"You said Wang Yuchen's memorial was pressed by the prince?" Perhaps because of the cold spring, Emperor Liu's voice always sounded gloomy, giving people a tingling feeling.
The Chui Gong Hall was even more empty than usual. The chambermaids and palace maids were specially screened away and were waiting at a distance, including the great eunuch Yan Tuo, who could only stand a few feet away and listen hard with his ears raised.
The only person waiting in front of the emperor was Wang Jien, the envoy of the Imperial City. He said he had a secret report. He didn't expect that Emperor Liu would be shocked when he opened his mouth. But Wang Jien, who was always paying attention to Emperor Liu's reaction, felt a thump in his heart. He always He felt that Emperor Liu's reaction was somewhat strange, more terrifying than he expected.
But the arrow from the string was hard to stop, and there was no room to take it back after opening this mouth. Without thinking about all this, he immediately responded: "Go back to the official house, it is absolutely true. I have investigated Wang Yucheng's first memorial submission. At the time of Da Zhengshi Hall, the records show that when the Da Zheng was presented, both the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Zhao were present."
"The prince and Zhao Pu are both here, what does this mean?" Emperor Liu said in a calm tone.
"At that time, the prince and Xianggong Zhao also discussed this memorial, and someone heard it with their own ears," Wang Jien said.
However, as soon as these words were spoken, Emperor Liu sternly asked: "Who? How did you find out about the official affairs of Zhengshitang? And who disclosed these details to you?"
Faced with the old emperor's question, Wang Jien hesitated a little and said: "It's just a little circumstantial investigation."
"Are you bullying me?" Emperor Liu no longer suppressed his anger and scolded: "You are making insinuations and you have even figured out the time when the memorial was delivered? In front of me, you still dare to talk nonsense?"
"The officials calm down! I don't dare!" Seeing Emperor Liu having an attack, Wang Jien didn't dare to be secretive anymore and decisively sold him: "Back at the official house, it was Chen Xiangyu, a member of the Zhongshushe family, who revealed this to me "
After receiving the answer, Emperor Liu suddenly calmed down all his momentum and just stared at Wang Jien coldly. However, after a brief silence, Emperor Liu suddenly got angry. He picked up a paperweight on the case, threw it at His Highness, and smashed it accurately. On Wang Jien's head.
Despite the fact that Emperor Liu was old, he suddenly struck out with such force that Wang Jien was hit on the head and bled. He was in pain and wanted to scream, but Wang Jien held it back. Swallow it with a groan.
His head was still dazed, and the vision of his left eye was covered by a streak of red. He wanted to explain something, but Emperor Liu stood up and shouted angrily at Wang Jien: "You are so brave, you actually made friends with the court officials, and even buried your informants in the political hall. Got it!
A secret report. You have implicated both the current prince and the prime minister. What do you want to explain? What are your intentions?
I have warned you a long time ago, asking you to restrain yourself, restrain yourself! To this day, you are still arrogant and domineering outside, and you still don’t know how to behave. I think that after serving you for decades, I have been extremely tolerant, and you still have no idea. You know yourself, but you still dare to talk about right and wrong in front of me."
Emperor Liu's reprimand made Wang Jien extremely frightened. He never expected such a reaction. He didn't care about anything else, not even caring about the bleeding wound. He immediately kowtowed uncontrollably and made a thumping sound on the floor. .
"The little one is guilty!
"I know I was wrong, little one!"
"I hope the officials will forgive me!"
"I will never do it again!"
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Seeing that Wang Jien was so dizzy and unconscious, Emperor Liu just interrupted him, his tone still cold: "That's enough! Do you still want to dirty my hall?"
After habitually kowtowing three more times, Wang Jien stopped, but at this time he was already dizzy, but he instinctively continued to apologize to Emperor Liu: "Thank you, the official family! Thank you, the official family!"
"Zhang Dejun! Let me remind you again that my tolerance has its limits, and the relationship between master and servant also has its depth. Don't make the mistake again!" Looking at Wang Jien at his feet with an indifferent expression, Emperor Liu said still coldly.
"Yes! Yes! I will definitely remember the official lesson and never do it again!" No matter what Emperor Liu said at this time, Wang Jien could only react like this.
In the past, when Emperor Liu continued to call him "Zhang Dejun", Wang Jien felt a little awkward, but now he felt lucky. This could vaguely be seen as a sign of Emperor Liu's nostalgia.
I have to say that Wang Jien was really frightened. He had served Emperor Liu for decades and had not been scolded before. But the reprimand he received today was the most severe in history. It even made Wang Jien feel a chill on his neck.
"Get out!" Emperor Liu responded as if he didn't want to talk to you any more.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Wang Jien felt like he was being pardoned. He didn't hold back at all. He covered his head and hurriedly backed away, as if he was escaping from the gate of hell.
A few feet away, Yantuo looked at his old enemy in such a miserable state, feeling secretly happy, as if the warm spring light shone into his heart. What kind of secret report? He thought he could get credit and favor, but it backfired, right?
However, why did Wang Jien, the old dog, make the officials so angry? Yantuo thought secretly in his heart. He was far away and couldn't hear clearly, but it seemed to be related to the prince and Prime Minister Zhao?
While he was speculating, Yantuo did not forget to arrange for someone to clean up the dirty blood stains left by Wang Jien. He cautiously stepped forward and said diligently and carefully: "The officials should calm down and don't let that old slave make you angry!
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Hearing this, Emperor Liu suddenly turned his head and stared straight at Yantuo. Yantuo was also startled. In his opinion, the old emperor's eyes seemed to be glowing with a few rays of scarlet light.
"Are you eavesdropping?" Emperor Liu said solemnly.
Yan Tuo's legs were so weak that he fell to his knees and almost swore: "Young man, I would never dare to do it. I'm just worried about the officials' health because they are so angry!"
"When did I get angry?" Emperor Liu asked.
This is a bit unreasonable, but he is the emperor, can Yantuo still argue? Cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and he knelt there silently.
Of course Emperor Liu was angry, but he himself couldn't explain why. Wang Jien's "daring behavior"? I'm afraid not necessarily. The more important reason is probably the matter reported by Wang Jien, and Wang Jien secretly reported such things,
It is very difficult to cheat. This eunuch is very powerful and courageous, but he is not so bold as to deceive Emperor Liu on such matters.
Even if Wang Jien wanted to be Su Wen, the old emperor might not be Emperor Wu. The more intense Emperor Liu's reaction was, the more it meant that he believed his report. However, Emperor Liu did not want to delve into the matter further.
Otherwise, once we get to the bottom of it, first of all, Zhao Pu is suspected of deceiving the emperor. He was used by Emperor Liu to control the overall situation of tax reform. Now that the national tax reform is advancing and it has reached the stage of real results, the upper echelons of the court must not cause trouble.
If the prince is pulled out again, things will get worse and the country will be shaken!
However, with Emperor Liu's current paranoia, how could he not think about why Zhao Pu wanted to admit the matter on behalf of the prince, and how could he not be concerned about the threat posed by the current prime minister's involvement with the prince?
With Zhao Pu's current magnanimous state, Emperor Liu did not believe that he would pose any threat to him, and even made some dangerous moves late in the year. However, as soon as the prince was involved, Emperor Liu had to pay attention.
With many doubts in my heart, but unwilling to go to war, with multiple thoughts intertwined, naturally only Wang Jien, the whistleblower, could bear the negative emotions that broke out...