Cultivating Immortality, Starts with Green Plum

Chapter 116: I want to impeach Xu Ming, the civil and military minister! (4000 words, two chapters in one)

At night, a man in black came to the back door of an official's mansion in Wudu.

The man in black knocked on the back door, but no one answered.

The man in black knocked twice more, but still no one responded.

The man in black knocked for the fourth time.

"whats the matter?"

At this time, an old man's voice was heard from the back door.

"I just met a dog." said the man in black.

"What does encountering a dog have to do with us?" responded the old man at the door.

"This dog will bite many people." The man in black continued.

"Crack."

After the secret code was agreed upon, the door slowly opened.

The man in black handed the letter in his arms to the old man: "This letter is from Baihe County. The situation is urgent. Please deal with it as soon as possible."

The old man glanced at the man in black, then glanced at the letter: "Got it."

The old man took the letter, and the man in black instantly disappeared into the night.

After closing the door, the old man took the letter to the study.

In the study, an official was handling his own affairs.

"Sir, a letter has arrived from Baihe County." The butler saluted.

"Baihe County?" The official raised his head and looked at his housekeeper. He thought for a while and said, "Oh, I remember now. This is where the two brothers of the Xu family worked?"

"Yes, sir." The butler handed over the envelope.

The official took the letter and opened it. As he read it, his brows slightly furrowed. Then he smiled and said, "Xu Ming and Xu Pangda are quite interesting. They are really like newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers."

The official folded the letter, put it back into the envelope and sealed it: "Send this letter to Wang Can, and let Wang Can bring up this matter when he goes to court tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, "But sir, if we make things clear tomorrow, then Wang Can will..."

The official waved his hand and said, "I know what you are going to say. Wang Can is not very loyal. If Wang Can did not owe that gentleman a favor, he would not become our man. Now is the time to make full use of Wang Can's value."

"It's an adult"

At the same time, in the Diefei Palace of the Wudu Palace, Eunuch Wei knocked on the door.

Emperor Wu, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes with some displeasure.

But soon, Emperor Wu's eyes regained calm and he suppressed his emotions.

Emperor Wu knew that Wei Xun came to see him so late, he must have something urgent.

"Come in." Emperor Wu said.

"Yes." Wei Xun hurriedly walked into the room, knelt down and bowed, "Your Majesty, Tingfeng Pavilion has sent some news from Baihe County."

"Hmm?" Emperor Wu frowned, "Bring it here and let me see."

Tingfeng Pavilion's spies generally don't go to places like Baihe County. After all, Wu State is so big, it is impossible to have Tingfeng Pavilion's spies in every place, and there are not enough people.

However, because Xu Pangda and Xu Ming both went, Tingfeng Pavilion sent a few people.

This time it was not mainly for Xu Ming, but mainly for Xu Pangda. After all, Xu Pangda was a person valued by both Mr. Zhang and Prime Minister Fang.

Emperor Wu must want to see what kind of quality he has.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wei Xun quickly stood up and handed over the secret report.

After reading the secret report, Emperor Wu read it again, and the Yangxin Palace fell into a long silence.

"These two guys are really hot-blooded." Emperor Wu shook his head and sighed, "They are impulsive."

Wei Xun's eyes turned, and he continued, "But Your Majesty, Xu Zhuangyuan and Xu Bangyan are both young people. Young people are full of vigor and vitality, which is a good thing. They really serve the country and the people."

"But how can such an official survive in the officialdom for a long time?"

Emperor Wu put down the memorial and rubbed his eyes.

"Let's put this matter on hold for now until Xu Pangda collects evidence of the four powerful families in Baihe County's wanton behavior. I just hope they can act quickly. Otherwise, if this matter is known to others, those old guys in the court will impeach them and make them doubt their lives!
But even if they gather evidence, what good will it do? Those people will still bite them.”

"Forget it." Emperor Wu smiled as he spoke, with a rather indifferent feeling, "It's just right, let's see how resilient these two guys are and how they will end up. If there is really no other way, then punish them and let them learn a lesson."

Morning the next day.

Emperor Wu has already put aside what happened last night.

After all, the incident just happened and it won’t spread to Wudu so quickly. It will take at least seven or eight days.

This morning's court session went smoothly, no different from usual.

If we have to point out the difference, it is that after Xiao Mochen became the prime minister, the reformist officials completely gained the upper hand, and it was Emperor Wu who supported the reform behind the scenes.

Therefore, the voices of conservatives used to be getting smaller and smaller. In recent days, members of the conservative faction have either been demoted, transferred out, or even "forced" to retire and return home. It can be said that everyone is in danger.

The conservatives are basically protecting themselves, and the reformists are now in full swing in the entire court.

However, it must be said that, for now, the reform methods of the reformists are very useful, and the entire Wu State is developing in a good direction.

"My dear ministers, do you have anything else to report? If not, then let's adjourn the court." Emperor Wu said slowly.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Just when Emperor Wu was about to go through the formalities of leaving the court, Wang Can, the Attending Censor in the Censorate, stepped forward.

For a moment, all the officials looked in the direction of Wang Can, the Imperial Censor in the palace, and then looked away.

Although Wang Can was only a fifth-rank official in the Censorate, he was the most vicious dog in the entire Censorate. Basically, Wang Can impeached everyone in the court, even Emperor Wu was not spared.

So no one took his impeachment seriously at all.

Some officials are just a little unhappy.

I wanted to leave the court quickly and go home to get some good sleep, but this guy delayed me for a lot of time.

"What do you want to report, Lord Wang?" Emperor Wu looked at him and smiled.

Emperor Wu did not have a good impression of this guy Wang Can.

Who would like a person who wrote five memorials to the emperor just because he fell asleep during court?
Do I doze off every day?

It was because I reviewed memorials too late that day and was really too sleepy.

But he was a censor after all, and the Wu Dynasty was very tolerant of censors, and it was even more impossible to kill censors for "words", so Emperor Wu could only endure it and treat it as a dog barking. "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the civil and military minister Xu Ming!"

Wang Can spoke directly.

As soon as Wang Can's voice fell, some people who were dozing off suddenly woke up.

Who is Wang Can going to impeach?

Civil and Military Minister? Xu Ming?

its not right.

What did Xu Ming do?
Didn't he take up a sinecure and then leave the court to see the world?

He didn't do anything, did he?

Even if something happened to Xu Ming, it was a matter outside the court, and he had no right to impeach him, right?

So why did Wang Can impeach Xu Ming for no reason?

All of a sudden, many people perked up, and the mood of watching the fun suddenly arose. Many people even had a good impression of Wang Can.

Impeach Xu Ming?

All right! Impeach him now! Impeach him as hard as you can!
If something happens to Xu Ming, he will not be able to become the princess consort, and our son will have a chance.

When Emperor Wu heard that Wang Can was going to impeach Xu Ming, his heart skipped a beat and he had a bad feeling.

"Lord Wang impeached Xu Ming? But why?" Emperor Wu asked.

“Reporting to Your Majesty, I learned last night that Xu Ming went on a killing spree in Baihe County. Without any evidence, he slaughtered more than half of the Zhang, Li, Sun, and Xiao families in Baihe County, and blood flowed like a river.

What do you think of the laws of our country, the civil and military officials, when you behave like this? "

Emperor Wu frowned, and said in a dignified voice: "Lord Wang? You need to be responsible for what you say. Do you have any evidence?"

Wang Can bowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty sent people to Baihe County to investigate, and they found out immediately. I am willing to guarantee with my life that if I falsely accuse the civil and military officials, I will hit my head against the pillar of the hall and die!"

Emperor Wu: “.”

As Emperor Wu remained silent, there was a lot of discussion in the court.

Since Wang Can's tone was so certain, it must be true.

Xiao Mochen, who was standing at the front, and Yu Pingan, who was standing at the lower right, had calm expressions.

Emperor Wu's fingers tapped the dragon throne again and again.

Weird.

How did Wang Can know about Xu Ming?

I just received the news last night, and it was basically a secret report sent back as quickly as possible.

But Wang Can received the secret report at the same time?
This at least shows that there are some people with ulterior motives in the court who are also sending people to monitor Xu Pangda and Xu Ming. It should be said that the other party's target is Xu Ming.

So as soon as there was any sign of trouble, they would immediately catch it.

After all, Xu Ming doesn't want to be his daughter's son-in-law, but that doesn't mean others don't want to be one.

"Baihe County is thousands of miles away from Wudu. I wonder how Lord Wang learned this news?" asked the Emperor.

"Reporting to Your Majesty." Wang Can's tone was very confident, as if he was not afraid of Emperor Wu's investigation at all. "Last night, I was reading in my study and received a letter from a friend in Baihe County. In the letter, my friend talked about this matter. I think this matter is extremely serious, so I am reporting it today!"

"."Emperor Wu naturally knew that Wang Can had made up an excuse, but he had no way of investigating it further.

Since the other party can make up such an excuse, it means that they will make such preparations.

Emperor Wu was curious about who was behind Wang Can, and why he abandoned Wang Can as a chess piece.

Wang Can must have been asked to impeach Xu Ming by someone.

Although Wang Can's impeachment of Xu Ming seemed to be just a trivial matter, Emperor Wu would definitely not use Wang Can again in the future.

It may not be long before Wang Can is transferred away from Wudu, so it is not impossible to find an excuse to have him resign and return home.

However, even if Emperor Wu could not guess who was behind Wang Can's move, he could still guess that it was a vassal king of the Wu Kingdom.

"Then please tell us the details, Lord Wang," Emperor Wu said, already thinking of a strategy to deal with the situation.

"Yes." Wang Can bowed and said, "Four days ago, in Baihe County, the civil and military official Xu Ming went to a brothel."

Wang Can told the story that Xu Ming went to the brothel and killed the eldest son of the Sun family, and came out with his head held high. He also almost killed all four wealthy families in Baihe County within one day.

Everyone in the court looked at each other. Even though no one stood up to accuse Xu Ming to his face, Emperor Wu could hear many people saying, "Why is the number one scholar so bloodthirsty?", "Does the number one scholar still have the law in his heart?", "Why did the number one scholar do this?" and so on.

Emperor Wu gave a wink to Wei Xun beside him.

Wei Xun shouted in a hoarse voice: "Silence."

In the court, the discussions of the officials gradually subsided.

"Your Majesty, this matter must be thoroughly investigated. How can the laws of our Wu Kingdom be trampled upon like this?"

"Your Majesty, although we don't know how the four families in Baihe County offended the champion, but the champion's bloodthirsty character is really not good."

"Your Majesty, I wonder what the other people from the four great families of Baihe County did wrong? The number one scholar is killing innocent people indiscriminately."

"Your Majesty, our Wu Kingdom has finally reached a balance with the various sects, but the top scholar killed their direct disciples and personal disciples for no reason! This is not only a slap in the face of those four sects, but will also make other sects, big and small, feel uncomfortable."

At this time, many people stood up and indirectly accused Xu Ming.

Emperor Wu sneered in his heart.

These guys keep saying that they are doing it for the Wu State, but in fact they are only doing it for themselves.

At this time, Wei Xun stood up again and quickly knelt down beside Emperor Wu, looking terrified: "Your Majesty, I deserve to die."

"Hmm?" Emperor Wu looked at Wei Xun, "Why should you die for no reason?"

Not only Emperor Wu asked this question, other ministers also had doubts in their hearts, thinking, "Why should you, a dog eunuch, die? What do you want to do now?"
"Your Majesty, I actually received a secret report about Baihe County last night, but last night, I saw that Your Majesty finally fell asleep, and I couldn't bear to disturb Your Majesty. I thought I would tell Your Majesty about it early this morning.

As a result, I forgot about it early in the morning.
The slave is guilty of death! "

As he spoke, Wei Xun kowtowed three times heavily in front of Emperor Wu.

"You little dog slave! How could you forget such an important thing?" Emperor Wu sounded very angry, "Hurry up and tell me! What happened in Baihe County? Why did Xu Ming kill so many people? After you finish speaking, I will consider how to deal with you!"

"It's Your Majesty."

Wei Xun said tremblingly.

"When Xu Bangyan took office in Baihe County, outside the Baihe County government office, people were beating drums to protest their grievances. County Magistrate Xu and Xu Wenwuqing walked out of the government office."

(End of this chapter)