The Royal Palace, the Imperial Study.

Li Shengtian was filled with righteous indignation: "Your Majesty, Xiao Yi is really too blind. He was so arrogant that he drove Vice President Chen out of Xiaoshanhe Courtyard, which was already shaking the foundation of Xiaoshanhe Courtyard! ”

Tian Xiao added oil and vinegar to the side: "Your Majesty, don't you know that when Chen Shuiwen left, the tutors and more than two-thirds of the disciples of the entire Xiaoshan River Academy took the initiative to leave with him. It is conceivable how unpopular Xiao Yi is, he actually drove out Chen Shuiwen, who had worked hard, in order to monopolize power, which is really chilling! ”

On the side of the two.

Chen Shuiwen was kneeling on the ground, his face was full of sorrow and despair, his shoulders twitched, and he couldn't cry: "Your Majesty, my subordinates are not coveting the position of vice president, but I have worked hard for Xiaoshanhe Courtyard over the years, and I have regarded Xiaoshanhe Courtyard as my home." Xiao Yi, he expelled me from Xiaoshanhe Courtyard for no reason, and his subordinates were heartbroken......"

Li Shengtian said righteously: "How can such a person be in charge of Xiaoshan River Courtyard? I implore Your Majesty to retract your order and let Chen Shuiwen continue to manage Xiaoshanhe Courtyard! ”

Tian Xiaolang said: "I implore Your Majesty to take back your order!" ”

Emperor Qian sat behind the bookcase.

Squinting slightly.

Quietly listening to the three of you, he didn't make a sound, and he didn't see any emotional changes.

Li Shengtian hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I heard that Xiao Yi also abolished His Royal Highness Yang Jin, this son is simply lawless, and he doesn't take His Majesty in his eyes at all!" ”

"That's right, even the prince dares to say that he will be abolished, this is an attempt to rebel!" Tian Xiaodao.

"Rebellion? The two adults have this hat buttoned down, Xiao can't afford it! ”

Xiao Yi's voice came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, Xiao Yi asks to see you!" ”

Emperor Qian raised his eyebrows, his squinted eyes opened slightly, and said, "Come in!" ”

"Yes!"

Xiao Yat strode into the imperial study.

Keep your head high.

The body is as tall as a pine and cypress, and the backbone is like a sword that pierces the sky.

Xiao Yi arched his hand towards Emperor Qian, and said, "Xiao Yi has seen Your Majesty!" ”

"Hmm!"

Emperor Qian had no joy or sorrow, and he couldn't see any other emotions, so he said lightly, "Xiao Yi, Lord Li and Lord Tian, and Chen Shuiwen sued you for your own selfish desires, monopolizing power, and forcing Chen Shuiwen out of Xiaoshanhe Courtyard. Is there such a thing? ”

Xiao Yi's indifferent gaze swept at the three of them and said, "Yes!" ”

"Your Majesty, look at it, he has admitted it!" Li Shengtian said.

Tian Xiaolian said: "Bold Xiao Yi, Chen Shuiwen is the vice president of the Xiaoshan River Academy given by His Majesty, who gave you the power to drive him away?" ”

Emperor Qian didn't say a word.

Xiao Yi looked at the two of them with a calm face, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Is this enough for the power that Your Majesty gave me?" ”

"Your Majesty has given you the power?"

Li Shengtian sneered, "Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, do you dare to be honest in front of Your Majesty?" Your Majesty is a generation of Ming monarchs, how can he give you such power? ”

Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows: "What does Master Li mean is that if this power is really given to me by His Majesty, he is a faint monarch?" ”

"That's ...... nature"

Li Shengtian nodded subconsciously, and as soon as the words came out, he was full of regret.

"Bold!"

Xiao Yi had already opened his mouth to scold, and the roar was like thunder, which made Li Shengtian's face suddenly pale, "Li Shengtian, what are you?" How dare you insult Your Majesty as a faint king? ”

Li Shengtian's face turned pale, and he hurriedly denied it: "You, you, you fart, how could this official ever say that His Majesty is a faint monarch?" ”

Xiao Yi arched his hand towards Emperor Qian, and said, "When His Majesty asked me to be the president of Xiaoshanhe Academy, he said that Xiaoshanhe Academy was fully responsible for me. Since he is fully responsible, let alone expelling the moths in Xiaoshan River Courtyard, he will be killed, and outsiders can't say a word of no. You said that Your Majesty is a Ming monarch, and it is impossible to give me such power. Now that this power is given to me by Your Majesty, don't you say that Your Majesty is a faint king? ”

"I, I ......"

Li Shengtian was in a cold sweat and hurriedly looked at Emperor Qian.

Emperor Qiandi said quietly: "It is indeed the power I gave him!" ”

Poof!

Li Shengtian knelt directly on the ground, his head slammed into the ground: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, the minister, the minister has no such meaning, this is all Xiao Yi misinterpreting the minister......"

"Okay, Li Aiqing doesn't need to be like this, you are the minister of my humerus, I naturally trust you!"

Emperor Qian waved his hand to let Li Shengtian get up, he looked at Xiao Yi and said, "Xiao Yi, although I have given you power, the Xiaoshan River Courtyard is up to you. I shouldn't have asked, but since Lord Li and Lord Tian have sued you, then you can tell them why they expelled Chen Shuiwen from Xiaoshanhe Courtyard! ”

"Yes!"

Xiao Yi nodded and said, "The royal family allocates tens of billions of taels of silver to Xiaoshanhe Courtyard every year, but according to my verification, Xiaoshanhe Academy's monthly expenses are only 300 million taels. There is a balance of more than 6 billion taels of silver every year, and Chen Shuiwen has been in charge of Xiaoshanhe Courtyard for more than ten years, and it stands to reason that there should be no less than 100 billion taels of silver, but now the treasury is only a few million taels of silver......

"What?"

"A few million taels of silver?"

Even Li Shengtian and Tian Xiao were stunned, and the two glared at Chen Shuiwen fiercely.

Chen Shuiwen didn't tell them the news!

Chen Shuiwen had already prepared, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, your subordinates have never been greedy for a penny. It is true that the monthly expenses of Xiaoshanhe Courtyard over the years are only 300 million, but the rest of the appropriation of 10 billion taels of silver is used for the ancestor worship ceremony, which is clearly listed in the account book. As long as the account book is checked, the innocence of the subordinates can be proved. ”

Xiao Yi said: "Then you can take out the account book!" ”

The ledgers were burned out with the fire in the storeroom.

Where is the ledger?

However......

Chen Shuiwen smiled sinisterly, and took out a thick account book from his arms, which looked like it was some years old, and he sneered in his heart: Fortunately, Lao Tzu was smart and had already prepared both true and false account books.

The real ledger has been burned.

The fake ledger is exactly the one in his hand.

Xiao Yijian's eyebrows froze.

Chen Shuiwen glanced at him defiantly.

Emperor Qiandi spread out the account book, which did record all the expenses in detail, among which the cost of a single ancestor worship ceremony was nearly seven billion, and Emperor Qiandi frowned and said: "The ancestor worship ceremony actually costs seven billion?" ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know, everything used in the ancestor worship ceremony is of the highest standard, and the cost is naturally larger!"

Chen Shuiwen wailed with a painful face, "Your Majesty, your subordinates are loyal to Your Majesty!" Not only are the subordinates not greedy for ink, but even the annual appropriation is not enough to support the expenses of Xiaoshanhe Academy, and the subordinates are paying money out of their own pockets. But as a courtier, he should solve problems for His Majesty, and his subordinates have never complained to His Majesty about their hardships and cried poverty. But Xiao Yat took this as a threat, and even tried to destroy the account book to frame his subordinates by burning the treasury, and his subordinates were really wronged! ”

Li Shengtian said sharply: "Your Majesty, how can such a loyal minister be slandered and framed? Please also ask Your Majesty to call the shots for Chen Shuiwen! ”

"Please call the shots!"

Tian Xiao also said.

Emperor Qian frowned and looked at Xiao Yi: "Xiao Yi, what do you think?" ”

Looking at the three of Chen Shuiwen who had a very tacit understanding in front of him, Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, I have a way to prove my innocence!" ”