Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 422 Sending Qian Qianyi to Prison (Fifth Change)

From the burning of the Donglin Academy, to the suicide of his descendants, and the current beheading of the Crown Prince of Java by himself, a series of events that are enough to stimulate a person to become split in personality are superimposed on Qian Qianyi, causing Qian Qianyi to be obvious at this time. Is losing my mind.

Coupled with the fact that Li Mingrui, who is well versed in human psychology, deliberately provoked Qian Qianyi into another state of madness at this time, that is, he frantically wanted to be the image of a direct minister and admonishing minister that he wanted to do but did not do in the past. .

At first, Qian Qianyi naively thought that the opinions he insisted on were beneficial to Daming, and that he was sincerely considering for the country and society, so there was nothing wrong with that.

After all, there is still a bit of scholarly spirit at work, especially when meeting political enemies like Li Mingrui, he is like a mad dog and rushes to bite him without even thinking about it.

But he forgot a basic political principle, that is, he is a cabinet minister, not a Kodao speaker. Now he is directly impeaching a cabinet scholar in front of Zhu Youxiao, which is a political taboo!

Zhu Youxiao was so angry that he couldn't speak. He never thought that Qian Qianyi would suddenly become so stupid and stupid today, and even directly confronted himself. This is simply unbelievable!

He seemed to have made it very clear that it was his majesty's decision to exterminate Java, not just Li Mingrui's proposal, but now he wanted to impeach Li Mingrui in front of him, obviously he was suspected of forcing himself.

However, Zhu Youxiao still didn't directly order someone to take Qian Qianyi down, because he still needs a reason now, one that is enough to punish Qian Qianyi who suddenly doesn't know how to flatter him.

After all, if he dared to kill a minister who suddenly spoke out and acted very sincerely, and he was also the chief minister of the cabinet, it would chill the hearts of the conservatives.

Now it is not good for Zhu Youxiao to kill all the ministers who oppose him in order to establish his prestige like when he first took control of the government.

But now I want to strike a balance. Since I want to strike a balance, I have to have a reason for any decision I make.

Li Mingrui obviously guessed what His Majesty Zhu Youxiao needs today, so he stood up decisively at this time, and showed a very aggrieved look: "Your Majesty, I don't know where I offended Elder Qian Ge. Let Mr. Qian Ge slander this official, saying that this official has ulterior motives, and this official dares to swear to my ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, if I, Li Mingrui, have the slightest disloyalty to His Majesty, I will tell the heavens to strike!"

As he said that, Li Mingrui took out another account book from his sleeve: "However, there is also an item about Mr. Qian Ge here. Please take a look at the bill that the Crown Prince donated part of the wealth from the tribute to Elder Qian Ge for fear of being punished by Ming Dynasty after the murder!"

After Li Mingrui handed it to Zhu Youxiao, he said: "Because I was worried that the Java State might deliberately instigate the relationship between the chief assistant of the Ming cabinet and His Majesty, I have been hiding and not reporting it. Now that Qian Ge has said that the minister is disloyal Minister, that humble minister risked his life to present this thing to His Majesty, who is the disloyal minister, please Your Majesty to find out!"

With that said, Li Mingrui also bowed to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao took the letter and opened it, but it was nothing more than a line of business groups in Ming Dynasty unconditionally supporting His Majesty the Emperor's conquest of Java and willing to pay an additional [-]% of the tax.

Zhu Youxiao did not reveal that Li Mingrui was deceiving the emperor, because anyway, Li Mingrui did provide himself with a reason to deal with Qian Qianyi, that is, Qian Qianyi colluded with the foreign crown prince and accepted bribes, which made the situation so serious that the point.

This reasoning is logical and convincing enough for others.

What's more, Li Mingrui also specially used this letter to make a deal for Zhu Youxiao, that is, they, the emerging capital chaebols, are willing to pay more business taxes in order to seek His Majesty's support. Frankly speaking, Zhu Youxiao hates Li Mingrui and others. To exchange interests with himself, but Zhu Youxiao had to admit that this deal was indeed very attractive.

Therefore, the very realistic Zhu Youxiao pointed at Qian Qianyi decisively, and shouted: "What a Qian Qianyi, it's useless for me to rely on you so much and let you be the head of all officials, but I didn't expect you Such a wolf-hearted person, not to mention accepting bribes, would not hesitate to use power for a small barbarian country to forcibly suppress the crime and murder of the Javanese crown prince, and even intends to collude with the Javanese country to seek profit from the transaction, I will never forgive you!"

"Come here, take off the black veil on Qian Qianyi's head, remove all his official positions, and send him to prison immediately!"

Zhu Youxiao originally wanted to kill Qian Qianyi directly, but when he saw Li Mingrui grinning slightly, he changed his mind and sent Qian Qianyi to prison first.

At this time, Li Mingrui also realized that he seemed to have acted too much just now, and His Majesty still stopped him, which made him feel a little regretful.

However, Li Mingrui's behavior of letting Qian Qianyi be thrown into Dongchang Prison directly today still caused a great shock in the government and the public. No one would have thought that Li Mingrui, who was just beaten by Qian Qianyi and left as a confidant of Yushi, would fight back. So fast, and this counterattack directly brought down the highest-ranking official of the old school.

Guo Yunhou was also very curious. He vaguely remembered that Li Mingrui said that Qian Qianyi would end badly, but he did not expect that Li Mingrui would predict so accurately and so quickly, just after everyone thought that Qian Qianyi had killed the Javanese crown prince in half. He will further consolidate his position as chief assistant, and even many ministers who are stalking others have already started to curry favor with him, but he did not expect the situation to change so quickly. The second cabinet minister, Li Mingrui, made Qian Qianyi fall suddenly with just a report letter Taiwan was also seized and imprisoned.

You must know that once you enter the imperial prison, especially the civil servants, even if you don't die, you will lose your skin.

After the court was over, Guo Yunhou couldn't help stopping Li Mingrui, and asked, "Old Li Ge, did Qian Qianyi really protect the Javanese crown prince after accepting bribes from the Javanese crown prince?"

Li Mingrui couldn't help but spread his hands and smiled: "Da Situ asked me, how would I know?"

Guo Yunhou was speechless: "You handed in the certificate yourself, don't you know?"

"That's all fake. I was just trying to appease the scholars and people who were causing trouble in Shuntian Mansion. I didn't have the time to investigate Qian Qianyi's affairs. I was just learning from the censor's rumors. Then Qian Qian Although Yi is not a greedy or evil person, he must have received a gift from the Crown Prince of Java, otherwise he would not have bought another house a month ago, so there is a reason for this, at least many people believe it. .”

Guo Yunhou gave Li Mingrui a contemptuous look, and asked again: "Then how did you convince His Majesty to trust you?"

(End of this chapter)