At the fifth watch, all civil and military officials entered the palace.
The ministers of the DPRK could enter the palace to participate in major affairs of the government, while some minor officials stood outside the palace to listen and basically had no qualifications to start the performance.
Cheng Zhao stood outside the hall, quietly listening to the goings on inside the hall.
The ministers took turns reporting on major current issues, from people's livelihood to taxation, from internal affairs to foreign affairs...
After it was almost done, the censor stood up and said, "I would like to report to the emperor that I have something to report to you."
The emperor raised his hand and made a gesture of approval.
"In the past few days, news about Yangzhou has spread to the capital, and the emperor must have heard about it." Liu Yushi lowered his head, his voice sonorous and powerful, "Yangzhou Tongji was sentenced to be suspected of murder, but the Yangzhou magistrate tried and acquitted him. The incident caused an uproar in Yangzhou City, and when the news reached the capital, the people in the capital were also furious, and the ministers specially reported to the emperor to inform him."
He Hanhai stood among the ministers, his face was calm, but in his heart he cursed Liu Yushi bloody.
The man surnamed Liu had a full meal every day and worked on all kinds of things. He liked to get involved in any trouble, and he insisted on making the He family the target of public criticism.
Fortunately, after the incident, he had already expected it and had a way to deal with it.
He Hanhai hunched over and walked out: "Report to the Emperor, Wei Chen has something to say. After this incident happened, He Tongji wrote to Wei Chen to explain what happened. He had no enmity or enmity with the deceased. There was no such thing. The motive for the murder, and the death of the so-called witness had nothing to do with him. It was said that the murder weapon had a word "congratulations" engraved on it. Therefore, people who did not know the truth identified He Tongji as the murderer. In order to find out the matter , Wei Chen specially asked the Yangzhou magistrate to hurry up and send a sample of the murder weapon. At the same time, Wei Chen also presented the He family's exclusive mark and asked the emperor to clarify it. "
He knelt down, took out two drawings from his sleeves, raised his hands, and Eunuch Ming quickly walked down and respectfully presented the two pieces of paper in front of the emperor.
The exclusive internal mark of the He family is a cursive character "He" with a black background and golden characters. The lower part of the font is slightly sharp and looks like a sharp blade, which is unique.
The word "He" on the murder weapon is written in running script, flowing like clouds and flowing water. It looks free and elegant, giving people a completely different feeling from the He family's mark.
"Your Majesty, this matter indeed has nothing to do with the He family." He Hanhai knocked his forehead on the ground, "If a branch of the He family is really working for the tiger in Yangzhou, before Liu Yushi starts to report, the minister will have already apologized. Three generations of the He family have been officials, they are upright and honest, and they would never dare to do anything that violates the law. This is clearly someone deliberately framed, Your Majesty!"
The emperor's eyes were very calm: "Then according to what He Aiqing said, who framed your He family?"
"Yes, yes..." He Hanhai didn't dare to raise his head and hesitated, "I don't dare to make rash guesses."
At this moment, a young voice sounded outside the hall.
"Master He wants to say that the person who framed the He family must be Sui Shu!"
Everyone in the hall looked outside and saw Cheng Zhao coming out of the queue, kneeling on the marble floor in the middle, holding the fold in both hands, his eyes slightly lowered, his face calm and calm.
All the ministers present knew that this was the editor of the Hanlin Academy and the nephew of Sui Shuren.
Someone in the palace was secretly poking fun at the people of Sui Shu, and their nephew couldn't help but come out to start the performance. In their opinion, it was completely reasonable.
Cheng Zhao continued: "Wei Chen is in the seventh rank, and there is no important matter that cannot be reported. However, Mr. He blatantly wronged Sui Shuren. If Wei Chen stood by and watched, it would be useless for him to be a nephew. Therefore, he dared to come out to report. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
The emperor actually heard about the incident in Yangzhou City yesterday. There were too many lawsuits among the people. If he asked about them one by one, he would not have a peaceful day.
But since Liu Yushi came to him, he must give regulations.
The emperor said quietly: "Xuan Cheng Ai Qing enters the palace."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Cheng Zhao got up from the ground, walked into the main hall with his waist hunched over, and knelt at the bottom, "The incident in Yangzhou City actually started from the crayfish. Last year, the people of Suishu brought thousands of kilograms of crayfish to the capital as tribute. The nobles all had enough to eat, and no one felt sick. In other words, there was something wrong with this year's crayfish, and it was someone who maliciously poisoned it. Sui Shu cared about the people, and went to Yangzhou to deal with the matter in person. She stayed up all night first to help the patients. After the treatment, 40,000 kilograms of crayfish were burned outside the city of Yangzhou. The Suishu people suffered serious consequences due to their own negligence. Therefore, the Suishu people are trying their best to make up for it and strive to be worthy of their hearts, the people, and the emperor. The Queen’s trust…”
"However, someone secretly caused trouble and killed two innocent lives. The people said that the He family was responsible for this, but the He family believed that the Suishu people deliberately framed it."
Having said this, Cheng Zhao raised his head boldly.
"Weichen is the nephew of Suishu people, so naturally he cannot favor Suishu people. Therefore, Weichen boldly asked the emperor to send people to Yangzhou to thoroughly investigate the case. The first thing is to find out who is responsible for the poisoning house, which almost killed tens of millions of people." People, secondly, find out who the murderer is... and give the He family innocence, and at the same time, give justice to the people of Sui Shu!"
Mr. Lin immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, it is indeed time to send someone to Yangzhou to conduct a thorough investigation to alleviate the complaints of the people."
Master Zhang followed suit: "If the common people believe that the protection of officials by officials will extremely affect the reputation of officials, this matter must be investigated, and it must be investigated thoroughly!"
He Hanhai gritted his teeth. He showed the evidence about this matter and the He family. Logically speaking, this matter should be exposed and let the Yangzhou prefect continue to investigate.
But once Cheng Zhao takes the lead, and these old guys put pressure on the emperor, the emperor will definitely send someone from Dali Temple to investigate the case. If the investigation is started from the beginning, many things in the He family will not be solved...
He secretly gave the other people on the He family's boat a look.
When those third and fourth grade officials were about to go out to speak, the emperor spoke: "Yangzhou is the first commercial capital. If your parents' official reputation is not preserved, it will indeed cause public resentment. Dali Shaoqing, please prepare yourself and set off tonight." Go to Yangzhou, I will give you a month to thoroughly investigate this matter and give an explanation to the people!"
The Shaoqing of Dali Temple was in the third rank. He came out and said loudly: "The humble minister takes orders!"
Even if this matter is settled like this.
After the morning session, He Hanhai walked to the palace gate with a cold and angry look on his face. His eyes fell on Cheng Zhao and he wanted to eat Cheng Zhao alive. However, he did nothing. He threw his hands and got into the carriage, which slowly drove away. .
Cheng Zhao's eyes were filled with condensation. He didn't know what the He family was going to do next, but he was fully prepared.
"Brother Cheng, you are too impulsive." Zheng Wangfeng walked towards him and said with disapproval, "Your second aunt has the ability to compete with the He family. You, a seventh-grade official, are not afraid of the He family if you join in the fun." Are they secretly stumbling upon you so that you can no longer stay in the capital?"
Cheng Zhao looked at his former classmate and said slowly: "Brother Zheng, I advise you to get off the He family's boat as soon as possible. If it is late, it may be too late."
Zheng Wangfeng frowned: "Why?"
"Intuition." Cheng Zhao said quietly, "You have just gotten married and your wife is pregnant. There are some things you must be cautious about."
At the beginning of spring, Zheng Wangfeng got married. He married the second daughter of a fourth-rank official's family. It was the He family who arranged the marriage, and the wedding was very lively.
His wife's natal family was somewhat involved with the He family, and he couldn't completely separate himself from it... The key was that he didn't think the He family would capsize...
