"My lord, impeach Cao Guogong Li Jinglong"
In the queue of military ministers, Li Jinglong was quietly winking at Xie Jin, one of the civil servants.
According to his original intention, he wanted Xie Jin to join him. The two brothers had discussed it at Qingxin Xiaozhu last night.
But who would have thought that Xu Huizu would appear halfway!
Duke Guo of Wei, help impeach him, Duke Guo of Cao.
"Old Xu, I'm your uncle!" Li Jinglong cursed in his heart, and in an instant he was greatly shocked.
"It's over! Your Highness asked Xu Huizu to join me, am I right? Have I lost my Sacred Heart?"
At this time, Xu Huizu solemnly bowed down and said loudly to Zhu Yunxi who was sitting on the throne, "Cao Guogong Li Jinglong is a distinguished relative of the country, and he also leads the army of the capital. He has a high and powerful position. But he is a majestic Duke of the Ming Dynasty.
Seek your own personal gain!”
"There are several Shanxi salt merchants who have been staying in Cao Guogong's courtyard for several days. What they are asking for is to buy and sell private salt from the Jiaodong salt field owned by Cao Guogong. The amount they are asking for is as much as 50,000 kilograms!"
There was a buzz, and the court suddenly became noisy. Li Jinglong looked at Li Jinglong in surprise.
The dignified Duke Cao Guogong of the Ming Dynasty actually had dealings with private salt dealers. It was simply a shame!
The old man on the dragon chair also sat upright in an instant and stared at Li Jinglong coldly.
"Wei Guogong Xu Huizu!" Zhu Yunxi said from the throne, "This matter is not a child's play. Do you have any clear evidence for your involvement in impeaching Cao Guogong?"
"Yes!" Xu Huizu said loudly, "Because those businessmen approached me first and were rejected by me!"
They are all the top noble families in the Ming Dynasty. Who doesn’t have a few salt fields in their hands?
The salt field of the Xu family is still the well salt mine given by the old man after the Shuxia (Ming Yuzhen) was pacified.
"In the 23rd year of Hongwu, those businessmen left me, but I didn't agree. This time I went to the capital to look for me. When I refused, I was suspicious. How could they, a businessman, be so bold and dare to come to the capital to look for me?
Please buy salt!"
Xu Huizu continued, "I, after seeing off the guests, I had my servants keep a close eye on me and found that several people had entered the residence of Duke Cao Guo. Duke Cao was a minister of the country, so I had to be cautious. Later, I asked someone to contact the merchants from the Upper West.
It’s a cliche. Those villains are so ambitious. They say they have reached an agreement with Cao Guogong and are very satisfied with their ambitions!”
The ground was wiped clean, and cold sweat broke out on Li Jinglong's back.
This is not only clear evidence, it is completely conclusive.
"What should I do?" Feeling the old man's cold gaze on the throne, Li Jinglong was so confused that his heart almost jumped out of his throat.
"Li Jinglong, is it true?" Zhu Yunxi asked.
"Your Majesty," Li Jinglong knelt down and said in a panic, "What the Duke of Wei said is not entirely true. I met with several Shanxi salt merchants, but I did not agree to sell them salt. I am a relative of the Ming Dynasty. Although I am useless,
But I will never dare to violate the laws of the imperial court!"
"Everyone has said that Zi Chou Yinmao is here, and you are still making excuses?" The old man suddenly said angrily, "We have given your family so many benefits over the years. People are not popular. How can you, the noble Duke, be in cahoots with salt merchants?"
?”
"Your Majesty! Rong Chen"
"What else can be tolerated?" The old man got older and his temper became more and more violent. "Come here, please put this shameful and shameful thing down for us first!" He said, and shouted again, "Peel it off."
The python robe given by him!"
In an instant, six Jinwu guards came to the palace in full force.
"Wait a minute!" Zhu Yunxi said and persuaded the old man, "Grandpa Huang, Li Jinglong is usually a little clever at most. In the eyes of his grandson, he has no courage to do anything that violates national laws! There must be some hidden secret in this.
.If we don’t detain him for a while, why not let him defend himself?”
"Your Highness, you must be aware of this!" Li Jinglong quickly kowtowed and said, sweating profusely, "There is a big hidden secret in this, and these ministers have to see it!"
"Are you still reasonable?" the old man said angrily, "Speak!"
"Grandpa Emperor!" Zhu Yunxi spoke again and whispered, "Look, grandson, there is something hidden in this. There are too many people in the court meeting, so why not summon this guy in private?"
"What are you doing in private? The court meeting is an open and aboveboard place, let's talk here!" The old man was furious and rolled his eyes at Zhu Yunxi, "Are you trying to intercede for him?"
Zhu Yunxi had no choice but to turn around and sit down.
The courtiers heard what he said clearly.
Li Jinglong was bursting with gratitude in his heart, when he suddenly heard that the old man asked him to speak here, he gritted his teeth and his heart was filled with anger.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness! Those salt merchants from Shanxi are of low status, but" Li Jinglong paused and continued to kowtow loudly, "but when they saw me, they got the handbook of the vassal king. I didn't dare to
What a neglect!"
"Lord of the vassal?" The old man was furious, "Who?"
"This" Li Jinglong pretended to hesitate, then lowered his head and said, "Prince Ning!"
With a snap, the old man's big hand slapped heavily on the armrest of the dragon chair.
Then, his body shook slightly with anger.
"Come here, arrest those businessmen who are like pigs and dogs, and torture them for interrogation!" After saying that, he stood up and left the court with a sullen face.
At this time, Li Jinglong breathed a sigh of relief. He wanted to stand up, but found that his legs were weak and he had no strength at all.
The ministers walked out in twos and threes. Xie Jin walked up to Li Jinglong and helped him up with his own hands.
"Gong Cao Guo, you are serious. Since you have discussed it with Wei Guo Gong, why do you still need to come forward?" Xie Jin didn't know why and complained.
"If I had negotiated with him, could I be in such a mess?" Li Jinglong said angrily, "I don't know at all, what part of his muscles are wrong and he wants to interfere with me?"
Xie Jin thought about it, and suddenly his eyes became a little strange. He let go of his hand and no longer got so close to the experience.
"What are you doing?" Li Jinglong noticed something strange about the other party and asked.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt terrified!
Who ordered Xu Huizu to step forward? Besides His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun, who in the Ming Dynasty could control Xu Huizu’s black-faced servant?
Yesterday, I showed no hesitation towards His Highness.
Today, Xu Huizu came straight to the bottom of the cauldron.
"Li Jinglong, Li Jinglong, you are really carried away. You are not the only one who can do things around His Highness? Without you, it will be easy for His Highness to do anything!"
Thinking again about yesterday's incident and the hesitation he showed, this was not as simple as losing the Sacred Heart!
Just as he was thinking about getting here, several soldiers approached silently.
"Mr. Cao Guo, have you offended me?" a Han general from the Jinwu Guard said.
"What's the matter?" Li Jinglong hadn't reacted yet.
"His Majesty ordered you to be taken into custody!"
"Ah?" Li Jinglong was stunned for a moment, then turned around to see that Xie Jin had walked away without even looking here.
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Snap, snap, snap!
In the bedroom, the sound of breaking porcelain could be heard constantly.
The palace people all knelt tremblingly outside the palace, shivering and not daring to express their anger.
The old man's roar could also be heard inside, "Bastards, a bunch of bastards!"
Outside the hall, Zhu Yunxi sighed helplessly. He really didn't want to use this method to let the old man know about this.
Then he slowly walked in, and as soon as he took a step, he heard the old man yelling, "Get out!"
"Grandpa Huang! It's your grandson!" Zhu Yunxi said softly, stepping in, "You are not well yet, you can't bear the anger!" He said, "Besides, I haven't asked clearly yet whether those people are Prince Ning.
People, you can’t even talk about it!”
"Who in the world dares to use the feudal king's tiger skin as a banner?" The old man sat down, gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "What evil have we done to give birth to these bastards!"
"Since they were young, we have invited famous teachers and scholars to teach them. When they grow up, we have told them more than once that starting a business is not easy, and we want them to know the hardships of people's livelihood!"
"But look, what have these bastards done?"
"Not only are they extravagant and lewd, but they secretly violate national laws and even engage in the business of selling private salt. There is nothing else they dare not do!"
Zhu Yunxi lowered his head and said nothing.
At this time, the old man put together his dissatisfaction with the feudal princes and the matter with Prince Ning.
Although the old man's intention in dividing the vassal kings was good, once they reached the fiefdom, the vassal kings who closed their doors and became local emperors became lawless.
A few years ago, some people accused the King of Chu of his extravagant behavior.
Later, King Qin was tyrannical, King Lu Huang was absurd, and so on.
In fact, in the heart of the old man, he had murderous intentions towards these sons who had done bad things more than once.
But every time, it was suppressed forcefully.
Prince Ning's incident became the trigger for these events.
This chapter has been completed!