The time of the card.

There was a strong wind in the Forbidden City.

The wind penetrated the palace wall, flying sand and stones, and the wind was loud.

The candles in the hall were bright, and the faces of the ministers were like fire.

The Son of Heaven's gaze swept over, and none of the ministers raised their heads.

The Son of Heaven looked around at the ministers and said, "Why don't you speak?" I have summoned you not to look at the floor of the Golden Temple! ”

Instead, the Son of Heaven picked up the name book and said: "Captain Horse Commander, you talk the most on weekdays, why don't you speak today?" ”

Xu Congcheng, the captain of the horse, is the husband of Princess Jiashan, and he is kind to Li Wei, the uncle of Wuqing, on weekdays.

Xu Congcheng felt that the Son of Heaven was not good, but he could only bite the bullet and say: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the poverty of Henan lies in the Yellow River, and the troubles of the Yellow River have existed in all dynasties. Since the common people have no food and clothing, then the imperial court should provide relief and appeasement, one is to transfer grain from neighboring provinces, and the other is to allocate silver from the household department. ”

Yu Shenxing went out and said: "Your Majesty, what the horse said is not true, there is no big water in the Yellow River this year, this year the provinces reported the autumn grain of the imperial court, Henan is not an apologetic year, why will the people of Henan suffer this disaster this year?" ”

"This minister really doesn't know that Henan is thousands of miles away from Beijing."

"Uncle doesn't know, it's excusable, let's be even," the Son of Heaven picked up the name book and said, "Jinyi Wei Du Governor Li Gao!" ”

Li Gao, his son who lived under Wu Qingbo, went out and said: "The minister is here." ”

"Did You Know?"

Li Gao said hesitantly: "Back to Your Majesty, this is really ...... The minister didn't know. ”

"It's really a minister who doesn't know, and he doesn't even know that it's so true, but as far as I know, this time the Chinese envoy Ma Yu went to Henan, and you recommended several house slaves to him, saying that they are familiar with the local customs and customs, and they can lead the way, right?"

Li Gao buried his head in the ground.

Wu Qingbo Li Wei knew that the Son of Heaven had just asked Xu Congcheng first, and then asked his son, in fact, he was beating himself.

He is the grandfather of the Son of Heaven, and no matter how much the Son of Heaven does not dare to ask himself, at least not in court, face is to be given, but others will not be like this.

Li Gao was already disgraced at the moment.

The Son of Heaven asked Li Gao, "You said you don't know about Henan?" But did those domestic slaves of yours tell you what good things they did with Ma Yu in Henan? ”

Li Gao didn't dare to speak.

Li Wei could only endure it, and when he arrived at the Son of Heaven from the Book of the People, he knew that something was wrong.

He originally intended to delay the Wanmin Book for a day or two, but he used all means to get the people to write the book, turning Henan officials into coercing the holy will with public opinion, and then in turn put Henan Governor Yang Yikui and Lin Yanchao to death.

But he didn't expect Yu Shenxing to ask for a red card from the General Administration Department and send the chapter directly to the Son of Heaven, and Li Wei is also helpless for a while.

Now that Li Gao is being held accountable by the Son of Heaven, Li Wei can only say nothing.

The Son of Heaven put his name together, and then asked, "Is King Lu here?" Why didn't I see him? ”

Zhang Hong said cautiously: "Back to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is unwell, and King Lu is accompanying her in Cining Palace, so she can't be edicted!" ”

But seeing the green tendons on the Son of Heaven's forehead, he took a deep breath and said: "Don't be in a hurry to be filial at this moment, send someone to urge!" I and all my servants are waiting for him here! ”

Zhang Hong immediately went out.

The Son of Heaven sat down on the temple again and said nothing.

It's okay for the ministers to wait, but let the Son of Heaven wait, who has the guts? The Son of Heaven deliberately condemned others.

The ministers said in their hearts, what is going on today, is it possible to see the wall of the Son of Heaven?

Cining Palace is not far from the main hall, after half a cup of tea, King Lu has arrived at the Golden Palace.

"The younger brother is late, and the royal brother is waiting, which is an unforgivable sin!" King Lu prostrated to the golden temple.

"You do your filial piety for me, what a crime, enter the class peacefully!" The tone of the Son of Heaven was light, and he let King Lu go so lightly.

King Lu's heart sank, and he entered the class after kowtowing.

The Son of Heaven stood up and said to Zhang Hong on the side: "The book of all the people is spread out, and the ministers have a good look!" ”

Zhang Hong pointed to the eunuchs, all of whom had a book of all the people, spread out one by one and displayed it in the hall.

Most of the ministers didn't know about it, but they only understood the reason after seeing the Book of the People.

Shen Shixing glanced up, and then still maintained the demeanor of a prime minister, while the other ministers also looked closer for a while, and then returned to the class silently.

As for Wu Qingbo, King Lu's face was very ugly at the moment.

The Son of Heaven picked up the recitals on the imperial case and said: "There are also these recitals, I asked Ma Yu to go to Henan on an errand, and these are all sent to me by Henan officials and the people of Henan today." ”

"Why do the people of Henan want to read this book of all people? Because Ma Yu went to Henan for less than two months, he was angry and resentful! The Son of Heaven threw the chapter on the imperial case, which shook everyone's hearts for a while.

On the side, Zhang Hong picked up the music and read: "...... As for Ma Yuchu, as for the political secretary, the state government asked for bribes of 30,000 taels ......"

“…… 156,000 taels of silver for the salt collector ......"

“…… The minions went to the various provinces in the name of King Lu to collect scrapes, and the families were ruined, and there were no less than 100 households, and they got 280,000 ...... of silver."

“…… Fu Zhiyuan, the prefect of Guide Prefecture, blocked him, was beaten by Ma Yu's soldiers, and almost died......"

“…… In two months, Ma Yu got 500,000 taels of silver...... Such cruel people harm the people, unheard of, unseen, celebrate the immortality of the father, and the recklessness is not over! Henan Governor Yang Yikui and the following officials of Henan Province named ......"

Extorted salt merchants, sent minions to kill the people, gathered wealth, and the officials blocked them, holding grudges, and almost beat people to death.

Ma Yu is rampant to this point!

The officials were all indignant when they heard this, the eunuchs went out of the palace to procure, and the disaster was not nothing, but if Ma Yu reached this point, there was no one before or after.

No wonder Henan officials jointly signed a letter! The people are on the books of all the people!

Shen Shixing walked out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, all the ministers know that Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and will never do anything to harm the people, this is all done by Ma Yu alone, and it has nothing to do with Your Majesty." ”

The Son of Heaven looked up to the sky and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Shen doesn't have to excuse me, in the past, officials made mistakes, I punished them, this time Ma Yu made mistakes, I punished myself!" It is because I don't know people and use people improperly, so that the people of Henan suffer this disaster, and all this responsibility lies on my Zhu Yijun. ”

All the ministers said together: "Your Majesty does not have to blame yourself, so that our courtiers have no place to be ashamed. ”

The Son of Heaven looked at the ministers and said, "I'm not done yet!" In the name of me, this Ma Yu is doing mischief in Henan and collecting money, but where is the silver? ”

"Yang Yikui, the governor of Henan, said in the recital that when he led his troops to confiscate Ma Yu and his henchmen's wealth, he only collected less than 200,000 taels from them, and asked about the remaining silver, saying that it had been transported to Beijing."

"Ma Yu is my person, and since these 300,000 taels have arrived in Beijing, I should have known about them, but until today, I have not seen a tael of silver, and no one has told me that I have these 300,000 taels of silver. Rank minister, where did the 300,000 taels of silver go? ”

Everyone looked at King Lu at this moment.

And King Lu Zhu Yiyi is sweating like rain on his forehead at the moment.