Chapter 316: The Yuan and Yang families confront each other

Emperor Mingcheng's sigh was an insult to his ministers.

Qin Chi could feel everyone's eyes on him without even looking up.

The young officials in the hall may not have seen through the intention behind Qin Chi's move today, but some old officials were different. They looked at Qin Chi with obscure eyes. Sometimes they couldn't help but wonder if Qin Chi had a soul similar to theirs under his young skin, who had already been well versed in the ways of officialdom and was born to be a good candidate for officialdom.

He was so powerful that they were all a little afraid of him.

You have to know that at their age, they couldn't be as comprehensive as Qin Chi. Not only did he make great achievements, but he also knew how to flatter Emperor Ming Cheng, and he flattered the right things.

Emperor Ming Cheng was very pleased at first sight.

He said a few words to them, probably because he disliked their lack of ability.

Then Qin Chi handed over two more memorials.

The eunuch took the memorial and presented it to the emperor. Emperor Mingcheng first opened the one written by Qin Chi, which was about disaster relief and commending fellow officials. His eyes were full of praise, and after reading it, he turned to another memorial.

This memorial belongs to County Magistrate Yang.

As a result, the more Emperor Mingcheng looked, the darker his face became.

There's that disappointing feeling again.

This reminded Emperor Ming Cheng of the day last year when Qin Chi won the top spot in the imperial examination. When he was very happy, this man suddenly sued the Yuan family.

Emperor Ming Cheng originally wanted to reward him according to his merits, but suddenly he didn't want to reward him so soon.

Of course, the reward is just postponed, not withheld.

A scroll of silk book expressing the people's gratitude to Emperor Mingcheng for his grace not only expressed the voice of tens of thousands of people, but also proved Qin Chi's hard work. Moreover, Emperor Mingcheng appointed Qin Chi to provide disaster relief last year, and said in front of all the civil and military officials that he would reward him according to his merits. If he regretted it now, he would inevitably be criticized.

At this moment, the hall was particularly solemn.

Qin Chi suddenly knelt in front of the palace, his voice filled with grief and pleading: "Your Majesty, the Yuan family has repeatedly harmed me. I hope you can make the decision for me and give me justice."

Boom! The whole hall suddenly became quiet.

They noticed that there was something different in the memorial just now.

I didn't expect what it would be.

Now that Qin Chi said this, it was obvious that the memorial was about the Yuan family.

Qin Chi took out the testimony of the poisoning case again: "I almost couldn't return this time. Fortunately, County Magistrate Yang was very perceptive and arrested the murderer. The murderer confessed that he was assigned by the Yuan family. This is the murderer's confession. Please take a look, Your Majesty."

"Present it." Emperor Mingcheng said.

The eunuch in front of the emperor took it again and presented it to Emperor Mingcheng for review.

At this moment, the hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Minister Yuan hurriedly stepped forward to defend himself: "Qin Qi'an's words are pure slander! I am upright and have nothing to fear. I hope Your Majesty will understand!"

Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty threw the evidence at Minister Yuan.

Minister Yuan knelt down hurriedly, picked up the evidence and looked through it. "Slander! This is pure slander. The Yang family is plotting against me. Your Majesty, the Yang family must have taken the initiative and killed me to cover up their crimes."

"Nonsense! Don't think you can get away with this, old thief Yuan. The Yuan family is tyrannical and arbitrary. They have secretly plotted to murder Lord Qin more than once or twice. Do you think that if you hide it well, no one will know about it?"

Elder Yang pointed at Minister Yuan angrily, his face full of grief and anger, and said passionately, "Mr. Yuan, the facts are before our eyes, how can you get away with it?! I think you have nothing to say, so you want to divert attention and throw dirty water on the Yang family. It's so shameless."

Then, Yang Ge Lao stood up and saluted to Emperor Ming Cheng, and defended himself, "Your Majesty, I have always loved talents, and I especially admire Qin Qi'an's talent. Last year, when the Yuan family wanted to kill him, I couldn't help but give him a hand. How could I take advantage of him to provide disaster relief and murder him? This is pure nonsense. Not to mention that the people present today will not believe it, if it gets out, few people will believe it."

There is some truth in what he said.

Most of the court officials did not believe it. Some people had already felt that Yuan Shangshu's frame-up was really clumsy.

However, they were wrong!

Minister Yuan was not panicked at all. He took out a memorial from his pocket and held it high above his head, saying righteously: "Today, I am suing Yang Lingyu, the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple. During his tenure as the prefect of Huizhou Prefecture, he was partial to the law, disregarded human life, and was so bold that he colluded with the local gentry Zeng family to murder hundreds of people in the Song family. Afterwards, all the relatives and friends of the Song family who went to inquire were either killed or injured, and dozens of lives were involved..."

Minister Yuan's voice echoed in the hall.

Every word was like a sharp blade, slashing at Yang Lingyu.

Qin Chi understood what Minister Yuan said and modified his description of the case, which sounded horrifying at first glance.

Obviously missing.

If he speaks it out, he is dead.

The so-called relatives and friends were actually mostly arranged servants. There were dozens of cases, more than thirty to be exact.

The atmosphere in the hall was solemn and all the ministers were silent.

The only sound was the argument between the Yang and Yuan factions, and neither wanted to let the other go.

"Shut up!"

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Emperor Mingcheng frowned, and for a moment, the entire hall fell into silence. He looked at Yang Lingyu who was kneeling below him, "Shaoqing Yang, do you plead guilty?"

"Your Majesty, I am innocent."

Yang Lingyu kowtowed and cried out for justice, "I worked diligently during my tenure as the prefect of Huizhou and never dared to make any mistakes..."

"Yang Shaoqing!"

Yuan Shangshu insisted on biting Yang Lingyu, "Everyone in Huizhou Prefecture knows about the Song family. You were the one who personally issued the official document to confiscate their property and convict them."

Immediately, Yuan Shangshu glanced at Qin Chi sinisterly, "Master Qin must have heard that he is from Huizhou Prefecture."

"It is true. The fact that the Song family was confiscated and imprisoned is known to everyone in Huizhou Prefecture. We can find out the truth by sending someone to inquire."

Qin Chi made no secret of this matter. After a pause, he continued, "Song's medicinal materials have always been of high quality and reasonably priced, benefiting countless people in Huizhou. The price of medicinal materials on the local market was volatile for a long time when the incident happened. Among them, there are several medicinal materials that are unique to Song's family, which are more valuable than gold. Even now, a few of them are still unsalable."

A trace of fear flashed across Yang Lingyu's eyes.

Elder Yang frowned, but still tried to remain calm.

"Wow, this is too cruel. Hundreds of lives are at stake. The Yang family wants to cover up the truth with one hand." Duke Ningguo suddenly interrupted.

"Lord Ning, please be careful with your words." Elder Yang suppressed his anger and glared at him.

Duke Ningguo does not support the Yang family, nor the Yuan family.

In the eyes of others, he is just a stupid person with bad mouth. When everyone is avoiding him, he dares to speak out.

Duke Ningguo seemed to recall: "No wonder a few years ago, the old housekeeper said that the medicinal materials in Huizhou were very expensive."

Some military officers also teased, "When it comes to cruelty, the literati are still the most ruthless. We military officers have our hands stained with blood to defend our country and kill the enemy in battle. The literati can take hundreds of lives just by thinking evil thoughts. We are ashamed of ourselves. In the future, wherever there is a war, we can just let the literati lead the way. They will definitely kill people without shedding blood, and one death will be a waste of blood."

"Ha, cough cough."

Some people couldn't hold back their laughter and could only cover it up by coughing.

Emperor Mingcheng looked at Minister Yuan again, "Yang Lingyu denies it. Do you have any evidence, Minister Yuan?"

"have!"

Minister Yuan came prepared today.