Chapter 128 It's all bad luck.
"Don't worry about my share. Father will not treat me badly."
The prince punched Xiao Jingji on the shoulder, and Xiao Jingzhan also punched him back rudely.
"I wish that what you want will come true soon."
The prince was confident:
"With you and Zhu Xuntao by my side, I believe you will help me."
Because of the confidence of glass, the prince can now deal with the snow disaster calmly, not as helpless as before.
As long as there is silver and the lives of the people are saved, everyone can survive and the Yong Dynasty can be fine.
He was worried because the court had no silver.
"By the way, Lord Zhao is so careless in his words and doesn't take the emperor's order seriously. It's time to teach him a lesson."
If Minister Zhao hadn't talked nonsense and let the cat out of the bag,
how could other people know the relationship between Zhu Xuntao and glass.
The prince ordered people to investigate and naturally knew that Zhu Dingxing had met with Wei Shoufu privately before looking for Zhu Xuntao.
Obviously, Wei Shoufu, who was unwilling to give up, found out about Zhu Xuntao's existence from Minister Zhao,
and then he went to cooperate with Zhu Dingxing and let Zhu Dingxing get the glass formula from Zhu Xuntao.
This matter is not difficult to guess.
"I have prepared the memorial to Minister Zhao."
Xiao Jingzhan not only wrote the memorial to Minister Zhao, but also asked his father to write the memorial to Minister Wei.
Today's incident was caused by these two people, and he would not let any of them off.
The prince smiled:
"That's right, Zhu Xuntao is your wife, you will protect her without my order."
"Don't worry, I will seek justice for Zhu Xuntao from my father, and none of these three people will get away."
"Thank you, prince."
With the help of the prince, Zhu Xuntao can get rid of this breath more smoothly.
After the two brothers finished discussing, the next day, not only were Minister Zhao and Chief Wei reported, but all the evidence was solid.
Minister Zhao neglected his duties, resulting in a discrepancy in the treasury account book, and the money disappeared.
Although the amount was not large, it was a double blow to the already empty treasury.
If it weren't for the glass that gave the emperor confidence, he wouldn't have seen such a large sum of money, which would have been painful enough for the emperor.
No matter what, Minister Zhao could not deny his fault. The reward that should have been given to Minister Zhao was cancelled and he was fined for three years. A three-year salary
fine was nothing to Minister Zhao.
But because Minister Zhao had made meritorious services before, he specifically reported to the emperor that his little daughter had been infatuated with the prince for a long time and wanted to enter the East Palace to serve the prince.
Even though this was not stated explicitly between the monarch and his ministers, a deal was made secretly.
As long as Minister Zhao did a good job as an official and made great contributions to the Yong Dynasty,
his little daughter would at least be a concubine when she was old enough.
If Minister Zhao was motivated enough, his daughter would have a chance to become the crown princess.
For this, Minister Zhao was very motivated.
If it were the former Minister Zhao, when he heard that the emperor was so generous and wasteful to give Zhu Xuntao 30% of the profits,
he would have started to argue with the emperor. Even if it took a long time, he would have dragged Zhu Xuntao to death and would never let Zhu Xuntao take such a big advantage.
30% of the profits!
If it were him, he would not dare to think about it. What virtue and ability does Zhu Xuntao, a woman in the harem, have? !
As a citizen of the Yong Dynasty, Zhu Xuntao should have contributed to the Yong Dynasty and been loyal to the court.
Giving Zhu Xuntao 10% of the profits is already a great honor for Zhu Xuntao.
As for the remaining 20%, it should be divided among other meritorious officials in the glass incident.
Minister Zhao is absolutely confident that he can convince the emperor with his own merits.
So how to divide the remaining 20% of the profits? Isn't it up to Minister Zhao?
In other words, being tempted by the position of Crown Princess, Minister Zhao just wanted to use glass to quickly earn a lot of money for the court and fill the treasury.
Then, he would use his great achievements to exchange for a bright future for his little daughter.
Minister Zhao was also an ambitious man. He wanted to be the second Yongjing Marquis and cultivate an empress in his Zhao family.
What Minister Zhao never expected was that after being coerced and tempted by the chief guards,
he couldn't help but spit out the existence of Zhu Xuntao.
For this, he was pulled by someone's braid, the Crown Princess that his little daughter was about to get flew away, and he also missed the benefits of glass. He was simply penniless and ended up with nothing.
It happened that Minister Zhao was wrong in this matter, and he had nowhere to seek justice.
If Minister Zhao said a few more words for him and made the emperor unhappy, the emperor would have to hold him accountable for disobeying the emperor's orders.
Really...
If I had known earlier, I would rather be threatened by Chief Wei than betray Zhu Xuntao.
Now, he has offended both the Yongjing Marquisate and the Crown Prince at the same time, but he didn't get any benefit.
Minister Zhao was unlucky, and Chief Wei was not much better.
The reason why the emperor didn't want to make Zhu Xuntao's existence transparent was to prevent some people from having rebellious intentions and making trouble.
He hasn't died yet, and some people don't take his orders seriously. It's simply too audacious.
Wei Shoufu is a senior official of aristocratic families, a man of the old school, with complicated personal connections, and an old fox that is difficult to deal with.
The emperor is very jealous of Wei Shoufu and wants to reduce the power of these aristocratic families.
Wei Shoufu stands on the opposite side of the emperor and wants to concentrate more power in the hands of these aristocratic families.
That's why Wei Shoufu wants to take Boli.
With power, there will be money.
Conversely, with money, one can better exercise power.
Who doesn't like money?
Because of Boli, Wei Shoufu and the emperor had a small clash.
Fortunately, the Yongjing Marquis's Mansion is a royalist palace, and is willing to charge into battle for the emperor. The family of Wei Shoufu ignored the court laws, occupied good farmland, and killed innocent people. Yongjing Marquis
had a lot of witnesses and material evidence, and all of them were handed over to the emperor.
Even Wei Shoufu himself could not refute these witnesses and material evidence.
He could only shirk his responsibilities and say that it was the people below who did these things behind his back. It was because of his poor supervision and lax discipline
that the servants in the mansion did such a wrong thing, and he was willing to plead guilty to the emperor.
Wei Shoufu himself admitted that he was wrong, and the emperor immediately issued an order, ordering Wei Shoufu to reflect on his mistakes for three months.
During these three months, Wei Shoufu was not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the court.
When Chief Wei has reflected on his mistakes, he can go to court.
The emperor said this, but he did not completely strip Chief Wei of his power, but it also added a lot of trouble to him.
How could Chief Wei bear to let the ambitious Chief Wei reflect on his mistakes for three months and keep the news secret for three months?
But he had to endure it even if he couldn't.
Even if he had to do it secretly, during these three months, Chief Wei could no longer think of holding power like before.
Zhu Dingxing had no other abilities, but he had the ability to get to know the news.
He met Chief Wei just yesterday, and Chief Wei told him that
the reason he knew that glass was related to Zhu Xuntao was because Minister Zhao sent a contract to Zhu Xuntao.