"Your Majesty, I sent Shen Lian, the censor of the North Town of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, to arrest the Censor of Supervision, Ma Yu, because we have complete evidence of his crimes.”
"Our Brocade Guard's northern town governor's cavalry found more than fifty thousand taels of silver from the home of the supervising censor, Ma Yu. The various assets added up to more than a hundred thousand taels of silver.”
"Now, they have all been sealed in the Imperial Guards 'North Town's Department of Justice. Regarding the evidence of Ma Yu's crimes, as well as all his assets, our North Town's Department of Justice's yamen should have already counted them all today and submitted them to await Your Majesty's judgment.”
Li Changsheng cupped his hands at Zhu Houzhao.
Hearing Li Changsheng's words, Zhu Houzhao was stunned. More than 100,000 taels of silver. A seventh-grade Imperial Censor had actually embezzled and accepted so much. This was simply beyond his imagination.
Xie Qian and the others were all stunned. When it came to seeking benefits, other than the civil and military officials with rich family backgrounds, there were not many who did not do such things. It was not easy to rely solely on salary to support a large family.
However, the Imperial Censor Ma Yu was only a mere seventh grade Imperial Censorate officer, yet he had actually embezzled more than a hundred thousand taels of silver. This was unbelievable.
This was simply more greedy than them!
How preposterous!
When all the officials heard that Ma Yu had embezzled a hundred thousand taels of silver, they were all extremely furious.
Of course, there were also some officials who appeared to be righteous and awe-inspiring on the surface. They seemed to be extremely disdainful of the Imperial Censor, Ma Yu, but their eyes seemed to be a little erratic, as if they lacked confidence.
"These corrupt officials deserve to be killed!”
"A mere seventh-grade Imperial Censor actually embezzled more than 100,000 taels of silver. It's truly shocking, and even I dare not imagine it!”
Zhu Houzhao was only stunned for a moment before he started cursing furiously.
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I mistakenly thought that Ma Yu, the Censor of Supervision, was a famous and clean person in the court, and wrongly blamed Li Zhenfu of the Brocade Guard.”
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Xie Qian sighed and cupped his hands at him. His face revealed an embarrassed expression as he said,"Your Majesty, please allow me to retire and return to my hometown.”
"This matter has nothing to do with Grand Secretary Xie. You can only blame the Imperial Censor Ma Yu for hiding himself so well that even Grand Secretary Xie was deceived by him.”
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said to Xie Qian.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your mercy."
Hearing this, Xie Qian's face revealed an extremely touched expression as he spoke.
Li Changsheng watched Xie Qian's performance and was amazed. As expected of a veteran of three dynasties. The speed at which he changed his attitude was even faster than the Oscar-winning Best Actor of the future.
Which Best Actor would be able to display such a sincere expression?
As one of the three important ministers of the current dynasty and an elder of the cabinet, Li Changsheng did not believe that Xie Qian did not know that Ma Yu was a corrupt official.
As for the so-called clear streams, how many of the clear streams in the Ming Dynasty were real?
Most of them were just people fishing for fame.
How could Xie Qian, who had been in the royal court for many years, not know?
Would he really not understand?
If he really didn't know, if he really didn't understand, would Xie Qian be able to stand tall in the court of the Ming Dynasty and even be appointed as one of the important ministers of Emperor Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao?
Zhu Houzhao looked at Xie Qian and the other cabinet elders, then looked at the civil and military officials who did not follow him into the Li family's old mansion. He said in an extremely cold tone,"Li Qing, from today onwards, the Embroidered Uniform Guards must play your role. You don't have to worry about anything. Zhen will be your strongest backing!
You have to show your Jinyiwei's attitude of monitoring the officials and the world.
Just a mere seventh grade Imperial Censor was able to take bribes of more than 100,000 taels of silver.
What about the others?
How many of these officials were as greedy as Ma Yu, who was a censor?
In fact, it was even more serious than Ma Yu's corruption and bribery.
Li Qing remembered that no matter who it was, no matter who he found out, he had to investigate without worry.
I will support you!
Anyone who took bribes and perverted the law must not be spared!
I'll grant you the right to act first and report later!"
“……”
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, all the officials in the court changed their expressions. Even those who were standing outside the Li family's old mansion heard it clearly. It was because they heard it that they felt scared.
Thinking back to when the Embroidered Uniform Guards were at their peak, who didn't fear the Embroidered Uniform Guards?
During the Hongzhi Dynasty, the Jinyiwei did not play any role, so they did not want the Jinyiwei to rise again in the Zhengde Dynasty.
In the end, this time, Xie Qian, one of the cabinet elders, personally led the impeachment of Li Changsheng. Not only did he fail to take Li Changsheng down, he did not extinguish the Embroidered Uniform Guards 'arrogance before it was ignited. Instead, he encouraged the Embroidered Uniform Guards' arrogance, making Zhu Houzhao trust Li Changsheng even more.
This was a classic case of shooting oneself in the foot.
However, they still had no reason to make Zhu Houzhao distrust Li Changsheng and not give him such power.
Many of the officials began to tremble. The Embroidered Uniform Guards had suddenly appeared above their heads, and it was a knife that could fall at any time. How could they not be afraid? How could they not be afraid?
Xie Qian and the others looked at each other and nodded in unison.
"This lowly subject obeys the decree!"
Li Changsheng's expression turned solemn as he spoke in a sonorous and forceful tone.
However, it was fine for him to believe Zhu Houzhao's words. Even if he wanted to investigate, he had to do it step by step. If he really attacked Xie Qian and the other Pavilion Elders, it was a question whether he could survive.
At the very least, he could not do such a thing before he was strong enough.
In history, how did Zhu Houzhao die?
After falling into the water, he contracted pneumonias and died.
He was the emperor. How could he fall into the water so easily? How could he die of pneumonias so easily after falling into the water?
Are all the imperial physicians in the Imperial Academy of Medicine useless?
The struggle for power was the real problem. It was obvious that the officials in the court felt that Zhu Houzhao was about to break away from their control, so they changed the Emperor for the Ming Dynasty.
Even the emperor dared to make a move. What was a mere fourth-rank Embroidered Uniform Guards 'Northern Guardian?
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