Daming Military Empire

Chapter 23 Impeachment
Just as Zhu Cijiong was immersed in the gentle village, the whole capital began to undercurrent surge again.Sun Chengzong did not deliberately conceal the matter of Shenjiying's entry into the capital. The eunuchs' men and horses could surpass the Jinyiwei in Luo Yangxing's hands. Sun Chengzong came here and made it clear that he was warning the eunuch group. As for whether there are others I don't know what it means.

Wei Zhongxian couldn't sit still after hearing the news, and quickly called all the core members of the Eunuch Party to the secret room of the East Factory Yamen, and closed the door to discuss countermeasures.

After the little emperor ascended the throne, he didn't intend to deal with them, and Sun Chengzong didn't lead the Donglin Party to attack aggressively. Only Luo Yangxing took advantage of the late emperor's decree to occupy the guards of the imperial city, and there was nothing else to do against them.Even the little emperor, in order to appease them, no matter what officials they appointed or dismissed, they all approved it. Now the power of the eunuch party is stronger than that of the first emperor.

Wei Zhongxian originally thought that he could continue to be stable at nine thousand years old, and the little emperor didn't dare to do anything to him, but he didn't expect that Sun Chengzong would make such a sudden appearance. , he said angrily: "This old dog, Sun Chengzong, suddenly transferred the Shenji Camp to the imperial city, what exactly does he want to do?"

When everyone saw his expression, they didn't dare to answer. He was obviously angry. Who dared to touch this brow, and the scene fell into an eerie silence.

Wei Zhongxian couldn't bear it anymore, he said ruthlessly: "I can't do it, just rush into the palace, arrest the little emperor, and then kill Sun Chengzong, Cao Huachun and other people, so that the whole court will be ours. Ergeng, what do you think?"

Isn't this rebellion!The faces of the people present all changed in fright, and Tian Ergeng broke out in a cold sweat. He replied tremblingly: "Master Qiantui, they have more troops than us, and they occupy a favorable position in the imperial city. Our chances of winning are not great. !"

Wei Zhongxian looked at him like a bear, and shouted angrily: "What are you afraid of? They have so many gates to guard. It would be nice to have 1000 people at each gate. Can't we get in with more than 2 people concentrated on one gate? ?”

Tian Ergeng couldn't speak the words frightened by his yelling, and Cui Chengxiu who was on the side hurriedly persuaded him: "Lord Qiansui calm down, isn't this just a discussion, we have to think of a perfect plan before we can do it."

Wei Zhongxian let out a sigh when he heard the words, suppressed his anger, glanced around, and finally stared at Zhou Yingqiu and asked, "Yingqiu, what do you think?"

Zhou Yingqiu cupped his hands slowly and said: "We still haven't figured out what Sun Chengzong meant. We shouldn't act rashly. Why don't we test it out first. If Sun Chengzong really wants to harm us, then we may have to fight."

Wei Zhongxian was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked, "Testing? How to test it?"

Zhou Yingqiu explained: "Let someone write a letter to impeach us. Master Cui's Minister of War has been dismissed. Then impeach Master Cui first, and then impeach Lord Qiantui, old man. If Sun Chengzong doesn't respond to the memorial, that's all. Come to make things difficult for us, then we will have nothing but the opposite."

Wei Zhongxian thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but gave a thumbs up and praised: "A clever plan, a good plan, let's do it like this. Let them write a letter of impeachment first, and we are secretly guarding against Sun Chengzong. If Sun Chengzong dares to do something, it will be guaranteed that he will not be able to bear it. "

So a strange scene appeared. During the incident, Yang Suoxiu, Yang Weihuan and others successively wrote letters to impeach Cui Chengxiu, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, saying that he had embezzled military pay.Then the supervisory censor Lu Chengyuan, Qian Yuanke and Yuanwailang Shi Gongsheng wrote to impeach Wei Zhongxian one after another, saying that he was nepotism.

Why do you say this is weird?It’s not that the contents of their impeachment letters are weird. What they say is normal and real. What’s weird is that these people are obviously from the eunuch party, and they’re all small people. Their own people impeach their own people. , The little guy is biting the coach, what is the reason for this?

Xin Wang Zhu Youjian was dumbfounded when he saw these memorials. He looked at Sun Chengzong in doubt, wondering why he didn't respond at all.

Sun Chengzong didn't explain right away, but asked the eunuch on duty outside to invite the emperor to come over and make a decision.

When Zhu Cijionglai appeared in the imperial study in Mingyue's arms, everyone shook their heads helplessly. The little emperor is really getting younger and younger. He insisted on walking by himself. When Qin Mingyue came, he seemed to have forgotten how to walk. up.Of course, this trivial matter is harmless, there are people who are still in the arms of their parents at the age of seven or eight, not to mention that the little emperor is only over five years old, this is nothing more than normal.

Zhu Youjian was curious about these memorials. When he saw Zhu Cijiong coming in, he couldn't wait to say: "Qizou Emperor, in the past two days, many eunuchs from the eunuch party wrote to impeach Wei Zhongxian and Cui Chengxiu. How should we deal with it? The emperor decides."

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but asked curiously: "Oh, the eunuchs impeached Wei Zhongxian and Cui Chengxiu, are they fighting in a nest?"

Zhu Youjian didn't answer, but looked at Sun Chengzong. He knew it was definitely not a fight, but he couldn't figure out what it meant.

Sun Chengzong shook his head and said contemptuously: "They are not fighting in the nest, just relying on those little guys, how can they have the qualifications to fight against Wei Zhongxian? They were detained by Wei Zhongxian. They are testing us to see if we want to take action to clean up their ideas."

When Zhu Cijiong heard the words, he suddenly realized: "So that's the meaning, why don't we take advantage of the trend and deal with them directly?"

Sun Chengzong shook his head again and said: "Now they must be heavily guarded. If we attack, the capital will be in chaos. When the impeachment storm passes, they will definitely relax their vigilance. Then it will be much easier for us to attack again."

Zhu Cijiong nodded when he heard the words and said: "The Tai Tuo is right, I will keep these memorials first, and then take them out when I start."

But Sun Chengzong shook his head again and said: "We can't keep it. If we don't send these memorials back, they won't relax their vigilance. It's best to send them back if they find no real evidence."

Zhu Cijiong said with some regret: "Oh, what a good excuse, but I can't do it."

Sun Chengzong said indifferently: "The things they impeached are trivial matters, which are nothing. I have something better. Eunuch Cao, read it to the emperor."

After finishing speaking, he took out a memorial from his pocket and handed it to Cao Huachun who was at the side.

Cao Huachun took the memorial, looked at it for a while, and read aloud:

Sincerely, Qian Jiazheng, a Gongsheng student in Jiaxing:

The traitor Wei Zhongxian defrauded the heavens and the earth, and acted in vain as a minister.

Here is a brief count of the top ten crimes, please give the emperor's order:
The first crime: claiming to be [-] years old, in vain trying to be called the emperor;

The second crime: despise the empress (dowager), and frame the head of the country;

The third crime: instigating military power, resulting in the fall of Liaodong;
The fourth crime: arrogance and self-importance, no Taizu, Chengzu;
The fifth crime: withholding the vassal's rewards and enriching his own pockets;
The sixth crime: Instigate party members to build ancestral temples widely, in an attempt to be as famous as the saint;

The Seventh Sin: Great sealing of relatives, indiscriminate rewards;
The eighth crime: Covering up frontier meritorious service, causing the frontier soldiers to be alienated;
The nine crimes: wanton exploitation, so that the people live in dire straits;
The tenth crime: forming a party for personal gain and plotting against others.

Good guy, this memorial is indeed much better than the ones sent by the eunuchs, all of which are serious crimes against the nine clans, and Wei Zhongxian has become the most treacherous minister in all ages!

It would be unreasonable not to deal with him!

(End of this chapter)