The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows. It was surprising that so many people impeached Yan Chengjin.

In the hall, the last person to openly impeach a cabinet minister was Liu Jian.

"Your Majesty, please enforce the law!"

"The three-border general is a role model for all the generals. He lost the city but did not suffer punishment. Why is the military law strict?"

The officials' words of condemnation were endless. It was as if words were engraved on their tongues and they could write articles when they opened their mouths.

Li Dongyang and Wang Qiong did not defend Yan Chengjin.

According to the law, Anding Hou should be escorted back to Beijing and imprisoned.

But Anding Hou was unlucky. Ningxia's city defense collapsed. No matter which general was replaced, with 40,000 troops, he would never be able to match the Tatars.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin with burning eyes.

If he did not give an explanation to all the officials today, the Ministry of War and the other six ministries would not let it go. If this matter spread to the nine borders, it would shake the morale of the army.

Yan Chengjin said: "My father has committed dereliction of duty, but now there is no one in the Ministry of War. I beg Your Majesty to wait until the war in the nine borders ends before punishing him."

Chai Sheng's expression froze. The Tatars had broken into the city, and now no one was willing to take over.

Emperor Hongzhi knew that Yan Chengjin wanted to wait for Anding Hou to win the battle and make merit for his crime. He did not want to punish Anding Hou.

But the law was like this, and he could not make an exception. He could only delay the punishment.

"Officials, please stop talking about it. You cannot replace the generals at this time. Wait until the war ends before punishing him."

In the hall, there was a little silence for a moment.

Your Majesty had spoken, and the voices of opposition stopped abruptly. If Anding Hou was replaced at this time, he would be punished together if he lost the battle later.

Therefore, all officials did not hold on to this matter.

At this time, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Because they saw Yan Chengjin put his hand into his left sleeve and pulled out a booklet.

The faces of the officials changed drastically, and the corners of their mouths trembled nervously.

"I want to impeach the Minister of War Chai Sheng."

Yan Chengjin's voice was not loud, but it echoed in the hall. At this time, it was too quiet.

Everyone could hear clearly who moved the black shoes.

Here it comes!

Han Wen raised his head slightly, and there was indeed a letter of impeachment in the sleeves of this boy.

Chai Sheng's face was blue and red, and he pointed at Yan Chengjin tremblingly: "We are impeaching you for a reason and with reason. You impeached me for personal revenge!"

Recently, he was strict with himself. Every day, he stayed in the duty room for an extra hour, as diligent as a rooster crowing, and worked hard.

Where can he be impeached?

Emperor Hongzhi frowned and looked at Yan Chengjin unhappily.

"Lord Chai, I have no ill intentions. I am just doing my job. Even if it is Mr. Li, I will impeach him." Yan Chengjin said.

All officials became curious. What is the letter of impeachment?

Chai Sheng's cheeks flushed with anger, "What are you going to impeach!"

Yan Chengjin said: "As far as I know, after Lord Chai left the morning court, he started giving lectures in Wenhua Hall from Chenshi to Youshi, and it has been like this for nearly half a month?"

Li Dongyang and Liu Jian knew what this boy was going to impeach.

Chai Sheng also guessed what Yan Chengjin was going to impeach, but did not answer.

Yan Chengjin continued: "The war in the nine borders is urgent, but Lord Chai only cares about giving lectures. Ningxia was defeated and retreated, Lord Chai is guilty of dereliction of duty!

The Ministry of War has many affairs, and teaching the emperor's grandson is also a top priority. It can be seen that the Minister of War cannot hold two positions at the same time."

The Ministry of War is in charge of the nine borders and the guards all over the world, and there are endless memorials to deal with.

The daily lectures are all day long, and after the emperor's grandson gets married, he will have to teach every day.

There is no time to take care of the affairs of the Ministry of War.

Liu Jian nodded. What Yan Chengjin said made sense. Officials of the Eastern Palace, for example, were not appointed to positions in the six ministries.

Emperor Hongzhi chose Chai Sheng because he considered Zhang Sheng too strict and Wang Qiong too kind, so he chose the steady Chai Sheng as the imperial teacher.

"I have not considered it carefully. From now on, the emperor's grandson will be taught by Zhang Qing's family, and Chai Qing's family will focus on the affairs of the Ministry of War."

All the officials were stunned.

Yan Chengjin removed Chai Sheng's position as the imperial teacher with a letter of reprimand.

Chai Sheng felt his whole body swell with anger and his head was dizzy. If he had known, he would not have touched this boy.

"Your Highness obeys your order!"

"Your Highness obeys your order!"

Zhang Sheng and Chai Sheng said in succession.

Yan Chengjin looked at Zhang Sheng. The imperial teacher still did not fall on him. The person sent to Jiangnan to investigate Chai Sheng did not return to the capital.

All the officials were relieved.

A voice sounded again: "Ningxia was breached, we can't just ignore it. As the Minister of War, how do you want to deal with it?"

Even if there is no handle, Yan Chengjin has a way to make Chai Sheng retire.

The previous two Ministers of War, Ma Wensheng and Qin Hong, were both famous generals of the Ming Dynasty, and they were more than qualified to be the Minister of War.

Chai Sheng may be a clean official, but he does not have outstanding military talent.

He also repeatedly obstructed him from reforming the system. This time, he does not intend to give advice to the Ministry of War.

Just like when Wang Anshi demoted Su Shi with tears in his eyes, it was because Su Shi obstructed Wang Anshi from changing the system.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Chai Sheng and frowned: "Since the Tatars marched south, the Ministry of War has not taken any countermeasures?"

Chai Sheng was hot all over, and beads of sweat gradually oozed out of his forehead: "No...no."

Huh...

In the quiet hall, the disappointed voice of Emperor Hongzhi could be heard, which made Chai Sheng feel ashamed.

Yan Chengjin retreated to the team and said no more.

After the court was dismissed, all officials dispersed. The officials who had previously impeached Yan Chengjin wanted to take back the joint impeachment letter.

Li Dongyang said to Yan Chengjin: "Although you saved the Marquis of Anding, you also angered Lord Chai. The two most taboo things for officials in the court are forming cliques for personal gain and acting independently."

Party-building and individualism are two extremes.

Neither is good for the court.

Li Dongyang began to teach him. In his eyes, Yan Chengjin had completely offended Chai Sheng today.

"Mr. Li is right. I have no ill will towards Lord Chai." Yan Chengjin said.

Back in the duty room, Chai Sheng sat silently for two hours. His Majesty was resentful, and he was powerless to turn the tide of the war. He was a man of face.

"Since Sheng was born, why was Jin born?"

Chai Sheng's eyes were red. When the palace gate was about to close, he sighed several times, wrote a memorial, and handed it to the clerk: "Tomorrow morning, please present it to His Majesty on my behalf."

Early in the morning, Zuoye Gate.

Yesterday, after impeaching Yan Chengjin, all officials were a little afraid of this boy, fearing that he would secretly investigate him.

Yan Chengjin looked at the Ministry of War but did not see Chai Sheng. Li Dongyang and others also found something strange.

After a moment, Emperor Hongzhi looked around the hall, but saw no one in the Ministry of War: "Where is Mr. Chai?"

"Your Majesty, Mr. Chai handed in a memorial last night and asked me to present it to Your Majesty." Feng An, a doctor in the Ministry of War, said in a deep voice.

For a moment, the eyes of the officials were focused on the memorial.

Emperor Hongzhi opened the memorial, frowned, and looked around, but his face became more and more ugly.

Liu Jian saw that Emperor Hongzhi's face changed drastically, and he was nervous.

All the officials also wanted to know what was written in this memorial, and they looked at it eagerly.

"Your Majesty, is it an important matter?"

Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: "Mr. Chai resigned."

There was an uproar among the officials.

Yan Chengjin's heart moved slightly.

Chai Sheng did not have outstanding military talent, and he obstructed the reform. Retirement was the best destination.

It's quite busy at the end of the year, so I haven't arranged to update more chapters. But I am glad that I haven't really taken a vacation since I started writing. This is the first time I have written a book with more than 600,000 words. I have persisted. After the vacation, I will post 10,000 words a day to thank everyone for their recent monthly votes. Because I don't have much annual leave, and I am a clumsy writer, I can only promise what I can do. Thank you all