"I think it's better to put aside the matters of the harem for a while," Zhu Houzhen said somewhat awkwardly. I have just ascended the throne and am busy with government affairs. I have no time to care about other things.”
"How can that be?" "Your Majesty, look at Emperor Xiaozong and Emperor Wuzong. Which one of them isn't an unintentional harem?" Empress Dowager Jiang rebuked.”
"And the result? Emperor Xiaozong only had Emperor Wuzong as his sole heir. Emperor Wuzong had not even given birth to a single dragon, how could this be?”
"Pin 'er, listen to mother. Marry her and have 3,000 beauties in her harem. Give birth to a few hundred dragon children and grandchildren, and give birth to branches and leaves for the Zhu family!”
Zhu Houzhen's forehead was covered in sweat. He hadn't expected the Empress Dowager to be even more ferocious than him.
I really don't want to be this fatuous ruler.
"Then the matter of choosing the Imperial Consort will be left to Mother to decide.”
Empress Dowager Jiang chuckled and said,""Of course. Cao Zhengchun just sent a beauty over today. I heard her name is Chen Yuanyuan.”
"He lives in Suzhou's Peach Blossom Cove. He is good at both beauty and art, has a clean family background, and is only 28 years old. Aijia likes it no matter how I look at it. When the emperor is free, can I personally go to Chuxiu Palace to take a look?”
"That's good too," Zhu Houjin said with a smile.”
"It's getting late. Pin 'er should stay in the Cining Palace to accompany mother for a meal.”
"Naturally."
While Zhu Houzhi and Empress Dowager Jiang were having their meal, several Imperial Censorates were having fun in the eight famous alleys of the capital.
The emperor was furious during the morning court session, but it did not affect their mood to play at all.
In the eight alleys, singing girls with heavy makeup were singing, and men were toasting.
It wasn't even midnight, but it was already a decadent scene.
In the private room on the second floor, a few middle-aged men in casual clothes were drinking and flattering each other.
"Brother Zhang, in the Imperial Court, you are the pillar of the country. You are our role model.”
"Today, the emperor was furious and killed Yan Song and Yang Ting because the little emperor saw your memorial impeaching them.”
"Two cabinet elders with power in the court, you destroyed their families with just a few words. You are truly the number one person in the court!”
Everyone raised their wine glasses and flattered the person at the main seat.
The person sitting on the main seat was the Imperial Censorate's censor, Zhang Xiuwen.
The flattery became more and more ridiculous, and in the end, there was no end to it.
However, even if it was such an outrageous statement, it did not sound inappropriate to Zhang Xiuwen. Instead, it sounded very pleasant to the ear.
Zhang Xiuwen pretended to wave his hand and said,"Sigh, Brother Li, you flatter me. As the Imperial Censorate's censor, I should have replaced the Emperor to supervise the officials. This is just my duty.”
Zhang Xiuwen's face was about to rot from laughing, but he also had a question in his heart.
For the officials of the Ming Dynasty, impeachment was a common occurrence.
From the moment you entered the officialdom, if you didn't receive ten impeachment in a year, then you were a cripple.
There were all sorts of reasons for impeachment, such as not paying attention to personal hygiene, not wearing proper clothes, being too ugly…
Anyway, as long as you can think of it, there's nothing that can't be impeached.
Official Yan's purpose of impeaching him was not to bring anyone down. It was purely to find something for himself to do.
There was no deep hatred between the person who impeached and the person who carried the impeachment. It was nothing more than putting on an act for the emperor in the court.
After all, a person who had never been impeached was not a human, but a god.
Even Yang Tinghe and Yan Song were impeached from time to time.
However, no one took it to heart. It was fine if they fought a war of words in the imperial court.
You come and I go, treating each other with respect.
This time, Zhang Xiuwen also had the same idea. He casually wrote a memorial to impeach Yan Song and Yang Tinghe for their improper lifestyle.
However, he did not expect that Yan Song and Yang Tinghe would really fall!
Zhang Xiuwen naturally did not know the inside story of the whole matter. However, to him, it did not matter whether Yan Song and Yang Tinghe had fallen because of his impeachment letter.
The important thing was that he impeached Yan Song and Yang Tinghe, and then Yan Song and Yang Tinghe fell.
At least when he was bragging to others, he could shamelessly say that Yan Song and Yang Tinghe had fallen because of his impeachment.
That was enough!
Sure enough, another middle-aged man continued to flatter,"Lord Zhang is too modest. People like you are the backbone of our Great Ming!”
"That's right, Lord Zhang. Let's not talk about Yan Song and Yang Tinghe. Do you still remember the governor of southern Jiangxi, Wang Shouren, whom you impeached last month?”
"That Wang Shouren took bribes and perverted the law. His crimes are grave, and the civil and military officials in the court dare not speak out. In the end, it was Lord Zhang who spoke out for justice and impeached Wang Shouren.”
"Not to mention impeaching Yan Song and Yang Ting today, just impeaching Wang Shouren is enough to make the world famous!”
"Hahaha, Brother Zhao, you flatter me…"
"The impeachment of Wang Shouren is not my credit alone, but the credit of the entire Imperial Censorate! Hahaha…"
Zhang Xiuwen raised his glass and drank in high spirits.
Different from impeaching Yan Song and Yang Tinghe, Zhang Xiuwen had used all his strength to impeach Shouren Wang.
There was no other reason than the fact that a second-grade official who was the governor of Southern Jiangxi did not know how to show respect to the Imperial Censorate when he returned to the capital to report on his work.!
You, Wang Yangming (Wang Shouren's nickname is Yangming), must have made a lot of money from the local government. What's wrong with giving some to us Beijing officials?!
The capital officials could not leave the capital at will and could not go to the local areas to collect silver. All year round, they would wait for the local officials to return to the capital to report on their work and collect some filial piety money.
This was especially true for censors like them. They couldn't get any money from other places, so they were just waiting to eat the filial piety of local officials.
In the end, Wang Yangming actually dared not to give it to them, which angered the Imperial Censorate.
They had discussed it and together, they wrote a letter to impeach Wang Yangming for taking bribes and bending the law.
Yan Song also did not receive Wang Yangming's filial piety, so he simply dismissed Wang Yangming's official position.
Wang Yangming had just quelled the rebellion of the chieftains in southern Jiangxi. When he returned to the capital, not only did he not receive any rewards, but he also directly dismissed his official position.
The disheartened Wang Yangming packed his luggage and prepared to leave for Yingtian Prefecture to retire.
As for Zhang Xiuwen and the rest of the Imperial Censorate, they congratulated each other.
As such, which local official who returned to the capital to report on his work would not dare to give them money?
Just as they were celebrating, outside the private room, a native of the East Chamber had already recorded their conversation on a secret document.
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