Daming talker

Chapter 654 What's wrong with being bored? (Please give me a monthly ticket!)
The next day, Sun Yong, the junior eunuch who usually sat in charge of the secretariat at Huiji Gate, disappeared and was replaced by Chen Ju, the eunuch in charge of the Secretariat who had a more powerful background.

In addition to temporarily taking over the secretarial office, Eunuch Chen, who also had the power to investigate the case, asked his attendants, "Where is the person who mistakenly sent the secret memorial to the Six Departments?"

A long-time attendant nearby replied, "This man committed suicide last night out of fear of punishment."

Eunuch Chen was a bit exaggerated and angrily said: "You dare to commit suicide before the trial. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

At this time, it was daybreak and the palace gates were already open. People were entering the inner court to work or submitting memorials to the emperor through the Huiji Gate.

Eunuch Chen temporarily focused his attention on collecting memorials. Since a big news broke yesterday, there would definitely be some excitement today.

Huang Zhengbin, the secretary of the cabinet, was the first to present a memorial and expressed his intention to impeach the Prime Minister Shen Shixing.

Looking at Huang Zhengbin, Eunuch Chen, who thought he was fully prepared mentally, was still surprised.

All kinds of monsters and demons are trying to jump out to show off their presence. How dare a mere secretary of the Secretariat "rebel against Tiangang"?
You should know that although the Cabinet Secretary is nominally a seventh-rank official, in reality he is just a "clerk" serving the cabinet elders.

More importantly, the Cabinet Secretary had no connection with the civil service system and was not allowed to be promoted to other civil servants. This shows how low the actual political status of the Cabinet Secretary was.

Therefore, in the minds of many people, the Cabinet Secretary is not regarded as a formal civil servant, but a miscellaneous official.

If Emperor Taizu Gao had not allowed the military and civilians to submit petitions, I am afraid that the Secretariat would not even have the right to submit a memorial to impeach the cabinet minister.

In Eunuch Chen's impression, this might be the first time that a secretary impeached a cabinet minister, which was also a new record in the Ming Dynasty.

I can only say that some scholars are really crazy in their pursuit of fame.

However, after Huang Zhengbin, the situation became more normal, and several censors came forward to submit impeachment memorials.

Some impeached Shen Shixing, some impeached Wang Xijue, some impeached both, and some impeached Zhao Zhigao. As expected, it was a chaotic situation.

Eunuch Chen is different from Sun Yong, who is just a porter. He is qualified to read the memorials.

However, after reading the memorials from the censors, Eunuch Chen didn't know whether to call them "steady" or "cowardly", as they were very restrained in impeaching.

But it is understandable. It is estimated that these people were worried that their harsh words would anger the emperor and they would be buried with Shen Shixing and others.

According to the emperor's instructions, Eunuch Chen submitted all the impeachments today to the Ministry for discussion.

Among all the impeachments, Huang Zhengbin, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, ultimately became the most impressive one, overshadowing all other censors.

There are two main reasons. One is Huang Sheren's identity. Even the knowledgeable eunuch Chen was shocked, let alone others.

Besides, the possibility of a "mistake" by the Cabinet Secretary in this incident of secret memorial leakage cannot be completely ruled out.

Huang Zhengbin is also a secretary of the Central Secretariat. How can we not think too much when he jumps out at this time? Is there any connection between them?
The second thing is the content of the impeachment. Huang Sheren completely defeated a group of censors.

Most of the impeachments from the censors were about cursing Shen Shixing or Wang Xijue for being double-faced, indecisive, and fawning on their superiors. Most of them were old-fashioned clichés with nothing new.

Huang Sheren not only impeached, but also reported! His impeachment exposed many small inside stories, accusing Prime Minister Shen of excluding and framing his colleagues in the cabinet. These are new things that are hard for outsiders to see!

Huang Sheren became famous overnight and became the most famous figure in the officialdom of the capital, especially welcomed by the Qingliu Party. Because they were afraid of getting into trouble or going too far, the Qingliu Party remained relatively restrained and won a safe victory, so as not to be dragged into the grave by the desperate Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue.

But objectively, someone still needs to stand up and deal a heavy blow to Shen Shixing and completely strip him of his face.

Huang Zhengbin's impeachment accomplished this task very well, and it was equivalent to hammering the final nail into Shen Shixing's coffin.

The Qingliu forces have been fighting with Prime Minister Shen Shixing for six or seven years, and now, with the help of God's will, they finally see the dawn of victory!

However, Huang Zhengbin's behavior angered cabinet minister Zhao Zhigao. Now cabinet minister Zhao is no longer a scoundrel, but the temporary second-in-command of the cabinet.

Lord Zhao directly dismissed Huang Zhengbin and removed him from the cabinet.

However, Huang Zhengbin did not feel lonely at all. Soon he was invited by several imperial censors to visit and exchange ideas at the Censorate. He was honored as a "righteous man" and became very popular in the officialdom.

Zhao Zhigao was then subjected to another wave of public criticism and was impeached for blocking speech and excluding dissidents.

Afterwards, Zhao Zhigao cursed Wang Jiaping again in Wenyuan Pavilion, accusing Wang Jiaping of colluding with the Secretariat to drive out the first and second assistants; now he launched an attack to drive out the four assistants, attempting to monopolize power in the cabinet!
The current situation is turbulent, with one person coming on stage after another and all kinds of gossip making it hard to keep up.

But for Eunuch Chen, who was in charge of Huiji Gate, these days were extremely dull and boring.

Because apart from the emperor, he is the only one who knows the truth. Now that you know the answer, what's the point of watching a suspense drama?
What others consider to be exciting gossips seem like clown stuff to Eunuch Chen. This is the sense of superiority that comes from holding the truth.

To put it bluntly, he was sitting at Huiji Gate, just pretending to be important on behalf of the emperor.

You have to pretend to be serious, so no matter how boring it is, you can't leave and you have to stay until the end.

Today, Eunuch Chen had two more braziers added. The weather is getting colder and colder, and it is really not warm here in the porch. I just hope these boring days will end soon.

Suddenly, the attendant shouted outside the door: "There is an officer from the Imperial Guards who urgently wants to see Grandpa! We must talk to him in person!"

Eunuch Chen could guess that something might have happened outside the palace, so he asked the Jinyiwei officer to come in.

Then the Jinyiwei officer was heard to report in a hurry: "Today, a poster with large characters appeared on the street outside the right gate of Chang'an!"

Eunuch Chen chuckled and said, "Aren't there such notices every day? Is it worth seeing me urgently?"

The Jinyiwei officer immediately said, "But the notice said that the leak of the two secret letters from the Prime Minister and the Second Prime Minister was intentional by the emperor! It also listed several reasons!"

Shit! Eunuch Chen, who was warming himself by the fire, was so nervous that he almost fell into the brazier. He seemed to hear thunder in winter!
There were only three people who knew it clearly, and one of them had already committed suicide!

So who the hell leaked the truth without any evidence?

How could this kind of behavior of creating something out of nothing be like Lin Tailai's style? But Lin Tailai was clearly in Suzhou, more than 2,000 miles away!

I just hate myself for being so mean, complaining every day that life is so boring. Now it’s not boring anymore!

What's wrong with being bored? A simple life is a blessing!
(End of this chapter)