Jiao Fang fell into deep thought as Gong Shangwei left. He naturally wanted the position of prime minister, but Royal Bank could bring him more than 60,000 taels of heavy profits to the Jiao clan.

"Jiao Yi, you go to the Ma Mansion and post a post in the name of the young master, saying that I would like to invite the chief minister to see Mo Wenxuan." Jiao Fang gave his butler Jiao Yi a message.

Soon, Ma Wensheng came as promised. As soon as he saw Jiao Fang, he asked, "Mengyang, why did you let me come here so mysteriously?"

Since ancient times, the top leader and the second leader cannot be too harmonious, and the first assistant and the second assistant are the same. Naturally, they also compete and fight with each other, at least they will not really have a heart-to-heart relationship. Now, Ma Wensheng is naturally very surprised because Jiao Fang suddenly made an appointment with him.

Jiao Fang stood by the window and asked for a long time: "I wonder what the Chief Minister thinks about the Royal Bank organized by His Majesty and the so-called financial meeting?"

"Of course, the emperor's grace is so great!"

Ma Wensheng didn't know what Jiao Fang suddenly asked what this sentence meant, but he didn't answer directly, but just replied with a formality and bowed to the Forbidden City.

Jiao Fang was quite resentful and secretly scolded Ma Wensheng for being an old fox, so she had to throw out the news: "Last night, Gong Shangwei, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, was looking for him."

When Jiao Fang said this, his tone was very plain and his voice was very low, so low that only Ma Wensheng himself could hear it, but the effect was like a thunderclap in Ma Wensheng's ears. Without Jiao Fang saying anything more, Ma Wensheng himself could guess what it means to suddenly find Jiao Fang.

Ma Wensheng suddenly became angry. He never expected that his always-respected disciple would go to him secretly because he did not support him in advising His Majesty to stop the Royal Bank! But he was obviously for his own good!

Ma Wensheng knew that there was no need to fight Jiao Fang now. After all, he told him everything that his disciples betrayed him. He was obviously showing kindness to him, so he confessed directly:

"Royal Bank is indeed suspected of taking advantage of the people. However, since the establishment of the Royal Bank, the imperial court has no longer worried about shortages of money and food, whether it is disaster relief, river management or military maintenance. This is also true. Therefore, I still can't see whether it is suspended or not."

"Of course, it's not going to be done yet! From the public, the money and food in the world can be controlled by the court; from the private perspective, it is also beneficial to you and me, but it is not conducive to the gentry and the powerful!"

Jiao Fang said, and asked again: "Sir, please tell me directly. Do you want His Majesty to stop the Royal Bank or don't? If you don't want to, please clear the portal for the adult."

Ma Wensheng thought for a long time before saying, "Royal Bank is the emperor's will, and the emperor's will cannot be violated! If you have any trouble, Mengyang will be fine. I will call you sick tomorrow morning!"

...

Zhu Houzhao had already asked the Western Factory Admiral Gu Dayong to insert his eyes wide in the world. So, soon, Gu Dayong came to Zhu Houzhao and reported: "Old Master, the people below come to report that yesterday, the cabinet chief Ma Wensheng and the cabinet chief assistant Mo Wenxuan met secretly. This is what they talked about!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at the Xichang Notebook placed in front of him by Gu Dayong, and looked at it solemnly for a while, then smiled: "It seems that the money I have given has played a role. I have changed the trick of only internal struggle in the court. This is a blessing for the country. Although it is still for selfish interests and justice, it is at least better than just seeking power and profit."

Not long after he said that, Zhu Houzhao came to the court and saw that there was no Ma Wensheng in the first row of the left squad, so he asked the censor: "Where is the chief minister?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the Chief Auxiliary is called ill today," replied the censor who was in charge of the name.

Zhu Houzhao didn't say anything after hearing this.

At this time, Gong Shangwei, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, was secretly happy that he planned to impeach Ma Wensheng today, and asked Emperor Zhu Houzhao to stop the Royal Bank of China by impeaching Ma Wensheng. Now Ma Wensheng claims to be ill and will not be in court, which is just a matter of avoiding the embarrassment of his impeachment of his previous teacher.

After a while, Gong Shangwei stood up: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the chief assistant Ma Wensheng for being generous, have a simple position, and have a lazy business. Running the Royal Bank is a move to seize the benefits of the people. As the chief assistant, he did not dissuade him. I believe that such stupid people should resign and leave!"

Zhu Houzhao was not surprised to see Gong Shangwei, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly impeached his teacher. He just said oh, and asked the eunuch to bring the memorial up.

However, at this moment, Jiao Fang, the second assistant to the cabinet, stood up: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Gong Shangwei, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, was even more happy when he saw Jiao Fang coming out. The plan he had agreed with Jiao Fang was to first impeach Ma Wensheng and ask Zhu Houzhao to stop the Royal Bank, and then Jiao Fang came out to support him. That would mean that there would be a second-level cabinet supporting him, so he would not worry about the emperor not being able to follow the advice.

"Well, Jiao Aiqing has something to report, but it's okay to talk about it." Zhu Houzhao smiled a little, and seemed very gentle, as if she didn't plan to be a tyrant who was murderous.

Gong Shangwei, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, could see that the emperor favored Jiao Fang very much, and even spoke differently, and he was even happier. He thought that even if this matter could not be done overnight, he would probably make Ma Wensheng fall first. At that time, Jiao Fang was going further, and it would be only a matter of time to stop the Royal Bank. Moreover, there have been rumors in the court that His Majesty intends to change the chief minister.

But at this time, Jiao Fang only said: "Last night, Gong Shangwei, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Rites, secretly visited his ministers and wanted to collude with them to murder the chief minister, saying that the chief minister was incompetent and could not control the king. He only caused the gentry to be persecuted by the factory guards, causing the world to be dark and the people to live in poverty. He was actually a treacherous minister, so he wanted to impeach the chief minister and also assisted the minister to seize the position of chief minister!"

"What I report is the truth, and there is no false statement. Did Mr. Gong go to his residence yesterday? Your Majesty can ask him to investigate it. Now I still have a token left by Mr. Gong and an official seal here. Mr. Gong is really too careless!"

Jiao Fang said that, then took out the seal and asked the eunuch to give it to Zhu Houzhao.

The whole court became very quiet, while Gong Shangwei, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, was very shocked. He couldn't believe his ears! He didn't expect Jiao Fang to betray him and say everything he said in the court. He was extremely angry! He suddenly felt panic, and was angry and shouted:

"You are talking nonsense! You are framed by me! I, I didn't expect you to dare to frame me like this! You asked your maid to accompany me, but you didn't expect you asked your maid to steal my seal!"

Zhu Houzhao heard that the amount of information revealed in Gong Shangwei's words was a bit large. Not only did he hear it, but other court officials also heard it, and they couldn't help laughing.

Jiao Fang ignored Gong Shangwei: "Your Majesty! I have no desire to be greedy for power and do not dare to form cliques secretly. Gong Shangwei is a villain and is disrespectful to Your Majesty. I ask Your Majesty to kill him!"

"Build a clique for personal gain and deceive superiors and subordinates. Such villains are not enough to stand in the court. I ask Your Majesty to kill him!"

At this time, Xu Jin, the Minister of War, came out to agree.

"I ask Your Majesty to kill him!" At that time, the Minister of Revenue Wang Hua also stood up. For nothing else, as the Minister of Revenue, he knew the significance of the Royal Bank to the court and his Wang family, so he also followed suit.

"I ask Your Majesty to kill him!" Zhang Cai, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, also agreed.

"I ask Your Majesty to kill him!" Even Zhang Mao, who was in charge of the regiment camp's military power, stood up and said with agreement.

"I ask Your Majesty to kill him!" Zhang Jie, the Marquis of Taiping, was no exception.
Chapter completed!