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"Chen Ming, do you know what you are talking about? What is the punishment for slandering a second-rank official of the imperial court?"

Wei Ziri was completely stunned and blurted out the answer subconsciously.

However, Wei Zili regretted it as soon as he said it.

Because Chen Ming just mentioned the Governor of Zhejiang Lei Zhenlin in his words.

"Sir Chen, let me ask you, you clearly went to investigate Xia Yun, but this case is linked to the Governor of Zhejiang?"

Young cabinet minister Xu Miao also had a gloomy look on his face at this moment.

It was because the news Chen Ming brought back was too explosive.

Before today's morning court session, he had not received any news, which meant that the entire Zhejiang officialdom had changed.

"Colluding with the Japanese pirates was a serious crime committed by Chen Hanzhi himself. As the imperial censor, I should investigate and punish him. Lord Xu, do you want to say that Chen was wrong?"

Chen Ming ignored Wei Ziri at all. He just looked coldly at the young cabinet minister Xu Miao and spoke directly to him.

"That's right! The duty of our Inspectorate is to supervise all officials. If an official in Zhejiang commits a crime, can't our Inspectorate investigate him?"

The Imperial Censor, who had just been at a loss as to what to do after being rebuked by the Young Prime Minister and others, spoke again with a look of satisfaction on his face.

"Ridiculous! Chen Hanzhi is a second-rank provincial governor of Zhejiang! How could he knowingly break the law and collude with the Japanese pirates! Someone must have framed him and deliberately framed Mr. Chen!"

"Your Majesty! I request your permission to go to Zhejiang and thoroughly investigate Chen Hanzhi's case of collusion with the Japanese pirates. I hope Your Majesty will grant your approval!"

The young cabinet minister, who had lost his patience, turned to face the empress and spoke respectfully.

"Young Lord, it's really ridiculous for you to behave like this today!"

"Didn't you hear it just now? The Governor of Zhejiang, Lei Zhenlin, has already ordered Chen Hanzhi to be executed in the autumn!"

"According to the rules of this dynasty, any request from a local governor to King Xia to issue a death sentence by flag and banner shall not be rejected by the court!"

The Imperial Censor pursued the matter relentlessly and sentenced the young cabinet minister on the spot in front of all the officials in the court.

In fact, the reason why the Daliang Dynasty had this rule was entirely to protect the governor's rights in the local area.

If a governor loses the power of life and death, then he will also lose the real deterrent effect on local officials.

As expected, when the Chief Censor stated the court rules, all the Jiangnan Party officials who wanted to argue chose to stop.

the reason is simple.

If today they rejected Lei Zhenlin's royal decree sentencing Chen Hanzhi to death.

After today, the Inspectorate will also reject the effectiveness of the royal flags issued by other governors for the same reason.

What's more, at this time, in their view, Lei Zhenlin was still an official of the Jiangnan Party.

"Issue an order to imprison Chen Hanzhi, Zuo Anning and other Jiangnan officials. Order the Censorate to review all cases in Jiangnan officialdom. Unless there are special circumstances, all verdicts issued by the Governor-General of Zhejiang will be approved!"

When the empress finished reading the memorial submitted by Chen Ming, a cold voice uttered from her mouth.

In fact, at this moment, the empress was delighted.

The chess piece that Xia Yun sent to Zhejiang at this moment really played a role.

He was like a thunderbolt that fell on the stagnant Zhejiang province, instantly disrupting the entire Zhejiang officialdom!

"Wei Chen takes orders!"

The Imperial Censor responded respectfully.

"Your Majesty, I have another memorial here. It is from the Governor-General of Zhejiang Province, Lei Zhenning, recommending Xia Yun for the post of Governor of Zhejiang Province. I respectfully invite Your Majesty to read it."

While Chen Ming was speaking, he took out the third memorial from his sleeve.

This time, not only the young cabinet minister Xu Miao and others were uneasy, even Xu Jinsong, the chief minister of the imperial cabinet, had a slight change of expression on his face.

Xu Jinsong looked at the memorial in Chen Ming's hand with suspicion, and an unknown light flashed in his pretended dry pupils.

The eunuch at the side hurriedly took the memorial and respectfully presented it to the empress.

"allow."

This time, the empress merely glanced at the memorial and agreed to Lei Zhenlin's recommendation on the spot.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the empress finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from Xu Jinsong's mouth.

"Your Majesty, although Xia Yun solved the famine in Hangzhou, he is still young after all. He is only thirty years old. I am afraid that he does not have enough energy to be competent for the position of governor directly."

Xu Jinsong carefully observed the empress's reaction as he spoke.

"No need for that. The famine in Zhejiang has been going on for more than half a year. Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province, and a group of Zhejiang officials have been struggling for half a year and still can't bring it back."

"Xia Yun has been in office for only a month, but he has already completely solved the famine in Hangzhou. Such a talent does not need any further training."

The empress shook her head in court.

This scene shocked all the officials in the court.

You have to know that although the empress is already an adult, in the past few years, the empress and Xu Jinsong have hardly ever had any disagreements.

Even if there were disagreements in the court, the empress would often respect Xu Jinsong's opinions in the end.

But this time.

The empress seemed to agree to Xia Yun's appointment as Governor of Zhejiang without any hesitation.

Obviously, the tricks involved are not as simple as they seem.

Some astute ministers even smelled a hint of danger.

"Your Majesty, Xia Yun has indeed made great contributions to the governance of Hangzhou, but according to the regulations of this dynasty, there has never been an old precedent of a prefect being directly promoted to governor. It is better to take a step back for the time being and let Mr. Xia Yun serve as the governor of Zhejiang."

"If Xia Yun makes new contributions in the future, it won't be too late to promote Xia Yun to the position of governor of Zhejiang."

Pei Yan, the Minister of Revenue, rolled his eyes and proposed a compromise on the spot.

But he underestimated the empress's firm attitude this time.

"I have already said that Lei Zhenlin is allowed to recommend Xia Yun as the governor of Zhejiang. Does that mean my words are not valid?"

The empress's words suddenly became gloomy, and she looked at Pei Yan with a cold gaze.

Upon hearing this, Pei Yan's expression trembled violently.

He heard the murderous intent in the empress's words.

"Your Majesty has wronged me. If Your Majesty really appreciates Xia Yun, it would not be a bad idea to appoint him as the governor."

Pei Yan changed his attitude almost at the speed of light.

Although he was an official of the Jiangnan Party, he did not want to offend the empress at all costs.

Seeing that Pei Yan had restrained himself, the empress's gaze finally softened.

She knew why Xu Jinsong and others opposed Xia Yun's appointment as Governor of Zhejiang.

The reason is simple. Among the Jiangnan Party officials, the position of Governor of Zhejiang is particularly important.

These old guys obviously don't want the post of Governor of Zhejiang to fall into the hands of others.

But this is exactly the effect she wants!

If you want to resolve the party disputes step by step, you have to disintegrate the Jiangnan party officials step by step starting from their hometowns!

"Issue an imperial decree to promote Xia Yun to the post of Governor of Zhejiang and order him to report to the capital soon."

Not long after, words came out of the empress's mouth again.

This time, no ministers, including Xu Jinsong, voiced any opposition.

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

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