Chapter 583 Impeachment
Xiao Yu is by no means a fool. On the contrary, he is very politically astute.
He was born in the Daliang royal family of the Southern Dynasty. His father's name was Xiao Kui, who was Emperor Ming of the Later Liang Dynasty. His sister was the concubine of Yang Guang, the Jin king of the Sui Dynasty, the Empress Xiao who had been the emperor for six times. His wife was the niece of Empress Dugu, the mother of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. Li Yuan is the nephew of Queen Dugu, and Li Yuan and Xiao Yu’s wife are cousins...
Is this family background good or bad? Growing up in this kind of family, I have been influenced by my ears and eyes since I was a child, and I have an exquisite heart with seven orifices.
Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian abolished Daliang, and Xiao Yu entered Chang'an with his eldest brother Huizong Jing Emperor Xiao Cong. His brother was sentenced to death by Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, but Xiao Yu was able to survive and deal with it. Then he defected to Li Yuan and eventually became one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion...
Such a person who has had many ups and downs in his life naturally has an extremely thoughtful mind.
He dared to rely on his status as a Qingliu to gather the civil servants of the Jiangnan gentry in the court, and initiated the impeachment of Fang Jun to resist His Majesty Li Er's tentacles extending to the south of the Yangtze River. He was determined that in the face of such a huge wish as the Eastern Conquest of Goguryeo, His Majesty Li Er's The first choice must be to unite the Jiangnan nobles, and they will never attack the Jiangnan nobles brazenly.
In other words, the impeachment of Fang Jun this time was not actually directed at Fang Jun or a certain person, but was just an attitude of the Jiangnan nobles.
Emperor, we support whatever you want to do, but if you want to tamper with our interests, you can't!
However, now, things have gone beyond Xiao Yu's original intention.
This must be someone secretly coercing the original intention of the Jiangnan nobles and pushing the scale of the trend to an uncontrollable level.
Now, Fang Xuanling is even involved...
Xiao Yu was born into a noble family and was a minister of the Sui Dynasty together with Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan. He looked down on Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wen Yanbo, Wei Zheng and others who were of low origin. He often had disputes with them when discussing political affairs, and often made disrespectful remarks to them even in front of His Majesty Li Er. He has a straightforward nature and cannot tolerate others' shortcomings. Whenever he sees Fang Xuanling and others making mistakes, he blames them and often belittles them.
But this doesn't mean that Xiao Yu doesn't understand Fang Xuanling's status!
That is the most powerful arm beside the emperor. It is not an exaggeration to call him the minister of the humerus! Fang Xuanling was as famous as Du Ruhui at that time. After Du Ruhui's death, he was compared with Changsun Wuji. In terms of closeness and closeness, Changsun Wuji was better, but when it came to the emperor's dependence, no one in the civil and military dynasties could surpass Fang Xuanling!
Is someone trying to attack Fang Xuanling?
Or to instigate Jiangnan nobles and plunge Jiangnan into chaos?
This trend started by him was no longer under his control. All he could do was to wait and see.
Xiao Yu felt a deep sense of powerlessness, cold sweat dripping down his face, and he was extremely frightened when he thought about it...
You can hear a needle drop in the hall.
Who is Fang Xuanling?
To actually implicate Zai Chao on such an unfounded charge, is it courageous, or is someone backing him up?
The situation was unclear, and no one dared to express an opinion easily. Even the ministers who were close to Fang Xuanling remained silent and waited to see what would happen.
The heroic face of His Majesty Li Er sitting on the throne was as gloomy as water, without any sign of joy or anger.
Another supervisory censor next to Xie Wenju came out and said: "The weak minister censor Zhang Fang impeached Chongxian Palace Secretary Fang Jun. Relying on his father's power, he repeatedly beat princes, important ministers, and officials, and even beat monks on the streets of Chang'an. He is seriously injured, arrogant, domineering, and has no regard for the king's law. I beg your majesty to investigate clearly and punish him severely so that the law of the country can be rectified and the people of Guanzhong can have a bright future. "
The civil and military ministers on the side looked at each other, and they all saw that they were really going to involve Fang Xuanling!
As soon as Zhang Fang finished speaking, another person came out of the class and said: "Wei Chen supervises the censor Duan Ziming and impeaches Chongxian Palace Secretary Fang Jun for embezzling wood, stone and other materials from the Ministry of Industry for building a mansion. The amount is huge and shocking! ”
There was silence in the hall.
The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs subconsciously looked at the other supervisory censors who had not yet spoken.
It is said that there were many supervisory censors in the Tang Dynasty...
The Yushitai of the Tang Dynasty was divided into three courtyards. The Supervising Yushituan belonged to the Chaoyuan, which had a low rank but wide authority. "New Book of Tang·Hundred Officials Three" contains: "There are fifteen supervisory censors, who are under the eighth rank. They are responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, patrolling prefectures and counties, prison litigation, military affairs, sacrifices, camp operations, and the cashier of the Taifu. They all came here to know the left and right rooms of the court and the outline of the hundred ministers. ”
To put it simply, these guys are not big officials, but they are in charge of heaven, earth, and even the emperor. There is nothing they cannot control!
The most important point is that these censors can "tell things based on rumors"!
Rumor reports originated from the "Three Gong Rumor Reports" in the Han Dynasty. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three princes and ministers could impeach officials with less than 2,000 shi to the governor based on rumors. It was called "rumor reports". In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it became a special feature of the censors. By the Tang Dynasty, power had become a national law.
As the name suggests, the so-called hearsay means that as long as you have heard about it, you can verify it or not, and it can be used as the basis for impeachment.
Of course, pure hearsay and "the same as hearsay" after verifying the materials have different meanings, but they are powerful enough!
Especially for an official with a bad reputation like Fang Jun, it is simply fatal! Although he may not necessarily be punished by national law, it is easy to be demoted and dismissed from office!
The so-called "three men make a tiger" means that so many censors all impeached one person, and the charges were so varied. Generally speaking, the impeached official is simply "bad" and has become a shame in the officialdom. , it’s not an exaggeration to enter the eighteen levels of hell...
The emperor favored Fang Jun. This was inevitable and everyone knew it.
But in order to favor one minister, he would violate the entire country's system or even depose him. Which is more important is self-evident.
This is the confidence of these supervisory censors!
The most important thing is that Fang Xuanling is now involved...
According to general logic, the following conclusion can be drawn based on the imperial censor's impeachment memorial - as long as Fang Jun's charges are proven and the emperor punishes him, then it proves that the impeachment is successful and the memorial is correct. Then, the "reliance on the memorial" above "The power of his father" is logically correct...
At the very least, Fang Xuanling's reputation as a "bad teacher" will never go away.
This is a huge blow to Fang Xuanling, who is almost morally flawless, and will definitely have an immeasurable impact on Fang Xuanling's reputation.
No one dared to speak out rashly.
The atmosphere in the hall was so solemn that it was almost suffocating...
At this time, Ma Zhou, a member of Zhongshushe, took a step forward, walked out of the train, and started to say: "There is a common saying among the people: catch the traitor and catch the double, catch the thief and get the stolen goods. This is the law of the country, and it also emphasizes that everyone gets the stolen goods and all the material evidence is available. . Without evidence, how can the criminal be convinced to plead guilty? Now, many supervisory censors have jointly impeached Fang Jun. There is no clear evidence to support the authenticity of what he said. Therefore, I ask your Majesty to think again. "
Xie Wenju, the supervisory censor, then said: "The words of Zhongshu Sheren are wrong. As the supervisory censors of the censorship station, I heard that reporting affairs is a sacred function endowed by the laws of this dynasty. As long as the second-rank officials in the dynasty are All the officials below can be impeached, why is Fang Jun an exception? Do you still want to defend such a scum who has no moral integrity and disregards the law of the country? "
This man was very articulate, and even when faced with the emperor's most favored and trusted man, Ma Zhou, from Zhongshushe, he was still aggressive!
Of course, no one can tell how much of this is so-called righteousness and how much is jealousy...
Both are young officials. He comes from a wealthy family, but Ma Zhou comes from a humble family. But now he is working as a disgusting censor. He can only think about impeaching this and impeaching that all day long. If he wants to climb up, he must Offend others to the point of death; but what about Ma Zhou? He stays with the emperor every day, dealing with state secrets, dealing with high-ranking officials, princes and nobles...
Without contrast, there is no harm.
Many young officials from wealthy families in the Manchu Dynasty were jealous of Ma Zhou. When they saw Xie Wenju confronting Ma Zhou, they couldn't help but secretly cheer in their hearts, regardless of whether they were on the same side or not!
Who is Ma Zhou?
How could he be suppressed by his small means? He smiled slightly and ignored Xie Wenju. Instead, he said to His Majesty Li Er: "Your Majesty, I heard that it is the law of this dynasty to report things. This move can open up the world of speech. No. Being convicted for speaking out is really an enlightened move by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and Wei Chen wholeheartedly supports it. But Wei Chen also knows that the authenticity of the rumors must be verified, so please monitor it! The censor only heard about the matter, and even if he could severely punish those who committed the most heinous crimes, he would only rely on His Majesty's imperial edict and his arbitrariness to find out the facts. Wouldn’t it be more fair to bring those who have acted recklessly to justice and rectify the laws of the Tang Dynasty? ”
As soon as these words came out, Xie Wenju's expression changed. (End of chapter)