I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

outside the hall.

All the ministers have arrived.

There seemed to be something important happening at today's court meeting, which caused many officials to discuss it.

Before His Majesty arrived, the ministers were already talking excitedly.

"Have any of you heard about Jizhou?"

"Jizhou? What happened in Jizhou again? Didn't His Majesty just send the governor-general to Zhenbei? Could it be that this person is not doing a good job?"

"Where did this Jiang Zuo come from? Could he be a disciple of Prime Minister Zuo?"

The ministers all had their own motives and discussed quietly.

In the factional struggles at court, they have all taken sides, and only a small number are completely loyal to Your Majesty. Among this small number, most of them submit to the majesty of the Empress and dare not form factions for personal gain.

"Who knows? Anyway, this person is not simple. He may be a close confidant of His Majesty. Everyone should be careful and not offend him."

"Master Li, you think too much."

"Master Lin, what do you mean by that?"

"Haha, just take a look at today's court meeting."

Everyone was talking endlessly.

"The emperor is here!"

The chief eunuch shouted.

The ministers hurried to their positions.

"Long live my emperor!"

All the ministers bowed down.

"Flat body."

Empress Chen Qingyun slowly sat on the dragon throne, her pair of charming eyes showing her majesty.

With her arrival, a depressing atmosphere suddenly filled the court.

The whole hall was silent.

"When there is something to do, we will start to act, but when there is nothing to do, we will retreat."

The empress rubbed her aching forehead gently, really not wanting to deal with these troublesome ministers.

It was very quiet in the court.

The footsteps were so clear.

"I have something to report."

At this time, the right prime minister Lu Jun suddenly stood up.

Chen Qingyun frowned.

"speak."

Lu Jun took out the memorial and said loudly: "Hundreds of officials from Yuzhou and Jizhou have jointly impeached the governor-general of Zhenbei, Jiang Zuo."

Hearing this, Chen Qingyun suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a hint of uneasiness in his eyes.

All officials impeached!

This has only happened twice in the history of Dayan.

Moreover, those who were impeached at the time were all high-ranking officials in the court.

Jiang Zuo was just a magistrate of a small frontier county. He was recently transferred to be the governor-general of Zhenbei, a position of the fourth rank. How could he have deserved the impeachment of so many officials?

What is even more surprising is that this impeachment letter was submitted to the emperor personally by Lu Jun, the right prime minister.

This is by no means an easy matter!

The ministers were not only surprised, but also extremely curious.

Many of these officials had previously speculated that Jiang Zuo was a subordinate of the Left Prime Minister Wei Hong. So, could it be that Lu Jun's impeachment memorial submitted by hundreds of officials today was intended to suppress the power of the Left Prime Minister?

The impeachment of officials is no small matter.

Generally speaking, those who are impeached are those who are corrupt or those who intend to rebel.

Jiangzuo?

Although Chen Qingyun did not fully understand this person, after getting along with him in Anding County and exchanging dozens of letters, he had already developed some complicated feelings towards him.

What's more, Jiang Zuo's disaster relief work in Jizhou Prefecture had just shown results, but now he was impeached by all the officials. If this continued, how could the disaster relief work go smoothly? This became something Chen Qingyun had to consider.

"Why impeach Jiang Zuo?"

Chen Qingyun asked coldly.

The old prime minister said, "Your Majesty, this impeachment letter states that when this man from Jiang Zuo was the magistrate of Anding County, he was corrupt and perverted the law, colluded with officials and businessmen from the Huang family in Yuzhou, and bullied the people. The evidence is solid!"

Chen Qingyun already knew that although Jiang Zuo was greedy, he had never embezzled the people's money.

Jiang Zuo had been interrogated before in Anding County, and it was clear long ago that Jiang Zuo had never embezzled any money.

Now all the officials have written to the emperor to accuse Jiangzuo of the same crime.

Everyone in the world knows that the current emperor loves his people like his own children and hates corrupt people the most.

Not to mention the "Empty Seal Case" a few years ago, just take the "Yuzhou Case" not long ago. How many officials were removed from office, how many corrupt officials were killed, and even the Huang family, a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River, was not spared.

These officials accused Jiang Zuo of having connections with the Huang family, and they really hit the nail on the head.

When Jiang Zuo was still the magistrate of Anding County, he often conducted business dealings with the Huang family.

But these businesses are all legitimate transactions, with no shady dealings at all.

If he were to be dismissed from his post as the Governor-General of Jiangzuo Zhenbei, Chen Qingyun would have no one to use for disaster relief in Jizhou Prefecture.

The most important thing is that the Governor-General of Zhenbei in Jiangzuo was appointed by the Empress Chen Qingyun herself.

The impeachment of Jiang Zuo was actually someone deliberately using this opportunity to "impeach" the empress, in order to implicitly criticize the empress for her poor use of people.

If you try to evade the question, people will talk about you.

Even though Chen Qingyun's words were final, no one in the court dared to question them.

But now the matter is of great importance and we can’t just let it go.

Now in Dayan, various forces are ready to make moves.

Only by acting swiftly and decisively can Chen Qingyun intimidate these people with ulterior motives.

"Any evidence?"

Chen Qingyun asked, murderous intent in his eyes.

Right Prime Minister Lu Jun added: "According to the investigation, Jiangzuo had a large amount of money transactions with the Huang family. This is the Huang family account book, which is written very clearly. According to complete statistics, there were at least 2.7 million taels of transactions. The Jiangnan Huang family oppressed the people and colluded with the former governor of Yuzhou to steal and sell the government's disaster relief grain. They have long been convicted. I have reason to believe that the current Zhenbei Governor Jiangzuo also participated in stealing and selling Yuzhou's official grain."

The evidence presented by the right prime minister is indeed convincing to others.

Even the Empress Chen Qingyun ordered the Thousand Cavalry Division to arrest Jiang Zuo because she saw him selling government grain. Later, it was found out that it was a misunderstanding. Unexpectedly, this incident became evidence for these officials to impeach Jiang Zuo.

Chen Qingyun remained silent and fell into deep thought.

How to deal with the impeachment of officials is really a headache.

Before Chen Qingyun could speak, an official came forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have a memorial here as well. The Liu family in Jiangnan accused Jiangzuo of abusing their power for personal gain, hoarding grain, and oppressing the victims..."

A wave of waves has risen again.

In these memorials, Jiang Zuo was described as an unforgivable sinner.

"I believe that the truth must be uncovered, and if any officials have violated the law, they must be severely punished!"

Lu Jun said with a righteous look on his face, and then added: "Your Majesty, please understand."

The ministers waited quietly for His Majesty to speak.

Facing these ministers' tricks, Chen Qingyun couldn't help but sneer in his heart, but said sternly on the surface: "If this is true, no one can escape the death penalty; but! If this matter is found out and someone has wrongly accused Jiang Zuo, all the officials on the list will be sentenced to death!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials in the court became panic-stricken.

Most of them were not involved in it at all, but they were afraid that one of them was related to it.

At this time, the old fox Lu Jun said again: "Your Majesty, I am only entrusted by the officials to present a memorial to Your Majesty. I don't know the governor-general, and I am not one of the impeached."

He had already found a way out. As the right prime minister, he had the responsibility to submit this impeachment letter.

As for who impeached and who was impeached, it does not seem to have anything to do with Lu Jun.

"Your Majesty, I also have something to report."

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted.