The emperor's question attracted a stir in the hearts of the court officials in the palace and finally began. ←

However, no one immediately responded to the conversation, and the hall was silent. This silence made Chongzhen wonder for a moment. Could it be that Liu Jun was so popular in the court?

It’s not that Liu Jun has a good reputation, otherwise there wouldn’t be countless bullets flying onto the imperial case. However, Liu Jun is an anomaly in this dynasty after all. In the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, no one has ever appeared like him. For a time, no one was the first to stand up.

After all, although Liu Jun is only in his twenties, he still has the name of the King of Hell.

The silence in the hall made Chongzhen look a little ugly. He was impeached one by one, and the words were fierce, but they really spoke, but they were huddled behind one by one. Chongzhen's eyes swept over the ministers in the hall, and finally looked at Liu Zongzhou with a calm face.

"Liu Qing, you are the censor of the Left Capital, one of the nine ministers, the leader of the censors, and the exclusive duty is to pick up, impeach all officials, defend the wrongdoing, and admiral the various responsibilities."

Liu Zongzong was ranked second, and was known as the Great Nine Ministers, together with the Six Ministers, the General Secretary, and the Dali Temple Minister, and the High Nine Minister. He has a high status. Therefore, in general, although the Chief Censor is the leader of the censors, he cannot take action rashly. The impeachment and attack should allow officials with low status, low qualifications, young age, and fewer concerns to do it. In the words of the Ming Taizu, a supervision system that "used small to control the big, the lower system, the upper and the smaller system, and the upper and lower system" should be established. It is precisely because of this that the Ming Dynasty established a supervision system called "Kaodao".

But now, Chongzhen directly called Liu Zhouzong's name.

Chongzhen's words were a bit harsh.

Since he had made up his mind, there was nothing to hesitate. He still trusted Liu Jun, but Liu Jun had shown some bad signs, and he had to curb and control it in advance. In his opinion, this was actually a protection for Liu Jun.

Liu Jun is using a sharp knife. But he must master it well and must not be injured.

Liu Zongzhou also privately praised Liu Jun, believing that Liu Jun is a talented person who not only knows how to train troops and fight, but is not only good at military affairs, but also understands the economy. He supports Liu Jun's policies to clean up sanitary offices and rectify military farms, open up maritime trade and build customs, and collect commercial taxes. He believes that this is a strategy to enrich the country. He also supports Liu Jun's reorganization of new troops and immigrate to Taiwan, believing that this is a move to strengthen the army and enrich the people.

However, no matter how much praise is, one code is one code. Because of Liu Jun's versatility and talent, Liu Zongzhou's increasingly opposed Liu Jun continued to command troops in Liaodong. He believed that Liu Jun did not need Liu Jun to take charge in person, and should be transferred back to the capital. Whether he was to train the Beijing camp or become an official in the court, it was better than to let him continue to command the Liaodong troops.

"Go back to your Majesty. The Duke of Chu has made many achievements and led his army to the east. He won many battles and won many miles of lost territory. He regained hundreds of thousands of people in the Ming Dynasty and went to Korea and Japan to return the two vassal states to subdue him. The battle situation in Liaodong is stable at present. I don't think that the Duke of Chu will continue to stay in Liaodong. Moreover, our ancestral system uses civil servants to control martial arts, and the Duke of Chu will respect the rank of officials. If he continues to stay in Liaodong, it will be detrimental to the governor and governor to lead the battle situation in Liaodong."

Liu Zongzhou still reserved this statement. He opposed Liu Jun's continued command of the army to prevent it. Although Liu Jun now seems to be passive and arrogant, Liu Zongzhou believes that Liu Jun has made great contributions to the country and cannot kill someone with one blow because of this battle.

Wang Chengen stood not far beside the emperor, listening to Liu Zhouzong's stern words, Liu Jun was making great contributions, and did not mention Liu Jun's domineering arrogance at all, and thought to himself that Liu Zongzhou was not worthy of his reputation as a gentleman.

Wang Chengen is now the eunuch in charge of the seal and is also responsible for the military affairs of the Beijing camp. Since Cao Huachun left, he has firmly taken up the position of the first eunuch in the palace. Holding the power to criticize the queen, Wang Chengen gained the trust of Chongzhen and stayed with him day and night. He knew very well the emperor's bottom line for this matter. The emperor was worried that he would indulge Liu Jun too much and would be difficult to control in the future, but he had not yet lost his trust in Liu Jun.

This time, the emperor did not want to deal with Liu Jun. Those who wanted to defeat Liu Jun were destined to be disappointed.

Liu Zongzhou said something, but did not impeach Liu Jun. Instead, he mentioned Liu Jun's contributions many times, and did not intend to attack Liu Jun. Instead, he suggested that the emperor should reuse Liu Jun and should recall Liu Jun to the court and entrust him with important positions, rather than staying in Liaodong.

Chongzhen patiently listened to Liu Zongzhou's words and did not comment.

After pondering for a while, the emperor turned his head to Zhou Yanru, "Sincere, what do you think?"

Zhou Yanru wanted to deal with Liu Jun more seriously. It would be even better if he could be punished. But Liu Zongzhou, the old stubborn donkey, spoke first, but after a call came out, it didn't look like impeachment, but it was like a discussion of merit. Now the emperor asked him that as the chief minister, although he was the behind-the-scenes driver of the impeachment of Liu Jun this time, he did not want to charge forward in front of the officials.

"I think that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly and will be outside, and I must seize the power in the time of trial. The Duke of Chu fought more than half of the battles in Liaodong, and dozens of battles, recovered the two prefectures of Lushun and Zhenjiang, rescued hundreds of thousands of enslaved people, and made North Korea and Japan restored. This contribution is unparalleled. Although there is a suspicion of being passively avoiding war, if you use this to pursue the crime, it is not a way to preferential treatment for the meritorious officials. As for the censors who impeached Duke of Chu to domineering and disrespect the governor, I think this may be some, but Duke of Chu was the admiral and the honor of the Zhuguo, and the title of the Duke of Chu was higher than that of the governor. The Duke of Chu was the highest in civil and military affairs in Liaodong. If he was ordered by the governor, he would be a little uncomfortable."

Wang Cheng'en frowned slightly. Zhou Yanru seemed to be protecting Duke Chu, but in fact his words were confirming Liu Jun's passive avoidance of war and disrespect for the governor and domineering.

The censors' impeachment of Liu Jun is focused on two things: passive avoidance of war and domineering. However, the censors have the right to report the news and do not need factual evidence. As long as they hear such news, they can report impeachment. But Zhou Yanru is not a censor, he is the chief assistant. If he wants to use these two things to say, there must be evidence. But now he seems to be helping Liu Jun with protection, but indirectly he has determined Liu Jun's two charges.

Chongzhen did not immediately express his opinion on Zhou Yanru's words, and he asked Wu Xuan again.

"Wu Qing, what do you think?"

"The censor of Kedao has the right to report the news. There is no mistake in impeaching Zhu Ciye's arrogant and domineering and disrespectful governors, and the passive avoidance of war under the city of Gaizhou. However, the censor's words have not been verified, and the court cannot question the important officials because of the censor's discussion. The court should choose ministers and go to Liaodong for thorough investigation. It also issued an edict to Zhu Ciye for defending himself to clarify the facts."

"Of course, because the matter involves important officials, in order to avoid affecting the war situation in Liaodong, I think that the position of Liaodong may be suspended first, and ordered him to return to Beijing to face the saint's defense first, and the governor of Liaodong will be responsible for it. After the facts are revealed, they will be dealt with according to the situation."

Wu Xuan clearly wanted to take the opportunity to bring Liu Jun down. Now three major forces have formed in the court, the opposing Jiangbei and Jiangnan, and a Chu party with Liu Jun as the link. Wu Xuan also wanted to win over Liu Jun and the governors, but they did not want to interfere in the party struggle between the Jiangnan and Jiangbei two parties, which made Wu Xuan always wary and worried that they would join forces with Zhou Yanru. Now that Zhou is willing to suppress the Chu party first with him, he is naturally happy.

Wu Yan's words seemed to be very fair, but it was clearly a move against Liu Jun. If the court really trusted Liu Jun, how could he have to stop Liu Jun's post and transferred back to the capital because of several impeachments?

Chongzhen was also a little surprised. He did not expect that Wu and Zhou Yanru, who had always opposed each other, had the same attitude on this matter. This was a very rare situation. Since Wu Yan had openly opposed Zhou Yanru's personnel recommendations in front of the imperial court, the first and second assistants had been incompatible. Both sides had even begun to form party members with each other. As long as the other party proposed, they would inevitably object.

Chongzhen was also very upset about this situation. At that time, he used Zhou Yanru as the chief assistant because he was worried that the court would become the one-man in Donglin and Wu Qi as the secondary assistant to balance it. But he did not expect that this kind of imperial technique would eventually cause constant disputes in the court.

But what happened today?

Zhou Yanru and Wu Yan actually had the same attitude and attacked Liu Jun together.

Chongzhen was not happy about this tacit understanding.

If he was a little loose in this matter, he was afraid that the censors would rush to impeach them. At that time, all kinds of trivial matters would be said to be a sin of unforgivable crime by them, and it would be difficult for him to protect him at that time.

"Ciye was appointed as the Duke of Chu, the country of the prime minister, the young tutor and the young guru of the crown prince, and the title of Minister of War and the right deputy chief censor. His official title was far higher than that of the new governor of Liaodong. This is indeed inappropriate. Liu Qing said it very well just now. The battle situation in Liaodong is stable now. I will let Ciye return to Beijing."

It is indeed inappropriate for a general who is higher than the title of governor and governor, but Liu Jun's titles and titles were obtained through military merits, so we can't surrender again for no reason. Moreover, the emperor's original intention was to not let Liu Jun continue to lead the Chu army. Therefore, today's meeting, the so-called impeachment and guilt, are just a reason.

The war outside the pass was smooth, and Chongzhen planned to use this reason to transfer Liu Jun back to the capital, so he put it under his eyes. If he could not only be at ease, but also avoid Liu Jun making greater contributions in the subsequent Liaodong war. Liu Jun is already a Duke. If he made another contribution, would he be appointed as the king? However, the Ming Dynasty did not have the title of king. Although Liu Jun is now the adopted son of the emperor who is a naturalized emperor, he was given the surname of the country. After all, he is not a real Zhu family, and Chongzhen would never be able to be appointed as the king.

It is impossible not to reward you with great achievements. The best way is to transfer Liu Jun back to Beijing.

If you do not make new military achievements, you will naturally not need to be promoted or rewarded.

Doing this will certainly cause Liu Jun to suffer some grievances, but in order to stabilize the Ming Dynasty and maintain long-term stability, Chongzhen believed that this was necessary.

"I have drawn up an order. Since Duke Zhu Ciye of Chu crossed the sea to conquer Liao, he has recovered thousands of lost land, rescued hundreds of thousands of Ming people, captured cities and conquered the city and conquered the pond and made great contributions. He should be rewarded for his merits, and transferred Duke Zhu Ciye of Chu to Beijing and promoted him to the Governor of the Jingying Rongzheng, and the Governor of the Three Major Camps and Nine Towns of the Jingying. The former position of Liaodong Admiral was removed and he will no longer serve." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!