At this time.
All the family heads were holding a sigh of relief in their hearts... They were already holding it in so much that their chests hurt!
Isn’t the King of Huangzhou as wise as a saint, taking the overall situation into consideration when doing things?
Does he know...if he forces them to rebel, Daxia will be in chaos?
They are the overall situation of the Daxia Empire!
So infuriating!
This is totally a reckless young man!
I was so angry that I wanted to explode on the spot!
have no choice!
The heads of the families looked at the murderous-looking golden-armored imperial guards around the hall, turned their attention to Emperor Xia, and suddenly knelt down and begged: "Your Majesty, we were also deceived by the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, so we did something wrong with him. Please forgive us. Sin!"
They don’t believe in the emperor and don’t care about the overall situation!
Emperor Xia took a deep look at Xia Tian and pondered for a moment: "I have handed over this matter to the Prime Minister You, please beg him!"
The family heads gritted their yellow teeth and turned their gazes to Prime Minister Zuo Sima Jian... Those eyes were pleading!
The Sima family did not participate in the division of money and food from the treasury. Now, perhaps he is the only one who can speak for everyone!
Sima Jian understood their eyes!
He glanced at Emperor Xia.
Then, Emperor Xia looked back at him... which was very meaningful!
Sima Jian has served Emperor Xia for more than ten years and can understand the emperor's meaning at a glance!
Then.
"Cough cough cough..."
Sima Jian coughed a few times and said: "Right Prime Minister, since the main culprit who embezzled money and food from the national treasury has been caught, please forgive the family heads for once because they were deceived by the six ministers!"
Having said this, Sima Jian's face turned solemn: "Most of the officials working in the court come from various families. If they are arrested and imprisoned in the imperial city again, the operation of the court will be impacted and affected. Please think twice, Prime Minister Right!"
This is a threat!
"Hehehe..."
Xia Tian stood up from the chair, walked to the coffin, sat down on the coffin, and sneered again and again: "Think twice?"
"Prime Minister Zuo, it's them who swallowed up the treasury's money and food, they're the ones who violated the laws of the empire, they're the ones who are guilty... Why are you asking the Prime Minister, a person who enforces the law impartially, to think twice?"
"Did the left prime minister also participate in the carving up of this gluttonous feast of the treasury?"
"Could it be that the Left Prime Minister... is their protector behind the scenes?"
"Right Prime Minister, be careful what you say!"
Sima Jian's face darkened: "The truth is that I'm afraid that Prime Minister You only cares about meritorious service and performance when he first joins the imperial court, and forgets that as the Right Prime Minister of the imperial court, he has to take into account the overall situation!"
"Hahaha......"
Xia Tian sneered at Sima Jian, and his tone became even colder: "Prime Minister Zuo, are you now accusing the truth of not caring about the overall situation?"
"Is it in your mind that... your left prime minister is the one who has the overall situation in mind?"
"you......"
Sima Jian was so angry that his beard trembled: "You, Prime Minister, are too preoccupied!"
"I am just kindly reminding you, please don't think too much about it, and don't label me randomly!"
Xia Tian raised his eyelids: "Prime Minister Zuo, are you accusing me of slandering you now?"
"I can't afford this accusation!"
"you......"
Sima Jian was so angry that he had nothing to say!
If you say anything, you will get slapped back. How can you ask for this kind of love?
At this time, in Tianxia Palace.
The left and right prime ministers glared at each other like cross-eyes, making the emperor and the heads of families look confused!
Did this pair of husband-in-law really fall out completely?
At this moment, Sima Jian seemed to have lost face and was trembling with anger, but in fact he was excited!
The harder he falls out with his cheap son-in-law, the more trust each family will have in him!
Now that the six major deacon families in the Family Alliance have been destroyed, it is time for the Sima family to regain leadership!
His cheap son-in-law is really good!
At this moment, a sudden change occurred!
I saw Xia Tian's eyes suddenly softened, and his tone also became gentle: "Master Taishan, no... Master Zuo Xiang is actually right. The family heads were deceived by the former Minister of Household Affairs and others into embezzling money and food from the treasury. Excusable!"
"What's more, each family is loyal to the empire and has made great contributions. The law is nothing more than human kindness..."
Xia Tian's words are not finished yet!
But all the family heads are already excited!
This stubborn and stupid young man finally woke up!
too difficult!
I really want to cry!
The husband-in-law and son-in-law seemed to be having a fierce quarrel, and it seemed that they had different political opinions and were incompatible with each other, but King Huangzhou let it slip... They were still good husband-in-law!
Therefore, we should still be wary of the Sima family and continue to be wary of Prime Minister Zuo Sima Jian!
now.
Sima Jian's face froze, feeling helpless... It's broken!
The trust established with the family heads is gone again!
This guy is so weird!
On the Dragon Throne.
Emperor Xia narrowed his eyes...it's interesting!
Under the ground.
The mysterious man also narrowed his eyes and murmured: "It's interesting!"
at this time.
Xia Tian's eyes left Sima Jian, and he looked around the heads of the families and said: "If... the heads of the families can take the initiative to return the money and food from the treasury, the truth can be lenient and not allow you to go to the imperial city to drink tea and chat! "
"So, are you willing?"
"Of course!"
For no reason, all the family heads were very moved!
Only a ghost would be willing to go to the Imperial City to be a prisoner!
There's no such thing as chatting and drinking tea there, but there's something about being naked and blowing in the cold wind: "We are willing to return the money and food from the treasury, and we will do our best to cooperate with the prince in the future. No, we will cooperate with the right prime minister to lower the price of food in the imperial capital!"
"yes!"
"We must cooperate!"
All the family heads spoke out one after another, hoping to touch Xia Tian's heart.
"Hehehe..."
Xia Tian smiled!
"very good!"
"However, the food price issue in the imperial capital will be dealt with on its own, so there is no need to trouble you!"
All the family heads were shocked: "How will the Prime Minister deal with this?"
The grain merchants in the imperial capital are all from different families. If they want to lower the price of grain, they can do it with just one word!
But the King of Huangzhou didn't let them help, which made them feel bad... Could it be that the King of Huangzhou wanted to steal food?
Xia Tian continued: "But embezzling money and food from the national treasury is a serious crime. If you just give it back... I'm afraid I won't be able to convince everyone!"
"So, the prime minister wants to punish you on behalf of the imperial court. Do you agree?"
"recognize!"
In order not to enter the prison of the imperial city, all the family heads agreed: "Your right minister, please speak!"
"very good!"
Xia Tian raised his eyelids: "Then let's punish... three times the amount of money and food from the national treasury!"
"Any comments?"
Suddenly, the hearts of all the family heads started to bleed!
"have!"
A family head was really heartbroken and lost his voice and said the word "yes"!
Suddenly.
There was silence in Tianxia Palace!
"Hehehe..."
Xia Tian's laughter made all the family heads stand on end: "Come here, take the family heads who have objections to the Imperial City Prison and serve them well!"
"yes!"
The golden-armored guards grabbed the head of the family and left!
The heads of the families were frightened!
"No!"
The head of the family shouted: "No more! I have no opinion anymore, I am willing to pay four times as much!"
Xia Tian then said: "Then just pretend that you didn't say anything just now!"
The heads of the families: "..."
Emperor Xia: "..."
Sima Jian: "..."
The mysterious underground man: "..."
suddenly.
Someone passed a secret message into Emperor Xia's ears: "Emperor, the king of Huangzhou cannot be returned to Huangzhou..."
