Chapter 345: No Official, No Greed
Although Liu Xie is tired of being the emperor, he also hates the kind of officials who dare to bend the law for personal gain and take bribes and cheat.
With an angry expression, he slammed the letter that Hua Xiong had presented to him to the ground.
"You've done a great job!"
Liu Xie roared.
Yang Biao and Yang Xiu, father and son, looked at each other, both at a loss.
And Fu Wan on the side had a weak expression on his face.
"Take the evidence presented by King Wei and pass it on to the hundred officials in turn!"
Liu Xie suppressed the anger in his heart and said coldly.
The eunuch picked up the letter and handed it to Xun Yu at the front.
After Xun Yu saw it, a look of surprise also appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but look at Yang Xiu and them.
Then he handed the letter to Wang Yun on the side.
The crowd took turns passing the letters and reading them.
When the letter came to Yang Biao's side, the father and son invariably stuck out their heads and looked at the letter.
After reading it, the two only felt a chill behind their backs.
The letter recorded in detail how the Yang family embezzled public land in their hometown of Huayin County, Hongnong County.
Huaxiong provided seeds, farming tools, and cattle to the people free of charge, and the cultivated farmland was called public land.
The imperial court issued a strict decree that public land could not be traded, but the people were free to farm.
However, Yang Biao and Yang Xiu's relatives in their hometown ignored this decree and wantonly embezzled the people's public land!
In addition, it was also recorded in the letter that Fu Wan and other relatives of the emperor also embezzled the public land!
No wonder Emperor Liu Xie was so angry after seeing it, and the reaction of the civil and military officials was so strange!
"I said why your Yang family and Fu Guozhang are so vehemently opposed to the re-surveying of the land.
It turned out to be selfish, for fear of being found out about embezzling public land. ”
Hua Xiong sneered.
The emperor and the ministers in the hall looked at Yang Biao and their eyes changed.
"I didn't expect that Taiwei Yang would be such a person in his bones on weekdays!"
"Hey, there's a good saying, you don't know your heart."
"No official is not greedy, this sentence is a truth since ancient times."
Listening to the discussions of the people around him, Yang Biao almost didn't spurt blood!
"Dad, this ...... What the hell is going on? ”
Yang Xiu was also confused.
The two of them are strict with themselves on weekdays and never bend the law for personal gain.
I didn't expect this to happen.
"Huaxiong, you must have framed you!"
Yang Xiu glared at Hua Xiong angrily.
"I, Huaxiong, have always done things above board, and I will never frame a good person, nor will I let go of a bad person.
These evidences were all collected by the Military Intelligence Department from Huayin County.
Yang Dezu, if you don't believe it, you can go back and take a look yourself. ”
Seeing that Yang Xiu, Yang Biao and the others were a little panicked, Hua Xiong sneered in his heart.
Although Yang Biao's father and son are clean and self-conscious, they never bend the law for personal gain on weekdays.
But their relatives are not humble gentlemen.
The Yang family, under the name of Taiwei Yang Biao, was rampant and domineering in Huayin County.
Not to mention that the country is over, and the encroached public land has reached an outrageous level!
Hua Xiong originally thought that it would be a little troublesome to clean up Yang Biao's father and son, but he didn't want to be so easy.
Although the father and son are not clear about the nonsense of their relatives, but now in ancient times, one person broke the law, and it was possible to connect the nine clans!
"Your Majesty, I beg you to punish the three of them heavily to set an example!"
Hua Xiong said in a deep voice.
"Minister, second!"
Xun Yu looked angry and was the first to stand up.
He is most concerned about the people's livelihood, and the Yang family and Fu Wan are so arrogant and arrogant to encroach on the people's public land, which really makes him angry.
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
"Seconded!"
Wang Yun, Cai Yong and other ministers also stood up one after another.
Yang Biao, Yang Xiu, and Fu Wan opened their mouths, but they didn't know how to defend themselves.
After all, it is really based on the evidence that they are there, and it is indeed they who have violated the decrees of the imperial court!
Although occasionally a few officials stood up to defend Yang Biao and them, Emperor Liu Xie thought for a moment and finally decided to blame Yang Biao and others.
"King Wei, this matter is handled by you, everything is in accordance with the laws of the imperial court."
Liu Xie dropped this sentence indifferently, got up and walked towards the harem.
And when he heard this, Fu Wan seemed to lose his strength all of a sudden, and he collapsed on the ground.
Although Yang Biao and Yang Xiu, father and son, stood there strongly, their faces also showed a trace of misery.
With their grievances and disputes with Hua Xiong on weekdays, how could Hua Xiong not seize this opportunity to put them to death?
"Come on, take these three adults to prison!"
Hua Xiong waved his hand.
Several palace guards pounced like wolves, escorted the three of them, and sent them to the prison!
Seeing the three of them being taken away, the eyes of the ministers of the DPRK and Central China drifted to Hua Xiong, and they were immediately full of awe.
It seems that whoever offends can't offend King Wei!
Everyone's hearts involuntarily floated such a thought.
……
Imperial prison.
The dark, damp environment, the disgusting smell, the faint wailing can be heard.
Yang Xiu, Yang Biao, and Fu Wan were next to each other.
"Taiwei Yang, you said that we are fine, why should we not get along with Huaxiong?"
After crying, his face was sad, and he was separated from the prison road.
Yang Xiu and Yang Biao frowned, thinking, wasn't it you who shouted so loudly at the beginning, saying that you were incompatible with Hua Xiong?
"Alas, it's over, my life is going to be gone......"
sighed after the end.
Yang Xiu snorted lightly,
"Fu Guozhang, you better save your energy, no matter how much you cry and admit your mistakes, Huaxiong can't see it."
As soon as his words landed, Hua Xiong's voice came.
"Who said I couldn't hear that?"
With a slight sound of footsteps, Hua Xiong slowly appeared in front of the three of them.
"King Wei, sinners know that they are wrong, please give me a chance!"
After the ambush, it was as if the person who had fallen into the water grabbed half of the life-saving straw and knelt down towards Huaxiong.
He kowtowed and begged for mercy.
But Hua Xiong looked at Yang Biao and Yang Xiu in the cell on the other side as if he hadn't seen it.
Seeing this, Yang Biao turned his head away, with an arrogant expression.
Yang Xiu smiled coldly,
"Hua Xiong, if you want me to beg for mercy like Fu Guozhang, it's impossible!"
"Good boy, it's quite bulging."
Hua Xiong smiled,
"Now the court has clarified the case. Fu Guozhang embezzled a huge amount of public land, and he should be beheaded.
But you are the ruler of your majesty, so you are free to choose, a glass of poisoned wine or a roll of white silk. ”
"Huh?"
Fu was dumbfounded. He never expected that Hua Xiong's coming this time would actually be a death sentence for him!
"I'm not convinced! I'm His Majesty's father-in-law!
I just embezzled a little bit of land from those untouchables, why should I be sentenced to death?!
I want to see Your Majesty! ”