Chapter 332: They all fell into the pit
"Wu Shaoqing has no evidence to doubt that Lord Yu can be so arrogant, and this official admires it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Wen Yanbo mocked his hand.
"Hehe" Wu Yuanqing replied with a smirk that did not smile.
"However, there is evidence here that proves that Wu Shaoqing accepted bribes from the Japanese people, I don't know how Wu Shaoqing can explain this?" Wen Yanbo sneered on his face, and saluted solemnly towards Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, please treat Wu Yuanqing for the crime of insulting Shangguan and accepting bribes from the envoys of the Japanese State. “
"Oh, there's such a thing?" Li Shimin frowned and asked with a gloomy face, I don't know if I really don't know or pretend not to know, but it's more likely to pretend not to know.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is very sure that Wu Shaoqing has accepted bribes from the envoys of the Japanese State." Wen Yanbo didn't care whether the emperor was pretending to be or not, anyway, he just didn't know.
"Wu Yuanqing, do you have anything to say?" Li Shimin glared at his son-in-law with an unhappy face and asked coldly.
"Yes, the minister has a lot to say." Wu Yuanqing replied with a smile: "However, before the minister said, there is a question I want to ask Lord Zhongshu Ling first." ”
"Ask, I want to hear it too," Li Shimin said.
"I don't know if Wu Shaoqing has anything to ask, as long as the official knows, he will not hesitate to advise." Wen Yanbo asked with a smile.
"I would like to know what the specific definition of bribery is and what kind of behavior can be considered bribery? , Knowing this, I can also explain it to you," Wu Yuanqing said lightly.
Wu Yuanqing's question stunned Wen Yanbo for a moment, what is the explanation of bribery, who doesn't know.
I don't know what tricks this Wu Yuanqing is playing.
Thinking so in his heart, Wen Yanbo still said: "An official accepts benefits from others and then helps him do things, this kind of behavior is bribery." ”
"Hehe, Zhongshuling's definition of bribery is really simple, but it doesn't matter, it's almost the same to say this" Wu Yuanqing glanced at Wen Yanbo with a smile and said: "However, since Zhongshuling thinks that bribery is to accept benefits from others and then help him, then why do you think that I have accepted bribes from Japanese people." ”
Wu Yuanqing had an expression of I was confused, I was puzzled, you explain it to me.
"Wu Shaoqing's mouth is so hard, and he is still quibbling until now, so do you dare to tell me whether you have received the property of the Japanese people." Wen Yanbo looked at Wu Yuanqing with a sneer, thinking to himself that the Japanese people used a car to pull things to your house, and twice, who in the Manchu Dynasty didn't know, it depends on how you quibble.
"Of course I took the property, what dare I not say, I not only received but also collected a lot, why not?" Wu Yuanqing said with a smile.
The courtiers present blew up, and they had seen a lot of blatant people receiving gifts, but this was the first time they had seen them who dared to admit it blatantly in front of the emperor.
It's worthy of being stupid and bold, these people think.
"Your Majesty, Wu Yuanqing has admitted to accepting bribes from the envoys of the Japanese State, and I also ask Your Majesty to severely punish them in order to suppress the dynasty." got the answer he wanted, and Wen Yanbo was overjoyed.
"Admit it? I confessed what I confessed, I just said that I received money and goods from the Japanese people, but when did I admit that I accepted bribes. Wu Yuanqing asked with a cold snort.
"It's not that I've received the property...."Wen Yanbo didn't finish speaking, and was cut off by Wu Yuanqing.
"That's right, I did accept the property of the Japanese people, but that is only the compensation given by the Japanese people for molesting the Tang women and beating the Tang people, and part of it is the etiquette brought by the Japanese envoy Yutian shovel to visit the door, how can it be regarded as a bribe. Does the Chinese book make you go to someone's house without a gift? Or do you say that other adults don't bring gifts when they come to visit? If so, then you are really rude and do not know etiquette. It's not as good as other people's people".
"Why did the Japanese people give you such a heavy gift because they are not related to you? Isn't there a plan?" The smile on Wen Yanbo's face was gone.
Wu Yuanqing's explanation is very reasonable, Wen Yanbo said that his heart was bad when he heard it, and now he was going to let this kid escape again, Wen Yanbo was very unwilling and wanted to work hard.
"How do I know why the Japanese people give such heavy gifts, you should ask the Japanese people who are, and I may not be sure if people value me. Besides, even if the Japanese have a plan, it is just their wishful thinking, and I didn't help the Japanese people. Not only did I not help, but we are still vigorously opposing, so I can't be considered accepting bribes." Wu Yuanqing smiled.
"It's the Zhongshu Order, you have spared no effort to help the Japanese people speak from the beginning, and you want Your Majesty to cede Silla, a subject country of the Tang Dynasty, to the Japanese people, so that the Japanese people can get this benefit. Does it mean that Zhongshu Ling is the one who really accepted the benefits of the Japanese people and helped them speak?"
"You're a bunch of nonsense. How could this official do something that harms the interests of Datang for his own selfish interests. This official just said his thoughts truthfully, after all, the importance of the Wa Kingdom to the Tang Dynasty is far greater than that of Silla." Wen Yanbo gave Wu Yuanqing a little bit of a fight, looking at the unkind eyes of the military officials, Wen Yanbo was ashamed.
"Yes, but how did I hear that the envoy of the Wa Kingdom, Mita Shovel, also visited the house of Zhongshu Ling, and when he went, he carried a cart of things, but when he left, it was empty. Oh, by the way, it's not just Lord Zhongshuling, but also Lord Liu and Lord Yu, and Master Kong seem to have been visited." Wu Yuanqing looked over one by one with a smile.
It's okay now, not only Wen Yanbo's face turned red, but Yu Shinan, Liu Zhenghui, and Kong Yingda's faces also changed, not only them, but many of the remaining ministers also bowed their heads to avoid Wu Yuanqing's sight, the military officials are nothing, it's not that they didn't accept things from the Japanese people, but they were thick-skinned and didn't help the Japanese people speak, so they felt that they were just right.
Li Shimin actually knew the actions of the Japanese people for a long time, and knew that many ministers had received the property sent by the Japanese people, but he didn't say anything, he saw the expressions of the ministers below clearly on the dragon chair, and sneered in his heart, let you make trouble one by one, now it's okay, you have been disgraced.
My ass is not clean, and I dare to talk about this, I deserve it.
However, Li Shimin didn't want to pursue this matter, and he couldn't pursue it, involving so many ministers, no one's face would look good if he asked.
"Alright, that's the end of it. No matter which of you accepts the things of the Japanese people, I will not pursue it, and it will be regarded as a ceremony that the Japanese people really gave you."