domineering!
Lu Shikui was impeccable in etiquette, but the arrogance in his bones was clearly visible.
After all, Zhao Mengqi was not really a fifteen-year-old boy. He still had some experience in the city. He did not show any dissatisfaction on his face and was still smiling.
In the eyes of Xie Tang and others, they felt more and more that King Yan was just bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, being strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
"Look, I said there's nothing to fear from him. We were careless this time and were tricked by his crooked tricks, but that's all."
"That's right. We haven't violated the laws of the Song Dynasty. Even if he is the crown prince, what can he do to me?"
"Ji has been involved in business for decades, but he didn't expect that he would be pecked blind by geese all day long. This time we admit defeat and sooner or later we will take back this place..."
"The defeat is certain. There is no point in staying any longer. Let's go."
Xie Tang, with a dark face, bowed his hands to King Yan perfunctorily and said goodbye, leading more than 20 people out of the hall.
Zhao Mengqi just shrugged and did not stop him.
Just let these people go?
More than three hundred foreign gentry in the palace looked at King Yan with suspicion. Isn't this too weak?
Zhao Mengqi blinked, spread his hands and said, "Why are you looking at Gu? Do you think Gu will retaliate against them? Gu Yi has always been broad-minded, how can he be such a narrow-minded person?"
After hearing this, how should the gentry respond?
I can’t say that Your Highness is wrong. This is the kindness of a woman and the behavior of a holy mother...
Even if you keep slandering in your heart, you can only give compliments and flattery on your lips.
"It is extremely, extremely extreme. If you commit an offense without comparing it, your virtue is great. Therefore, a benevolent person can tolerate it, and a wise person can tolerate it. Your Highness is magnanimous, and has unparalleled benevolence and wisdom."
"Your Highness is bright and upright, as bright as the sun and moon, and has the air of an ancient gentleman."
"In life, one step is the best, and treating others with kindness is a blessing. Your Highness is wise!"
"The great can accommodate the small, the sky can cover the earth, and His Highness' belly can hold a boat. After Renzong, we in the Song Dynasty will have another wise king with unparalleled benevolence and love."
At this moment, a shout came from outside the palace, "Come here! Surround them!"
Then, there was the sound of loud footsteps and the sound of dense armor-leaf weapons clashing.
Well! What a generous person...
The gentry in the hall looked at each other in confusion. Many of them were still holding the compliments in their mouths, but they were forcefully blocked back. They were suppressed until their faces turned red, and they felt as uncomfortable as swallowing a handful of flies.
Zhao Mengqi touched his nose and smiled awkwardly, "If I say, 'It has nothing to do with me,' you will probably believe it." "
Believe it or not.
From the eyes of everyone, Zhao Mengqi only saw these four words.
Alas, people's hearts are not ancient.
"Whatever you think."
Zhao Mengqi curled his lips and walked out with unsteady steps. A group of gentry followed him out to watch the fun.
Outside the Dacheng Hall, hundreds of sergeants and government officials surrounded Xie Tang and others, with their swords unsheathed and shackles in place.
Xie Tang was filled with shame and anger. He pointed at the officer leading the team and asked, "I am an official of the imperial court. How can you block my way for no reason!? Do you want to cause trouble?"
"I'm sorry, I will only act as ordered." The officer was neither cold nor hot, neither humble nor overbearing.
"By order?" Xie Tang's face sank, realizing that King Yan did not intend to let him go easily, but he was not panicked, instead he smiled contemptuously.
"Haha, King Yan can't pretend anymore? He finally can't help but kill me and others? Come on, let everyone in the world see the true face of King Yan. He ignores the rules of the court, acts wantonly, has a violent temper, and treats me Wait for the scholar-officials to persecute us to the fullest, use despicable means to plunder people's wealth, and privately seize people's land and property in the name of economic circles! Today, even if he hunts and kills us, he can't stop the people of the world from talking!"
If an uninformed person saw his righteous and impassioned look, they would really think that he was acting unyieldingly for justice.
Damn it, it’s this time and you still don’t forget to bite back and throw dirty water on me, you are really a fucking talent.
As soon as I walked out of the hall, I heard this
After hearing these words, Zhao Mengqi became angry and said, "I remember, Xie Tang, you are not even a Jinshi, so what kind of scholar-official are you?"
Xie Tang puffed out his chest and looked at Zhao Mengqi with disdain, "There is morality in the heart, and everyone is a sage. Xie's family has a long history. He has studied the saint's scriptures since he was a child and practiced the saint's principles. How can he not be considered a scholar-official? Your Highness, King Yan, even if you have great power , Xie’s conscience does not allow himself to succumb to you! We, the scholars, die for justice and deserve to die, but you, King Yan, compete with the people for profit, are cruel and shameless, sooner or later you will be abandoned by the people of the world, and you will only end up with eternal infamy. It will be infamy for eternity!"
Tsk tsk, everyone is a sage, are you trying to compete with Yang Minggong for business?
Zhao Mengqi was not angry anymore. Nobility was the pass for despicable people.
At this time, the officer leading the team said, "Envoy Xie Cang, although I can't understand what you are talking about, there is one thing that must be corrected. That is, we are not following the orders of His Highness King Yan, but on the orders of the Political Affairs Hall." life."
After hearing this, everyone present realized that the uniforms of this group of sergeants were slightly different from those around King Yan.
"Hey, it looks like they should be from the Guards and Military Department, and some of the government officials look like they are from the Yushitai..."
Immediately, a civil servant wearing a Xiechi crown came around from behind the officer and looked directly at Xie Tang, "I am the imperial censor, Shi Hong Tianxi. Xie Tang, you are suspected of dereliction of duty, corruption, perversion of the law, and murder of human life. The official has ordered a thorough investigation. , the Political Affairs Hall has also issued an order suspending all your powers. Now please follow me back to Wutai for review."
Xie Tang's face changed greatly, "No, it's impossible. This is a frame-up. Xie has never done anything illegal. Someone must have deceived the officials. Xie was wronged. I want to face the saint and tell the officials straight. Injustice!"
Although Empress Xie was not favored, she was the mistress of the country after all. Zhao Yun had always been kind to the Xie family, and he also valued the young and promising Xie Tang, otherwise he would not have been promoted to a high position at the age of thirty. manage.
Therefore, Xie Tang also imagined that the queen would protect him and the officials would tolerate him. More importantly, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty should protect him. After all, he fought with King Yan for the "collective benefit." Chinese website
"Framed?" Hong Tianxi sneered, and then raised a list, "On June 20th, someone took your order and transported 800,000 dan of grain from Changping warehouse in Pingjiang. At the same time, there were 1.1 million dan in Changping warehouse. The remaining money disappeared... On the fifth day of the lunar month, water broke out in the house of Xu San, a treasurer, and no one in his family survived... On the sixth day of the lunar month, Zhai Ce, an expert official, and Kuacheng, the treasurer's son, fell into the water drunk... There was official business in Chang Pingcang, Jiaxing Prefecture. The house collapsed, and most of the account books were soaked by the rain... The canal warehouse in Linping Town stored more than four million stones of grain..."
Seeing Xie Tang's face getting paler, Hong Tianxi said with disdain, "Do you need to read it again?"
Xie Tang's body went limp, and he collapsed on the ground like mud. His mouth kept opening and closing, and he kept uttering some meaningless syllables.
"Strip off his uniform and put him in a prison van."
Hong Tianxi waved his hand, and a group of government officials swarmed forward, took off all Xie Tang's official hats and uniforms, and then put a full set of shackles on him.
This is not the treatment of being impeached and awaiting trial. It is simply the treatment of having been convicted, which shows that the court has sufficient and conclusive evidence.
Seeing Xie Tang being taken away, Zhao Mengqi smiled and said, "You see, Gudu said it has nothing to do with me."
My Lord, can you please stop deceiving yourself? Who doesn't know that both the Yushitai and the Imperial City are under your control.
Many people couldn't help but roll their eyes, but they didn't have much objection. After all, Xie Tang deserved it.
In fact, this matter really had nothing to do with Zhao Mengqi. He was too lazy to put so much thought into it. The main reason was that Jiang Wanli insisted on following the court rules, so he used the Yushitai to start the impeachment process. Of course, without the cooperation of the Imperial City Secretary, The Yushitai could not get to the bottom of the matter in such a short period of time.
Xie Tang was arrested, and the remaining twenty or so powerful men also felt that something was wrong.
Sure enough, another group of officials came and walked straight to Xu Xueqian, "I am the judge of the Jiaxing Prefecture. Someone is suing the Xu family for beating people to death and seizing land seven years ago. I would like to ask the head of the Xu family to come to court..."
"This is a false accusation! The case was concluded in Huating County seven years ago. How can the case be overturned!?" Xu Xueqian argued loudly.
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The judge said calmly, "Whether it is a false accusation or not, we need to go through the trial to know. In fact, it is not just this case, there are more than 20 other cases involving the Xu family. You will know the details when you get to the government office." , since I will come here, I naturally have a basis, and please cooperate with the Xu family master, don't make any scandal, make people laugh, if there is any injustice, the government will naturally return the innocence. "
"Haha, is this what you mean, or is it what your prefect Fan means?" Xu Xueqian sneered.
The judge said calmly, "It is both the officer's intention and the prefect's intention."
"Okay, then Fan Cheng is the same age as my son. He used to be very considerate to me, but now he has turned his back on me. If that's the case, then don't blame my son for being rewarded generously in the future."
Xu Xueqian was more angry than afraid at this time. He was not worried about how big the scandal would be in those cases.
Hong Tianxi on the side interrupted, "I think you should be the father of Minister Xu Mianxu, right?"
"Xu Mian is my son!" Xu Xueqian looked proud.
"Oh..." Hong Tianxi frowned slightly, "I have some bad news for you, sir. Minister Xu was impeached three days ago for allegedly manipulating the imperial examination. He took the initiative to submit a letter to resign, and the official has approved it."
"What!?" This news shocked Xu Xueqian, "How could it be possible? How could it be possible?"
It is precisely because Xu Mian has been an official in the court, and this year he has taken over as Minister of Rites, and is very likely to become Minister of Rites, so local officials always pay more attention to the Xu family and turn a blind eye to some bad things about the Xu family. .
Now that Xu Mian has fallen, the Xu family has offended King Yan. Which official will cover up for the Xu family?
Next, several more gentry were taken away by the officials. Although they were not involved in any major cases, the signal was already obvious.
How many powerful families these days can withstand investigation?
