Chapter 547: It doesn’t matter if it’s relevant

The court meeting begins.

Zhu Youtang didn’t talk nonsense. He asked Xiao Jing to read out the memorials of Mou Bin, the commander of the Sixth Section of Jinyiwei. Because there were too many, he only selected a few representative ones. .

The ministers present listened carefully. Although they were only participating in the impeachment of Mou Bin and not Zhang Zhou, because Mou Bin was one of the emperor's closest minions, Mou Bin's conviction could be said to have a huge impact on the whole body. , the minister is also looking forward to defeating Mu Bin in one fell swoop.

"My dear friends, what do you think?"

After Xiao Jing finished speaking, Zhu Youtang was not in a hurry to start the topic, but seemed to give the right to speak to those present. Minister.

As soon as Zhu Youtang finished speaking, the ministers still had no reaction, but Mou Bin, the person involved in the incident, walked forward from the palace door and knelt in the center of the hall, as if he was a criminal waiting for trial.

At this time, the ministers on the scene also learned to be smart.

Even the officials who were critical of Mou Bin before now have to think about whether hitting someone can be a slap in the face. If they push the emperor too hard, what will happen to him will happen. It was a backlash. In the face of the emperor's obviously ill-intentioned questions, they would rather pretend to be deaf and dumb.

"You have opinions but don't say them, but you speak freely during the performance. Are there some things you can't say in front of me?" Zhu Youtang looked a little angry.

I asked you to speak, but you stopped. Where did the high-spiritedness when you participated in the performance of Mou Bin go? You have no courage in the court.

The military department was the first to come out. He was the first to come out. He was unwilling to take the lead, but he was mentioned in several impeachment memorials that were read out earlier. In addition, he had close ties with the middle and upper-level civil servants of the DPRK in this matter. He was also responsible for the previous communication and contact. Now he will It doesn’t work if you don’t stand out.

"Report to Your Majesty." Qu Shen raised the wat board and said, "From what I can see, those who have been ordered to do things are doing the things of the emperor. It represents your majesty's face. If you go to the place with the order to do anything wrong, even if With His Majesty's instructions, you should strictly abide by the law. Those who act recklessly will insult your status and should be severely punished."

"Okay"

Zhu You. Zang nodded and said, "That's very true. When you go to the place to do things under my orders, you should restrain yourself and return etiquette. Only in this way can you live up to my trust and respect for him. Not only Jin Yiwei should do this, but you should also do this. This is It makes sense."

Qu Shen said, "Yes."

Zhu Youtang nodded again, seemingly agreeing with Qu Shen's point of view.

Zhu Youtang asked again, "Qu Qing's family said it very well. Does anyone else have anything to say?"

Not to mention that Qu Shen didn't expect that he could pass the test smoothly, even the other people around him. Even the civil servants did not expect that the emperor's words were clearly a blow to Mou Bin. We could get the emperor's approval by speaking frankly about our feelings. Finally, the emperor was willing to take action against the people around him.

Through this incident, some people seem to have summed up the "rules".

As long as the person participating in the impeachment is not Zhang Zhou, others can still move. That is to say, if Qu Shen can speak out, we can also speak out.

Dai Guan also came out during the Like Zuoji incident and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that since Mou Bin has extorted money in violation of the law in the local area, the people he detained should be released, and the accumulated wealth should be released. Return it and give it to the local gentry for an explanation."

Zhu Youtang said, "Is this the explanation?"

Dai Guan was confused by the question.

You have committed a crime. Shouldn't you return the stolen goods? I wonder if this is what you said

Lin Yi from the Criminal Division came out to help and said, "Your Majesty, Mou Bin took the stolen goods and violated the law. His official status should no longer be kept, and he should be investigated and punished by the law. Only in this way can the laws of the Ming Dynasty be demonstrated. As for the money he collected, he should be returned together. This is the embodiment of the strict laws of the Ming Dynasty. ”

This is obviously not a question, but a question .

Both Dai Guan and Lin Yi were obviously not used to the contrast in the emperor's tone.

Xie Qian quickly turned around and winked at the two of them, meaning do you know what it means to give up when things are good?

Is that a compliment that the emperor gave to Qu Shen?

Li Dongyang suddenly took a step forward. In such an awkward situation, he seemed to be like a needle in the sea. , wanted to come out to establish a position, but his words did not seem to be a direct statement of position, but seemed to be a shirk. "Your Majesty, when Mou Bin went to Yongping Mansion, Cai Guogong seemed to be with him. This matter is about Cai Guogong." You should know more or less, and you should ask his opinion first."

Mu Bin was definitely not the mastermind of the crime. Even if Li Rong died, the blame should be placed on Zhang Zhou.

If anyone else said this, the emperor would definitely be angry.

But if it was what Li Dongyang said, the emperor would still have to exercise restraint.

"Bingkuan, what do you think?" Zhu Youtang looked at Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou stood still, without moving his body. He only moved his mouth and said in a clear voice, "Replying to your majesty, I believe that the accusations made against Commander Mou by the DPRK are all outdated and have not been I can understand Commander Mou's difficulties, and I think this matter should be viewed from a developmental perspective. Commander Mou is also very wronged."

"Ah"

The ministers present. After hearing Zhang Zhou's words, he was instantly agitated.

You can all tell that Zhang Zhou is defending Mou Bin, but the way he defends is obviously unreasonable.

Xie Qian smiled brightly and said, "Mr. Cai Guo, why can't people understand this?"

Zhang Zhou said, "Mr. Xie Ge, guilty or innocent, wrong or right, the essence is It should be different."

Xie Qian asked curiously, "Are you asking whether there is a difference between sin and fault, or the difference between existence and non-existence?"

Zhang Zhou also replied With a smile, he said, "Of course it is the difference between existence and non-existence."

"Of course it is very big. Existence is existence, and non-existence is non-existence. This isDo you need to elaborate more? Or, Mr. Cai Guo, you want to have a debate with me and let the world know the difference between guilty and innocent." The meaning of muddying the waters.

Zhang Zhou said, "What I said from a development perspective is that Commander Mou was indeed too hasty when he first acted, and was suspected of committing a crime. But fortunately, he adjusted his strategy in time, which not only eased the contradiction between the court and the local government, but also properly completed the tasks entrusted by His Majesty. Even if he made a few mistakes over and over again, he finally stopped in time and everyone was happy. . "

"Everyone is happy." Xie Qian's addiction to debate was aroused by Zhang Zhou. The first person who couldn't stop became himself, and he became the group of people he regretted just now.

Xie Qian continued, "Based on what you said, all parties involved in this matter are happy. It is the officials involved in the impeachment who are making things up out of thin air."

Before Zhang Zhou could refute, at this time Zhu Youtang was not happy.

Zhu Youtang said, "Mr. Xie Ge, why don't you wait for Bingkuan to explain clearly?" There is no one left. Zhang Zhou made a lot of remarks before, but he was avoiding the important points and not making it clear. Why did he say that I interrupted him and didn't let him make it clear?

"Yes. "But as a minister, Xie Qian still has to maintain the most basic respect for the emperor.

"Bingkuan, you say. "

"Follow the order. Zhang Zhou then walked out of the court, looked around at the people present, and then said, "Commander Mou followed me to Yongping Mansion to resolve some local disputes." Just in the past few months, the Jinyi Guards were attacked in Yongping Mansion, and some people were injured. Even the Qianhu Sun Shangqi of the Jinyi Guards was injured by an arrow when he went to Ji Town, and he has still not recovered. ”

Hearing this, the people present knew for the first time that it was the Jin Yiwei people who were attacked first.

Xie Qian had something to say to Zhang Zhou, but there was He couldn't just interrupt the emperor's words now.

"Actually, all this is my fault. I used some methods to mine in Yongping Mansion to make cannons and other things. Mineral veins, please don't think that I am stealing other people's mines. I believe you will know this if you ask around. No one has ever mined or mined in the places where I am looking for veins, and many places are barren mountains and mountains. "

"With the mines, there will be profits. The local officials and gentry want to get a piece of the pie, so they want to use the power of local snakes to force me to give in. There are even mines, and no one is going to stop them. No one even collected their mining taxes, but no one could open the mine. In the end, they could only focus on the mine I opened. "

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhou paused for a moment.

It seemed that he was waiting for someone to ask him, where did you know the location of those mineral veins and how did you detect them? Why did they only target you? Don’t target others. If Jin Yiwei doesn’t find trouble in the local area, the local government will target them

Such as thisquestion.

However, over time, the officials in the court have become accustomed to Zhang Zhou's way of speaking in the past two years. In addition, Zhang Zhou has a strong backing from the emperor, and they really do not understand mining. Then no one spoke.

The scene was surprisingly quiet.

Perhaps some people felt that it was awkward that no one spoke at the scene. It was Zhang Mao who broke the silence and said, "It seems that Duke Cai Guo worked hard for the military and political affairs of the Ming Dynasty. He is my first-class loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty."

"Yes."

Nearly everyone at Wu Xun responded.

This is flattery. Regardless of whether it is justified or not, it is important to compliment first. Who made Zhang Zhou the first martial artist of the Ming Dynasty and the minister of the Ministry of War? Strictly speaking, people on the martial arts side They all followed Zhang Zhou to make a living.

There is also the effect of punishing Zhu Hui. Even the once arrogant Duke Baoguo has now become a prisoner. Now, instead of standing by Zhang Zhou's side when he is in trouble, wait for Zhang Zhou. When all the enemies are defeated, it will be too late to stand in line.

Zhang Zhou said, "Thank you very much for the compliment, but in fact, I just did what I could. I used what I have learned in my life to find ore veins and mine the iron ore. Many people think that I make a lot of money." It’s full of money. In fact, my mining accounts are all checkable. I didn’t move the income from mining to my home. It was basically used for military expenses.”

Zhu Youtang nodded. "Bingkuan, you don't need to explain this. You found the mine. Even if you keep it all for your own use, no one can say anything, not to mention you paid the mining tax. Unlike those who mine in the local area, not only do they not pay taxes , Not thinking about the emperor's favor, they dare to take action against the people I sent. It's their own fault."

Before anything else, the emperor seemed to have taken the moral high ground.

Is that Mou Bin doing something wrong?

That is a forced counterattack, which is just.

Qu Shen came out at this time and said, "Cai Guogong, with the following report, There are at least dozens of families that have been raided in the local area. I can’t believe that so many families are involved in the attack on the mine. What’s more, the mine is in your name. This is just a private fight. Why do you want to use the Jinyi Guards? Do you want to use the official weapon for personal use?"

Qu Shen, who was being praised by the emperor just now, suddenly seemed to be possessed by Wei Zheng, and wanted to fight Zhang Zhou to the end without leaving any way out.

Zhang Zhou said, "Your Excellency is right, that's why I said that Jin Yiwei acted too hastily when he initially responded to this matter."

"Then if you admit all this, you are The instigator, Qu Shen, seemed to have found a breakthrough, which was to involve Zhang Zhou in this matter.

Even if Zhang Zhou has the support of the emperor, the emperor will not bring Zhang Zhou to justice, but as long as Zhang Zhou admits that this matter is related to him, Zhang Zhou’s reputation among officials, scholars and people will be ruined. .

For his own selfish interests, he quarreled with others after opening the mine, and then used the Jin Yiwei to suppress local officials and gentry, even at the expense of making accusations.

Zhang Zhoudao "Who is the instigator? I don’t know what you mean. Jin Yiwei was on official business and I was not involved. I just think that Jin Yiwei acted too hastily. By the way, you know exactly what these people have committed."

"Yes. Because I have a dispute with you for personal gain, you invited Jin Yiwei to go to the public to avenge your personal revenge." Qu Shen completely broke up with Zhang Zhou this time.

Although Qu Shen was in the military department and was involved in the incident, he was not Zhang Zhou. This person was directly subordinate to the Minister of War. On the contrary, the Military Department was established to supervise the affairs of the Ministry of War, which was equivalent to the supervisory department. It was the most reasonable and reasonable for him to question Zhang Zhou.

So much so that Zhu Youtang listened. After hearing this, he didn't interrupt immediately.

It seems that Zhu Youtang is also confident that his Bingkuan can handle this matter well without him having to stand up and support it. This is also because he listens. There are rumors that no matter what Zhang Zhou does, he does it in his name.

Zhu Youtang will not admit that he cleared the way for Zhang Zhou, but he also needs to worry about Zhang Zhou. Given the situation, he now tried his best to give Zhang Zhou himself the opportunity to express himself.

Zhang Zhou said, "Your Majesty is wrong. As far as I know, Li Rong went to Yongping with Commander Mou and others. When I was in the government, the matter I was investigating had nothing to do with the mine, but involved a criminal case in Liaodong involving collusion with foreign trade. Commander Mou, I don’t know if there is such a thing."

Mou Bin was kneeling before Well, as a person involved, it seemed like it had nothing to do with him.

Anyway, he knew that no matter how prestigious he was among Jin Yiwei's subordinates and among the people, he was just a vase in front of the group of bosses in front of him.

Even fate must be controlled by others.

Zhu Youtang said, "You said. ”

Mo Bin then said, “Yes.” "

It is equivalent to saying that now the responsibility must be pushed to a certain extent on Li Rong. Anyway, the person is dead.

"I don't know, what has been found?" Zhang Zhou continued asked.

Mo Bin didn’t need to wait for the emperor’s response this time, so he replied, “We have found out among the local officials that there were people who did not go through the channels of the border market, even after the horse market was closed. They bribed border officials and others, traded privately with Ulyanha and other tribes, and leaked some information about the Ming Dynasty Pass to the Tatars. Some Tatars even tried to obtain the Ming Dynasty's secret recipes for making artillery and sky gunpowder from them. "

"Ah"

The ministers present never expected that Mou Bin could reveal the secret recipe for making artillery powder.

If Tongfan is just a traitor, Jin Yiwei can ensnare anyone for pocket crime. Leaking the secret of the Ming Dynasty's greatest weapon will become a hidden matter.

Zhang Mao used his skill again. Characteristics, as if he was deliberately sighing loudly, "If this is true, once the secret recipe of our country's weapon manufacturing is leaked, the advantages accumulated in the past few years will be lost. We must find out to the end so that we can have some influence on the court and the soldiers on the border." An explanation. ”

Qu Shen was very passive at this time, but he still gritted his teeth.His body was trembling slightly and he said, "Mr. Cai Guogong, didn't you say that those things were created by you and the secret recipe is in your hands. If there is any leakage, it must be related to you."

Zhang Zhou said, "Your Excellency, this is I was the one who originally invented firearms, but it involves manufacturing, preservation, transportation, assembly and use, and even subsequent maintenance of weapons. Anyone who works in the Ministry of War will know this. , if you don’t know its principle, how can you maintain it well and exert miraculous effects in times of war? Ma Shangshu is right, right?”

Zhang Zhou suddenly turned his attention to the court again. Ma Wensheng remained silent.

Ma Wensheng has been frequently absent from court meetings recently, citing old age and illness, and has even been impeached by the public speaking officials.

Civil officials have always kept their eyes open on this kind of matter. Even Ma Wensheng did not give face to them, to show that they did not form cliques. They only acted when fighting with "sycophants". They will be surprisingly consistent in their stance.

Ma Wensheng even resigned and returned home many times. According to the rules of the court in the mid-Ming Dynasty, anyone who was impeached must submit a memorial to resign before the emperor.

Rather than punish you directly and dismiss you, let you step down voluntarily, just like asking you to resign, so that the final dignity between the monarch and his ministers can be maintained.

But the emperor seemed to be very tolerant of Ma Wensheng and had no intention of letting him leave.

Ma Wensheng seemed to be pretending to be confused. He shook his head slightly before replying, "That's true."

Zhang Zhou said, "Since many people below know the maintenance and maintenance of weapons." , how can it be blamed on me alone? Besides, Yongping Prefecture is one of the main production areas for iron ore mining, iron smelting and cannon casting. The cannon production in Liaodong and Jizhou during the Ming Dynasty was basically completed in Yongping Prefecture. For casting, there are many local craftsmen, and there are a large number of craftsmen transferred from the imperial court. Isn't it surprising that foreign barbarians want to obtain cannon casting and other technological processes from Yongping Mansion?"

This The words are equivalent to blocking the way for everyone to come out and ask questions in advance.

It seems that someone is expected to come out and ask questions such as "Why is the secret recipe of Tatars coveting firearms related to Yongping Mansion?"

"It's reasonable." Zhang Mao spoke again, and then he respectfully said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I also believe that this matter should be investigated thoroughly, and no suspicious person should be let go. If there is really someone, If you are involved in this matter, even if your family is confiscated and your family is exterminated, you will still deserve it.” Please remember to bookmark this chapter when it is over. The latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft