Chapter 288 Shocked, the Emperor actually
The Emperor frowned: "If it is true as you said, why did Jiang Zhaorong poison his own mother? He is a famous filial son in Shengjing."
He listened to his mother and almost lost his official position in order to save his brother.
How could such a person do such a thing as poisoning his own mother.
[Of course it is because he knew that the old lady had an affair with someone else, and he also knew that Jiang Jianjin was the child of the old lady and the adulterer, and his elder brother and father were both killed by the conspiracy of these two people. ]
The Emperor: "!!!" The
Emperor was caught off guard and ate a big melon, and his pupils trembled.
"Why poison, Your Majesty, it is better to ask the person himself."
The Emperor: "..."
I think it is clearer to ask you than to ask me, I will hide some things, but you are different, what do you say is true.
Jiang Zhiyu had no idea what the emperor was thinking, and continued, "However, when my mother was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she discovered the false accounts made by the old lady and Jiang Jianjin. After careful verification, she found out that a farm and several hundred taels of silver were sent back to her hometown by the old lady."
"Mother asked my eldest brother to check, and it was the old man next door in my hometown... cough," Jiang Zhiyu coughed lightly, "in the hands of a farmer named Wang. My eldest brother had someone bring him to Beijing, questioned him, and then sent him to the Prime Minister's Mansion. He should still be in the Prime Minister's Mansion now."
[Luckily, I almost said the old Wang next door. 】
Emperor: "..."
"If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to search the Prime Minister's residence again," Jiang Zhiyu said angrily, "How can such an unfilial person be expected to be loyal to the emperor and love the country and be worthy of being the Prime Minister of a country?"
"What's more, he has been in office for a long time and has not made any contribution to the Heavenly Enlightenment. He drafts decrees and collects taxes, and the people complain bitterly. It is really unworthy of the position, Your Majesty."
The emperor lowered his head slightly. The taxation that Jiang Zhiyu mentioned was proposed by Jiang Zhaorong when he summoned a few close ministers to discuss it when he had just ascended the throne and the treasury was tight.
Although it could solve the urgent problem, the people complained bitterly, could not pay taxes, and were oppressed by officials. At that time, many people chose to go up the mountain to become bandits and occupy the mountain as kings.
When more and more people came, some people shouted that they would revolt.
The emperor withdrew his thoughts and stroked his forehead with his hand.
[Unfilial piety is an excuse, the old lady is not worthy of filial piety, and more importantly, the position of prime minister was pushed to him by my grandfather. ] [
He crossed the river and demolished the bridge quickly, and turned his face against me, betrayed my mother, and once wanted to bribe the jailers to let my grandfather and uncles die violently in prison. ]
[My uncle can tolerate it, but my aunt can't tolerate it! ]
The emperor: "..."
He chuckled at Jiang Zhiyu, who was getting angrier and angrier, and his eyes were gentle: "Okay, I know, but the dismissal of the prime minister is a serious matter after all..."
The emperor suddenly paused and smiled: "Zhiyu, do you have any candidate for the position of prime minister?"
After deposing Jiang Zhaorong, there must be someone to fill it.
The ministers in his court, he had finally managed to establish a balance of power between the two sides over the years. If he chose the wrong person, wouldn't it be a waste of all his efforts.
"I think that Minister Shang Yizhi can take on this important task."
Shang Yizhi?
The emperor blinked slightly. He was surprised for a moment that Jiang Zhiyu didn't mention the Xu family, and he was even more puzzled when he mentioned Shang Yizhi.
Among the memorials on his desk, Shang Yizhi was the one who criticized Jiang Zhiyu the most.
Thinking of Jiang Zhiyu's temper, the emperor couldn't help laughing.
He raised his eyebrows slightly and waved to Jiang Zhiyu: "Come here, I'll look at something with you."
Jiang Zhiyu stepped forward.
The emperor flipped through a few memorials and handed them to her: "Take a look."
Jiang Zhiyu read ten lines at a glance. The more she read, the darker her face became.
The emperor jokingly asked, "What, do you still think he can handle the important task?"
Jiang Zhiyu: "..."
[Is this guy crazy? What's wrong with me going to Qingfeng Pavilion? Doesn't everyone have a time to get off work? Are you going to impeach me for this too? ]
[And this, I went to the vegetarian restaurant three times in the evening. What's there to impeach? Did you eat his rice? ]
Jiang Zhiyu flipped through the pile of memorials in his hand, and said in his heart:
[This little old man is so idle every day, just staring at me. ]
[It's really like an old lady hiding in the quilt - it made me laugh. 】
The emperor tried his best to suppress the corners of his mouth that were about to rise, and only after he calmed down did he speak: "Zhiyu?"
"Of course I will take on this important task," Jiang Zhiyu said with a smile, but the emperor strangely heard a bit of gnashing of teeth in her tone.
"Since Situ is so loyal to the emperor and so concerned about the officials in the court, he is naturally worthy of the position of prime minister."
【Little old man, if you want to enjoy your retirement life of admiring flowers and walking birds, just dream on. You won't be too busy. 】
【But one thing is for sure, this Situ is indeed honest and incorruptible. If he is included in the history books, he will be remembered for thousands of years. 】
The evaluation is so high?
The emperor had a plan in mind, but at the same time, he also had a strange sense of loss.
Zhiyu might not have such a high evaluation of him.
The emperor nodded: "I understand."
Jiang Zhiyu nodded with satisfaction and was about to leave when the upside-down book caught her attention.
How come this crude craftsmanship looks so familiar?
The emperor didn't notice her look and was about to put back all the memorials beside him. Suddenly, they fell to the ground.
Fuping put down the cakes in his hand and came to clean them up. Jiang Zhiyu also bent down to pick them up. The emperor had a frown on his face, but suddenly he seemed to remember something and looked in the direction of Jiang Zhiyu.
Jiang Zhiyu's hand was already on the book and was about to pick it up...
"Wait," the emperor's pupils froze and he lost his voice.
Fuping and Jiang Zhiyu both trembled.
Jiang Zhiyu tilted her head and looked at him with some curiosity.
It was the first time she saw the emperor so out of control.
"Put it down, I'll do it." While she was slightly startled, the emperor bent down and snatched the book from her hand. He glanced at it briefly, closed it and put it on the side farthest from Jiang Zhiyu, and then heaved a sigh of relief.
He looked at Jiang Zhiyu and smiled slightly: "I'm afraid of tiring you."
Jiang Zhiyu: "..."
[Guess whether I believe it or not. ]
[Running errands to arrest people, going to Jinzhou, investigating Anle Hou, you never said you were afraid of tiring me. ]
[Now you bend down to pick up a book and say you're afraid of tiring me? ]
[Hehe. ]
The emperor: "..."
He licked his lips, his eyes drifted away, looking particularly guilty, and Jiang Zhiyu's eyes became unfathomable.
[This expression, so familiar. ]
The emperor's heart skipped a beat, and he felt that what she said next was definitely not what he liked to hear.
As expected, Jiang Zhiyu's next sentence was
[When a boy was caught reading a banned book, he had the same expression! ]
Jiang Zhiyu narrowed his eyes slightly, and the smile on his face became ambiguous.
[I didn't expect that the emperor, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, would secretly read these in the study. ] [Tsk, tsk, tsk,
tsk. ]
The emperor: "..."