"No."
"Your Majesty," Liu Jin whispered,"Zhang Cai is not Wei Zhongxian's man."”
"No?"
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said,"Correct."”
He already understood that Wei Zhongxian didn't participate.
However, he remembered that Wei Zhongxian was the Great Governor of the East Chamber and had a lot of power in the court.
He might not need to participate.
For example, Zhang Cai.
"This humble subject, Zhang Cai, impeaches the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Qian Li Changsheng, for being lawless. He did not collect any evidence nor report to His Majesty. Instead, he abused the law and killed the South Town Governor of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Xu Xianchun. He even commanded the North Town Governor of the Embroidered Uniform Guards to kill the South Town Governor of the Embroidered Uniform Guards in the South Town Governor's Yamen.”
"Furthermore, the extermination of the families of loyal and upright people like Xu Xianchun, the governor of the South Town of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, is chilling.”
Zhang Cai cupped her hands in front of Zhu Houzhao and said righteously,""Such a lawless and bloodthirsty person is not worthy of being the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
Your Majesty, please investigate this matter thoroughly and give justice to the South Town Governor Xu Xianchun and all the Jinyiwei Yamen Tiqi who were killed.”
"Your Majesty, please punish the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Li Changsheng.”
More than ten censors stepped forward and said to Zhu Houzhao in unison.
The number of people had reached 13. Compared to the time when Xie Qian impeached Li Changsheng, it was simply incomparable.
However, this was also very normal.
Who was Xie Qian? He was one of the ministers left behind by Emperor Hongzhi, one of the cabinet elders.
And this Zhang Cai was only a doctor of the Ministry of Personnel's Selection Department, a fifth-grade official.
Seeing this scene, Liu Jian and the others were expressionless, as if they had already guessed this would happen.
Moreover, such a thing had only happened once two days ago.
Now, everyone knew that the Jinyiwei's commander, Li Changsheng, was favored by the emperor. These people were really not afraid of death.
"Do you have any evidence to impeach Li Changsheng, the Imperial Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards?”
Zhu Houzhao looked deeply at Zhang Cai and said in a deep voice.
"I have evidence."
Zhang Cai took out a stack of documents from her sleeve and raised her hands. She said,"This piece of evidence can prove that the Embroidered Uniform Guards Li Changsheng killed, the cavalrymen of the South Town's Administrative Office, and even Xu Xianchun, the governor of the South Town's Administrative Office, were all loyal and upright people who served the country.
Li Changsheng killed a loyal and upright person of the Ming Dynasty. He should be stripped of his position as the commander of the Imperial Guards and handed over to the three divisions for trial.”
"Shi Wenyi, as the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, you should know about the internal affairs of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, right?”
Zhu Houzhao suddenly said.
"I know."
Shi Wenyi, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, spoke in the Hall of Heaven's Tribute.
“……”
Hearing Shi Wenyi's words, Zhang Cai's face revealed a stunned expression. She did not expect that a Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, a dignified official of the third rank, would actually stand in a corner, so that he did not see Shi Wenyi's existence.
More importantly, didn't this guy never attend court?
Although the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards was a third-grade official, under normal circumstances, he did not need to come to the Heaven Tribute Hall to participate in the morning court.
Unless there was something special that he had to attend, Shi Wenyi would only be present.
For example, the coronation of Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zheng De.
Other than that, this was the first time Zhang Cai saw Shi Wenyi attend a court meeting.
Why was Shi Wenyi acting out of character today, participating in the court meeting and hiding in this corner?
Thinking of this, Zhang Cai already had an ominous premonition in her heart.
"Shi Wenyi, is what Zhang Cai said just now true?”
Zhu Houzhao said lightly.
He didn't even have the intention to let someone present the so-called evidence in Zhang Cai's hands. It was obvious that he didn't believe Zhang Cai.
Upon seeing this, all the officials in the court exchanged glances. From this, they could feel how much Zhu Houzhao valued and trusted Li Changsheng.
Their hearts also became incomparably heavy.
The Left Imperial Censor Cui Chengxiu, the Left Qian Imperial Censor Li Kuilong, and the others looked at each other. They felt that it would be difficult to bring down Li Changsheng this time.
They were all secretly glad that they did not stand up and let an outsider like Zhang Cai stand up to impeach them.
Compared to Zhang Cai, they were Wei Zhongxian's men.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Zhang Cai is distorting black and white.”
Upon hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Shi Wenyi, the commander of the Brocade Guard, had already stepped forward and cupped his hands at him. He spoke righteously.
Zhang Cai's expression darkened. As expected, Shi Wenyi's arrival was not as simple as it seemed.
"Oh?"
Zhu Houzhao said noncommittally.
"Your Majesty, the Embroidered Uniform Guards 'South Town Governor Xu Xianchun has long been found guilty of corruption and bribery.”
"Not only Xu Xianchun, but the five thousand households of the South Town Governor's Office are all his minions.”
"Yesterday, I commanded Qian Li Changsheng to lead his men to clean up the South Town Fu Department's Embroidered Uniform Guards 'yamen. The people he killed were all heinous criminals.”
Shi Wenyi, the commander of the Brocade Guard, said forcefully,"None of the people killed were innocent.
I dare to guarantee this with my head!
As for Xu Xianchun and the others, there was no extermination.
Lord Li did not implicate the families of Xu Xianchun and the others, nor did he harm them.
Zhang Cai, a doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs 'Wenxuan Department, was falsely accused!”
Upon hearing Shi Wenyi's words, Zhang Cai's expression changed drastically. She knelt down in front of Zhu Houzhao, her face filled with regret. She cried bitterly,"Your Majesty, I was deceived by a traitor and mistakenly thought that the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Li Changsheng, was a lawless and bloodthirsty person. I wrongly blamed Lord Li. I have committed a crime and am willing to be punished.”
Seeing how Zhang Cai's expression changed so quickly, many of the civil and military officials in the court revealed looks of disdain.
He was just impeaching Li Changsheng a moment ago, and now he was crying in regret?
"You are indeed guilty."
Zhu Houzhao sneered and said,"Even ten thousand deaths cannot atone for framing the true loyal and upright people of our Great Ming Dynasty.”
"This lowly official has been deceived by a traitor and no longer has the face to remain in this court. Your Majesty, please allow this lowly official to resign from the position of a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel's Selection Department.”
Hearing this, Zhang Cai sighed deeply. She wiped the tears and snot on her face and said to Zhu Houzhao.
"Men, arrest Zhang Cai and send her to the Imperial Guards prison. Let Li Qing interrogate her for corruption and perverting the law.”
Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he laughed and said impatiently.
"Yes."
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, the two burly generals walked over. One of them grabbed Zhang Cai's shoulder and dragged him out of the Heaven Tribute Palace.
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