Your Highness, Jiangshan hires you

At this moment, the atmosphere in the court hall is a bit abnormal. No one would let himself take the lead at such a time. This Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Yi Heng, is the direct descendant of the Prime Minister, and the responsibilities of the Ministry of Officials are among the six departments. Unusual status, but now impeached by the censor.

Everyone can see that His Royal Highness is obviously supporting the censor who is in charge of impeachment. Even if the emperor has not spoken yet, they are all people who have been immersed in the imperial court for many years. Not coming out, when the emperor looked at the submitted memorial, his expression was already unusual.

How could Zhang Xiu fail to notice the tricks here, but he asked the officials to deal with the affairs of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce in a very secretive manner. What step went wrong, and Xiao Cheng's people could find clues?

Xiao Luan put his eyes on his uncle. At this time, he was a little uncertain about the things inside.

Naturally, Zhang Xiu just gave Xiao Luan a look to indicate that the emperor was still reading the memorial and did not speak. No matter what happened, he had to wait for the emperor to speak before he could respond. At this time, the more arguments, the more is to make things worse.

Yi Heng also noticed the hint given to him by the prime minister, so he waited quietly.

At this moment, Xiao Mingyuan, who was sitting on the dragon chair, closed the memorial in his hand, his face was covered with coldness, and his eyes fell on the kneeling Yushi in the lower hall.

"The memorial is well-organized, and all the clues in it are well-founded. It seems that you have spent a lot of effort in order to remonstrate with me."

How could the knelt censor not feel anxious, but how could he not do well what the Second Highness explained, not to mention that this matter, as far as the evidence they have, is flawless, the officials Shangshu Yiheng has no possibility of getting out for himself.

"Your Majesty, this is what a humble minister should do. Speaking officials and censors is to speak for the emperor at all times."

"Very good." Xiao Mingyuan said calmly, "Although your memorial is very detailed and without any flaws, Yi Heng is in charge of the official department and is a second-rank official in the imperial court. If there is a deviation in the people and things involved, you should know what the consequences will be."

"Weichen understands that what I do has no two intentions, but I just don't want to see someone using public affairs for personal gain."

There was no ups and downs on Xiao Mingyuan's face, and then he looked at Eunuch Sun, "Take this memorial to the prime minister."

Eunuch Sun followed suit immediately, took the hand quickly, and then handed the memorial to the prime minister.

Zhang Xiu was also a bit uneasy. After all, this memorial could make the emperor change his face after seeing it. It can be seen that there is something in the content. When he opened it, his face changed instantly.

Xiao Luan looked at his uncle. How could he not be curious about what was written in this memorial? Based on his understanding of his uncle, the content of this memorial...could it really be those from Jiangnan Province and Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce? The layout is all exposed, this... what happened, how did Xiao Cheng's people discover their movements?

Seeing that Zhang Xiu had finished reading it, Xiao Mingyuan said, "Since the prime minister has finished checking, he should also show this memorial to Yi Heng."

Zhang Xiu stretched out his hand and handed the memorial to Yi Heng who was standing on the side, but his eyes did skip over Xiao Cheng and Liu Shuo on the other side.

For Xiao Cheng and Liu Shuo's sudden indifference to Zhang Xiu, they are undoubtedly sure about this matter.

When Yi Heng received the memorial from the Prime Minister, his hands trembled a little. He almost didn't need to read the memorial to know what was inside.

Xiao Mingyuan watched Yi Heng open the impeachment memorial, and then turned his eyes on Zhang Xiu, "Yi Heng is a member of the prime minister, and the prime minister is in charge of the six affairs for me. I think about the people mentioned in this memorial. , and the layers of relationships between them should be well known, but the final point of this memorial is that it involves the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce in Jiangnan Province, and the wealth owned by the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce is rumored to be even less than my treasury."

"On this memorial alone, the amount of power and money transactions involving the officials involved in running around to make connections amounted to millions of taels of silver. Outside of this memorial, how many transactions are unknown?" Xiao Mingyuan He continued: "How much did the prime minister know about the people under Yi Heng's subordinates doing such a thing, or how much did they participate in?"

Zhang Xiu stepped forward and knelt down, "My minister is terrified, Your Majesty, what is described in this impeachment memorial is all the actions of his subordinates, and has no direct relationship with Yi Heng. Your Majesty, Yi Heng has been in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials for many years. , He is very familiar with the operation of the Ministry of Officials, and I believe that he will not mess around with such a thing."

Yi Heng knelt down on the ground, "My minister is loyal to the emperor and has no different intentions. I will definitely not do such a thing. Your majesty..."

Xiao Cheng cast a glance at Zhang Xiu, so he wanted to choose a clean one. Dreaming, he stepped forward and saluted, and said: "Father wants to investigate clearly, so you might as well interrogate all the people mentioned in this memorial. As for the involvement of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce For the personnel over there, my father can send imperial envoys to Jiangnan Province, so that it will be clear at a glance whether there is any connection or not."

Zhang Xiu knew that if he was in a hurry to defend himself right now, it would only make things worse, and everything would just wait for the emperor's decision.

Xiao Luan originally wanted to plead for mercy, but seeing his uncle's gesture, he didn't say any more.

Seeing this, Xiao Mingyuan said, "Since Yu Shitai drafted the impeachment, I will entrust this matter to you to handle. All the people mentioned in the memorial will be interrogated." He looked at the kneeling The censor of the local area said, "Since you are the one to impeach this time, then I will appoint you to the imperial envoy of Jiangnan Province. As for Yi Heng and the affairs of the official department, you don't care about it for the time being. Go back to the mansion to rest and take a rest. I will appoint you." It is my decree that you are not allowed to step out of your mansion."

Yi Heng immediately agreed.

After this matter was arranged, they retreated and dispersed.

Outside the Golden Temple.

Xiao Luan and Xiao Cheng came out together, Xiao Luan looked at Xiao Cheng, and said in a deep voice: "Second brother is really unexpected, looking so calm, he actually made such a big show behind his back."

Xiao Cheng smiled and said: "A play? What play? The crown prince is not talking about Lord Yi's impeachment just now, right? Now, start a trial and investigation, why, maybe the crown prince thinks Master Yi can't keep him?"

Seeing this, Zhang Xiu stopped Xiao Luan, "What the Second Highness said, what happened, we have to wait for the results of the review."

"That's right, the Prime Minister's mind is prudent. Speaking of which, this Lord Yi is the favorite student of the Prime Minister, and he is the prime minister's direct descendant. If something happens to Master Yi, the Prime Minister will also be implicated." Xiao Cheng He said with a smile, "Prime Minister, don't mind, I just spoke a little directly, and I have something to do, so I'll go first."

Xiao Luan looked at the person who had already taken the first step, "Uncle, what should we do about this matter? Why did we do it so secretly, there was nothing to reveal at all, and why did something go wrong in the end? What happened in the imperial capital will not be received for a while, even if it is a layout, but today the father issued an order in the court, and all the names that appeared in the impeachment memorial will be interrogated, and even Yi Heng is confined to the mansion. this……"

"I really didn't expect that we acted carefully and made such a big detour just to avoid everyone's eyes and ears, and to control the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce. It happened that Xiao Cheng and his people took advantage of it, and this matter became more and more strange."

"Uncle, this is not strange, but weird, like being haunted by ghosts." Xiao Luan only felt a little cold in his heart.

How could Zhang Xiu not have such a feeling, like a hand that exists in the dark, unpredictable.

Xiao Luan settled down, and then said: "Uncle, at this point, if it's really uncontrollable, Yi Heng's..."

"Let's see first, if there is no other way, we can only sacrifice Yi Heng." Zhang Xiu frowned, damn it, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce had it at its fingertips, but made such a fuss, who exactly caused them to lose their wives and lose their soldiers!

……

All the news of what happened in the early court and after the withdrawal from the court spread all at once.

Yi Heng was banned from the mansion, and the list mentioned in the impeachment memorial was interrogated one by one, and the imperial envoy sent by the emperor to Jiangnan Province also set off immediately.

Here, Ding Wangfu.

Xiao Luo and Ming Che, who had just had breakfast, heard the news, Xiao Luo looked at Ming Che, "Sure enough, it's all within my husband's plan."

Ming Che smiled lightly, and said: "It's not the end yet, the imperial envoys sent by Xiao Mingyuan have started to go to Jiangnan Province, and it's time for us to go too."

As soon as Xiao Luo heard Mingche's words, he said: "Husband, today's matter only involved the officials. In fact, what was involved in this matter was far more than the officials. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is another treasury, such a huge transaction of power and money, my husband has said that this will not only involve the Ministry of Officials, but also the Ministry of Household Affairs."

"That's true, so Luoluo wants to kill two birds with one stone, and make the household department and the official department completely collapse in this matter."

"Well, that's what I think. It's just that the specific control situation is still not fully clear after all. Husband thinks, is this feasible? I'm worried that if I don't prepare well, something will go wrong. .”

Ming Che stretched out his hand and touched Xiao Luo's head, "This matter is feasible, Luo Luo will become the master of the world in the future, and it should be determined to control the overall situation. As long as Luo Luo thinks of it, everything It can be arranged, no matter how things turn out, I will take care of Luo Luo, so don't worry."

"Uh-huh."