Chapter 1298 Sudden impeachment!
On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Ministry of Revenue of Daqian
Although tomorrow is New Year's Eve, according to the court's regulations, the government offices of various ministries must still work normally at this moment. However, the regulations are still in place. At this moment, all the employees of the Ministry of Revenue, including clerks, directors, and doctors, are slacking off. The entire Ministry of Revenue is also very idle at this moment, and everyone is immersed in the festive atmosphere of the New Year.

The Minister of Revenue Gu Sansi naturally noticed the current situation of the Ministry of Revenue, but he did not say anything. After all, it was New Year's Day tomorrow, and it was normal for everyone to be unintentional at work today. Not to mention others, but Gu Sansi himself, he had no thoughts of work at this time and only wanted to go home after get off work.

For Gu Sansi, this year's New Year is different from previous years. The difference does not refer to the change of dynasty, from the Da Zhou Dynasty in the past to the Daqian Dynasty now!
Although the change of dynasties is a big event, it did not make much difference to Gu Sansi. In Gu Sansi's view, the change of dynasties was just a change of name. There was no change in Gu Sansi's work and life. He still did the job he was familiar with.

If there is any difference, it is that because of the Chen family’s case, Gu Sansi’s position as the Minister of Personnel was dismissed by Ye Mingsheng. Although the position of the Minister was dismissed, Ye Mingsheng still kept Gu Sansi in office to observe and continue to let Gu Sansi do the work of the Minister of Personnel·····················

When Ye Mingsheng ascended the throne this time, he issued a general amnesty and restored Gu Sansi's title of Minister of Personnel, but for Gu Sansi, this was only better than nothing.

After Ye Mingsheng ascended the throne this time, he also rewarded people according to their merits according to the usual practice. Many veteran heroes of the Fengwu Army received a large amount of wealth. Gu Sansi also received a fortune including a three-story house, two shops, and other items with a total value of fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver.

Everyone around Gu Sansi was very happy about this, but Gu Sansi was not interested. Gu Sansi would not say that he was not interested in wealth. After all, people always need food, clothing, shelter and transportation throughout their lives, and all these require wealth to support.

But wealth is definitely not what Gu Sansi is pursuing, otherwise, with Gu Sansi's current power, it would not be a problem for him to get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!
Compared to wealth, Gu Sansi values ​​power and title more. It is quite embarrassing for Gu Sansi at present. He is now a second-rank Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Currently, there are only two people in the entire court who have power above him, Ye Mingsheng and Cui Shao. There is no need to mention Ye Mingsheng, and Cui Shao does not seem to have any plans to retire. Therefore, it is difficult for Gu Sansi to make any breakthrough in power in a short period of time!

Although Gu Sansi had never told anyone about it, he still longed for the title in his heart. After all, the title could be passed down to future generations.

Strictly speaking, Gu Sansi can be considered as the son of an official. His Gu family had ancestors who produced high-ranking officials such as prefects, as well as other government officials. However, the Gu family had fallen into poverty by their generation, and was not much different from a poor family...
In addition, Gu Sansi had a complicated relationship with the Gu family, so Gu Sansi always regarded himself as a child of a poor family. This also led to Gu Sansi being very disgusted with the aristocratic families for a long time. He believed that these people were all parasites of the court, a group of despicable and incompetent people who were just occupying their positions for nothing!

However, people do change. When Gu Sansi followed Ye Mingsheng and gradually reached the pinnacle of his life and became a powerful official in the court, his thoughts also changed imperceptibly. The poor scholar who once had great ambitions but could not fulfill his ambitions became the person he once hated and despised the most!
Sometimes when he couldn't sleep at night, Gu Sansi's face would become hot every time he thought of this. Although he felt ashamed, Gu Sansi was still very honest in his heart. He hoped that Ye Mingsheng could confer him a title so that his descendants would also become nobles from then on!

Gu Sansi felt that with his merits he was fully worthy of a title. Even if he could not be directly made a duke like Cui Shao, at least a marquis should be his due!
However, expectations and results are often contrary to one's wishes. Although Ye Mingsheng restored his title of Minister of Revenue and rewarded him with a lot of wealth, he did not give Gu Sansi the title he wanted most. When he saw those generals celebrating after being conferred the title, Gu Sansi felt very uncomfortable!
Gu Sansi couldn't help but think, since Your Majesty can break the rule that only those with military merit can be granted a title of nobility for Cui Shao, why can't you make an exception for yourself?
Although Gu Sansi really wanted to ask Ye Mingsheng this question, he did not have the courage in the end and could only choose to accept it all silently···············

For Gu Sansi, the real difference between this year's Chinese New Year and previous years is that he spent previous Chinese New Years with Chen Wanting. Although Gu Sansi and Chen Wanting love each other very much, on the day of Chinese New Year when the family is reunited, it is inevitable that he will feel lonely with only two people. Gu Sansi also misses his children and old father who are far away in Liaoyang.

This year, Gu Sansi's children and old father also came to Yijing. It is definitely a very happy thing for Gu Sansi to be able to celebrate the New Year with them. He has thought about the warm scene of his family celebrating the New Year together many times, and now he will soon get his wish!
Although it was wonderful for the family to celebrate the New Year together, the only flaw was that his original wife, Wang, also came to Yijing!
Although many years have passed, Wang has not changed at all. Her speech and behavior are still those of a rural woman from Liaoyang. She speaks and acts very rudely, as if she still treats the residence of the Minister of Revenue as the countryside of Liaoyang.

If it were just that, Gu Sansi would have endured it. After all, Wang had been alone in his hometown of Liaoyang for so many years, raising his children and taking care of his old father. So Gu Sansi still felt somewhat indebted to Wang.

What really made Gu Sansi unable to explain was that after Wang came to the Gu Mansion, she not only wanted to act like the eldest wife, but was also very hostile to Chen Wanting. Not only did she publicly say that Chen Wanting was a whore, she also cursed Chen Wanting in private to kill two people...
Gu Sansi was also very angry about this. He also gave Wang a good beating and severely warned Wang.

At the same time, because Chen Wanting was about to give birth, Gu Sansi directly blocked the news about these things in the mansion and did not dare to let Chen Wanting know at all.

Although Wang was locked up for several days and she promised not to do similar things in the future, Gu Sansi knew that it would not be long before she would return to her old ways, and the Gu Mansion would be in turmoil again. Thinking of this, a terrible idea emerged in Gu Sansi's mind.

As soon as he realized this idea, Gu Sansi was also shocked by it. After all, no matter what, Wang Shi had done him a favor. She had raised children and taken care of the elderly for him in Liaoyang for so many years. He could never have such an idea.

Just when Gu Sansi threw this terrible idea out of his mind, a clerk came in and reported to Gu Sansi:

"Your Excellency, Minister Zhang requests to see you!"

Gu Sansi was a little surprised to hear the news. It was less than an hour before get off work was due. Why did Zhang Xiong come to find him instead of going home for the New Year?

Seeing that Gu Sansi didn't say anything, the clerk hesitated for a moment and added:
"Mr. Shangshu, Minister Zhang seems to be in a hurry. Maybe there is something urgent!"

Gu Sansi was even more curious about Zhang Xiong after hearing this. What urgent matter was there at this time? He immediately opened his mouth and gave an order:

"Let him in!"

"Yes!" Following Gu Sansi's order, Zhang Xiong, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, hurried in. As soon as he saw Gu Sansi, he couldn't wait to say:
"Something big has happened to the Shangshu-sama!"

"Minister Zhang, please take your time and there is no rush..."

"Minister Gu, news just came from the Censorate that Lord Chu impeached seventeen Youyan officials, including Youyan's deputy governor and councillor, to Your Majesty this morning!"

"Chu Zhiyi accused these seventeen people of twenty-seven crimes including conspiracy for personal gain, violation of discipline, corruption and bribery!"

"Sir, what's going on with Lord Chu? Since he wants to impeach Zheng Ping, let someone give us some information. We just reported to the emperor three days ago that we recommended Zheng Ping to be the deputy provincial governor of Youyan. How should we deal with this?"

Hearing what Zhang Xiong said, Gu Sansi was also stunned. Seeing Gu Sansi's stunned look, Zhang Xiong couldn't help but ask tentatively:

"Sir, didn't you get the news before?"

Facing Zhang Xiong's question, Gu Sansi didn't know how to answer, so he could only ask in a deep voice:

"Is this true?"

"My Lord, it is absolutely true. The memorial may have already reached the Emperor by now!"

Gu Sansi's expression turned gloomy when he heard that. He never expected that the New Year would be tomorrow, and Chu Zhiyi had given him a big surprise today!
Although Chu Zhiyi impeached Zheng Ping, the governor of Youyan, this matter also involved Gu Sansi and the Ministry of Revenue!

This matter started two months ago. Ever since Zhang Zhiwen was transferred to Youyan as the governor, he felt that he and Youyan's deputy governor Zhang Chengzhong were not in sync at work. The two had many disagreements at work, so Zhang Zhiwen privately found Gu Sansi, wondering if he could ask Gu Sansi to transfer Zhang Chengzhong away...

But the problem is that Zhang Chengzhong did not make any mistakes. Therefore, if he was transferred as the deputy governor of Youyan, he would definitely have to be promoted to governor at the first level of G student. However, there are not many suitable positions for governors at this level.

So Gu Sansi politely declined Zhang Zhiwen's request, saying that he could not fulfill your request, and Zhang Zhiwen left in disappointment.

A month later, Zhang Zhiwen found Gu Sansi again. This time, Zhang Zhiwen also said that if Zhang Chengzhong could not be transferred, then could Zheng Ping, the assistant to the Youyan Provincial Administration, be promoted to deputy provincial administration minister, so that the Youyan Provincial Administration would have two deputy provincial administration ministers instead of one.

Gu Sansi was very embarrassed about Zhang Zhiwen's request, but Zhang Zhiwen's attitude was very sincere. In addition, he had already rejected Zhang Zhiwen once before, so it was really difficult for Gu Sansi to reject Zhang Zhiwen this time.

Although Zhang Zhiwen said that Zheng Ping was a good leader, excellent at work and had a strong work style, Gu Sansi did not dare to believe him, so he asked Shen Changhong, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, to send someone to investigate Zheng Ping. The result of the investigation was exactly the same as what Zhang Zhiwen said, so Gu Sansi no longer had any doubts, and together with Zhang Zhiwen, he submitted a joint memorial to Ye Mingsheng, asking Ye Mingsheng to approve Zheng Ping as the deputy governor of Youyan!
Originally Gu Sansi thought that no matter whether Ye Mingsheng approved it in the end, the matter would end here, and he had done his best for Zhang Zhiwen...
But Gu Sansi never expected that Chu Zhiyi would appear at this time!
Even though Gu Sansi had asked Shen Changhong to investigate Zheng Ping before, and the investigation results showed that Zheng Ping had no problems, Gu Sansi knew that Chu Zhiyi was a cautious person, and if he did not have solid evidence, he would never report Zheng Ping.

Therefore, Gu Sansi was still very worried. After all, once it was confirmed that Zheng Ping had a problem, not to mention Zhang Zhiwen, he, Gu Sansi, would also be the one to suffer the consequences. This was a complete disaster for him!
Thinking of this, Gu Sansi felt a little resentful towards Chu Zhiyi. It was not a secret when the Ministry of Revenue investigated Zheng Ping before, so if you, Chu Zhiyi, knew about it, you should tell me and tell me that there might be something wrong with Zheng Ping. Then I would definitely not recommend him!
Even if you didn't know that the Ministry of Revenue was investigating him at the time, given our relationship, you should have informed me before impeaching him, let me know that there was something wrong with Zheng Ping, and then think about remedial measures. If you impeach him directly now, it will make it difficult for everyone!

Just when Gu Sansi was feeling very upset, Zhang Xiong continued to ask:
"Sir Shangshu, do you think we should do something now?"

"Sir, I think the most urgent thing is to find out whether Zheng Ping is really a traitor as Lord Chu wrote in his impeachment!"

Hearing Zhang Xiong's question, Gu Sansi realized that now was not the time to be angry and quickly ordered:

"Go to the Imperial Guards Department now and ask Director Ye whether the Emperor has read our memorial recommending Zheng Ping. If the Emperor has not read it, please ask Director Ye to suppress the memorial temporarily!"

"Then call Shen Changhong in. I want to ask him how he conducted the investigation..."

(End of this chapter)