Returning to the Ming Dynasty as a Corrupt Emperor

Transmigrated to the Great Ming Dynasty, I became Emperor Zhu Youxiao, the Carpenter Emperor. Well then, I'll hide behind the scenes; I'll take the blame, and you all go die.

Chapter 133 Wei Zhongxian takes action

Zhao Nanxing felt bitter in his mouth, and he knew in his heart that the emperor still did not trust people like him, and he needed to do more.

Asking myself to go back to the Ministry of Industry to check, how do I check?

It would be impossible not to find something. But I know how deep the water is here. If I really dig deep, I might even find the entire Ministry of Industry.

Although I am not involved in this, if I investigate it myself, I will end up getting myself involved.

If you let someone else investigate, then you just need to prove your innocence.

There were mixed feelings in his heart, but Zhao Nanxing had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I obey your order."

After Zhao Nanxing stepped down, the matter came to a temporary end.

But everyone knows that this is just the beginning, not the end.

At the same time, many people were waiting quietly, even lowering their heads even lower, waiting for the next wave of attacks.

Liu Yijing is not done yet, and Zhao Nanxing will not let it go either.

"Your Majesty, I have a memorial to report." After Zhao Nanxing stood back, another person stood up.

Everyone turned to look at the person who stood up this time.

This time it was still an imperial censor.

With the previous experience as a lesson, everyone was on high alert this time. Who knew what these imperial censors would do next?

Zhu Youxiao also looked at this person, and he found that he still didn't know him, so he felt a little embarrassed.

However, Wang An, who was standing beside him, was more tactful and approached Zhu Youxiao directly and said, "Your Majesty, this man is Cui Chengxiu, and he is the Imperial Censor of the Metropolitan Censorate."

I didn’t expect that this person was Cui Chengxiu.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but look at him carefully.

You have to know that this person is so famous that he basically has no bottom line.

In history, after Cui Chengxiu was promoted to the position of Censor, he toured Huai and Yang. During this period, Cui Chengxiu was reported by the Chief Censor Gao Panlong for corruption and was dismissed from his post and awaiting punishment.

So he went to Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the eunuch party, kowtowed and wept, begging to be adopted as his son.

At that time, Wei Zhongxian was under attack from his ministers and was seeking external support, so he took Cui Chengxiu in and redressed his grievances and restored his official position. As a result, Cui Chengxiu hated the Donglin Party to the core and was the vanguard of Wei Zhongxian's opposition to the Donglin Party.

He compiled the names of Donglin Party members and non-Donglin Party members into "Records of Comrades" and "Records of Heavenly Mirrors" respectively, and presented them to Wei Zhongxian so that he could promote his own kind and crack down on dissidents.

It can be said that this person is a counselor under Wei Zhongxian, and naturally he has no bottom line when doing things.

The fact that Cui Chengxiu recognized Wei Zhongxian as his godfather shows how despicable his character was under the universal values ​​of that era.

However, Zhu Youxiao didn't care much about it. Cui Chengxiu was the best candidate for a cruel official. So Zhu Youxiao was quite looking forward to him.

Glancing at Cui Chengxiu, Zhu Youxiao said, "Just tell me what you want to say."

"Your Majesty, the Donglin Clan's involvement in a clique-based conspiracy is irrefutable. The East Depot has already uncovered numerous individuals who have indeed falsely accused Xiong Tingbi and colluded with Li Ruzhen. They manipulated the Liaodong military budget and undermined discipline. Within the court, they protected Li Ruzhen, Yao Zongwen, and others, committing the greatest evil!"

"I request that this case be designated a major one and thoroughly investigated from top to bottom. All those implicated must be severely punished. This case is of such serious importance that I believe we should select capable individuals to conduct a thorough investigation!"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Cui Chengxiu and didn't quite understand.

Although what should have happened in history has not happened yet, Cui Chengxiu should not have defected to Wei Zhongxian yet. Why does he look so much like he is in cahoots with Wei Zhongxian today?

Is this the revisionist nature of history?

You know, I have handed the case to the Censorate and the Dali Temple before, but what did they do?

Since Yang Lian and Zou Yuanbiao had already been arrested for this matter, it was naturally impossible to hand it over to them now.

Who can the rest be handed over to? That is, the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang.

Cui Chengxiu's meaning was very clear, which was to let Wei Zhongxian preside over the investigation of this major case.

Although Zhu Youxiao had already placed the person in the East Factory, he only let Wei Zhongxian interrogate him and had no intention of turning it into a major case.

This guy Cui Chengxiu is just making things bigger, and it's a matter of no benefit.

However, all those present were veterans, and they already understood what this person meant. This person was colluding with Wei Zhongxian of the East Factory.

Wei Zhongxian now controls the East Factory and has the deep trust of His Majesty. It is expected that he will reach out to the court.

Naturally, there would be people in the court who colluded with Wei Zhongxian, because there were too many people with no bottom line.

But no one expected that Cui Chengxiu would be so shameless!

It would be fine if you just defected to Wei Zhongxian, but why did you say such things so loudly?!