Let's solve the impeachment first, then discuss countermeasures...
This sentence quickly spread throughout the court.
The officials present were all smart people, and they found clues from the words.
If Fan Jingwen supports Fang Yuegong.
Then he will find a way to bypass impeachment and discuss countermeasures directly, rather than resolving the impeachment first and then discussing countermeasures!
So...
Members of the Prime Minister's Party all turned their attention to Fan Jingwen, and as long as he gave a signal, these people would initiate impeachment.
The eunuch party members turned their attention to Gao Shiming and made the same preparations.
The Ministry of Revenue party felt like they were facing a formidable enemy and stood still thinking about how to respond.
The court fell into silence temporarily.
After a moment, someone spoke.
"Your Majesty, the reason why the currency reform has been so slow in the four provinces of Jiangnan is because Fang Yuegong pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed! Under his instructions, some local officials promoted the new policy on the surface, but secretly colluded with local gentry to obstruct the new policy. The gentry kept the silver, the local officials received bribes, and finally sent the money to Fang Yuegong."
"He is using the name of the new policy to amass wealth and engage in corruption. Your Majesty, please investigate!"
After seeing who was speaking, Fang Yuegong was stunned.
The other party is neither the Prime Minister’s Party nor the Eunuch Party, but... the Donglin Party!
What is the Donglin Party trying to do?
Seeing the Donglin Party's attack, the Ministry of Revenue officials immediately stood up and said, "It is already difficult to implement the new policy in Jiangnan, how can you say that they are deliberately obstructing it? This is a naked false accusation, please Your Majesty, please look into it!"
All things are difficult at the beginning!
Led by the Donglin Party, other parties quickly listed various charges and launched an impeachment against Yue Gong.
The members of the Ministry of Revenue Party refuted each point one by one to protect themselves.
"I impeach the Minister of Revenue Fang Yuegong for corruption, abuse of power, delaying national policy, and deceiving the emperor. Your Majesty, please investigate this matter." A member of the Prime Minister's party stood up.
"Everyone in the capital knows that the Minister of Revenue is extremely poor. How can he be accused of corruption? As for the other charges, they are completely nonsense. Aren't you afraid of being falsely accused and charged?" Another member of the Ministry of Revenue Party pointed at the other's nose and questioned.
Before the war between them subsided, the eunuch party members took action, "I impeach Fang Yuegong for forming a clique for personal gain!"
Someone immediately retorted: "Master Fang is forming a clique? What a joke! If we talk about forming a clique, your eunuch party ranks first and no one dares to rank second!"
"Wei Zhongxian died a long time ago, so where did the eunuch party come from? If you have the guts, speak clearly, who are the eunuch party?" members of the eunuch party said angrily.
"You are it! You are the remnant of the eunuch party!" The person who refuted did not dare to say the three names of Gao Shiming directly and could only insinuate them.
The situation in the court quickly reached a fever pitch.
Chongzhen observed for a while and sorted out the connections between the various forces in the court.
The first to launch the attack were the Donglin Party.
They are also the worst.
They first fabricated charges and took the lead in impeaching Fang Yuegong, and then took the opportunity to fan the flames and expand their momentum.
When others were fooled and followed suit to impeach, they quietly retreated to the sidelines and watched the fight.
In addition to the Donglin Party, there were four other factions in the court.
They are the Prime Minister Party, the Eunuch Party, the Ministry of Revenue Party and some non-partisan officials.
The Prime Minister Party and the Eunuch Party temporarily formed an alliance to impeach Fang Yuegong and the Ministry of Revenue Party.
The Ministry of Revenue party was unable to fight back and could only protect themselves.
Non-partisan officials stood by and watched quietly without saying a word.
Before they understand the specific situation, they will not express any attitude, which will put themselves in a passive position.
The situation in the court escalated, and as more and more people impeached, it began to get out of control.
"I accuse Fang Yuegong of disrespecting the princes in the capital, suppressing the censors, blocking the emperor's eyes and ears, and monopolizing power and disrupting the government!"
"I second the motion!"
"I second this motion!"
"How dare the remnants of the eunuch party slander us? How shameless!"
"Who are you calling the remnants of the eunuch party? You are, and your whole family is!"
"Bah! I'm scolding you! It would be fine if you didn't just surrender on the spot, but you're trying to turn the tables, you dog eunuch!"
"You traitorous bastard!"
"You damned eunuch!"
"You want to curse again?"
"You damn eunuch party! I will kill you today to avenge those loyal people you killed!"
"Come on, I am not a vegetarian either!"
The two officials started to compete with each other.
"Beat him! Beat him to death!"
“Hit him!”
Amid the jeers of other officials, the two officials were forced to take action.
The atmosphere has become so tense that we will not be able to save face if we don't take action.
One of them punched the other on his official hat.
With a bang, the official hat fell to the ground, and his dignity was also knocked away.
When people lose their dignity, they become unscrupulous.
The man whose official hat was knocked off screamed and rushed forward to tear off the other person's official robe.
The two men wrestled with each other.
The beginning is always difficult...
Members of each party have long been dissatisfied with each other, but have never had an excuse or opportunity to take action.
Now the excuse and the opportunity come at the same time.
Under the leadership of these two people, the officials attending the court meeting completely let themselves go.
They looked for each other's opponents in the crowd and then launched a violent attack without any scruples.
"Beat you to death, you bastard!"
"Throwing thunder mother!"
"Damn it, I'm going to fight you!"
Bang!
ah!
Ouch!
Under the punches and kicks, people were constantly hit and groaned in pain.
The court meeting soon turned into a scene of a fight.
Wang Chengen's face turned green.
While ordering the Jinyiwei to stop the chaos, he shouted: "Stop fighting, stop it immediately! This is the court, how can you be so presumptuous!"
The officials in the hall simply didn't listen.
The Donglin Party, in particular, hid behind the crowd and first kicked the members of the Prime Minister Party, and then punched the Ministry of Revenue Party.
Then he took advantage of the chaos to spat at the eunuchs.
After doing this, they quickly stepped aside and pretended to be innocent.
The attacked Prime Minister's Party, the Ministry of Revenue Party, and the Eunuch Party thought that the other side was attacking them, and they immediately became furious and punched the other side fiercely!
The solemn court instantly turned into a scene of chaos.
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