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Cui Hao panicked: "Is there a way to crack it?"

Kou Qianzhi sighed: "Mr. Cui is really a poor man or a god? Who else in the world can make Mr. Cui go to prison?"

"Your Majesty?" Cui Hao frowned, "Cui asked himself that he has not caused His Majesty any displeasure, nor has he offended anyone in court!"

Kou Qianzhi thought for a while and said to Cui Hao: "A few days ago, Poor Dao heard a gossip, and I don't know if it is true. Some people in the court impeached Cui Gong, and more than once, it's just that His Majesty didn't do it at the two court meetings. Mentioning this matter, I have never made things difficult for Cui Gong, if the news is true, Pindao guesses that His Majesty should suppress the matter of impeachment!"

"And this?" The forehead lines on Cui Hao's forehead deepened, "We still don't know the news about what happened in the palace fast enough!"

Kou Qianzhi warned Cui Hao: "Mr. Cui must not attract the attention of the palace. You know that His Majesty most taboos courtiers to plant eyeliner in the palace. Once it is found out, it will never be lightly forgiven. Three years ago, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry Do you still remember that Huang Mao bribed the eunuch to spy on the news in the palace!"

Cui Hao nodded. How could he not remember this incident? At that time, this incident caused a lot of trouble in the city and shocked the government and the public. After the incident was found out, the bribed eunuch was hanged on the spot, and afterward Huang Mao was ordered by Zhao Junsheng to be divided into five horses. , his family was fined to serve hard labor in the mine, and they were not allowed to be released for life.

Kou Qianzhi asked: "If someone impeaches Duke Cui, what does Duke Cui think is the reason?"

"It's definitely not greed for ink and taking money. I, Cui, have never done anything to insult my family tradition and reputation in the 15 years I have been an official!"

Kou Qianzhi said: "Over the years, you have often recommended and promoted some juniors. I guess it's because someone got caught on this matter!"

"What? Am I, Cui, guilty of recommending talents for the imperial court? Do you want me, Cui, to watch those talented and learned people be buried?" Cui Hao was quite angry and agitated.

Kou Qianzhi looked at Cui Hao and said: "A few years ago, it was fine for you to recommend talents, but the ones you recommended were all former friends or descendants of aristocratic families. Many of them have no experience in politics or government. If you want to be promoted, you should Promote those experienced officials, and those you recommend will directly become county magistrates and prefects! Pindao has warned you a long time ago that today's Dagan no longer needs to recommend talents, it already has its own selection of officials The rules, but you still go your own way, hey..."

Cui Hao was a little annoyed, he asked Kou Qianzhi: "National teacher, you said I'm going to plead guilty to His Majesty, how about it?"

"Apology? Are you guilty? What crime?" Kou Qianzhi asked back.

"This..." Cui Hao really thought about it, what should he say when he went to see Zhao Junsheng?Whether anyone is impeached is just a gossip heard by Kou Qianzhi, which cannot be confirmed yet.

After a long time, Cui Hao said: "Cui is not afraid of the shadow, if someone wants to impeach, let them impeach!"

Kou Qianzhi looked at Cui Hao, his mouth moved, but in the end he still didn't ask.

Cui Hao said again: "The national teacher came here just to tell me about this?"

"This is just one of them. In fact, every family has a hard-to-recite scripture!" Kou Qianzhi couldn't help sighing.

Cui Hao was very surprised when he heard this: "What troubles does the national teacher have?"

Kou Qianzhi sighed: "Pindao is old, and recently he feels that his health is getting worse and worse. I am afraid that the end will come soon! What makes Pindao feel relieved is that there is no disciple who can inherit the mantle under his knees. Once Pindao dies, I'm afraid this vein won't last long. Although Pindao is old, his eyes are not blind and his ears are not deaf. In recent years, some disciples and grandchildren have not abided by the clear rules, and relying on the power of Pindao have done a lot of harm to the world. Things, once Pindao dies, their good days will come to an end!"

Cui Hao asked: "Since the national teacher knows that some disciples are using your name outside to ruin your reputation, why don't you clean up the door?"

"Hey, I can't do what I want! Although they are doing mischief outside, they treat the poor Taoist inside the temple like their biological parents. The poor Taoist can't be ruthless and can't do anything!"

Cui Hao couldn't help being speechless for a while.

On June [-]th, Zhao Junsheng came to the court to listen to the government, and the ministers of various ministries stood up one by one to report the affairs of the yamen.

After the ministers of various ministries reported one by one, Zhao Junsheng was about to announce his resignation when Huang Hongsheng, a member of the Ministry of War, stood up and held a fluorene wrench and said, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach one person!"

Zhao Junsheng was taken aback. There have been no ministers impeaching other people in the court meeting for several months. You must know that if the impeachment is written, the impeached person may not know who impeached him, but impeaching him face to face in the court means tearing up. Shameless, generally no one would do that.

Who will be impeached this time?Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Who do you want to impeach?"

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Shangshu Youpushe and Cui Hao. Over the years, he has promoted old friends of his disciples, unlearned and incompetent sons of the gentry, and nepotism. He has gathered a large number of cronies around him. He is in a high position, and during his tenure, he amassing money and appointing cronies one by one, what Cui Hao has done these years is to cultivate party members and form cliques for personal gain!"

All the ministers and generals in the court heard the words of impeachment and knew that if there was evidence, there would be a big trouble.

Chapter 778

The impeachment of Cui Hao is not surprising. Some people have impeached Cui Hao before, but they were all written in letters. There has never been a direct tear at the court like today.

In terms of Cui Hao's official position, he is also a minister at the level of prime minister. It takes a lot of courage to impeach him, because if the impeachment fails, the next thing he will face is Cui Hao's counterattack. After all, he is the prime minister and the court. An important minister bears a heavy responsibility, even the relatives of the emperor cannot casually slander a prime minister without evidence, let alone a small military officer named Uiro.

Zhao Junsheng was also very surprised. This was the first time someone dared to fight Cui Hao directly in the court. Since someone stood up to impeach Cui Hao in front of the civil and military officials of the court, he could no longer hold down the memorial as before. Not this time Instead of impeaching him face to face in the court, he, the emperor, can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, and must give a positive response. The rules cannot be messed up. Once the rules are messed up, many things will go wrong.

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Huang Hongsheng, do you want to impeach Cui Hao? Do you know that he is the prime minister and an important official of the court. If you slander the innocence of an important official without conclusive evidence, do you know what it means? I encourage All the ministers impeach those ministers who know the law and violate the law, because they are in high positions and important positions, they must be more strict with themselves and fulfill their duties. This is beneficial to the court and the people, but I will never allow anyone to slander an important minister without evidence , They are the pillars of the country, how can they be slandered by others at will? You have to think clearly!"

Huang Hongsheng held up the fluorene board and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have evidence! This is recorded and sorted out by the minister over the years, and some of them are verified by the minister himself. This book records 72 imperial courts, local officials, and military officials. Lieutenant generals, a small number of them formed allies with Cui Hao in the court, and they advanced and retreated together. Most of them were promoted by Cui Hao over the years. None of the officials or generals he promoted were ordinary civilians, and all of them were from noble families. children, and some are his old friends or nephews!"

"According to my investigation, [-]% of the officials and generals who were promoted and appointed by Cui Hao are nepotism, wantonly amassing money, oppressing common people and kindness after taking office. They don't think about how to benefit the people under their rule. They only think about making money, eating and drinking. Have fun and neglect government affairs! If your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to investigate, if it proves that I really framed him, Cui Hao, I am willing to lead him to death!"

After Huang Hongsheng finished speaking, he took out a booklet from his big sleeve and held it up with both hands.

Under Zhao Junsheng's signal, an eunuch walked over and took the booklet and delivered it to Zhao Junsheng.

Everyone watched nervously as Zhao Junsheng held the folder and looked at it carefully. Cui Hao was also in a state of turmoil in his heart. He did not deny that he had indeed promoted and recommended many people over the years, and indeed they were all People of the gentry, let alone deny that not all of these people are national scholars who can serve the country, but at least a considerable number of people's talents and learning are recognized by him, but there are still some people who are indeed hindered by his bad sympathy. reject.

"Well, the officials and generals who are promoted and appointed here are indeed from the gentry, Cui Hao, it seems that you still have deep sectarian views in your heart! I have said a long time ago that if you want to go back a few generations, no one will No one will be nobler than anyone! In my career, there is no way to be an official or a general in the army. As long as he upholds a heart of loyalty to serve the country, as long as he has the ability and courage to take responsibility, as long as he wants to show his ambitions, no matter what Regardless of family background, rich or poor, high or low, anyone can serve the country. No one should have a discriminatory attitude. The imperial court, the military, and all levels of government must not treat them differently, and must not deliberately set the threshold for entry. Cui Hao, you have done this No way, set a bad example for others!"

Cui Hao hurriedly came out and bowed down: "Your Majesty, I'm guilty!"

"No, you didn't listen to what I said, you just ignored it!"

Cui Hao couldn't calm down anymore, and kowtowed again and again: "I'm guilty, I'm guilty! I admit that I do have sectarian opinions, but I have always upheld the idea of ​​being loyal to your Majesty when recommending and selecting talents for the country, and never dared to be selfish. read!"

Zhao Junsheng pointed to the fold and said: "Huang Hongsheng's memorial to impeach you records that quite a few of the officials and generals you recommended and promoted were not talents, but people who harmed the people, sought personal gain, and formed cliques for personal gain. Some of them are still in close contact with you, Cui Hao, which is clearly recorded on it, you can take it and see for yourself! Come here, show it to him!"

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he handed the notebook to an eunuch, and the eunuch took the notebook and turned around and passed it to Cui Hao.

Cui Hao hastily took it and opened it to look at it. He glanced at ten lines, and the more he looked, the darker his face became, and the sweat on his forehead fell like raindrops.

After reading it, Cui Hao knelt on the ground and kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, it is not selfish for me to recommend talents for Your Majesty. I have not received any gifts or a penny of filial piety over the years. Those who I recommend and promote I don’t know if people are really like what is written in the memorial! I have followed His Majesty for many years, and I have always been loyal and unambiguous, please Your Majesty to find out!”

All the ministers and generals are very nervous. They don't know how Zhao Junsheng will handle this impeachment case. Once Zhao Junsheng wants to dig deeper into this case, I'm afraid there will be another storm.

Zhao Junsheng was thinking, did Huang Hongsheng impeach Cui Hao out of a sense of responsibility and loyalty, or out of some political purpose?Or is he just cannon fodder launched by someone or some people?

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Junsheng made a decision in his mind. No matter whether Huang Hongsheng was pushed out by someone behind him, or he stood up to impeach Cui Hao out of his sense of responsibility and loyalty, he must send someone to investigate this matter. He couldn't ignore this case for the purpose of balancing the forces of all parties because of the game between the courtiers, that's all for the future.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Since Huang Hongsheng's memorial has something to say, this case still needs to be thoroughly investigated. Why is the imperial envoy here?"

He Zeng came out holding the fluorene board and bowed to answer: "The minister is here!"

"I order your imperial minister to investigate this case thoroughly, and give you a gold medal. When you see the gold medal, you have the right to summon and interrogate anyone related to the case, including Cui Hao. Cui Hao can be summoned for interrogation. But you can’t use torture. If necessary, you can ask other yamen to cooperate, and no one can shirk!”

He Zeng bowed and agreed: "The minister accepts the decree!"

Zhao Junsheng said to Cui Hao again: "Cui Hao, until the case is investigated, you should suspend all official duties, go home and rest for a period of time, and you are not allowed to go out at will. If you are really innocent, I will definitely return your innocence, do you understand? "

"I understand, I will definitely cooperate with Mr. He in the investigation!"

Not long after the court meeting ended, this matter spread. First, officials from all ministries and yamen of the imperial court talked about it, and within two days, it spread throughout the wine shops, restaurants, carriage and horse shops, and workshops in the entire Qianjing City.

For several days in a row, the atmosphere in the office rooms of each department in each government office was very tense. These days, people in each office room of each office were summoned by Yushitai every day. Everyone was worried that they would be summoned. Nothing will happen if there is no relationship. Sometimes people sit at home and disaster comes from heaven.

Whether it is the court ministers, officials of various yamen, or the book offices and clerks of various public offices, etc., they are worried about being implicated by innocent people. This kind of thing is not uncommon in places like the capital.