[The emperor is really old and confused. Didn't he send anyone to investigate? He just brought such a person to the court?
If one day he doesn't like someone, he will just kill them all, wouldn't the officials in the court be in trouble? 】
Song Yaoyao said that the emperor was getting senile and confused, and everyone looked up at the emperor cautiously.
This is the first time someone has scolded the emperor like this since he ascended the throne!
The ministers were really afraid that the emperor would have an attack!
The emperor looked calm, but the officials were even more frightened.
This is the sign before the storm comes!
The emperor must be planning something big!
Minister Song even had beads of cold sweat on his forehead: This damn girl is courting death, she even scolded the Emperor today.
Song Yaoyao was completely unaware of the strangeness of the officials and was still complaining to Guagua:
[It is said that three years as an honest magistrate can earn you 100,000 silver coins.]
This Wang Zhifang must have been very greedy, right?
Not to mention the Wang family. 】
Guagua: [During the years that Wang Zhifang served as prefect, he did embezzle a lot of money, probably about 600,000 taels.
The Wang family has plundered the village over the years, and with the gifts from the local gentry, they have accumulated over a million taels.
Song Yaoyao exclaimed:
[Wow, so much silver!]
The national treasury only had 300,000 taels of silver before, this amount of money is more than the national treasury.
The emperor must confiscate their homes and fill the state treasury with their ill-gotten gains. 】
Guagua continued:
[You just said that the emperor is getting senile?
I don't think he has reached the point where he cannot tell right from wrong and would believe in slander.
At least in the matter of General Pei, the emperor did not listen to one side and was still looking for evidence. 】
Song Yaoyao became confused when she heard this:
[There is no general named Pei in the court. Could he be the general guarding the border?
Guagua, what on earth is going on? Why haven't I heard anything about General Pei? Tell me quickly. 】
Guagua: [Do you know why Wang Zhifang was promoted? ]
Song Yaoyao: [I only heard that he was appointed as a fourth-rank official by the emperor because he reported someone for treason.
The emperor never said anything specific in the court, so I don’t know.
Could it be that Wang Zhifang's promotion is related to the General Pei you just mentioned? 】
As Gua Gua and Song Yaoyao chatted, the image of General Pei appeared above Song Yaoyao's head.
Guagua: [That’s right, he was promoted because Wang Zhifang exposed General Pei’s conspiracy.
Then let me talk about this in detail, starting with General Pei.
General Pei is forty years old this year. His name is Pei Jingtian and his family has been in the army for generations.
After General Pei retired, Pei Jingtian took over his father's position and became the General Pei, guarding the border all the time.
The place where General Pei was stationed was not far from the place under the jurisdiction of Wang Zhifang. Logically speaking, one was a third-rank military officer who took orders directly from the emperor, and the other was a third-rank official who was under the jurisdiction of the prefect. The two had no intersection at all.
But the fact is, these two people happen to have an intersection. 】
Hearing this, everyone held their breath, wanting to know what happened between the two of them?
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