Seeing the situation suddenly reversed, Li Ling, a small official who was impeached, turned around and wanted to deal with the Censorate and Lord Zongxian. The many censors who accompanied him finally couldn't help but feel it. When the Censor Zhu Ran, the chief censor, noticed that Jiang He could not speak, he immediately said seriously: "Mr. Li, you are exaggerating, you are too scary to hear it?"

"Yes, it's really awful to impeach you before, but my censor has always had the right to report the news. Your Majesty will never blame Lord Zongxian for his false complaints!"

Zhu Ran is worthy of being the top censor in Taichung. He immediately grasped the key to the problem, and directly bypassed the argument with Li Ling, but threw the problem to the emperor. His meaning is already very clear. The news and news are the rules of the court, and it has been there since Taizu Taizong. If the emperor blames for this, it means that he will abolish affairs and abolish politics because of his words, and that he will cause discussions in the world.

The emperor really looked tight after hearing this, and even Wang Han raised his eyebrows slightly. Things were a little tricky. But before they could say anything, Li Ling had already argued in person: "What this lord said is an exaggeration! Although the Censorate has always had the right to report the news, Taizu and Taizong never granted you the right to arrest officials during the reign of the dynasty, let alone torture officials!

"But today, you have arrested all the officials of the Ministry of Revenue for the impeachment of some censors. Where will this be placed in the court officials and the laws of the court? Your Majesty, I have said several times before that I have never violated the law, and what I say and do are all within the laws, but they always refuse to listen. I have also punished severely because I refuse to admit the crimes they imposed on me, with the intention of beating it. It is really hard to convince me that I am so distorted by black and white. Once it is spread, it will greatly damage the reputation of my court.

"Your Majesty, I really can't imagine how many innocent officials before me had to admit their false guilt because they were threatened and intimidated by them and used various tortures. I hope your Majesty will give justice to the subjects of the world and prevent such acts of illegal and disorderly discipline under the banner of justice!"

Every word, one by one, combined with Li Ling's expression of grief and anger, and the scars and blood on his body were really like a knife and a sword, and they all slashed on Jiang He's body, making his face pale and bloody. As his mouth opened and closed, he couldn't say a word to defend himself.

This scene stunned all the colleagues who were familiar with Jiang and others. They knew very well that Jiang Zongxian was known for his eloquence in daily life. Often, others would be suppressed by his momentum in a few sentences, and thus quickly defeated him and confessed his guilt and punished him. But today, he turned over. He was too exhausted, and it also made it difficult for other censors to speak for a while.

However, in a second thought, everyone understood the whole story. In the past, Jiang Wenying was able to be invincible because his eloquence was not because his eloquence was really stronger than everyone, but because he claimed to be on the side of justice and naturally had to be stronger than the other party in terms of momentum. But today, with the sudden turn of things, he obviously became the wrong party. With his character, he naturally could not make a quibbling move that would turn black and white.

Lu Zhen, who had been watching coldly, smiled. Some things were just guesses before, but now they can be confirmed. I am afraid that this time the impeachment of the Ministry of Revenue itself has hidden secrets, and it is even aimed at Jiang He and even the entire Censorate!

Sure enough, Wang Han appeared again at this time: "Your Majesty, I think what Li Ling said is somewhat reasonable. The Censorate's actions are already suspected of overreaching power, and this time it made the court lose all its face. It is really hard to guarantee that it will not repeat the same mistakes in the future. Therefore, I think that the power of the Censorate should be re-examined and that it cannot be allowed to lose control, and do things that will harm the court in the future."

The emperor still looked dull, making people unable to see any joy and anger. He only looked at Jiang He after pondering: "Jiang Qing, what do you think?"

"I... I did misbelieve people's words this time, which led to doing something wrong in a hurry. I am willing to take responsibility for the crime and ask Your Majesty to punish me severely!" Jiang He immediately knelt down and bowed, as if he was unwilling to defend himself and only listened to the emperor's law.

This scared the rest of the Censorate very much, and they knelt down and begged the emperor: "Your Majesty, Jiang Zongxian was just confused for a moment, so he was exploited. I hope Your Majesty will be kind."

"Your Majesty, Mr. Jiang has always been fair and strict. Although he was wrong this time, he was also deceived. I hope your Majesty will be thinking that he has been diligent in handling the work for many years and will be open to the Internet."

Even King Yong, after pondering for a moment, also took a step forward: "Father, my son also thought that this matter was not wrong with Mr. Jiang, afraid that there was some misunderstanding in it..."

Seeing that the ministers in the palace were pleading for Jiang He, Li Ling couldn't continue to target him, so he could only follow him: "Jiang Zongxian is naturally fair, but I still feel that this matter should be investigated in depth. At least we must find out who said this to the censors, and whether the Censorate has exceeded his authority..."

"Li Ling, what is your idea of ​​saying this? Is it necessary to block the way of speech?" Finally, Fan Meisheng, the Minister of Rites, could no longer hold back and suddenly asked loudly.

He had such anger, and half was fear. Because among so many people present, Fan Shangshu was one of the few people who had mastered many secrets, and he truly felt the terror and threat of Li Ling—

It was clearly this young man who passed on the details of the Ministry of Revenue's attempt to do something in the military rations office, so that he could wait to know, and then this impeachment was triggered. But unexpectedly, this was actually done by him!

When the news was known to Fan Meisheng, he felt a little uneasy because the fact was too strange and unreasonable. Who in the world exposed the truth about his mistakes?

But at that time, the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired. Even with concerns, he could only go with the flow, hoping to use this to dig out the Yongwang party behind him. For this reason, he even pushed Jiang He, the princeling party who had always been hidden, to the forefront.

Yes, on the surface, the Zuodu Censor Jiang He, who seems to hate the most for forming cliques and personal gains and never interferes with the prince and the Yongwang, has turned to the prince long ago. It is just because his identity is too critical, so they will never use him until the last moment.

But this time, both Fan Meisheng and some other princelings felt that they could take the opportunity to completely defeat the Yongwang party. After all, it was the most serious fault to do something about military rations and attempt to defeat the army in the Northern Expedition. Even if Yongwang was guilty of the crime, he would be doomed.

So Jiang He had full inquiry and vowed to find a breakthrough and finalize the crime of King Yong.

But who would have thought that all this would happen with the persistence of Li Ling, the inconspicuous pawn. Of course, what is even more unexpected is that the emperor would suddenly intervene inquire about the matter in person. In this way, the control will completely fall from the prince's party to the emperor. As the truth is revealed, Jiang He will be compensated. How can this make Fan Meisheng not panic and regret it, and not hate Li Ling so much that he is itchy?

He wanted to ask Li Ling loudly, "What did you say that someone leaked the secrets of the Ministry of Revenue? Isn't this person the person yourself? Didn't you spread the problem of the food in Huguang? Now, the thief shouted and attacked the Censorate. What's the intention?

But Fan Shangshu didn't really say this, because he knew very well that no one would believe it, or there was no evidence to prove that it was true. So he could only use his power to suppress others and say that he wanted to block the way of speech.

Li Ling's reaction was unexpected again. He saw that this young man who had only entered the court for a few months, and he was a nominal student of his name - this year's exam, Fan Meisheng - looked back at him without any hesitation: "Mr. Fan, the subordinate officials are just to say the truth. The establishment of the Censorate is only to supervise all officials, but now the Censorate has too much power and cannot be dismantled. In this way, only it supervises all officials, but no one can supervise it. Is this what the court wants to see? Not to mention that the Censorate now has the privilege of torture all officials and overrides the law. If they want to frame a certain official in the court, it would be a matter of one sentence?

"Your Majesty, I did not say this because I had been treated like this by the Censorate, but because I wanted to take revenge. It was entirely for the sake of the hundreds of officials in my court and for the sake of my country. I hope Your Majesty will understand clearly!"

These words are indeed reasonable and irrefutable. Even Fan Meisheng had nothing to say for a while, and as for the others, he fell into silence. Everyone was all court officials, so naturally they didn't want such an institution that was above themselves. No one wanted to be suddenly captured by the Tiqi of the Censorate one day.

In the silence, the emperor finally spoke slowly, but asked Lu Zhen: "Lu Qing, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, I think what Li Ling said makes sense. The power of the Censorate is indeed too heavy. Even if it is not today's fault, it is likely to cause unjust prison for arbitrary acts in the future. This time, because of Your Majesty's wiseness, he will be innocent, but what about the next time? So I think it's time to sack the Censorate's privilege of taking people at will."

"Jiang Qing, what do you think?" The emperor looked at Jiang He, who had been silent again.

Jiang Zongxian sighed with a wry smile: "I am very worried about what the Prime Minister Lu is. I have indeed done something wrong this time and learned a lesson. I regret it now. The Censorate has indeed exceeded his authority over the years, so it is natural to remove some powers that should not have. Not only that, I think I am a big mistake and must take responsibility. I also ask that I be removed from the position of Censor of the Ministry of Justice to convince the people and to demonstrate the national law!" As he said that, he bowed deeply again.
Chapter completed!