"Uncle Prince Xiang, what else do you have to say?"

After Huaien finished reading the letter, at the emperor's signal, he found a small pile of documents from the thick envelope and sent it to King Xiang.

It was quiet in the main hall. Only Prince Xiang looked at the several pages of documents in front of him, which clearly recorded the location of the military fields belonging to Prince Xiang's Mansion, including which army group it originally belonged to. It was then transferred to Prince Xiang's Mansion.

How much grain is produced every year, and when and who delivers it to Prince Xiang’s Mansion.

There are even a few pages of land deeds, with the signature of Prince Xiang's Mansion clearly on them.

Solid evidence!

Now, even if he wanted to deny it, it would be difficult.

Facing the emperor's question, King Xiang knew that he might not be able to be kind today. After hesitating for a moment, he glanced at Zhu Huixun next to him bitterly, but he still said sophistry.

"Your Majesty, my fiefdom is in Xiangyang, which is thousands of miles away from the border. How can I reach the border and occupy the farmland?"

"I really don't know where these land deeds come from. I ask for your Majesty's enlightenment."

Since you have chosen to die and refuse to admit it, then you can only go to the dark side.

Anyway, there is no seal of his own on it. At most, it has the signature of Prince Xiang's Mansion. At worst, he will give up the property and say he doesn't know.

He still didn't believe it. A mere few hundred hectares of land could really make him a vassal king...

"So, what Prince Xiang means is that these evidences are all false?"

A voice suddenly sounded in the palace, but it was not from King Min.

Zhu Zhanyang looked in the direction of the sound in surprise, and saw that the person who spoke was as tall as a green pine tree, with a pale face. Looking at him, he felt majestic.

Minister of the Ministry of War, Yu Qian!

Prince Xiang was in a daze for a moment, and he didn't expect that it would be him who spoke.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Huixun couldn't help but sneer in his heart. This King Xiang has not yet understood what the situation is.

Today's matter may have started as a clan matter, but as he opened his mouth to impeach, the issue was brought to the military camp.

This is not just a matter of clan affairs, but a matter of state affairs!

Along with Zongwu, many ministers present indeed had no room to speak, but when it came to state affairs, how could they remain silent?

Seeing Yu Qian's obviously unkind appearance, Zhu Zhanyang hesitated for a moment, but finally did not dare to deny it directly.

The evidence presented by King Dai was obviously not collected in a day or two. Many of the evidences are interlocking and whether they are true or false is not difficult to investigate.

The only thing he can deny now is...

"Looking at the signature on it, it is indeed the seal of the Prince's Palace. However, I really don't know about this matter. Maybe someone below him secretly accepted it and acted recklessly under the banner of Prince Xiang's Palace."

Seeing Yu Qian come forward, King Xiang immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

If it were just a Min King, he might be able to deal with it, but if he had to fight with these ministers in the court, especially if the other party had their own handle, he would definitely not be his opponent.

Therefore, King Xiang finally chose to use the usual tricks of the vassal king after committing crimes, push one, two, five, six, and pretend to be dumbfounded.

Over the years, countless vassal kings have relied on this trick to escape countless crimes.

The wrong things are all done by the people below, and they don’t know anything.

Of course, in this case, these fields would definitely not be saved. In fact, if King Dai had not produced so much evidence, King Xiang would not even admit this guilt.

However, as soon as he said these words, Zhu Huixuan on the side couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, secretly thinking that King Xiang was indeed too naive.

He also didn't want to think about it. Yu Qian had stood aside and watched coldly for so long without saying a word. Now he suddenly intervened in this matter. Could it be that he was simply speaking for himself, the King of Min?

Do you really think you can get away with it this way?

Sure enough, after listening to King Xiang's rebuttal, Yu Qian took out a thick stack of documents from his sleeve and asked.

"Prince Xiang, if it is said that these fields on the border were obtained by royal officials who deceived the prince, stole the royal seal, and granted and received privately, then are these the same?"

From a distance, King Xiang couldn't see clearly what Yu Qian took out.

However, just hearing his tone, King Xiang had an ominous premonition.

As expected, as the chamberlain walked down the imperial steps, took these documents from Yu Qian's hands, and presented them to the emperor, Yu Qian continued speaking unhurriedly.

"Your Majesty, this is a memorial submitted by the imperial censor sent to Qingzhang Tianmu in Xiangyang in conjunction with local officials."

“It details the official land, private land, and unnamed land actually under the control of Prince Xiang’s Mansion in Xiangyang Mansion and its surrounding areas, totaling about 3,200 hectares, which is far more than the imperial court.

The fields given to King Xiang include military garrisons, official fields, and civilian fields."

"During the process of clearing the abbot, the censor received many complaints, accusing King Xiang of oppressing the people, buying and selling by force, and annexing land, which resulted in the death of many people and their families."

"The complaint, the Yellow Book and the accounting books for the past years are all attached for your Majesty's inspection."

At this time, even the ministers present felt a sense of surprise.

Well, they originally thought that King Min's move to impeach King Xiang would be considered a killer move.

But I didn’t expect that the bigger killer move would be Yu Qian’s!

As King Xiang said, his fiefdom is in Xiangyang, which is thousands of miles away from the border. If he insists that he does not know the situation at the border, it is just that someone has made a false name, or someone below him has deceived the superiors and deceived them, and they have deceived them.

That makes sense.

After all, the border military garrison named in Prince Xiang's Mansion is only two to three hundred hectares.

This number is not a small number for ordinary civil and military ministers or even noble families, but for a vassal king, it is actually just that.

They are thousands of miles apart and the number is not particularly large, so it is not impossible to quibble.

However, within his fiefdom, there are thousands of hectares of land. It is much more difficult to deny this...

"Your Majesty, rectifying the army and the army is a major policy of the imperial court, which is beneficial to the country and the people."

"As a vassal king of the clan, he should protect the country and protect the court. However, as a great lord, King Xiang is domineering, occupying land and treating the court as if it is nothing. Now that what has happened, not only does he show no regrets, but he is also wanton.

Sophistry, deceiving the Holy Spirit."

"Since he arrived in the capital, he has made many mistakes. His majesty has been merciful and respectful of his relatives, and he has never been able to bear the blame. However, relying on your majesty's kindness, King Xiang has become more and more unscrupulous, causing many clan members to criticize him repeatedly. He is so untalented and unvirtuous.

How can a person who cannot do his best for the imperial court and has lost the virtue of the clan be in charge of the clan's mansion and set an example for other clans?"

"Your Majesty, please think again!"

With Yu Qian stepping up to the plate, how could Zhu Huixuan let this opportunity pass? Before King Xiang could react, he immediately followed, knelt down and spoke.

At the same time, a group of clan disciples below also reacted and followed each other, knelt down and spoke, saying.

"Your Majesty, please think again!"

"Your Majesty, minister..."

King Xiang did not expect that almost in a moment, he would become the object of condemnation by the whole court.

At this moment, a large group of Wuwuyangyang's clan disciples, led by King Min and Yu Qian, made another appeal. The momentum was so great that it seemed that King Xiang was already unable to stop the discussion, and instantly drowned out his voice to defend himself.

On the throne, the emperor stared at the documents in front of him. After a long while, he finally spoke.

"Uncle Prince Xiang, in recent days, you have been working endlessly on religious affairs, and you must be very tired. Previously, the imperial doctor also said that the emperor's uncle's injury must be well rested. For the sake of the emperor's health, he handed over his errands first.

, rest peacefully in the Tenth Prince’s Mansion.”

"As for the religious matters, I will leave them to the uncle of King Min for the time being."

"His Majesty……"

Prince Xiang's face turned pale and he spoke with a trembling voice.

However, before he could continue to speak, when he raised his head, he was met with the emperor's stern eyes.

As a result, King Xiang immediately calmed down.

Nowadays, the emperor still cares about the friendship between his uncle and nephew, or to be more precise, he cares about the face of his clan relatives.

Therefore, there was no mention of charges or punishment, only that he should "rest for a period of time."

However, if he insists again and again, then the emperor will be forced to put all the evidence on the table for detailed trial and inspection.

After thinking about this, Zhu Zhanchen took a deep breath and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After he finished speaking, King Xiang raised his head and felt the looks of pity, pride, disdain, or contempt from all directions, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry.

His eyes swept over Zhu Huixun, who looked like his treacherous plan was succeeding, and Zhu Zhanzhen's eyes finally focused on Yu Qian, who was standing in the hall and speaking righteously.

"Yu Shaobao, indeed the Qiancheng of the country!"

Almost gritting his teeth, Prince Xiang spoke to Yu Qian, but he could not hide the hatred flowing between the lines.

Obviously, in King Xiang's view, if Yu Qian hadn't stepped in at this time and exposed the land in Xiangyang, then even if King Min and King Dai joined forces, he would always have a chance to escape.

Of course, in addition to this, there is another very important reason.

In the eyes of King Xiang, whether he is King Min or King Dai, he is always a vassal king and a clan member of the Zhu family. It is natural for them to fight against King Xiang.

However, Yu Qian, a civil servant, dared to interfere in the affairs of the clan, and dared to help King Min to impeach him, the king of the Zhu family, which is simply the following crime!

However, King Xiang looked down on Yu Qian and felt that it was disrespectful for a mere minister to offend the vassal king.
To be continued...