Chapter 216: Drawing fire under the cauldron 2
"Master Wang!" Bi Yuntao was also angry at this time. If the tiger doesn't show its power, he really thinks I'm a sick cat!
"You, the king, are arrogant, have no respect for the king's laws, and despise the court. Let's not mention these for now. Let's explain everything clearly one by one."
"First of all, the first thing is that Han Wuyong stuns Xue Ruyue and wants to do something evil!"
"Master Wang, you have just passed it. You personally taught Han Wuyong, so what Han Wuyong did yesterday must have something to do with you!"
"Your Majesty! Don't listen to King Qi's nonsense. The master led him in. He was practicing in his private position. He only taught Han Wuyong to learn knowledge. He never taught the things that King Qi said. He didn't even know what the Love Flower was! "
"Well?" The emperor's eyes narrowed, and he had already heard a lot from Wang Mang's words.
"Hahaha!" Bi Yuntao laughed loudly, "Master Wang, how do you know that the drug Han Wuyong used was the love flower? When did I know that Han Wuyong used the love flower to stun Xue Ruyue?"
"This..." Wang Mang suddenly panicked, knowing that he was in a hurry and spoke out. For a moment, he was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat, and the cold sweat on his forehead was clearly visible.
"It was Wei Chen's dog who told Wei Chen." Wang Mang rolled his eyes and saw the figure of the Prime Minister Zuo. He immediately thought that this incident happened in the Prime Minister Zuo's Mansion. His son happened to be invited to celebrate his birthday, so he put all the people there. All responsibilities have been pushed away.
"Oh!" Bi Yuntao said in displeasure. Yaya, bah! You're lucky to have escaped.
"Huh!" Wang Mang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was quick-witted and answered accurately, so that the emperor did not become suspicious, otherwise things would have been terrible.
"This is one. The second is that your Wang family and Han family have always been on good terms with each other and have been kind to you. You are the current Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, in charge of the country's financial power, the country's territory, fields, household registration, and taxation. , salaries and wages are all mobilized and managed by you, then the problem arises."
Bi Yuntao didn't know what was going on in Wang Mang's mind, so he continued: "Master Wang, I want to ask you, the Han family's house is more than twice as big as my palace. Why is this?"
"Hmph!" Wang Meng had already regained his composure at this time, snorted coldly, and raised his hands to the emperor, "The Han family's house was naturally rewarded by the emperor himself. This is something everyone in the capital knows. Why do you, Prince Qi, have to ask more questions? Woolen cloth?"
"Yes, the Han family's house was indeed given by the emperor!" Bi Yuntao also bowed his hand to the emperor, "Mr. Wang, have you ever visited the Han family's house?"
"This is natural! I personally handed over the title deed of the Han family's residence to Mr. Han!"
"Since you personally handed it over to the old man of the Han family, you must be very familiar with the Han family's mansion!"
"King Qi, what do you want?" Wang Meng was not an idiot. When he heard what Bi Yuntao said, he always felt that there was something in his words.
"To answer my question, are you familiar with it or not?" Bi Yuntao asked sharply.
"Unfamiliar!" As his words fell, an unpleasant feeling arose in his heart, but after thinking for a while, he didn't think of anything that could threaten him.
"Hahaha!" Bi Yuntao laughed regardless of his appearance, "This is what I have been waiting for!"
very good! Fortunately, I was prepared and knew you would answer this way! Whether you are familiar with it or not, you have your own strategies to deal with it.
If he dares to get familiar with it, what awaits him is that the Han family secretly allows the nurse to hold a sword. The Chinese Criminal Law clearly stipulates that only the imperial palace, royal palace, and officials at the level of feudal officials have the right to equip the sword! In addition, if other houses dare to hold knives, it is like treason!
If he is not familiar with it, it doesn't matter, Bi Yuntao still has this trump card in his hand!
After finishing, using the cover of his sleeves, he took out a letter from the storage ring.
"Then I will read the contents of this letter to you!"
Wang Meng looked at the letter, his heart thumped, and he secretly thought something was wrong. Thinking about how to excuse himself.
"My brother Wang Meng!" Wang Meng's thoughts were in a mess over there, but Bi Yuntao here read it loudly in front of the emperor and all the civil and military officials of the dynasty, regardless of his expression.
"My brother has received the land deed of Wansan Bank. I mentioned to my brother before that he wants to get an official position for Haihua. My brother will do his best to arrange it."
"Master Wang, you enrich your own pockets and buy and sell court positions. These are all capital crimes!"
"As far as I know, this Wansan Bank belongs to the imperial court! Why is this land deed now in the hands of Han Shixiang?"
"Your Majesty!" Wang Meng was horrified and fell to his knees with a plop, "These are all one-sided words of King Qi. These are all King Qi's attempts to frame me! Wei Chen is innocent. These are all lies! It was fabricated by King Qi! Your Majesty! I have always been conscientious and cautious, lest I be taken advantage of by bad people. I usually focus on doing things for the people. I have never done anything like this! Please be careful, Your Majesty!"
When the emperor heard the contents of the letter, his face was already ashen. Han Wuyong's head, which had not been taken away from the threshold, had its mouth wide open, as if in silent ridicule.
"Do you know where you got these?" Bi Yuntao said with a smile, "These are all from the Han family's study."
"Of course, there is more besides these!"
Then, he took out a thick stack of letters from the storage ring again, took out one of them, and opened it in front of everyone.
"Today I received ten loads of official salt, two hundred taels of silver from Shen Baosu, fifty taels of gold from the merchant, a string of pearl necklaces from Dai Zhenghao, worth a thousand taels of silver, and a new jade ring from the east of the palace, worth three hundred taels of silver. Lend Wang Meng 200,000 taels of silver to replenish the treasury."
"Do you want me to read the rest?" Bi Yuntao raised the letter in his hand halfway through reading, "There are many more here. After reading it, I am really heartbroken! I only have a mere fifty taels per month. In terms of salary, you often start with just a hundred taels of silver, and you even embezzle the state treasury privately! Are you worthy of the emperor's cultivation of you?"
When I think of these big business owners using their tax money to spend their time drinking and drinking, the anger in my heart bursts out. Especially since he was still the current King of Qi, and he only had a salary of fifty taels. What's more, if he wanted to go out to a party, the jealousy at home would be overturned. He was happy at the time, but left But he also has countless troubles.
"Wow!" Not only the ministers whose names were read knelt down on the ground, but also the ministers whose names were not read out all knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy.
"Bang!" The emperor patted Long An angrily and looked at the crowd of ministers kneeling under the court with a sullen face, "You are my good ministers! Okay! Okay!"
A sneer appeared at the corner of Bi Yuntao's mouth. As expected, bad people all have the habit of keeping diaries. This habit cannot be changed no matter where it goes.
Let you impeach me! See if I don’t kill you! If I didn't want those books and writings to turn into ashes in vain and put them into the storage ring, I really wouldn't know there are all these tricks here!
"Come here, drag all these moths down!" The emperor was no longer able to get angry with these people at this time, and his head hurt when he saw them.
"Your Majesty! Have mercy on me! I have no merit but hard work!"
After a commotion, the huge Jinluan Palace seemed extremely empty.
Ji Youfu himself was fat. Looking at the back of Bi Yuntao who was kneeling in the palace, he felt wet all over by his hand. My heart was filled with fear. Fortunately, I relied on my many years of experience as an official to make good friends with King Qi in time. Otherwise, my Ji family would be the next one to suffer.
As everyone knows, this matter has a lot to do with his two sons. If his two sons hadn't been behind it, Han Wuyong wouldn't have gone so smoothly.
Prime Minister Zuo looked at Bi Yuntao in surprise, not knowing what he was planning.
Old General Xia Jie became more and more fond of Bi Yuntao and kept tugging at his beard. This guy was calm in the face of danger and he was a good soldier, especially his skill of pulling out the salary from the bottom of the cauldron, which he played really beautifully. Should we find an opportunity to advise the emperor and send him to the army as a military advisor?
The eldest prince's face was extremely ugly. Most of the people dragged down by the emperor were on his side. All of a sudden, there was a big reshuffle.
As for the Right Prime Minister, his mind is wandering. This King Qi is a little different from the rumors. With today's gesture, are you not planning to continue to hide your clumsiness? It seems that your heart will come first in the future.
"Right Prime Minister!"
"Old minister is here!" The right minister saluted with his hands in hand.
"From now on, we will strictly investigate all corrupt officials and eradicate all these moths."
"I obey the decree!"
"Left Prime Minister!"
"Old minister is here!"
"Take King Qi to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to await his fate. No one is allowed to visit King Qi without my permission."
"I obey the decree!"
The emperor issued one imperial edict after another, "Xuan Qi Delong enters the palace!"
Qi Delong, dressed in prison uniform, was taken out of the palace prison by Peng Xun. Just as he crossed the threshold of the Golden Palace, he accidentally stepped on an object. If Peng Xun hadn't been there to support him, he would have fallen to the ground and lost his composure in front of the emperor.
When he stood still, he realized that it was a human head, with empty eye sockets, a wide open mouth, and the tongue had been pulled out. Coupled with this large and slightly empty Jinluan Palace, Qi Delong's expression changed.
The emperor is going on a killing spree now, and it seems that he will not escape death after all. I hope the emperor will keep his word and rescue his only son from the evil hands.
"The sinner Qi Delong comes to see the emperor!" Qi Delong's eyes were dark. It had only been a few days since he last saw him, but he already looked a little like a dragon. His figure was bleak, and he had the blessing of old age.
"Qi Delong, for the sake of your frankness and leniency, I allow you to make meritorious deeds. For the time being, you will take over the post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and conduct the national imperial examination selection to select outstanding talents for me."
. . .
Doesn’t this mean you don’t have to die? Qi Delong was speechless and choked for a moment, too excited to speak.
"Qi Delong! The emperor is being generous, why don't you thank me quickly!" Zuo Lian hurriedly reminded him.
This is a very important position as Minister of Civil Affairs. Not only was Qi Delong not executed by the emperor, but he was a blessing in disguise, and his position was even higher than before.
"Thank you Lord for your kindness! Qi Delong will definitely die to repay the emperor for his promotion!" Qi Delong trembled with excitement and kept kowtowing to express his gratitude.
"Okay, hurry back to your Qi Mansion and freshen up. Tomorrow I will have Qi Aiqing to share my worries!"
Bi Yuntao looked at Qi Delong with a constipated expression on his face and thought, "Oh shit, why was he not only not punished by the emperor, but also a blessing in disguise?" Is it just because of his famous name?
Looking back on myself, I helped the emperor eradicate a large number of corrupt officials. I have no merit but hard work! He actually ended up in jail. Who cares about this!
