Prime Minister Qin couldn't help but curse himself secretly.
Why, I was scared by Lao Jiu!
What kind of person is he? Can you still not know clearly?
It's okay now. It's easy to kneel down, but it's difficult to stand up again.
That being said, Lao Jiu's appearance just now was indeed a bit scary.
After figuring out the reason for the emperor's rage, Qin Hui became more relaxed.
Without him, it was not something that Lao Jiu could do, and neither could he.
It would be nice to turn a blind eye and be a confused emperor, but if we take it seriously, we have to figure everything out...
People from Taizu's lineage are all eyeing this position.
Having made such calculations in his mind, when he looked at the disheveled emperor again, Prime Minister Qin felt that he was a little pitiful.
Everyone lowered their heads, as did the Imperial Guards beside them.
The emperor's sword did not get the explanation he wanted... After half a stick of incense, everyone in front of the Xuande Hall remained silent except for silence.
If you say you're not angry, that's a lie.
No one is perfect, and the world is not black and white. Liu Bang knows this truth.
From the emperor's standpoint, he felt that he was very enlightened, very enlightened.
If it were the First Emperor...
But even so, he was immediately treated as a fool.
He didn't know if Zhao Gou could bear it, but he wouldn't anyway.
He is Liu Bang, not Zhao Gou.
Looking at this group of Song ministers, Liu Bang walked down the steps.
He held the handle of the knife between his index and middle fingers, letting the blade rub against the ground.
Make a 'dang, clang, clang' sound.
With every next step, the sound sounded; every time it sounded, everyone's heart beat faster.
Although Qin Hui has always told himself that Lao Jiu is a tough guy, so he must not be intimidated by him.
But he still couldn't help but control himself, his eyelids kept twitching.
"So, no one wants to say who's pocketing the free money, right?"
"Zhang Jun, do you know?"
When Captain Zhang's name was called, his whole body trembled, and he immediately leaned even lower, his face almost touching the ground:
"emperor!"
This scream sounded like a plea for mercy, but also like dissuasion.
"Xin Ciying, do you want to tell me?"
Originally, Mr. Xin had no involvement in this matter. He was famous for being a breeze with both sleeves.
He was also shocked when he heard Zhang Jiajun's missing numbers just now.
As Liu Bang thought, more money or less money actually didn't matter to the Song Dynasty. Moreover, people are not saints and they cannot make mistakes.
When the emperor asked this time, he had to answer honestly: "I don't know."
"Yang Yizhong?"
The knuckles between Yang Duzhi's fingers were turned pale by his pinching. No one else had seen the emperor kill anyone, but he had seen it with his own eyes.
The emperor looks like this now, if he really wants to kill someone in this palace...
Not to mention how future generations will write this paragraph, none of the ministers at the Yushitai are easy to deal with!
That Wan Qixi is still locked up in the yamen of the Dianqiansi. In just a few days, the pressure from the officials has made him, the head of the Dianqiansi, unable to hold on any longer.
He raised his head and looked at His Majesty the Emperor, who had been with him for more than ten years.
"Officials, don't ask any more questions."
"oh?"
Liu Bang looked into his eyes, never expecting that this piece of wood would be the first to come out to dissuade him.
"As my subject and a soldier of the Song Dynasty, you have prevented me from pursuing corruption in the army... Yang Yizhong, please think about it before you speak."
He kowtowed on the spot... I don't know how much strength Yang Du used. In just one move, his forehead turned red.
"Your Majesty, Yang Yizhong, dares to make a remonstrance. Please let it go."
Liu Bang turned sideways and exposed his ears:
"Can you say that again."
"Your Majesty, please let it go!"
After saying that, there was another ringing of the head, and Yang Duzhi stood up now, blood seemed to ooze from his forehead.
But what was redder than his forehead were his eyes.
"Why?"
"For the Song Dynasty."
"Just for you Da Song!"
Liu Bang suddenly raised his voice, but soon returned to normal.
He did not doubt Yang Yizhong's loyalty.
But just because Yang Yizhong was such a loyal person, he came to dissuade him...
Yang Mutou was not a person who did not know right from wrong. Otherwise, he could have concealed the matter and allowed Liu Qi and Xin Ciying to kill Yao Shi Guo.
In the same way, he would not be the main culprit and be stupid enough to expose himself.
Then, there is only one possibility...
This matter is huge, involving many people, and the forces involved may even be related to the entire Song Dynasty court.
In other words, this may have been beyond the capabilities of the emperor.
Liu Bang once again understood Zhao Gou, but more importantly, he remembered some of his past experiences.
When you wanted to make Liu Ruyi the crown prince, it seemed like this was the same scene?
"well……"
The emperor's sigh finally relaxed everyone's tense nerves.
There are also many people who have realized that they don’t have to be afraid at all.
The law does not punish everyone, let alone so many ministers.
If the Zhao Guan family is not stupid, they should know the truth.
Qin Hui's head turned quickly, and when he saw that Lao Jiu seemed to be taking a step back, he said:
"Officer...Your Majesty, I have something to say."
'Boom——'
The dark clouds that had been accumulating in the sky for a long time, accompanied by Prime Minister Qin's voice, finally shouted out at this moment.
Liu Bang stared at him for a while and then said:
"I can probably figure out why you can be the prime minister... Let's talk."
Hearing the emperor's comments, Qin Hui strengthened his thoughts and couldn't help but curse himself secretly:
I was so anxious about being entertained... Isn't Lao Jiu handing a knife to himself?
No wonder Prime Minister Qin blamed himself so much, he usually took the initiative to lift the toilet whenever the emperor moved his butt.
The emperor caused such a big fight today, but he took so long to react...
Lao Jiu is not a fool, not a fool, not a fool!
At best, he was a bit of a coward, but Lao Jiu was not a fool.
After reciting this sentence silently several times, Qin Hui finally said:
"In the official family, I don't know much about the affairs of the two general consulates in Huaixi and Huaidong..."
Seeing that the emperor seemed impatient and another large drop of rain fell from the sky in front of him, Prime Minister Qin sped up and said:
"But at the Huguang General Consulate, I did hear something!"
As expected of the Prime Minister!
No wonder the officials praised him so much just now!
Their brains work faster than ours!
As soon as Qin Hui said these words, everyone had heard about it.
The officials are not going to investigate. Isn't this a clear intention...
"Be more specific."
"The Ministry of War should know about this."
Ministry of War...
Liu Bang looked at the man who asked him for the account book just now, but he told him that the account book had been burned by Wu Biaochen, the Minister of the Ministry of War.
Before Qin Hui was dismissed as prime minister for the first time, this was the first person Lu Yihao drove away.
Now that Prime Minister Qin called his name, Wu Biaochen immediately replied:
"Thanks to Prime Minister Qin for reminding me, I did think of it."
Having said that, without waiting for the emperor to ask further questions, he continued:
"In August of the seventh year of Shaoxing, Feiyan's army was short of food..."
It turns out that he was trying to divert misfortune to the east!
"Just tell me how much Yue Fei has been greedy for."
Wu Biaochen thought for a while: "Yue Fei's army has more than 360 commanders, generals, and envoys, and he has hired more than 140,000 yuan... There are more than 80 soldiers, and he has hired 1,330 more people. Hundreds of coins, totaling 150,000."
"My dear," Liu Bang squatted down and looked at him and said, "This number..."
"Officials, this veteran remembers this number clearly, and there is absolutely no mistake... The Ministry of War must still have a file on it."
After a pause, Wu Biaochen added: "Not to deceive the emperor, Huguang's account books and Lianghuai's account books have always been kept separately."
"No, what I mean is..." Liu Bang stood up again, "With this little money, how many meals can Zhang Jiajun's 40,000 yuan gap be enough to eat?!"
Before Qin Hui could react, he only heard the emperor saying to him:
"No matter what, I still have to thank Prime Minister Qin. No matter what your purpose is, at least you told the truth."
Could it be that Lao Jiu's goal is not Yue Fei?
Qin Hui was shocked and heard the emperor say:
"There was a story before, I wonder if you have heard of it."
He started walking again, the blade was still in his hand, but now it was on the flat ground, and there was no more clanking sound when he came down the steps.
"It is said that a Wei man named Tang Ju went to Qin as an envoy and angered the King of Qin. The King of Qin asked him: 'Have you ever heard of the emperor being angry?'"
"Tang Ju said: 'Of course I have. If the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will be buried and blood will flow for thousands of miles.'"
Of course everyone has heard this story, but they don't know what the emperor meant when he mentioned it at this time.
Liu Bang continued:
"Tang Ju asked the King of Qin: 'Have you ever heard of commoners getting angry?'"
"The King of Qin said: 'When commoners get angry, they just take off their hats, go barefoot, and bang their heads on the ground.'"
"I don't seem to have the ability to lay down a million corpses now, so do you think I should bang my head on the ground?"
No one answered him, so he walked from left to right, then from right to left.
Just walking back and forth like this, everyone saw the cold light on the tip of the knife.
"Tang Ju said: 'Bang your head on the ground, that's just a mediocre person getting angry, only a courageous person won't do this'."
"I personally think that I should be somewhat courageous..."
"So, what should it be like for a person like me to be angry?"
He finally stopped and looked at Wu Biaochen, the Minister of War, who was nearly sixty years old.
Gave his own answer.
Liu Bang was not good at beheading, but it had to be said that even for this seemingly old man, his head and neck were tightly connected.
One strike of the knife almost didn't cut it off.
The blood spurted out from Wu Biaochen's neck, like a beautiful flame. Let everyone present get some of it.
Wu Biaochen's head rolled right under Prime Minister Qin's knees. The old man's eyes widened, and Qin Hui didn't even react for a moment.
It was fine a moment ago, why did it suddenly become like this!
Not only him, but everyone did not react. Even Yang Yizhong, who had made preparations before, thought that the officials had dropped the matter after the emperor sighed.
"ah!"
Prime Minister Qin let out a cry of sorrow and quickly fell back, trying to get further away... He put his hands on the ground behind him and looked at Wu Biaochen's head that had been separated from his body.
Everyone's heart was filled with sadness, and even the elite soldiers in the Huaixi Army couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
The last time I gored someone in the street, but that was different, it was a slave.
This time, he hacked and killed ministers in the palace again... The one he killed was still a minister.
In any case, after this incident, the emperor's reputation will probably be associated with those foolish emperors of the Five Dynasties.
Yang Yizhong felt happy in his heart, but also felt as if a huge burden had been placed on him, and he could hardly breathe.
A gust of wind blew over... There had been some rain just now, but after this gust of wind passed by, the only thing that could be heard was the still rumble of thunder.
"Actually, Tang Ju also said that the wrath of commoners will bleed for five steps and the world will be pure."
"I am an emperor at best, so I can't be inferior to a commoner."
Five steps of bleeding, this is what it is today, it is what it is today!
When he wanted to make Liu Ruyi the crown prince, everyone came to persuade him. Even Zhang Liang, who had supported him before, changed his mind later.
Originally, if it was just Lu Pheasant who objected, maybe he really wouldn't think anything of it. It was all his own fault, all the same.
But when he found out that everyone supported Lu Pheasant, even the gang in Pei County...
It turns out that the emperor can't just do whatever he wants.
But after reliving this life, we can't bear the anger of the previous life again, right?
Liu Ying is his son, he cannot kill him and is reluctant to kill him.
And you?
Who do you think you are?
You are worthy enough to tell lies in front of me!
After resting for a long time, until the smell of blood was everywhere in the air, Liu Bang spoke again:
"Now, can someone tell me? Who swallowed up the Zhang Jiajun's 40,000 shortfall."
"My dear friends, I have already given you an explanation. Are you still unwilling to give me an explanation?"
Zhang Jun looked at this extremely strange emperor, as if he had seen an evil ghost.
When he first returned to Lin'an that day, the official family... the official family seemed to look like this?
He was also not wearing a robe, and he was also covered in blood.
Were the slaves of Prime Minister Qin's Mansion really killed by the living room servant?
Many doubts came to mind, plus what the emperor said that day, he asked himself to use the heads of three hundred golden men to atone for his crime...
The official family has changed!
Taking a deep breath, Captain Zhang slammed his head to the ground with a force that was even more exaggerated than that of Yang Yizhong.
Those who knew knew that this was kowtow, but those who didn't knew thought that Captain Zhang wanted to commit suicide.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty!"
As he spoke... I don't know whether it was pain or regret, but he started sobbing anyway.
Shaking his head slightly, Liu Bang glared at the old boy.
Really, he can get involved in anything.
Zhang Jun took the lead, and soon, someone else echoed:
"I am guilty!"
This is Privy Councilor Han Xiaozhou.
The words 'I am guilty' kept ringing out, and among the people who were called today, only a few of them were still silent.
No one from the three departments of Yantie, Duzhi and Hubu was spared.
Zhan Dafang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Hubu, also pleaded guilty on behalf of the Ministry of Hubu.
If you add Meng Zhonghou, Prince of Xin'an County who has the power to lead the Lianghuai River...
No place in the Song Dynasty that deals with money is clean.
If there is an exception, it is Qin Hui, the Prime Minister of Qin, who is temporarily in charge of the Three Divisions... All the people in the Twenty Cases of the Three Divisions have recognized it, but Liu Bang does not think that Qin Hui is the one who takes care of himself.
It's just that after waiting for a long time, he couldn't wait for him to admit his mistake.
He looked at the lean old man, who seemed to have forgotten about the violation and was also looking at him.
