Seeing Zhu Houzhao stand up, the hearts of all the officials in the court trembled. They felt that they had pushed him too far.
They were all thinking that if Li Changsheng was honest and obedient, he would be able to muddle along in the position of the Imperial Brocade Guard's North Town Governor, just like the Imperial Brocade Guard's Commanders, Commanders, and even Commanders. It was not as if they could not give Zhu Houzhao face and not touch him.
Who would have thought that Li Changsheng, who had been immersed in his studies for a month, would suddenly send his subordinates, the Jinyiwei, to capture the Imperial Censor Ma Yu? That was why they had today's impeachment.
"Let's go, we'll go to the North Town's government office!”
"All the civil and military officials, follow me. Let's go to the North Garrison Department to take a look. Let's see if Li Changsheng, the Garrison Envoy of the North Garrison Department of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, has abused his power and taken bribes!”
Zhu Houzhao sneered and said to all the officials in the court. Then, he walked down the platform and headed out of the Hall of Heaven Tribute.
Seeing Zhu Houzhao leave, Liu Jin quickly followed him out.
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, all the officials were stunned.
Xie Qian frowned even more. Since he, the Minister of War, had personally stepped forward, shouldn't Zhu Houzhao have agreed to take Li Changsheng, the Northern Garrison Commissioner of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, down?
"Duke Xie, let's go."
The Minister of Rites, Li Dongyang, tugged at Xie Qian's sleeve and whispered to him.
The Minister of Personnel Affairs, Liu Jian, walked out with an expressionless face.
Seeing Liu Jian's expression, Xie Qian nodded and said with a mocking expression,"It's good to go and take a look. I don't believe that Li Changsheng is a cat that doesn't eat fish.
He must have earned a lot of money after taking the position of the Jinyiwei North Town Governor for a month. He could also let His Majesty see how corrupt and bribed the Jinyiwei Governor he had selected was!”
He already knew that the Minister of Official Personnel Affairs, Liu Jian, must be extremely angry. It was just that he did not show it.
The three of them had discussed this matter in advance. They wanted to let Zhu Houzhao know that the Brocade Guard could not be used and that the civil and military officials could not have an ancestor above their heads.
In order to dispel Zhu Houzhao's thoughts, they did not even ask the Imperial Examiner to impeach Li Changsheng, who was just a lowly Rank Four Guardian. Instead, it was the Minister of War, Xie Qian, who stood up and impeached him first.
Li Dongyang sighed and followed him. He felt that something was not right. No emperor would bring all the civil and military officials to the Northern Garrison Office to see if the Northern Garrison Commissioner was abusing his power and taking bribes.
If this were to spread, people would probably laugh their teeth out.
This was definitely the greatest joke in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
Only a fifteen year old young emperor like Zhu Houzhao would come up with such a joke.
Seeing the three cabinet elders follow him out, the courtiers looked at each other and followed him.
The ones walking at the back were naturally not the civil officials, but the martial meritorious officers.
Zhu Houzhao did not continue walking after leaving the Hall of Heaven's Tribute. He thought for a moment and looked at Liu Jin."Big partner, send someone to investigate. Find out where Li Changsheng is now. Is he at the Northern Town Office or at home?”
"Yes."
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Jin respectfully responded and waved at a burly general.
After the burly general came over, Liu Jin whispered a few words into his ear.
The burly general had already used his qinggong to leave.
The generals of the Great Han Dynasty were all elites selected from the Embroidered Uniform Guards. They all had martial arts. Otherwise, they would not have been able to protect the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
All the civil and military officials came behind Zhu Houzhao. Seeing that he didn't say anything, no one dared to say anything.
After a while.
The burly general who had just left had already returned in a flash. He bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said respectfully,"Your Majesty, Li Changsheng is not on duty at the Northern Military District. He is cultivating in seclusion at home.”
"Let's go to Li Changsheng's house."
"It's a good opportunity for Minister of War Xie Qian and Minister Xie to see how Li Changsheng embezzled and accepted bribes. Let's see how much gold and silver he has hidden in his house!”
Zhu Houzhao sneered and said.
“……”
Xie Qian looked at Zhu Houzhao in shock. Was he really going to Li Changsheng's house to see how much gold and silver there was?
All the officials in the court were stunned. They looked at Liu Jian and the other cabinet elders.
"Yes."
Liu Jian mouthed to Xie Qian. Clearly, he did not believe that Li Changsheng, the Jinyiwei Guardian, was not corrupt and bribed.
Seeing Liu Jian's mouth shape, Xie Qian understood and nodded.
The civil and military officials saw that Xie Qian did not say anything and understood what they meant. Naturally, no one dared to say that Zhu Houzhao would be laughed at if he brought them to the home of a Jinyiwei Guardian to see if he was corrupt or accepting bribes.
"Your Majesty, Li Changsheng, the Overseer of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, does not live in the inner city. He lives in the outer city, which is a little far from the Imperial City.”
The burly general hesitated for a moment before speaking respectfully to Zhu Houzhao.
Within the capital, there was a total of palace city, imperial city, inner city, and outer city.
The palace city was the imperial palace.
The Imperial City was where the yamen of the Six Bureaus, the Embroidered Uniform Guards, the East Chamber, and the Six Fan School were located.
For example, the Jinyiwei Yamen's Nanbei Garrison Department and the Jinyiwei Headquarters were all within the Imperial City.
As for the inner city, it was the place where the high officials and nobles lived. Whether it was the royal family or the slightly ranked civil and military officials, they all lived in the inner city. This was also convenient for the court.
As the governor of the Northern Garrison, Li Changsheng was a rank four official. Naturally, he had the right to live in the inner city.
As for the outer city, it was divided into several areas. There were places where ordinary officials lived, places where ordinary people lived, places where businesses flourished, and places where the poor lived.
The eastern part of the outer city was where the ordinary officials or wealthy merchants lived. The western part was where the ordinary people lived. The southern part was where the business flourished. The northern part was equivalent to the slums of the capital, where the lowest class of people lived.
"Which area of the outer city?"
Zhu Houzhao frowned and said. He did not expect that Li Changsheng would not move into the inner city after becoming the Imperial Guard's Northern Garrison Commissioner. Instead, he was still living in the outer city.
The faces of all the officials in the court were filled with astonishment. If they didn't know that the Great Han General must have gone to investigate, they would have thought that this was fake.
Which one of them didn't live in the inner city?
Even the Rank-7 officials lived in the inner city and not in the outer city.
After all, Li Changsheng was an Embroidered Uniform Guards 'fourth rank Guardian. Wasn't it embarrassing to live in the outer city?
Could it be that this Li Changsheng was really a clean official?
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