Text 511 Imperial Hall (B)

Li Hong was still learning from Wu Mei to close his eyes slightly, but Ouyang Tong's analysis just now was listened to by him word for word.

Ouyang Tong's analysis, is it Jinghui's experience, or Ouyang Tong's understanding? But don't forget, Jing Hui nominated a few days ago, hoping that Ouyang Tong would replace him Jing Hui and serve as the head of the household department, and he said at the beginning that this person was extremely proficient in arithmetic, but he never thought that this person's ability to distinguish and analyze was also so strong, and he refuted Pei Yan without the power to fight back in a few words.

Although his argument still has a lot of holes, his confident tone and convincing appearance of integrity do add a lot of points to him, making people feel as if everything he says is correct and true.

"Nonsense, when has Zhongshu Province ever received such a concerto?" Pei Yan glared angrily, this Ouyang Tong did not perform very well when he was a member of Zhongshu Province in Zhongshu Province, but why did he become eloquent and passionate today.

"Is it a chapter of Zhongshu Province, you can know it after checking it, what is the use of Master Pei's explanation? Lord Xue and Lord Gao, the two adults secretly investigated the dock built by the prince, and did not tell me, I don't know what I, the imperial historian, did, to let the two of you bypass me Li Qiao and Lord Qing Di of Dali Temple, and play to Zhongshu Province? Li Qiao Shi Ran walked out and slowly took out a fold from his sleeve pocket.

"Your Majesty, the queen, just now Xue Yuanchao and Gao Zhizhou impeached His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for embezzling silver taels, the minister thought it was complete nonsense, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in charge of six ministries, no matter which part of the silver taels is embezzled, it is understandable and within the scope of power. What's more, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince served as the head of the household department at the age of ten, if he was greedy for ink, how could he care about this mere 10 million taels? I think all of you adults and colleagues know that when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was serving as the head of the household department, he already held the huge cornucopia of Taiyi City, how much wealth is in Taiyi City, and how much silver has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince paid for himself in the majestic palace we are in now? I think you all know this in your heart, right? As the so-called crime of wanting to add is wordless, although the minister does not understand very well why Lord Pei wants to impeach His Royal Highness the prince for the crime of greedy ink, but the minister has a chapter here, coincidentally, it is also an account book, but this account book is from the Ministry of Industry, and it is clearly recorded that the Ministry of Industry has 30 million taels of silver, of which there are 1 million taels, Lord Fang, should you give an explanation? Li Qiao respectfully handed the piece in his hand to Lian Tie, and then presented it to Li Zhi.

Although the accounts in this chapter are recorded in the traditional form of bookkeeping, there are still some extremely clear and Chongwenkan-style bookkeeping methods in it.

In the account books, it is clearly recorded how the 30 million taels of silver changed from 30 million to 25 million, and the 5 million taels embezzled by Li Hong were divided into two appropriations, one three million taels and one two million taels.

But in the end, when the whole sum was added up, there was a million taels less on the books, and this million taels was the current deficit of the Ministry of Industry.

Li Zhitie's face was blue, and even the accounts that he could understand were naturally not needed by the queen, so he threw them directly to Fang Xianzhong, who was standing in the hall: "Look for yourself, what's going on?" Why did 30 million taels become 29 million taels, and where did the 1 million go? Recruit me from the truth! ”

At this moment, Li Hong and Wu Mei opened their eyes almost at the same time, and their eyes were not looking at Fang Xianzhong, but at the same time at the elegant and dashing Li Qiao.

Imperial Doctor Li Qiao!

Whether it is Li Hong or Wu Mei, they didn't expect that Li Qiao would become the key point in today's court, originally Li Hong thought that it would be a royal history, but he didn't expect that it would be Li Qiao, the imperial historian.

Wu Mei was surprised that Li Hong could not be very familiar with Li Qiao, although Li Hong was very interested in the responsibilities of the Yushitai, and even after Li Qiao served as the Yushi doctor, he had been supporting the Yushitai's wind and speech, supervising the etiquette of hundreds of officials and other duties, but Wu Mei knew that Li Hong and Li Qiao were not all the way, Li Qiao could not enter Li Hong's eyes, and he could not look down on Li Qiao as a high-spirited person!

But this piece of music seems to be pressed against Fang Xianzhong, obviously, this is directly aimed at impeaching His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for embezzling the Chinese book Ling Pei Yan!

The sweat on Fang Xianzhong's forehead flowed down suddenly, and in the eyes of the ministers, it was obvious that Fang Xianzhong didn't expect that he was greedy for ink, so he was frightened into a cold sweat.

But only Fang Xianzhong knows that this is a real fake account from the account books of the Ministry of Industry!

Why didn't he give Pei Wang a million taels? The Ministry of Industry has repaired roads, palaces, palaces, inner gardens, forest gardens, tombs of the first emperors, etc., which one can not be casually greedy for 1.8 million taels?

Why is it that now Master Li Qiao and Li just took out such an account book with only a million deficits? What is the purpose of this move?

"Quickly recruit, where did the million taels go!" Li Zhi looked at Fang Xianzhong, who was covered in chaff, and asked angrily.

"Father, I'm afraid that Fang Xianzhong is not easy to identify, right? Isn't it a room-sama? If you talk about this million taels now, it is naturally not a large amount, but if you put it ten years ago, fifteen years ago, this million taels of silver would be a lot of money. Let's talk about it, where did the million taels go? You can't even match your account, but you want to impeach me for embezzling five million taels of ink, isn't it funny? Li Hong finally stood up under the expectation of the courtiers, walked up to Fang Xianzhong, and patted Fang Xianzhong's shoulder again with one hand.

He could feel that unlike the previous two times just now, when he patted Fang Xianzhong on the shoulder this time, Fang Xianzhong's whole body was very calm, not as trembling as he was just now.

Fang Xianzhong was indeed not afraid, but excited, he didn't expect that after this battle, his crime was only to leak one million taels of silver, not about King Pei and so on, which made him, who originally had the heart of death, suddenly full of hope in his heart.

And what King Pei told him last night also sounded clearly in his ears at this moment: "It is impossible to keep the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the fifth child will not give you this opportunity, but there is still hope for the crime to be dismissed and distributed, the fifth child has promised it like me, not to mention that you still have to be contaminated with the officials of the imperial family, and the queen mother and father will not embarrass you too much, but ...... You have to accuse Pei Yan of being greedy for ink in the court.

Although it was just these words, although before he came to the court today, he didn't know how His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would let him testify, which also made him always worried and always wanted to see His Royal Highness the Prince's eyes and act, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was above the court today, but he seemed to be dumb, and he was allowed to argue with the officials above the court, and he didn't say much at all.

This made his heart sink in, and he couldn't find the hint of His Royal Highness the Prince, so his guilt would not be too light, so as this piece fell into his hands, the heart he was carrying finally fell to the ground.

Feeling the force of Li Hong patting him on the shoulder, Fang Xianzhong knelt down in the hall and said with sincere fear: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, the minister is ...... This million taels is actually the ...... that the minister will have time to make accounts in the future. ”

"As long as I get the result, where is this million taels! Is it that you are greedy for ink, or is it ....... ”

"Your Majesty, how about you listen to Fang Xianzhong first and then ask questions?" Wu Mei suddenly interrupted Li Zhi's words.

And His Royal Highness Li Hong also glanced at it with palpitations and gratitude, and the queen mother, who also had palpitations with him, saw that the queen mother also sighed softly, with a trace of nervousness on her face.

Both mother and son knew that by now, among the three of them, he and his mother had long understood everything that happened in the court, but the father had not yet understood the whole thing, and thought that Fang Xianzhong would testify against Li Xian in the court.

After all, now the two unfilial sons, when they return to Chang'an by themselves, make a big fuss in Changmingfang, and even use knives and guns in Changmingfang, bleeding to the point of death.

Today, knowing that Li Hong came to participate in the court meeting, he must have vented Li Xian's obstacles to him everywhere during this period of time, so using Fang Xianzhong as a game to clean up Li Xian is naturally Li Hong's means.

Seeing that his words were interrupted by Wu Mei, Li Zhi looked at Wu Mei blankly, only to see Wu Mei signaling him with bright eyes not to be impatient, which made him extinguish the emperor's anger.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, the minister deserves to die, the minister should not believe the words of Lord Pei Yan Pei, so as to secretly send a million taels of silver to Lord Pei Yan Pei!"

"You are talking nonsense, when have I ever colluded with you? When will I ask you for a million taels of silver? What use do I want you to give a million taels of silver? Pei Yan was taken aback, he thought that Fang Xianzhong would testify against Li Xian, but he didn't expect that it was pointed at him.

"Master Pei, you can admit it." Fang Xianzhong said with a bitter face.

"I'm not greedy for ink, why should I admit it, and why should I be greedy for your one million taels of silver? You give me a reason! Pei Yan's nose was about to be crooked, when did he take one million taels of silver from him.

"This ...... Didn't you ask me to support you in front of Your Majesty to shoot for the right servant of Shangshu Province? Then you said that when the time comes, when you become the right servant of Shangshu Province, you will immediately promote me as the Zhongshu Provincial Zhongshu Order in front of Your Majesty, but because you want to publicize some colleagues who also have the position of Zhongshu Order, you need one million taels of silver to take care of other colleagues. ”

"Poof......." Pei Yan was so angry by Fang Xianzhong's half-truths that he spurted out a mouthful of blood.

This is a false accusation that makes it difficult for him to clear his innocence, coveting the position of the right servant, not only him, not only other courtiers, but His Majesty, all know that he intends to shoot the right servant of Shangshu Province.

What's more, Fang Xianzhong was loyal, and he also promised him the position of Zhongshu Ling, which suddenly made things blurry, and it was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.