Concubine Huang said she wanted to leave

Chapter 86
In the Jinluan Hall, Jin Yantang wears a dragon robe and wears a white jade beaded crown on his head, sitting firmly on the dragon chair.

His eyes flashed with anger, and suddenly he dropped a booklet in the hall, and said coldly: "Master Gao, why did you hide the news and not report the outbreak of plague in Shu!"

"Wow!"

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the court.

Even the uninformed officials were surprised and said:
"What? The drought in Shu, and the plague broke out?"

"Master Gao is a member of the Ministry of Industry, so it's impossible not to know about it!"

"No wonder Your Majesty Longyan is furious, this matter is really tricky!"

A middle-aged official wearing a scarlet robe and embroidered with elephant patterns stepped forward and knelt down, complaining bitterly: "Your Majesty, I just found out about this, and the plague first broke out from Jingzhou, but the magistrate of Jingzhou kept it secret. Report... If the humble official knew about this long ago, how dare he lie to the Holy Majesty! The humble official is wronged!"

Master Gao said, his eyes flickered slightly, and the moment he kowtowed, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

No one saw his expression, and Jin Yantang's eyes grew more angry after hearing the evasive words of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

If he had known that a plague had broken out in that Shu area, he would definitely not let Zuo Xiang go to complain and relieve the victims on his behalf!
But before Jin Yantang could get angry, suddenly, outside the main hall, a guard hurriedly helped an old man in civilian clothes and walked in.

Take a closer look, although this old man in common clothes is sloppy all over, isn't that appearance the same as Zuo Xiang Shang Chengyuan?
"Left phase!"

Immediately, there were several exclamations at the same time.

Jin Yantang's pupils narrowed sharply, and he stepped off the high platform in three steps at a time. He came to Prime Minister Zuo and supported him, saying, "Prime Minister Zuo, you..."

Shang Chengyuan's face was pale, and he grasped his arm weakly: "Your Majesty, the plague in Shu is so fierce that thousands of people have died of illness. The letter sent to your majesty was tampered with by treacherous ministers, and he was assassinated on the road. His son desperately let him die." I escaped danger and went to the capital... but now he is trapped in Shu, please help him!"

When he said this, Shang Chengyuan was a little delirious, and the hale and hearty eyes of the past had long since disappeared in his cloudy eyes.

As soon as the words fell, before Jin Yantang could speak, Shang Chengyuan fainted to the ground.

Jin Yantang pursed his lips, his eyes were dim, but he couldn't help but tighten Shang Chengyuan's hand.

Damn it, clearing the court, when can I rest?

"Come here, take Prime Minister Zuo to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and order the imperial physician to take good care of him!"

After Jin Yantang gave an order, the young servant beside him immediately stepped forward to help Shang Chengyuan down. At the same time, Jin Yantang turned and sat back on the dragon chair, and put away the anger on his face.

I saw him lowering his eyes, looking condensedly at the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "Master Gao has neglected his duties, which has caused the disaster to expand, and he has been demoted to a commoner, and he will not be allowed to enter the court again for eternity!"

Unexpectedly, Jin Yantang would be so ruthless as soon as he made a move, never giving anyone a chance.

The sneer on Mr. Gao's face froze all of a sudden, he raised his head, looked at Jin Yantang in disbelief, then got up and pointed at him angrily: "Your Majesty, I am a veteran of the previous court, and this time the loss is not the result of my failure." Why did you only punish one minister? And the old minister is already thinking of ways to make up for it. You are acting so arbitrarily and arbitrarily, which is the act of a tyrant!"

Putting on a high hat, Jin Yantang smiled suddenly, and said in an unhurried manner: "Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War colluded to embezzle disaster funds. Jingzhou is an important place in Shu. Your Ministry of Industry is in charge, but you Hiding the situation in Jingzhou from me and not reporting it caused me to misjudge the situation, which in turn caused the disaster to spread and the people to die in vain. This crime of deceiving the king and embezzlement, which one is not enough for me to take your head?"

Master Gao's complexion changed, he forced himself to suppress the trembling of his body, and said with a straight neck: "Impossible! I am an upright official, and everyone in the court and ministers knows it. Why are you wronging the old minister with empty teeth, Your Majesty?"

Jin Yantang slowly stroked the sealed letter in his hand, looked at him without a smile and said, "Want evidence? The receipts between you and Wen Quanwu and Chen Shijie are still in my hands. Besides, even The expenditure of your Ministry of Industry for the past three years is also under my control, if you have any sophistry, just speak up and listen."

When the first emperor was alive, these treacherous ministers kept him in the dark. They thought that Jin Yantang hadn't made a move against them for three years, and he was just a guy who watched the outsiders do it. He didn't expect him to make a move suddenly, but it caught people off guard.

It turns out that for the past three years, he has been keeping a low profile. Now that Wen Quanwu's military power has been taken back by him, a skinny camel has immediately turned into an angry lion!

Chen Shijie, former Minister of the Ministry of Households; Wen Quanwu, former Minister of the Ministry of War.

Now that they are all in the hands of the first emperor, the matter has come to an end, Mr. Gao has nothing to say.

He looked at Jin Yantang's condensed face in disbelief, the light in his eyes dimmed little by little, and finally, with a "plop", he knelt powerlessly in the hall.

Jin Yantang glanced around the audience expressionlessly, and said in a cold voice: "Master Gao, although I spare your life, those dead people in Sichuan will turn into your nightmares and haunt you, so please do it yourself. Retire!"

As soon as the words fell, Jin Yantang turned around and walked towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

At this time, the servant on the side announced loudly: "Retire!"

Two guards came over, one of them was holding a tray, and the other said indifferently to Mr. Gao, "Please take off your court clothes and the black veil on your head, and hand over your palace card."

The tall man's face was ashen, and he took off his court clothes numbly.

He has been in the officialdom for thirty years, but he has stumbled at the hands of the new emperor. He is unwilling, but there is nothing he can do!
At three quarters of the hour, the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The palace maid wiped Shang Chengyuan's body, covered him with a quilt, and stepped aside.

Suddenly, the door opened and Jin Yantang walked in.

At that time, the young servant at the side hurried up to greet him: "Your Majesty, this servant has just invited the imperial physician to diagnose Zuo Xiang."

Hearing this, Jin Yantang nodded.

On the bed, Shang Chengyuan had a sick look on his face, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and he seemed to be in great pain.

With his hands behind his back, he looked at Shang Chengyuan with deep eyes, and then asked the imperial physician beside him, "How is Prime Minister Zuo's health? Is his life in danger?"

The imperial physician hesitated and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Zuo Xiang's pulse sometimes disappears, and his heart fire is weak, and his body is hot, very similar to..."

Seeing him talking intermittently, Jin Yantang stared at him with frowned eyebrows: "What does it look like? Say it!"

Seeing his hawk-like eyes, the imperial physician trembled all over, knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Please forgive me for being rude, Prime Minister Zuo's symptoms are very similar to 'Heaven and Seasonal Plague'!"

The epidemic in the sky is the saying of the Taiyuan Hospital. In layman's terms, it is the plague.

Immediately, there was complete silence in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The maidservant who had touched the prime minister just now turned pale, and even the young servant's pupils shrank and his face changed slightly.

It's just that the young servant's performance was not so obvious.

Hearing this, Jin Yantang subconsciously turned his head to look at Prime Minister Left, and remained silent for a long time.

Afterwards, he slowly said: "Can you heal?"

The imperial doctor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly said: "I can only stabilize Mr. Zuoxiang's condition first, so as not to let the condition worsen. For the radical cure, you have to go back to the imperial hospital to look through ancient books and do some experiments before you can replace it." Lord Zuoxiang heals..."

(End of this chapter)