After sleeping peacefully all night, King Xiyong called his men to inquire while having breakfast. Sure enough, there was no more news from Lishui City, and Song Zheng was weak.
"He's just a wild boy. With his energy and cleverness, as well as Xiao Zhen's support, he has made some noise. I am indeed old and a little too cautious."
After breakfast, he went out by car, met Princess Dongyang at the gate of the palace, and then entered the palace together.
Today's admonishment is the final blow for the two of them step by step, including the biggest excuse that Xiao Zhen has always resisted: Dai Gongliang is not a member of the Longyi Guard, and the inspector of the five states in the south of the Yangtze River is an official of the Longyi Guard. They also
Think of countermeasures.
They only need to ask one question: Are the officers of Long Yiwei His Majesty's officers?
It is impossible for Xiao Zhen to refute, so this matter is settled. Since they are all His Majesty's officials, whoever His Majesty wants to do it can do it.
The situation was indeed as they predicted. This sentence left Xiao Zhen speechless. The emperor no longer hesitated and wrote an imperial edict on the spot and ordered it to be sent to Yuzhou in Lingnan with a flying sword.
Originally, most of the emperors sent imperial envoys to read out the imperial edict, but King Xiyong was in a hurry and persuaded the emperor to use a rare method, flying swords to deliver the edict.
This flying sword is a genuine Shang Fang sword!
Seeing Shang Fang's sword carrying the imperial edict, turning into a golden light and flying towards Lingnan, King Xiyong and Princess Dongyang smiled secretly. The emperor was still thinking about going to the imperial garden to play with a few concubines, so he sent them back with a few words.
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Xiao Zhen sat behind the writing desk in Wuhou Pass and let out a long sigh.
He has tried his best, but King Xiyong is powerful and cunning, making it difficult to deal with him. Today, with the imperial edict, Song Zheng's power will collapse, and there will be no good end.
He was extremely satisfied with this subordinate, but he could not protect him. He blamed himself deeply in his heart and once again felt powerless towards the emperor.
Suddenly, the light of a spiritual talisman flashed, it was Song Zheng!
When he opened it, Song Zheng said nothing, spent a lot of Yuan Yu, and sent something through the air.
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King Xiyong and Princess Dongyang were about to leave the palace gate when suddenly a group of Royal Forest Army soldiers came after them with clanging footsteps. The leading general shouted loudly: "Your Highness King Xiyong, please stay!"
King Xiyong and Princess Dongyang were startled, and the soldiers caught up with them. The general held the emperor's jade pendant in his hand and said: "Your Majesty ordered, kneel down and apologize to the minister outside the palace of King Xiyong!"
"What?"
When the two of them were stunned, a golden light from a flying sword flashed across their heads, and the second imperial edict followed closely behind the first one.
Princess Dongyang asked in surprise: "Kneel down to apologize? Your Majesty, what does this mean? What crime did King Xiyong commit?" They were close relatives of the emperor and had always been deeply favored. They had not committed crimes before, but they sued the emperor.
In front of them, they were only scolded by the emperor, knelt down and kowtowed to admit their mistakes, and the emperor let them go. After all, they were a family.
If the dynasty is really in trouble, why don't our relatives help the emperor to support it? The emperor is also a human being, and any person will trust his relatives more at the most critical moment. Of course, everyone thinks so, and then they are fooled.
The general was actually puzzled, but at this time he could only hold up the jade pendant and said: "I don't know, I am just following orders. Your Highness, please accept the punishment. Don't make it difficult for me."
King Xiyong was stunned for a while and said angrily: "I want to see your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty is looking at some things. He personally said that he will come to see His Highness after reading it." The general blocked King Xi Yong and gestured to the outside of the palace door with his hand: "Your Highness!"
King Xiyong was filled with confusion and anger, and was forced out of the palace gate helplessly, kneeling on the hard stone floor.
The news spread quickly, and the capital was shocked.
For two whole hours, King Xiyong was already on the verge of collapse.
There are spiritual formations to suppress both inside and outside the palace. No one who is a literary or martial artist can use spiritual energy here. The emperor asked King Xiyong to apologize outside the palace gate, which was tantamount to punishment.
An old man over four hundred years old, without the support of his cultivation, his body was completely decrepit. After two hours of kneeling down, half of his life was gone!
Compared with the physical pain, what caused King Xiyong more pain was why the emperor punished himself in this way? He was the elder of the emperor. He watched the emperor grow up and held a very important position in the emperor's heart.
Is it because of that boy from Yuzhou? It’s impossible, right? You’re punishing your uncle like this for an outsider?
A few years ago, King Xiyong was secretly accused of accepting money from a courtier and speaking for the courtier in front of the emperor. In the end, the courtier stood out and became the governor of a state.
The evidence was conclusive and the emperor was very angry. This kind of thing was a serious crime, but he just called him and scolded him so that he would not do such things again in the future.
As for the matter in Yuzhou, he handled it very cleanly and would not leave any evidence behind to do such a thing. Si Bangque was very good at it, so of course he could rest assured.
Finally, a burst of chaotic footsteps came from the palace. The emperor, with his hands behind his back and a gloomy face, rushed in front of him with a group of guards, maids, and eunuchs. King Xiyong cried and kowtowed: "Your Majesty..."
Snapped!
Before he could plead, the emperor had already slammed something on his old face.
King Xiyong ignored the severe pain on his face and quickly picked it up and took a look. His face suddenly turned pale.
It's just that the account book is not a formal account book. It was obviously written down secretly by someone. The above content is mainly divided into two parts. The first one is the actual mining taxes of the major gold concentrates in Yuzhou in recent years, and the actual mining taxes paid.
The mining tax; the second one is the commission that each mine owner pays King Xiyong every month.
The King of Xiyong took these commissions and lowered the mining tax horribly.
This was only the first book. When the emperor waved, a eunuch held a tray filled with such account books.
The emperor was so angry that he grabbed the account books and threw them one by one on his old face, destroying all the dozens of account books. King Xiyong had a bloody head but did not dare to dodge. He just knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.
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The emperor was still angry and grabbed the saber in the guard's hand. The eunuchs suddenly fell to their knees and begged: "Your Majesty, you can't do that!"
The emperor was not willing to listen, so he drew his sword and rushed forward with great strides.
Princess Dongyang no longer dared to protect herself wisely, and rushed over and hugged the emperor's leg: "Your Majesty, you must not do it, he is an uncle!"
It is okay to order someone to die, but if you kill someone with your own hands, you will be blamed by thousands of people.
The emperor was stopped by her, took a few heavy breaths, dropped the knife angrily, pointed at the account books all over the floor and said grimly: "These are all my money!"
He fluttered his sleeves and left. King Xiyong's face was covered with blood, and he was still kneeling in front of the palace gate.
He recognized the handwriting on these account books, it belonged to Pu Shijia!
But Pu Shijia is just a figure in front of the stage. The real master of Yuzhou is him, King Xiyong. The person in charge in Yuzhou is Si Bangque. These really confidential parts recorded in the account books are all controlled by Si Bangque.
, at the same time Si Bangque is also responsible for handling some "trouble".
Ordinarily Pu Shijia would not know the secrets in the account books.
What he didn't know was that Pu Shijia had been under his system for more than ten years. Even if he was excluded from the secrets, he could still dig out the secrets if he was willing to observe.
Pu Shijia secretly wrote down these things, just to have another means of self-protection. If something happens one day and King Xiyong wants to kill him and silence him, this is his amulet.
He was extremely cautious about this batch of account books, and did not even dare to deliver them himself. Instead, he asked his trusted concubine to come forward, not only to guard against Long Yiwei, but also to guard against King Xi Yong.
The account books record the income that King Xiyong has pocketed in the past seven or eight years. The emperor just asked someone to do a rough calculation. Because of King Xiyong, he received nearly 80 billion yuan less in Yuzhou mining tax!
And when King Xiyong did this, it must have been more than just these seven or eight years. I am afraid that the real losses exceeded one hundred billion!
How astonishing is this number? It made the emperor feel heartbroken on the spot, just as he shouted to King Xiyong: This is all my money!
What bullshit relatives and bullshit trust are all just a cloud in the face of such huge interests.
The emperor returned to the palace, his heart still trembling with distress, and he threw a tea cup angrily, and then issued an order: "King Xiyong is thrown into the sky prison, and his family members are temporarily detained until the case is thoroughly investigated before he is punished. Jin Luanwei
Commander Yan Huaiyi inspects Prince Xi Yong’s Mansion!"
"Yes!" The eunuch responded with a sharp voice and hurriedly went to deliver the order.
The emperor gasped and suddenly thought of one thing: Is it okay to be strict with justice in doing this kind of thing? Song Zheng is the best at it. It's a pity that my dear friend is far away in Yuzhou, and water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearer, alas.
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Shang Fang's sword was wrapped in a layer of golden light, traveled tens of thousands of miles, crossed the sky of Jiangnan in an instant, and entered Lingnan.
Monks of Pangong Xie's level all sensed the Shang Fang Sword in the sky and knew that it must be coming with an imperial edict. They felt a little bit in their hearts and felt something bad.
Pangong Xie prayed repeatedly: It must not be bad news, otherwise my family will be ruined.
He had just prayed when he suddenly sensed another golden light flashing across the sky and a second imperial edict? Pan Gongxie and others had a strange feeling in their hearts: They all say that you have no joke, but now your majesty...
What is the situation with two consecutive imperial edicts?
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In Lishui City, the original peace was suddenly disrupted by a golden light that broke into the sky from the north.
Although this kind of situation rarely happens, everyone knows that this is Shang Fang's sword coming to convey the imperial edict! The people became lively, this kind of thing is rare, so everyone stretched their necks and watched where the golden light fell.
But all the forces in the city secretly said in their hearts: Here they come!
Yuzhou is far away from the capital, and there is a time lag between the news from the court and the central government, and each channel is different, and the information obtained is often different. Now that the imperial edict has arrived, is it King Xiyong who captured the Jiangnan area of Song Zheng, or Song Zheng once again occupied the five states in Lingnan
, it’s time to see the outcome.
The golden light circled in the sky above Lishui City and fell towards the Long Yiwei Yamen with a swish sound.
Then golden light enveloped the entire yamen, and the sound of grand ritual music rang out in the golden light. Shang Fang's sword hung high in the sky, using the luck of the dynasty to suppress all parties and ensure that the imperial edict was completely implemented.