The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Emperor Hongzhi, Li Dongyang and others were looking forward to it. This son was cautious and did not dare to offend the ministers. Who would he impeach?

Yan Chengjin held his chin up and sometimes wrote in a nonchalant manner.

"I have written it."

If you are a brother, let me stab you.

The person he impeached was none other than Zhu Houzhao. The prince and he were considered brothers. Today, he was forced to do so by Emperor Hongzhi and all the officials. It was really helpless.

Emperor Hongzhi did not yet know who he wanted to impeach.

Xiao Jing presented the memorial. When he saw the memorial, Emperor Hongzhi's face turned green and he glared at Yan Chengjin: "The prince is slacking off in his studies. Everyone in the court knows that the prince is slacking off in his studies. There is no need to impeach him."

Li Dongyang was still happy just now, but when he heard that it was the prince who was being impeached, his face gradually darkened and he became angry.

This guy still doesn't dare to take the first step.

Yan Chengjin and the prince were colluding, and Zhu Houzhao didn't care whether he was impeached or not.

Emperor Hongzhi looked strange and sighed: "If you really dare not, just start the impeachment with me. I will forgive your innocence."

It is not a big deal for officials to impeach the emperor, especially for censors, who impeach the emperor at the top and hundreds of officials at the bottom.

Yan Chengjin looked troubled: "Your Majesty has worked hard to govern, and the government and the public have been clear and clear. The people of the world are prosperous and the country is safe. I really can't find any flaws."

"If I ask you to play, just play!" Emperor Hongzhi was angry.

What an injustice.

What an eternal injustice.

The emperor actually forced himself to impeach him, and no one believed him when he told him, but all these strange things happened to him. Yan Chengjin felt aggrieved and suddenly felt that he was more unlucky than Meng Jiangnu.

Emperor Hongzhi also made a lot of foresight, and if the talents cannot be used to their full potential, it would be better not to use them at all.

This kid is talented, but he is a little too cautious. Sometimes, you can faintly feel Zhu Houzhao's irritating feeling in this kid.

"After all, you still lack courage and experience."

Yan Chengjin picked up the pen, wrote another memo abruptly, and submitted it.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at it and frowned. Even if this guy asked him to impeach him, he still didn't dare.

What's worse this time is that he doesn't even know the person being impeached.

"Minister of the DPRK, is there anyone named Ma Jie?"

Li Dongyang thought for a while: "There is no such person among the officials."

Emperor Hongzhi had a bad premonition that this guy was impeaching a common man. Just when he was wondering, Ma Wensheng shuddered: "Ma Jie is a dog's son. How could Lord Yan know about my son?"

Yan Chengjin's eyes flickered and he said, "I made it up."

What nonsense are you talking about? Can you make up my son's name by making it up?

Ma Jie had no official position and no salary, and there was no mention of impeachment. The person Yan Chengjin really meant was his father, Ma Wensheng, so he started with Ma Jie out of caution.

Ma Wensheng was fuming, this guy was so irritating, and he was about to argue.

Yan Chengjin handed over another impeachment memorial.

Emperor Hongzhi showed an intriguing smile, and Yan Chengjin finally handed over an answer sheet that satisfied him.

"You want to impeach Ma Wensheng, the Minister of War?"

The whole place was silent.

Ma Wensheng was so angry that he jumped up and down. His Majesty asked you to impeach him. Why are you impeaching me?

Emperor Hongzhi said with a smile: "It's just a practice. I just said that Ma Qing's family has no way to teach their children. It's okay. Don't be angry."

After all, educating children in a bad way is a family matter, and it is far worse than bending the law for personal gain or servile the villagers.

Ma Wensheng was not happy anymore.

He also has a bad temper. He says what he has to say to his face and never hides it.

"Even if it's a practice, how could Master Yan know Quanzi's name? This is clearly a premeditated practice."

Li Dongyang and others also think it makes sense.

Is it possible that you, Yan Chengjin, are still capable of pinching?

Yan Chengjin opened his eyes and lied: "I really don't know that Ma Jie is Lord Ma's son. But today I was sitting in a sedan chair and heard someone claiming to be Wang Fa and calling him Ma Jie. I was so anxious that I wrote him down. "

Is this a moment of urgency?

However, what Li Dongyang and others paid attention to was another sentence. How dare someone claim to be Wang Fa?

It’s the other way around!

Ma Wensheng was so frightened that he almost fainted and trembled: "You...don't talk nonsense."

Emperor Hongzhi's face darkened. Wangfa was the law of the court and the emperor's tool for governing the country.

Claiming to be Wang Fa doesn't mean he is the emperor.

Xie Qian saw something was wrong: "Yan Chengjin, this is a drill, don't talk nonsense."

"The official heard it with his own ears."

Emperor Hongzhi fell into deep thought, and after a moment, he said: "Let's go here today, Yan Qing's house, please leave first."

Ma Wensheng breathed a sigh of relief, has anyone practiced with someone like this? He glared at Yan Chengjin and gave him a look. You can feel it for yourself.

"I excuse myself."

Yan Chengjin resigned angrily and left the hall.

"Your Majesty, Liu Qing of Shuntian Mansion would like to see you." Xiao Jing said.

Liu Qing looked panicked and walked into the hall quickly: "Your Majesty, Caishikou beat someone to death and claimed the king's law in vain. I have put him in jail. But this person... is Ma Jie, the son of Ma Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and he is involved. Arrive at the Palace Royal Horse Prison."

Everyone's expressions changed.

In this way, what Yan Chengjin said just now is all true...

Not only beating people to death, but also daring to claim to be Wang Fa is extremely arrogant.

Ma Wensheng was swaying at his feet. He grabbed the hands of his subordinates and managed to stand up. He looked at Liu Qing in a panic: "Master Liu, please... don't scare me."

Liu Qing sighed softly. He entered the officialdom a few years later than Ma Wensheng. When Ma Wen was promoted to the imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he took good care of him. However, the person Ma Jie killed was an official. His Majesty would know sooner or later.

Li Dongyang hurriedly asked: "Who was...the one who was beaten to death?"

"It's the mine supervisor, Jiang Zong."

Beat the tax inspector to death?

Emperor Hongzhi remembered that this eunuch had served him. Later, he was happy and gave him an errand to supervise the mining tax.

Liu Qing continued: "Ma Jie and the merchants opened a coal mine in Xishan. The mine tax supervisor Jiang Zong wanted to collect taxes, but Jiang Zong collected extremely high taxes. "

If Jiang Zong knew that the person behind it was Ma Jie, he might not dare to be greedy even if he killed him.

Ma Wensheng couldn't help but knelt down and said sadly: "My discipline is not good, let your Majesty punish me."

Li Dongyang narrowed his eyes slightly.

In the early Ming Dynasty, it was stipulated that every thirty taxes should be paid. Gradually, even taxes were not collected.

This Jiang Zong really deserves to be punished.

Ma Wensheng had a son in his later years. The Ministry of War was busy with affairs and he was unable to discipline him, so he doted on such a son.

Yan Chengjin came out of Fengtian Hall and was about to walk around the Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate when he saw Zhu Houzhao rushing over in anger: "Old Gao, I heard that you are impeaching me?"

"Your Highness, that was just a drill."

When Yan Chengjin admitted it, Zhu Houzhao's heart hurt as if it had been cut open by a sharp blade, and he was unhappy: "Drills are not enough, it will ruin my reputation!"

Just after coming out of Fengtian Palace, the news about Zhu Houzhao must have come too soon...

"How did His Highness know that it was the minister who was impeaching me?"

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "The spy Xiao Jing planted next to me is called Gu Dayong, and he was instigated by me to rebel."

Emperor Hongzhi asked Xiao Jing to stare at the East Palace, Xiao Jing asked Gu Dayong to stare at the East Palace, and Zhu Houzhao asked Gu Dayong to stare at the Fengtian Palace?

The eunuch on the side smiled and said: "Hello, Mr. Yan, I am very useful to you."

"Your Highness, please take a step to speak."