit of face, right?

But what I didn't expect was that Li Huan would refute Lu Jing without hesitation.

In an instant, Lu Jing's complexion became gloomy, her eyes narrowed, her chest heaved violently, trying to suppress the anger in her heart, she just stared at Li Huan, waved her long sleeves and said: "In this case, I have nothing to say Said, I only ask His Majesty to restore my innocence."

Speaking of which, Lu Jing bowed down to Zhu Houzhao, her face full of grievances.

Zhu Houzhao took a look at Lu Jing and couldn't help but turned to Li Huan and said, "Li Qing..."

Li Huan smiled slightly at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty's case is of great importance and is deeply involved. Whether Lu Shangshu is involved and how deeply involved is really hard for me to say for a while."

Some people couldn't help frowning when they heard the words. What does it mean to be deeply involved? This is telling them that Lu Jing, who is a minister, participated in the big case of arms corruption and ink.

If this charge is really confirmed, then the only thing waiting for Lu Jing is to ransack his family and exterminate his family.

After all, everyone knows that the great war not long ago was directly related to the national destiny of the Northwest of the Ming Dynasty. If it is true that the defeat of the Ming Dynasty was caused by officials like Lu Jing greedy for military supplies, and the Northwest fell, that would be true. The foundation of the Ming Dynasty is about to be shaken.

Therefore, this is definitely a big and important case, and it must be investigated to the end, strictly investigated and dealt with, but I don’t know how many people will lose their positions or even lose their heads because of this big case. .

Just when such thoughts flashed through the minds of many officials, one person suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I request you to dispatch elite personnel from the Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to investigate this case."

Hearing this, many officials showed a bit of joy on their faces, and the person who spoke was none other than Yang Tinghe, a cabinet minister.

Yang Tinghe suggested to the emperor with a serious face.

According to the normal procedure, it seems that such a big case of corruption of ink will indeed go through the judicial process, which will be strictly investigated by the three divisions, and then judged by the emperor.

Yang Tinghe stood up at this time and suggested to the emperor that it was absolutely reasonable and legal to send three divisions to investigate the case, but Zhu Houzhao was unwilling.

Even if there is nothing wrong with Yang Tinghe's suggestion, Zhu Houzhao does not have much hope for the results of the investigation by the third division.

Zhu Houzhao is not a fool, how come he doesn't know the situation above the court, the officials of the civil official group protect each other, and expect them to investigate themselves, I am afraid that in the end, they will only push out a few unlucky people, come out as scapegoats, and turn big things into small things To prevaricate myself.

Taking a casual look at Yang Tinghe, Zhu Houzhao said slowly, "Mr. Yang Ge, I'm going to hand over this case to Jinyiwei and Dongchang for joint investigation."

"Your Majesty can't!"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Li Dongyang, the first assistant, changed his face and stepped forward, saying with a heartbroken look.

Zhu Houzhao frowned and looked at Li Dongyang and said, "Why not?"

Li Dongyang looked at Zhu Houzhao and sighed: "Your Majesty, Jinyiwei and Dongchang are not allowed to set up large prisons to handle unjust cases. Otherwise, His Majesty will leave a dishonorable mark in history..."

"Bold Li Dongyang, you are so brave..."

Qiu Ju, who was serving beside the emperor, couldn't help shouting angrily at Li Dongyang.

In Qiu Ju's view, Li Dongyang's words were threatening the emperor, what is meant by leaving a dishonorable mark on Qing history? This is not threatening the emperor. These literati who have mastered the right to speak and write will unceremoniously smear the emperor's posthumous name on the books!
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand to signal Qiu Ju to back down, leaned forward slightly, narrowed his eyes, and a stern look flashed away.

The majestic emperor naturally has a bit of imperial majesty, especially at the moment when he was stimulated by Li Dongyang's words, Zhu Houzhao stared at Li Dongyang as if he had transformed into an inviolable supreme emperor in an instant and said: "Li Qing knows that you What does it mean?"

In fact, when Li Dongyang opened his mouth, he felt a little regretful. In fact, he didn't intend to threaten the emperor with the name of the emperor's death, but didn't those words mean to threaten the emperor when he heard the words in the ears of others?

Even if he wants to explain now, he can't argue with it. I'm afraid few people will believe that his words are not threatening the emperor.

You must know that at this moment, many officials are looking at Li Dongyang with admiration and approval. They obviously agree with Li Dongyang's decisive step forward and the act of persuading the emperor with the name of the emperor behind him.

Even at this moment, several officials stood up together, bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty think twice, Mr. Shoufu is also thinking about His Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao just glanced at these officials lightly, his eyes were still fixed on Li Dongyang, as if he wanted Li Dongyang to give him an answer.

Under the gaze of Zhu Houzhao, Li Dongyang sighed softly, slowly took off the official hat on his head, and then bowed to the emperor amidst the stunned eyes of the officials and said in a trembling voice: "The old minister made a mistake and offended His Majesty. The minister is guilty. I have failed the late emperor's entrustment, and I am old, I beg Your Majesty to allow this old minister to beg for bones."

Baiguan, who was stunned by Li Dongyang's pleading words just a moment ago, saw Li Dongyang asking to be appointed, many people's eyes lit up, and they couldn't help but sigh. The first assistant is worthy of being the first assistant. Wei Jin's single-handed use is really wonderful.

It is not a trivial matter for the chief minister of the dignified cabinet to ask for an official position. Even the emperor would consider it carefully, otherwise, if he is not careful, it may cause endless turmoil in the court.

Some people only thought that Li Dongyang's request to the emperor to become an official was just forcing the emperor, but they didn't know that Li Dongyang really wanted to be an official from the bottom of his heart.

One or two years ago, Li Dongyang wanted to retire. It was only because the emperor was not allowed to stay, so he stayed in the position of the chief assistant of the cabinet for the past two years. Waiting for the big case and feeling guilty, feeling that I have let down the trust and expectations of the emperor, and as the chief assistant of the cabinet, it is absolutely impossible for the emperor to expand the rights of Jinyiwei and Dongchang. Once these two spy weapons are completely released, I don't know what kind of harm it will bring to Daming.

And as the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, he was naturally obliged to persuade the emperor.

It's just that Li Dongyang is not sure about whether he can persuade the emperor, and even his inner instinct tells him that the emperor will never hand over the power of handling the case to the third division.

For various reasons, when Li Dongyang said his resignation, he definitely came from the heart.

Zhu Houzhao frowned, just looking at the emperor's expression, he knew that the emperor was in a very bad mood at the moment.

As for Li Dongyang, who is the chief minister of the cabinet, to be honest, the emperor's senses are very complicated. If anything, Li Dongyang can be regarded as a very good chief minister. At least he supports many of his will and works hard for him. Eliminate the gap between the emperor and the officials.

If it is possible, Zhu Houzhao naturally wants to keep Li Dongyang in the position of the chief assistant of the cabinet for a few more years, and wait until he and Li Huan have thoroughly sorted out the personnel affairs in the army and above the court, and then Li Dongyang will be successful. When retreating.

It's just that Li Dongyang would bring up the old matter again at this moment and ask for an official position, and judging by his posture, it was not a moment of enthusiasm, but really wanted to be an official.

All eyes were cast on the emperor who was holding on to the dragon chair with one hand, frowning and contemplating, with a hesitant expression on his face.

Noticing the change in Zhu Houzhao's expression, some officials couldn't help but thump in their hearts. They only looked at the emperor's expression. Could it be that the emperor had some thoughts in his mind, would he really allow Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, to retire?
The emperor was obviously very hesitant in his heart, as if he was hesitating between keeping Li Dongyang and agreeing to Li Dongyang.

At this moment, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said to Li Huan: "Li Qing, what does Li Qing think about Li Shoufu begging for bones?"

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