"Damn it! The Shen family is really hateful! The seventh prince dared to get involved in this matter just after he came back. He simply doesn't take us seriously!"
"It's just a dirty thing crawling back from the dead!"
When Emperor Jing summoned King Hengyuan to the palace, he was scolded and scolded. The impeachment papers handed to him were no less than those of Jiang Yubai. Half of them wanted to take this opportunity to bring down King Hengyuan, and many of them were wise. King's people.
Emperor Jing smashed the papers for impeaching him on the forehead of King Hengyuan, and blood flowed along the lines on his cheek. King Hengyuan did not dare to move a step, and had to look at his father with a smile and beg him to investigate the matter thoroughly.
The evidence is in front of him, and there is nothing he can do if he doesn't admit it now. But these things can only prove Shen Hong's misconduct, and he was also kept in the dark.
"Father, I really don't know that Shen Qinghe is the daughter of Shen Hong and Zhang. If I knew, I would never let her step into the house."
Emperor Jing looked at his unsatisfactory look, sneered, and spread out the memorial in his hand, "Look at these, they are all to impeach you for misbehavior and robbing women in the east suburbs of the city. How can you tell me to talk to the people?" Explain?"
This matter was such a big deal, even if Emperor Jing wanted to protect him, he had to let him peel off a layer of skin first.
"They are just a group of unarmed people. They don't care what they say."
"You bastard!" Emperor Jing was so angry that he almost fainted at his words. "This is a disgrace to my royal family! You should think carefully about how to silence them first! Do you think you can just send a few soldiers to suppress them?"
Can it be blocked for a while or for a lifetime? This matter involves not only the common people but also ministers in the DPRK and China whose interests are linked to his.
The Wen family's plan failed, and Wen Huaimin still had to deal with the mess left by Shen Hong. They were originally gathered for their own interests, but now that Shen Hong has fallen, all the families are eager to put their relationship aside.
Although Jiang Aoyuan had never been used to Jiang Yubai's style, after seeing Shen Hong's face clearly, he was really hateful. He single-handedly led the courtiers to convince Emperor Jing to behead the man in public. The seventh prince incited the Jin Yiwei to go to the Shen Mansion to arrest the man and bring him to justice. , originally thought that Emperor Jing would forgive Shen Hong for the sake of the Shen family, and waited to see how the seventh prince Xie Yu would annoy Emperor Jing again. It would be best to move the person back to the imperial mausoleum and never recall him.
Emperor Jing had always had a cold attitude towards the Seventh Prince, and everyone was still waiting for the Seventh Prince to be slapped in the face. Finally, Jiang Yubai led the Jin Yiwei to arrest everyone in the Shen Mansion and confiscated a pile of gold, silver and jewelry. After the Seventh Prince met with the Holy Emperor, he issued an edict to thoroughly investigate the affairs of Prince Hengyuan and the Zhang family.
"Jiang Yubai led the royal guards in Hengyuan Palace and caused a stir. This was a happy event for the prince. What has become now? Is he Jiang Yubai's place to investigate the case and settle the matter? Your Majesty also handed over the military power of Xuanwu Camp to Xie Yu In your hands, what does our prince mean?"
"Master Wen, in my opinion, this is Jiang Yubai's instigation of the Seventh Prince to fight against King Hengyuan. How can a little beast like him who just crawled back from the imperial mausoleum bring the capital into such trouble? In my opinion, this is Jiang Yubai, that scoundrel’s treacherous plan, used the Seventh Prince to confuse His Majesty.”
"We can't just let this matter fall into his hands!"
"Master Wen, if Jiang Yubai continues to be so rampant, all of us will be played to death by him. Although the seventh prince is weak in power and is away from the capital all year round, her mother is not an economical lamp. How many noble families did she suppress back then? "
"What's more, his adoptive mother is still a queen. Although she is a madman, as long as His Majesty remains alive, his status will become higher and higher with time. Right now, he is only related to Governor Jiang. When his sister gets married, Tianshu, the whole Tianshu is his backing.”
Everyone was unwilling to follow King Hengyuan for so many years without gaining any benefit at all, and to be accused of disobeying the old party like Shen Hong. This incident originally started because of Shen Hong. If he could abandon one person and save all the major families, it would be Shen Hong's blessing.
Shen Hong would not fail to understand the act of cutting off one's tail to survive.
When these people in the room sat together and discussed the next response, the family forces behind them were complicated. Take the Wen family, not only the empress in the palace, but Wen Huaimin's brother Wen Yuanliang was also the imperial physician in the palace. .
Not only are these aristocratic families colluding with each other, the emperor has been reluctant to touch them because their power is difficult to control. A single move can affect the whole body. If there is not enough evidence, it will not cause any trouble, not to mention that your majesty is useless now. Now, the family's power is growing again, and Wen Huaimin went to court several times, leaving His Majesty speechless.
I'm afraid His Majesty would have been dissatisfied with such arrogant behavior, and keeping them would only mean that they could not move. Now that Shen Hong was available, it would give them a chance to take action.
There was a riot in Shu, and everyone racked their brains to get His Majesty to speak and sent Jiang Yubai to quell the riot in Shu. They thought they could let Jiang Yubai die in Shu, but he was allowed to come back alive. The brothers he sent died. They were dead and wounded, and more than half of their men were injured.
There are a lot of salt wells in Sichuan, and aristocratic families can make a lot of money just by guarding those wells. Jiang Yubai investigated the case before and cut off their way to transport money by water. The Jin Yiwei under Jiang Yubai are another group of bloodthirsty people. The thugs, who were targeting the water transport route, did not dare to act rashly, but gave Shen Hong a chance.
He is not afraid of death. He has made so many benefits secretly with Prince Rui, but now they are all confiscated. It is better to use them earlier to divide them among the various families. The confiscated money is put into the national treasury. If you want to take out this money again, you have to rely on the Ministry of Household Construction. Those ways of water conservancy projects.
How can the money earned by Sichuan Well Salt over the years be enough for their family's expenses? Now that the water transportation is in your hands again, the salt from the Shuzhong Well is being transported, and His Majesty followed Jiang Yubai's rumors and sent a team of people to escort him. It is not as easy as before to make money under the noses of these people.
"Hmph, you're just one of those untouchables. They're just buying and selling some salt, and yet they dare to make such a fuss. You really don't know what's good or bad!"
The commotion was so big that even the capital city heard about it. A lot of the taxes they secretly collected were pocketed by Shen Hong, and now they have been confiscated. If he had known this, there would be no need to be jealous of his general. Second brother.
"I told you at the beginning that Shen An was a loser. He went to the battlefield with no eyesight and it was not certain whether he would come back alive. But as a result, all of you are afraid of Shen An's military power. So what if he has military power? He's not just a man. A reckless man who knows how to fight alone!"
"Master Jiang, what you said is wrong, isn't it? When Shen Hong was arrogant, you didn't come out to refute him. Now that people are in, you are the first to blame what happened back then."
Qi Chen is the youngest son of the Qi family. He is only seventeen years old and his eldest brother Qi Yang is a great role among the children of this family. Originally, the Qi family was unwilling to participate in these secret activities. After Qi's father passed away, Qi Yang took on the role. The important responsibility of the head of the family.
Qi Yang became the head of the family at a young age. The elders in the house must have tried every means to oppose him, embarrassing Qi Yang at every turn and threatening him to hand over his family head token. Qi Chen gave those tribesmen who made things difficult for his brother a black and blue face. The thugs took turns without losing.
In just over a year, Qi Yang's power has become more stable than they thought. Thanks to the family business left by his father, the Qi family has gained more benefits than when Mr. Qi was alive. Those who are dissatisfied are also Don't dare to say "no" one more time.
Even Shen Hong would admire those tricks behind the scenes.
The Xue family has followed King Hengyuan for a long time and has almost figured out his details. The families here always follow King Hengyuan, but this does not prevent them from doing business with Shen Hong and King Rui in private. Profit is the trend. The major families gather together. The purpose of being together.
As for who becomes the emperor, they don't care. What they hate are only mad dogs like Jiang Yubai and Xie Yu who bite people and destroy people's wealth just like killing their parents.
"Master Wen, please give me some advice. Can Shen Hong be saved?"
Qi Yang sneered and looked up at everyone,
"It would be better to sacrifice Shen Hong to save our families. Governor Jiang was so angry that he praised Shen Zhiyi. The family named Shen treated Shen Zhiyi badly. Last time, Shen Hong almost burned his new disciple to death. , Shen Hong was imprisoned for a long time because of this incident, but it’s a pity that this incident was not enough to kill Shen Hong.”
"Back then, Shen Xuan lost an arm, Shen Runxue committed a crime and went to the Yamen, and Shen Qinghe stole Shen Zhiyi's sweetheart. It's not like you don't know how protective Jiang Yubai is, like a mad dog. Back then, he When he adopted Qianqing as his adopted son, he had a huge quarrel with the Jiang family. The head of the Jiang family almost drowned Qianqing in the pond, and he immediately cut off all contact with the family."
Jiang Yubai bites whoever he catches. Relying on the regent's favor, the powerful villains given to him by His Majesty are becoming more and more lawless, forcing the interests of each family to become less and less, and how many of their doorways have been destroyed?
Shen Hong's head was so full of shit that he dared to offend Governor Jiang. Normally everyone would try to avoid him, but Shen Hong had better just pull out his scales. It was really life-threatening!
"What do you mean, Mr. Qi?" Wen Huaimin inquired about his plan. If Shen Hong hadn't been greedy, how could they have encountered Jiang Yubai?
The room suddenly became quiet. Several elders heard Qi Yang's words and guessed some clues. However, no one wanted to be regarded as a villain and turned to look at him.
Qi Yang raised his head slightly and shook the tea cup back and forth in his hand. The tea in the bowl swayed in the direction of his wrist.
"Put those dirty things on Shen Hong and protect everyone."
Everyone sighed after hearing this. Wouldn't it be too cruel to blame Shen Hong like this? Once Shen Hong is convicted, it will be a death penalty.
However, Shen Hong was now in the hands of Jin Yiwei, and they did not expect Governor Jiang to release him, as he would die anyway.
Wen Huaimin looked surprised when he heard this, almost looking at Qi Yang's purpose in saying this. Blaming it all on Shen Hong is indeed the best way at the moment, but it also means that this person must be able to withstand His Majesty's punishment. Check, everyone here has more or less dust on their hands.
Wouldn't this be like throwing yourself into a trap?
Someone else said, "After all, Shen Hong is also our ally. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to do this? This is the person who will report Shen Hong and put the evidence of his crime in front of His Majesty..." His tone was long, As he spoke, he looked up at Qi Yang, hinting at something.
