It was a sudden heavy snowfall in the capital that day.

As the snow fell, the weather was cold and the land was frozen, while the palace maids and eunuchs rubbed their hands and watched the new snow with a smile.

Outside the Wenhua Palace, the snow fell silently.

The warm gaze is filled with the earth dragon, but it is as warm as spring.

The emperor just wore a single dress and walked in the warm pavilion, while the eunuch Gao Huai, who served on the side, read the memorial presented to the emperor in the study room.

Now Gao Huai is reciting the memorial of Li Wei, the Marquis of Wuqing, who submitted a memorial to resign as the Marquis.

After all the officials bowed to the palace that day, Empress Dowager Li's reputation had already fallen to the bottom.

The ministers no longer took this formerly lofty Queen Mother Cisheng into consideration, and were busy taking advantage of the situation.

After all, Empress Dowager Li is the emperor's biological mother, and the censors still have some face, but they are not very polite to the censors Li Wei, the Marquis of Wuqing.

In the Ming Dynasty, officials were always able to beat foreign relatives, so they were never there.

The second day after the officials bowed to the palace, the memorials of the Censorate impeachment of Wu Qinghou came one after another like snowflakes.

If you want to talk about the handle of Wu Qinghou, it is all over the place.

In the fifth year of Wanli, Li Wei, the Marquis of Wuqing, was still Wuqing Bo. At that time, he dared to do it. The soldiers of the Beijing camp spent the winter cotton coat, which caused dozens of soldiers to freeze to death, and a mutiny occurred in the Beijing camp. As a result, the world looked at each other, and the Wuqing Bo Li Wei was impeached by officials.

But the matter was so big that it caused a mutiny. The Empress Dowager just pretended to send envoys to scold Li Wei, and there was no other specific punishment. On the contrary, all officials below Zhang Juzheng praised Empress Dowager Li, not sheltering his family, and gained the reputation of being a wise man.

But this time it was different. Zhang Juzheng was no longer there and the empress dowager had no support in the court.

This time, the censor bluntly stated that Li Wei, the Marquis of Wuqing, and his two sons were decaying, and that his residence "Li Yuan" was so large that it was extremely luxurious.

The memorial states that Li Yuan built a willow dike of 20 miles from the various strange rocks transported from the famous stones of Lingbi, Taihu Lake and Jinchuan, with thousands of famous flowers, thousands of peonies, and thousands of peonies, which are known as the sea of ​​flowers of the willow dike.

The Li Garden of the Marquis of Wuqing is the most famous garden in front and behind, and the view is scattered. It is the best place to be famous gardens under the capital... If we talk about water, it is also the best place to be north of the Jianghuai River.

According to the author's note, the original site of Li Garden built by Li Wei was the later Tsinghua Garden.

The emperor didn't know if he didn't look at it, and he was shocked when he saw it.

Just under the feet of the emperor and under the eyes of the emperor, the Li Garden built by Li Wei, the Marquis of Wuqing, is not only the number one in the capital, but also the number one in the north of the Yangtze River. Even the imperial garden of the palace was compared.

How greedy was Li Wei and his son in the past ten years? How much did they have been greedy for? Only then did they have built such an extremely luxurious garden.

If the censor hadn't exposed the matter this time, the emperor would have been kept in the dark for the rest of his life.

The Lu King spent six million on his wedding, and his grandfather Li Wei blatantly built such a luxurious garden at the foot of the emperor.

And who indulged all this?

"I wish I could ask the Jinyiwei to confiscate his house now to see how much money Wu Qinghou has greedy for the past few years."

The emperor almost gritted his teeth and said.

Gao Huai hurriedly advised: "Marquis Wuqing is His Majesty's relative after all, so please think twice if you want to search the house."

The emperor sneered: "If it weren't for the Marquis of Wuqing Li Wei, you would have thought I would let him go. But what else can I do now? King Lu just took out four million taels and I was going to confiscate the Marquis of Wuqing again? I can't hurt the Empress Dowager's heart anymore, so I had to do it."

Gao Huai advised: "Yes, Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is determined to be Rong. At present, the Marquis of Wuqing will not dare to commit this matter again. But Wuqing Marquis of Wuqing resigns, what should His Majesty deal with him?"

The emperor said: "How do the cabinet vote?"

Gao Huai said: "The cabinet said this is the family affairs of Your Majesty, and I dare not vote for it."

The emperor has been dealing with Zhang Siwei and the others for so long, and the cabinet knows how to figure out what he means, and the emperor also knows what the cabinet ministers have in their hearts.

In the past, there were not many censors who impeached the Marquis of Wu Qing. However, such memorials were usually written on the bills by the cabinet, which was a false statement.

Now that the empress dowager was knocked down, the cabinet's attitude became ambiguous. Rather than throwing the ball to the emperor, Zhang Siwei meant that the past tolerant of Wu Qinghou could not be used anymore. The sky has changed, and the rules are now set again.

The emperor weighed the pros and cons, and hesitated: "The title of Marquis of Wuqing remains unchanged, and he will be given a year of warning to take his salary."

As soon as he finished speaking, the emperor regretted it. This was really not a wise decision.

If the Marquis of Wuqing built such a large house, and only one year of punishment would be given to the punishment of taking away the salary, it would be equivalent to admitting the faults of the Marquis of Wuqing here, but the punishments would be too light. All officials would be unfair and continue to give advice.

But if the punishment is increased, the emperor will be dissatisfied and will inevitably hurt the Empress Dowager's heart again.

Not punishing at all is not enough to warn the Marquis of Wuqing, and it is not an explanation to the officials of the censorship.

This is a dilemma, and it is not a solution. The emperor couldn't help but feel frustrated.

The emperor looked at Gao Huai. Even if Gao Huai had an idea, he would not dare to say it. He could only kneel down and kowtow and said, "Your Majesty, you know that the slave is the most confused, and you dare not talk too much."

The emperor said angrily: "It's useless? Who is the rotating lecturer outside the hall?"

Gao Huai said: "Report to Your Majesty, it was Yu Shenxing and Huang Fengxiang. Did Your Majesty announce that they came in?"

When the emperor heard this, he frowned and said, "Yu Shenxing is a straightforward gentleman. After hearing this, he will definitely advise me to seize the title of Marquis of Wuqing and deal with it with the heavy responsibility. No, no."

"As for Huang Fengxiang, this man has no plans and no use, so he doesn't have to announce it."

Gao Huai can only say that it is.

No one gave me some advice, so the emperor could only sigh: "No one can relieve my worries. What should you do if you asked me to do? If it were Zhu Geng, Lin Yanchao would be still there. Zhu Geng had a thorough plan and could make detailed plans for me when encountering things. He could give me some advice one by one. Lin Yanchao could have a strange plan, and every time he made a statement, he would fit my wish. Unfortunately, they are not by my side at the moment, and Lin Yanchao was even dismissed from my post and slashed back to his hometown."

The emperor sighed for a while and thought of Lin Yanchao's good luck.

Gao Huai heard it in his ears, but he didn't dare to speak.

"Let's put aside this matter for now, and read a few more memorials to me." The emperor ordered.

Gao Huai said it was a sound, and then he read another memorial. This memorial was the incident where the Censorate impeached Li Gao and his servant, the son of Li Wei, the Marquis of Wuqing, to ride a horse on the street and hit three passers-by to death.

"It's outrageous," the emperor pushed the table and cursed, "How many bad things have the Marquis of Wuqing done on my back in the past few years."

"Xuan Zhang Cheng!" After the emperor was so angry, he suddenly ordered Gao Huai.

Gao Huai was stunned and ordered someone to find Zhang Cheng.

Soon Zhang Cheng entered and paid a visit and said, "My minister Zhang Cheng bowed to Your Majesty."

The emperor said, "Get up and talk first."

After Zhang Cheng thanked him, he bowed and stood aside.
Chapter completed!