i am afraid

Hearing the words, the young imperial censor saluted solemnly again, then took out a thick memorial from his sleeve, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Li Heng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, for 39 serious crimes! "

Jiang Yan was stunned, completely unresponsive to what was going on. At this time, a pot exploded under the court hall.

It's true that no one thought that this censor would cause such a thing!

The censor of Zuodu turned black, and was about to stand up, when he heard the censor continue to say loudly: "And the 21 officials, including Zuodu censor, Hubu Shangshu, and Xingbu Shangshu, formed cliques for private interests, and privately gave and received. , using the official vacancies of the new imperial examinations as bribes."

Chaotang really exploded right now.No one expected that this little censor would be so desperate. He impeached a full 21 officials, including two ministers and a Zuodu censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, especially the Zuodu censor who was still his immediate boss.

For the following offenses, in order to maintain the dignity of the hierarchy, no matter whether the superior has made a mistake or not, and what kind of treatment he will receive, the official who reported the superior will be stripped of his qualifications and all his honors.

Jiang Yan was only stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted. Seeing that Zuodu Yushi took a step forward with a black face, saluted, and wanted to say something, he smiled and interrupted Zuodu Yushi.

"You have evidence? This is not a joke."

"Your Majesty, this is slander!" The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment reacted, stepped forward and came out, and shouted loudly. Immediately afterwards, the guard with a knife standing beside him pressed the handle of the knife at his waist, and also stepped forward.

Only then did Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice realize that he had lost his composure. He took a deep breath, took a step back, and saluted.

The young censor raised his head, showing an upright face, with a dignified uprightness all over his body.

"Return to Your Majesty, I have verified all these cases, and I will report to you!" He raised the memorial in his hand above his head and bowed deeply.

Countless thoughts flashed through Jiang Yan's mind, his eyes dimmed slightly, and he exchanged a glance with Gu Xi, the corners of his lips curled up: "Zhou Ning, go."

Generally, the papers submitted in the early court will be presented by the eunuch who passed the decree. Most of the work is done by Su Qing. As Jiang Yan's personal eunuch, Zhou Ning will never be ordered to do such a thing. Zhou Ning paused for a moment, and the eunuch who was useless, walked down the imperial steps by himself, and took the thick and warm memorial from the imperial censor.

He took a look, and the young censor signed Shangguan Qiuming under the memorial. He didn't have much impression of this person, but Jiang Yan did. This was what Gu Xi specially reminded him. Talents who are in charge, the court needs to be replaced. He has been paying attention to these people, but he didn't expect that Shangguan Qiuming would cause a big trouble.

He looked through it, and found that it was indeed Li Heng's criminal evidence. The main crimes were bribing officials, collecting large amounts of property from officials in private, violating the regulations in the mansion, and the number of wives and concubines exceeding the upper limit, etc. The rest are not worth mentioning, such as not opening the way The city gate officials insisted on letting go, the birthday banquet at the mansion beat gongs and drums on the road, and the people in the mansion poured slops without queuing up, and when they went out to eat, they were asked to go to the Shangshu Mansion for reimbursement, but they were beaten up when they went. There is not much evidence to make up the charges, but the first few items have been verified, and there are more than a hundred items of evidence attached to it, and they are turned to other officials who were impeached by him. Shocked, this is the list of officials that Jiang Xiaofeng analyzed with him that may form partisanship with Li Heng, and there are several more that he had never thought of before.

As I said before, it is very easy to replace the position of Minister, and it is very simple to replace any civil servant, but the difficulty is that after the completion, it is difficult to replace someone, who to replace?You must know that these old men are very smart, and the left and right servants are basically used as decorations by them. It takes time to learn and adapt, and the sixth department is in charge of the promotion of officials all over the world, the transfer of money and food, severe punishment trials, etc., running at high speed, there is no such thing Time to wait for the new officials to adapt.

I have only heard that the county magistrate will be replaced today, and the prefect will die suddenly tomorrow, but officials above the third rank will rarely change, because the court needs to be stable.

Jiang Yan also thought so at the beginning. Although he was eager to control his own power, he also knew that if he treated the veterans like this just after changing the Yuan, his prestige would inevitably decline. This would be fatal to a new emperor. He thought The most important thing is to cultivate new talents from all aspects, win over middle and lower level officials, step by step remove these old officials, and then kill them with one blow. This will undoubtedly take a long time.

But because of the appearance of this censor, Jiang Yan suddenly came back to his senses, what should he be afraid of?Uncle Six and Pei's family stood behind him. Uncle's forces in the capital were in his hands. He was the emperor. Everyone had to kneel there and listen to him. What was the point of changing a few officials?Back then, Taizong directly weakened the prime minister to create the current six departments. Couldn't he weaken the six departments and create himself?

This is a bold idea, maybe he finally thought of a place with Gu Qi.

Shangguan Qiuming was still upright and dignified. He watched Jiang Yan read the memorial and explained one by one.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I began to investigate Li Shangshu privately two years ago. At that time, I was transferred from the Imperial Academy to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and filed a record in the Ministry of Officials. Someone told me that there was something wrong with my monogram, and I Do not match, doubt the innocence of the minister, and ask the minister for a bribe..."

Shangguan Qiuming explained the reason, and then began to say: "According to my investigation, the Ministry of Officials does not just collect bribes from promoted officials. Every year, local officials will take the opportunity to collect a large amount of bribes during the evaluation and debriefing of officials. The officials of the Ministry of Officials privately said that It is called 'Cut the Yellow Moon', which means to win gold within a month."

Li Heng's face was so dark that he couldn't see it. He wanted to say something, but the guard with the knife had already received Jiang Yan's instructions, and stood beside him holding the handle of the knife, his face was full of coldness.

"In addition, the Ministry of Officials will also deduct the official vacancies reserved by the imperial court for new recruits every year, and use them to bribe officials with shadowy officials in their families to form partisans. Officials will naturally not report when they get bribes. If things go on like this, A rule has been formed that it is difficult for new officials to take the lead unless these people are in the same boat."

"Your minister denounced Zuodu Censor. Not only did he buy an official for his son, but he also indulged the family and the common people. During his tenure, he collected the defendant's property and ordered the Pingjiang County Miemen massacre to be suppressed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The Minister of Criminal Affairs ignored it."

"I have reported that the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment had an affair with the brothel oiran. He not only abused his power to deal with his rival, but also took bribes from criminal Li Heng for five years in a row in order to obtain his high ransom money and the cost of raising his wife."

"Your minister reported that the quota for wives and concubines was full, but in the name of raising an opera troupe, he raised fifteen young girls for fun. During this period, his wife brutally killed three young girls. No one in the mansion knew about it."

"My minister informs..."

One after another, one by one, was reported by Shangguan Qiuming unhurriedly, unexpectedly forming a different kind of rhythm, except for his word after word, there were only breaths of different depths in the whole hall. Voice.

Jiang Yan could hear countless voices in his ears, frightened, flustered, watching a good show, all kinds of things, he was a little irritable, and when Shangguan Qiuming finished speaking, he stood up.

"Li Heng, is there anything else you want to say?" He said softly.

Li Heng's face was ashen. He looked at the officials who had been named like him. They were all the influence networks he had built up over the years, one not too many, one not too many.

"Chen, old minister..." He trembled for a long time, unable to speak, because Jiang Yan was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he let the guard with the knife hold him down.

Hubu Shangshu is the mother clan of the King of Qin, and it is still a little troublesome to deal with him. After the new year, the King of Qin brought his soldiers and horses back to the fief, but after this person is relieved of his official position, he can handle it.

"In this way, first dismiss from office to investigate whether it is a capital offense or not, and then count. Zuodu Censor is the same, the Minister of the Household Department is dismissed, and the nine clans are exiled to the southeast, and the people are handed over to the emperor."

Jiang Yan raised his eyebrows, and looked at the civil and military officials below: "Is there any objection to my decision?"

There was no sound in the hall. Hearing the voices of the people, Jiang Yan smiled slightly.

After disposing of three Shangshu and one Zuodu Censor in a row, Jiang Yan looked at the officials whom Shangguan Qiuming had named, his eyes swept over their faces, and he smiled softly: "Master Gu, what do you choose?" A few people will work with you to investigate these people carefully, don't wrong anyone, and don't let anyone go."

He looked at the large and small crimes on the memorial. The most important thing is to lie to others. Everyone is not worthy of death. He added: "If the crime is true, if you behead your head and show it to the public, you won't even sit down, and your descendants will cancel it." Qualifications for the Five Dynasties Imperial Examination."

No one objected to his decision, because the people Shangguan Qiuming pointed out were too coincidental, almost all of them were related to Li Heng's party, and none of the remaining people had any interest in them.

But there are also discerning people who are waiting to see Jiang Yan's jokes. After all, he is still young and vigorous. After disposing of three important institutions such as the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment in a row, it is just waiting for the dragons to be leaderless and unsustainable.

All kinds of voices came from all directions. In the chaos, Jiang Yan suddenly heard a low and familiar sigh.

"It's just that there are a few ministers missing. It's nothing. The official department promoted Li Suting, the household department selected Zhang Weiyi, and the criminal department assigned your little follower who was born with supernatural power. You know what to do with the rest."

Jiang Yan was stunned, it was Jiang Xuanying's voice, at first he thought he heard Jiang Xuanying's inner voice, but the more he heard it, the more something went wrong, it wasn't his inner voice, it was talking to him!

Jiang Xuanying seemed to have smiled a little: "My family learned martial arts, sound transmission into secrets, didn't it scare you?"

Jiang Yan's eyes widened, and at this moment Jiang Xuanying said softly: "Jiang Yan, can I call you Chengyuan? Chengyuan, I'm leaving, I really have to. Helping you for the last time, it's a debt of gratitude Bar."

Jiang Yan got up in shock and walked several steps down the imperial steps, trying to find Jiang Xuanying among the crowd, but after that, there was no sound.