Qi Ziang said proudly, "I dare not. We are just fulfilling our duties as censors. Zhao Lin has this problem, so we raised it. As for the rest, why don't you, General Manager Zhu, investigate what Zhao Lin has done to deserve such a bad reputation?"
Zhu Zhongyan sneered and said to Cheng **, "Your Majesty, these people are jealous of you."
Cheng** looked down at Qi Ziang and others with a dark face.
Qi Ziang still held his head high.
"Your Majesty, please dismiss Zhao Lin from his post and investigate him. If the rumors are true, we kneel and apologize."
"Your Majesty, I ask for your order."
These imperial censors began to kowtow.
Zhu Zhongyan said slowly, "Last time, His Majesty said that Zhao Lin was a loyal minister. Anyone who said he had problems was a traitor. Now it seems that the censors are the traitors."
"Shut up! This is a court meeting. How can a servant like you have the right to speak?" Qi Ziang shouted harshly.
Zhu Zhongyan was not angry either. He bowed to Cheng** and said, "It was this servant who spoke nonsense. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
Cheng** said without hesitation: "I pardon you."
Zhu Zhongyan straightened his back and sneered at Qi Ziang.
Qi Ziang took a deep breath, remembering the promises made by those big men, and said, "This minister is acting for the country and the people. I am not the treacherous minister that Zhu Zhongyan said I am. Your Majesty, please understand."
Cheng ** said coldly: "You are not traitors, so Zhao Lin, who you impeached, is a traitor?"
Qi Ziang said, "He is not a traitor, but a flatterer. He is a flatterer who deceives the emperor and brings disaster to the world. I request that this flatterer be executed as a warning to others."
Cheng** is about to start swearing.
But more ministers joined the impeachment.
Among them are even members of the princeling party.
They were all scared.
They were afraid that once Zhao Lin entered the center, he would pose a threat to them.
Being young is both a disadvantage and an advantage.
Cheng** said angrily: "Shut up!"
After everyone shut up, Cheng** took a few breaths in anger before saying, "They say Zhao Lin is a traitor, but I think you are the ones who are the traitors."
"He just gave me some money, what's wrong with that? Does giving it to you mean he's a loyal minister?"
The ministers knelt down hurriedly: "We dare not."
"Don't dare? I don't think you dare. The people of Jiujiang are living in such hardship, their livelihood is so destitute that they are almost forced to eat their own children. Yet, none of you cabinet ministers are doing anything about it. Instead, you are slandering Zhao Lin here. I think you just have too much free time."
Cheng** cursed, "You guys should be fired and investigated."
Li Chengqian couldn't help but stand up and say, "Your Majesty, although what you have said may be a bit excessive, you are indeed loyal to your country. Zhao Lin imprisoned and killed an imperial envoy, let's forget about that, but he actually replaced the entire governor's office with his own people. If everyone did this, what would the court do? Therefore, we ask Your Majesty to issue an order to punish him."
"Master Li, this is wrong."
Fu Chengwang just stood up and prepared to speak, but Cheng ** waved his hand and said, "Don't say anything, I'll do it."
Cheng ** stared down at Li Chengqian and said, "Zhao Lin's memorial clearly stated that the Ministry of Personnel was too slow to select personnel and could not handle the matter in a timely manner. Therefore, some people were temporarily appointed to official positions, and the Ministry of Personnel would assign people to the positions later. Are you too old to remember and forget, or are you too old to hear and not hear? Hmm?"
Li Chengqian had not expected Cheng Xiao to protect Zhao Lin to such an extent, and he quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I have spoken nonsense. Please calm down."
Cheng ** said coldly: "You are talking nonsense, all of you are talking nonsense. Do you really think I am confused and easy to fool? I tell you, everything Zhao Lin did was approved by me. If you impeach him, you are impeaching me! I will stand up and give you this seat!"
Cheng**'s words frightened all the ministers.
They all knelt and said in unison, "Your Majesty, please calm down! This is all our fault. Your Majesty, please don't be angry."
Cheng ** sneered, "Of course it's your fault. You think everything Zhao Lin did was wrong, but I tell you, he did nothing wrong. Everything he did was sent to me in secret letters, and I agree with everything."
Li Chengqian said helplessly, "Your Majesty, even if those people are guilty, the Ministry of Justice or the Dali Temple should send people to investigate, instead of Zhao Lin covering up everything."
Cheng** said: "Of course the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple should send people to investigate."
The ministers were stunned.
Cheng** said, "Zhao Lin sent those people here, you guys go investigate."
The ministers were speechless.
It’s all been delivered, what else is there to check?
Do they really care if those people commit crimes?
What they care about is whether they can bring Zhao Lin down.
An impeachment ended in vain.
The property traveled by water, and the prisoners traveled by land, so there was a difference of several days in between.
But it's just right.
When these prisoners entered the Ministry of Justice, a carriage also arrived outside the Jiujiang Governor's Office.
"Please report to Lord Zhao that an old friend from the capital is visiting."
A maid came down and said to the doorman.
The doorman hurried in to report.
Zhao Lin frowned slightly: "Old friend from Beijing?"
He didn't have many old friends in the capital, and people like Bai Shicheng naturally didn't count.
Speaking of old friends, there are only two and a half.
Two are Sudi and Zhang Dashan, and half is Wang Ziyao.
Could it be the two of them?
Zhao Lin said, "Please come in."
When the so-called old friend came in, Zhao Lin's face suddenly darkened: "Kick him out!"
"slow!"
Zhao Mingzhu quickly said, "Zhao Lin, you and I are family, how can we not even talk to each other?"
Zhao Lin said disgustedly: "I have nothing to say to you."
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