Because Empress Dowager Hu came to intercede, Hu Changren escaped death for the time being, and soon he would know what Gao Wei's punishment of Hu Changren was.

Two days later, there was another court meeting, and Hu Changren, who had eaten three days in prison, staggered up to the Taiji Hall. So in the past few days, he can't sleep well and eat well, but after three days, he has become much haggard. The beard is stubble, the hair is messy, the eyes are blue, and I don't know what serious illness I thought I had.

He skipped the courtiers who were sneering at him, walked to the center of the main hall, and just saw Gao Wei's imperial crown, he fell to his knees with a puff, trembling, he didn't even dare to raise his head, let alone shout that he was wronged like a few days ago, he knew whether he could live or not depends on Gao Wei's words.

Gao Wei looked at Hu Changren kneeling below with interest, and asked for a long time, "Uncle, are you guilty?" ”

"The minister is guilty, the minister is guilty!" Hu Changren kowtowed like pounding garlic, Gao Wei originally wanted to use the topic to pinch him a few times, but when he saw Hu Changren's spineless behavior, he was also very contemptuous, so he temporarily dispelled this thought and went straight to the point:

"Uncle, I checked the account books at your house last night, and it was really a surprise and eye-opening...... There are hundreds of thousands of copper coins alone. Tell me yourself, where did the money come from, and the imperial court doesn't seem to have the ability to send you so much money, right? ”

Gao Wei smiled, Hu Changren trembled, but all shook out, "These, these silver are all bribed by the people below to bribe Wei Chen, and there are also ministers who got it from the people......" He couldn't help but secretly look at Gao Wei's face, and seeing Gao Wei's face was unfathomable, his heart was raised again.

"What a word...... Gao Wei nodded meaningfully, scanning the ministers below, "And you, how many of you are like him, I don't know for the time being, is it that you will go to the people to get money whenever you want it?" ”

"The ministers are terrified!" The courtiers below knelt on the ground in an uproar, and Gao Wei smashed his fist on the armrest of the dragon head on the edge of the dragon couch, and drank: "Enough!" I don't want to hear the word panic, can I cover up the past with a word of prevarication when something happens? Then what do you think of the court and the law?! ”

"Come on, bring everything to me, so that Aiqing can also open her eyes." As soon as Gao Wei raised his hand, a large group of people carried large and small boxes up to the main hall, and soon the corridor of the court hall was filled with these boxes.

"What is this?" Zhao Yanshen probably didn't expect Hu Changren to reach this level.

Gao Wei raised his hand again, and a brocade-clothed armor soldier stepped forward, cut the lock on the box with a knife, and then fell down, and the dazzling array of gold and silver was piled up on the ground, and suddenly the entire hall became a piece of gold, and all kinds of brilliant brilliance dazzled people's eyes.

Everyone looked at it and saw that the ground was full of pearls and emeralds, and there were countless jade ornaments, gold and silver. This is nothing, another larger box was also split by the Jinyi Lieutenant, and the gold and silver beads inside fell to the ground, and the contents were even more gorgeous and precious.

Hu Changren listened to his baby being rudely thrown to the ground, and the flesh on his distressed face twitched, but he didn't dare to say anything, his life couldn't be saved, what else did he need gold and silver for, you have to have this life flower! So he simply buried his head in the ground and loaded the ostrich.

"Are the rest of the boxes?" Gao Wei asked Liu Taozhi, and Liu Taozhi replied: "Your Majesty, the remaining boxes are full of these things, and there are still a few boxes outside the main hall that have not been brought in." ”

Gao Wei secretly took a breath of cool air, although he had already known this huge amount before, but when these gold and silver appeared in front of him in a specific image, he was still inevitably moved, and at the same time, he gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart, the reason why Northern Qi died so quickly was caused by you moths!

Gao Wei casually said a witty remark: "It seems that I don't have to go to great lengths to raise military salaries for Zuo Xiang...... Uncle, I want to thank you for that. ”

Hu Changren was probably stunned with fright, and actually said: "This, this is the duty of a minister." ”

Cushman laughed angrily: "You can't hear the good words, do you?" If everyone were like you, then we would have been done a long time ago! …… Uncle, it's only been a few years since my father ascended the throne? How did you just loot so much money? Well, I'm curious as to why you managed to find so much silver under the nose of the monks? ”

Hu Changren trembled and didn't dare to speak at all. Gao Wei sighed and said in great disappointment:

"The people are precious, the community is second, and the king is again. The people are higher than the sky, and their relationship with the court is like a boat and water. You are the emperor, I originally expected you to love the people and set an example for the courtiers, but how did you do it? Looting for money, greedy and greedy! Treat the people like grass mustard and lambs! How do you do this to make the people feel about the court? What do you think of me?! ”

Zhao Yanshen, Tang Yong, Feng Zicong, Hu Changwei and other ministers brightened their eyes, not because of the killing intent expressed by Gao Wei towards Hu Changren, but because of Gao Wei's casual sentence "Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat".

Zhao Yanshen was even more careful in his heart, "Take the king as the boat, take the people as the water, the water can carry the boat, and it can also overturn the boat!" …… Wonderful, wonderful! ”

Many ministers in the court were moved by this sentence, the emperor actually had such extraordinary insight, and he was very lucky!

However, Hu Changren didn't have the heart to perceive Shangyi, his mind was blank now, and his back was already soaked with cold sweat, and he was almost scared to faint on the spot. Just when he was waiting for death in despair, Gao Wei sighed and said:

"For a crime like yours, I originally wanted to slash you, but yesterday my mother pleaded with me, and I still have to see my mother's face, or not, I will give you another chance to live......"

All the ministers are in a circle, what tricks will Your Majesty play? Hu Changren raised his head ecstatically.

I saw Gao Wei raise his hand, point to a large box, and said: "If you can carry this box on your back, go out of the palace gate out of the royal road, and then go around every street in the imperial city, and finally carry the box home safely, then I will not only not kill you, but also reward you with the property in this box, but if you dare to be lazy, walk less or rest on the road, then no matter what the queen mother says, I will definitely kill you, do you understand?" ”

Hu Changren's brain was stunned, and he looked at the big box behind him in a daze, although this box is not knee-high, it contains jewelry and jade, not to mention it must weigh one hundred and twenty or thirty pounds, plus the large and small streets in Yecheng add up to a very long time, Gao Wei is very interesting to erase those small streets, but the remaining streets must also have thirty or forty! If you go through it all again and don't repeat it, you have to travel more than 100 miles! It's really going to be my life!

The emperor's nephew is a grace here, and it is clearly a toss!

Hu Changren's face was full of bitterness, and he didn't dare to intercede with Gao Wei, so he had to see if the ministers had interceded for him, but he was disappointed, because his reputation was too stinky, so not many people were willing to stand up for him. Besides, Hu Changzhen didn't come out, why did they want to stand up for Hu Changren?

Although Hu Changjie is Hu Changren's cousin, Hu Changjian and Hu Changren are essentially two completely different people, two extremes, just because of this, Hu Changjie was once squeezed out by Hu Changren's slander and deposed from Beijing, at this time, it would be good if he didn't step on it, how could he speak for him?

Hu Changren had no hope, so he could only accept the arrangement of fate, and bowed his head and said: "Weichen takes the order." ”

In fact, such a bad trick was not come up with Gao Wei, but the trick that Emperor Zhengde, the most legendary emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty, came up with, and it was quite effective to punish the big corrupt officials, but Gao Wei thought that he was still much more merciful than Zhengde, he just asked Hu Changren to carry the box around the imperial city, and Zhengde asked the family to carry it all the way back to his hometown from the capital! Later, I forgot what happened to that brother, and I guess he was exhausted on the way home.

Gao Wei nodded with satisfaction, and waved his big hand: "King Zhaojun, I order you to mobilize three thousand soldiers and horses to guard along the street, so that the crowd will not collide with Uncle Guo!" ”

This is to protect Hu Changren, which is obviously a joke that the people of the whole city come to see Hu Changren.

Gao Rui, the king of Zhaojun, couldn't cry or laugh, and he had to keep a face and say, "The minister obeys the order." He turned his head and looked at Hu Changren with a smile, and said, "Uncle Guo, take Your Majesty's reward on your back, let's go?" ”