"Oh? Did you find out so quickly?"

Cheng** was a little surprised.

He had thought that Fu Chengwang and the others would be delayed for some time in Qingzhou, but he didn't expect them to come back so soon.

Fu Chengwang said, "The Qingzhou rebellion was caused by the collection of the Flower and Stone Tax. The people could no longer survive and had no choice but to rebel."

Cheng**'s face froze.

So it's my responsibility?

Shao Yutang immediately flew into a rage and shouted, "Qingzhou Prefect Zhao Lin levied heavy taxes and brought disaster upon the people. He deserves death!"

"Wrong, it's not Zhao Lin."

Fu Chengwang spoke word by word, "Zhao Lin governed Qingzhou very well. Lord Li and I have witnessed it with our own eyes. He has made contributions and has no faults."

All the ministers frowned.

What does Fu Chengwang mean by this?

The people of Qingzhou couldn't survive and rebelled. If the responsibility doesn't lie with Zhao Lin, the traitor, then whose responsibility is it?

"It's Zhao Chenhan, the prince of Zhenbei Marquis Mansion."

Fu Chengwang finally revealed the name: "He went to Qingzhou as the Tongzhi, responsible for collecting the Flower and Stone Gang. To do so, he forged Zhao Lin's name and colluded with local officials, allowing them to embezzle and extort as long as he could complete the task of collecting the Flower and Stone Gang."

"Lao Debiao, leader of the Kulong Mountain rebels, was imprisoned by the Wu County magistrate for refusing to hand over his family heirloom. His family was nearly destroyed, and he was forced to rise up in rebellion."

"Therefore, all the responsibility lies with Zhao Chenhan."

"I request that Zhao Chenhan be executed as a warning to all!"

Wow...

When all the ministers heard Fu Chengwang say this, they were in an uproar.

Zhao Chenhan actually doesn’t care.

The key point is that his father is Zhao Jingzhou.

This emperor's confidant, who commanded an army of 200,000 elite soldiers and was the most powerful general in the Great Qi Kingdom, had only this one son.

Although civil officials were respected and military officials were despised, many ministers dared to express their contempt for Zhao Jingzhou to his face.

But even though you despise me, if you really want to touch Zhao Jingzhou's roots, do you think his 200,000 troops are just decorations?

If that time really comes, I'm afraid even Cheng** will suffer.

Li Jingzhong's face was gloomy.

It was beyond his expectation that Zhao Chenhan would do such a thing.

What's more, it is even more difficult to deal with because Fu Chengwang and Li Xingye, two well-known upright people, have the upper hand over him.

Li Jingxian and other princelings were very excited.

If we can take advantage of the opportunity to overthrow Zhao Jingzhou and replace him with someone else to lead the 200,000 troops, we won't have to be afraid of Li Jingzhong.

Without the support of Zhao Jingzhou's 200,000 troops, Li Jingxian was confident that he could crush Li Jingzhong in minutes.

"Sir Fu, as far as I know, Zhao Chenhan is a gentle, polite and humble person. It is impossible for him to do such a thing. Do you have any evidence for this?" Li Chengqian spoke first.

"Of course there is."

Li Xingye spoke. "Lord Fu and I have visited many places in Qingzhou together. We have found countless evidence that Zhao Chenhan allowed officials to embezzle money and property and exploit the people. The evidence is especially shocking, as officials have forced people to death right in front of him on several occasions. If Ma Changda had not died in battle, we would have been rushing Zhao Lin to send his troops back. We are still collecting evidence. However, the evidence we have is sufficient to prove that Zhao Chenhan deserves death! Your Majesty, please take a look."

Li Xingye took out a stack of charges, and Zhu Zhongyan hurried down to take them and handed them to Cheng**.

Li Xingye said, "This is only a small portion of the information. I am willing to guarantee it with my own life. If there is even the slightest falsehood, please execute me to atone for my sin."

Fu Chengwang said, "I will also vouch for this."

The two of them were not idle.

Originally they went to investigate Zhao Lin's governance of Qingzhou, but they found that the two sides were polarized. Those who praised him praised him to death, while those who hated him hated him to death.

After a careful investigation, they found out that all of this was done by Zhao Chenhan impersonating Zhao Lin, which almost made the two of them furious.

They didn't tell Zhao Lin for fear that he might do something impulsive, so they simply reported it directly to the emperor.

Cheng** flipped through it casually and saw the records on it, his face couldn't help but look ugly.

Zhao Chenhan is the son of Zhao Jingzhou and the runner-up chosen by him. Cheng ** originally had high hopes for him, but he first hired people to pretend to be robbers to rob the flower and stone gang, delaying his own garden construction. Now he is impersonating Zhao Lin in order to collect the flower and stone gang, harming the people.

How could a 16-year-old boy do all these things?

Only those who have lost all conscience can do such a thing.

Li Xingye said, "Zhao Chenhan did this. On the surface, Zhao Lin is taking the blame, but in reality, he is ruining Your Majesty's reputation. You must know that no matter who did this, it was all for the purpose of building a garden for Your Majesty. He has ulterior motives!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Cheng**'s face suddenly changed.

“He deserves to die!”

Cheng** said without even thinking.

How dare you ruin his reputation.

"He really deserves to be killed!"

"Not only should he be killed, but his parents should also be held accountable for their education!"

"You're so cruel at such a young age, what will you be like when you grow up?"

"He's just a deputy governor. If he were to join the cabinet, he might even be capable of treason."

Many ministers said this.

Li Jingzhong felt a little cold in his heart.

Among those who spoke, most were from the prince's party, a small number were from the eunuch party, and as for those neutral ministers, there were very few.

This is to take the opportunity to strike at the power of Prince Yu's party.

Li Jingzhong winked at Shao Yutang.

Shao Yutang shouted, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"Speak!" Cheng** said angrily.

Shao Yutang said, "First, the investigation by Lord Fu and Lord Li is only one-sided and cannot be used to convict. Secondly, perhaps Zhao Chenhan was a bit radical in his actions, but he is still young after all, and he is anxious to serve His Majesty, so it is understandable that he made some mistakes unintentionally."

Li Xingye angrily asked, "Is it excusable for forcing someone to die? Or is it excusable for doing those things under Zhao Lin's name?"

Fu Chengwang snorted coldly, "Unintentional? Lord Shao's words are laughable. If it was really unintentional, why did you use Zhao Lin's name to make everyone curse Zhao Lin?"

"this……"

Shao Yutang couldn't think of any words to refute.

In fact, even if Zhao Chenhan really did those things, the ministers would not take it seriously. Who hasn't done something wrong?

Zhao Chenhan's mistake was that he did it under the name of Zhao Lin, which was intentional smearing and slandering Zhao Lin. This is different from doing something wrong.

This was intentional bad behavior, not doing bad things to relieve the emperor's worries.

This is a difference in principle.

Everyone is not a fool and understands this principle.

Although Cheng** was stupid, he was not idiotic, and he understood what Zhao Chenhan was thinking.

Cheng** said angrily: "Let Zhao Chenhan come and explain himself."

When the news reached the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, Zhao Chenhan was so scared that he almost fell off his chair.

Zhao Chenhan cursed, "What are these two old fools doing with nothing better to do than go to Qingzhou to investigate?"

"Did you really do this?"

Han Yuehua looked at Zhao Chenhan in disbelief.

Zhao Chenhan fell to his knees and said, "Mother, I am unfilial. I don't want to do this, but my elder brother is already a prefect, and yet His Majesty has sent me to serve under him as a deputy prefect. I am unwilling to accept this and want to make achievements quickly, but I don't want to ruin the reputation of our Zhenbei Marquisate, so..."