Zhu Biao was very happy and even nodded in appreciation frequently. But after he finished reading, he suddenly slapped these Wanmin books with his palm.
He said angrily, "I just learned today that in the past, the people had to pay so many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes! My father was considerate of the people, and he always paid little in taxes. He would even plant tea in the imperial garden rather than take away a single thing from the people. As a result, my father
What is saved for the people will eventually end up in the pockets of the officials in various prefectures and counties, right?"
"I am guilty, please calm down your anger." All the officials immediately knelt down and admitted their mistakes.
Zhu Biao's eyes suddenly widened and he asked again, "Officials in various prefectures and counties have been swindling the people's wealth and wealth for so many years. How do you ask me to appease my anger?"
Seeing that the emperor was furious, Qi Tai stood up quickly, took out a memorial, and said, "Your Majesty, although the Taxation Department did not levy taxes on the people indiscriminately, some people in the Taxation Department dared to assassinate the King of Chu, which is tantamount to rebellion. Please take a closer look, Your Majesty."
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Someone is going to rebel!
This matter was even more serious. Even though Zhu Biao was angry at the exorbitant taxes imposed on the people by officials in the past, he had to focus on the matter reported by Qi Tai.
Han Du lowered his eyes slightly and raised a smile at the corner of his mouth. Sure enough, someone wanted to make a fuss about the tax collector killing the guards of the King of Chu. Fortunately, Ye Fu was sensible and knew that this matter was not trivial and reported it to me as soon as possible. Otherwise, he would have reported it to me as soon as possible.
, if caught off guard, he would not know how to resolve the matter.
Zhu Biao glanced at Han Du secretly, and saw that his expression was as usual, even with a smile. He immediately understood that Han Du was confident, and said in a deep voice, "What is going on?"
Seeing Qi Tai diverting the emperor's attention, some civil servants couldn't help but glance at Qi Tai gratefully. Almost all of these civil servants had served in various governments or as chief ministers. ??
On the contrary, those officials who came from academies were not worried at all about this. They even took the time to look at those people with trembling expressions and guess which mansion this person was in.
Qi Tai took out a memorial, held it respectfully in his hand, and said, "Your Majesty, the Jiangxia Taxation Bureau promoted Ye Fu and encouraged the tax collectors to assassinate the King of Chu in front of the King of Chu's Mansion. Fortunately, His Highness the King of Chu was protected by the Emperor's great blessings and was lucky enough to be saved.
.But Ye Fu and others did not repent and continued to show off their power in Jiangxia. His Royal Highness the King of Chu was extremely aggrieved and asked his ministers to report this matter to the Emperor and ask His Majesty to investigate clearly."
Zhu Biao looked gloomy and said, "Send it up."
Wang Yue quickly went down and presented the memorial in Qi Tai's hand to the emperor.
Zhu Biao didn't need to open it to read it, but he could guess that there would be a big write-up about the Jiangxia Taxation Department's promotion of Ye Fu and others, and it would even allude to Han Du's rebellion.
Sure enough, Zhu Biao opened it and took a rough look at it, and it was pretty much what he had guessed.
After closing the memorial, Zhu Biao looked at Han Du and asked in a deep voice, "Han Du, the Taxation Department is under your jurisdiction, what else can you say?"
Han Du smiled and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, may I ask the Minister of Qi a few questions?"
"Of course, the court is a place of reason. You have to defend yourself." Zhu Biao retracted his hand, crossed his hands in front of his stomach, and waited quietly for the confrontation between Han Du and Qi Tai.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Han Du bowed and bowed.
Then he straightened up and asked Qi Tai in front of him, "Qi Shangshu, there is something I don't understand. Since the King of Chu has been wronged, why didn't he go to the Emperor to report to the Emperor, but instead asked you to do the report for the King of Chu? Logically speaking,
The emperor is the brother that King Chu grew up with. King Chu’s closeness and trust in the emperor are far greater than anyone else. Why did King Chu find you?"
Han Du looked at Qi Tai with a smile, "Aren't you trying to frame me for rebellion with ulterior motives? Then I will say that there is no clear relationship between you and the King of Chu, and there is even more suspicion of conspiracy."
Come on, let’s hurt each other! Anyway, you have a clear conscience, but you, Qitai, don’t necessarily
"You, don't stop spewing blood!" The look in Qitai's eyes suddenly changed. He really couldn't explain why King Chu didn't report his grievances to the emperor, but conveyed it through his mouth?
Even after hearing Han Du's words, many officials looked at Qi Tai with some suspicion in their eyes.
"Your Majesty!" Qi Tai was anxious. If he didn't explain clearly quickly, he would probably fall first, let alone move to Handu.
"Your Majesty, the King of Chu's memorial is not for me, but for the Emperor. I saw it at the General Administration Department today and realized that it was of great importance, so I took it upon myself to present the memorial to the Emperor." Qi Tai is truly a talent.
His mind was spinning very fast, and he thought of a countermeasure in an instant.
Even if he were beaten to death, he would not be able to admit that the memorial was given to him by the King of Chu. In that case, even if he had ten mouths, he would not be able to explain his relationship with the King of Chu clearly.
In comparison, although it was somewhat against the rules for him, a minister of the Ministry of War, to check the memorial of the King of Chu from the General Affairs Department, but as long as he insisted that he went to check the memorial of the Ministry of War, it was still justified.
Even if he was punished by the emperor for this, the punishment would be worse than colluding with the feudal king to plot evil.
Much lighter, right?
Zhu Biao immediately turned to look at the envoy and asked, "Is that so?"
The general affairs envoy looked at Qi Tai's back in confusion, and was very dissatisfied with dragging him into the water. However, seeing that he and Qi Tai had a deep friendship, the general administration envoy still had the courage to help Qi Tai.
"Back to the emperor, that's exactly what happened."
Qi Tai felt a sense of relief all over his body as if he had heard Tian Yin. He suddenly became arrogant and asked Han Du, "Han Du, don't try to divert everyone's attention. The taxman assassinated the King of Chu at the gate of the Chu King's Mansion. You
How do you explain this to the Minister of the Ministry of Finance?"
Han Du chuckled and asked, "You will assassinate if you say you will? Then I ask you, is the King of Chu injured again?"
Qi Tai was stunned for a moment, then said, "Although King Chu was not injured, he was the one who dragged down Emperor Hong Fu. A guard died in the King of Chu's palace. Isn't this an attempt to assassinate King Chu?"
"How did the guard die?" Han Du asked calmly.
When Qi Tai saw that Han Du was interrogating him, Qi Tai became angry. He raised his finger and pointed at Han Du and said loudly, "The guard was beaten to death by a revolver. Han Du, you can't deny it!"
"So, where was the guard standing when he died?" Han Du ignored Qi Tai's anger and continued to ask.
Qi Tai couldn't understand Han Du's operation, but he knew that he could no longer be led by Han Du. So, he bowed to Zhu Biao and said, "Your Majesty, since Han Du admitted that the tax collector killed the guard of the Chu Palace,
I believe that the evidence of the assassination is conclusive, so I would like to ask the emperor to judge!"
If Zhu Biao is the judge at this time, he will naturally be biased towards Qi Tai's purpose. After all, Qi Tai's reasons are more sufficient. Han Du didn't wait for Zhu Biao to speak, and interrupted with a smile, "Master Qi, I can't understand.
It’s unclear and the truth cannot be explained clearly. You want to force the emperor to make a decision without waiting for me to finish what I have to say. Is there something in your heart that prevents you from letting me finish what I have to say?”
"I act magnanimously, why do I have such evil thoughts in my heart?" Qitai said angrily towards Han Du.
Han Du's ears were numb from the shock of Qi Tai's voice. He stretched out his hand to rub it twice and said, "In this case, let me finish my words before asking the emperor to make a judgment!"
Zhu Biao smiled, nodded slightly, and said to Han Du, "Keep talking."
Han Du quickly handed over his hands and replied with a smile, "Your Majesty, since that man is the bodyguard of King Chu, he will definitely stand beside King Chu. And the taxman uses a revolver. At such a close distance, if the taxman is
If Ding really wanted to assassinate the King of Chu? How could he kill the guards?
On the body? At such a close range, with the accuracy of the revolver, it can be said that if the taxman wanted to assassinate the King of Chu, he would never hit the left chest even if he hit him on the right chest, let alone the guards standing aside.
On your body? It’s simply nonsense!”
Qi Tai listened with a confused look on his face. What is the close range and what is the accuracy? He has no idea at all. He only knows that the power of the revolver firearm is very huge, but he has no idea what kind of power it is.
Whether Qi Tai can understand or not is not important, what matters is that Zhu Biao can understand.
After listening to Han Du's words, Zhu Biao immediately frowned and muttered, "This is indeed impossible."
"Your Majesty, the tax collector did not commit any assassination at all." Han Du quickly helped Zhu Biao make a decision.
Qi Tai suddenly became anxious when he saw that the emperor did not object to Han Du's words.
A thought flashed through his mind, and he blurted out without thinking, "Perhaps the guard stepped forward and blocked the blow for King Chu?"
Han Du burst out laughing and joked towards Qi Tai, "Master Qi is so confident? Can anyone block the revolver? Well, let's find someone who is the most trustworthy, Master Qi. Let's go out and try to see if anyone can."
How about blocking it?"
Are you kidding? Can anyone block a bullet? This is not the world of martial arts. Even if you are a master of the world of martial arts, facing this speed that exceeds the recognition range of the human eye, whether you can clearly see the trajectory of the bullet is unknown, and even more so.
Not to mention blocking it.
"Han Du, stop messing around!" Zhu Biao reprimanded Han Du loudly.
Then he smiled and explained to Qi Tai, "Qi Aiqing, it is impossible for anyone in the world to stop such a close distance. This would only happen if the taxman's purpose was to be a guard, not the King of Chu. As for the assassination, there is no way.
Talk about it."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Seeing Zhu Biao's final word, Han Du quickly and solemnly paid his respects.
"My Emperor's Holy Ming~"
Some officials who were close to Han Du also bowed down. Following their lead, other officials who had nothing to do with themselves also followed suit.
Faced with such a trend, even officials who were close friends with Qi Tai also bowed down.
Qi Tai knew that this time he lost again. Even if he was unwilling to do so, he could not change anything. He did not even make an issue of the taxman killing a guard in the Chu Palace, because he knew that he wanted to drag Han Du into
After being suspected of treason and failing, even if he made a fuss about the guards again, it would not harm Han Du at all.