Chapter 331 Impeachment
"Don't say that, Brother Zhou, your people can practice if you want, and you can't practice if you don't. There is no need to force me. I'm here to find you this time, but I really have something to ask for."
"Please speak with Empress."
"That's right, Brother Zhou, I mean, can you..."
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"I have met Eunuch Jin." Shi Heng, who was waiting in front of the palace gate, bowed slightly and bowed.
"Mr. Shi is polite." Although Jin Ying is a great eunuch who specializes in serving Emperor Jing, she does not dare to be proud of Shi Heng. "Your Majesty is uncomfortable and has no time to summon the Lord. Please come back."
"Your Majesty's Holy Body is ill? Is it serious?" Shi Heng asked with a frown.
"I'm an old problem. Your Majesty is weak. He may be greedy for cold weather in court this morning. He suffered some cold weather. It doesn't matter. Just take a few medicines." Jin Ying replied.
"Then... please serve Your Majesty with all your heart and say hello to Your Majesty on my behalf."
"That's natural. Lord Shi will leave, so I won't send it."
Shi Heng let out a sigh of relief and walked out. As soon as he left Taihe Gate, he saw several figures from afar. He couldn't help but snorted heavily, brushed his sleeves, and left without saying hello.
"Shi Heng, who relies on his great contributions in the battle of the capital, was arrogant and domineering. He also indulged his followers invading people's land and reselling military rations. All kinds of crimes are too numerous to be written. Lord Xu, don't worry, since we are the censors, we should ask for the country's orders, sooner or later we will take down this thief and question it."
Seeing Shi Heng walking away, an official in a green robe and court uniform spoke in anger.
"That's right, our censors should be the country and the king, and besides this thief." Several people next to him also spoke.
"Yuan Yu deeply admires the hearts of all the people for the sake of the country and the people." Xu Youzhen bowed in groups, "However, it is true that Shi Heng has made contributions to the court, and he is deeply trusted by His Majesty. We should not be greedy for merit and make progress. We should follow the previous agreement and slowly plan to do so. One or two people report to impeach him every month.
As the saying goes, three people become tigers. If this continues, Shi Heng will eventually lose his holy heart. Now, the court will be dispersed today. Didn’t Your Majesty summon him alone? What we are trying to do has already achieved results."
Xu Youzhen, whose courtesy name was Yuanyu, was promoted to deputy chief censor of the Censorate for his contribution to the management of the Yellow River last year. After returning to the capital, he was promoted to the deputy chief censor of the Censorate. He was promoted to the title of the title and was always obsessed with the various humiliations he suffered when the Tumen and Wood was first introduced to move south.
Xu Youzhen blamed all these humiliations on the current Jingtai Emperor and the Minister of War Yu Qian.
Although Zhu Qizhen and Empress Dowager Sun's lineage were infected with the White Lotus Sect and their strength was greatly damaged, Zhu Qizhen herself was also strictly imprisoned and surveillance, which was difficult to cause any further storms.
Empress Hang took the current crown prince and was already on the way back to Beijing. If nothing unexpected happens, the throne should be passed down from Zhu Qiyu's lineage.
But Xu Youzhen still did not give up. Although the position of deputy censor of the Censorate of the Censorate was not low, he knew that there was a stain on his back. If the emperor had just been seated by Emperor Jing and his descendants, Yu Qian would not step down and he would have been more difficult for him to go further.
Therefore, how to inflict disaster on the court is Xu Youzhen's unswerving belief.
After thinking about it, he focused on the Wuqing Hou Shi Heng.
Shi Heng was promoted by Yu Qian and was granted the title of marquis for his merits in the battle of the capital. Later, he had a quarrel with Yu Qian and violated the law and discipline with his nephew Shi Biao. Xu Youzhen knew all these.
What he is doing now is to instigate his censors to attack the bad deeds of the uncle and nephew of Shi from time to time.
After all, Shi Heng made great contributions to the state. If the censors rushed to impeach him, Emperor Jingtai would only think that someone wanted to mess with Shi Heng, and he would be wary of him, but he would not have any effect.
Nowadays, this long-lasting method is more effective. The memorial not only impeached the illegal behavior of Shi Heng's uncle and nephew, but also compared it with Yu Qian. Over time, it will not only gradually make Shi Heng lose his holy heart, but also arouse his anger.
Both Shi's uncle and nephew both started from Xuanda's second residence and met the Dai king Shi. Shi Biao even personally came forward for the Dai king to increase his salary.
If Shi Heng was no longer trusted and valued by the emperor, with his arrogant and domineering nature, he would probably have some bad ideas.
"Since Shi Heng was summoned by His Majesty, how could he come out so soon?" someone asked.
Xu Youzhen sighed lightly, with a solemn expression, "The Emperor's Holy Body is uneasy, I'm afraid Lord Shi can escape."
But he was very excited. Emperor Jingtai became more and more sick in recent years. Once he passed away and the prince was underage, it would be a great opportunity to cause trouble to the court.
More importantly, after Yu Qian visited Zhang Qiu last year to inspect the tributaries of the Yellow River and the canal embankment, he should have returned to the capital with Xu Youzhen, but unexpectedly, before he set out, bad news came.
After his mother died, Yu Qian had to return to his hometown to Dingyou. This time he went there for twenty-seven months. Xu Youzhen felt that the opportunity was not to be missed. During this period, he had great potential, so he started to deal with Shi Heng as soon as he returned to the capital.
On the surface, he was practicing his duties as a censor, but in fact, only Xu Youzhen himself knew what he was doing.
Shi Heng returned to his mansion, changed his court clothes under the maid's service, walked straight to his study, and told him without looking back, "Go and invite me with your husband."
After the case of the Golden Sword and White Lotus was completely settled, Shi Heng saw that he was not implicated, so he recalled Tongyin from Datong to the capital and continued to serve him.
Today he was impeached by the censors again. If he hadn't been in a state of discomfort, he would have been beaten up. Shi Heng felt that letting him continue was not a solution, so he became interested in asking Tongyin for advice.
After entering the study, Tongyin arrived shortly after a while, Shi Heng humbly asked for advice.
Tong Yin picked up the sparse beard on his chin for a while and said:
"Yu Benbing returned to his hometown and was not in the capital. Could it be that he was worried that the marquis would be lost and he specifically ordered the Censorate to do this? He often used such trivial matters to prevent the marquis from becoming a big shot?"
"What!" Shi Heng was furious and stood up in a flash, "He... how dare he do this!"
Although he said this, he believed Tong Yin’s words in his heart.
After all, after the war in the capital, Yu Qian was already the leader of civil officials. Although he could not take charge of the Censorate, he only needed a little hint that there were a lot of people to serve.
What's more, today, he met the deputy censor Xu Youzhen, who was recommended by Yu Qian, who was in charge of the river. Before Yu Qian was Dingyou, he also made a special trip to Zhang Qiu to patrol the river embankment.
The two of them must have been in a relationship. Maybe the impeachment of themselves from time to time was what Yu Qian ordered Xu Youzhen before returning home.
"It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable!"
Shi Heng was so angry that he hummed, walking back and forth in the study like a trapped beast.
Chapter completed!