readx;?readx; Chapter 365: Kyoto Variations**

Seeing that Li Hun finally stood up, the corners of Qin Lei and Emperor Zhaowu's mouths flashed with a faint smile at the same time. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info The so-called solitary happiness is not as good as the joy of the crowd, the father and son took care of it as soon as they came up, as if they wanted to let Wen Yanbo go, in order to make Li Hun can't help but jump off the field, and give Lao Wen a dull stick from behind.

Wen Yanbo's face was still unhurried, but his hands in his big sleeves were tightly twisted together. He always thought that Li Hun would help him, but he ignored that this person was also a wolf - if he couldn't take advantage of the fire to rob, he would definitely set it on fire himself.

I saw Emperor Zhaowu Yun waving his hand lightly and smiling: "Captain, please speak." ”

Li Hun arched his hand and said in a rough voice: "The old minister listened to it on the side for a long time, and he had a feeling...... I don't know the essentials, I don't understand wow! Although he shook his head and looked like a big old man, no one thought he was funny...... Who doesn't know that Taiwei Li is a smiling tiger who only eats people and does not spit out bones?

Li Hun didn't care about other people's eyes, and stroked his beard and said, "The old man wants to know now, what are those dolls kneeling outside for three days and three nights?" ”

Emperor Zhaowu smiled warmly at one of the people in the audience: "Zhongshu, read your petition document to Lord Taiwei." ”

Fang Zhongshu was suddenly filled with a huge sense of happiness, and he knew that his chance to become popular had come! Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he first kowtowed to Emperor Zhaowu, and then saluted Li Hun and said, "The student reads the petition to Lord Taiwei by the holy decree. After speaking, he took out a blue-background text from his sleeve and read it aloud: "Xia Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Han Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Ding Divide Three, look at my Heavenly Dynasty, if there is a way, it will prosper, and if there is no way, it will die......"

Before he finished reading the nonsense at the beginning, Li Hun waved his hand impatiently and said, "Don't be noisy, the old man doesn't understand these things, let's get to the point!" ”

Fang Zhongshu said without humility or arrogance: "Your Majesty's golden mouth, let the students read the holy oracle for Lord Taiwei, then I have to read it!" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Zhaowu was relieved, and said in his heart: "Good boy, wow, there are more such people in the court." I didn't want him to be hated by Li Hun, so he laughed and said: "Having said that, Master Li is a veteran of the Three Dynasties and has made outstanding achievements, so he still has to take care of it as much as possible." Zhongshu, let's talk about important things in the vernacular. ”

Only then did Fang Zhongshu say respectfully: "Obey the order!" After speaking, he turned to laugh at Li Hun and said: "So that Lord Taiwei knows that there are two things on this document: the first thing is the 'tax system', asking the imperial court to stop driving out the victims of the disaster and reduce the tax for three years, so that they can survive; ”

Li Hun squinted his eyes and looked at him for a while, before he laughed dryly and said, "Doesn't this speak human language?" Why do you have to talk about it? Saying that, Emperor Zhaowu said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has always only asked about the affairs of the imperial court, but over the years, my Daqin officialdom has been made more and more disagreeable by some people. It's time for the old man to ask. ”

Emperor Zhaowu nodded and smiled: "The old lady is ranked as the third duke, and he is an auxiliary minister, so he is naturally qualified to ask." ”

Li Hun stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Then ask," the two lantern-like eyes searched in the civil official array for a while, stared at a thin old man and asked, "Lord Tian, let me ask you, is there any truth in what these scholars invited?" ”

Tian Minnong secretly screamed bad luck, but he didn't dare to slack off, and stepped out of the column and arched his hand: "It's not unreasonable to go back to Lord Taiwei, it's just ......."

Li Hun glared and said in a rough voice: "Just order!" Don't do this and that, don't you bring eggs? ”

Tian Minnong swallowed and said with a wry smile: "What the scholars said is indeed the truth, and the countermeasures proposed are also to the point, but last year, the six northern and eastern provinces suffered a large-scale disaster, and if the tax is reduced on a large scale, the finances of the imperial court will definitely be unsustainable." ”

Li Hun asked very seriously: "What if you don't expel the refugees back to their hometowns for the time being?" ”

Tian Minnong smiled helplessly: "Didn't you discuss it at the court meeting a few days ago......

Li Hun scratched his head and said, "I'm not impressed, let's say it again," he said and glared: "Is it troublesome?" ”

Tian Minnong hurriedly shook his head and said, "It's not bothering, I said that I said, the household department wants them to go back to catch up with spring ploughing." ”

Li Hun chuckled: "I understand this, obviously you did something wrong!" As he spoke, he stretched out his radish thick fingers and counted: "You want those refugees to go back to farming, but they can't afford to pay taxes when they go back, so they simply stay here and don't leave, doesn't that mean?" ”

Tian Minnong nodded with difficulty and said, "That's what it means." ”

Li Hun blew his beard and glared: "Ridiculous! Isn't this a requirement for the horse to run fast and for the horse not to eat grass? Saying that, Emperor Zhaowu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, we can't do this kind of immoral thing!" Let's stop these refugees. ”

As soon as these words came out, the civil officials scolded in unison, and their eyes became more resentful and resentful. Heaven is pitiful, if it weren't for the huge military expenses of the million-strong army, would the finances be embarrassed to the point of eating more food? And Li Hun actually went back to scold them for 'lack of morality', which is really unbearable and unbearable!

Tian Minnong couldn't help but replied stiffly: "If Lord Taiwei no longer pursues the salaries of the three armies in Dongzhen, Zhennan, the lower officials will not pick up people!" ”

How can this be agreed, Li Hun said in a rough voice: "The soldiers defend their families and defend the country and fight bloodily, if they can't even get the military salary they owe for a year, won't they be chilled!" As he spoke, he blew his beard and glared, "Who will protect your family when the time comes?" ”

Wen Yanbo said without yin or yang: "So the affairs of government affairs are very complicated, if Lord Taiwei is not familiar with it, it is better to intervene less." ”

When it comes to playing tricks, the three Li Hun are not Wen Yanbo's opponents, and he rolled his eyes in choked and said: "Anyway, you have to change this matter, otherwise the old man will never agree." ”

Wen Yanbo smiled: "Let's discuss it again, and we will always come up with a strategy that is satisfactory to all parties." ”

Li Hun didn't relent: "Besides, what about those refugees?" His intention to facilitate the third entry of refugees into the city was undoubtedly a huge blow to Wen Yanbo's prestige.

Emperor Zhaowu, who had been watching the excitement, said with a smile: "I don't have to worry about this matter," he said and looked at Qin Lei and said: "Yutian, isn't there still a shortage of tens of thousands of laborers in your Jingshan City, I will accept it first." ”

Qin Lei smiled bitterly and said: "I wanted some strong labor, but my father has an order, and my son can only obey the order." He knew that Emperor Zhaowu was showing his ability and inviting the hearts of the people, so he naturally had to cooperate unconditionally.

Emperor Zhaowu smiled and said, "Very good." Then he said in a deep voice, "Let's talk about the second thing." "He didn't want to dwell on it for too long.

Fang Zhongshu hurriedly said respectfully: "The second thing is to 'investigate fraud', and ask the imperial court to strictly investigate the fraud in the past years according to the account books of the Prime Minister's Mansion handed over by us, investigate the responsibility of the offender, and severely punish the law of the country!" Give me a fair and clean imperial examination for tens of millions of students in Daqin. ”

Li Hun chuckled when he heard this: "This matter involves the Prime Minister, and he should avoid suspicion, so the old man has to reluctantly take care of it." ”

Listening to his nonsense, Wen Yanbo snorted unhappily: "How can there be any corrupt account books, it is just slander, and the old man does not need to avoid suspicion." ”

Li Hun chuckled and said: "Don't worry, Xiangye, in the words of you readers, 'those who are clear are self-purifying, and those who are turbid are self-turbid'!" Saying that, he arched his hand to Emperor Zhaowu and said: "The old man is willing to lead the investigation and punishment of this case, and return the prime minister to an innocent person!" "As long as you can take charge of this case, won't the officials of Great Qin follow him to ravage it? When the time comes, those who go along will prosper and those who rebel will die, and who will dare to be disobedient? The old man's abacus is not inadequate.

Emperor Zhaowu's heart froze, knowing that this old boy wanted to use this to meddle in government affairs, he couldn't help but glance at Qin Lei, and said secretly: "Son, your method is a little dangerous......

Feeling Emperor Zhaowu's gaze, Qin Lei smiled slightly: "This case involves important ministers of the society, it is not appropriate to have a private hearing in the dark, and the evidence is conclusive, simple and clear, and the ministers suggest that it be tried in the court." As he spoke, he looked around at the bottom of the imperial stairs, and said leisurely: "Only with the witness of the father and the emperor and hundreds of officials can the people of the world be convinced." ”

Li Hun couldn't help laughing and said: "After all, His Royal Highness is still young, and the old man has been standing in this court for fifty years, and he has never heard of any court trials." ”

But Wei Zhengyi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stood up and said: "What Lord Taiwei said is wrong, what the prince said is right, and my "Great Qin Law" is clearly written, the court trial is a top trial level higher than the three halls, and it is suitable for the interrogation of the three princes and three orphans. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Tian Minnong and Gong Lian bow their hands and said, "The ministers seconded the proposal." ”

Li Hun never expected that these three would actually agree to Qin Yutian's proposal, and said with a smile: "What do the two kings think?" ”

The two kings glanced at each other, and said in their hearts: "Our one said that he wanted to keep the prime minister, looking at the situation, the Taiwei wants to eat people, but His Majesty only wants to cut the meat...... Thinking of this, Wang Piyan came out and said: "I think that Lord Wei is an authority, and what he said should be good." ”

Over there, Wen Yanbo saw several Shangshu of the Jiang and Li families behaving like this, and knew that it must be from the instructions of the old prime minister, so he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and said secretly: "If you still want to make a comeback, you can only do this." Thinking of this, he made a gesture and motioned for his officials to come out in unison: "We will second......

Li Hun suddenly had no choice, and there were many people behind him, but they were all generals of the forbidden army, officers of the military department, and the like, and they couldn't interject. It was precisely because he was eager to reverse this situation that he wanted to completely press Wen Yanbo and replace him.

At this point, he also understood that he had fallen into other people's calculations: he used a gun for nothing for a while and did not say anything, and he also turned a lot of civil officials into evil. But this evil fire has not yet been sown and has nowhere to be placed, because no one has ever targeted him. It's he who looks at his greed, and he has to jump into the trap, who can blame him for eating a mouthful of mud?

Old man Li retreated angrily, and said with a sneer: "If you dare to mess around, the old man will be mad." "I kind of agreed to it.

Emperor Zhaowu smiled faintly and said, "Since everyone has no opinion. Wei Aiqing, you have seen the account book, so I will leave it to you for review. ”

Wei Zhengyi said with a solemn face: "Obey." Saying that, he strode out of the ranks, respectfully knelt down and received the Son of Heaven Sword, Qin Chayin and other tokens, and then turned to face the hundred officials and said: "Now the lower officials are ordered by the Son of Heaven to interrogate in the court, please cooperate with the hundred officials, if there is any inquiry, you must answer truthfully." ”

All the officials agreed in unison, but they understood in their hearts that the Prime Minister had accepted His Majesty's arrangement by agreeing to the trial in the court, and now it was just a formality.

Wei Zhengyi said seriously: "On the evidence!" Then a little eunuch brought a thin account book. Wei Zhengyi picked up the account book and flipped through it a few times, and said in a deep voice: "This account book is a record of bribery in the field this year, the time, name, and amount are all complete, can you recognize the master?" ”

The scholars who were listening had already heard the news from Emperor Zhaowu, so they were passive when they saw the account books, and they did not express any objections.

The officials present breathed a sigh of relief, and they originally received the news that the lifters had handed in a thick account book, which recorded all the records of fraud in the field from the early years of Zhaowu to the present. In that case, none of them would be able to escape.

But now, only this year's bribery list has been exposed, and it seems that it has nothing to do with them. In addition to breathing a sigh of relief, the determination of the officials to hold together to the end has weakened a lot.

Seeing the account book that had lost a circle, Wen Yanbo was also stunned, and said without thinking: "I haven't seen it, the account books of the Han family are much thicker than this." ”

Wei Zhengyi sneered and said, "But the handwriting on it is quite familiar. Saying that, he said to Wen Yantao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites: "Wen Shangshu, please come and recognize it, whose handwriting is this?" ”

Wen Yantao also thought that this was a fake account book, walked over in a relaxed mood, and smiled lightly: "Just look at it, is it because the official is not ...... to write" only glanced at it, and before the word 'cheng' was spoken, his face suddenly turned pale.

I saw that the strokes on it were so familiar, and it was clearly written by him. This account book turned out to be the one that was lost by the Prime Minister's Mansion, but most of it was missing for some reason.

Wen Yantao was sweating like a pulp, and he was completely ownerless.

Wei Zhengyi smiled and said, "Did you write it?" Wen Yantao wanted to shake his head, but he knew that as long as he found his past documents and compared, anyone could decide that this was his handwriting, so he couldn't help but swallow and foam, and couldn't say a word on the ground.

Wen Yanbo saw his younger brother like this, how could he not know what was wrong. In a flash, he changed to a shocked expression and said, "Yantao, are you really writing?" The two eyes stared at Wen Yantao like a murderous one, gritted his teeth and said, "You have to think about it carefully before answering!" ”

Wen Yantao's knees weakened when he heard this, and he knelt on the ground and sifted like chaff and whimpered: "Big brother...... Brother is not Xiao, it is my ghost who has lost his mind and has done some shady things behind your back...... "He is not a fool, he knows that at this time, he must break his wrist and protect the family, so that he can make a comeback, otherwise everyone will finish playing together."

Wen Yanbo trembled when he heard this, and he was about to fall. Wen Mingli on the side hurriedly helped him, and it took him a long time to recover his strength, and he said with a sad face: "How can you do such a hurtful thing?" How many times have I told you, Dabi is a great ceremony for the country's talents, and it is related to the future luck of my Daqin, you can't be sloppy at all, you dare to use your power for personal gain......" said and covered his face and cried: "The family is unfortunate......"

Wen Yantao was not in the mood to follow the acting, he knelt on the ground and trembled, feeling extremely scared in his heart, and suddenly a trace of realization arose, the life of the fresh clothes and angry horses was over, and the future was ...... There is no future.

Wei Zhengyi said with a worried face: "There is another witness," glanced at the eunuch on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Bring a witness." The eunuchs dragged up a dry old man who was so frightened that he was covered in chaff, it was Uncle Ni Ba Ni who bribed Wen Mingli that day.

As soon as he saw this old man, Wen Mingli was stirred and secretly said that he wanted something bad.

Sure enough, as soon as Uncle Ni came back to his senses, he pounced on him, and several eunuchs didn't stop him, and shouted in his mouth: "Senator Wen, you big liar, you said that you should be a jinshi for me, and you deceived me of everything in my house, and there was only a little donkey left." ”

The eunuch in the back came up and threw him to the ground, but he still grabbed Wen Mingli's trouser leg, and the ghost cried wolf: "Why do you arrest me?" I don't deserve to be a jinshi, you pay back! ”

Wen Mingli lifted his pants vigorously and said: "Don't spray people in this bloody mouth, you still want to be a jinshi like a bear, and the is almost ......."

"You, you don't admit it, you have no asshole when you give birth to a son, I have proof!" I only heard Uncle Ni say angrily.