Long Tai handed the fold aside, looked at Sima Changshen, and asked, "Zhongyihou, what Feng Ruohai said, do you know what's going on?" ”

Sima Changshen knelt down and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the minister is not in the household department, I don't know what the taxes of the imperial court are." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Long Tai said: "Feng Ruohai, since Zhongyihou doesn't know, you can tell everyone that you know, why has the tax of Yi'an been reduced by half in two years?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister noticed that there was a mistake in the payment of taxes, and at first he only thought that there was some natural disaster over there, so the tax and silver were delayed, and he also sent people to inquire, but he did not receive a reply." Feng Ruohai said: "The household officials went to Nghe An to check the accounts, and found that all the taxes that should have been paid by Nghe An had been paid, and there was no arrears. ”

"Why is that?" Longtai frowned and said, "How can a good land be reduced?" ”

Feng Ruohai said: "It's just because some land is occupied by others, and these lands have become private land that does not need to be paid. He took out the account book from his sleeve again, "Your Majesty, here is a detailed land accounting, and within two years, more than 1,400 hectares of land have been occupied. ”

The important ministers of the court saw it in their eyes, and they were slightly surprised in their hearts, secretly thinking that they were only afraid of making a big deal today, this Feng Ruohai was obviously prepared, with sufficient evidence, it seems that in order to impeach Sima Chang Shen today, Feng Ruohai has also done enough work here.

The battle between the King of Huainan and the Duke of Zhenguo, Qi Ning watched coldly, but when he saw Feng Ruohai taking out the evidence one by one, he felt that this was the real tough battle, and Zhao Bangyao had red mouth and white teeth, and he couldn't come up with sufficient evidence, and it was related to the rivers and lakes, Qi Ningda didn't take such characters in his eyes from the beginning.

Sima Lan and Xiao Zhang, the king of Huainan, seemed calm and calm from beginning to end, and the golden sword Hou Taihuang seemed to be just to feel the atmosphere of being in the Fengtian Palace, squinting his eyes, if he didn't look closely, he thought he was asleep.

Long Tai took a closer look, looked solemn, and asked, "Feng Ruohai, who occupies these lands, and they don't have to pay taxes?" ”

"Your Majesty, among the more than 1,300 hectares of land, 800 of them are official fields, and the other 500 are private fields, all of which are fertile fields with abundant water and soil." Feng Ruohai said loudly: "The harvest of the official land has always been directly included in the official treasury, and the five hundred hectares of private land have always been paid in full. Now that 800 hectares of official land have been openly occupied, the 500 poured land has also been snatched by others, devouring the past little by little, and the taxes that originally belonged to the imperial court were exempted from taxation because they were occupied, and they could not be collected, so the taxes in the past two years were suddenly halved. ”

The ministers are very clear in their hearts, but where the fields do not have to pay taxes, there are nothing more than three, one is the land that is given the food and the other is the private land that does not have to be paid after obtaining fame, but there is a strict limit on the number of acres, and the important ministers of the court are old and old, and the fields that do not have to pay taxes are naturally more, and the lower the fame, the smaller the number. As for the last category, it is meritorious to the imperial court, and the imperial court is exempted from taxation.

In addition, when a natural disaster occurred, the emperor was gracious and decreed that he would be exempted from paying taxes.

And Feng Ruohai said that the six hundred dumps of land do not have to be paid, and looking at the entire Yi'an, only the Sima family has such ability.

Many people were secretly surprised in their hearts, thinking that Sima Lan was given the title of Loyal and Righteous Candidate back then, and the fiefdom he ate was only five hundred tilts, among the four marquises, it was already second to none, and this 1,300 dumps of land was more than twice as much as the food he received by Sima Lan, if this is the case, then 1,300 hectares of fertile land was swallowed by the Sima family, and today this matter can be seen.

Qi Ning also knew in his heart that this Feng Ruohai was not like Zhao Bangyao, since he said that someone had swallowed 1,300 hectares of fertile land, then this matter must be true, and the person who swallowed the fertile land was, of course, the Sima family.

Since the King of Huainan sent a household servant out of the battle, and he was well prepared, he was obviously preparing to tear off a piece of meat from Sima's family, and it was naturally impossible to bring down the Duke of Zhenguo, but it was not impossible to pull down Sima Changshen.

Above the court, there was a dead silence.

Everyone knows that the King of Huainan and the Duke of Zhenguo have been brewing for a long time, and they are both preparing to find an opportunity to attack each other, but no one expected that this time would come so quickly, Feng Ruohai impeached Sima Chang Shen, of course, no one would know in advance, so it was extremely abrupt.

Under this tense atmosphere, no one will speak lightly.

"You are participating in the impeachment of Zhongyi today, this person who occupies the fertile land, you naturally refer to him." After a period of silence, the little emperor finally said slowly.

Feng Ruohai said: "Back to the emperor, the person who invaded 1,300 hectares of fertile land is the Sima family. He took out a wad of paper again, "Your Majesty, this is the confession sent by the minister to Nghe An to investigate carefully, including local officials, as well as the people who have been encroached upon to the fertile land, there are many people, the minister has recorded twenty-three confessions, all of which have been signed and detained, and these people have also been brought into the capital and can testify at any time." After submitting it, he continued: "The minister sent someone to investigate and learned that as early as a few years ago, the Sima family had begun to enclose land in Yi'an in various names, and even forced the local people to work for free and cultivate the fields. ”

The little emperor looked through the confessions again and again, and then rolled them into a ball and threw them in front of Sima Changshen, saying, "Sima Changshen, take a look for yourself, can these confessions be true?" ”

"Your Majesty, the prince of Zhenguo is loyal to the country and conscientious, and he is an important minister of the country." A person walked out of the ranks, slightly fat, and said in a loud voice: "What Feng Ruohai said is pure slander, I implore the emperor to investigate!" ”

The ministers looked at the past and immediately recognized that it was Chen Lanting, the left attendant of the ministry, and they were not surprised, this Zhenguo Gong was also the secretary of the ministry, and Chen Lanting was the number one cronie under the Zhenguo Gong, and it was really reasonable to stand up and speak at this time.

"Chen Lanting, you don't have to be in a hurry to argue." The little emperor said lightly: "Feng Ruohai did not participate in the impeachment of Zhenguogong, but participated in the impeachment of Zhongyihou, although Zhenguogong and Zhongyihou are father and son in private, they are colleagues in the court, so there is no need to be involved indiscriminately." ”

Chen Lanting was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "The minister is reckless. It's just that Feng Ruohai has a Sima family on the left and a Sima family on the right, which is intended to slander the Sima family, the ministers are in the ministry, and they see the old prince working hard for the country every day, but now they are going to be slandered by the villain against his family, and he is really angry in his heart, and he asks the emperor to surrender. ”

The little emperor waved his hand and ignored it, Sima Changshen took those confessions and quickly flipped through them, his face was ugly.

"Zhongyihou, among these confessions, it is very clear that the enclosure and occupation of land are all under the orders of your Zhongyihou." Feng Ruohai sneered: "But I don't know if it's true?" ”

Sima Changshen looked at Feng Ruohai, his eyes leaked fiercely, and he was about to speak, but he heard an old voice say: "Lord Feng, these confessions are not false, as far as the old man knows, Sima Changshen did order people to do this." As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and when they looked at the sound, they were even more shocked when they saw the person who spoke, but it turned out that the person who suddenly spoke was Ma Lan of Zhenguo Company.

The ministers looked at each other, thinking that the Sima family would try their best to refute, who knew that Sima Lan would take the initiative to admit it as soon as he opened his mouth, and some people couldn't help but think in their hearts, is this Sima Lan old and confused, Feng Ruohai tried his best to deal with your Sima family, but now it's good, you didn't say a word of rebuttal, and you actually admitted the matter when you opened your mouth, wouldn't this push Sima Changshen into the fire pit.

Feng Ruohai's eyes flashed with joy, and King Huainan's body was shocked, but his expression was cold.

Sima Changshen's eyes widened, and he also felt a little unbelievable, but he saw Zhenguo Gong take two steps forward, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister implores Sima Changshen to be imprisoned immediately and dealt with in accordance with the laws of the imperial court." ”

"Daddy.......!" Sima Changshen was shocked and couldn't help but exclaim.

Sima Lan turned his head and said coldly: "Above the court, there are no fathers and sons, only monarchs and ministers. ”

The ministers were all stunned, thinking that this old prince seemed to be really crazy, and he actually took the initiative to send his son to prison.

Some people also thought that this Sima Lan might have seen the incident at the east window and wanted to abandon the car to protect the handsome.

Many people know in their hearts that this Sima Lan has supreme authority in the Sima family, although Sima Changshen is over forty years old, but he is very afraid of Sima Lan, many of the children of the official eunuchs are quite arrogant in the capital, but the children of the Sima family have always been very low-key, this is obviously Sima Lan's family education is very strict, disciplined well, and does not let the children of the Sima family cause trouble outside.

Although Feng Ruohai sued Sima Changshen and there was conclusive evidence, if there was no instruction from Sima Lan, Sima Changshen would not have had the courage to do so.

Now that the East Window incident happened, Sima Lan felt that things were going to be bad, so he asked Sima Changshen to convict him first, as long as the fire did not burn on him for the time being, and he could naturally find a way to deal with it.

Many people know that the Criminal Department is close to King Huainan, and if Sima Changshen is really imprisoned in the Criminal Department, he will be offended.

Longtai obviously didn't expect Sima Lan to come out like this, and frowned: "Old Guogong, you mean that everything Feng Ruohai said in the twists and turns is true? ”

"Yes!" Sima Lan said: "On the other side of Yi'an, some fields have been encircled, and the taxes in the past few years have indeed not been paid into the treasury. He glanced back at Sima Changshen and said, "Sima Changshen is indeed involved in this matter, and he also asks the emperor to condemn him." ”

Seeing this scene, Dou Kui, the head of the household department, said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a few words to ask the old prince, and he also asks the emperor to agree." ”

Long Tai looked at Sima Lan, Sima Lan turned around and asked, "What does Lord Dou want to ask?" ”

"Lao Guogong, the lower official is in charge of the household department, where the responsibilities lie, although a few words are quite offensive, but in his position, he does his best, and I ask the old Guogong to understand." Dou Kui's expression was cold, and he asked: "Zhongyihou instructed people to enclose land and occupy the land in Yi'an, I don't know when the old prince knew?" The old prince didn't look at these confessions, so he admitted that Zhongyihou did do this, which shows that he knew about it before today's court meeting. ”

Sima Lan nodded slightly and said, "The old man has known for a long time. ”

The ministers were slightly in an uproar, Dou Kui took a step forward, his momentum was quite strong, and he asked aggressively: "Then the lower official dares to ask the old prince, this is obviously a violation of the law of the country, the old prince is the old minister of the country, and he is dedicated to the public, why has he not made it clear to the court for a long time, but wants to help Sima Changshen hide this matter?" ”