Unexpectedly, just as Emperor Yong finished speaking, Zhao Chengyuan suddenly knelt in front of Emperor Yong.
"Father, I sincerely request my father to strictly investigate Yunzhou Prefect Zhu Ibis. This person has committed numerous evil deeds, to the point where humans and gods are indignant."
However, Emperor Yong's attitude towards this matter was neither slow nor urgent. "We naturally have to deal with the matter of Governor Yunzhou, but this kind of matter cannot be rushed. We still need to obtain evidence. But it is also a shameless act for Li Yunlan to slander the imperial official like this." .”
Zhao Chengyuan became even more aggressive when he heard that Emperor Yong wanted to play fifty games each.
"Father, what you said is a bit unfair! Li Yunlan never thought of turning these experiences into stories at first. He had no way to complain! He went to the Yushitai first, and the Yushitai asked him to I came back a few days later, and after that, the Yushitai said that this matter was not their business!"
"Then he appealed to the Ministry of Punishment, but was threatened by the Ministry of Punishment if he dared to come and beat him out again! Finally, he appealed to the Shangjing Mansion, and Chen Fuyin of the Shangjing Mansion did say some good things. He said he would not ignore the matter, but in the end he just left. After arriving at Jingfu, I was put in a car and prepared to be sent back to Yunzhou to be handed over to Zhu Ibiszhi for processing."
"Father, you said that if there was no way to appeal, if it wasn't for the three departments to act indifferently, how could he be in such embarrassment today!"
Hearing this, Emperor Yong suddenly had some doubts about Zhao Chengyuan, "How do you know this matter in such detail?"
As soon as everyone heard Emperor Yong's words, they knew that Emperor Yong was suspicious of Zhao Chengyuan. He was probably suspecting that the prince was plotting something secretly.
Zhao Chengyuan was naturally aware of his father's suspicion, so he just said under pressure, "Not only do I know about this matter, but the entire Shangjing City is very aware of it."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Yong couldn't help but look at everyone and said, "Do you know about this?"
Facing Emperor Yong's questions, the people below were silent and did not dare to say a word.
After all, doing this is obviously offensive.
We are all colleagues who look up but never look down. If there is no conflict of interest, no one wants to offend others.
However, when everyone was silent, Jiang Fang suddenly walked out.
He said with firm eyes, "In response to Your Majesty's words, the ministers have also heard about this matter."
Emperor Yong was somewhat surprised when he saw Jiang Fang coming out.
He raised his eyebrows and said, "Where did you hear about this?"
Hearing this, Jiang Fang only whispered, "The story told by the storyteller is indeed wonderful. Although Wei Chen has never heard the story in person, Wei Chen's family always goes to the East Market to buy things. They go to the East Market to buy things." I passed by the big locust tree on my way home and listened to the gentleman's story telling. What they said was wonderful, and Wei Chen also heard a story from a family member."
After saying this, Jiang Fang then said, "I think if you have family members who have been to Dongshi, there will be no one who has not heard of this, right?"
Upon hearing Jiang Fang's words, three or two more people stood up and said, "Wei Chen also heard it."
"Wei Chen also heard it."
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Jiang Fang then added, "Of course it's one thing that we heard about this, but we don't know the details. I'm afraid we have to ask three parties to know the truth. After all, there are many people who falsely accuse others these days." Wei Sui said
Zhao Chengyuan was somewhat surprised to see Jiang Fang come out to speak for him.
After all, they had some interactions in the past because of Concubine Yuxian.
However, after Concubine Yuxian died and his daughter married the third prince Zhao Yanzhen, he could feel that Jiang Fang treated him as a stranger.
If his daughter's choice was not indeed his own, he might even become his own opponent.
So he was a little surprised that he could stand up and tell the truth.
But after hearing what Jiang Fang said later, he realized that Jiang Fang was really on the opposite side of him.
So in the face of Jiang Fang's words, Zhao Chengyuan couldn't help but refute: "Xiang Jiang, what you said is wrong. It may be possible for people to sue for corruption. People have only seen officials corrupt people. How can any people dare to sue officials?" Those who corrupt officials, isn't this just like a son killing his father?"
Hearing Zhao Chengyuan's words, Jiang Fang just smiled slightly and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said it well. If the people corrupt officials, they are actually killing their fathers. This is treason. But it is not that no one takes risks in desperation."
Seeing that Jiang Fang is going to guide him in this direction.
Gao Yizhong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up and said, "Your Highness, when I received this memorial from the Young Minister of Dali Temple, I had actually heard the rumors from outside. If not, I would not have come here to talk to you. In this case."
"Besides, Wei Chen also went to the Yushitai to inquire about it before coming. The Yushitai also said that they had indeed received this matter, but they thought that it was not their responsibility, so they did not dare to take it. , and there are a large number of high-ranking officials in the capital who have accepted bribes from the Zhu family. They did not dare to offend these people, so they were confused and suppressed the matter."
Gao Yizhong's words basically seemed to have been confirmed, and what Li Yunlan said was true.
Hearing Gao Yizhong's words, Emperor Yong said coldly, "The duty of the Yushitai is to inspect all officials. If they act like this, isn't it a dereliction of duty? What's the use of a Yushitai who can't even do his own job well?"
Upon hearing Emperor Yong's words, Gao Yizhong immediately knelt on the ground and said, "What your Majesty said is that as their superior, I didn't know anything about this matter, and it is my fault. I am willing to accept the sanction, and please handle it." Weichen."
Upon hearing what Gao Yizhong said, Emperor Yong was angry, but he still wanted to defend Gao Yizhong, "Yizhong, how can you be the same as them? It's their fault that they did such a thing. It's understandable that you didn't know that you were sick. "
When Gao Yizhong heard what Emperor Yong said, he just whispered, "But this is indeed a minor dereliction of duty. I beg your Majesty to punish Yizhong."
When he heard that Gao Yizhong was still pestering him, Emperor Yong became a little irritated. He only said coldly, "We'll talk about your affairs later."
Then he only told the eunuchs beside him, "Go and invite the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the Yin of the Shangjing Prefecture into the palace. I want to personally interrogate them."
Facing Emperor Yong's orders, the eunuch naturally cooperated very well and passed on Emperor Yong's will.
Not long after that, the Minister of Punishment and the Governor of Shangjing were brought into the palace.
Both of them looked uneasy.
"I have seen your Majesty." The two of them saluted at the same time.
Emperor Yong didn't even raise his hand to signal them to stand up. He just asked the two of them to kneel in the hall, and then he just said, "I called you here today because I have something to ask you."
After a moment of pause, Emperor Yong asked, "Did you receive a Yunzhou native named Li Yunlan a few days ago? He accused the Yunzhou prefect of disregarding human life and abusing power for personal gain."
As soon as Chen Fuyin heard Emperor Yong's question, he immediately shouted, "Your Majesty, you are wronged. How could Weichen take such a case? Weichen is the Yin of Shangjing. He only protects the safety of Shangjing. How could Weichen take care of it?" What about this kind of case?”
After hearing what Chen Fuyin said, Emperor Yong looked at the Minister of Punishment and said, "What about you? Has your Punishment Department taken over this matter?"
Upon hearing this, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice glanced at Gao Yizhong at the Yushitai, and then he only said softly: "Wei Chen doesn't know, so why don't your majesty give Wei Chen some more time, and Wei Chen will go and find out. Once found out, Wei Chen will definitely I will give an explanation to His Majesty."
Emperor Yong didn't seem surprised by their answers.
He just chuckled, "You said you didn't know, but that person said that your Ministry of Punishment threatened him to expel him. You went to the capital and said it didn't happen. However, the person said that you went to the capital and promised to handle the case for him, but then backhanded him. He almost sent him back to Yunzhou."
Upon hearing this, the governor of Shangjing immediately shouted, "Your Majesty, this matter is unique. How could I do such a stupid thing? After all, this matter is not under my control!"
At this time, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice just whispered, "Your Majesty, even the ministers have never heard of this matter!"
"Okay! I've never heard of this. You go to Wuhoupu and bring up Li Yunlan. I want you to confront each other! I want to hear what you all have to say."
"Your Majesty, we never dare to deceive Your Majesty. That person must be making trouble out of nothing." At this time, the two men only said at the same time.
However, Emperor Yong ignored their words.
Soon Li Yunlan was also lifted up.
However, when Li Yunlan was brought up, he was obviously in a state of embarrassment and described himself as trapped.
He was helped into the main hall. After entering the main hall, he crawled on the ground of the main hall. "The common people have seen your majesty. Long live your majesty."
Seeing Li Yunlan's appearance, Emperor Yong just signaled to the visitor to let him continue to crawl on the ground.
After a while, Emperor Yong said, "Are you the Li Yunlan who went to the capital to complain?"
When Li Yunlan heard this, he just said in a low voice, "It's just the common people."
Emperor Yong then said, "Who are you going to sue?"
Li Yunlan looked around, and then said in a low voice, "The common people want to accuse the prefect of Yunzhou of corruption and colluding with Shangguan, making the people of Yunzhou miserable."
"The ordinary people also want to sue the Yushitai, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Shangjing government for their inaction and disorderly actions. If these three ministries had not failed to do their jobs, the ordinary people would not have been wandering around in the capital for ten days but had no way to sue. I can make a living by telling stories under the locust tree."
"It's just that the common people didn't expect that some of them were shameless. The common people didn't complain anymore. They just told the story of the past ten days into a book. Unexpectedly, some of them arrested me and beat me up. And for the sake of They didn't let us tell stories, so they only detained me in Wuhou's shop, and they even injured a Tai student because of this! The life of the Tai student was uncertain, and the common people felt very guilty and regretful."
After hearing Li Yunlan's words, no one in the audience spoke. Finally, Emperor Yong said, "You said you told stories in Dongshi, but you should also tell what you said in Dongshi here. "
Upon hearing Emperor Yong's words, most ordinary people would not dare, but Li Yunlan said, "Okay, the common people are willing to tell your Majesty, let your Majesty hear our sufferings, and ask your Majesty to save you." people. So that they can avoid being in dire straits.”
