Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 135 Backstab
What the hell?
Three months of fine and three days of confinement?
Why, is it the Marquis of Ningyang who lacks the three-month salary, or the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment who lacks the three-month salary?

A group of censors below stood there dumbfounded.

The remaining ministers of the Seven Ministers also couldn't help frowning, with puzzled eyes.

No one thought that what was originally a surefire thing would go wrong with the Heavenly Official.

You know, what they want is not to fine the salary and confine their feet, they want to completely expel Chen Mao from the court.

The worst thing is to transfer out of the capital, go to the local guards, and stop interfering in the government affairs of Beijing and China.

For this reason, they even did not hesitate to lose an important minister of the Seven Ministers.

As a result, now, just let it go with a lot of thunder and little rain?
A group of bigwigs could still sit still, but the censor underneath immediately exploded.

One by one, they stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, there was a mistake in suppressing the rebellion, and the inappropriate recruitment caused the thieves to poison the people. How can we just punish them with salaries and confine them? In this way, the armies everywhere will follow suit. If they don't put their minds to suppressing the rebellion, they will only be passive and stagnant, which will be deeply harmful."

"That's right, Your Majesty, the army went out and the treasury was exhausted. You should exterminate the thieves and appease the people. The Marquis of Ningyang has moved for a few years, but he can't make the place stable. This is really unforgivable. I ask the emperor to cut off the governor of the army and the governor of the army. One job, go back to the mansion to stay idle."

This is the real purpose of civil servants, Ning Yanghou himself also wears the title of the governor of the Chinese army's governor's mansion.

Because of this, he has both prestige, ability, and real power in his hands, so he can become the pillar of Xun Qi after civil engineering.

These censors thought that their plans would come true, and by virtue of their contribution to suppressing their relatives, they were about to rise to the top.

In the end, he was stuck horizontally by the heavenly official, and he was stuck abruptly. How can he not be angry?

For a moment, he couldn't even care about the awe of the head of the hundred officials, and if anyone wanted to die, he just spoke up, saying.

"Your Majesty, I impeached Wang Zhi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to absolve the guilty minister and disturb the court. Please punish him."

Facing so many aggressive censors, Mr. Wang didn't even bother to lift his eyelids, and just stood there without saying a word.

Based on his status as an old man, he can't be shaken by a few noisy censors.

Looking at the chaotic court hall, Zhu Qiyu knew that the situation had been opened.

But not enough!
The situation ahead is really bad, especially since Jin Lian confessed his guilt, which allowed Wenchen to grasp the handle of this expedition.

Now relying on Wang Zhi's prestige, although he can barely suppress it, it is not so justifiable after all.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu tilted his head and asked.

"Yu Shangshu, you are in charge of the military department. This matter involves the strategy of going out to suppress the rebellion. What's your opinion?"

Yu Qian was a little embarrassed.

From the perspective of civil servants, he should naturally help suppress the relatives.

What's more, this time, it's not that civil servants are causing trouble for nothing. It took Chen Mao to lead the troops for more than half a year, and it did consume a lot of food and grass in the treasury.

Although he was recalled at the last moment, it was the court's reason.

But the strategy of appeasement he set was indeed one of the reasons for the delay for so long.

If he had made up his mind to fight at the very beginning, he would not have delayed for so long, and he would not have returned to the teacher temporarily and had no time to deal with the situation, causing the bandits to surrender and rebel.

In short, despite the inside story, the court gave enough support after all.

There is an army, food and grass, but the final result of countering the rebellion is unsatisfactory. As the commander-in-chief, Chen Mao must bear certain responsibilities.

The difference is only in size.

But Yu Qian also has concerns, one is the attitude of the emperor.

He was not afraid of what would happen to him if he offended the emperor, but because of the current situation and the defense of the imperial court, he needed the support of the emperor.

And the emperor obviously wanted to protect Ning Yanghou on purpose. If Yu Qian was screwing with him, in case the emperor was angry and implicated in the advancement of defense, it would be more harm than good.

What's more, Yu Qian felt that the suppression should take time.

Now is not the time when civil engineering changes have just occurred, and they are still up for grabs, and they cannot be fought for a while.

Now that winter is getting closer and closer, I am afraid that it will not be long before they will attack with troops.

At this time, if Marquis Ningyang is deposed and Qi Xun is panicked, it may be detrimental to the overall situation.

But if he stood on Wang Zhi's side and interceded for Marquis Ningyang, it wouldn't be a good thing if the gang of censors would really make a fuss.

So after hesitating for a moment, Yu Qian decided to be conservative and said.

"Your Majesty, the policy of recruiting is indeed inappropriate. One is delaying for a long time, and the other is failing to deal with it properly, leading to surrender and rebellion. However, the army is out, and it has the right to act arbitrarily. I think that although the punishment and salary are too light, However, Marquis Ningyang has done a lot of military exploits, if he stays idle because of this, it will be a loss to the court, please consider it, Your Majesty."

This was said in a rather cryptic way, only saying that the fine was too light and the idleness was too heavy, and did not specifically say how to deal with it.

But the meaning of lenient treatment is still revealed.

As a result, the atmosphere in the hall quietly changed.

Wang Zhi, as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the head of the Qiqing, first said that a little punishment should be enough.

Then Yu Qian, the Minister of the Ministry of War in charge of military affairs, also implicitly stated that he should be dealt with lightly.

The weight of the two Qiqing should not be underestimated.

A group of censors suddenly became a little sluggish, you look at me, I look at you, a little at a loss, and turned their attention to their boss, Zuodu censor Chen Yi.

Chen Zongxian frowned, also a little unexpected.

It should be said that Zhu Qiyu's expectations were correct. This operation was indeed a campaign of encirclement and suppression launched by several civil servants.

The fuse was the performance in the Hall of Martial Heroes after inspecting the city defense that day.

At that time, the emperor was in the palace and repeatedly refuted Yu Qian's proposition, but favored Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao more, which caused a group of civil servants to be vigilant involuntarily.

So after the duet was over, Chen Yi, the imperial censor of the left capital, Shen Yi, the minister of the household department, Chen Xun and Gao Gu from the cabinet, gathered in the cabinet for a while to discuss the matter.

This was originally a loose alliance, the attack on the relatives, and the tacit political correctness of the civil servants, so there was no need for any tight arrangements.

Everyone mobilized their censors, tacitly impeached Cao Jixiang, and finally led to Chen Mao.

They calculated well, with Cao Jixiang's cover, before the court launched an attack, the emperor would not have thought that they were targeting Chen Mao, and naturally there was no time to prepare in advance.

The old heavenly official, who has been ill for a long time, has a lot of rules and regulations about political affairs, and follows the trend of the court.

As for Yu Qian, although he may object, he is unable to support him alone, not to mention that he is a civil servant after all, and he has to take into account that after his objection, the attitude of the courtiers towards him is unlikely to be strongly opposed.

In the end, Jin Lian was left. He was already at the center of the storm. According to the usual practice, he had to suspend his post pending investigation to show his innocence when he suffered such a strong impeachment.

In addition, since the matter involved a relative, Jin Lian would be regarded by the courtiers as defending Chen Mao and criticized by scholars if he forced his defense.

So even though there are only four of them, they have basically exhausted all possibilities.

Unless the emperor forcibly protects Chen Mao in disregard of the imperial court, otherwise, he is doomed to withdraw from the imperial court!
But who would have thought that the emperor's forced asylum that they expected did not appear, but the heavenly official raised objections first.

With him, the head of the Seven Ministers, taking the lead, and Yu Qian following closely behind, the situation that was sure to be stable became unstable all of a sudden.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Chen Yi can only come forward in person.

However, before he could open his mouth, he saw a figure beside him flash out.

"Your Majesty, I think what Yu Shangshu said is very true. Although the consolation is inappropriate this time, a little punishment is enough. If two important officials of the court are dismissed because of this, it will be too heavy. Therefore, I think that Ningyanghou and Jin Shangshu are the two of you. Each should be fined for one year, and Marquis Ningyang, who is in charge of the family affairs, and Jin Lianzheng, should be removed from the titles of second-rank virtuous doctor as a punishment."

As a veteran relative, Chen Mao had many errands, and being in charge of the clan mansion was one of them, but because most of him were not in the capital, he was basically a vain leader.

As for Jin Lian's official second-rank virtuous doctor, that is a scattered rank, which matches the official position, and is of no use except to be nice, and he doesn't even receive a salary.

What a hell of a penalty this is, huh?

Chen Yi looked towards the figure who spoke.

When he saw it, his heart was filled with anger.

What the fuck? !
Chen Xun, you old bastard, how dare you stab me in the back? !
　Add more bitter coffee for the helmsman~~~
　　Now there are two book friends who have rewarded the rudder master, but the author is slow, and all the saved manuscripts have been posted on the shelves, so I can only speed up and try to make up for the other rudder master tomorrow~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)