Chapter 202 Who are we talking about? You still don’t know?
Ignoring Jiang Wei's doubts.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's will was already stated at the moment of his arrival.
Next, Jiang Wei did not ask any more questions, but suddenly waved his hand in the frightened eyes of Zhao Ting, the young minister of Dali Temple.
In an instant.
Everyone in the entire Dali Temple, including Zhao Ting, was immediately controlled.
And for outside Dali Temple.
After Su Xian and others entered, the door had been closed.
From beginning to end, it just became quieter and calmer.
……

It was a sleepless night for the entire capital.
Just because of Liuli, because of the tribute from foreign envoys, Honglu Temple, the Ministry of Rites, and even the Zhongshu Province were all changed.
"Ugh……"
Li Wentai was stunned when he heard this. To be honest, his emotion just now was just because of Hu Xiang.
And this night.
What an eventful time.
"Since it was the Third Division that discovered something, why is Chen Ning here too?"
There were only a few people attending court in Dali Temple, but today, no one came.
As for this "no news", none of the officials, including the officials, even knew whether Hu Weiyong returned or not.
A while ago, it seemed that Hu Xiang was using the printing plate case to dominate the entire court, and all the previous failures such as Yan Yin and others were wiped out.
The officials over there were obviously looking around, but Chen Ning, the chief censor, was right where he was.
But now.
"I heard that the Third Division sent people to the former envoy's residence yesterday. It seemed that they were interrogating the eldest son of Xu, but they could not be convicted in the process. Then they planned to expand the scope to Su Guiyuan and wanted to start from him."
Wang Min was stunned for a moment, touched his beard, and then sighed: "It seems that the Third Secretary is really... doing his duty."
"Oh?"
On the contrary, it was the Ministry of Justice's office. Now the two ministers were looking left and right, obviously a little panicked.
Looking at the palace gate, which he had come to countless times, Li Wentai looked around. In the past few days, fewer and fewer officials came to attend the morning court every day.
Even Wei Guogong, who possesses unparalleled achievements, seems to fall into his hands.
So after this incident, although he was still called Hu Xiang in name, he rarely went to Zhongshu Province when he found an opportunity like before.

Hu Weiyong was called into the palace in the afternoon and was never heard from again.
And he knew even more clearly that the prime minister had ordered this matter.
Speaking of which, this is the first time that officials from the six departments are at the top of their respective teams.
First, Li Wentai, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, wanted to find a few friends who were familiar with the officialdom to discuss it immediately. The situation changed so quickly that it was scary.
You know, no one expected the situation to change like this before.
This day.
"What's going on?" He asked subconsciously.
After all, the two prime ministers who could stand before them are now gone.
This feeling was a bit novel for him, and it was obviously the same for several other ministers. Just looking left and right, he found that more than one was missing.
An official soon responded: "It looks like he's from the Third Division. Did you find anything?"
"But..." Having said this, Wang Min suddenly looked towards the Yushitai.
"what!"
Today, there seems to be less.
Just from the turmoil behind the scenes, one can guess that the internal struggle between the government and the opposition has now reached the point of dire straits.
"Several ministers, it is said that the young minister of Dali Temple did not come either..."
And those who were close to him in the past but neutral recently are in panic, just like Li Wentai. Since Chao Jingyuan dismissed its first envoy, I thought he would be transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but unexpectedly he was captured by a "new prince-consort".
The officials who were close to Hu Weiyong began to make early preparations overnight.
now.
At this time, someone reminded him that it was Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Revenue.
At this moment, Wang Min, the official minister, looked around and suddenly frowned, "Lv Shangshu entered the palace yesterday, but he could not go to court today because of the foreign tribute. I understand this, but this Why didn’t Minister Shen of the Ministry of Punishment come?”
This surprised Li Wentai and he quickly turned around to look.
Several people became more and more confused.
"Yes, but it's normal." Li Wentai seemed to have remembered something and said hurriedly: "I heard about the incident at Yushitai Feng. It is obvious that Chen Ning is in charge today and is here to report to His Majesty!"
"After all, apart from the issue of the printing plate case, the issue of tribute still has to be discussed, and it always involves the Ministry of Education..."
"That's right! If even Chen Ning doesn't come today, we really have to worry about something going wrong."
The group of people discussed that although everything seemed to be going well on the surface, they still felt a little uneasy in their hearts.
But today, no matter what, we have to see the truth.
While thinking about it.

The palace door opened on time, and all the officials lined up and headed towards Fengtian Palace neatly.
As soon as they entered the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't arrived yet, but Prince Zhu Biao had been waiting for the ministers early.
Seeing the easy-going prince, some of the ministers who had been the prince's tutor wanted to observe carefully, as if they wanted to see something from the prince's eyes and expression. ,
It's just that Zhu Biao blocked all the glances he exchanged and didn't give them the slightest chance to look at each other. Everything was in vain.
at last.
"His Majesty is here!"
As a loud and sharp sound resounded, all the officials put away their thoughts and immediately looked forward.
His Majesty's recent attacks have made them feel uneasy, and there is no way to guess his true intentions.
After the ministers asked for courtesy, they did not say what they wanted to talk about immediately. Instead, they dealt with some government affairs.
Finally, Chen Ning, the imperial censor, spoke first.
The matter discussed today is of great importance, and it is impossible to send a so-called Shi Yushi to test it like before.
It can only be initiated by the highest official of Yushitai.
As the left censor, his position should have been supervised by Wang Guangyang, the right prime minister and the right censor.
After all, Emperor Hongwu's original purpose of setting up these officials was very clear. Hu Weiyong could handle some government affairs on his behalf, but Wang Guangyang, as the right prime minister, was responsible for supervisory power.
But all the old ones are in vain.
So Chen Ning's first sentence was straight to the point.
"Your Majesty, I heard yesterday that due to the delay in reporting to Your Majesty the foreign missions who arrived in Beijing, Your Majesty executed the young minister of Honglu Temple one after another, dismissed the Minister of Rites, and even attempted to execute the Right Prime Minister?"
talking.
His attitude was sincere and humble: "Your Majesty, although they did make mistakes of negligence while in office."
"But a foreign country is just a foreign country after all. Even if the envoys are not well received when they come to Beijing, they will not suffer such a disaster! Your Majesty, please be merciful." As a censor, Chen Ning's words seemed benevolent and righteous. To the extreme, intercede for your colleagues.
however.
None of the officials present knew that the fundamental reason why Chen Ning was appointed as the left-handed censor at the censorship station was because he himself was a "cruel official"!
Most of the interrogations and punishments used in the Ming Dynasty were made by him or used by him personally. It is impossible to be deceived by his benevolent and righteous face at this moment.
This is especially true for Zhu Yuanzhang.
He looked at Chen Ning and changed his tone, "Is it just an oversight? It seems that our imperial censor knows more than I do."
It was beyond everyone's expectations.
At first, everyone thought that no matter what His Majesty said, he would deliberately maintain the indifference of a monarch when he started talking about this matter.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang's first sentence made all the courtiers hear his sarcasm and suppressed anger.
The next moment, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the subject.

"So, you also knew about this foreigner's entry into the capital before, but you still wanted to hide it from us."
"When foreign countries pay tribute, you must first know about it, and then you decide whether to let us know about it or not?"
"is not it?"
With just this sentence, Chen Ning's accusation of intentionally "relaxing in official duties" was directly turned into the "crime of deceiving the emperor"!
The latter's face turned pale, and he had obviously noticed some dangers here.
just.
Although I have known it for a long time, now that I have actually met, I am still a little confused.
What is the situation now?
Thinking of this, Chen Ning glanced around. Originally, there was backup information scheduled for today, but the other two members of the Third Division did not come.
Now is not the time to speak out.
He could only continue to grit his teeth and insist: "Your Majesty, how could they deliberately conceal it? It's just that after these envoys entered the capital, they went directly to the Western Market. When they heard about the so-called sky-high price of glass, they also participated in it."
"However, your Majesty must have heard about the recent events. A letter from the Gewuyuan revealed the true nature of Liuli, which helped most of the people go to Honglu Temple..."
"With so many things, there is bound to be oversight."
While talking.
He also immediately looked behind him. They had already decided on some words of persuasion when they came, and they were put to use at this moment.
While thinking about it, the Yushitai official got the signal from his eyes.
He said hurriedly:
"Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty is an emerging country after all. Even if we deliberately neglect foreign missions, we will not execute the young ministers of Honglu Temple and even the prime minister one after another."
"Otherwise, how would the people of the world react if they heard about this matter? This law is undoubtedly too harsh. If it is said that I, the Ming Dynasty, am trying to please these people..."
The words are not finished yet.
I saw the cold and stern eyes of the ministers sweeping over.
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was even more solemn, and even the prince Zhu Biao couldn't help but said angrily: "How outrageous!"
"Okay! Very good... This is despite the fact that we have made it clear before that they have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, and they are still telling us nonsense... to confuse the public!"
"Although we haven't gone to court during these days, do you really think that I have become that stupid king who doesn't care about anything and just let you fool the court?"
talking.
He was already furious, "Come here, take the person who said those words just now out of jail, put him in jail, and interrogate him first! See if he has any contact with them..."
them? who is it?
When the ministers heard this word, they were stunned. This was information that no one knew at all.
But we can also understand from the words. I am afraid that His Majesty really regards the young minister of Honglu Temple, the right minister Wang Guangyang and others as the masterminds of the crime of deceiving the emperor?
"His Majesty!"
Seeing this, Chen Ning continued: "Even if they are really guilty of these crimes, I still ask your Majesty to draw a clear lesson, and you will not know what to do."
"After all, he has been dealing with the printing plate case during these days, and not long ago, he experienced the pain of losing his son. It can be said to be a tragedy in the world!"

"In this case, it must have been unintentional."
Chen Ning's words were so sincere that even the familiar officials couldn't help but nod.
In any case, the facts are facts after all. In their view, it is impossible for His Majesty to deal with two prime ministers in succession. After all, state affairs still need someone to share the worries.
just.
Guessing is often the opposite of realistic circumstances.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted with uncontrollable anger:
"Humph!"
"Chen Ning, you deliberately changed your charge before, saying you were negligent, and now you are saying it was absolutely not your fault. Are you really deceiving the emperor and not even knowing the time?"
"Or maybe you are mocking us for not counting the days?"
"Did the foreign envoys arrive before his son fell off his horse? In other words, it was when he was sitting in Zhongshu Province that he stopped the news!"
"Do you really think that we are blind and deaf fools and think that we don't know anything? Wang Guangyang is just a show-off prime minister in the Central Publishing House. Do you really think that we don't know what you are saying secretly?"
talking.
His words became more intense, but also made people feel more frightened.
"I also want to tell you that the reason why we punished Wang Guangyang, apart from not reporting the knowledge this time, is that the biggest factor is that you knew very well that you were setting up the prime minister!"
"We asked him to go to the Zhongshu Province to do work, not to live and drink with the salary of the imperial court, and deliberately sit back and watch another person dominate! Anyone who abuses power and abuses the law, conceals official duties, harms colleagues, forms cliques for personal gains, and is not good for himself will be punished. Hiding, tampering with memorials, causing trouble for those who have exceeded the standard, insulting meritorious generals, harming loyal and good people, and even plotting against evil..."
At this moment.
As Zhu Yuanzhang spat out cold words one after another.
In an instant, all the courtiers in the entire Fengtian Hall could clearly hear their own breathing and heartbeat, which was like a strong wind and muffled thunder.
These words were not even concealed, they were directed at the Prime Minister!
but……
How can it be? Even now, they still find it a bit unimaginable.
too fast!
The situation turned upside down too quickly.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"
At this moment, even Chen Ning lost his voice, and he even regretted what he had just said.
"Who else will your Majesty say?"
He just asked the question.
But the next moment, Zhu Yuanzhang followed his words.
Looking at him suddenly, Chen Ning was so frightened that he even wanted to retreat, feeling extremely terrified.
But Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes only stayed for a moment, and then he suddenly looked at the ministers.

"Who else?"
"How did Liu Lian, a political participant in Jiangxi Province, die some time ago?"
"Now, how did Wei Guogong Xu Da get charged with treason and other treasonous crimes?"
"Who in the government and the opposition can control the sky with one hand? Who can let you and others still want to plead for him at this time!"
"Isn't it because foreign missions are not allowed to pay tribute in order to pay tribute to themselves?"
"You still don't know who we are talking about?"
Just a slight pause, and the next moment, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted loudly!
"Hu Weiyong!"
(End of this chapter)

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