Morning the next day.
After the officials of the class reported the most urgent matters of the day that needed to be discussed between the emperor and the ministers.
According to the previous rules, it was the time when the dynasty dispersed. Unexpectedly, at this time, Cui Wen, the Minister of Household Affairs, suddenly stood up.
"Your Majesty, I am impeaching Yi Changlin, the Minister of Rites, for diverting the money from King Yun's wedding for other purposes without reporting it!
There are suspicions of embezzlement of public funds and even corruption of wedding funds! "
boom!
Lao Shangshu's words immediately caused an uproar in the entire court.
During this period, all the officials in the hall had heard about the fight between the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites.
But I didn't expect that the matter would go to court, and the Minister of Household Affairs would impeach him!
You know, in the officialdom, if you impeach another person in front of hundreds of officials, it must mean that you and this person are no longer at odds with each other.
This shows why Cui Wen's impeachment of Yi Changlin caused such an uproar.
One of these two is the Minister of Hubu, and the other is the Minister of Rites, both of whom are at the level of Liubu Tang officials. When these two people are arguing to this extent, it can be regarded as a sign of turmoil for the imperial court.
Zhao Duan, who was sitting on the throne, watched all this with an expressionless face. There was no doubt that Cui Wen's impeachment was his order.
He could tolerate Yi Changlin's support for the fourth son, but he could not tolerate Yi Changlin using his power to do things for the fourth son, or so blatantly misappropriating public funds earmarked by the imperial court!
He will never allow this!
Therefore, from the moment he learned about this incident, he had already sentenced Yi Changlin to death in his heart!
As for the causal connection behind this matter, he could actually guess that Yi Changlin did this because of the instigation of the fourth child.
But no matter who instigates it, he is the Minister of Rites. If he dares to listen, then he must suffer the consequences!
The rest of this matter will be dealt with later, but this guy can no longer stay in the court.
After Cui Wen was impeached, Zhao Duan immediately looked with a straight face at Yi Changlin, who was in the front row of civil servants below, and asked: "Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites, is the impeachment of Cui Wen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Husbandry, true? Do you have anything to defend?"
What surprised Zhao Duan was that he originally thought that Yi Changlin would at least struggle, say he was wronged, and confess the fourth child, but he didn't expect that he would calmly nod:
"Back to Your Majesty, everything Cui Shangshu said is true and everything is correct.
The guilty minister has indeed misappropriated the money from His Royal Highness Prince Yun's wedding for other purposes without authorization. The guilty minister has no excuse for this and will not excuse it. Please punish me, Your Majesty! "
Seeing Yi Changlin, who seemed ready to admit the matter, all the civil and military officials in the court, including Zhao Duan, were stunned.
But soon, Zhao Duan realized that this was a move by the people behind Yi Changlin to save his coach.
I'm afraid Yi Changlin has no choice, so he is so decisive.
After waving to the side, Cao Shuang immediately came over.
"His Majesty!"
"You are like this, like this..."
Zhao Duan whispered a few instructions in Cao Shuang's ear. Cao Shuang immediately nodded in agreement and quickly went down to do things.
Zhao Duan sat upright again, and finally nodded under the gaze of all the officials: "Since Yi Shangshu admits it, there is no possibility of injustice in this matter.
However, considering that Yi Shangshu has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites for many years without any credit but also with hard work, and the misappropriation was also used for the current prince, you will be exempted from the death penalty.
But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped!
On! Yi Changlin, the Minister of Rites, misappropriated public funds for other purposes without authorization, which was against the law. He should have been beheaded as a warning to others.
In consideration of his past merits and his good attitude in pleading guilty, he is now exempted from the death penalty and sentenced to three thousand miles of exile to Qianzhou County for military confinement! "
As soon as Zhao Duan announced the verdict, all the civil and military officials in the court bowed down and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Yi Changlin also breathed a sigh of relief. He knelt down and bowed to the ground and said, "Yi Changlin, the sinner, thank you for your grace!"
When the incident was over, Yi Changlin was pulled out by the palace guards and stripped of his official uniform.
Zhao Duan discussed with the ministers for a while and decided to re-elect a new Minister of Rites at tomorrow's court meeting.
When the dynasty was about to disperse, Zhao Duan ordered that the fourth prince be fined three years' salary and grounded for one year. No one was allowed to leave the house, otherwise they would be punished with the same crime.
Although the officials were confused as to why His Majesty suddenly acted like this to the fourth prince, they didn't care because it might be a family matter.
By the time Zhao Jun learned the news about what happened in the morning meeting, it was already late afternoon.
At this moment, he had just come out from a duel and got the news.
Suddenly he was a little surprised and asked about the cause and effect. Finally, he smashed his mouth and sighed:
“How come you didn’t realize before that this fourth child’s brain was so inoperable?
This is definitely because the fourth child was tricked by someone, and I don’t know who is reaping the benefits behind the scenes.
Regardless of this, it has nothing to do with us.
By the way, is there any news from home? "
As Zhao Jun spoke, he took the towel handed over by Wang Huaien and wiped the sweat on his face, then sat down and drank a lot of water from the water bag while asking.
Wang Huaien didn't hide anything, and even told all the news that had come from his family during the recent period.
In fact, it was nothing. The first news was that the escort army had the upper hand in the battle between Nanli County and the Shendu King's Capital Army.
After the subsequent recruits arrived, although they were very inexperienced, they greatly added manpower to the expeditionary force.
After having the manpower, the escorts allowed these new recruits to adapt to the battlefield for a few days, and then took them out of the city and took the initiative to find the Shendu King's capital army and start a fight.
After the number of troops was replenished, even though most of the guardsmen were new recruits, the equipment advantage of the expeditionary force made it possible for the expeditionary force to defeat the poisonous Royal Capital army as if they were overwhelming.
From then on, the situation on the entire battlefield began to reverse.
Offense and defense change shape!
The expeditionary force, which originally had reduced its strength, took the initiative to attack and eliminated the Shendu troops who were besieging the expeditionary force's stations one by one.
Immediately, the rhythm of the entire battlefield was completely controlled by the expeditionary force.
For the expeditionary army, the ensuing battle was as easy as an adult beating a child. The expeditionary army not only preserved the territory of Nanli County.
They even defeated Nanli County and captured half of Suge County next to Nanli County.
As they pursue the Shendu King's Capital Army, the expeditionary force gradually expands its sphere of influence. Now, there are two counties controlled by Yunzhou County in the entire Shendu!
The second news is about the problem of refugees. Those who went to Nanli County were resettled in Nanli County.
Those who chose to stay in Yunzhou County also began to work under the arrangements of the government to earn money to support themselves.
In addition, in Yunzhou County, in addition to Yunzhou City, the second city to be built has also been determined.
Less than a hundred miles west of Yunzhou County, there is a small river flowing there, which is suitable for building a new city. When the time comes, the new city can completely use this small river as a water source.
This was a matter of people's livelihood. In other matters, Li Yi and the others did not make any mistakes, so it was nothing major.
But in the end, in addition to asking when Zhao Jun will return, the letter recently asked the prince to take the princess with him when he returns to Yunzhou.
Everyone prepared a surprise for them!
This is Zhao Jun's numb claws, isn't it a marriage? As for exciting them so much?
Zhao Jun said he didn't understand.
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(End of chapter)
