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Chapter 137 The Danger of Impeachment
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At the court meeting, Lu Yanggu, the censor, came forward to impeach Gu Zhan, accusing Gu Zhan of using his power for personal gain and selling out his official position. Gu Chongting's higher rank is one of the facts.In addition, Lu Yanggu also impeached Gu Zhan, who was incompetent and mediocre, and was not qualified for the post of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and cited many examples, including the case of the imperial treasury official Xu.

Lu Yanggu is one of the six censors. Like Fang Xin, he is in charge of rectifying officials and playing bombs.

As soon as Lu Yanggu's impeachment came out, the Xuanzheng Palace fell silent for a moment.Court officials have seen too many things like impeachment in the court, so there is nothing surprising about this.It's just that they didn't expect that it was Gu Zhan who was impeached by Lu Yanggu this time, which somewhat gave them some ideas.

Since Gu Zhan became Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he has rarely been impeached, and he is well-known in the court as a good man, his ability as an official is not bad, and he has always been well-received in the court. How did this cause Lu Yanggu to impeach him up?
After Lu Yanggu's impeachment, the court officials remembered that the Gu family came from the three capitals, and they were all officials up to the fifth rank.This is indeed a rare honor in the court, which shows how much the emperor attaches importance to the Gu family.

The principle of avoiding land is implemented in Dading, but the situation in Jingzhao is an exception. After all, all the officials in Dading are gathered in Jingzhao, and there are many families who have lived in Jingzhao for generations, so it is difficult to really avoid serving as officials.But in any case, the Gu family's situation is extremely unusual.

The Gu family has few descendants, but the only two descendants of this direct branch are both fifth-rank officials in the court. This is no worse than a family with abundant descendants. This is the strength of the Gu family.

Gu Chong'an has been in the limelight recently, and the emperor personally ordered him to be promoted to Secretary Cheng, this matter, court officials dare not speak up.But they didn't expect that besides Gu Chong'an, Gu Chongting would also be ranked.

This is a bit tricky.
Although the court officials thought that Gu Zhan, as a third-rank official, would not act so stupidly, but with these facts, Gu Zhan always had to give an explanation.

After hearing Lu Yanggu's impeachment, Gu Zhan knew what was wrong that had been lingering in his heart.This problem has existed since Gu Chongan was promoted to Secretary Cheng, he never thought of what it was, but it turned out to be this!

It turned out that someone wanted to use Gu Chong'an and Gu Chongting to attack him.Using power for personal gain, this matter is not a joke, if it is really investigated, it will be a disaster that will lead to dismissal and loss of office.It seems that this is the purpose of the people behind the scenes.

Naturally, Gu Zhan did not admit to this impeachment, and immediately defended himself. He did not make any appeals, but said: "The emperor knows how the minister is thinking. The eldest son of the minister is fortunate to be valued by the emperor, and he was promoted to the position because of his contribution to the academy. Secretary Cheng; the second son of the minister, when he was promoted, the minister was recuperating at home and didn't know about it. The impeachment of Mr. Lu is nothing!"

After listening to Gu Zhan's self-defense, Lu Yanggu did not cite the so-called factual evidence, but said solemnly: "Your Excellency, Mr. Gu, is especially good at guessing people's minds. Everything will be ruled out, so there is no need to worry."

As soon as Lu Yanggu said this, the expression of Shen Du who was standing in the Xuanzheng Hall changed slightly, this is too bad.Lu Yanggu's simple words really hurt my heart!He accused Gu Zhanyou of being a prime minister for reading people's minds, but he actually said that Gu Zhan was good at controlling the emperor's mind, and even further implied that Gu Zhan could drive the emperor's mind and act with the emperor's mind, but he himself picked it up completely.

As an official in the court, the first thing to avoid is to test the emperor's heart. Even if you know what the upper hand is, you have to pretend to be ignorant.Because the emperor can be the emperor, the emperor's thoughts have been guessed, how can he remain mysterious?How do you maintain your majesty?
This is the same reason as the emperor's happiness and anger are invisible, the emperor's heart cannot be measured, and if you measure it, you will die!This is something that must not be done on the surface, but now that Lu Yanggu said that Gu Zhan did it, what would the emperor think?
Emperor Chongde's complexion was the same as usual, nothing could be seen, only his pupils shrank.He couldn't help but think of the process of promoting Gu Chong'an.

In the past few days, it seemed that Gu Chongting, the prime minister of the palace, was swaying in front of his eyes, talking about the matter of Yunshan Academy, and the matter of Ge Hong Zhishi, the secretary, and Emperor Chongde thought, so Gu Chong'an just picked up Ge Hong So he issued such an oral order.

Now it seems that these links are very closely connected, so that his oral instructions are like being pushed down by someone, and someone must have clearly grasped his mind.Otherwise, Gu Chong'an would not be able to be promoted to Secretary Cheng.

Emperor Chongde highly respected the phrase "whoever benefits will plan", Gu Chong'an's promotion will benefit the Gu family the most, so Emperor Chongde has to be suspicious.

Suspicion is the character of every emperor.They sit in the supreme position of the world, and they are always worried that someone will covet this position.Strictly speaking, the principle of governing the country pursued by each emperor is external king and internal hegemony, or Confucianism outside and law inside.

On the surface, they govern the country with the Confucian principles of monarchs, ministers, fathers and sons, benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in fact, they use the power of the Legalists to enforce laws and impose punishments to stop evil.Under such principles, Emperor Chongde's mood towards the court officials was very delicate.

He had to rely on these court officials to carry out his imperial orders in order to maintain the operation of Dading, but he also feared and doubted these court officials. The so-called can make them, but not let them, is actually the mentality of Emperor Chongde.He can let the Gu family have the name of "Three Dynasties and Four Books", he can let Gu Zhan be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he can let Gu Chong'an be promoted to Secretary Cheng.

But he can't allow Gu Zhan to guess his mind, let alone allow Gu Zhan to act on his mind.What does it mean if a courtier can read the emperor's mind and borrow the emperor's mind step by step?It means that the supreme emperor is nothing but a clay puppet!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongde looked at Gu Zhan with cold eyes, and the three gods of the center immediately felt the chills stand on end, but they stood respectfully, and there was nothing unusual about it.

However, Shen Du trembled slightly, his eyes glanced over Gu Zhan in the hall, and his eyes showed pity.He was too aware of Emperor Chongde's coldness.Presumably, the emperor has become suspicious of Gu Zhan.

Gu Zhan is Gu Yan's grandfather, and he is also a good secretary of the official department. At least he has been the official secretary for more than two years.Regardless of whether it is emotional or reasonable, he will come forward to defend Gu Zhan.

He moved his feet and was about to step out of the queue, but saw Lu Qing, who was bowing his head in front of the left side, gave him a slight look, and then shook his head almost invisible, which made Shen Du Do not act rashly.

Seeing this, Shen Du's footsteps stopped steadily.Lu Qing had been immersed in the court for a long time, and his judgment of the situation was much more accurate than his own. Shen Du knew that there must be a reason why he refused to let him stand out.

Gu Zhan, who was standing in the center of the hall, was gradually panicked when Emperor Chongde saw him like this, and his body could not help but tremble slightly.Suddenly, he turned his head, wanting to see Gu Chongting behind him on the right side, wanting to see him clearly, wanting to ask him about such an important matter, why didn't he say it?
But he only saw Gu Chongting standing hunched over, he couldn't see anything else clearly.Gu Zhan actually felt that there were thousands of mountains between him and his son, and there were many complicated and confusing things, and the relationship between father and son in the past seemed to be covered with a layer of veil.

"Your Majesty, the heart of a mediocre minister can be shown by the sun and the moon. If you want to be impeached, why do you have no excuses? The Gu family has been loyal throughout the generations, and I implore the emperor to check it out!" Gu Zhan turned his head and said this, his voice full of bitterness and helplessness.

Don't let loyal ministers get wronged, don't let treacherous flatterers get straight compliments, these two sentences, he didn't say it.He was able to serve as a third-rank official, so he has naturally experienced a lot of ups and downs. It is not uncommon for him to experience things like attacks and strife from the court, but he has never felt so powerless, never felt that being a minister is so difficult.

Maybe, I'm really old. —— Gu Zhan thought of this, and his whole body suddenly fell into a slump.

Of course, impeachment by the court will not have immediate results, and Emperor Chongde will not deal with Gu Zhan on the spot, but orders to withdraw from the court, and there will be no discussion after the court.But before leaving the Xuanzheng Hall, Emperor Chongde glanced at Gu Zhan again, his eyes still cold.

Almost all the important officials in the court knew what this look meant.

Shen Du considered the impeachment of the Xuanzheng Palace, and deeply felt that Gu Zhan had been tricked badly, and that the one who was really good at measuring the emperor's heart was the one who pushed everything behind.Who is this person?
Shen Du's eyes moved to Gu Chongting, thinking of Gu Yan's request earlier, his eyes were very puzzled.When his people were monitoring Cheng Guogong's mansion, they discovered that Gu Chongting was frequently coming and going, so he told Gu Yan through the small circle, but Gu Yan had a request, that is, to tell Gu Zhan about the dead man in Kongcui Mountain. Listen, Gu Chongting was specifically mentioned.
Of course, Shen Du followed suit, and there was a scene where he went to Xuanping Street to wait for Gu Zhan.

Shen Du didn't ask Gu Yan why for these things, he believed that she must have a reason for doing things, how could a girl who could plan to get rid of Nanfengtang act recklessly?He trusted her immensely.

Judging from all this, Gu Yan obviously distrusted Gu Chongting very much. Now that Gu Zhan was impeached, the direct reason was because of Gu Chongting's promotion and it was related to Gu Chongting, which made him feel strange.

When Gu Zhan returned to Gu's house, his footsteps trembled slightly, his expression was slumped, and his face was full of sickness, as if he had aged a lot all of a sudden. This surprised all the Gu family members, and of course made Gu Yan worried.

Soon, Gu Yan found out what happened in the Xuanzheng Palace, not from Gu Zhan or Gu Chong'an, but Shen Du asked Xiaoquan to bring the news.Things like Lu Yanggu's impeachment of Gu Zhan for using his power for personal gain, and Gu Chongting's ranking were all written in the note brought back by Xiaoquan.

When Gu Yan saw this note and the name Lu Yanggu, her eyes widened slightly, it turned out to be this person.
Lu Yanggu is from Qin Ji!This impeachment by the court is Qin Ji's handwriting!

Only he was able to secretly rank Gu Chongting through the Ministry of Officials, and successfully deceived his grandfather Gu Zhan. Cheng Guogong's mansion had Fang Jixin in Shangshu Province, and it was easy to do anything in the Ministry of Officials.What's more, there is still a minister, Zuo Cheng Jiang Qin, who is the loyal subordinate of the third prince!

Qin Ji was indeed formidable, as soon as he made a move, he hurt the Gu family!This time, I don't know if my grandfather's title of minister can be kept.

Thinking of this, Gu Yan frowned, unconsciously exuding a deep chill.Seeing her like this, Xiaoquan's small round black bean eyes were a little worried, and she couldn't help rubbing against Gu Yan's legs and screaming, as if to comfort her.

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