Chapter 383: The Little Scholar in Disguise as a Man and the Amazing Emperor 40
Yelu Zongzheng's eyes were fixed on the thin figure kneeling below.
His eyes were filled with emotion, worry being the most prominent.
Cha Jiu seemed to sense something, and he raised his eyes slightly to look over, then tapped his wide sleeves twice with his fingertips to show his comfort.
She was calm and composed, as if everything that happened was within her expectations and control.
Yelu Zongzheng slowly calmed down.
He suddenly thought of what Cha Jiu said this morning about the "beginning of a prosperous age" and finally understood her current choice.
yes.
She could certainly follow the palace maids into the back hall for a body examination, escape the disaster by telling a lie, and then return home and switch identities with the real He Yanyang. Then no one would be able to do anything to her.
But this is the case.
But it was also equivalent to completely erasing all traces of her existence as a woman in the court.
The world will never know that those exquisite policy articles and ingenious strategies for the welfare of the people and the court were all created by women.
They would not know that women could rely on their talents to surpass other candidates and take the top spot in the palace examination; that they could also have the courage to stand in the court and stir up the storm, break the old system, and challenge the authority of the aristocratic families on their own; and that they could have a far-sighted vision and the ambition to create a prosperous era.
They will still maintain their prejudice, believing that the only role of women is to give birth to children and embroider flowers in the palace; the greatest honor for women is to manage the household in an orderly manner and be praised for being a good wife and mother.
It shouldn't be like this.
This is not possible.
This is why Cha Jiu publicly admitted in the hall that she is a woman.
She was calm and said loudly, "I know I have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, but I do not admit the crime of blasphemy against the court as accused by the Prime Minister."
The ministers didn't expect that she would still be so tough even when she was about to die.
An official snorted coldly: "You entered the court as a woman, disrespected the emperor's authority, and disrupted the government. Isn't this a blasphemy against the court?"
"Although I am a woman, I have been loyal to you since I entered the court. Everything I have done and thought about has been to relieve your majesty's worries. The things I use, except for those given by your majesty, have never been presumptuous. May I ask where you can see that I am disrespecting your majesty?"
"Furthermore, I, a commoner, am in charge of the salt and iron officials' business to facilitate the country's dispatch. After checking the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue, I will take back the corrupted money and return it to the national treasury to support the construction of water conservancy projects in the prefectures. I would like to ask which of these things has brought chaos to the government."
Cha Jiu's words and sentences were clear and concise, and he fought back one by one.
The minister was speechless and could only cite the words of the sages: "Since ancient times, women have..."
"It has been like this since ancient times, so it is right!"
Cha Jiu's scolding shocked the minister so much that he took a step back involuntarily.
When he realized that he was actually shouted away by a woman in public, he immediately looked embarrassed and disgraced.
But no one laughed at him.
Because when Cha Jiu looked around with that gaze that seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts, everyone in the court was forced to lower their heads, not daring to look at him.
The corners of her lips curled up with a hint of sarcasm, and she withdrew her gaze and looked back at Yelu Zongzheng who was sitting high on the throne.
"Your Majesty, I am also suing the prime minister for forming a clique for personal gain, embezzling the national treasury, and arbitrarily modifying the Ministry of Revenue's account books to cover up his crimes!"
The prime minister snorted, "He Qingqing, you are no longer a court official. If a commoner wants to file a complaint, he must first be punished with a hundred strokes of the cane."
His eyes were filled with extreme viciousness.
After a hundred blows, if a person doesn't die, he will be half crippled. How can he have the energy to file a complaint?
Cha Le couldn't help it and stood up to speak for Cha Jiu: "Your Majesty hasn't spoken yet, but the Prime Minister has issued orders one after another, including executions and canings. Is it your turn to make the decision in the court?"
Cha Le always spoke boldly and directly, which was particularly effective in dealing with those hypocritical court officials.
Sure enough, the prime minister endured it and stopped talking.
Yelu Zongzheng didn't even want to glance at this person, he just stared at Cha Jiu's figure, restraining the urge to go down and help her up, gritted his teeth, and pretended to be calm: "He Aiqing, you stand up first and answer the question."
Cha Jiu was slightly startled, but still stood up.
The ministers could also get a glimpse of His Majesty's attitude towards her from this unchanged title.
Yelu Zongzheng asked: "Do you have any evidence to sue the Prime Minister?"
"Yes." Cha Jiu nodded and then clapped his hands to indicate.
The guards who had been waiting outside the hall immediately brought a middle-aged man in his fifties into the hall.
As a result, the man could not even say two sentences before his face suddenly turned blue, blood started flowing from his seven orifices, and he fell to the ground and died.
Cha Jiu's face changed slightly, and he immediately went forward to check, only to find that he had stopped breathing and was completely dead.
After the system tested it, it reminded: "He was poisoned by a snake, which is colorless and odorless. It would be difficult for the people Yelu Zongzheng sent to protect him to find him."
It's the snake poison again
More than ten years ago, He's father died of a snake poison. Even ordinary doctors could not find any clues and could only conclude that he died of illness.
Later, there was the incident of Concubine Li's Hehuangu.
Now the witness has been poisoned and killed by a snake.
Is this all done by one person?
Cha Jiu looked towards the Prime Minister with cold eyes.
The Prime Minister raised his chin slightly, looking arrogant.
Yes, he spent a lot of money to keep many talented people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, including those who were proficient in the art of killing dragons.
Isn't this useful?
And more than once.
The guards entered the hall and carried the middle-aged man's body downstairs.
Although the witness died, Cha Jiu did not have an emotional breakdown.
She quickly regained her composure and said, "Lord Li Yuanlang and I have compiled the account books and physical evidence. Your Majesty can send someone to compare them and thoroughly investigate the Prime Minister's family property."
Yelu Zongzheng nodded: "Present it."
There was a flash of contempt in the eyes of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Revenue.
They had colluded with Li Yuanlang long ago and were informed of every step of Cha Jiu's account checking in a timely manner.
He also asked Li Yuanlang to revise the restored account books again, so that the final account presented to His Majesty was a mess of incomprehensible accounts.
By then, all the evidence will be lost. Let's see what she can say!
Li Yuanlang lowered his brows and handed the account book to Eunuch Zhang, who presented it.
Yelu Zongzheng opened it and read it almost ten lines at a glance, his brows becoming increasingly furrowed.
At this moment, the court was so silent that even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard clearly.
However.
The prime minister had expected the emperor to get angry because he couldn't understand the accounts, but this did not happen.
On the contrary, after turning the last page, Yelu Zongzhen finally looked up from the account book and directed his cold and grim gaze straight at the prime minister.
The prime minister's heart skipped a beat and he suddenly had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the thick account book came flying down from the sky the next moment, smashing his head and causing him to bleed and see stars!
Then the emperor shouted angrily: "Song Yushan, you are more glorious as the prime minister than I am as the emperor!"
This statement is too strong.
All the ministers in the court, including the prime minister who had not yet recovered from his dizziness, knelt down quickly and shouted to His Majesty to calm down.
The Minister of Revenue, kneeling on the ground, was trembling and feeling uneasy.
What's going on?
Hasn't the account book been changed?
At this moment, Li Yuanlang, who had presented the account book, returned from the front, but did not return to his original position.
He walked over to Cha Jiu and knelt down with her. His expression was no longer evasive and guilty as before, but firm and frank.
The Prime Minister and the Minister of Revenue saw this, their faces changed, and they thought something was wrong.
They fell into the trap!
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