The old minister pointed at him angrily and cursed, "Are you planning to usurp the throne? Fang Zhiyi, aren't you afraid of the iron pen of history? Your Fang family's reputation is ruined in your hands!"
It would have been better if he didn't say it, but when he mentioned the idea of usurping the throne, the eyes of several military governors standing below lit up and they exchanged glances with each other.
Fang Zhiyi simply plopped down on the dragon throne: "I'm not afraid. A ruler should love his people like his own children, work for the development of society, consider the safety of our soldiers, whether the people have enough food and clothing, and whether corrupt officials have been punished. I'm not afraid of the iron pen of history that I can't see!"
"Good!" Several Jiedushi applauded.
"Let me ask you, what has the Second Prince done since ascending the throne? What did he do about the locust plague in the northwest?"
The officials lowered their heads and recalled, yes, someone had submitted a memorial about the locust plague, and the emperor listened to Liu Guxia's suggestion and ordered people to catch the locusts and eat them. However, those locusts were poisonous, and many people died from eating them. However, the news was suppressed by local officials in the northwest, and the emperor knew nothing about it.
Fang Zhiyi sneered, "Let me ask you again, what did the new emperor do about the flooding of the Li River?"
The court officials lowered their heads even lower. The Li River was flooded and the people were displaced. It was because Liu Guxia said she wanted to go boating on the lake that the emperor ordered people to build a dragon boat and took her to inspect the disaster. It is said that Liu Guxia said that bran could not be eaten, and it must be that someone was corrupt. The emperor was furious and chopped off many people's heads. Later, the officials who took over used white rice to make porridge for the victims. As a result, the rice was gone in less than half a month, and the officials who took over sold their property to fill the gap.
You have to know that even in a good year, white rice is not something that ordinary people can eat every day. In times of famine, having a mouthful of rice bran is a good thing to live on. The silver allocated by the Ministry of Revenue is not only used to control floods, but also to hire workers, buy grain from surrounding areas, etc. If only white rice is used for disaster relief, it is impossible.
The old minister was very excited: "What does the emperor do to you? You traitor!"
A famous military governor could not suppress his anger and drew the sword from his waist. The sound of the sword being unsheathed scared the court officials so much that they took a step back silently.
The personal soldier who had left earlier ran back, whispered a few words into Fang Zhiyi's ear, and handed him a piece of paper.
Fang Zhiyi stood up and applauded: "Great, great, you are Lu Xuan, right? During the previous emperor's reign, you were just an assistant minister, but now you are an important minister in the cabinet."
The old minister puffed out his chest slightly and said, "Stop talking nonsense. If you want to kill me, then kill me. I will also leave a worthy record in the history books!"
Fang Zhiyi raised the corner of his mouth: "Really? Your son is forcing a woman of good character into a marriage, are you aware of this?"
Lu Xuan was stunned and pointed at Fang Zhiyi: "Stop talking nonsense!"
Fang Zhiyi waved his hand. "Don't get excited. I've got evidence. Your family, Lu Xuan, is quite powerful." Fang Zhiyi unfolded the paper in his hand. "Your nephew killed two people who were asking for wages while repairing their house. Wow, your brother is even more incredible. He's still going strong and is even a shareholder of Yihongyuan? Wait, Lu Xuan, you have an illegitimate child? Big news."
Lu Xuan's chest was heaving. When he heard Fang Zhiyi say that his nephew and others were in love, he was half-believing and half-doubting, and was very angry. It was not until he heard that he had an illegitimate child that he realized that Fang Zhiyi was talking nonsense!
"You! You are slandering me!"
Fang Zhiyi waved his hand, and several "witnesses" in ordinary clothes were brought up. They began to talk at once and began to accuse Lu Xuan and his family of "evidence of guilt."
Lu Xuan was so emotional that he could only point at those people with a trembling finger, but he couldn't utter a word. Fang Zhiyi walked up to him leisurely and said in a voice that only he could hear: "When my father was still young, you squeezed him openly and secretly. I heard that you were very close to Liu Wenhui when he died? I tell you, don't even think about leaving a good reputation. You are just throwing dirty water. I am more professional than you. Guess how the historian's pen is as hard as iron now?" After speaking, he glanced back. When Lu Xuan turned around, he saw the historian with an excited face writing furiously.
"Ah!" Lu Xuan spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.
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