Even Huang Yuandu, who wanted to crush Song Zheng the most in the Taiji Palace, had to admit that this kid was really a happy peasant woman with an excellent demeanor and a good demeanor. I saw Song Zheng walking in a tiger step, came to the door of the Taiji Palace, straightened his clothes a little, stepped into the door, and knelt on the ground after more than ten steps, "Song Zheng knocked on the saint and the queen mother." ”

Before entering the temple, Angzang was dignified; After entering the temple, he was as good as he was. Even Pei Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, couldn't be so behaving like Song Zheng.

Huang Jiao sat down again, looked at the hall, and was still silent. In the note that the little emperor gave her, it was very clear, "Fortunately, my teacher Song Zheng fought and persisted." "In his dream, the little emperor also used Song Zheng as a lifesaver, even if the dream was fabricated. The importance that his son attaches to Song Zheng can be seen.

Huang Jiao didn't have much dislike for Song Zheng at first, and when the prison guard He Kuan first secretly reported to her about Song Zheng's participation in the martial arts competition, Huang Jiao still had a good impression of him. However, when she knew the relationship between Song Zheng and Xiao Hui, Song Zheng's image plummeted. In her opinion, Song Zheng is the person who is the person who is the one who threatens her son's throne. Since then, Song Zheng has put a specific label on her heart.

Therefore, when Song Zheng was admitted to the top of the martial arts, although he was named a court teacher, Huang Jiao did not allow the little emperor to immediately recruit Song Zheng. Later, Tong Bing, one of the deputy commanders of the forbidden army, reported to her his impressions of Song Zheng. Huang Jiao was suspicious, and it wasn't until it dragged on for a long time that the little emperor summoned Song Zheng once.

Song Zheng didn't know that the little emperor's act of summoning him made Huang Jiao worry for a long time.

After that, Song Zheng's performance made Huang Jiao happy and worried. The good thing is that his son is maturing day by day under Song Zheng's teaching. is worried that Song Zheng's various actions are really not to her liking. Advocating that Jin Qi make friends is an important item, and suddenly pulling the little emperor to the Junjun Mansion also made her heart tremble.

Later, she couldn't hear any good news in her ears anymore, what was the use of the grace of the saint to collect money, luring the emperor to join the trading house, until Huang Song told her that Song Zheng had helped Emperor Dajin Wanyan Yusheng ascend the throne. As a result, Huang Jiao's dislike for Song Zheng deepened. In her opinion, Song Zheng approached his son and instilled the idea of Jin Qi's friendship to his son, which was to ignore Daqi in vain and curry favor with Dajin.

Hatred of the Jin Kingdom in the north is deeply ingrained in Huang Jiao's head. Since the fall of Taizu, the emperors of the Great Qi Dynasty have never forgotten to cut gold and restore the homeland of the previous dynasty. In fact, not only the emperors of the previous dynasties, but also the people of Daqi, most of them also regarded Dajin as their main enemy. In their opinion, if it weren't for Dajin's containment, Daqi's surrender to Shu and the occupation of Qinfeng Road, including Guanzhong, would be within easy reach.

When Huang Jiao was a daughter, she liked to hear all kinds of anti-gold stories, and after entering the palace, she also asked some old eunuchs to tell her about anti-gold. In her opinion, Jurchen is a cannibalistic barbarian and demonic nation, and it should be punished. If it weren't for the idea of peace between Xiao Hui and Huang Yuandu, and the influence of the little emperor by Song Zheng, Huang Jiao would not advocate Jin Qi and his relatives.

This time, Song Zheng was attacked, Huang Jiao was still very happy, she felt that she had a legitimate reason to get rid of Song Zheng. However, her son's note made her heart tremble, and for the first time she felt that her son was really old and no longer under her control. If it weren't for the fact that she hadn't been in power, she would hardly have doubted that her son would put herself in the cold palace. After all, as a queen mother, it is too embarrassing to have an affair with a monk.

It wasn't until Song Zheng walked into the hall that Huang Jiao suddenly remembered that it seemed that Xiao Hui actually said good things for Song Zheng, but his father, who single-handedly designed this scheme, never said a word.

"Master Song, flat body." After Song Zheng stood up, the little emperor said, "You came just in time, and the princes attacked you for abusing your power and seeking personal gain, I don't know what you can say?" After making a generous statement just now, Xiao Ying became emboldened, and immediately let Song Zheng defend himself with a pleasant face.

"I didn't say anything." Song Zheng bowed for a moment, and said a little unexpectedly, "The minister only knows that the authority of the right division is determined by the Holy Lord and the Queen Mother, and the minister only acts within the authority." To one for his own personal gain, the minister invited the court to personally inspect, if Song Zheng for his own benefit of a tael of silver, willing to give the head of the item! ”

When he said the last sentence, Song Zheng's voice became calmer and calmer, although it was not sonorous and powerful, but it was loud.

"Lord Song, don't you think that making a poisonous oath will make the world believe you?" Naturally, it was Tan Yuan in the Criminal Department who spoke.

Song Zheng ignored him, and said directly to Pei Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, "Lord Pei, may I ask the Holy Lord to ask the courtiers, can others be allowed to interject?" ”

Pei Jian scolded secretly, if he answered truthfully, Tan Yuan would definitely be unlucky to wait for the latest chapter on the edge of love. If you don't answer, you are just the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and others really can't do it for you. After a slight sigh, Pei Jian said, "Lord Song, everything is decided by the saint. ”

"Tan Yuan, I have already said that the authority of the right division is agreed between me and the Queen Mother, and it is not a perversion of the law. As for whether Master Song is corrupt, you can ask your colleagues in the Criminal Department and Lord Lang Lang. You yourself are a member of the Criminal Department, so you can't even trust the people in the Criminal Department? ”

Tan Yuan retreated. As a close confidant of Zhao Fengen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Tan Yuan concentrated his firepower on attacking Song Zheng, the purpose of which was to involve Liu Maolai, who was also a member of the Ministry of Justice, and then pointed directly at Qi Wuji. He didn't expect that what had been a good situation would fall apart because of Xiao Jun's insistence and the maintenance of the little emperor, as well as Huang Yuandu's impassivity. And after Song Zheng came, in a few words, he almost caught his sore feet for not keeping the temple ceremony. Tan Yuan also understood that if he didn't know what to do, he was afraid that he would be burned.

Song Zheng came today with the intention of protecting himself, and he had no intention of resisting the masses alone. Therefore, he did not continue to target Tan Yuan, but replied respectfully, "The minister has something to report to the saint." Last night, the minister led the officials to arrest two corrupt officials: Zhu Xiyi, the official of the Ministry of Langzhong, and Fang An, a member of the household department. ”

"Huh?" There was an immediate uproar in the hall. It turned out that Zhu Xiyi and Fang An were not caught at their own home. One is in the restaurant, the other is in the concubine, and it was secretly arrested, and the ministers have not heard the news. By the time the house of the two was searched, it was already early in the morning. At that time, the ministers who were qualified to go to the palace and the officials who had something to do had to start the performance had already entered the imperial city and were waiting for the court. Huang Yuandu and Xiao Hui enjoyed privileges, but they received news in the imperial city, but they didn't have time to plan anything else.

Song Zheng hit this time difference.

Of course, the little emperor knew earlier, but at this time, he still pretended to be authentic, "Song Zheng, why did you arrest these two?" ”

"The minister has a list, please look at it. After seeing it, it will be understood. ”

As he spoke, Song Zheng took out a piece of paper and bent over his head. The cabinet was full of money and the paper was delivered.

The little emperor took the list and glanced at it quickly, and his face immediately turned blue. He gritted his teeth and handed the list to Huang Jiao. Huang Jiao took it and looked at the dazzling array of things, and was stunned at first. When she saw the final count, her hands trembled, and she spat out two words hatefully, "Kill!" ”

The little emperor took the piece of paper and shook it at the full cabinet of money, "Go, give the list to the prime minister and the criminal department Langzhong Tan Yuan and the servant Shi Yan Hangui to see, this is the corrupt official they want to maintain." ”

Song Zheng reported again, "Holy Lord, those ministers have already been brought here, just outside the palace!" ”

"It's okay, I won't look at the list, and I'll put things in the Taiji Hall to open the eyes of the ministers!" Xiao Ying was almost once studied, and her face was full of murder.

A moment later, the forbidden army carried the looting items to the main hall. More than 80,000 taels of silver, gold, silver, jewelry, and jade were put on the table, and they were piled up all over the ground.

The little emperor stepped down from His Royal Highness and picked up a beautiful silver kettle, "If I remember correctly, the year's worth of the official Langzhong is no more than a hundred taels of silver." How much is this silver kettle worth? With that, he handed the silver kettle to Tan Yuan, "Lord Tan, you can appraise it." ”

Tan Yuan took it stubbornly, pretended to look at it, and said, "The minister can't guess." ”

"Lord Yan, what about you?" The little emperor's eyes showed Yan Hangui.

"This pot weighs no more than fifteen taels, but its decoration is exquisite, the inlay is weak and lifelike, it comes from the hand of a good teacher, and its value far exceeds its weight. Yichen estimated that its price should be around fifty taels. ”

"Fifty taels, hehe, half a year's worth of money. Would you like to exchange half a year's worth for such a silver kettle? ”

"The minister is unwilling, and he does not dare. If you buy such a silver kettle, one of the ministers' families will have to drink the northwest wind. Yan Hangui is upright, but his face does not change when he talks about it.

"More than 80,000 taels, a Lang Zhong and a Wai Lang, the annual salary will not exceed two hundred taels. In other words, they have to be officials for 400 years to get together these things. The little emperor smiled, and the laughter made the hearts of the courtiers cold.

"Holy Lord, maybe these two people had a rich family background before they became officials. These things are not necessarily the proceeds of corruption. Yan Yangui replied cautiously.

The little emperor snorted lightly, turned to Wang Shen, the servant of the ministry, and said, "Lord Wang, what was the family background of these two people before they entered the official, you should know?" ”

Wang Shen hurriedly replied, "Zhu Xiyi is from Yunxiang, Junzhou. His father was a talented man, who made a living by teaching children in his village, and his family background was average; As for Fang An, he was born poor, and his father was a fisherman in Hezhou. ”

The words of the servant of the Ministry confirm the origin of these things in another way.

The little emperor glanced at the audience, "What else do you have to say now?" ”

How dare the ministers answer again at this time, and if they raise objections again, they will not escape the suspicion of corrupt officials and the same party. Besides, which one of the officials has a clean ass? Except for a few limited clear streams, any one found out to be a capital offense. This is not that the rule of officials in Daqi is so corrupt that it cannot be repeated, but that since ancient times, "officials" have always been associated with "greed", even if Zhu Yuanzhang was a ruthless man in later generations, he could not stop corruption by peeling the skin and dealing with corrupt officials, and even Zhu Yuanzhang was soft on the killing.

In response to that sentence, these officials lined up and killed one by one, and there must be those who slipped through the net, and all of them were killed, and there must be those who shouted injustice. And among these people who cry out for injustice, there are very few who are really wronged.

Xiao Ying was very angry, he didn't expect that at the feet of the Son of Heaven where he stayed, there were really people who were so blatant and embezzled so many silver taels. He now regrets a little bit about agreeing to Song Zheng's entry into Shu. If Song Zheng continues to be in charge of the right division, although he will not kill all the corrupt officials, he will at least be able to make the officials more restrained. The little emperor also understands the truth of "when the water is clear, there are no fish", but the idea of leaving Song Zheng by his side is really difficult to suppress.

Song Zheng seemed to see something in the eyes of the little emperor, he just shook his head slightly, how can it be so simple!

Sure enough, Xiao Ying had just returned to the throne and sat down, and Huang Yuandu, who had not spoken, stood up.