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74 The East Factory

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately said lightly: "The big companion is the old man around me. I can trust you. If you want to punish you, who else can I use?"

Cao Huachun felt warm in his heart. When he was about to respond, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "But the big companion still needs to take good care of his subordinates. The five hundred new military service must be used well. When the agreed deadline comes, I want to see how these people perform. I hope I won't disappoint you!"

"I will train them well and will definitely take good care of my subordinates!" Cao Huachun hurriedly promised when he heard this.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, and then ordered him: "I will give me a result as soon as possible in the matter of the Imperial Horse Prison. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I will go back immediately to supervise this matter!" Cao Huachun hurriedly promised, and then left in a good mood.

As soon as he left, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, then passed the imperial edict and summoned the censor Liu Meicai to meet him.

At this time, Liu Meicai was talking about the morning court with her colleagues Yang Zhiqi and others. It was nothing more than that they were worried about the activity of the East Factory.

So they went to find Zuodu Censor Zhong Du, and I spoke in one word.

"Sir, you can't let the Dongchang man do whatever he wants, otherwise something will happen sooner or later!"

"Yes, Eunuch Cao didn't know why he took the wrong medicine. He used to be well, but why are he going to work hard now?"

"You must not forget the lessons of the past. During the Tianqi Dynasty, have you not experienced the disaster of Wei Yin?"

“…”

Zhong Xu actually had a headache about this. Seeing a large number of censors rushing to him, he waved his hand and said, "Don't care too much. Eunuch Cao is a human being. After so many years of being together, you should have all understood him. He shouldn't be a person like Wei Yan!"

Speaking of this, when he saw someone trying to refute, he had to raise his hand and signal him to finish his words first: "As far as I know, Eunuch Cao was plotted against this time, and someone first reported to the emperor that he had something illegal, and he did this to protect himself. I believe that after the trouble, it should be fine!"

"Sir, you can't say that!" Yang Zhiqi retorted, "The Dongchang has added 500 people at once, which is the time to do a big move. I want to say that instead of relying on Dongchang's consciousness, it is better to just stare at Dongchang's every move like Liu Jingshi. However, if there is news, I will report to the emperor, so that Dongchang can be restrained!"

"Yes, sir, our Censorate should take the initiative." Another censor immediately stated, "The emperor also reminded us today that the power of news and reporting is to be indifferent. No matter how other yamen view us, the emperor will blame us!"

"We should let Dongchang know that now is not the Apocalypse Dynasty, and it is not the time for them to do whatever they want!"

“…”

Liu Meicai listened at the side, but she felt a little regretful. Why was she the first to impeach Dongchang? She should have known that although the other censors have their own factions, they are consistent in dealing with Dongchang. But now that she has become the first, she doesn't know if she will be retaliated by Dongchang?

He was thinking, but the direction of discussion changed again.

"The emperor doesn't know what he is thinking, but he actually wants factory guards to supervise the world? Isn't it enough to have us? What are those factory guards?"

"Yes, the emperor himself has also experienced Wei Yin's hand covering the sky. How many years have passed?"

“…”

Seeing this, Zhong Xu found that the emotions of the censors under him had become more intense, so he quickly reached out to signal them to stop and said, "Okay, okay, just do what you do. It's useless to just say it! It's scattered, it's scattered!"

Although he was the Zuodu Censor, he actually did not have much binding force against the censors under his command. In fact, when Zhu Yuanzhang established the rules and regulations of the Censorate, he never thought that the yamen of the Censorate would become a one-man rule. Therefore, the censor faction here has the largest number of censors, each with its own interests. When there is a need, he would move out the Zuodu Censor; when there is a conflict of interests, he could attack the Zuodu Censor and impeach him.

After Zhong Yue finished speaking, when the censor wanted to speak again, an eunuch suddenly appeared and ordered Liu Meicai to meet him.

When everyone heard this order, they immediately thought of Liu Meicai's impeachment of Dongchang in the morning court. Seeing Liu Meicai leaving in a hurry, the Censorate was in an uproar again.

"Why won't the revenge of Dongchang come?"

"Maybe it's true. If the Dongchang doesn't want to be passive, the revenge will definitely come quickly and fiercely! If you want to kill the chicken and scare the monkey, warn me to wait!"

“…”

In the midst of the fierce crowd, someone immediately suggested: "You can't do this. We will write a memorial immediately. We must support Brother Liu!"

"Yes, I know the little thing. This Eunuch Cao might be the next Wei eunuch. We must not let the Chongzhen Dynasty have also appeared!"

“…”

Seeing this, Zhong Xu didn't dare to stop them, otherwise he believed that the censor might impeach him and Cao Huachun to collude with him. Well, if they want to make trouble, they will make trouble first and see what they do before talking about.

In fact, the outer court does not have a particularly effective method. The only thing that can be done is to make money by talking about the crowd, making the emperor believe that the factory guards are doing bad things and doing things that are harmful to the Ming Dynasty. Only in this way can the factory guards be restricted.

Regarding Emperor Chongzhen, based on his past understanding, these censors believed that the possibility of their success in joining together to impeach was still very high.

Besides, Liu Meicai was also a little scared, but he was not afraid much. Because he was not short of money, he never took money from others since he took office. I believe that the factory guards wanted to take revenge on him and would not find any reason. If it was fabricated, he was the censor at least, and there were a group of colleagues here. It would not be so easy for the East Factory to succeed!

Thinking of this, I soon arrived at Wenhua Palace and greeted the emperor with some speculation.

As a result, what he often didn't expect was that Emperor Chongzhen said to him with a smile: "You have impeached Ma Dayong of the East Factory in the morning court. Cao Daban has reported it to me, saying that the situation is true. That Ma Dayong has been taken down by Cao Daban and will be severely punished according to law."

When Liu Meicai heard this, she was stunned. He didn't expect that his impeachment had succeeded! Unexpectedly, he was a little happy and quickly replied: "Your Majesty, the ignorant should have nowhere to hide!"

But he didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen was looking at him after he finished speaking. Because Emperor Chongzhen remembered that the censor in front of him was the first to impeach the Dongchang military service by name, unlike the previous censors who had been talking about it in general.

This kind of impeachment is very aggressive in the morning court. As long as it is said, it will definitely divert everyone's attention. I wonder if he really has to pay attention to the illegal and taboo things in the East Factory, or has other purposes?
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