"Nonsense, I am a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel and an important minister of His Majesty, how can I be a fine workman of the Jin Dynasty!"

"take away!"

"What are you doing! Let me go! I want to see your Majesty! I want to see your Majesty!"

"What a scream!" An imperial city commander slapped Hu Yuzhong in the face. Hu Yuzhong was stunned on the spot.

It was getting dark, and Gao Qiu ran to the Imperial City Prison, cursing.

It's such a hot day, you don't want me to go to Widow Wang's place to cool down with water, you have to bring me to this smelly bird place, right?

After Gao Qiu entered the prison, his face was as bitter as a bitter gourd.

"Where are the people?"

"Lieutenant Gao, over here."

Seeing Gao Qiu, Hu Yuzhong immediately shouted righteously: "Gao Qiu! You traitor! Let me out quickly! I want to see your majesty..."

Before he finished speaking, Gao Qiu slapped Hu Yuzhong, leaving five finger prints on Hu Yuzhong's face.

Not satisfied with this, Gao Qiu kicked Hu Yuzhong several times to relieve his anger.

"Say! Who told you to talk nonsense in front of His Majesty!"

"Bah! Gao Qiu! You treacherous minister! You will not die a good death! Everyone will kill you! The righteous men in the world today are eager to eat your flesh alive!"

Gao Qiu rolled up his sleeves, exposed his arms, stretched them out in front of Hu Yuzhong, and said, "Come! Take a bite!"

Hu Yuzhong was stunned for a moment.

Gao Qiu continued: "Aren't you going to eat my meat raw? Come on, take a bite!"

"this……"

Gao Qiu slapped him again and said, "It's useless to give you a chance!"

"I……"

"Tell me, who told you to talk nonsense?"

"Gao Qiu, if you arrest ministers at will, aren't you afraid of being impeached by the princes?"

"Don't talk nonsense with me!" Gao Qiu moved a stool and sat down, "I don't know how much you weigh?"

"You traitor!"

"Do you really not know your current situation?" Gao Qiu changed his face.

Hu Yuzhong said: "I am doing the right thing!"

"Okay, if you have to be the one who stands out, then be prepared to stand out." Gao Qiu said, "Now the imperial court is working against the Jin people in the capital. According to the news, some officials are colluding with the Jin people. We will arrest you here.

It's reasonable and legal to come for interrogation. If you don't cooperate with us, you are violating the king's law!"

"Also, we will investigate your family in accordance with the rules. I heard that there is business in your family? I just don't know where the business is!"

Hu Yuzhong's expression changed.

"I'll give you one last chance. Who taught you what you said today?"

"You traitor!"

"Chop off his hand!"

"It's the censor Zhongcheng Zhan Dafang!" Hu Yuzhong broke out in cold sweat on his forehead.

"Come here, give him a pen."

Not long after, a confession was placed on Zhao Ning's court case.

"Censor Zhongcheng Zhan Dafang?" Zhao Ning looked at Gao Qiu.

"Yes, that's what Hu Yuzhong said."

It actually involved the Yushitai, which was somewhat beyond Zhao Ning's expectation.

It seems that on the surface everyone pretends to support the imperial court and always looks like they are ready to fight the golden thief to the death, but in private they have made many small moves.

This is interesting.

Saying this, Zhao Ning felt that everyone was acting.

Everything he said on the stage was clear and logical.

"Your Majesty, do you want to arrest Zhan Dafang?"

"Do you have evidence?"

"this……"

Gao Qiu wanted to say that I had no evidence, but if I arrested Hu Yuzhong, I could also make up a reason to arrest Zhan Dafang.

"I mean, do you have any evidence to prove that Hu Yuzhong is a goldsmith?"

"No."

"Then if you go to arrest Zhan Dafang, how can you prove that Zhan Dafang is a fine workman of the Jin Dynasty?"

"There will always be evidence."

"What if there isn't?

"Now what?"

"Then let him go."

"Let it go?"

"Of course you have to let him go if you don't have any evidence. This is the rule of the court. Even if you don't talk about it, I have to abide by it!"

"yes!"

Rules are used to restrain everyone. If you flout the rules rashly, someone with good intentions will take advantage of you.

In the end, not only did they fail to achieve their goals, but they made the situation worse.

For example, allowing the Imperial City Secretary to plant unwarranted charges on people will inevitably expand the power of the Imperial City Secretary, and some people will use this power to line their own pockets and do evil.

Even if Gao Qiu doesn't know how to do it, you can't guarantee that the people under Gao Qiu can't do it.

"Go and find out whether this rogue man is corrupt and whether he is using his power for personal gain. There is always a way!"

"Understood!" Gao Qiu was stunned for a moment.

Zhao Guan's family obeys the rules, especially in political games.

If he doesn't follow the rules, most people will not follow the rules, and they will kill themselves.

That night, Hu Yuzhong was acquitted.

Hu Yuzhong returned home happily, but before his butt was still hot, someone from the Imperial City Department came to visit again.

"Am I not acquitted?"

"Someone accuses you of abusing your power for personal gain, and we want to investigate the account!"

If there is no problem with today's account, it means that Hu Yuzhong is acting out of public motives.

Since it is out of public interest, there is no problem.

As long as it is out of public interest, this level of freedom of speech should still exist.

But if it's out of selfish motives, that's another matter.

Before the morning meeting on the second day, Gao Qiu, with dark circles under his eyes, sent over the summary of last night's investigation of Hu Yuzhong.

After reading it, Zhao Ning said, "Hu Yuzhong's son has a trading company that specializes in selling tea?"

"Yes, not only does there exist such a trading company, but the documents of this trading company show that the place of registration is in Tokyo. However, I sent someone to the Trading Bureau overnight to check, and it was not found at all."

"You mean, forgery?"

"I may have missed something in the investigation."

"What about these accounts?"

"These accounts are true. They are genuine smuggled tea! From May last year to March this year alone, 500,000 kilograms were smuggled out and sold to the Kingdom of Jin for two hundred cash per kilogram, a total of one hundred thousand kilograms!"

What is the concept of one hundred thousand dollars?

For example, the salary of a road construction worker is one yuan per month and twelve yuan per year.

This person has to work without eating or drinking for 8333 years.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid Hu Yuzhong is not the only one behind this." Gao Qiu looked like he was a traitor and was going to cause trouble, "and..."

"And what?"

"And that Zhan Dafang is very close to Wang Cweng."

"so what?"

"Both of these two people were promoted by Qin Hui."

"You mean, Qin Hui also has business?"

"No one knows whether Qin Hui has any businessmen, and no one dares to check casually." Gao Qiu muttered.

"I understand."

This incident alone is enough to show that there are currently a large number of officials in the court who have used their power to build or are building a shocking chain of interests between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty.

It seems that there will be many people who are against the war this morning, but some people are afraid to speak out.
Chapter completed!