Chapter 386: Shamelessness must have a bottom line

Logically, the memorials are handed over to the Secretariat, and the Secretariat does have the right to suppress them, but there is a memorial that the Secretariat has no right to seize - the impeachment memorial.

Impeachment memorials are the most important means for the emperor to control the country, so a certain place is affected by disasters. These matters can be handled by ministers, but the impeachment memorials must not be handed over to others for disposal. Because once such memorials are handed over to others, the authority of the Song Dynasty will be equivalent to falling into the hands of the three ministers of the Secretariat, the disciples, and the Secretariat.

Now a very good impeachment memorial is related to the impeachment memorial submitted by Chen Ao, the Minister of Justice, disappeared.

Zhao Ji's face looked ugly, he stroked the imperial desk, pursed his lips and said without saying a word, looking at Chen Ao, "Have you really submitted the memorial?"

Chen Ao said with confidence: "There is absolutely nothing wrong. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can go to the Secretariat to ask."

Zhao Ji shook his head: "No need to ask, I'll wait."

Chen Ao nodded, and saw that Zhao Ji's face was not good, he hurriedly said, "That we should step down first."

At this time, Bianjing City was not as quiet as usual. Behind this tranquility, a storm was brewing, and the old party was ready to fight. Cai Jing was also constantly trying to eliminate the influence of the memorial. He had only one choice, first press the memorial, and then meticulously deal with it. He needed time to prevent any mistakes from happening in order to avoid lapses.

Although Cai Jing took charge of the three provinces and controlled the government and the opposition, he no longer had the momentum of the past. Because in the past, there was a Liang Shicheng in the palace, which could allow him to get accurate information as quickly as possible. Liang Shicheng has now completely fallen, and the new hidden prime minister Yang Jian has become a backbone of the old party in a confused manner. Although Yang Jian had no friendship with Duke Wei and others except for being hooked up with Shen Ao, his relationship with Chen Ao has already determined that Cai Jing could not win him over.

After losing the most important bridge with the palace, Cai Jing didn't know about some things now. Although the memorial was a bombshell, this bomb was not buried by Chen Ao alone, and even the emperor had one. Of course, the emperor himself was not aware of it.

Another day later, Zhao Ji summoned Chen Ao to the palace again, but he still said the same thing: "Have you handed it over seriously?"

Chen Ao said: "I will never dare to deceive Your Majesty. It is really strange that I have handed it over. It's obvious that two days have passed, and the Secretariat has not submitted the memorial in? I thought that Your Majesty can read the memorials he handed to Your Majesty."

This seemingly heartless statement made Zhao Ji's shoulders tremble slightly, his lips squirm, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.

Chen Ao said without a chance: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry. Perhaps it may not be necessary to forget it for a while. After all, Grand Master Cai is old and some things are negligent."

Zhao Ji looked at the direction of the Shangshu Province with a deep meaning, nodded and said, "Cai Jing is indeed old." Then he said, "The Empress Dowager asked tightly. Since that's the case, you can write another copy of this memorial and submit it to me here. I will issue an order immediately."

Chen Aohe nodded, and asked someone to bring the four treasures of the study in Wenjing Pavilion, and wrote ink. In a moment, a new memorial was made, and the ink was blown dry and handed directly to Zhao Ji.

After reading the memorial, Zhao Ji couldn't help but say, "Good words." Then he read the memorial, and suddenly raised his eyes and said, "Is this poem really written by the minister of the king?"

Chen Ao said: "I don't know if it's true or not. They are all rumors, both true and false."

This sentence is amazing, and it strips away his relationship in minutes. A rumor did not say it was true or false. Anyway, it was difficult to distinguish between true and false. Now even if the empress dowager does not punish the king's ministers, if contacting the Secretariat of the Secretariat, Zhao Ji would not ignore it. Zhao Ji sneered: "A thorough investigation!"

On this day, a commemorative decree was handed over, with Chen Ao as the chief trialer, King Zhao Zong of Jin and Minister Jiang Min of Dali Temple as the deputy chief trialer, Qin ordered the king's minister to be detained immediately and investigated.

Wang Zhichen, who was sitting in the Ministry of Justice, saw the officers of Dali Temple rushed in. He was so scared that his face looked like a slight look and almost fainted. He dragged him to Dali Temple that day and was closely guarded.

The most shocking thing was Cai Jing. When Cai Jing heard this news, he fell on the seat and said, "This time, the minister of the king will die, and I will be affected by him."

According to the rules, the impeachment memorial was submitted, and the Secretariat was submitted to the palace again. After the emperor made a decision, the Secretariat would draft the decree and hand it over to the Secretariat for verification, and then hand it over to the Secretariat for execution.

This is a formal procedure of the Song Dynasty, and there will be no mistakes in every link; but the problem now is that everything is not in line with the rules. The memorial was handed over to the Secretariat, and the Secretariat suppressed the memorial. It should have been calm, but the emperor issued the imperial edict.

The so-called imperial edict is an edict drawn by the emperor bypassing the three provinces and drafting it separately. What Cai Jing was most worried about was inevitable. Since the imperial edict was reported in the palace, it means that although the memorial was temporarily suppressed, the emperor still couldn't help but get the news through other channels.

The direct issuance of the imperial edict, thus bypassing the three provinces that Cai Jing took charge, which shows one thing, that is, the emperor has lost trust in the three provinces, and if he does not believe in the three provinces, he means that he no longer trusts Cai Jing.

Cai Jing gained power because he gained the trust of the emperor. Otherwise, he would not be able to rank according to his qualifications. But what does it mean if he loses trust? Which prime minister in the world who loses the trust of the emperor can have a good ending?

Cai Jing pondered for a moment, closed his eyes, immediately called his family and ordered: "From today on, I will leave the door to thank the guests, and no one will see me. I will ask someone to go to the three provinces and say that I am sick and let them deal with everything at their discretion. There is also the memorial, I will submit it to the palace immediately without delay."

This is the best way to escape from this pit immediately and make up for your own mistakes.

Unfortunately, the Secretariat of Secretariat handed over the memorials late, but it was like a rock sinking into the sea, because it had arrived too late. When Zhao Ji took action, he handed over the deathly memorials. Only God knows what the emperor would think.

Chen Ao's actions were done, and the general situation was already completed. The arrest of the king's minister was even more encouraging. The next morning, the snow-like memorial was handed over to the Secretariat. Without exception, all were impeachment of the king's minister.

The entire court was another bloody storm, but the current situation changed completely. The old party members were suppressed for too long. At this moment, they burst out and fully exerted their spirit of beating the dogs in the water. They submitted more than 100 memorials that day. This was just the beginning. The capital was busy, and the disciples and old friends from other places were not willing to be lonely. The post stations contacting various places suddenly became busy. Eight hundred miles were expedited, six hundred miles were expedited, four hundred miles were expedited, pacifiers, prefects, and magistrates. Two days later, the memorials increased by more than 200.

The situation changed drastically, and the tide was surging. With Cai Jing as the leader, Wang Fu and others chose to protect themselves, but no one stood up to defend the king's ministers. This is common sense. Everyone understands that the general situation has been achieved. The mantis blocks the car and will only pull himself into the water. No one will joke about his life.

Standing at the eye of the storm, Chen Ao was surprisingly calm and still went to Honglu Temple to pay as usual. The King of Jin could not count on collecting evidence of crimes. If he didn't pull his back, he would have already Amitabha Buddha. In the end, all these relationships fell on Jiang Min. Jiang Min was from Zhengming after all, so she would not be panicked. After a few days, it was noon that day, Chen Ao had lunch at Honglu Temple, and Jiang Min came.

He gave Chen Ao a look at the file first, and Chen Ao looked at it and said, "How many of the crimes are there to be verified?"

Jiang Min said: "Many of them have been verified, including corruption, embezzlement of land, and false accusations of ministers. However, these charges are not enough to kill the king's ministers. The real thing is the anti-poetry case."

Chen Ao shook his head: "We falsely accused him of the anti-poem, and it is also used to check and balance Cai Jing, so it is not a crime."

Jiang Min said: "Although it is not a crime, as long as we insist, he cannot find evidence to clear his crime, and this crime will be confirmed."

Chen Ao still shook his head: "Framed is just our means, not our goal. Although Wang Zhichen is not a good person, he has committed many evil deeds, but we don't have to frame him. This is a heinous crime of destroying the three clans. Just knock him down. Why do you have to hurt the innocent? Lord Jiang, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you again and reorganize the file."

Jiang Min gritted her teeth and said, "Chen Ao, why should there be a kindness of a woman at this critical moment? How did Cai Jing and the ministers of the king reject loyalty and kindness? Fang Zhen, the son of Taimiaozhai, just impeached Cai Jing, and immediately suffered revenge from Cai Jing and died in a foreign land. Cai Jing and the ministers of the king persuaded His Majesty to build a palace and set up Hua Shigang. How many people had separated for this Hua Shigang's wife? The wealth of my Song Dynasty was plundered by them, so that the loyal ministers could not speak. A villain was in power. Why do you have to worry about frame-up with him? Are there too few stolen things in their group? We just treat the other person as the same way."

Chen Ao shook his head: "They can be shameless, and I can be shameless. They can have no bottom line, but we cannot have no bottom line. Just overthrow the king's ministers and affect Cai Jing. Let's do this."

Jiang Min thought about it and felt that Chen Ao's words had some truth, so she stopped persevering, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Chen Ao to have such kindness. Alas, I can't match you."

Chen Ao said seriously: "I am just a bad person who is not too bad. Framing is just a means of self-protection. Even if a person is bad, he still has some of his own principles."

Jiang Minhe nodded: "Then I will go and modify the file immediately. Chen Ao, take care of it."

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Chapter completed!