Since ancient times, the only difficulty is death.

Chen Dong changed his title. For him, the difficulty seemed to have been forgotten, and he slowly said, "But Chen is eating the emperor's salary and cannot share his worries with you. If he dares not speak the truth because of the coercion of the six thieves, I really feel ashamed of my conscience.”

Li Yan looked angry.

Chen Dong continued, "The Holy One just said that Chen Dong's testimony showed that Mr. Shen acted fairly. In fact, the truth is always obvious. It just depends on whether others really want to see it!"

Zhao Ji's eyes flashed.

Chen Dong obviously had the intention to go all out and continued: "The six thieves in the capital have brought disaster to the country and the people. Not to mention others, it is just Li Yan, the chief internal officer, who runs rampant in the capital, buying and selling by force, occupying tens of thousands of hectares..."

Li Yan clenched his fist and glared at Chen Dong.

Chen Dong glanced at Li Yan and said without fear: "Countless people have lost their families and their families because of this. Even the wealthy households in the capital are in danger. If Li Yan takes a fancy to his land, he will become a beggar wandering the streets overnight. As a result, he will die. As far as Chen Dong knows, the innocent lives in Li Yan's hands are counted in the thousands."

Li Yan said angrily, "Chen Dong, I will not tolerate your nonsense in front of the Holy Sage!"

Zhao Ji suddenly said, "Li Yan, is what Chen Dong said really nonsense?"

Li Yan felt a little cold in his heart, feeling the alienation of the Emperor's title, and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I have indeed expropriated tens of thousands of hectares of land."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was stunned, not wanting him to reveal his shortcomings.

Unexpectedly, Li Yan immediately said, "But Weichen's actions are just for the sake of the Holy One."

Chen Dong said angrily: "It's full of nonsense!"

He was so angry that he couldn't imagine that under the blue sky and in broad daylight, there were still such people who ignored the facts and confused right and wrong.

Shen Yue watched silently, thinking to himself that if Li Yan didn't fight back, he wouldn't be Li Yan. As for Li Yan's words, it didn't surprise him.

When a country is about to perish, there must be monsters.

Monsters here do not mean that monsters appear frequently, but that human nature is close to monsters, which is why many ugly things appear in broad daylight.

Li Yan immediately said, "The Holy One works day and night, and the humble ministers eat the emperor's salary, so naturally they should share the worries of the Holy One. The construction of Huafu Palace and Genyue was really delayed for a long time due to land problems. But only Genyue and the pool water are still there. Hidden, it is difficult to accommodate the free heart of the Holy One."

With a face full of loyalty to the emperor and the country, Li Yan raised his voice and said, "I thought that if the emperor wanted to expand the palace again and show his carefree nature, land acquisition would be inevitable."

Zhao Ji murmured, "That's it."

Li Yan said excitedly after hearing this, "Wei Chen knew that the Holy One would understand Wei Chen's thoughts. Wei Chen did his best to collect land, hoping that it would be used by the Holy One when he built another magnificent treasure land in the world. Everything Wei Chen had was given by the Holy One. Wei Chen The expropriated land is naturally owned by the Holy One!"

After a moment's pause, Li Yan continued, "I have been feeling unsightly in recent days, and I have long wanted to tell the Holy One about this, hoping to alleviate His Majesty's worries."

After saying that, he glanced at Chen Dong, and Li Yan said with a hint of ridicule, "Such intentions were misunderstood by Xiao Xiao, who thought that the humble minister was greedy and excessive."

Shen Yue secretly thought that Li Yan was quite smart. He immediately gave up the tens of thousands of hectares of land he had accumulated for many years in exchange for escaping disaster. This was indeed an extraordinary decision.

This is probably why Zhao Ji hesitated.

No matter how miserable Li Yan is, the benefits are ultimately his and Zhao Ji's.

Chen Dong said angrily, "Then you, Li Yan, killed more than a thousand lives, are you praying for the Holy One?"

After saying this, Zhao Ji looked gloomy.

Li Yan caught a glimpse of the emperor's face and thought to himself, Chen Dong, I'm afraid you will become a loyal martyr.

Chen Dong was angry, but Li Yan said calmly: "Your Majesty, when Wei Chen requisitioned the land, he gave orders to his subordinates repeatedly, asking them to buy and sell fairly. However, there are always greedy people in this world who want to ask for more than they can count. At this time, Wei Chen My subordinates may have used extreme measures, but with the conscience of heaven and earth, everything I do is for the sake of the Holy One."

Seeing Shen Yue looking at him, smiling and saying nothing, Li Yan felt a sudden shock in his heart.

He, Li Yan, was naturally familiar with handling appeals from grievances, but he was really a little wary of Shen Yue, who could gain the emperor's trust without making a move.

If not, he wouldn't have surrendered to Shen Yue as soon as he saw him.

"Of course, I'm afraid there are some people under Wei Chen who don't respect orders."

Li Yan sighed softly, "But this is really unavoidable. Even if we are loyal, there will still be unscrupulous relatives around us."

Zhao Ji nodded slowly.

Shen Yue secretly thought that this Li Yan was indeed the general manager of the palace, and he was very well-informed about the news in the palace. Li Yan must have known about Zhao Ji's punishment of Zhao Xing, so his words made Zhao Ji feel the same.

"We must investigate the matter of our subordinates who harmed the people due to land expropriation and give an explanation to the Holy One." Li Yan gradually calmed down and said, "Think of it, Chen Gongshi, a scholar from Taixue, must not be able to understand the suffering of the people, and be taken advantage of by a few people with ulterior motives. It’s possible to bewitched.”

With a slight smile, Li Yan seemed to be magnanimous and said, "But in my opinion, Chen Gongshi is also loyal, but he lacks some sense and is not suitable for heavy responsibility."

It was natural for him to speak this way.

In the past, when it came to this, because Zhao Ji was afraid of trouble and was too lazy to deal with government affairs, he would leave the remaining matters to his favorite ministers.

Li Yan followed his past habits and settled the case. If he had used his previous methods, he would have put Chen Dong in jail first, but now he was afraid of causing other problems and decided to minimize the big issue.

Looking at Chen Dong, Li Yan secretly thought that if you, a scholar, understand the truth, you should apologize and be grateful for the emperor's grace.

Chen Dong took a breath and said, "I wasted money and wasted people, and wasted no time on human life. After you, Li Yan, told me, it turned into a good thing to be loyal to the emperor and the country."

A chill flashed in Li Yan's eyes.

“Those who achieve great things cannot stick to small details.”

Li Yan said in a cajoling tone, "Everything Li Yan did was for the sake of His Majesty. He has done this in the past, and there is nothing wrong with it." Looking at Zhao Ji, Li Yan said loyally, "If the unruly people are allowed to obey, I understand, that would delay the Holy One’s time to cultivate immortality.”

Shen Yue secretly felt ridiculous.

For an emperor to take cultivating immortals as his main business, and openly say so, it shows how outrageous the emperor Zhao Ji is. But when Li Yan mentioned this matter, he said it naturally, and it was just a common practice in the past.

No matter how absurd things are, it seems to be natural to legalize the state machinery. No matter how ignorant the custom is, if it is implemented by many people, it seems to have the power to crush the sanity.

Chen Dong gritted his teeth and said, "What you did in the past does not mean that it was correct in the past."

It was rare for him to see the emperor, and seeing everything seemed like mud, he finally decided to persevere again.

Li Yan said lightly, "Does Chen Gongshi think that...expanding Huafu Palace and building Gen Yue are all wrong?"

Everyone was silent.

But anyone with a brain understands what Li Yan means - to deny him Li Yan is to deny Zhao Ji's past actions. How many ministers in the world can there be who dare to say that the emperor has done something wrong?
Chapter completed!