The three of them chatted in the pavilion for a while and finally dispersed with satisfaction.
The promotion of sanitary napkins cannot be rushed for the time being, and Fang Zhengyi is not in a hurry.
After all, the current productivity is limited to this point, so it can only be used by the nobles in the palace first, and then we can slowly improve on it later.
Li Yuanzhao's entry into the game was already in his plan, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon, and even drag the princess into it.
It can be considered an unexpected surprise. If it can be promoted in the palace, it will also be a considerable income. Earning public money is both stable and profitable.
Even in the future, everyone would be scrambling for public projects, not to mention that now he had two powerful insiders in the palace!
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The next day he went to court as usual.
Fang Zheng deliberately put a telescope behind his waist, thinking that the old man Zhang Shi might try to trick him.
After all, one of the servants he sent had left Taoyuan County, and it was unknown whether the news had leaked out.
Logically speaking, he had not made any major mistakes, except for expanding Taoyuan County a lot, dumping sewage into the neighboring county, abducting many merchants, and killing some people who should not have been killed. There should be nothing else.
In short, it is always a good idea to take a treasure to ward off disaster.
In recent years, the fear of death has forced the people of Taoyuan County to max out all their technology points, and now they are coming in handy.
At the court meeting, Emperor Jing didn't say anything else when he saw Fang Zhengyi.
He just said a few words to show his concern, and Fang Zhengyi followed suit.
Then the ministers gave their advice, but Fang Zheng just stood there, feeling the pain in his waist from standing, and could not hear a word.
Soon, Zhang Shi stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the Junior Secretary Fang Zhengyi!"
Emperor Jing stared at Zhang Shi, his eyes slightly frowned, and he felt a little unhappy.
After all, you are a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Revenue. Why do you keep targeting Fang Zhengyi? Isn't it just your son who got beaten? Why are you so persistent?
"speak"
Fang Zheng became more alert upon hearing this and quickly stretched his muscles.
Zhang Shi said in a deep voice: "I want to report Fang Zhengyi. He has three major crimes! First, he privately expanded the area of the county under his jurisdiction, and the city wall regulations exceeded the rules!"
"Second! They deceived the people of the surrounding counties and towns and incorporated them into Taoyuan County!"
"Third! Taoyuan County has not levied taxes for seven years! There is suspicion of tax evasion!"
"There is sufficient evidence for these three crimes. Your Majesty, please punish me severely!"
After Zhang Shi finished speaking, he looked at Fang Zheng coldly.
Some of the most capable servants he had sent out, under some sort of spell cast by Fang Zhengyi, all voluntarily stayed in Taoyuan County.
Fortunately, there was a loyal person who ran back and reported the news, but that person left crying and said he wanted to go home to pick up his mother, and also said he was sorry to Taoyuan County.
damn it!
When Zhang thought of this, he felt a chill in his heart.
The same goes for the rebellious son in the family. He only met Fang Zheng once, and after that he was scared like a rabbit whenever he heard his name!
Could it be that Fang Zhengyi knows some magic, or has cast a spell on someone? After all, I have lived for decades and have never seen such a weird thing...
If treacherous villains like Fang Zhengyi are not removed, the court will probably be in chaos...
Fang Zheng laughed when he heard it. That's it! That's it! ?
It took me a long time to find out these things. It seems that I am indeed pure and innocent, and no one can find any handle on me.
Zhang Shi said, "Emperor Jingdi doesn't know any of these things. The referees are all my people. What can you play with me?"
Feeling relieved, Fang Zhengyi returned to his calm state.
Emperor Jing was not surprised to hear this. He had already noticed something strange when he first entered the county town, but... this was the first time he had heard of someone forcibly defrauding the people of the surrounding counties and towns...
But is there any reason to trick people into coming to Taoyuan County when it has developed to that point? I'm afraid it's impossible to stop them! Ridiculous!
So he said calmly: "Fang Qing, what do you want to say?"
"Minister, I have nothing to say."
"Um."
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The court suddenly fell silent, and Zhang Shi looked at the emperor with wide eyes in horror.
What do you mean? Just ask these two questions and that's it? Ask me! Why don't you ask me?
Could it be that His Majesty has also been bewitched? !
Zhang Shi was anxious: "Your Majesty, please make a decision!"
Emperor Jing closed his eyes, rubbed his temples, and then sighed.
Why do I need to bring this up? I already knew that even if Fang Zhengyi had overstepped the line, he could not possibly rebel.
Now the prince has been taught well by him, and the princess’ illness has been cured by him.
If Zhang Shi hadn't brought it up, Emperor Jing would really not bother to deal with it... The most important thing is that all the taxes owed by Taoyuan County were put into the treasury by himself... How can this be explained?
"Okay, I understand. Where's the evidence?"
Zhang Shi showed a delighted expression: "The witness is waiting outside the palace, please summon him, Your Majesty!"
"allow!"
Soon a fat figure was brought into the hall with sweat dripping from his forehead.
As soon as he saw Emperor Jing, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty! Tang Shou, the county magistrate of Guiyuan County, pays homage to Your Majesty!"
"Stand up, please. I heard from Zhang Qing that you have evidence of Fang Zhengyi's crime. Please tell me what it is!"
Tang Shou glanced at Fang Zhengyi, his thoughts drifting back a few years, and a look of hatred gradually emerged on his face: "I was originally the magistrate of Jihua County."
"Jihua County is not far from Taoyuan County, but its terrain is much lower than Taoyuan County."
"I vaguely remember that just two or three years ago, Fang Zhengyi suddenly came to me and said that Taoyuan County was under construction and had a small population, and that he wanted to borrow some people from this county."
"Of course I don't agree! At that time, the war was still going on, and there was a famine. The population of Jihua County and Taoyuan County was less than 10,000, and they were only spared from being abolished because of the war."
"Later... Fang Zhengyi said he was willing to exchange the young and strong laborers for the old, weak, women and children in Jihua County, so I agreed!"
At this point, Tang Shou's expression became even more sad and angry: "Who would have thought that the young people from Taoyuan County never work, and just eat and drink every day!"
"Their food was all sent from Taoyuan County. The young men would carry a white flour bun and a bowl of stewed meat and walk from the beginning to the end of the county every day."
"When you are full, sleep! When you are full, eat!"
The ministers gasped.
Oh, look at this Fang Zheng.
It’s really a panda ordering takeout, the bamboo shoots are home!
"The young people in our county are so greedy! In less than a year... most of the young people in the county left. Later, because the number of young people was too small, Jihua County was downgraded to Jihua Township..."
The court officials began to chuckle. Tang Shou was so unlucky.
Tang Shou wiped away his tears, feeling very aggrieved. He had done nothing wrong, but was demoted to a lower rank for no apparent reason...
Li Yuanzhao had no expression in the hall, but his face was as red as a tomato and his whole body was shaking.
Emperor Jing was not much better and almost laughed out loud.
This kid Fang Zhengyi is really...not good at doing anything!
"Keep talking!"
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