Chapter 426: Put Qian Qianyi into Prison
From the burning of Donglin Academy to the self-destruction of descendants, and now the slash of the Crown Prince of Java with his own hands, a series of events that are enough to stimulate a person to become a split personality have been superimposed on Qian Qianyi, which has caused Qian Qianyi to obviously lose his mind at this time.
In addition, Li Mingrui, who is well versed in human psychology, deliberately instigated Qian Qianyi at this time completely fell into another crazy state, that is, he wanted to become a straight minister and adviser who he wanted to do but did not do in the past.
Qian Qianyi began to naively think that his opinions were beneficial to the Ming Dynasty and that he was considering the country with a sincere heart. There was nothing wrong with that.
After all, there is still a bit of scholarly aura at work, especially when encountering political enemies like Li Mingrui, he is like a mad dog and rushing up and taking a bite without thinking.
But he forgot a basic political principle, that is, he is a cabinet minister and not a censor. He now impeaches a cabinet minister directly in front of Zhu Youxiao, which is a political taboo!
Zhu Youxiao was so angry that he couldn't speak. He never expected Qian Qianyi to suddenly become so stupid and stupid today, and even directly slander him. This was simply incredible!
I seem to have made it clear that it was the decision of His Majesty, the emperor, to take extermination action against Java. It was not just Li Mingrui's proposal, but now I still have to impeach Li Mingrui in front of me, which obviously makes me suspicious of forcing myself.
However, Zhu Youxiao did not directly order someone to take down Qian Qianyi because he still needs a reason now, a sufficient punishment for Qian Qianyi who suddenly ignorant of being ruthless.
After all, he was rashly tempted to kill a minister who suddenly said frankly and acted sincerely, and was also a cabinet chief, which would eventually lead to the conservative hearts.
Now Zhu Youxiao is not good enough to kill all the ministers who oppose him as he was in charge of the government for the first time to establish his prestige.
Now I have to balance. Since I want to balance, I have to make any decisions with a reason.
Li Mingrui obviously guessed what his Majesty Zhu Youxiao needs now. He stood up very decisively at this time and looked very aggrieved and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know where I offended Mr. Qian, and I actually asked Mr. Qian to slander me like this, saying that I have ulterior motives. I dare to swear to my ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. If I, Li Mingrui, have any disloyalty to Your Majesty, I will fight the five thunders!"
As he said that, Li Mingrui took out another account book from his sleeve: "However, there is also an item about Mr. Qian Ge. This item was presented to the lower officials by a minor official from the Honglu Temple. The bill given to Mr. Qian Ge was given to the lower officials after the Crown Prince of Java was worried about being punished by the Meiji after killing him. Please check it out!"
After handing it to Zhu Youxiao, Li Mingrui said: "Because he was worried that it might be Java that it was deliberately instigating the relationship between the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet and Your Majesty, I kept hiding and not reporting it. At this moment, since Master Qian said that the empress is an unfaithful minister, I risked my life to present this thing to Your Majesty. Who is the unfaithful minister? Please observe it clearly!"
As he said that, Li Mingrui also bowed to Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao took the letter and opened it, but it was just a matter of the content of a group of all the merchant groups in the Ming Dynasty that unconditionally supported His Majesty the Emperor to conquer Java and was willing to pay an additional tax of two thousandths.
Zhu Youxiao did not expose that Li Mingrui was deceiving the monarch, because no matter what, Li Mingrui did provide himself with a reason to deal with Qian Qianyi, that is, Qian Qianyi colluded with the outer crown prince and accepted bribes, which caused the situation to be so serious.
This reason is logically valid and is enough to convince others.
What's more, Li Mingrui also made a deal for Zhu Youxiao with this letter, which was that they, the emerging capital chaebols, were willing to pay more commercial taxes to seek support from His Majesty. To be honest, Zhu Youxiao hated Li Mingrui and others for exchange of interests with him, but Zhu Youxiao had to admit that this transaction was indeed very attractive.
Therefore, the very realistic Zhu Youxiao raised his hand and pointed at Qian Qianyi decisively, and shouted: "What a Qian Qianyi, I am in vain. I rely so much on you and let you be the leader of all officials. But I didn't expect that you are such a traitor. Not only will you accept bribes, you will even use your power to force the Crown Prince of Java to suppress the criminal murder case for a barbarian country, and also intend to collude with Java to make profits. I will never forgive you!"
"Come here, take away Qian Qianyi's black veil, remove all his official positions, and immediately throw him into the imperial prison!"
Zhu Youzhaochun wanted to kill Qian Qianyi directly, but when he saw Li Mingrui's mouth slightly grin, he changed his mouth and just threw Qian Qianyi into the imperial prison first.
At this time, Li Mingrui also realized that he seemed to have acted too much just now, and he actually asked His Majesty to stop his hand, which made him feel a little regretful.
But Li Mingrui's behavior of directly causing Qian Qianyi to be thrown into the East Factory Prison today caused great shock to the court and the public. No one would have thought that Li Mingrui, who had just been beaten by Qian Qianyi, would fight back so quickly, and this counterattack directly caused the highest-level conservative official to be dismissed.
Guo Yunhou was also very curious. He vaguely remembered that Li Mingrui said that Qian Qianyi would have a miserable outcome, but he did not expect that Li Mingrui would predict so accurately and quickly. Just when everyone thought that Qian Qianyi would further consolidate his position as chief minister after slashing the crown prince of Java, many ministers who were even attracted to the power had begun to curry favor with him again, but he did not expect that the situation would change so quickly. Li Mingrui, the second assistant of the cabinet, made Qian Qianyi suddenly fall down and get caught in the imperial prison.
You should know that once you are in the imperial prison, especially civil officials, you will fall into a skin even if you don’t die.
After the court was dispersed, Guo Yunhou couldn't help but stop Li Mingrui and asked: "Old Ge, Qian Qianyi really accepted the bribes from the Crown Prince of Java before he started to protect the Crown Prince of Java?"
Li Mingrui couldn't help but spread his hands and smile: "Da Situ asked me, how could I know?"
Guo Yunhou said speechless: "You don't know the complaint you handed in person?"
"That's all fake. I was slowly appeaseing the scholars and people who were making trouble in Shuntian Prefecture. I had no time to investigate Qian Qianyi's affairs. I just learned to learn from the censors and heard about it. Although Qian Qianyi was not a big greed and evil, he must have received the gift from the Crown Prince of Java. Otherwise, he would not have bought another house a month ago. So there is this reason, at least many people believe it."
Chapter completed!