Chapter 268: Accidentally Becoming the Target of Public Criticism
Since the news of the righteous marching army and the king of Guangping became in-laws, An Storm began to prepare, he knew what the current strength of the imperial court was, and he also knew that if he really went to war with the righteous marching army, there were at least five vassal kings in charge.
Those vassal kings surnamed Zhuang would not allow the righteous march to disturb their peaceful life, so he knew from the beginning that even if this battle had to be fought, it would not be so easy.
Even if the ten feudal kings were opposed, it was a tie, at least in this regard, the righteous march army was at most more powerful than before, but it was still not enough to compare with the imperial court that had existed for two hundred years.
As the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, although the generation of the Western Night Kingdom is not as good as the generation, and even many rebels have openly rebelled in this generation, but the imperial court still has enough strength to resist.
As long as there are no external troubles, at least for three or four years, these newly emerging forces will not be enough to destroy a huge country.
But who is he rioting, he doesn't care about the righteousness of these countries, he only knows that his opportunity has come.
Recruiting troops and smelting weapons, this is like a mountain of gold in front of him, especially for him, seeing the mountain of gold, how can he not dig it, so although the news has been known for several days, he has been stable.
In private, An Violence or lobbied or bought or gave away beauties with money, in short, he pulled all the people involved onto his thief ship.
Although such a large-scale party and private business is easy to be betrayed and denounced, he has a backstage, and half of the court is the final say, so what is he afraid of.
An Violent thought so, and his uneasy heart was also stabilized a little, but there was no movement in the main hall for a long time, and he couldn't help but look at Xin Zhongqiao, but saw that the latter was also frowning slightly.
What's going on? An Storm looked at the soldier squire, this person was the closest to him, what was he still doing?
Xu Zhao, the squire of the military department, also knew that there was a ray of complaining eyes next to him, but he endured it, on weekdays, he was scolded and instructed by An Violence, he had always been very afraid of An Violence, but at this moment, he pretended not to know, and he was stunned and did not stand up and seconded the proposal as previously agreed.
At this point, An Bang was slow to react, and he knew that something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong, so he could only look at Xin Zhongqiao with his eyes, but saw that the latter gave him a look and motioned him to retreat first.
Although An Storm was not happy, no one supported him at the moment, and he couldn't sing a one-man show alone, so he secretly said that he would put it aside for the time being today, and when he got to the court, he would definitely ask those who had received his benefits.
But before An Riot could accept his mind and retreat, someone stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to join the military department to write a riot." ”
An Violent heart pounded, he was so shocked that he couldn't retract the expression on his face, and looked at the person who spoke in astonishment, but it was Chen Tai who was the inspector, only to see Chen Tai holding a book in his hand, and said word by word:
The military department was guilty of four crimes: first, bribing the officials of the imperial court, second, collecting the people's fat and ointment, third, colluding with pagan religions, and fourth, harshly criticizing subordinate officials. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, An Violent couldn't help but say angrily: "Chen Tai, you spray people with blood." ”
Chen Tai sneered, looked at him and asked in a powerful voice: "Dare to ask Shangshu, which of the four above I have wronged you." First, bribing court officials, in addition to his own officials, there must be dozens of ministers in the court to testify. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, someone stood up and echoed: "Back to the emperor, Weichen can testify that Shangshu sent 500 taels of silver a few days ago, and asked Weichen to seconded his proposal to recruit troops and horses to increase taxes in the court."
Everyone knows how brutal his tactics are, and Wei Chen was hindered by his threat, although he disagreed, but he still had to accept the silver, but where did Wei Chen dare to really accept the five hundred taels of silver, so he immediately sent it to the inspection envoy. ”
An was stunned and didn't know how to speak, and after a while, he suddenly came back to his senses and laughed angrily: "Okay, okay, you two of you, join forces to frame me, the emperor ----- them this is a frame, please the emperor to see." ”
"The minister can testify. ”
Wechen can testify. ”
"The old minister can testify. ”
For a while, one after another ministers stood out of the queue, and echoed that they had accepted bribes, some were money, some were treasures, and some were beautiful women.
An Storm never thought that one day he would be impeached by everyone's nose, he looked at it one by one, and it turned out that all of them were contacted by himself, these people were beaten upside down, and they actually joined forces to push themselves into the fire pit.
His voice was drowned in the accusations of everyone, An suddenly knelt on the ground, and was silent for a long time before he looked at Xin Zhongqiao suddenly, he knelt forward, hugged Xin Zhongqiao's legs and cried: "My lord, you can save me, the lower officials have done all this, but it is for ----"
"Let go of your hands. Xin Zhongqiao kicked An Violent away and said angrily: "The old man didn't expect that you would be such a human-faced and beast-hearted person, the old man has been poor all his life, and corrupt officials have seen it, but I have never seen you so bold."
You actually threatened more than half of the ministers in the DPRK, and you were violent, and you thought that the old man recommended you to be the secretary of the military department, and the old man knew countless people, but he didn't expect to be deceived by you. ”
He turned his head, looked at Zhuang Yan sadly and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty, the old minister does not know people clearly, and he actually recommended such scum to the imperial court. ”
The court has gradually quieted down, Xin Zhongqiao's voice is particularly loud, Zhuang Yan looked over, and there was already a dense crowd of people standing in the middle.
His face finally burst out with terrifying anger, "Bold and violent, I trust the Tai Lieutenant, and I specially allow you to be the secretary of the military department, but you bribe the ministers of the imperial court, this crime is unforgivable, and you exploit the people, this crime is added to the first degree, collusion with paganism, this crime is added to the crime."
All your bad deeds are enough to make you nine clans. Come on, put the criminal minister An Violent into the prison, ask and behead him after the autumn, all his family property was copied and included in the treasury, the female dependents were reduced to slavery, and the men were all distributed to the frontier, and the family was settled for generations, and they were never hired. ”
An Storm only felt like five thunderbolts, his mind was buzzing, he looked around with a dull expression, everyone hung their heads regardless of themselves, and those who stuck knives in his back, some secretly looked at him with their eyes, some stared at their feet, and some looked calmly, but no one showed half pity for him, he finally knew that he had really come to the end.
But why is this so? What is the problem? He doesn't even know who is calculating himself, is it the probationary envoy? But how can he convince the other people to testify?
He couldn't figure it out, his head was in chaos, and seeing that the guards with knives had stepped forward, he was in a hurry, anyway, it was useless to deny it now, so he shouted: "Your Majesty, these things done by the criminal ministers were all arranged by the Taiwei, and it was the Taiwei who instigated the criminals to bribe the ministers."
The matter of recruiting troops and buying horses is also the Tai Lieutenant let Wei Chen put it forward, the emperor, Wei Chen's death is not a pity, but there is a Tai Lieutenant in the court for one day, there will be no peace for a day, the guilty minister is willing to swear by the sky, what he said is true, please the emperor to see. ”
Xin Zhongqiao pointed at An Violence bitterly: "An Violence, An Violence, the old man asked himself to treat you well, but I didn't expect you to take revenge, you made a mistake yourself, and if you don't admit your mistakes, you even want to push it on the old man in order to get rid of the crime."
Anty, the old man is worthy of the emperor, and the people of Li are right, although you say, the old man is not afraid of you splashing dirty water, the emperor is a wise king, and this justice also exists, the old man wants to see that this black can still become white. ”