Chapter 151 I request your Majesty to kill him!
Jiao Fang looked at Gong Shangwei's leaving figure and fell into deep thought. He naturally wanted the position of chief assistant, but he also wanted the huge profit of more than 60,000 taels each time the Royal Bank could bring him to the Jiao family.
"Jiao Yi, go to Ma Mansion and post a post in the name of the young master, saying that I would like to see you at Mo Wenxuan," Jiao Fang told her housekeeper Jiao Yi.
Soon, Ma Wensheng came as promised. When he saw Jiao Fang, he asked: "Meng Yang, why did you let me come here so mysteriously?"
Since ancient times, it is impossible for the first-in-command and the second-in-command to be too harmonious, and the same is true for the first assistant and the second assistant. Naturally, there are competitions and fights between each other, at least they are not really too close to each other. Now that Ma Wensheng suddenly made a date with him because of Jiao Fang, he naturally felt uncomfortable in his heart. Very surprised.
Jiao Fang stood by the window for a long time and asked: "I wonder what Sir Shoukui thinks of the Royal Bank organized by His Majesty and this so-called financial meeting?"
"Of course the emperor's grace is so great!"
Ma Wensheng didn't know what Jiao Fang meant when he suddenly asked, so he didn't answer directly. He only replied in a rather official manner and raised his hand in the direction of the Forbidden City.
Jiao Fang felt quite unhappy and secretly cursed Ma Wensheng as an old fox, so she had no choice but to throw out the hard news: "Last night, Gong Shangwei, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, came to see me."
When Jiao Fang said this, her tone was very calm and her voice was very low. It was so low that only Ma Wensheng could hear it, but the effect was like a thunder blast in Ma Wensheng's ears. No need for Jiao Fang to say anything more. Ma Wensheng himself could also guess what it meant for his disciple to suddenly go to Jiao Fang.
Ma Wensheng suddenly became angry. He never thought that the disciple he always valued would defect to him directly because he did not support his advice to His Majesty to suspend the Royal Bank! But it was obviously for his own good!
Ma Wensheng knew that he didn't need to fight with Jiao Fang now. After all, she told him everything about his protégé's betrayal of him. It was obviously a sign of goodwill to him, so he confessed directly:
"The Royal Bank is indeed suspected of taking advantage of the people. However, since the establishment of the Royal Bank, the court has no longer worried about the shortage of money and food, whether it is disaster relief, river management, or raising the army. This is also a fact. Therefore, I can't see it now. It’s better to stop or not to stop.”
"Of course we will keep doing it! Publicly speaking, the money and food in the world can be controlled by the court; privately speaking, it is also good for you and me, but it is not good for the gentry and the powerful!"
Jiao Fang said, and then asked: "Sir Shoukui, just tell me directly, do you want your Majesty to close the Royal Bank, or do you not want to? If you don't want to, I will clean up the door for you."
Ma Wensheng thought for a long time before saying: "The Royal Bank is the emperor's will, and the emperor's will cannot be violated! Thank you Mengyang, I will go to court tomorrow morning. I am sick!"
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Zhu Houzhao had already asked Gu Dayong, the admiral of the West Factory, to spread his influence throughout the world. Therefore, soon, Gu Dayong came to Zhu Houzhao and reported: "Your Majesty, my subordinates came to report that yesterday the Chief Minister of the Cabinet Ma Wensheng and the Second Assistant of the Cabinet Yu Mo Wenxuan met in secret, this is what they talked about! ”
Zhu Houzhao looked at the Xichang notebook that Gu Dayong placed in front of him. He looked at it solemnly for a while, and then he smiled happily: "It seems that the money I sent has worked. It has changed the fact that the court only loves internal struggle for power." This is the blessing of the country. Although it is still for personal gain and justice, it is at least better than blindly seeking power and profit. "
Not long after he said that, Zhu Houzhao came to the court. Seeing that Ma Wensheng was not in the first row of Zuoban officials, he asked the censor: "Where is the chief assistant?"
"Replying to your majesty, the first assistant complained of illness today," the censor in charge of roll call replied.
Zhu Houzhao said nothing after hearing this.
At this time, Gong Shangwei, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, was secretly happy. He planned to participate in the impeachment of Ma Wensheng today, and asked Emperor Zhu Houzhao to stop the Royal Bank by participating in the impeachment of Ma Wensheng. Now that Ma Wensheng is not attending the court claiming to be ill, he will avoid participating in the impeachment of Ma Wensheng. It was too embarrassing for me to have this teacher before me.
After a while, Gong Shangwei stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the chief minister Ma Wensheng for being pampered, sitting on a plain diet, slacking off in politics, and running the Royal Bank to benefit the people. As the chief minister, he did not dissuade him. I believe that this Wait for those stupid people to resign and go away!”
Zhu Houzhao was not surprised when he saw that Gong Shangwei, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, would suddenly impeach his teacher. He just said "oh" and asked the eunuch to bring up the memorial. However, at this moment, Jiao Fang, the deputy minister of the cabinet, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Gong Shangwei, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, was even more happy when he saw Jiao Fang coming out. The plan he had agreed with Jiao Fang was that he would first ask Zhu Houzhao to stop the Royal Bank by impeaching Ma Wensheng, and then Jiao Fang would come out to help him. This would mean that he would have the support of a junior minister in the cabinet. I don't have to worry about the emperor not being able to follow his advice.
"Well, Jiao Aiqing has something to report, but it doesn't matter." Zhu Houzhao showed a slight smile and looked very gentle, as if he had no intention of becoming a murderous tyrant.
Gong Shangwei, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, could see that the emperor favored Jiao Fang very much. Even the tone of his speech was different, and he felt happier. He secretly thought that even if this matter could not be solved overnight, Ma Wensheng would be in trouble first. By then, Jiao Fang Going further, it is only a matter of time before the Royal Bank is shut down, and there have long been rumors in the court that His Majesty intends to change the chief minister.
But at this time, Jiao Fang only said: "Last night, Gong Shangwei, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, visited me secretly. He wanted to collude with me to assassinate the chief minister. He said that the chief minister was incompetent and could not control the king. He made the gentry suffer persecution by the factory guards, causing the world to be dark. , the people are not living well, and he is actually a traitor, so he must participate in the impeachment of the chief minister and help him seize the position of chief minister! ”
"Everything I have reported is the truth, and there is absolutely no lie. Your Majesty can ask someone to check if Mr. Gong went to my residence yesterday. Now I still have a token and an official seal left by Mr. Gong. Mr. Gong is so careless!”
As Jiao Fang spoke, she took out the seal and asked the eunuch to give it to Zhu Houzhao.
The entire court became very quiet, and Gong Shangwei, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, was very shocked. He couldn't believe his ears! He didn't expect that Jiao Fang would betray him and say exactly what he said in court. He was extremely angry! He suddenly felt panicked, and became angry and shouted randomly:
"You're talking nonsense! You're framing me! I, I didn't expect you would dare to frame me like this! You asked your maid to accompany me, but I didn't expect that you let your maid steal my seal!"
Zhu Houzhao heard that the amount of information contained in Gong Shangwei's words was quite large. Not only he heard it, but other courtiers also heard it, and they all couldn't help but laugh.
Jiao Fang ignored Gong Shangwei: "Your Majesty! I have no desire for power, nor do I dare to form cliques secretly. This Gong Shangwei is really a villain and disrespectful to Your Majesty. I ask Your Majesty to kill him!"
"They form cliques for personal gain, deceive superiors and deceive subordinates. Such villains are not worthy of standing in the court. I ask your Majesty to kill them!"
At this time, Xu Jinzhan, Minister of the Ministry of War, came out and echoed.
"I ask your Majesty to kill him!" At that time, Wang Hua, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, also stood up, for no other reason. As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he knew the significance of the existence of the Royal Bank to the imperial court and his own family, so he also agreed. .
"I ask your majesty to kill him!" Zhang Cai, the right servant of the Ministry of Personnel, also agreed.
"I ask your majesty to kill him!" Even Zhang Mao, who was in charge of the regiment's military power, also stood up and agreed.
"I ask your majesty to kill him!" Taiping Hou Zhang Jie was no exception.
For a time, both the civil and military ministers of the DPRK and China asked Zhu Houzhao to severely punish Gong Shangwei. Some officials who sympathized with or wanted to speak for Gong Shangwei fell silent unconsciously when they saw this situation.
(End of chapter)