"I just wish that Xu Mo could be brought before His Majesty immediately to be punished."
Chen Yongyi was filled with anger and denounced Xu Mo's various actions, looking like he hated evil as much as he hated it.
Qin Xiao felt confused.
He learned from the Imperial City Secretary that Xu Mo was engaged in demolition.
Moreover, the local people were very satisfied and enthusiastically supported Xu Mo.
But in Chen Yong's mouth, it turned into another situation.
Qin Xiao became solemn: "Prime Minister, what you say must be supported by evidence, otherwise, the majestic Prime Minister will know the consequences of false accusations."
Chen Yong kept shouting that he was wronged.
"Your Majesty, I definitely did not lie with my words!"
A trace of coldness flashed across Chen Yong's eyes.
He thought Qin Xiao valued Xu Mo's talent and therefore questioned him.
Chen Yong continued: "Your Majesty, I have carefully investigated the ins and outs, and there are witnesses."
"This person is willing to tell His Majesty the true situation in Fengzhou face to face."
Hearing this, the ministers became even more curious.
It seems that Chen Yong was well prepared to impeach Xu Mo.
Even witnesses are ready.
Could it be that Xu Mo, who is said to be quite arrogant, really made a big mistake?
Even Qin Xiao was shocked and confused.
Could it be that the Imperial City Division really missed something?
"Call for witnesses."
Chen Yong said with great joy: "I obey the order."
soon.
Two people dressed as ordinary people who were guarding outside came in.
The two entered the palace for the first time.
In full view of everyone, my calves kept shaking all the way in.
The two of them knelt down in front of Qin Xiao with a snap.
"Common people come to see your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"
There was a vibrato in their voices.
Qin Xiao didn't blame him.
He himself was born into a poor farmer, so he naturally has a lot of tolerance for poor families.
Qin Xiao told them to level up and asked:
"The Prime Minister said that your house was demolished by the Fengzhou government."
"Is this serious?"
The two of them nodded like chickens pecking rice: "Your Majesty, this is indeed the case."
One person also rolled up his sleeves, revealing shocking scars on his arms.
He screamed injustice:
"Your Majesty, we have lived in our ancestral house for generations. When the government comes, we will demolish it without any explanation."
"When we didn't agree, they beat us hard and forced us to hand over the land deeds."
"The injuries on my body were caused by people from the government. Anyone who disagrees will be beaten severely!"
The man next to him couldn't help but nod, revealing the scars on his chest for Qin Xiao to take a look at.
The officials in the hall couldn't help being furious when they saw this.
"The Fengzhou government dared to force people to sell their houses. The circumstances are outrageous."
"It is indeed abominable to beat the people into this state."
However, some officials have concerns.
They whispered.
"It's a bit weird."
"Yes, if Fengzhou officials dare to act so boldly, why are they prepared to let these people leave Fengzhou easily?"
Many officials also discussed it one after another.
"If the local officials were a little more thoughtful, they would definitely not dare to be careless if they did something that outraged both humans and gods. It would be impossible for them to expose this matter."
More officials just felt strange.
Apart from the scars from the whipping, these two men had no other wounds.
so.
They left Fengzhou safely and arrived in the capital without any difficulties or obstacles along the way.
If Xu Mo was really such a cruel person, how could he let them go so easily?
Qin Xiao snorted coldly after listening to the various discussions below.
He had a calculation in his mind.
What those officials could think of, Qin Xiao himself couldn't think of.
but.
He wanted to hear the witnesses' own explanations first.
Qin Xiao made an angry expression: "The Fengzhou government is so outrageous and dares to oppress the people?!"
"I will make the decision for you."
"If you have any grievances, just tell them!"
"As long as there are actual violations of law and discipline, I will never tolerate it."
Qin Xiao promised loudly.
The officials below stopped questioning immediately.
Chen Yong couldn't help but be happy. He knew Qin Xiao and knew that Qin Xiao hated corrupt officials who oppressed the people the most.
As long as Xu Mo is convicted of oppressing the people, this kid will not be able to escape his crime.
A proud sneer appeared on Chen Yong's face, waiting for Xu Mo's evidence of guilt to appear.
As expected, that person opened his mouth and came.
"The grassroots reported that the Fengzhou government was tampering with the demolition and deliberately deceived us."
"They promised each family 20 taels of silver as compensation."
"But in the end, what ended up in our hands was only ten taels of silver per household."
What do you say? !
Qin Xiao's expression became strange.
These contents are completely different from what they just said.
Just now I was talking about forced demolition by the government.
Why did it suddenly become wrong to get the demolition money?
at this time.
The ministers also had different expressions, some were surprised, some were thinking, and some were listening intently.
Qin Xiao was indifferent and let the man continue talking.
Another person was indignant.
"Other neighbors in our area agreed to the demolition, and they all received twenty taels of silver."
"But we only have ten taels, which is half less."
"So we didn't agree and asked the government for an explanation, but the government said our objection was invalid."
"Only ten taels."
"Isn't this an obvious move against us? We firmly disagree."
"That's all. But our neighbors also persuaded us to agree to the demolition."
"They even said that our house is too remote, so getting ten taels of silver is very good."
The man looked mean and had a sour face.
He snorted heavily.
"These people only care about themselves and have never thought about us. Ten taels of silver is only half of their twenty taels. How can they let us suffer such a big loss?!"
"I want twenty taels for anything you say!"
"The most hateful thing is that the government did not come forward, but the neighbors who have been with us for many years actually beat and cursed us."
This man was so excited that he didn't even notice that the expressions of the ministers beside him changed.
Qin Xiao didn't say anything. This man thought Qin Xiao was on his side.
Still complaining.
"Your Majesty, you saw that they were the ones who beat us like this and beat us with willow sticks."
"The officials ignored us and allowed us to be bullied."
"They are all a bunch of hateful dog officials."
"Your Majesty! We are so wronged!"
"Those dog officials are so conscientious that they colluded with other people and only targeted our two families."
Hearing this, Qin Xiao couldn't bear it anymore, his face was full of anger.
All civil and military officials also understood.
Basically what and what.
The person who complained has nothing to do with Xu Mo's abuse of private power, corruption and perversion of the law.
Everyone looked at Chen Yong.
The witness he brought was a big joke.
Qin Xiao still said nothing.
