"Where is Captain Ting?" Emperor Ling waved his hand and stopped the commotion.

"The minister is here."

"Aiqing is in charge of the laws of the Han Dynasty, and all the secretaries present, if you are proficient in the law and understand the prison, you should be the first. Please ask Aiqing to check the evidence sent by Yanmen County in court, and then tell me and Zhuqing the authenticity of these evidence. "The territory is expressionless.

The election of officials in the Han Dynasty, if it is reliable, it should be the successive Taishi Ling and Tingwei, who can basically finally perform their duties.

Ting Wei looked through the box of evidence on the spot, including the confessions of the parties, the testimony of witnesses, correspondence, the account books of land deeds, and some small items as evidence.

After a while, Ting Wei stood up and bowed to Emperor Ling, and said, "Your Majesty, although the parties and witnesses have not been summoned, judging from these evidences alone, there is a good chance that this matter is true. Because if it is a fraud, even if it is done by the minister, it may not be able to reach this level. ”

"It seems to be true, it's all true. These righteous gentlemen, who are full of Confucian classics and full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, are cruel and tyrannical than all others every day, in addition to wearing high hats, carrying money and fields to their homes. Emperor Ling muttered to himself, and then looked up at the ministers of the full hall:

"Ladies and gentlemen, although you have been scolding me behind my back and arranging many unbearable hobbies for me, I can not care about them; There are more and more acres of land in Zhuqing's house, often measured in tens of thousands of acres, 100,000 acres, or even millions of acres, and I have never let anyone be convicted for this;

During the second battle of the party, although I inherited the throne, after all, I was young, for so many years, Zhuqing has always called it the disaster of the party, and arranged the story so that good and evil are clear, I will inevitably be moved by it, what a touching story of the persecution of a gentleman and loyal minister!

Those so-called three gentlemen, eight gentlemen, eight gu, eight and, eight cooks, what nicknames are good, what hats are good-looking, all moral gentlemen put on their heads, just flaunt their noble character enough? It's not enough, you have to put on the hat of a faint monarch and traitor to others, and then launch a coup d'état first, but the coup failed, and you shout all day long that you are persecuted by this and that persecution, saying that I favor the eunuchs and kill the loyal and good! Hehe, the coup d'état was launched so justifiably, and it is really breathtaking in all dynasties!

Today, I'm going to kill a few more for you to see.

Come on, the servant Wang Gang, reversing right and wrong, spreading rumors, intending to harm Zhongliang, removing the position of the servant, and handing it over to the court lieutenant for strict trial;

Yang Biao, the guard lieutenant, was suspected of forming a party, so he was dismissed from the post of guard lieutenant, demoted to a civilian, and never used;

Taifu Yuan Kui, the right and wrong are unknown, and he will be fined for one year.

Yanmen County is too guarded by Ye Teng, has good governance, supports justice, and commends the decree. ”

"No!"

Looking, Wang Gang and Yang Biao were taken out of the court, Yuan Kui's face was pale, and Emperor Ling seemed to be unfinished, and continued:

"The great-great-grandson of Emperor Ibenzhang, due to the early death of his father, inherited the position of the Marquis of the Jiedu Pavilion. The Empress Dowager Mengdou favored her, and at the age of 12, she was able to enter the unification, and now she has been 30 years old.

Compared with Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Shizu, I know that my qualifications are mediocre, and I have not contributed much to the society, and during my reign, there have been much-criticized party disputes, as well as the Yellow Turban Rebellion where tens of millions of heads fell to the ground and hundreds of millions of people were displaced, the floods in Zeguo for thousands of miles, and the drought with locusts all over the ground and no harvest, I know that after I die, you will definitely not give me a good name.

However, I firmly believe that no matter how much you distort the matter and write the annals of history, you can't write me as a fool, right?

I have been the emperor for 30 years, and I don't understand many things, but I really can't do anything.

The eunuchs in the palace have been scolded by you for decades, but which civil and military official position in the court who can govern and control the Han world is held by them?

No, not a single one.

Despite this, once natural and man-made disasters occur in the world, you all put the responsibility on the eunuchs, on your relatives, and on me.

I have been on the throne for 30 years, and I have not seen a single civil servant take the initiative to take the responsibility for the ineffective governance of the local government!

The treasury was empty every year, the rats in the granary were dying of hunger, and the money and grain received from the treasury every year were not enough to distribute the money to the officials, not to mention the embarrassed inner court.

Seventy percent of the fertile land in this country is in the hands of the big families, but they do not have to pay a single copper plate tax or bear any forced labor. And more than ninety percent of the common people, with 30 percent of the acres of land is still barely able to make a living, how can they afford heavy taxes and forced labor?

Still, are you satisfied, no! Not only is he trying to speed up the annexation of the fields in the hands of the poor people, but he also wears the hat of "Jiuchi Meat Forest" on my head.

I believe that the high-ranking officials above Jiuqing here can be richer than me if they copy any of them, don't you believe that we can copy one and take a look?

If you have to say, who is responsible for the Yellow Turban Rebellion? I firmly believe that it is you! It was the Qing and the family behind you who forced the poor people to have no way out and rise up!

However, in order to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court not only received the tax revenue for five years, but also had to allow the clans and local officials to recruit troops on their own and hold military power. Because I have no soldiers and no food in my hands!

Sometimes in midnight meditation, I feel that I am really ashamed to be a descendant of the Liu family, watching the country sink day by day, but there is nothing I can do!

Today I want to tell Zhu Qing, don't be too greedy, really, if you eat too much, your stomach will inevitably burst.

If one day, this country, without me, my sons, and these eunuchs, will take the blame for you, and you can only put those sinful hats firmly on your heads!

I'm tired, and I'm almost enough of being a king for thirty years.

I will give you a word today, if the Liu royal family who is guilty of the crime is gone, few of you big families will have a good end! ”

After Emperor Ling finished speaking, he struggled and staggered up from the dragon chair, Zhang Rang wanted to step forward to help, but was stopped by Emperor Lingdi waving his hand, and he was alone, dragging his lonely and lonely back, and walked slowly towards the depths of the palace step by step.

The courtiers and eunuchs bowed down and watched quietly as the emperor's back disappeared around the corner of the palace, silent.

Zhang asked the next dynasty to return home.

Thinking about everything that happened in the court today, a sense of crisis that I had never felt before emerged in my heart.

"Come on, go and invite Zuo Feng." Zhang Rang thought for a moment and ordered a guard.

"No!"

After a while, Zuo Feng's voice begging to see him came from the door.

"Meet Master Hou!"

"Well, no courtesy, you did a good job on the errand of the Taishou of Yanmen County, what reward do you want, you bring it up, I will try to satisfy you." Zhang Rang's face is full of amiability, Ye Teng was introduced to Zhang's mansion by Zuo Feng, it seems that Zuo Feng and Ye Teng should have a good relationship.

"It is the duty of a slave to run errands for the Hou Ye, and I dare not ask for the reward of the Hou Ye." Zuo Feng lowered his head, and his respectful color was even stronger.

"Even so, meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and faults will be punished, this is what His Majesty taught us. In this way, I still have a mansion in my hand, not far from your current mansion, which is much more magnificent than your current mansion, so I will reward you. ”

"Thank you, Master Hou." Zuo Feng knew that Zhang Rang had such a kind attitude today, and he praised himself and sent him to the mansion, and there must be follow-ups.

"Today in the court, our family has greatly lost the face of those civil servants, the servants and guards have been dismissed, and the emperor also praised Ye Teng for his good governance and justice!"

"Congratulations to Master Hou!"

"There is nothing to congratulate, Your Majesty's body is getting worse day by day, to put it mildly, if one day Your Majesty returns to heaven, do you think those high-ranking officials and families will let us go? So, we'll have to find a way back for ourselves.

I came to you today because you are my confidant, so I entrusted you with a big event! ”

"Please command!"

"Has martial law been lifted in Yanmen County? Can the teleportation array be used? ”

"It hasn't been lifted yet, but Ye Taishou left a message when he left, he has specially set up the Yanmen County Teleportation Array so that you and the slave can pass at any time."

"Looks like a person with a heart. You go to Yanmen County, find Ye Teng, and give him His Majesty's Decree of Commendation. But this is not the point, the point is to bring him my words without missing a word: in the future, let him not worry about the affairs of the court, and this marquis will withstand the attack of the family for him. Let him govern Yanmen County well, if the money and food are not enough, you can come to me, I still have some money here, you can also give it to him. Remember? ”

"Remember!"

"Do a good job, I won't treat you badly in the future." Zhang Rang patted Zuo Feng on the shoulder, and handed over the holy decree and a house deed.