The old emperor clearly felt that as she got older, the people below her would become more and more restless.
Everyone thinks she is getting old, her heart has softened, and she can no longer wield a knife, right?
Just as he was thinking this, he heard Su Hong whisper: "Master Yongchang has been sitting in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue for a long time. While he has almost accumulated wealth, it is still..."
The old emperor threw the memorial towards Su Hong with a clap of his hands.
But it was still quite far away from Su Hong, so there was no possibility of hitting anyone.
However, Su Hong still knelt down with fear on his face and begged for mercy: "This old slave is talking too much. I beg Your Majesty to calm down."
The old emperor looked at him with curled lips, face, and eyes, and said "tsk tsk" in his mouth: "Xiao Hongzi, you have made a difference. Tell me, did you receive any big gift from Wu Yongchang? That's why you spoke to him like this?"
Su Hong buried his head deeply and did not dare to reply.
The old emperor refused to give up.
She was suddenly very interested in knowing what kind of gift could actually impress Su Hong, who was never attracted by foreign objects.
Under her persistent questioning, Su Hong failed to hold on.
Reluctantly, as if he had a toothache, he took out the gift list from his sleeve pocket, leaned forward on his knees, and presented it with both hands.
"Hey, it's not just one or two items, it's actually a gift list for children. How many are there?!"
The old emperor grinded his molar teeth, took the gift list with a smile, opened it and took a look...
In the huge hall, the air suddenly became quiet.
I don’t know how much time passed before I heard the sound of His Majesty gently closing the gift list.
Only then did I hear His Majesty say: "Get up. You put your things away first, and there's no need to mention this matter... for now."
After careful consideration for a long time, the old emperor finally suppressed his rising anger and chose to let Wu Yongchang go.
However, he is not angry at all.
After all, the gift list contained all the valuables that Di Ying had sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs and had shown the gift list to the old emperor in advance.
It can be said that almost every piece is a rare treasure and valuable.
At first, when the old emperor saw the gift list, he was extremely excited and wanted to receive everything into his private treasury.
In the end, he gritted his teeth and heartbrokenly sent everything to the Ministry of Household Affairs to support the increasingly empty treasury.
But Wu Yongchang was so courageous that he actually took half of the things that even an emperor could not bear to own for himself.
How disrespectful is her majesty?
Is this extreme greed that only knows greed and leaves the foundation of the country and the people’s livelihood behind?
Still extremely selfish and extremely bold.
Just because he, His Majesty, was backing him up, he could slap her, the emperor, in the face so openly.
There were twenty gifts on the gift list for Su Hong, so one can only imagine how much Wu Yongchang had embezzled.
But those are the Wu family, and those who are greedy will only end up in the pockets of their own Wu family.
This makes the old emperor neither angry nor hateful.
We can only pretend we don’t know for the time being.
But she wanted to put the matter aside and not mention it, but someone refused.
Remember Zhang Yushi Zhang Maoqing, right?
That tough-headed Zhang Yushi, who was rescued by Di Ying during the fire at the "Ke Ya Xing" and narrowly saved his life and Wusha.
He originally planned to retire and return home after that incident.
But thinking that the life-saving grace owed to Master Di could not be in vain, he finally stayed with determination.
But in the end, he restrained himself a lot, and because of Song Wen's care, he was transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs to serve as an assistant, and he survived intact.
When I heard that Wu Yongchang was impeached, without saying a word, I presented all kinds of evidence of Wu Yongchang's crimes that I had collected from various places to His Majesty.
The old emperor glanced at those people, and then said: "I understand, you can go down."
Zhang Maoqing never thought that the results of his many years of hard work would be so ignored, and that his brainless bravery would come to his head again.
When he opened his mouth to say something, his sight was suddenly blocked by Eunuch Su.
Eunuch Su bent slightly to the side, stretched out a hand, and made a gesture of invitation.
"Master Zhang, it's important that you go back to the Yamen first to handle official business. I will send you out right now."
Seeing Eunuch Su's fat, smiling face, Zhang Maoqing's mind suddenly sobered up. Quickly pay your respects to Your Majesty, and then exit in a polite manner.
Because he could hear the word "first" in Eunuch Su's words, which meant that he should hold his temper first, don't be anxious, don't be anxious.
As he walked slowly on the way out of the palace, Zhang Maoqing realized that he had indeed acted too hastily.
Originally, what he had grasped should be the straw that broke the camel's back.
But if he takes it out now, it's obviously not the right time.
And if the timing is wrong, everything goes wrong.
Wu Yongchang was able to stand in the household department for many years without falling, and even continued to control the Yushitai. One can imagine how much His Majesty trusts him.
Just because Yang Youzhi is on the opposite side of Wu Yongchang, and he is also on the opposite side of the Wu family, do you want to overthrow Wu Yongchang? Do you think you can defeat him like this? too naive.
Coincidentally, on the other side, Wu Yongchang, who was drinking tea leisurely in his official room at the Hubu Yamen, laughed loudly when he heard about Zhang Maoqing's impeachment of himself.
After laughing, he said to his confidants: "These people will never understand the key. What is the Ministry of Accounts? That is His Majesty's money bag.
What is Yushitai? That is to allow His Majesty to hear what he wants to hear, but also to occupy a position so that His Majesty does not hear what he does not want to hear.
Want to get me down? Who will take over?
The prince's people? Webster's guy? Or someone from Wu Qiongsi?
Who can make His Majesty eat and sleep peacefully better than me? "
"Yes, yes, not everyone can sit in this position. Besides, how can Your Majesty hand over the money bag to someone else's hands? Doesn't that mean giving your life to someone else? Your Majesty But he is very wise and mighty."
The confidant quickly flattered him.
Wu Yongchang smiled heartily again.
He is greedy and bad, but what he is greedy for is not only his own, but also the whole Wu family.
And his bad deeds are all so that the Wu family can take a further step and continue to lay the foundation for their current glory.
Your Majesty is the one who understands Wu Yongchang.
Your Majesty is not a fool, nor is he short-sighted. Your Majesty will consider the savings of the Wu family after her thousand years.
How many people in the dynasty hate the Wu family? Everyone knows it.
If Your Majesty does not settle the Wu family well, the Wu family will be completely liquidated as soon as you close your eyes. That is something that His Majesty will never allow to happen.
Wu Yongchang knew His Majesty's thoughts accurately, so what he did was to help His Majesty relieve his worries in this regard. How could His Majesty take his head so easily?
Those people are so naive.
