Guo Huan's face was ashen, and countless regrets welled up in his heart.
If he had known this day, he would never have been greedy.
"Your Majesty, I know that I am wrong. I come from a poor family. My father starved to death. My mother took me to remarry. I have been living in the care of others since I was a child, and I have been looked down upon..."
"I can't eat, I can't wear warm clothes, so I'm confused for a moment, Your Majesty..."
Guo Huan once again took out the quotations he cried about the last time he was embezzled.
Trying to impress the emperor and let him live again.
Lao Zhu looked at him sideways, his tone as cold as ice.
"Since your mother is already old, we can be merciful and let her spend the rest of her life in a nursing home. She is purely caused by you."
"If it weren't for you, being disloyal to the court and feeding the common people, your mother would not have lost her trust in her old age. You are unrighteous to the country and unfilial to your mother."
"Jiang Wei, take Guo Huan down to us and give him a good trial. We want to see how many rats there are in the court of the Ming Dynasty."
After saying that, Lao Zhu waved his sleeves and was immediately dragged down by two Jinyi guards.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please spare my people, please spare my people..."
Guo Huan was dragged away, but the heartbreaking sounds continued to come from outside, getting weaker and weaker until they disappeared completely.
Among the ministers in the palace, there were those who felt guilty, and sweat like soybeans fell from their foreheads, but they did not dare to reach out and wipe it clean.
"We gave Guo Huan a chance because we took a fancy to his talent. We took a fancy to children from poor families. It's not easy to be an official."
Lao Zhu still held the jade Ruyi in his hand, and his tone was as gentle as ever.
"He disappointed us, but we still have to give you all a chance, because being an official is hard work."
"Now, if any of you have any dirty relations with Guo Huan, please come forward now and we can handle it as appropriate."
"As long as we return the stolen money, we can save him and his family from death."
Lao Zhu's wise and sharp eyes swept over every official in the hall.
"We only give you half the time to burn incense, think about it yourself."
"If you wait until we find out, don't cry and beg us for forgiveness."
After that, Lao Zhu returned to the throne and began to comment on the memorial on the spot.
He was indeed busy, and he had to make use of even half the time he had to burn incense.
Gu Chen stood in the queue, observing the expressions of those he had impeached.
Seeing them more or less, they all showed confusion and fear.
I debated whether to fall off my horse, and feared what would happen to me and my family.
There are also those who pretend to be calm and plan to fight to the end and try to get lucky.
Zhao Mao, the Minister of Rites, held the wat board tightly, and his heart was twisted into a knot.
He didn't do anything.
But in this year's general examination, Wang Daoheng's son also has to take the exam.
He determines which lines and words in the article have the pattern of words.
It just gave his son a good ranking, and the article was not bad.
He didn't receive much, only five hundred gold. He...
He knew Emperor Zhu's temper. If he didn't stand up and was confessed by Guo Huan later, his whole family would definitely be affected.
But if he fell off his horse, would he be seeking his own death?
Can you believe what the emperor said?
He said he would spare the lives of his whole family, but would he really spare the lives of his whole family?
Think about your old mother, your children, your wife, and your grandchildren.
Zhao Hao finally closed his eyes, walked out of the queue and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty."
He really shouldn't be greedy for the money, nor should he be colluding with Guo Huanhang.
He felt sorry for the court and the people, but he could not harm his family.
For the sake of his family, he had to stand up and find a way for them to survive.
"Okay, if you dare to do it, dare to admit it." Lao Zhu was not surprised at all when Zhao Hao stepped forward: "We will keep our word and don't want the lives of your family members."
Of course, it was unavoidable to have their homes confiscated, and they were also unavoidable to be exiled to do corvées and so on.
"Jiang Wei, take him down."
Zhao Mao was taken away with a deathly expression on his face, and the remaining people became even more troubled and uneasy.
Slowly, one, two, three, four... all stood up.
Half a stick of incense passed, and a total of ten courtiers took the initiative to stand up, and the six departments were basically complete, but there were also some strong points.
Gu Chen raised his eyes and saw that the three ministers, Yu Ji, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Wang Huidi, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, and Mai Zhide, the minister of the Ministry of industry, were still holding on.
It must be that the wealth and splendor were so great that they would rather risk the lives of their whole family than take a chance that they could escape.
"Time's up." Lao Zhu stood up from his chair and glanced sharply at the officials below: "We gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it."
"Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Wu Yong."
As soon as Lao Zhu opened his mouth, Wu Yong walked out with a righteous face.
He is not greedy for anything, so naturally he is not afraid.
"Today we appoint you as the chief judge. You must handle the case well, clean up the court for us, and bring peace to the people of the world."
"Zhan Hui, you are the jury, and Han Yike, you lead the supervisory censors to bring out the moths in the place one by one."
The three people who were appointed agreed, and then Lao Zhu turned to look at Gu Chen.
"Go and give Zhan Hui a try, study hard and see."
After that, Lao Zhu waved his sleeves and said loudly: "Quit the class!"
The ministers retreated outside the palace. Gu Chen was not in a hurry to talk to Wu Yong and others. Instead, he was the first to find Han Yike and fight for his good brother.
"Teacher, let Fan Congwen send someone to Xinfan County first?"
His eyes were full of earnestness, so Lao Han naturally would not refuse, but just whispered.
"Your Majesty asked you to study and take a look, but he didn't ask you to meddle in other people's business and make decisions. Remember, don't dwell on this matter."
"Don't worry about Chen Baochuan, I will arrange it for you."
After raising pigs for so long, he could tell that His Majesty wanted to play a big game.
Since it's going to be a big deal, it must be deeply involved, and there will definitely be a scapegoat.
He didn't want his students to become scapegoats.
"Teacher, I understand."
After patting the students' shoulders, Han Yike sighed and left.
He has been upright and upright throughout his life, taking the people of the world as his own responsibility.
Unexpectedly, there are times when I advise students to mind their own business so as not to harm themselves.
After all, as I get older, I actually start to cherish my feathers.
Gu Chen and the others naturally went to raid Guo Huan's home with Jin Yiwei in their first scene, and not only people from the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Jin Yiwei came.
There is also the temporary minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the old man Ru Taisu.
National finance has always been important. All other departments can be left vacant. Only the household department is the top priority and must not be empty.
The old man squinted his eyes and looked at the various expensive furnishings in the house.
"This house looks different from the outside, but I didn't expect that there is something special inside."
Guo Huan's old wives, concubines, sons, daughters-in-law, daughters and slaves were all kneeling in the courtyard. Guo Huan's mother had been taken away in advance.
The emperor said that you still have to be tolerant when dealing with the elderly.
Guo's wife turned pale with fright, but she still tried to defend herself.
"Sir, is there any misunderstanding? My husband is the most honest person."
"I'm reluctant to change my socks when they're torn. It's absolutely impossible for me to be greedy, sir!"
Hearing this, Wu Yong rolled his eyes and said particularly unhappy.
"Mrs. Guo, the clothes you are wearing are worth seven or eight thousand dollars. You said that your man's socks are torn and you are reluctant to return them. Who would believe it?"
"Should you take us to find the place where the stolen goods are, or should we search for them ourselves?"
In order to get promoted, Wu Yong has always been honest and has never been greedy for a penny.
Life at home is ordinary. Now that I see Guo Huan enjoying himself so much and having so many wives, I feel unbalanced for a long time.
The grade difference is only two levels, but he lives in the world, and this bitch Guo Huan lives in heaven.
"My lord, this is unjust. My husband is the most incorruptible. There must be a misunderstanding..."
Wu Yong was too lazy to talk to him and directly asked the brothers from Beizhen Fusi to search.
Beizhen Fusi: "..."
Who is your brother?
