Chapter 169: Zhaotai Guan resists the undercurrent alone
"Yuan Hui, I am ordered by the Son of Heaven to clarify the Sheji, the first is the Qingjun side. You **** serve the Lord, do you have the courage to let the Lord know what you do in private? You privately mint five baht, hide your account, and harm the country's interests to enrich yourself, which one of them is not a big crime of greed. In the past, I didn't expect to think that you were a close relative of the clan, and I hoped that you would have a sense of remorse. I don't want you to dare to confuse the Lord to mess with the dynasty. Today I have dealt with thee for the Lord. Saying that, Gao Cheng no longer hesitated, and strode towards Yuan Hui, who was retreating step by step.
Yuan Hui took a few steps back, and suddenly shouted, "I'm drunk today." After speaking, he suddenly turned around, and saw a bronze giant on the side Taifu Wei Jing seat. The eyes quickly picked up the giant and threw it at Gao Cheng again. Wei Jing is Gao Cheng's uncle, but at the moment he is sitting motionless on the seat, letting Yuan Hui Hu do it.
Gao Cheng didn't hide this time, and the giant fell to the ground before he flew in front of Gao Cheng, and there was another loud bang, and the hall was completely chaotic. Gao Cheng had already walked in front of Wei Jing and Yuan Hui, and he was no longer polite, secretly lifted the hem of his clothes with both hands, and raised his leg to take Yuan Hui as a kick.
This kick was solid, and Yuan Hui fell to the ground with a muffled scream.
"Where is Tingwei Lu Cao?" Gao Cheng looked left and right, but he didn't find this person, and shouted loudly, "Take down Yuan Hui left and right and hand him over to the Criminal Department for detention." He glanced at Yuan Hui again, "I will take my life after a strict trial and conviction." Under the pressure of Gao Cheng, the little eunuch did not dare to slack off, and first put the king of Jibei Yuan Hui out.
"Great General......" Emperor Yuan Shanjian had already stood up and called. But his voice was stuck in his throat and he couldn't hear it clearly. Gao Cheng dared to be so rude to the uncle of the clan in front of the emperor and hundreds of officials in the main hall, and Yuan Shanjian was already shocked and angry in his heart. He was just about to say something, but suddenly felt that Lin Xingren was pulling his sleeves behind him again. Looking back, Lin Xingren still shook his head slightly.
Seeing the emperor get up, the clans and officials below also got up. Gao Cheng, who was proudly looking down at the hundred officials just now, seemed to be overwhelmed by the crowd for a moment.
Gao Cheng glanced over one by one, and the expressions of the officials were different, but obviously none of them were with him.
"There are some things that I didn't rush to say, and some things that I didn't rush to do." Gao Cheng's gaze looked at the hundred officials one by one, "Since today is the king of Jibei, Chengxin is going to spoil the lord's interest, and Chengxin is going to be tired, so I will simply say it thoroughly today." He paused, and suddenly raised his voice, "The defeat of Tongguan is undefeated in the sky, and if it is undefeated in the geographical advantage, it will be defeated in people, and it will be defeated in Er. Today, there are people in the hall, one counts as one, and no one wants to shirk it! Gao Cheng shouted angrily, saying that his extremely cold green eyes glared at him one by one. If it is said that five baht is minted privately, illegal salt is sold, land property is hidden, and fugitive slaves are hidden to make private affairs...... Which of you doesn't? It's not just Yuan Hui! The defeat with Siko is on you! Yuan Hui is in prison today, and tomorrow is you. Yuan Hui's family property was confiscated to fund military expenses. I will wait today to go back to say goodbye to my parents and wife, and come back tomorrow to confess with Yuan Hui. If anyone dares to hide the property of the person who surrenders the property," he paused again, and then cried out in a loud voice, "I will destroy your three tribes!" ”
The whole hall fell silent. Although the hundred officials are uneasy, everyone has a mind in their hearts, but the emperor Yuan Shanjian is one is happy and the other is afraid. The joy is that Gao Cheng's thunderous means are for the benefit of the country. He also felt that corruption was a bit too unspeakable. But although he is the emperor, he can't protect himself, where can he still think about this? This happened to be Gao Cheng doing it for him, and he agreed in his heart. But Gao Cheng is so arrogant, and he also knows that Gao Cheng doesn't take him seriously. What if one day he does the same to him?
The only one who is at peace is Gao Yang. Watching from the sidelines, he also knew that if the eldest brother Gao Cheng ruthlessly cured corruption, it might not be beneficial to the eldest brother himself, but it would definitely be beneficial to the Gao family. Gao Cheng turned his face ruthlessly and seemed to be bent on going his own way, but in fact, this is a necessary attitude in the fight against corruption. If it was drizzling at the beginning, the matter would definitely be closed in the future. If you want to do it all over again, it's even harder. It is inconvenient for his father to come forward, he is not qualified enough, and the only one who can come forward is the eldest brother. But the next benefit may not necessarily be that of the eldest brother.
Cui Jishu also admired Shizi for being so resolute, but he watched coldly from the sidelines, and he was really worried about him.
Taifu Weijing, who was in front of Gao Cheng, slowly got up from the seat at this time. He is Gao Cheng's uncle, even Gao Cheng's father Gao Huan was also deeply educated by his brother-in-law when he was young, and now he is a high-ranking official, even the prime minister Gao Huan has to let him a little, how could he put Gao Cheng, a junior with yellow breasts, in his eyes? When I listened to him teach Yuan Hui just now, I already felt that I didn't like it. But Yuan Hui is a clan after all, and it has nothing to do with him. Listening to Gao Cheng's words just now, it seems that he wants to clear out all the corrupt officials in the temple, without a single exception, and even said such a thing as exterminating the three clans, which is completely ruthless, which can't help but make Wei Jing secretly worried and angry.
"Why wait until tomorrow?" Wei Jing said coldly, "Dou Tai followed the general to the west, and once he went, he couldn't return, he was still the general's uncle, and the general didn't know how to regret it, not to mention that we were not old in the eyes of the general?" When the general came back, he blamed the defeat of Tongguan on the people we were waiting for in Yecheng, which was already a strange thing, and today he wanted to punish us with such a rhetoric as corruption. Since the general wants to take his life, the old man has been sick for a long time, and his time is short, so the general can only take his life, and only ask the general not to add any more crimes to the officials, and not to harm the old family. The old man was imprisoned with the king of Jibei, and as long as the general gave an order, the head was immediately presented. Wei Jing almost wept with grief and indignation.
There was chaos in the hall again. In an instant, some people accompanied Wei Jing to tears, and even called "King Gao" and "Prime Minister" one after another. Which important minister and noble did not mention those things just now. Only Gao Yang secretly sighed at Wei Jingzhi's old spicyness. Wei Jing is the first person who is extremely greedy for money, Gao Cheng said just now that he only has one or two, almost everything, and there are even many that Gao Cheng did not mention. He knew that he had been ill for a long time, so he would rather give up his life than his wealth to protect his family and assets, and at the same time sympathize with the emperor and the hundred officials, and seem to be unhappy for the hundred officials. is willing to use his own body to apologize for the crime of hundreds of officials, which is even more boundless nonsense. But as soon as he said this lie, he put Gao Cheng in a villain situation where he was bent on venting his personal anger and revenge, and he himself became loyal and virtuous. even mentioned Dou Tai's death intentionally or unintentionally, and did not explicitly mention that Dou Tai died at Gao Cheng's hands, but he had something to say, which invisibly made Gao Huan's old man associate Dou Tai's death with the young master, and by the way, he had a bad feeling for Gao Cheng.
Wei Jing didn't think he had acted enough, and he was already trembling and walking out, as if he was really going to give up his life to go to prison.
"Taifu ......" Several courtiers came up to block it.
But if you are stopped by these inconspicuous courtiers, how can you achieve your goal? Wei Jing still insisted on going.
"Taifu stays." Gao Cheng really came up and stopped Wei Jing on the other side.
Everyone in the hall heard Gao Cheng's tone calm and calm, and there was no anger, and almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief. sighed secretly in his heart, Wei Jing still has the means, and it is Gao Cheng's uncle who can suppress him. If one person is not punished, there is no reason to punish others. Thinking that their own problems would be able to follow Wei Jing together, everyone was in a stable mood.
"I don't understand what Taifu said." Gao Cheng persuaded softly.
"What don't you understand?" Wei Jing raised his head and stared at Gao Cheng without knowing whether he was alive or dead, but he didn't cough or wheezing at this time, he was very tough.
"Rich and noble, people do what they want; Poverty and cheapness are also hated by people. Everyone is like this, it is not wrong for Taifu to love wealth and nobility in the first place, and I don't have to be too responsible. It's just that the wealth that Taifu seeks is not obtained by his way, and the benefits of the country are used to fatten his wealth, and there is no end. If everyone is like a master, how can the community exist? If the country does not exist, can Taifu still exist? Gao Cheng's tone was already gradually changing, and he was no longer soft and gentle just now, he was as cold and hard as a golden stone, but he was still barely patient, and his tone was relatively calm. Don't let me know it, Taifu, what you love to do most is to hide your account, hide people's money, and then get both people and money. Taifu takes himself as the country, and hides his personal savings as a personal slave; Hide their land property, and collect wealth, grain, and land taxes are all collected in private pockets. In this way, the country has useless soldiers and no available resources, isn't it because there are silverfish like Taifu? ”
Gao Cheng's words made Wei Jing's face look ashen, and he saw sweat on his forehead, he didn't expect this nephew to be such a ruthless character, the six relatives didn't recognize it, and he didn't even give his father's face, so he directly explained his uncle's old background so clearly. And this remark is almost equivalent to scolding in person.
"Huangkou Xiaoer, you are so rude, your father does not dare to do this." Wei Jing said hatefully.
"Taifu doesn't have to raise the king, this matter has nothing to do with the high king. King Gao guarded Jinyang on behalf of the lord, regardless of what happened here. I have been entrusted by the Lord not to show favoritism. "Gao Cheng has always called it an official position." So Taifu doesn't have to talk clearly. It's the Taifu himself who is guilty, not that I see the Taifu as an old man who wants to go. Taifu also has no right to take responsibility for anyone, and whoever is guilty of it himself. I don't want Taifu's life, but Taifu's family wealth, like Wang Yuanhui of Jibei, must be put into the treasury to replenish military funds. Of course, if the Taifu invites himself to be imprisoned, I don't have to ask you to go home and say goodbye, so I will be invited by the Taifu and imprisoned immediately. Gao Cheng was also a little dry after saying a long article, but he actually felt relaxed, as if he had said all the things that had been stuffy in his heart for a long time and didn't know whether to say it or not, and he didn't know how to say it, but he was happy. The tone was not as cold and hard as just now, and at this point, he actually smiled at this uncle Wei Jing and smiled, "Taifu himself must remember that you are imprisoned for your crimes, not that I want to take your life." ”
Wei shivered with anger.
All the officials were frightened and impatient by this young man, and everyone was thinking about what to do with their own affairs.
Yuan Shanjian nodded frequently, and he understood why Lin Xingren desperately held him and didn't let him speak. Looking at the old infighting between Gao Cheng and Gao Huan, he also had an indescribable joy in his heart.
Only Gao Yang, who didn't know why, would sincerely respect his eldest brother for the first time. But there is also jealousy entangled in this kind of respect. The tangled emotions drove him almost crazy inside.
Wei Jing suddenly said coldly, "The old man only has one cheap life, if the general wants to take it, don't think about touching my family assets." Isn't the general going to wipe out the three tribes? Don't be complacent, you are also within my three clans. If I do not pay my household contributions, you will also take your own life. ”
This really choked Gao Cheng. Saying anything about exterminating the three clans is actually an extremely impulsive angry talk, but I didn't expect to be cocooned and self-bound.
Then the silver light flashed, and when everyone was thinking about their own thoughts, Wei Jing actually pulled out the dagger he was carrying. Even Emperor Yuan Shanjian was shocked. Only Lin Xingren secretly flattered himself in his heart.
"Uncle, stop." When everyone was stunned by Wei Jing, Gao Yang suddenly rushed up with an arrow. He knew that Wei Jing was certainly not afraid of death, and it was certain that his eldest brother would be affected by him, but if Wei Jing died, his father King Gao would inevitably be in danger. This is a great disadvantage to the Gao family, and he naturally can't sit idly by.
Wei Jing saw that this trick was effective at this time, and saw Gao Yang rushing over, so he suddenly backhanded each other with a sharp blade, and said angrily, "Are you also afraid of being involved?" ”
Gao Cheng suddenly reacted, and reached out to grab the dagger. The sharp blade's finger changed several times, pointing at Gao Cheng for a while, and then pointing at Wei Jing himself. The officials were all people watching the excitement, shouting and shouting, but no one really came to help Gao Cheng. The emperor on the throne, Yuan Shanjian, was so frightened that his body collapsed, but fortunately he was supported by Lin Xingren, who had been by his side.
Gao Cheng saw that Wei Jing's dagger was several inches long, fat and round, and the gem on the handle was huge, and when he thought about it, he knew that it was purely an ornament, not a real blade, let alone taking human life. It seems that Wei Jing doesn't really want to die, Gao Yang has already rushed to Wei Jing's side in three steps and two steps, and persuaded, "Why should my uncle be like this." ”