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Chapter 265 The crime is too light

Officials above the fifth rank of the capital, when they heard the Chaozhong vibrate, they had to rush to the palace to attend court immediately. So all civil and military officials entered from Yong'anmen Gate and slowly walked to Weiyang Palace.

At this time, the sky was almost bright, and the gate of Weiyang Palace was wide open. Officials at the nine ministers in the court looked around. Except for the Shizhong's house under the sect, the other four prime ministers and the censor Yan Shouzhuo were all gone. These ministers of various departments realized that something was wrong and frowned.

Among them, Kong Yu, the Minister of Rites, who was nearly 60 years old, stepped forward to the only prime minister, Fangziwei, and asked, "Secret Fang, why don't you see your ministers and Yan Sikong?"

Fangziwei is the prime minister who has just joined the Shangshutai and is not familiar with the other prime ministers. Therefore, for the sake of security, Chen Kuan did not take him. At this time, Fangxiang also frowned and shook his head: "I don't know, but I heard that they came to the palace together last night. His Majesty shook Chao Zhong early this morning. It seems that it was because they said something important to him that caused Chao Zhong to be shocked."

Shangshu Kong lowered his head slightly and said, "That's it, let's talk about it after entering Weiyang Palace."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Zheng, dressed in big red clothes, was already standing at the entrance of the Weiyang Palace Hall. He looked solemn and said loudly: "All officials enter the hall--"

All civil and military officials bowed and walked into the Weiyang Palace Hall, and stood according to the position of the previous standing squad. So the civil officials on the left were directly vacant at the front of the front, leaving only the house and the one standing alone.

The servant under the sect also frowned deeply, turned to look at the Grand Governor Ji Lin standing on the right. Although he didn't know what was going on, he had already noticed something was wrong.

After all the officials entered the court, Emperor Yuan Zhao also walked into Weiyang Palace surrounded by eunuchs. With Xiao Zheng singing loudly, all the civil and military officials knelt on the ground one after another, shouting long live the mountain.

Emperor Yuan Zhao seemed to have nothing happened, raised his hand slightly and said calmly: "Please be calm."

At this time, all the ministers in the Weiyang Palace hall were all officials of the fifth rank or above, many of them were former officials of Chen Kuan and Yan Shouzhuo and others. They probably knew what happened last night, but no one took the lead. For the sake of their own wealth and life, these ministers who had worked hard to get to the fifth rank or above would not speak easily.

The eunuch Xiao Zheng, the eunuch in charge of the eunuch, stepped forward and said loudly: "Report the matter early, and stop the court if you have nothing to do--"

This sentence is very normal on weekdays. If there is nothing major during the grand ceremonies, it will be fine if you just go through the formalities, but today is different...

Today is the Weiyang Palace that actively shakes the bell, and the ministers gathered together, how could it be fine!

The Shizhong Fangziwei, the subordinate of the door, felt a little sank in his heart. He looked around and knew in his heart that someone would definitely come out to report the matter.

Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Zheng finished speaking, Ji Lin, the governor who was the first military officer, took a deep breath, stepped forward and bowed deeply to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I have this report."

Emperor Yuan Zhao also breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter with the Grand Governor?"

This was originally a script arranged in advance, but it is still unknown whether these officials will buy it or not. After all, he is only fourteen years old, and he is a little nervous now.

Ji Lin hesitated for a moment, his voice rumbling.

"Your Majesty, I will participate in the left servant of the Shangshutai, the right servant of the Shangshutai, the secretary of the school, Han Jin, the secretary of the school, Xu Gu, the chief of the censor, and the chief of the censor, and the corruption and abuse of power, accept bribes, commit malpractice, and commit corruption, and make a fortune..."

Originally, he wanted to form a clique for personal gain, but there were many disciples and former officials of several prime ministers, and they could be considered their followers. At this time, they could only pursue the "main evil" and could not involve these "competents", otherwise no one would be able to get a good idea.

After pausing, the Grand Governor continued, "I have verified the sins of these people and have written them all in the memorials. The specific evidence has been placed outside the hall and can be carried in at any time."

"Your Majesty, these people, as auxiliary ministers and prime ministers, do not want to serve the country, but instead become corrupt and abuse the law and seek personal gain!"

Ji Lin knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "I ask Your Majesty to take charge of the rule, abolish the auxiliary ministers, and dismiss these prime ministers from their posts and investigate!"

As soon as these words came out, the court was in an uproar!

You know, yesterday, these people were the prime ministers who were the world's preachers. In just one day, they were involved in this "inconspicuous" crime!

More importantly, the one who participated in them was one of the auxiliary ministers, Ji Lin, the Grand Governor of the Grand Governor's Office!

This shows that no matter whether this matter is the emperor's intention or not, the military has already supported the deposed prime minister!

As soon as Ji Lin finished speaking, before the emperor could speak, the only surviving prime minister in the Shangshu Deck, Fang Ziwei stepped forward and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Emperor Yuan Zhao was a little nervous. He looked at Fangziwei and slowly spoke: "What do you mean by Fang Xiang? Wait a little longer. I will ask the Chief Governor for details."

Fang Shizhong shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Grand Chief is a military officer and should not interfere in civil servants' affairs, but the Grand Chief Chief is also an auxiliary minister. There is no problem with him participating in the report, so I won't say much."

Fang Xiang took a deep breath and continued, "If several prime ministers and Yan Sikong really violated the national law, they will be handed over to Dali Temple what to do. However, now the prime ministers and Yan Sikong are not here, which is a bit unruly."

The house knelt slightly on the ground and said respectfully: "I ask your Majesty to summon several prime ministers into the hall and confront each other on the spot."

Emperor Yuan Zhao frowned.

"Let's take a look at the evidence of the crime presented by the Grand Commander. If the evidence is true, I don't have to confront it in court, and I will just send it to Dali Temple for investigation."

The house frowned slightly, but didn't say much.

This matter was actually beneficial to him. He was the new prime minister who had not long been in the Shangshutai. If he followed the previous rules, he would have to stay at Shangshutai for more than ten or twenty years before he had the opportunity to sit in the position of Prime Minister. However, if all the remaining four prime ministers on Shangshutai were gone, then he would naturally become the Prime Minister, and later prime ministers would call him a senior.

However, doing so will cause a huge blow to the civil servant class, and for a moment, Fangziwei didn't even know what to do.

At this time, Xue Zhao, a doctor from the Ministry of Rites, stood up, held the scepter in his hand, and bowed his head deeply to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, if I impeach the officials of the Great Jin Dynasty, if I am an important official in the capital, I should be handed over to the three judicial departments to investigate and deal with it. Moreover, the few who were reported to me were all prime ministers of my Great Jin Dynasty. Two were auxiliary ministers left by the late emperor. Not to mention whether the two auxiliary ministers were corrupt or abused the law, even if they were there, they would not be dismissed from office and seized their posts."

Theoretically, before the emperor took power, several auxiliary ministers did not commit any crimes in the king's affairs.

If you want to offend them, you must first remove their position as a assistant minister.

More importantly, the charge of corruption is not enough to remove the identity of the assistant minister because the crime is too light.

When Li Xin wrote a letter to the prefects at the beginning of the year, he did not use corruption, but "the imperial guards seized power and made illegal plans."

Xue Zhao bowed respectfully.

"I ask Your Majesty to summon several prime ministers to the palace and make it clear in front of the civil and military ministers."

Xue Zhao was born in the Ministry of Rites and was both a disciple of Chen Kuan and an old official of Chen Kuan.
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