Beijing, Fucaifang, and the Censorate's Office.

Liu Tingyuan, the inspector of the Shaanxi Dao Censor, looked at the secret letter in his hand and his eyebrows were frowned in the shape of Sichuan.

This secret letter was sent from Sichuan. Chen Yingtang, the Sichuan Salt Ke Ti Jushi reported that Zhu Qizhu, the Prince of Zhejiang and Sichuan, wanted to steal their private salt transactions!

He is what Cao Guangdao said, the people in the court, that is, the backstage of Cao Guangdao and Chen Yingtang.

By the way, he, an inspector, is only at the seventh rank, so how could he be the backstage of Chen Yingtang and others? You know, Chen Yingtang was all taking the lead from the fifth rank.

This means we have to talk about the current situation in the court.

The current situation in the Ming Dynasty is that Wanli will not attend court, civil officials are busy with party struggles, and eunuchs are blind to Ji Ba!

The fierce party struggles in the Wanli Dynasty were second only to the Tianqi Dynasty, but the scale was far superior to the Tianqi Dynasty.

Because the civil officials at this moment were still a bit of martial ethics. After defeating their opponents, they let them retire and not go to death. Unlike the Tianqi Dynasty, which made them live to the death and win, they would try their best to kill the opponents completely.

At this moment, after a fierce party struggle in the court, the clear stream was gone, and corrupt officials had the upper hand.

The so-called Qingliu refers to the Donglin Party’s gang of corrupt scholars who are the best at calling out.

The so-called corrupt officials are those of the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party who are more good at making money.

In the officialdom, clear stream is not a positive word, and corrupt officials are not a complete negative word.

Corrupt officials are indeed greedy, but they can do things, while Qingliu is not greedy, but likes to shout and make trouble, making things impossible for others.

Among them, no one can tell which one is right or wrong.

In short, at this moment, the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party in the court, who are greedy and do things, are in power, and Liu Tingyuan is the leader of the Zhejiang Party.

He, as the leader, also means that he has the greatest official position in the Zhejiang Party, but the matters of the Zhejiang Party are basically handled by him, and he is equivalent to a supervisor responsible for daily chores.

Speaking of the Zhejiang Party, it was amazing in the Wanli Dynasty. Since Shen Yiguan started his career with party struggles and became the chief minister of the cabinet, his fellow villager Zhu Geng, Fang Congzhe and his disciple Li Tingji successively entered the cabinet. It can be said that in the past 20 years in the middle and late Wanli period, the Zhejiang Party was in the court.

This is where Cao Guangdao’s confidence was at the beginning. We were surrounded by the Zhejiang Party in our court. You, the prince of Zhejiang and Sichuan, are you nothing!

A normal-minded prince really has nothing to do because he dares not cause trouble.

A crazy prince is more troublesome.

After reading the secret letter, Liu Tingyuan frowned and pondered for more than half an hour, but couldn't figure out a solution.

This lunatic is really a headache!

The author of the article, organize the censor to impeach a county prince?

Just kidding, they don’t fall under the jurisdiction of the Censorate, the Ministry of Personnel, and the cabinet. If they impeach them, they are simply a rat and meddling in other people’s business!

Those who came to martial arts and killed the royal princes, they were not so bold.

Both civil and military officials cannot do it, what if it does?

There was no choice but to bring the secret letter back to his home and convene several officials in charge of daily affairs of the Zhejiang Party to discuss it.

These people have different positions.

Like Fang Zhuangli, Mou Zhikui, Tang Shiji, etc., they are all seventh-rank censors, just like him.

Like Yao Zongwen, Zhao Xingbang, Zhang Yandeng, etc., they are only seventh-rank attendants.

There is no way, they have to do daily chores, such as the bigwigs of the Zhejiang Party, who are all important officials of the court, and they are busy.

Liu Tingyuan was sitting in the main seat and roughly said what happened in Nanyang, and the following was immediately infuriated.

The little prince actually wanted to grab five million kilograms of private salt from our mouths, but every year!

To be honest, even the emperor is not very careful at this moment. They believe that as long as they unite, the emperor will be afraid of them, let alone a small prince.

For a moment, the originally quiet room suddenly became boiling like boiled water.

When Liu Tingyuan saw these guys excited and looked cursing, he couldn't help but frown.

It’s useless to scold others!

He slowly raised his right hand and said majesticly: "Okay, a few words of cursing will not solve the problem. Let's discuss what to do. As for impeachment, there is no need to think about it. He is not under our jurisdiction at all. Don't think about killing people. Although the royal prince has no power, his status is outrageous. If he is killed, he will definitely cause a storm."

What should I do if I cannot impeach or assassinate?

Tang Shiji thought about it and couldn't help but show off: "How about we plant some dirty things for him?"

frame?

You can think of it!

Liu Tingyuan said lightly: "How much do you want to give to others? I have checked it. He once reported to the emperor, saying that he had no money to build a royal palace. The emperor rewarded him with all the mountains and forests near Zhejiang and Sichuan. How much did you frame him? Tens of thousands of taels or hundreds of thousands of taels? You want to bring down a prince who the emperor is sympathetic to? You are giving to others, do you know?"

Uh, okay, Tang Shiji's face was so sultry that he was blushing.

Zhao Xingbang bravely stood up and suggested: "Or what murders and injuries have occurred near Zhejiang and Sichuan in the past few years. It's all over this guy. It should be enough for him to drink a pot, right?"

Framed?

It’s a pity you said!

Liu Tingyuan still said lightly: "What's wrong with a prince killing a few people? You don't know the emperor's temperament. As long as he likes someone, no matter how many things he does, it's okay. King Fu is an obvious example. I guess that as long as this prince of Zhejiang and Sichuan does not rebel, the emperor will not do anything to him."

Well, okay, Zhao Xingbang's face was also so shameless that his face turned red.

Fang Zhuangli couldn't help but show off: "Then let's sue him for rebellion. We will first organize the county magistrate, prefect, governor, etc. to sue him from the local area, and then organize the censor to collectively impeach him and give him more information. Wouldn't his rebellion be done?"

Liu Tingyuan rolled his eyes and said angrily: "We can prepare more materials for him. The problem is that people have no idea. Do you know that there are only eight people in the entire Zhejiang and Sichuan County Prince's Mansion, plus this madman, who rebels? Do you think the emperor will believe it?"

Uh, frame, frame, slander, etc., what should I do?

These people are good at engaging in party disputes, but they really have no good way to deal with a prince and a crazy prince.

Yao Zongwen suddenly asked in a dark voice: "There are other princes in the Tang Palace?"

Liu Tingyuan still said lightly: "Yes, in addition to the prince Zhu Qiying of the Tang Dynasty, there are also Prince Zhu Qiying of the Fushan King and Prince Zhu Qiying of the Anyang King. It is rumored that Zhang, the concubine of the wife of the Tang Dynasty's mansion, is the biological mother of Prince Zhu Qiying of the Fushan King and Prince Zhu Qiying of the Anyang King, and Prince Zhu Qiying of the Tang Dynasty, has been imprisoned for several years for crimes."

This is done!

Yao Zongwen said proudly: "We can ask Zhang, the concubine of the Tang Prince's Mansion, or Zhu Qijun, the King of Fushan, and Zhu Qijun, the King of Anyang, to deal with this boy?"

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Liu Tingyuan frowned again and said, "It may be difficult to make them take action. Rumor has it that last time this madman beat the concubine Zhang's cousin and the magistrate of Zhejiang Chuan County, but the emperor issued an order to drag the concubine Zhang's cousin to Nanyang Prefecture City and chopped them down. The magistrate of Zhejiang Chuan County Wu Weinan was also dismissed from office and investigated. The emperor clearly warned the concubine Zhang not to do anything nonsense."

Yao Zongwen thought for a while and said in a dark way: "They naturally dare not act recklessly without any benefit. We give them 500,000 kilograms of private salt every year, just one pound per cent. Do you think they will act recklessly?"

A 500,000 kilogram of private salt, a pound of one pound, can earn about 50,000 taels per year.

This temptation is great enough for a prince.

It seems that I can only lose some money.

After all, 500,000 jin a year and 5 million jin a year are ten times the gap.

Liu Tingyuan nodded slowly and said, "Well, this idea is good. I will immediately order someone to talk to Fushan King Zhu Qizhan."

By the way, why didn’t he talk directly to Zhang, the concubine of the Tang Prince’s Mansion?
Chapter completed!