Be an emperor from drawing cards

Chapter 93 The prince fell and the emperor was full!

Wake up refreshed.

Zhao Yu looked at Bai Qing'er, who was still sleeping soundly with tears in the corners of her eyes. He pulled up a corner of the brocade quilt and gently covered her flawless body, then turned over and got out of bed. Let the palace maid wait for her to dress.

At this time, Gao Lishi quietly came to Zhao Yu and lowered his voice:

"Your Majesty, Master Heba Palace is back and is waiting at Zihuan Palace."

"Has he found out what happened yesterday?"

Zhao Yu asked without looking back.

Gao Lishi nodded imperceptibly.

Zhao Yu, who put on a royal uniform, raised his chin.

"Let's go to the Zihuan Palace first and listen to what Aiqing Heba has to say. By the way, send someone to tell the officials that today's court meeting will be postponed for an hour."

After that, he walked out of Qingqiu Hall first and rushed towards Zihuan Hall, and Gao Lishi followed closely.

Tranquility returned to Qingqiu Palace again.

After a while, a figure floated into Qingqiu Hall.

Seeing Bai Qing'er sleeping soundly on the embroidered couch, Zhu Yuyan was both angry and funny, she couldn't help raising her hand to pat the white and fat place, and said angrily:

"You damn girl, the sky is bright and you still don't get up!"

In her sleep, Bai Qing'er only felt that her buttocks were being attacked. She couldn't help but said "Ouch". She woke up from her dream and subconsciously touched the side, but didn't find what she wanted. She opened her eyes in confusion. A charming face with a faint smile came into her eyes.

"Master, why are you here?"

Seeing Master Zhu Yuyan, Bai Qing'er was both surprised and delighted. While asking, she hurriedly pulled the brocade quilt onto her body, covering up the infinite beauty of the undulating mountains.

"You girl..."

Zhu Yuyan glanced at Bai Qing'er up and down, feeling annoyed;
"What's the use of covering it up? I raised you up as a teacher, and it seems like you haven't seen anything. As for the little emperor, he just went to the morning court."

Bai Qing'er pursed her lips, her eyes flickered, and after a long while she said quietly:
"The little emperor...is not young anymore..."

At Zhu Yuyan's age, how can she not hear the meaning of her apprentice's words, she cast a sideways glance with her beautiful eyes, and whispered:
"Damn girl, why didn't my teacher realize that you are so shameless!"

After being scolded by her master, Bai Qing'er smiled and was not annoyed. She stretched out a pair of arms as white and tender as lotus joints, and took Zhu Yuyan's arm. The delicate nightmare that had not yet faded from her blush came under Zhu Yuyan's jade-like earlobes and whispered. Said a few words.

When Zhu Yuyan heard this, she raised her eyebrows at her temples, her cheeks were dizzy, and she said with anger but not anger:

"What a shameless little hooves, how come you hugged the little emperor's lap and dared to tease even his master?"

As he spoke, he raised his hands to strike.

Bai Qing'er chuckled, raised her hands and begged for mercy;
"Good master, my disciple is wrong, it's just a joke."

Zhu Yuyan sighed softly, lowered her right hand raised high, rubbed Bai Qing'er's head lovingly, and said softly:
"Now among the little emperor's harem, you are the only girl who is the most favored. If there is a chance, Qing'er, you'd better remind the little emperor that you must not forget the promise you made to our Tianyin Pavilion."

When Bai Qing'er heard this, her starry eyes blinked and she nodded;
"Master, don't worry, Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and you will never go back on your word."

In the Zihuan Palace.

Zhao Yu looked at the nearly three-foot-high dossier beside He Bayun, frowned, and asked:

"He Baqing, who have already checked it out?"

He Boyun shook his head and said sternly:

"Returning to Your Majesty, the right to adjudicate cases is not in the hands of the Jishifu. If your Majesty wants to ask, you should also ask the Third Division. However, based on the property that was confiscated from these few houses, if the Third Division judges them not to be corrupt Accepting bribes is strange for a humble minister."

Zhao Yu nodded without saying much.Just looking at so many files, he was a little surprised in his heart.

He knew that these people were most likely corrupt and perverting the law, but he did not expect that the Jishi Office in charge of He Bayun alone could find out so many of the crimes of these people. What about the Third Division? ?

How many evil things have these high-ranking officials committed during the more than six years that Huang Jingming has been in charge of the government?
He picked up a copy and opened it. It was the crime of Zhang Liuqi, Minister of the Ministry of War. As soon as he opened it and read a few pages, Zhao Yu's face suddenly turned ugly. Then after turning a few more pages, Zhao Yu's breathing He became a little anxious, and even wisps of golden martial arts arrogance appeared vaguely around him.

Zhao Yu picked up the tea cup on the table and prepared to take a sip to calm down his anger. However, when he saw the numbers recorded in the file, he suddenly lost his temper and threw the tea cup to the ground.

"Crack!"

The sound of broken porcelain was particularly ear-piercing in the silent Zihuan Palace.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Seeing the emperor's furious rage, He Bayun, Gao Lishi, and a group of maids and eunuchs hurriedly knelt on the ground.

"Everyone, get up. It's not your fault. Why are you kneeling?"

Zhao Yu waved his hand slightly irritably and sneered:
"Haha, you are really a loyal minister of our Da Chu. He is an important minister of the second rank and has been an official for decades. He has 9 taels of silver in his house. It barely makes sense, and I can accept it!
But yesterday, nearly 50 taels of gold and silver were confiscated from this old dealer’s house alone!
This is not counting things like real estate stores, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings that cannot be estimated in a short period of time!

I'm not a fool. If you add up all these things, if you don't have a million taels of silver, it will be a big joke in the world!

It's really courageous. If you follow the temperament of the founding ancestor Taizong, it would be light to cut him into pieces! "

By the end, Zhao Yu was gritting his teeth.

Zhang Liuqi, the Minister of War, alone, embezzled at least nearly one million taels of silver.

You know, when Zhao Yu ascended the throne, the treasury only had 1000 and more than two million taels of silver.

Just thinking about one-tenth of the national treasury being stolen by one person made Zhao Yu's head buzzing with anger.

Taking another one casually, Zhao Yu just scanned it briefly, then suppressed his anger and threw the file to the ground again.

This was the crime of Meng Chong, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the degree of corruption was even more shocking than that of Zhang Liuqi, the Minister of the Ministry of War.

The Minister of Civil Affairs is in charge of the assessment and promotion of officials in a country. He has a high and powerful position and has always been known as the "Heavenly Official". In addition, Meng Chong believed that he was Huang Jingming's confidant, so he was even more unscrupulous in amassing money.

Meng Chong had become quite familiar with selling out officials in private, and even manipulating officials' assessments for promotions and forcing them to pay bribes in the past 20 years.

And the amount of money Meng Chong gained from corruption and bribery was even more shocking than Zhang Liuqi!
"Shuo Shu, Shuo Shu!"

Zhao Yu said bitterly.

"Even if I ransacked all their homes, it would be considered light. If I didn't want to destabilize the government, I would have punished their nine clans!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at He Bayun and asked in a cold voice:
"What's going on in Huang Jingming's house?"

He Bayun thought about his words and said:

"Your Majesty, the Jishi Office found only 10 taels of gold and silver in Prince Taihe's Mansion. The total of the remaining items will not exceed 5 taels."

Zhao Yu hesitated when he heard the words, and said bitterly;
"I didn't expect Huang Jingming to be much cleaner. What a pity. It's rotten from the root. It's rotten! What's the use of just him being shiny on the surface?"

After that, he looked at Gao Lishi and said:
"Bring these files with you, I will kill a few monkeys at the court today to scare a group of chickens!"......

The palace guards wearing armor and holding swords were guarding outside the Tai Chi Hall, although they were not squinting.

But if you observe carefully, you can find that the ears of these guards who are not low in cultivation tremble slightly from time to time.

At this time, Zhao Yu's suppressed angry roar could be heard faintly from outside the Tai Chi Hall.

"Zhang Liuqi alone has something worth at least one million taels found in his house. I would like to ask everyone in the palace, how much money is there in the treasury of the Chu State? Zhang Liuqi alone is so greedy. Nearly one-tenth!"

"This is more than a million taels of silver. Zhang Liuqi really dares to reach out!"

In the Tai Chi Hall, Zhao Yu stood on the imperial steps, pacing back and forth, and said bitterly:
"If there was only one person, then I wouldn't be so angry. He Baqing, tell me the data you collected yesterday and let everyone in the palace open their eyes!"

He Bayun heard this and sang loudly:
"Your Majesty, colleagues, according to yesterday's overnight inventory of the imperial guards, a total of 370 million taels of gold and silver were found from the residences of Zhang Liuqi, Meng Chong and other ten people. In addition to gold and silver, there were also 150 pieces of various jewelry. There are more than 520 pieces of antique calligraphy and painting, [-] pieces of precious silk, and about [-] real estate shops. The combined value of these is no less than [-] million taels of silver. I estimate that the total property confiscated by them is , at least [-] million!"

After hearing this, all the court officials couldn't help but look at each other.

520 million taels of silver, such a figure, is probably the largest corruption case involving the past 50 years.

"Hmph, even 500 million taels is worth half of the treasury!"

Zhao Yu gritted his teeth, looked at the courtiers, and said sadly:

"This is because I am soft-hearted and only pursued the leaders of them. What I am curious about now is, if I continue to pursue the case, the stolen silver alone can double the amount of silver in the national treasury? This year? To pay more than 50 soldiers, we don’t need to use a single penny from the national treasury. Even after paying out the wages, can you still leave a lot for me?”

Listening to Zhao Yu's murderous words, the officials who originally belonged to King Taihe's party couldn't help but tremble in their legs.

An emperor who holds military power in his hands and has leverage with his ministers was originally anxious because of the lack of money in the treasury. Now that he sees the profits from confiscating his property, will he hold back his temper?
At least, if it were them, they would never be able to bear it!
They cannot gamble, let alone dare to gamble.

Thinking of this, these officials felt a chill on their necks.

Is it necessary to shed some of his own blood so that the person on the Dragon Throne can temporarily cease his thunderous wrath?
While they were thinking absentmindedly, Chu Ziwen, the imperial censor, came out and said:
"In my humble opinion, Your Majesty promised not to expand the scope of the liquidation yesterday. If the scope of the liquidation is too wide, it will be difficult for the central court to operate for a while, and the losses suffered by then will probably be greater than the liquidation of King Taihe's party. I beg you, Your Majesty, to think twice."

Hearing Chu Ziwen's intercession for them, Yuan Taihe Wang Yidang seemed to have grasped the straw to save their lives, and came out one after another, saying:

"Your Majesty, what Doctor Chu said is true. It is not appropriate to go on a killing spree, otherwise there will be no one in this court to use!"

"Your Majesty, the words of Dr. Chu are seconded by the ministers."

"My minister agrees!"

Zhao Yu snorted coldly, and the Tai Chi Hall suddenly fell silent.

"You are not joking. What I said yesterday is of course true. However, if I just put it down so gently, why did I feel like this?

Heba Aiqing found a few big rats for me, but there are countless small rats and cockroaches lying in some dark place, sucking the blood of the people and digging up the roots of the great Chu! "

As he spoke, Zhao Yu glanced at the ministers intentionally or unintentionally.

Hearing Zhao Yu's angry words, all the courtiers in the Tai Chi Palace couldn't help but shrink their necks.

"Your Majesty, there is a saying in Buddhism. If you put down your butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately, there will be no limit to the sea of ​​suffering. You will never turn back. Please give those ministers who have made mistakes a chance to correct themselves."

Chu Ziwen played again.

"Chu Qing, if they want to repent, they can. It depends on whether their behavior can satisfy me and Wanmin!"

Zhao Yu snorted coldly and said:
"I will set up a confession platform outside the Xuanwu Gate of the Imperial Palace. If you are determined to repent, some people will naturally know what to do and how to do it without my teaching."

Chu Ziwen was slightly startled, then he cupped his hands and said:
"Your Majesty is wise, I am too worried."

Then he retreated into the crowd of ministers and remained silent.

Zhao Yu continued:
"Gao Lishi, prepare a move."

"First, make the crimes of Zhang Liuqi and others known to the public, tell the world, and kill everyone!"

"Two, from the stolen silver, 20 taels of silver will be transferred, and then a batch of grain, wine and meat will be transferred from the national treasury to reward the troops in the capital."

"Whether it's the palace guards who guard the palace and swear to die in a bloody battle, or the soldiers of the Beijing camp who are ordered by me to stay out of the closed camp, they all deserve my praise for them!"

In Zhao Yu's view, the soldiers' minds were very simple, and they would sacrifice their lives for whomever they received their salary.

If he distributes real money and food, the soldiers will benefit from it, and they will naturally favor themselves as the emperor.

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Gao Lishi responded hastily.

At this time, Zhang Xiu, the commander in front of the palace, Fan Zhen, the commander of the Wucheng Army and Horses Division, Huang Zhong, the commander of the Beijing army camp, and others came out one after another, prostrated themselves on the ground, and said:
"My lord, on behalf of the lieutenant generals of the army, thank your Majesty for the reward! Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"

"Everyone, get up. The officers and soldiers in the capital are loyal to the country and loyal to me. Naturally, I will not be stingy with rewards."

Zhao Yu raised his right hand slightly, motioning for the two to get up, glanced at the sunlight shooting into the hall from the outside, and said:
"This is the end of today's court meeting. Finally, the ministers will discuss Huang Jingming, the Supreme Harmony King of the Great Chu, how the court should deal with this person."

As soon as Zhao Yu said the words, Yuantai and Wang Yidang looked at me and I looked at you. For a moment, no one dared to be the first to come forward.

His Majesty has just said that he will not be held accountable anymore, but if I ask Your Majesty to forgive King Huang Jingming of Taihe for some of his crimes at this time, wouldn't I be in trouble with His Majesty and have to let His Majesty get to the bottom of myself before I can be satisfied?

"Your Majesty, Huang Jingming recruited party members, controlled the government, and even got involved in the military power. He conspired to rebel and commit rebellion. This is an unpardonable crime. I ask your Majesty to punish him severely to serve as a warning to the world!"

Zhang Chao, Minister of Dali Temple, came out to play.

As a member of the former Queen Mother's party, if he doesn't express his position at this time, it will be too late!
"What Zhang Qing said makes sense."

Zhao Yu nodded slightly, as if thinking about something.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say about Huang Jingming, otherwise he will not vomit."

Suddenly, an old voice sounded in the court hall.

What everyone is looking at is the old Situ Zhang Kangnian, a veteran of three dynasties and already in the process of becoming an official.

"Old Situ, please speak."

Facing this loyal and courageous old Situ, Zhao Yu showed a rare smile on his face and said warmly.

"Your Majesty, although Huang Jingming has committed the crime of treason, in the past six years, he has governed the country and reorganized the army, which has made the national power of the Great Chu stronger than before.

The old minister does not ask Your Majesty to forgive this person, but I only ask that in the future, Huang Jingming's faults will be recorded in the history books, but his achievements will not be forgotten. "

Zhao Yu thought for a moment, nodded and said:
"I have written down what the Taiwei said. I will have the historian record the merits and demerits of Huang Jingming's life in detail, and strive not to overshadow his merits or gloss over his faults."

"Your Majesty is truly a benevolent monarch, and the old minister has nothing else to say."

After getting the answer he wanted, Zhang Kangnian bowed deeply and returned to the queue of officials.

(End of this chapter)