Red makeup against the world

Chapter 447 Punishment
Wu Sheng's voice was a bit harsh, but all the censors were grateful, and they helped him up from left to right as if they had been pardoned.

Seeing the censors who were gradually dispersing, Wu Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly.He also heard about what happened to the prince these days.The turmoil caused this time is a bit big, and it seems that the battle for succession has surfaced.

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In the imperial study room, Emperor Qinglong's eyes were like knives, and he slowly swept across King Qi and King Chu who were standing below.

King Qi was frank and frank, without any guilty conscience.

The King of Chu looked a little puzzled, what happened all of a sudden?After thinking for a while, he asked, "Father, but what happened?"

Emperor Qinglong smiled coldly, and asked back: "You don't know? Or did you deliberately deceive me?"

After being drunk by him, King Qi and King Chu hurriedly knelt down, and King Qi said: "I don't know what I did wrong, please tell me clearly."

"At this moment, the censors gathered outside Duanmen to impeach the prince for his crimes and to abolish the prince!" Emperor Qinglong said slowly.

"What?" The two looked shocked.

Emperor Qinglong stared at the two of them closely, not letting go of any expressions on their faces.It took a long time before he looked away.

Look at their performance, it is only now that they suddenly heard about it.Moreover, the expression does not seem to be fake.

King Qi asked, "Why?"

"You guys get up first. I called Dr. Zhu in, and you can find out why when you ask."

After a while, Zhu Guangcheng wiped his sweat at the door before stepping in.Kowtowing on the ground, he said: "I have seen His Majesty the Emperor, Prince Qi and Prince Chu."

"Get up and answer." Emperor Qinglong said lightly: "From the beginning to the end, tell me about it."

"Yes." Zhu Guangcheng stood up with some difficulty, the knee that had just knelt in front of Duanmen was still hurting.

Seeing his appearance, Emperor Qinglong glanced at Wu Guangqi. Wu Guangqi hurriedly brought a spring stool and wanted to help him sit down.

Zhu Guangcheng hurriedly gave way, cupped his hands and said: "The emperor is sympathetic to this humble minister, but the humble minister is guilty, it is better to stand up and answer."

Emperor Qinglong didn't force it, the censor made such a fuss in front of this gate, and he was in charge of the censor platform, so he was naturally guilty of ineffective control.

"Returning to the emperor, all the censors' homes received letters last night. The evidence of the crown prince's crimes in the letter is vivid, and the Weichen's family has also received it." Zhu Guangcheng ignored the sweat dripping down his forehead, and said: "The heart of the little minister I don't know, as soon as the gate of the square opened, I rushed to Duanmen. Sure enough, I saw that all the censors had arrived. The minister tried his best to dissuade him, saying that something was wrong."

"However, the crowd was passionate. The humble minister was incompetent and could not stop it." After finishing speaking, he took off the black gauze and fell to his knees: "Please forgive me, the emperor."

Emperor Qinglong glanced at him, but didn't say anything, and didn't cry out.Reaching out for the impeachment memorial in Wu Guangqi's hand, he quickly browsed it.

Zhu Guangcheng knelt on the ground, feeling uneasy.The emperor has a calm temperament, such a performance is already extremely angry, and he doesn't know how to punish him.

King Qi and King Chu didn't even dare to vent their anger, and for a while a needle could be heard in the imperial study.

The expression on Emperor Qinglong's face became more and more ugly, and there were more than a dozen crimes of the prince stated in it.These piles of piles seem irrelevant, but most of them have something in common, that is, they are all for making money.

The purpose of buying and selling officials is to collect bribes, and to seize other people's family property for money. As the dignified prince of the Gaoman Dynasty, what is the purpose of his unscrupulous amassing of wealth? !

Anger gathered in his eyes, and with a sound of "Boom!", Emperor Qinglong's fist hit the desk, causing the pen, ink, paper and inkstone to jump.

"Now, Yushitai, Dali Temple, and Zongren Mansion will jointly hear the case."

Wu Guangqi agreed, and drew up an imperial decree, on which Emperor Qinglong stamped a jade seal.Wu Guangqi held the central decree and went to various places to proclaim the decree.

"As the chief officer of Yushitai, doctor Zhu, let the censors gather and pay a one-year fine to see the effect. He Yushi and Bai Yushi took the lead in making trouble, and they were fined for two years."

Hearing this condemnation, Zhu Guangcheng's hanging heart finally fell to the ground.Penalty is the lightest punishment.

Drenched in cold sweat, he exited the imperial study and went straight to the Imperial Palace.Now that the emperor has ordered the three departments to jointly try the case, the evidence held by the censor must be sorted out as soon as possible and handed over to the other two departments for joint trial.

King Qi took a step forward and said: "Father, these are just one-sided remarks, and the emperor may not be guilty. Would you please come here and listen to his defense?"

Emperor Qinglong looked at King Qi with a calm face, rubbed the center of his brows wearily, and waved his hand: "No need, let's check first. You all go to Baolin Garden to accompany the Queen Mother, I want to be quiet."

King Qi was naturally calm, all of this was done by Princess Zhaoyang.All he knew was that Princess Zhaoyang had recently sorted out and summarized the evidence she had obtained in the past, and she was about to attack.

But how to attack, what resources to use, and when exactly, he has no idea.Only in this way can his reaction be real enough to hide from Emperor Qinglong's eyes.

Sure enough, Emperor Qinglong was no longer suspicious of him.

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In the past few days, the crown prince had accidents one after another, even a fool would know that someone was making trouble, let alone Emperor Qinglong?

However, what the prince did really made him a little sad and angry.

In vain, he always thought that he loves this son the most and understands him best.But uncovering this shady layer, the truth made him dumbfounded.

Are these things done by the prince?After Qianyang Wang rebelled, he assassinated a large number of officials on Jiangnan Road.According to the statement in the memorial, most of these vacant official positions were sold by the prince at a price of 1000 taels of gold, and most of these official positions were the parents of the Mushou party.

Emperor Qinglong clenched his fists tightly. Jiangnan is rich and prosperous, and it is the most stable source of taxation for the imperial court.These people have bought official positions with a lot of money, what will they do?You can think of it with your toes.

Prince!Prince of the country!Is he good enough? !
He only has self-interest in his eyes, and he released a group of moths to Jiangnan Road. Is this to force the government to rebel against the people?

Anger was brewing in his eyes. King Qianyang and the prince had the same mother, so he had to think a little more about the causal relationship between King Qianyang's assassination of officials and the prince's betrayal of officials.If this is the case, the crown prince has no knowledge of Qianyang King's rebellion?
Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they start to take root.

Right now, it is just a bud, but in time, it will grow into a towering tree that can crush the crown prince.

Emperor Qinglong slowly calmed down, he knew in his heart that sooner or later, he would hand over this empire to his descendants.

But he is not old yet!
Right under his nose, the crown prince was amassing money, placing manpower, and buying people's hearts.Can't wait, want to participate in the court affairs.This made him feel that his authority was being challenged.

The absolute control over power far surpassed Emperor Qinglong's love for his son at this time.

Also, who is the person who is behind the scenes?

Emperor Qinglong narrowed his eyes slightly, no matter who it is, don't try to escape his eyes.Hiding in the dark and making waves, do you think everything will be safe?too naive!

(End of this chapter)