Chapter 1074 Sudden outbreak
On the first day of August, Luoyang City.
Today is the two major court meetings a month. All the ministers in the capital went out early and headed straight to the palace.
When the sun rose in the east, accompanied by the sound of bells and drums in the palace, the ministers lined up in a neat line, walked in square steps, and entered the towering palace. Finally, they stood on both sides in front of the Zhongji Palace. As the emperor arrived, they all knelt down to worship.
Sun Bi, who had been the king for two years, was already much calmer than when he succeeded to the throne. In the face of the ministers' bows and visits, he only calmly glanced over with his eyes and then waved his hands: "You all, please calm down."
Then the eunuchs around him took a step forward and asked the ministers what their memorials were. In response, many ministers stood up one after another, reported the government affairs at hand to the emperor one by one, and told them his own solution to the emperor, so that the emperor could agree to the sage on the spot.
Such a scene has been going on since Dayue’s independence, and naturally there will be no changes when it comes to Sun Bi. He also listened carefully one by one, and gave his own opinions, either agreeing, or discussing according to the actual situation... Anyway, the court will be lively and pass quickly. After more than half an hour, everyone has already handled almost all the government affairs in the newspaper.
"My dear friends, it's getting late. If there is nothing else to report, it's all gone." Sun Bi has always acted erratic and decisively. Seeing that no one came out again, he signaled casually.
Originally, the ministers should have said that they had given courtesy and retreated to court. But as a result, just after the emperor's words, a minister strode out at the end of his rank, holding up his hand and saying, "Your Majesty, the censor Zheng Kejian of the Censorate has a memorial!"
This departure is really surprising. After all, there is almost no room for such seventh-rank censors to speak at such a grand dynasty. Even though they have considerable rights to impeach all officials, they have to submit private impeachment. How could they impeach on the spot when they were so ministers?
But the rules of the court never meant that the censors would be impeached by someone as a palace, so Sun Bi was stunned and nodded again: "As long as you say, who will be impeached today?"
Zheng Kejian took a deep breath, then knelt down solemnly and raised his memorial over the top: "The one I want to impeach is Li Ling and Li, the envoy of the Third Division."
As soon as this was said, everyone inside and outside the hall showed surprise again. Many people felt in their hearts that this guy was really brave. Who in the world doesn’t know that Li Ling, the envoy of the Three Division, is the most trustworthy minister in front of His Majesty? Ordinary impeachment has no effect on him at all, and what is received will be the immediate revenge of Li Ling’s subordinates.
As for what serious crimes are mentioned, everyone is watching. Li Ling wants to say that he has committed a crime in the past two years, but he has no major crimes to say. Even some officials who have never dealt with him too much have never thought about impeaching him for his fault.
But today, such a small seventh-rank censor actually wanted to impeach Li Ling in public at the court meeting. How confident and courageous should he have?
In the surprised eyes of everyone, Zheng Kejian stood there, looking at the emperor, waiting for Sun Bi to respond. After being stunned, Sun Bi quickly came to his senses: "Oh? I wonder what serious mistakes did Li Wenzhong make, and actually let you be impeached as a palace?"
"I want to impeach Li Ling, he acted impatiently, regardless of the stability of the world, and randomly launched the so-called big money ticket, which led to the court being taken advantage of by thieves and the people's property may be greatly affected at any time. Such actions are really a great crime. You should seize the official position and be exiled to the frontier, and never use it!" Zheng Kejian, facing the eyes of the emperor and his ministers, did not see any timidity at all, and still spoke out loudly about the content of his impeachment.
This made the ministers feel a little surprised again, and there was even a little riot. Some people couldn't help but communicate with their colleagues around them. It was not until the emperor spoke that they quickly stopped: "Zheng Kejian, what you said is the truth? Why have I never heard anyone mention it? Some people may have objected to the money and tickets before, but in the past six months, Yumin has great benefits. Why did it become a big problem when you get to you?"
"Your Majesty clearly understands that money tickets are indeed of great benefit to the country and the people at present, but the disadvantages hidden in them are even more huge, enough to disrupt the world." Zheng Kejian said, his voice a little more, "It's not that I'm exaggerating, but it's really true. Because as far as I know, there are many fake money tickets in Jiangnan that are difficult to distinguish between real and false, which has caused many businesses and people to be panic and dare not use money tickets anymore.
"But for the so-called political achievements and to please the high-ranking officials of the court, the local governments acted on their own regardless of the opposition from the people, and continued to let the people spend money and not let them use money. This practice is said to be convenient for the people, but in fact it is completely a snatch of people's wealth.
"Your Majesty, if this trend continues to increase, you may be in chaos in the world. It is not that I am exaggerating, but that the matter has reached the point where it must be resolved as soon as possible. In terms of its roots, it is in Li Ling, who advocates the promotion of money. I hope Your Majesty will wake up as soon as possible, severely punish this sinner, and return the world to justice!"
After saying that, he had already knocked his head heavily on the ground, and was completely willing to take it aside, regardless of his life and death, and to bring down Li Ling and abolish the money and tickets.
With his impeachment request, the expressions on the faces of hundreds of ministers on both sides also changed. Finally, after a silence, more than ten ministers quickly came out of my class and said, "Your Majesty, I also think that what Censor Zheng said is reasonable. There are many disadvantages in the fact that money is a bad thing, so I should stop immediately. Li Ling, who proposed this money, was even more guilty of the court, and should be severely punished!"
In fact, over the past six months, the imperial court has always had two voices on the implementation of money tickets, one is support and the other is opposition. Moreover, the latter's voice was far higher than the former at the beginning. It was only because Li Ling had the support of the emperor and could resist the public's objection that he forced money tickets to be launched with the power in his hands.
Then with the many conveniences and benefits obtained after the implementation of the money ticket in the past six months, the opponents finally began to change their minds and make concessions. But this does not mean that everyone has given up on opposition, but they lack an opportunity and a leader.
But today, with Zheng Kejian standing up for impeachment, these people finally found an opportunity, and they all stood up to express their positions and opposed them together. With the statements of these more than ten people, more people were brought out, and hundreds of ministers came out to oppose the money and questioned Li Ling, and even impeached them, believing that he was competing for profit with the people or selfishly, for his own profit...
Sun Bi sat on the top, watching the many people constantly appearing against money tickets, without too many expressions on his face, and after a while, he said, "You guys can't completely miscalculate what you are thinking. However, is it a bit too natural for you to take the trouble with money tickets in Jiangnan? Why have I never heard anyone mention it? Is it the officials in Jiangnan who are hiding it?" As he said, his eyes fell on the important officials in front of him, waiting for them to give their answers and attitudes.
In fact, until this time, all the officials below the fourth rank were officials who stood up to oppose the court. None of the senior officials and officials who really held the power of the court had come forward. It can be said that these people were really under pressure to put Sun Bi, and he could completely ignore it directly.
But at this moment, as he glanced at him, after coughing gently, he walked out slowly: "Your Majesty, I have heard people say that there was a trouble caused by money tickets across Jiangnan, and I can definitely believe that that person's words. So in my opinion, there is indeed a big problem with this money ticket. With his financial ability, it is impossible for him to see the tricks, but he still insists on promoting money tickets. It is really hard to say what he wants."
Everyone's eyes fell on him again, and then everyone's hearts also mentioned. Because this official who stood up and opposed it, or even said that he was the impeachment of Li Ling, was a person with a transcendent status in the court and a person who was deeply trusted by the emperor, Jing Wang and Sun Qi.
As the elder brother of the current emperor, Sun Qi's status is already quite high. In addition, his noble performance in the inheritance of the throne has naturally won the respect of many court officials, and at the same time, it also made the emperor feel grateful to him.
Therefore, even though Sun Qi has not actually held any actual position in the court in the past two years, his influence in the court is still extremely high. His words are enough to be comparable to those of the Zhengshitang. He is a person who can truly influence the emperor's views.
Today, King Jing actually stood up to oppose Li Ling's money and ticket implementation, and even pointed out that his intentions were sinister, which naturally made many people feel worried about Li Ling. Especially, Li Ling is not in the palace, and he has not attended the court meeting for more than half a year. It is said that he is thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors and is not allowed to go out.
Compared with this, it is obvious that Li Ling is completely passive now and is not enough to protect himself, let alone continue to impress everyone and implement the money-making method.
It was precisely because of this that, shortly after Sun Qi spoke, twenty or thirty ministers in the class stood up one after another to express their positions, and they also tried their best to oppose the continued promotion of money tickets. In this way, the opponents became more powerful and the impeachment of Li Ling became even more fierce.
The emperor still couldn't see any expression on his face. But after the ministers expressed his position, he slowly said: "It seems that there are still many people who are not optimistic about money and tickets, and they also have many opinions about Li Wenzhong. Well, since the ministers have criticized me, I cannot be too selfish, so let Li Wenzhong debate with you by himself, and see if this money and tickets are good or bad for me, and whether he himself is for public or private."
Chapter completed!