Chapter 548: Get rid of you

Usually, everyone who works in the yamen is scholars and colleagues. The most important thing is to be kind. Even if you have personal grudges, you will never show anything. As for those who suddenly lose their temper, there are very few. At this time, Lu Lin suddenly became furious, which made the censor who was working on the desk below in surprise and looked at Lu Lin.

Lu Lin's eyes turned, his eyes fell on a censor and said, "Liu Kan, why didn't you submit such a big deal earlier? The taxes in the Song Dynasty are 20% of the taxes in maritime affairs, and the taxes in Quanzhou Port account for 40% of the maritime trade. Now that such a big deal has happened, it is enough to shake the national system. Are you confused?"

The official named Liu Kan at the bottom first glanced at Zeng Wen, saw Zeng Wen sitting coldly watching, and then looked at Lu Lin calmly and said: "The official thought that this matter is still unclear, and it will be decided only after the whole story is found out, so this matter must be suppressed."

Lu Lin sneered: "You have the final say whether to suppress it or not. How can you not submit a memorial to impeachment for such a big thing? What is the use of raising scholars in the court?"

After saying that, Lu Lin sat down, returned to his indifferent appearance, and picked up his pen and wrote words on a blank memorial. The censors at the bottom deliberately lowered their heads to read the newspapers and newspapers from all over the country, but their thoughts were all in Lu Lin's words just now. Do you still understand Lu Lin's meaning? This is to make this matter bigger, but who is the sharpness this time pointing to?

Those who are a little smarter will understand. Shen Ao went to Quanzhou, and then something big happened in Quanzhou. Isn’t this obvious? Lord Lu’s spearhead this time was directed at Shen Ao Shen Lengzi.

But there are not many people in the Censorate who are simple. If it is simple, they can't make it here. A few Lu Lin's disciples have already found Shu to write an impeachment memorial, but more are still watching. Some look at Zeng Wen, then just smile lightly, and sweep the snow in front of the door.

What Lord Lu said just now is actually a statement, so everyone can think about it themselves.

The impeachment memorial was handed over to the disciples, and there were still many memorials. Lu Lin was the leader, and more than a dozen censors under him attacked each other, pointing the finger at Shen Ao. The disciples did not dare to make any decisions and went to Cai Jing to discuss. After reading the memorial, Cai Jing did not say anything, and said, "Send it to the palace immediately."

The memorial was sent in, but it did not seem like a stone that would have caused a thousand waves as expected, and even a little ripples did not appear. After waiting for a whole day, there was no news in the palace.

Since someone had already beaten the front station, and the incident of Quanzhou attack spread, everyone had no attention. His Majesty did not speak and had to force him to express his opinion. Then the memorial was Cui Zhi, and then all the six ministers and nine ministers emerged. The impeachment memorial went straight into the palace gate like snow, which made people breathless.

The attack on Quanzhou is indeed a big deal. Although it is a little worse than the rebellion of the Tianyi Sect, there is always someone who takes the blame for such a big mess. Now the struggle in the court is centered around this point. The man led by Cui Zhi killed Shen Ao and was the culprit. He aroused the anger of heaven and people in Quanzhou, causing resentment from the people.

But at this time, Zeng Wen couldn't sit still, and it was still an impeachment memorial. It was just that the impeachment was not Shen Ao, but officials from Quanzhou who impeached them for their neglect of their duties and demanded severe punishment.

When it reaches this point, everything is dictatorial to the Sacred Heart, but if His Majesty doesn't speak, no one can do anything to him.

After two days like this, the inner court finally came to the news, and on March 17th, the court agreed.

Early this morning, ministers from various ministries from the three provinces gathered at Zhengde's gate early in the morning. As the palace gate opened, everyone entered one after another. In the Hall of Martial Arts, Zhao Ji had been waiting for a long time, sitting upright behind the imperial desk, without moving at all.

Zhu Mian's face afterwards was hard to see clearly, but Zhao Ji knew that there was an irrespectful playfulness on his expressionless face.

Zhao Ji had already learned about Quanzhou that the first thing he valued was where Chen Ao was and would there be any accident. Later, he heard that he had disappeared, and Zhao Ji was a little anxious, but he was still tense. Chen Ao was very clever, so how could he die so easily? If he really wanted to die, he should die vigorously, and there was no sudden disappearance.

Today's court discussion is Quanzhou.

Zhao Ji did not speak, but two court officials were talking. The first one was Lu Lin. In the martial arts hall, his voice echoed loudly: "Your Majesty, Quanzhou is the foundation of my Song Dynasty taxes. Why did you not see a pirate for decades? I chose to invade this time? I personally think that it is because Chen Aoqin ordered to supervise the Quanzhou maritime affairs. Please check it out."

Someone in the class sneered and said, "I haven't checked it in detail yet, why do you insist that it has something to do with Mr. Shen? Isn't this sentence of Lord Lu contradictory?"

Lu Lin looked at Shengyuan, but the person who spoke was a censor. The censor refuted his censor's face. This was quite impressive. He said with a sigh: "If you want to be clear, you must recall Chen Ao first. Chen Ao will be in peace in Quanzhou for one day. If you stay there and do whatever you want, wouldn't you want to shake the foundation of the country and subvert the country?"

"What does Lord Lu mean? Investigating maritime affairs also requires shaking the foundation of the country. Is it too much?" Zeng Wen stood up and spoke this time. Zeng Wen had a expressionless face and said slowly: "I think that the maritime affairs are so decayed that there has been such a huge incident as pirates attacking Hong Kong. We should investigate it to the end and we must not tolerate it."

Lu Lin glanced at Zeng Wen and smiled and said, "Inspection is a matter of investigation, but Taifu Chen is too tough and hard, and it is easy to break. Another member of the rank needs to comfort him."

Zeng Wenran said mutely: "The court has ordered Lord Shen to go. How can we entrust others with another person? In this way, where is the prestige of the court?"

When the two of them confront each other, they never give in. This kind of debate is the censor's specialty, but it is rare for the Censor's Office to argue first.

Zhao Ji just sat behind the imperial case and looked at him coldly, not expressing his opinion. Whoever has the upper hand at this time depends on his words.

At this time, Cui Zhi suddenly said aloud: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Zhao Ji said lightly: "Cui Aiqing, but it's okay to say it."

Cui Zhi said: "Quanzhou is the largest port in the world and has great relations. It is certainly a good thing to clarify maritime affairs. But now..."

Zhao Ji suddenly interrupted him and said, "What's the moment? Your Cui family still can't bear to leave you, right?"

This sentence came out rashly, which scared Cui Zhi's face as if he was slight. He immediately bowed: "I don't know what Your Majesty meant."

Zhao Ji sneered and was silent for a long time, and burst out: "Don't you know? You don't know? The Cui family is the largest maritime merchant in Quanzhou. There are hundreds of merchant ships, right? The money I earn from the sea every year is more than my inner custody! Cui Zhi, I am not as good as you."

In the martial arts hall, the ministers couldn't help but whisper, and Cui Zhi held his head high and said: "My brothers are indeed doing some business in Quanzhou, but what I just wanted to say is also a heartfelt word. Your Majesty is aware of it."

Zhao Ji sneered, "What a heartfelt word!" After that, he suddenly pulled out a letter and threw it down to the Golden Palace: "Is this your heartfelt word?" Then, he stood up and brushed his sleeves out of the Martial Arts Hall.

Yang Jian immediately chased him out, followed Zhao Ji, and Zhao Ji walked quickly, suddenly stopped and said to Yang Jian: "I will write to Chen Ao in your name, so that he can do his business with confidence and boldness, don't have any worries, let him do whatever he should do."

Yang Jian immediately said, "I obey the order."

Zhao Ji said again: "I have read his memorials, but I really didn't expect that these maritime merchants could be so arrogant."

Yang Jian said: "Since that's the case, why don't Your Majesty immediately issue an order to take all these maritime merchants?"

Zhao Ji sighed and shook his head and said, "Why do you take someone without ironclad evidence? This matter is too important. There are so many people in the court who are involved with them, so I can't stand it."

Yang Jian heard Zhao Ji's voice over and followed Zhao Ji's words: "Your Majesty means to let Lord Shen make this happen?"

Zhao Jihe nodded: "That's what it means."

After saying that, Zhao Ji took his hands and his mood suddenly improved. He walked to Wenjing Pavilion and said, "I can't deal with them. Chen Ao can deal with them. Remember the heads on their necks first, so they will look good at that time."

Yang Jian was laughing and crying while listening. Zhao Ji's words meant like a child fighting. A child didn't dare to do anything, but pointed at the other party with a proud look and said, "Wait, I'll call my brother."

Yang Jian thought for a while and said, "I'm just afraid that the Xinghua Army will not be able to suppress Quanzhou. Didn't Chen Ao's memorial be said? Quanzhou is full of iron plates, brigades, and maritime merchants are all in the same group. If you really want to take action, you're afraid that Chen Ao will suffer."

Zhao Ji thought for a while and shook his head and said, "He won't suffer any loss, I believe him."

Yang Jian thought to himself that it was not a good thing for His Majesty to trust him. He looked up at Zhao Ji walking away and quickly chased after him.

In the martial arts hall, everyone looked at each other, everyone was silent, with only a few occasional dry coughs, which was very embarrassing.

Cui Zhi knelt on the highness before he got up, his eyes fell on the letter that Zhao Ji threw down. The Adam's apple rolled for a moment, and cold sweat couldn't help but burst out. What was in the letter? Why did His Majesty suddenly get angry? With an idea, Cui Zhi stood up and went to pick up the letter. He only glanced a little, and his face turned pale. He didn't care about the ministers who were talking around him, and cursed: "Bastard."

The letter was abbreviated by his brother Cui, and the recipient was the commander of Xinghua Army. The content in it was naturally to let Xinghua Army commander strictly prevent Chen Ao. Fortunately, the pirates were not mentioned, otherwise everything would be exposed, and it would be really a death. However, Chen Ao was an imperial envoy, a maritime merchant or a relative of Cui Zhi. Writing a letter to instruct the court's military officer to resist the imperial envoy was also a sensational event. To put it in a big way, beheading is definitely enough.

Cui Zhi hid it away, thinking that since the letter fell into His Majesty, it must have been taken by Chen Ao before. So, Chen Ao has now controlled the Xinghua Army.

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