oh!
Ying Zheng was stunned and turned his ears slightly, hoping to hear more useful information.
Today's imperial meeting is destined to arouse strong opposition from powerful ministers. He and Feng Quji have discussed that in order to succeed in the imperial examination, one must frighten one of the powerful ministers and kill one to serve as a warning to others, otherwise it will be difficult to implement it.
After all, this policy seriously affects the interests of the powerful, and they will not sit idly by.
Just like the original implementation of the county system, many powerful people opposed it. Chun Yuyue was a special case. The emperor used strong methods and idled many officials. Even the Prime Minister Wang Wan was persuaded to resign before he was able to calm down.
"I remember that Li Si accepted money and silk from Yan Zongzheng some time ago, saying it was a gift to help recommend his son."
oh? Accepting money from Yan Jun is considered bribery! Well done to bribery!
Ying Zheng felt a little cold in his heart when he heard Li Zhao's voice.
"Of course I know that Prime Minister Li is an official..." He then said the next words, and looked at Li Si with a rather special look, and emphasized his tone, which was extremely cold, "It is extremely corrupt."
Verbal inversion.
ah!
Li Si was shocked and couldn't react, and his body started to tremble. What is your Majesty saying? He has never questioned himself before, so how could he say such a thing now?
It is extremely corrupt, which is not a good comment!
He quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, you are wronged! I have always served the country conscientiously and have never been corrupted. Why don't you ask other people, they know me best."
Li Si moved out the courtiers.
The courtiers immediately came out, and their movements were unusually consistent. Most of the officials were included, and Yan Jun was among them.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li was wronged."
What a unanimous voice.
"Really?" Ying Zheng glanced coldly at Yan Jun.
"Yan Jun, is it true that Prime Minister Li was wronged?"
Yan Jun's body trembled, and he quickly took a step forward, trying his best to stay calm and said, "Yes."
"Oh! Then how do you explain the money you sent to Li's house?"
ah! How did your Majesty know?
Yan Jun's body trembled, his eyes vaguely showing fear, but he tried his best to hide it. He quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, I am wronged! I never sent any money or silk to the Li family. Someone must have framed me."
"But someone saw you bribing Mr. Li!"
Ying Zheng's eyes were sharp.
"Impossible. I have never set foot in Li Mansion. How could anyone see it? Your Majesty, please clarify."
"Really?" Ying Zheng sneered and waved to Li Zhao.
Li Zhao was startled and couldn't help but take a step back, thinking: What is Qin Shihuang going to do? Isn't he going to ask me to testify?
Damn it, I'm just a little young lady, how do I know about these powerful officials? Moreover, by pushing me out like this, doesn’t it mean that I am going against them? If he was really targeted by them, he would not even know how he died.
When Ying Zheng heard this, his face became serious, and he secretly said: Brat, it turns out you are so afraid of death, but it doesn't matter if you are afraid of death, you still have to come forward and testify.
"Li Zhao, as a member of the Li Mansion, have you ever met Yan Zongzheng in the Li Mansion?"
It really is!
Li Zhao had a sad face and had to walk out, came to the hall, glanced at Yan Jun, and replied honestly: "I've seen him before!"
"You... are spitting blood!" Yan Jun became anxious, pointed at Li Zhao and roared, "I don't know him at all, how could he have seen me before?"
This is a bit unintentional. Who doesn’t know Li Zhao recently?
Li Si did not expect that His Majesty would call Li Zhao to testify. He was afraid that Li Zhaozhen would say something, so he quickly said: "Your Majesty, Li Zhao is just a child and doesn't understand anything. Don't listen to his nonsense."
Li Zhao became angry when he saw Li Si. As soon as he opened his mouth, he said that he didn't understand anything. Wasn't this a loss of face for him in front of the ministers?
He, Li Zhaoke, loves face.
"I'm not talking nonsense. I just saw him in the Li Mansion, and I saw him ordering someone to carry the ceremony frame over. It looked very heavy."
oh!
Ying Zheng smiled, and other powerful officials saw that the situation was not good and immediately stayed away from Yan Jun.
"You..." Li Si was about to go crazy after hearing this. Regardless of the fact that this was a court, he pulled Li Zhao over and scolded him, "Zhao, don't talk nonsense, so as not to embarrass yourself."
"Uncle!" Li Zhao pretended to be aggrieved, "I'm not talking nonsense, I really saw it, and I saw him giving the gift to his aunt."
"That's nonsense. It's nothing." Li Si's face was serious, but he was screaming with hatred in his heart.
When Li Si said this, Li Zhao seemed to be angry and said loudly: "I'm not talking nonsense. If you don't believe it, I will take you to see it. Auntie will put the ritual rack in the small room on the rockery."
Yes, Li Mansion has a rockery.
Li Si was so angry that his face was livid, and he thought bitterly in his heart that this was intentional, it must be intentional.
"Oh!" Ying Zheng smiled, a sneer, suddenly raised his face, and asked Li Si, "Prime Minister Li, is this the case?"
Li Si quickly knelt down and cried: "I'm wronged, Your Majesty. I don't know what this kid is talking about. It's all my fault. I usually neglect to discipline him, which leads to poor brain function and nonsense, which affects the style of the court."
"I am guilty. Your Majesty, please punish me for not teaching."
Old fox, this is dodge.
Ying Zheng glanced at Li Si secretly and said, "Really? I heard that this kid is not good at lying. What do you think?"
Li Si's face turned pale, His Majesty was directly targeting him. Why? He is His Majesty's favorite!
Other powerful ministers did not want Li Si to be implicated, so they pleaded in unison: "Your Majesty, what Prime Minister Li said is reasonable. This man has a bad temper. He must hate Prime Minister Li's words. I think it is impossible."
"Haha!" Ying Zheng laughed again, so sinisterly. Li Si, Li Si, how many people have you won over?
The next moment, he became fierce, "Where are the guards? Go to Li's Mansion immediately and search the rockery."
"If it's true, arrest Mr. Li."
ah! Li Si was paralyzed with fear and looked at Li Zhao with extremely hateful eyes.
Yan Jun also collapsed to the ground with fear. If His Majesty really found something, he would not be able to escape the crime.
Li Zhao was smiling like a normal person, just like a child. But who knew that what he said just now was intentional. Of course, that was also a fact. He saw it with his own eyes.
"No!" The guards stationed in the palace obeyed the order and left quickly.
Half an hour later, the guard came back, bringing back Li Jia and Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Li had long been frightened by the array of guards. Once she arrived at the court, she could no longer move her plump figure.
"Master, it's not good, our rockery quilt was..."
"Shut up, I don't know anything about us." Li Si forced himself to calm down and reprimanded Mrs. Li.
"Master, no..."
Li Shi was stared back fiercely by Li Si.
Ying Zheng showed a terrible smile and said to Li Si: "Li Xiang, what else do you have to say? Isn't this called sharing the stolen goods?"
Plop!
Li Si knelt down heavily, but with a distressed expression on his face, he said, "Your Majesty, you are a strange minister! Your strange minister did not supervise you well and allowed this greedy woman to secretly collect bribes and undermine the imperial court. I guarantee that I will never know anything about it."
"It's all this greedy woman's own fault."
