After losing the vest at the beginning, the female general was forced to marry the scheming prince

Chapter 123 The Emperor's Disposition

Yudu Palace
The emperor once again received a secret letter from Ning Youbei, this time it was about King Jing.

Ning Youbei told the emperor the whole story of Pengzhou, and finally said:
"King Jing has been poisoned by Villa Master Su. No one but Master Su can't get rid of it. I don't know what method he will use to force Master Su to get rid of the poison."

The emperor slapped the letter heavily, Ning Youdi's ambition is getting bigger and bigger!
Not to mention leaving the fief privately, he even wants to take in the power of Mantuo Villa for his own use!
The matter of Ning Youdi leaving the fief privately must not be let go, and such a good handle will definitely be reprimanded if he is brought in front of him.

However, there is not enough evidence for him to poison the Pengzhou Mantuo Villa stronghold, so he can only let it go.

Even if the corpse of a dead person can prove that he died of poisoning, who can prove that the poison was given by King Jing?
What is the purpose of his poisoning?
Although Su Yingxue can truthfully tell the truth, saying that King Jing poisoned her to lure her to Pengzhou and take over the power of Mantuo Villa, but King Jing can completely deny it, and can even bite back.

He said that Su Yingxue poisoned him, so he arrested Su Yingxue and forced her to detoxify.

It is also true that King Jing was poisoned.

At that time, the two sides will stick to their own opinions and argue endlessly, and there will be no results.Moreover, Su Yingxue had to detoxify King Jing.

Because it is a serious crime for a commoner to poison the prince, and he should be sentenced to the punishment of showing his head to the public.

……

After the emperor took pictures of Ning Youbei's letter, he suddenly found some small characters on the back of the letter.

He picked up the letter again to see what was written on the back.Looking at it, the emperor was both funny and angry.

Ning Youbei wrote:
Brother Huang, in Ah Chu's heart, Master Su is much more important than me.At that time, she saw Su Zhuangzhu being tortured and almost killed King Jing.I don't know if Ah Chu would be so distressed if it was me?
After reading it, the emperor's mind floated.

If Ning Youdi was really killed by General Qu, what would happen?
The people of Duke Zhen will definitely unite with the ministers to ask themselves for an explanation that General Qu will be executed.

Will you agree with yourself?

The emperor thought about it carefully, and found that he was not sure what he would do?
Perhaps only when things get to that point, will we weigh the interests of all parties and make a trade-off!

However, if King Jing really died, the emperor found that he was actually quite happy.

……

At the court meeting the next day, the emperor told about King Jing leaving Jingcheng privately, and asked the ministers how to deal with it?

According to the regulations of the Dayu Dynasty:
If the prince leaves the fief privately without the approval of the emperor, the title of the prince can be cut off at the most important, and the governance right of the fief for three years can be handed over at the lightest.

The evidence of King Jing leaving the fief privately is conclusive, and it is impossible to get rid of the crime.However, there are always people who want to exonerate him.

A minister came out:
"My Majesty, didn't the King of Chu go to the north to work in the army? Why did he appear in Pengzhou?"

The emperor smiled coldly in his heart: Is this trying to drag Youbei into the water?

However, the emperor had already thought of his words.

Anyway, King Jing and the others knew that Youbei actually went to Jianghuai, and now they are not afraid that the ministers will know that Youbei has not gone to the north.

"The King of Chu and General Qu followed my secret order to go to Jianghuai to investigate the rising prices and the displacement of the people.

I would like to ask everyone, why has the price of grain in Jianghuai and the Huaihe River doubled this year, and the price of medicinal materials has increased by [-] to [-]%, but no one has reported it to me? "

The ministers all bowed their heads in silence.

Most of the ministers in the DPRK and China already knew about the price rise in the Jianghuai River, but since Prime Minister Fang didn't say a word, they were unwilling to act like this.

The emperor never thought of letting these ministers go today.

He first ordered Su Shangshu, the official secretary of his own gang.

"Su Shangshu, do you know about the rising prices in Jianghuai?"

Su Shangshu came out.

"Your Majesty, I am truly ashamed.

Previously, I occasionally heard a servant in the mansion mention that the price of goods in the Jianghuai area has risen this year, but I didn't pay much attention to it.

Thinking that there is no natural or man-made disaster, even if it is rising, it is impossible to rise too much, and the local officials should find a way to calm it down.

I didn't expect it to rise so much.

If I had known about this situation, I would have reported it to His Majesty long ago.

However, if this matter is true, but the officials of Jianghuai and Huaihe concealed it and did not report it, they should be punished for the crime of bullying. "

What Su Shangshu said was the truth.

He really didn't know about it.

The emperor still believed in Su Shangshu.

These years, Su Shangshu not only worked hard, but also was very loyal to him. If Su Shangshu knew the truth, he would definitely tell him.

The emperor named Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment again.

"Liu Shangshu, do you know about the rising prices in Jianghuai?"

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice knew it, but at this time he would definitely answer that he didn't know.

"I report to Your Majesty, I am really ashamed. I was too focused on the case of the Ministry of Punishment, but I ignored this matter. I really don't know about it."

The Emperor's target was not the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment. Seeing his answer like this, he did not investigate whether it was true, but only asked: "If this is true, if the officials in Jianghuai and Huaihe knew about it and did not report it, should they be punished for the crime of bullying?"

This matter belongs to the scope of the Ministry of Punishment, and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment has no choice but to answer.

He bowed and said: "Yes, according to the laws and regulations of the Dayu Dynasty, such important matters are not reported, and they should indeed be punished for bullying."

With the words of Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, the emperor looked at Prime Minister Fang.

"Master Prime Minister, as the head of a hundred officials, don't you know about the price rise in Jianghuai?"

After being named, Prime Minister Fang had no choice but to come out to answer.

"Report to the emperor: the minister has neglected his duty."

Prime Minister Fang didn't say a word of the extra words.

However, the emperor did not intend to let Prime Minister Fang go.

"Since you know that you are dereliction of duty, how can you punish yourself?"

Unexpectedly, the emperor would pursue it to the end this time, Prime Minister Fang was stunned.

Duke Wei and Prime Minister Fang have always been at odds with each other, so they rushed out when they saw the opportunity.

"To the Emperor:

Fang Haichang, the son of Prime Minister Fang, is the Jianghuai salt transport envoy, so it is impossible for him not to know about the outrageous price rise in Jianghuai. Normally, he should tell his father who is the prime minister.

If Prime Minister Fang knew about it but did not report it, then Prime Minister Fang committed the crime of bullying; if Fang Haichang did not tell Prime Minister Fang about this, then Fang Haichang committed the crime of bullying. "

After Duke Wei said this, the court hall was silent for a while.

This is a terrible multiple-choice question, no matter what Prime Minister Fang says, the Fang family will inevitably be punished.

The emperor looked at Prime Minister Fang: "Prime Minister, what do you say?"

Prime Minister Fang still only lowered his head: "It's my negligence."

The emperor sneered in his heart: Just relying on the ambiguous words "it's a minister's dereliction of duty" to get away with it?I'm afraid it's not that easy.

The emperor straightened his expression: "Since Prime Minister Fang has committed the crime of bullying, he should be suspended first."

(End of this chapter)