"The problem is that this account cannot be clear at all!" Lu Jing said, "Just say that the military merits reported by the three princes Fengyang King, Zhongcheng King, and Jiangdong King, do our Ministry of War dare to refute even one of them? It is something that the emperor approves of. It doesn’t make sense for us to find fault with it. Mr. Chen Jisheng didn’t care about it at the beginning, but he wanted to be troublesome!”
Not to mention the household department, they have the most things to do...
"Actually, Zhao Yu didn't want to do this at all. When he joined us before, he just followed the plot. He used us as a raft to scare the monkeys. In the future, he will be in charge of the court and it will be easier for him to do things. We both know this well. That’s why he took the initiative to ask you for money and things. This is the meaning of easing the relationship, but you are trying to be tough with others!"
Xiao Chen told them the facts and reasoned.
"The main reason is that there were so many people watching at that time. Master Wenqi and I would lose face if we gave in." Ma Wuming muttered.
"You can pull him down!" Xiao Chen said, "You, Master Ma and Master Chen, are not doing this for the sake of face. You are afraid that if you show mercy to Zhao Yu, your subordinates will scold you, right? Because Zhao Yu will kill everyone If you offend me, you are already a public enemy. You just want to avoid suspicion, so you deliberately make Zhao Yu look bad in public!"
"Look, Mr. Xiao Hou, why do you have to say it?" Ma Wuming smiled shyly.
"Then it has to be like this." Chen Wenqi said, "I can't offend all my men because of one Zhao Yu? I'm still pointing them to do things for me."
"You point your fingers at your subordinates to do things. Even Zhao Yu, who has just taken office, has to point his fingers at his subordinates to do things. So if you are in the first year of junior high school, he must be in the fifteenth year. Otherwise, he will have no prestige at all as the censor of Zuodu. It's like If Liu Qiheng is like that and everyone refuses to accept him, how will the Metropolitan Procuratorate carry out its work in the future?"
"Yeah, so isn't this just stuck here? Originally, we lowered our heads a little and gave him funds to help him repair his house, so that he could use this to get down the stairs. Now you have given him so much Money, what should people do if they have money but they are at the bottom and can't get down?" Ma Wuming said.
"Then why don't we just give him another step down?" Xiao Chen said it easily.
"It's easy for you, Mr. Xiao, to say that. Don't tell him how to step down now. We can't even get off the stage ourselves!" Lu Jing said.
"Since he is doing business with you, you should also do business with him." Xiao Chen lowered his voice, "You ministers must have many disciples in the capital, right? Let them go and inspect them later. If you report some trivial matters to the court, he will have to ignore it..."
"You are not trying to step down for him. Isn't this a show of intimidation?" Chen Wenqi said.
"It looks like a show of force, but in fact it's a step down." Xiao Chen said, "Do you think Zhao Yu is willing to make things worse? He is upright, but he is not a fool! Just do as I say, within three days I guarantee that he will take back his life, shake hands with you, make peace, and reconcile. If that doesn't work, I will ask the young prince to come out and make peace."
"This method of yours is not impossible, but I'm afraid it will anger him and make it self-defeating." Ma Wuming said.
"It wouldn't be good even if the emperor knew about it. He would think that the few of us were colluding with the disciples to cause trouble, and he would blame us. We are not stubborn." Lu Jing said.
"The emperor is so wise, what doesn't he know in his heart?" Xiao Chen said, "The most he can do is scold you twice, and give each of you fifty slaps."
"That's true." Chen Wenqi felt that this method, which sounded a bit absurd, might actually work. No matter whether it works or not, there is always no problem in trying it.
"But you have to remember to find a few stable people who know how to move freely, and don't get some stupid people to screw up the matter. Also, you have to be tough when you are forging, and they all have to be somewhat clear-cut. If you are caught by Zhao Yu, it will really be self-defeating." Xiao Chen warned.
"Anyway, we will listen to you this time. If it doesn't work, we will come back to you!" Lu Jing said.
"Don't worry, my clever plan will definitely work." Xiao Chen said with a smile, "Even if Zhao Yu knows about it, he will definitely be deeply grateful to me."
The three of them left in doubt, and when they returned, they found a group of close disciples. They closed the door and muttered, instructing them to do this, this, and this...
Early the next morning, as soon as the Metropolitan Procuratorate opened its doors, more than a hundred young officials poured in. However, they were not here to cause trouble, but to report the situation to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Because you and the Procuratorate did not do anything in the past, we received a lot of unfair treatment and found many private fraud cases with nowhere to talk about and no way to complain.
Now, you are back to work, and Mr. Zhao Yuzhao is here to make the decision for us. We can all express our bitterness!
Which adult is in charge of money and food? Let me tell you, this is too long to say. Five years ago, I just joined the Ministry of Household Affairs...
Which gentleman is in charge of criminal proceedings? Is this your lord? Then it’s up to you!
I said that this case is very old, and it starts from the time when my relatives had exclusive power...
Since these officials were here to report the situation, and they were well-founded when they spoke, the Metropolitan Procuratorate had no choice but to receive them.
But there were more than 100 people from various departments in the capital, and they reported a variety of things.
The various supervisory officials and supervisory censors in the ministry were all tied up and unable to leave their homes. And looking at this posture, their matter can't be finished in a day or two, or solved in a month or two!
So that day the Metropolitan Procuratorate was busy, but the Sixth Department was quiet. When they got off work in the evening, these young officials left one after another, but the matter was not finished yet. They agreed to come back early tomorrow morning...
"Master Zhao, I see these grandsons are here to cause trouble on purpose!" Shen Wen did nothing the whole day. He just listened to an official from the Ministry of Revenue talking nonsense to him!
Although it was all nonsense, he still had to listen, because the things they listed were all well-founded, but it was so old that there was no way to investigate!
Many of the parties involved even died...
"Yes, after talking for a long time, nothing serious happened!" Wang Jian said, "What's more, he even sued Cheng Youwen. How long has it been since Cheng Youwen was dead?"
"What's even more outrageous is that a guy from Jiangdong County actually dug up all the rubbish that happened during Shi Mingwen's lifetime!" Li Wentao said, "How tall has the grass grown on Shi Mingwen's grave? How do you check this? Ah this? There are also reports of Shi Mingtao and Lin Handong and even the Queen Mother..."
"This is not outrageous. There is a boy who insists on impeaching Gong Shouli for taking concubines. He has nothing to do with this matter! Don't talk about him, we can't care about him either! We must say that Gong Shouli is Those who take concubines when they are eunuchs are delaying the youth of those women...ah, bah!"
The more Shen Wen talked, the angrier he became. His nose was so angry that his nose was crooked.
