Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1476 panicked

For Jiao Fang, Liu Jin didn't want to pay attention to him at first.

But he kept pissing himself off again and again.

His son was incompetent and failed to pass the Jinshi exam, so he insulted Liu Jin indiscriminately behind his back. With a foul mouth, anyone dared to scold him. Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and all six ministers had been scolded by him.

She is so good-looking, yet to be insulted by him like this makes her very angry.

He and Zhang Cai attacked and slandered him by making use of the topic, wishing to make himself a mortal enemy.

Now he said that he was taking bribes and engaging in malpractice for personal gain. If the hat was deducted, it would be his own life. The fraud in the examination room was a really big case. Even if Shangshu was involved, at least he would lose his hat.

After so many times and unscrupulous methods, Liu Jin was also angry.

Said that I was bribed, okay, let's investigate together, and clarify the matter of your filial piety first.

Originally, Liu Jin didn't want to talk about this matter. It was all old rules in the officialdom. Breaking the rules is not a good thing, and people will hate them.

But if you, Jiao Fang, want to do this, then check it out together.

"Your Majesty, Liu Jin's second son is talking nonsense. The minister has always been upright and has a clean sleeve. How can he accept bribes? On the contrary, Liu Jin has a fortune of billions of dollars. I don't know how many businesses, workshops, factories, plantations, and farms he owns. But the enemy country, where did his money come from, if it wasn't for taking bribes, how could he have such a huge property, he was originally from a poor family."

Jiao Fang became anxious, and quickly proved her innocence while criticizing Liu Jin.

"Enough~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Jiao Fang, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

He didn't have a good impression of Jiao Fang, because Jiao Fang had always been a mad dog, biting people indiscriminately.

Attacking, swearing and impeaching Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, Xie Qian was put on all kinds of hats. It's okay for the three members of the cabinet to be not as knowledgeable as him, and now Liu Jin is put on the hat.

How did Liu Jin's huge wealth come from? Who in the court doesn't know?

From the emperor to ordinary officials, don't everyone learn from Liu Jin now?
Factories, workshops, commercial firms, plantations, etc., everyone in the government and the public learned from Liu Jin, and Liu Jin's huge wealth came from this way.

Without Liu Jin, there would be no huge wealth of Emperor Hongzhi and the prince. How could such a huge family wealth be received by accepting bribes?Will you spend millions of taels of silver every year for education?

If you attack Liu Jin, you also find a better place to attack. Attacking in this respect is simply a fool, and the key is that other ministers above the court are also affected.

To check, everyone checks, who doesn't have a few industries?

There is also the matter of receiving filial piety, how could one not know it when the emperor.

In the past, the life of ministers was difficult. Some things passed by with one eye closed.

Now that Liu Jin said this, if it is found out by then, will life be easier for you, Jiao Fang?

Other ministers may lose another piece of income in the future.

Originally, it was just a matter of the imperial examinations, but after talking and talking, it rose to a situation of attacking each other.

The same is true in the previous courts. The most common thing ministers do is to attack each other, form cliques, do nothing, and put state affairs aside. Every morning court is like a vegetable market.

Liu Jin is a member of the practical school, and the same is true for the imperial examinations, so there is nothing to say.

Although Jing Yang's articles are beautiful, they don't have any substantive content, and it's normal to fail the rankings. Although Jiang Wannian's articles are vulgar, they also mention that Daming is indeed facing problems, and high school is also possible.

Jiao Fang, a shit-stirring stick, is too unscrupulous in order to get promoted.

The matter of selecting scholars through the imperial examination is also repeated again and again. If such an official stays in the court, he will not be able to think about peace in the future.

"Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Zhang Mao, Xiao Jing~"

Emperor Hongzhi read out the names of five people one after another.

"The minister is here~"

Hearing what Emperor Hongzhi said, several ministers stood up at the same time, while Xiao Jing respectfully stood aside.

"The five of you should investigate together whether Liu Jin and Jiao Fang have accepted bribes, filial piety, etc. We must investigate this matter strictly and return the innocent to the innocent."

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Jiao Fang. With Emperor Hongzhi's generous personality, he didn't want to do anything to Jiao Fang at first, but it's no wonder that you are looking for death.

Among the five people, apart from Zhang Mao and Xiao Jing, the other three cabinet ministers were not less abused, attacked, and slandered by Jiao Fang, and Xie Qian was the worst scolded among them.

A dignified cabinet minister, this Jiao Fang speaks out loud, abuses and attacks wantonly, if you ignore him, he will think you are easy to bully.

Let them investigate Jiao Fang now, it is clear that they are going to punish Jiao Fang to death.

The reason why Jiao Fang took refuge in Liu Jin in history was that on the one hand, he had no foundation and would not be able to stand firm if he did not take refuge in others; on the other hand, it was because he had offended too many people.

The elders of the three cabinets in the cabinet have been offended all over the place, and the six ministers have also been attacked and abused by him. Although Jiao Fang has done some things in secret, everyone still knows that he did them.

Everyone above the court was offended, and if he didn't take refuge in Liu Jin, he wouldn't be able to gain a foothold at all.

But it's different now. Emperor Hongzhi is not Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao is playful and doesn't like to govern the country. Emperor Hongzhi is a competent emperor who focuses on governing the country.

Jiao Fang offended the ministers all over the place, and then made a mess, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't stand it anymore.

If such a shit stick stays in the court, there will be no peace in the future. This is not what Emperor Hongzhi wants. What he wants is a courtier like Liu Jin who can do things, not a minister who can only play tricks and infighting .

"Yes~"

Hearing what Emperor Hongzhi said, several people quickly agreed.

Everyone knows what Emperor Hongzhi meant, that Liu Jin had passed the occasion, but the key point is to investigate Jiao Fang and punish him to death.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian have all offended Jiao Fang. They didn't want to talk to him before, but now they can justifiably investigate you. It's no wonder they don't kill you. They are not saints.

As for Zhang Mao, he wears the same trousers as Liu Jin. If you ask him to check Liu Jin, isn't that the left hand checks the right hand?

Xiao Jing is the sword in the hands of the emperor, and he always only listens to the emperor's words. How could Xiao Jing fail to see the obvious meaning of Emperor Hongzhi?
When Jiao Fang heard this, she became anxious immediately. Beads of sweat kept pouring out from her forehead, cold sweat remained on her back, her face was pale, and it was over.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty~"

"The minister is dedicated to the country, loyal, and absolutely selfless~"

"This time, it's also for the court ethics ceremony, just to complain for the students who failed the ranking."

"Your Majesty has asked people to thoroughly investigate the subject, and the only way for the subject to die is to claim his innocence."

After finishing speaking, he pretended to slam into the pillars of the Golden Luan Hall, and when he slammed into it, he looked around, hoping that someone would come and pull him.

However, something happened that disappointed him.

Not only did no one come up to pull him, but everyone moved out of the way and watched him perform.

Immediately, it was hard to get off the tiger. If he hit it, his head would definitely hurt, and he didn't really want to kill himself, but just to make Emperor Hongzhi take back the order.

If this investigation continues, he will definitely find out many problems.

Not to mention accepting filial piety, he also took bribes.

Otherwise, he was born in a poor family and was able to rise all the way to the present, all kinds of means have been used.

At first, in order for Li Xian to recommend him, he not only served Li Xian as a servant, but also asked his wife to serve Li Xian. Only then will there be a great success in the future.

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, if you want to be a high-ranking official, you must start from the Imperial Academy. It is an unwritten rule that non-Hanlin is not allowed to join the cabinet.

The Hanlins of the Hanlin Academy are promoted very quickly. If he didn't enter the Hanlin, he wouldn't even think about becoming the minister of the Ministry of Rites.

"Ouch~"

No one stopped, Jiao Fang bumped into the pillar, but for his own life, he only bumped into it symbolically, and then covered his head in pain, pretending to be innocent.

At the same time, I also look around from time to time to see if anyone is coming to speak for me.

However, his character is not good, and the court just offended a lot of ministers. The big bosses were almost offended by him, and no one was willing to stand up and speak for him. I have to say, it is very sad.

Even the Hanlin Academy members were unwilling to stand up and speak for him.

When he was recommended by Li Xian to enter the Hanlin Academy, Jiao Fang didn't have much talent, and was always jealous of the talented Peng Hua and others. Every time he gave lectures to the emperor, he always picked out the faults in the books.

However, places like the Imperial Academy have always respected literary talents. The academicians of the Imperial Academy thought that Jiao Fang was not only mean and uneducated, but also had a sinister personality. He also liked to talk and slander others behind his back. Do not want to associate with him.

Although Liu Jin carried out many reforms and was impeached many times by the Hanlins of the Hanlin Academy, these Hanlins still obeyed Liu Jin. After all, Liu Jin was the number one scholar, talented, and upright. Although there were political contradictions , but it does not hinder the admiration of its people.

Jiao Fang is completely different, there are too many people who don't like him.

At this moment, everyone was watching Jiao Fang as if watching a play, whooping, whooping, and no one came out to speak for him.

"Jiao Shilang seems to be seriously injured~"

Liu Jin saw Jiao Fang acting, and said with a smile.

"It seems that it is not light. After all, it hit the pillar, and it seems to be bleeding."

Zhang Mao also followed suit.

"Tsk tsk, it seems that the injury is not serious."

"I can't help it. Jiao Shilang is about to bump into him, probably because he feels that he is old and has lived too long."

"Isn't it~"

The others immediately laughed one after another, especially the officials who had been abused and attacked by Jiao Fang for no reason before, watching happily.

(End of this chapter)