Chapter 40
In the court, the storm that had not been quelled for a long time had not been expected to slap again. Moreover, it seemed that it was even more fierce and intense than the last time.
If the last time the Jinyiwei was impeached, the Dongchang and Liusanmen were "doing arbitrarily and disturbing the market in the city, causing the people in the city to be resentful", there were also some censors who were afraid of the Jinyiwei and the power of the Dongchang, the emperor's attitude, and the role they were playing in the whole thing, and were worried about the fire, so they did not participate.
Then this time, after having the last "successful" experience and not participating in it last time, during this period, the remaining fellows who were always ridiculed by their colleagues from time to time, and even isolated the remaining slogans finally "followed up with the trend."
When the impeachment was much more powerful than the last time, many officials who did not know the reason naturally chose to follow the crowd. Not to mention gaining a good reputation, at least they would not be criticized by their peers for not participating in such a grand event of impeachment of treacherous people.
For example, the cabinet minister, the Minister of Justice, and the two ministers knew the reasons for the sudden risk of Jinyiwei, Dongchang and Liushumen this time. Faced with these many censors who thought they had done a good deed of "benefiting the country and the people", they could only avoid the edge.
After all, unless they plan to inform these censors about the Tianyan Sect in detail, even if they are dissatisfied with these censors, how can they block the other party's mouth and even convince them?
As for telling these censors about the details of Tianyan Sect...
Haha, I’m afraid they mentioned it at the court meeting today, and the entire capital will know this news before sunset.
At that time, it will inevitably cause panic among the people.
Compared to the Tianyanmen Beiji Tian, which is just a scabies, if it really triggers panic among the people in the city, the consequences will be much greater.
So, in this case, they could only close their mouths, eyes, ears, and pretend that they could not hear or see anything, and closed their eyes in the court, while cursing Jinyiwei in their hearts. The three yamen, Dongchang and Liushemen, were not worthy of their reputation. One of them was considered the other, and they were all a group of waste.
Otherwise, how could the secret operation that had been clearly stated make everyone in the city know about it? What is this not waste?
Fortunately, the people in the capital are commonplace with the Jinyiwei and Dongchang arresting people, so they are no longer surprised. Otherwise, the news caused by their arrests may cause panic in the capital.
Compared to the emperor who could completely pretend to be ignorant of anything, and who looked closed-door, the emperor who sat on the dragon throne and faced the ministers, obviously could not "conduct it in accordance with the law."
"Helpless", he had to open his mouth and ask Mo Bin, the commander of the Jinyiwei who was also standing in the hall, and Jiang Pang, the supervisor of the East Factory, if this is the case.
As for Guo Ju, the six-door chief constable...
Unfortunately, but at this moment, he was very lucky that even though he was a fourth-rank military officer, he still did not have the qualifications to come to attend the court meeting.
As early as the evening of two days ago, Mo Bin and Jiang Zong, who had secretly told the emperor, had their acting skills polished in two days, were indeed very realistic.
When the two men who had already sweated their foreheads when they heard the slogans' impeachment before, they fell to the ground and opened their mouths to defend themselves.
But as the sweat on their foreheads became more and more, their already intermittent answers became more and more stuck.
"In this way, these are all true?!"
When the emperor saw the two of them like this, he seemed to be really angry. His face was covered with clouds, and behind his face, which was as if it were dark clouds everywhere, there was also a faint sound of thunder.
"I deserve to die for you!"
It seemed that it was finally difficult to hide it, Mo Bin and Jiang Zong finally gave up and continued to defend themselves, kowtowed to the ground, and apologized to the emperor with a trembling voice.
The censors who saw this scene immediately looked like victorious cockfighting, holding their heads up and their chests, and were full of ambitions. If it weren't for this solemn meeting, I'm afraid that at this moment they would have started to brag about each other and brag about themselves.
Of course, even if they cannot express their complacent and joy in their hearts in words, they are all signaling each other with their eyes.
However, soon, the pride and boast on their faces disappeared without a trace, replaced by surprise and subsequent anger.
Because the emperor announced the punishment for Mo Bin and Jiang Pang.
"The court is forty and one year's salary is fined to serve as a warning!"
This is the final punishment the emperor has given to the two.
For the censors who finally caught the handle of Mo Bin and Jiang Pang, who wished to beat the two to death with one stick this time, and even could take the opportunity to put the Jinyiwei and Dongchang into the cage, this punishment would have no effect on the two parties involved, Mo Bin and Jiang Pang.
Forty-six studs sound quite terrifying. He is just a strong man who was beaten forty studs and was beaten to forty studs even if he was not dead.
But the premise is that he was really beaten forty stumbling.
They are all two mouths in the yamen, and they are obviously very familiar with the twists and turns of things like beating boards.
For those yamen runners who are responsible for making boards, not to mention forty, if they want to kill themselves, twenty boards can kill people alive. Similarly, if they stuff enough money, even if they beat a hundred boards, they can only get off the ground after lying on the bed for a decade.
Why are the "technology" in charge of the court sticks better than those ordinary yamen runners? After the forty court sticks of Mo Bin and Jiang Zong, they probably won't even hurt their fur.
After all, the guys in the palace who were responsible for the court stick were from the Jinyiwei.
Do they dare to really beat their boss Mo Bin?
Stop your life?!
As for the punishment of one year's salary penalty, it's even more unreasonable.
As for the little salary on the books of the officials of this dynasty, it is difficult to support themselves. Except for those unlucky people who really can't find a way, who in the entire court really lives with that little salary!
Besides, with the emperor's attitude today, the one-year salary for the confiscation may be returned to Mo Bin and the others in the name of reward in a few days.
After all, the two punishments mentioned by the emperor were completely fooling people.
The censors who felt that they had been fooled naturally stopped doing it and wanted to open their mouths and squirt again.
But unfortunately, the emperor had obviously expected the reaction of these trolls after hearing these two punishments, so he did not give them time to react. After talking about the punishments against Mo Bin and Jiang Zhuang, he immediately signaled to the eunuchs beside him with his eyes.
"Retreat!"
The eunuch who received the emperor's instructions naturally understood it immediately. Before the group of censors opened their mouths, they opened their mouths and blocked them with their sharp and high voices.
Before the long tail sound of the eunuch's words "retreat" was over, the emperor had already left with the eyes of many unwilling and resentful censors...
But no matter how unwilling they were, they were dissatisfied and resentful. With the emperor's departure, the court meeting was indeed dispersed. They had no other good way except to go back and immediately put on the title book.
After all, most censors are only in the sixth and seventh ranks and have low positions. It is very difficult to seek a meeting with the emperor alone, not to mention that the emperor obviously does not want to see them now.
However, there were still some censors who seemed to be really unwilling to accept it. When they knew that their official positions were low and the emperor did not want to see him, they came to the Shangguan of the Censorate or several cabinet ministers, who wanted them to come forward and told the emperor that the Jinyiwei's actions this time were too much harm to the people of the country.
But the cabinet ministers who had known the reason for a long time were considered as the overall situation, and they would not even be able to show their attention to them.
The Zuodu Censor of the Censorate wanted to take this opportunity to use the two famous yamen of Jinyiwei and Dongchang as stepping stones to strengthen the Censorate's momentum, but he was immediately stopped by several cabinet ministers with a bad expression.
The way to be a minister is to share the worries of the king.
I don’t know that the cabinet ministers who secretly discussed between Mo Bin, Jiang Zong and Guo Ju and the emperor really thought that the emperor was really worried about this time, so naturally he did not want the Zuodu Censor to "seek trouble for nothing", which made the emperor even more irritable.
Some censors seemed to have guessed that this matter would eventually end up "in vain". Therefore, they could only suppress their dissatisfaction and follow Mo Bin and Jiang Zong to the place where the court sticks were beaten, and personally "supervised" them to get the forty court sticks.
I guess if it wasn't for the fact that they were too incorrect in their own identity and the rules and regulations in the palace did not allow it, they would have wanted to go into battle and finish the forty court sticks themselves.
But unfortunately, they can only do what they are best at, stand aside, keep threatening with their mouths, and intimidate the Jinyiwei who beat the board, and must use their strength.
However, compared to the boss who was lying there and enjoying the court stick and these noisy censors, the Jinyiwei who was responsible for fighting the court stick were obviously more afraid of his boss.
Seeing that he pretended and kept screaming loudly, but in fact he didn't even sweat on his face. He looked like he was just deliberately angry with him. The censors who came to "supervise" found that standing here had no other impact except that they were becoming more and more angry in their hearts.
The people who should "cheat" are still cheating openly. Even if they see it, they have no choice but to deal with Mo Bin and Jiang Zong.
So, a group of censors could only grit their teeth and left cursingly, so as not to continue watching. They would not help but rush over and snatch the stick and hit them hard on the faces that made them extremely angry.
After all, in that case, it would be a relief to relieve their qi, but their future will be buried with them.
...
A group of censors came and went faster. Before Mo Bin and Jiang Zhun could finish half of the court sticks, the censors had disappeared.
"Two sirs, those flies are gone. Do we continue?"
"The emperor is forty in his golden mouth, beat him!"
Jiang Zhun, who is not unfamiliar with hitting the board or being beaten, this time was the most willing court stick in his life. When he heard the Jinyiwei who was responsible for hitting the court stick stopped to ask, he immediately replied with dissatisfaction.
"Yeah, hit."
Mo Bin looked at his men who were still looking at him, nodded with satisfaction on his face, and replied the same way.
"This time, Eunuch Jiang and I were not good at doing things. His Majesty was so tired that he was embarrassed. Forty stoles were not too much."
"Bang bang bang!"
As Mo Bin finished speaking, the sound of the board rang again.
"Hey, it seems wrong?"
Suddenly, Jiang Zhuang seemed to realize something was wrong, raised his hand and signaled to stop first, turned his head to look at Mo Bin.
"What's wrong?"
Mo Bin looked at his somewhat inexplicable behavior and couldn't help but frown and asked.
"How do I remember that, ahem, there seems to be someone else in the target of impeachment by those shady censors besides you and me?"
Jiang Zhun, who almost let go of the words, mentioned the matter that he had discussed secretly with the emperor that night, reacted very quickly, and coughed twice, and brought back his words almost deviated.
"yes!"
Mo Bin slapped his hands like he was awakened and said in resentment.
"When they impeached, didn't they mention that old guy Guo Ju, the six doors? Why did they say that and only you and me remain? Now, they are both guilty of the same crime. Why do we have to be fined for one year and be beaten forty court sticks? That old guy Guo Ju is like he has never been mentioned before?!"
Mo Bin and Jiang Zong are not acting. In fact, they even forgot about Liushemen and Guo Ju.
Although the forty scepters were like a massage, and although the one-year salary penalty had no effect on them, Confucius said it well:
"Don't worry about the lack of weight but the unevenness!"
Everyone clearly agreed before, and what they did was the same, and the scolding was the same. Why did you lose your impression as you said it?
However, if Guo Ju knew what the two were thinking at this moment, he would be afraid that he would point at the nose and curse.
"Do you two bastards think I don't want to be fined for one year with you and beaten to court with you?!"
It was clearly those bastards who looked down on our six doors all the time, so they deliberately ignored our six doors and even forgot our six doors!
Worry, JPG!
...
Not mentioning this point made all three feel a "mistake" in their hearts.
As the censors left the palace with anger, many things that happened at the court meeting, and even many details, spread along with the mouths of these uncovered censors.
Chapter completed!