Chapter 153: Report to the central government! Cheng Cheng wants to report directly to the central government!
There was a gloomy mood in Chongyun Palace, except for the eyes of two people who were as bright as stars.
Jiang Yingcheng looked at the translucent panel in front of him with a flushed face, enjoying eating the melon very much.
Lu Yao looked at the little fellow on the golden platform with excitement, his heart pounding wildly.
Time to work!
What the young prince is going to talk about next is a list of corrupt officials in the court. Each of these names will be a merit for him in the future, and this is linked to rewards!
Jiang Yanchuan, who was on the golden platform, had a panoramic view of all the ministers' behaviors. However, Jiang Yingcheng, who was in the same position, was completely absorbed by this shocking news and did not notice the sudden strange atmosphere below.
She silently recited a long list of names in her heart. The more she recited, the more angry she became: [I am so angry, how could they deceive my beautiful father like this?!]
Her handsome father has worked hard in recent years to expand the territory, but this group of officials are holding her father back from behind!
This she, Jiang·The Strongest Little Cotton-padded Jacket·Yingcheng, can't stand!
The ministers in the court took a deep breath.
Among the group of people exposed by the little princess, there are not only officials from the Ministry of Works, but also officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel. If Emperor Mingze really wants to settle accounts with them one by one, I am afraid that this will cause quite a stir for the court.
Moreover, there are quite a few of them who usually dress very simply. Anyone who sees them would praise them for being honest and upright. Who would have thought that one should not judge a person by his appearance...
Lu Yao, who was standing at the back of the crowd, was busy as a top.
He kept looking left and right, looking for colleagues who could understand the little princess's thoughts.
The muffled voice could only be heard by those around him: "Master Mo, is your memory still fresh? Can you help me remember the first five?"
"Master Jiang, given our friendship, you should also remember five of these for me!"
"Lord Sun..."
Mr. Sun silently raised his hand and extended two fingers, then drew the shape of a wine altar in the air.
Lu Yao's wife is well versed in the art of brewing wine. He had tasted it once before at a banquet and had been thinking about it ever since. This time it happened that the other party had something to ask for, so he had to take advantage of it!
Lu Yao hissed in toothache, nodded with a sly expression, and accepted this dirty deal between adults.
The little princess only mentioned the name now. There will be detailed evidence later. He alone cannot remember so much information!
[Hiss——This, this Zhang Dingan, when he first repaired the river channel, he forcibly dug up the cultivated soil from the fields of the surrounding people, destroying a lot of the crops that the people had planted with great difficulty! ]
[Wow! When a commoner wanted to go to court to file a complaint, he bribed the yamen runners to beat the man to death! ! ]
hiss--
All the officials who could hear the young man's voice had their pupils trembling.
Since Emperor Mingze ascended the throne, the prerequisite for the people to beat the drum to report to the emperor has been directly reduced by half from forty lashes. The purpose is to give the people a real chance to seek justice, so that some people will not come with expectations of justice but die unjustly.
These twenty major punishments are specially set up to prevent people from hitting you for even the most trivial matters.
Even so, they had never heard of anyone dying under these twenty boards!
This is the emperor's place. How dare Zhang Dingan, a third-rank minister, do this?!
Jiang Yingcheng was also very angry: [Cheng, Chengcheng will write a note and give it directly to father tonight! ]
[Sue the central government! Cheng Cheng wants to report directly to the central government! 】
Jiang Yanchuan, who was sitting in the center of the golden platform, sighed, and his sharp eyes swept around the court, and he spoke in a deep voice: "Lu Yao."
He felt a headache just hearing the string of names. If he asked the girl to find the corresponding handwriting among so many "inventories", she would probably have to stay up all night again.
Lu Yao, who was grinning like a fool, quickly stepped out of the group and said, "I'm here!"
"Since the Minister of Works doesn't know why I want to repair the river bank, Mr. Lu might as well explain it to him."
Jiang Yanchuan's fingers tapped lightly on the rosewood dragon chair. The sound was not loud, but to Zhang Dingan's ears, it seemed to be magnified thousands of times, exploding like thunder.
Emperor Mingze...but what did he know?
Zhang Dingan looked horrified.
No, that's not right.
What he did had already been arranged from top to bottom, involving countless officials, and everyone tried their best to cover up the evidence, so it should have been foolproof!
However, Lu Yao did not want to care about his colleagues' anxiety at all, and he went straight to the point: "When repairing the moat embankment, Zhang Ding'an, the Minister of Works, forcibly took the cultivated soil from the surrounding farmers' fields and used it as raw soil for construction. Not only did it cause the river bank to be in danger of collapsing, but even the harvests of the surrounding farmers were greatly affected!"
Lu Yao leaned slightly towards Zhang Dingan, his back straight. The height difference made people feel a sense of contempt when he looked at the other person.
His voice was neither hurried nor slow, slowly repeating the information he had heard from his childhood friends.
"And at that time, a commoner went to the palace gate and wanted to beat the drum to let the emperor know, but you, a group of people with common interests, secretly manipulated him. Before that person could beat the drum, he was cruelly beaten to death by you during the process of being punished with 20 strokes of the cane!"
Every word Lu Yao said directly set off an uproar in the entire court.
Although Emperor Myōze was known as a "tyrant", he was quite merciful when it came to the matter of reporting to the emperor.
Since he took the throne, he has issued a special decree to not only cut the number of canings by half, but also to try not to injure the people too seriously, so that Dengwen Drum Court would truly become the last resort for the people to seek redress for their grievances.
Now, someone actually dares to do something secretly here. That is the place closest to the palace gate. How brave is that!
There was an immediate murmur of discussion in the court, and Zhang Dingan broke out in beads of sweat on his forehead.
After a long while, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "You, you should stop slandering me!"
Before Lu Yao could produce evidence, he had already lost the upper hand.
When the officials around saw this scene, they all had their own plans in mind.
I'm afraid that what Lu Yao said is probably true...
People who had nothing to do with the matter watched the excitement indifferently, but the officials who were tied to the same rope with Zhang Dingan were also frightened like him.
However...
When the news was reported that day, those who were present were clearly people who were on the same boat with them. Even if someone accidentally leaked the news, there should be no definite evidence!
Someone bravely stepped out of the team and said, "Mr. Lu, what evidence do you have for what you said above?"
All the officials looked sideways.
The person who spoke was Tao Yangqiu, a member of the Ministry of Works, who was also the official in charge of river embankment repairs together with Zhang Dingan.
Everyone nodded in understanding.
No wonder, even Emperor Mingze had spoken up for the case, but he still had to stand up and refute it.
It turns out that the dog is desperate.
Under the gaze of his ministers, Lu Yao turned around and remained silent for a moment.
Although he has no evidence, he has a backer!
His most powerful cheat is already working frantically to help him search for information!
Lu Yao held his head high and chest out, not panicking at all.
However, after searching for a while, the first thing that came to the boy's mind was -
[Ah - you're being sold and you're still counting money for others?] The young man's voice was full of happiness and joy, [your wife spent all the money you got from the stolen money on Zhang Dingan, and they have a secret meeting every few days, and you don't know it, you big fool!]
Lu Yao: “…”
Although this melon is quite fragrant, but——
The other party is waiting for his rebuttal, but he has been hesitating for a long time but can't come up with anything. Isn't that not good?
Waiting online, very urgent.