Ye Qingcang was very surprised when he learned the news.

He admired Li Changfeng very much.

In his opinion, Li Changfeng acted recklessly on the surface, but in fact he was extremely intelligent, and he was not the kind of arrogant and unreasonable person, and there must be something strange in it.

He has always focused on the army, and has never asked about the battles between the major forces, but at this time, he can't help but be interested and cause people to pay attention.

When Feng Qujian learned about this, he let out a long sigh.

As the prime minister of the head of the hundred officials, he is naturally well aware of the contradictions between the royal family and the eight great families, and has been secretly maintaining the balance between the two camps.

Now that something like this has happened, he is very worried that it will ignite the war between the royal family and the eight great families, and the whole world will be in turmoil.

"His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes, now is not the time, why don't you hold back a little longer, and wait until the country is rich and the people are strong after you ascend the throne?"

Feng Quji's face was full of worry.

After a period of worry, he thought of Li Changfeng's previous unbelievable actions, and his face gradually showed a look of expectation.

"His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes has repeatedly created miracles, maybe he can really help His Majesty defeat the Eight Great Families, and maybe he will be able to do a lot of good!"

However, Li Changfeng, as the person concerned, acted like a nobody, he should eat and drink, so as to avoid being unenergetic in the morning and going to bed early.

Early in the morning of the second day, Li Changfeng came to the Xuanzheng Hall in good spirits.

Now he is in the middle of the day, although the positive and rigid Zhao family makes many ministers feel that his future is worrying, but no minister dares to despise him.

All the ministers stepped forward to greet them warmly, and at the same time had a little tentative thoughts, but they found that he did not have the slightest sign of concern, and responded enthusiastically to everyone, as if he was nothing.

Song Dexin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, did not step forward to say hello, and looked at Li Changfeng from a distance with a complicated expression, but soon became firm again.

Emperor Qianwu arrived, and the ministers worshipped.

After the ceremony, Emperor Qianwu looked around at everyone, stopped on Li Changfeng's face for a moment, and then said in a flat tone: "Do you Aiqing have something to discuss?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Song Dexin bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes for acting recklessly without the laws of the country, damaging the face of the royal family, and should be demoted to the common people, so as to set an example!" ”

The ministers were not in an uproar, they had expected it.

Emperor Qianwu's eyes flashed, he glanced at Li Changfeng, who had a calm expression, raised his tone a few points, and asked, "Oh? Why did the Qing family say this? ”

Song Dexin: "Your Majesty, Weichen received a complaint yesterday, His Royal Highness the Ninth Emperor Prince sent someone to burn many properties of the Zhao family at night, the evidence is conclusive and irrefutable!" ”

"Those who set fire to official and private houses or property shall be imprisoned for three years; those who lost five horses of silk were exiled for two thousand miles; Those who are more valuable should be beheaded for public display! And the losses caused by His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes to the Zhao family reached hundreds of thousands of taels! ”

Speaking of this, Song Dexin paused, raised his voice a lot, and said impassionedly: "The minister is in charge of the criminal law of the world, if he turns a blind eye, will he not fail His Majesty and the people of the world?" Therefore, Weichen risked his life to impeach His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes, please make a decision! ”

After speaking, Song Dexin couldn't kneel down.

Emperor Qianwu was expressionless, and said in an indifferent tone: "Since the Nine Emperor Princes have caused hundreds of thousands of taels of losses, why did Aiqing only demote them to commoners, instead of directly beheading them to show the public?" ”

In an instant, cold sweat broke out on Song Dexin's forehead.

He knew that Emperor Qianwu was angry, but there was no way to do it, so he couldn't help it.

Naturally, he didn't dare to really kill Li Changfeng completely, so he wouldn't be able to live, Emperor Qianwu would have to destroy him sooner or later, and he had to leave room for himself.

Song Dexin arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes managed the floods in Shangzhou, and invented a lottery to fill the treasury. ”

Speaking of this, Song Dexin gritted her teeth and added: "Of course, His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes must personally apologize to the Zhao family, so that he can be extrajudicially gracious!" ”

Hearing this, the murderous aura in Emperor Qianwu's eyes flashed, and Li Changfeng narrowed his eyes and glanced at Song Dexin.

Although Song Dexin was terrified, he also knew that he would use the law of the Great Qianguo to suppress Emperor Qianwu, even if he was the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, he had to give in.

Unless, as the emperor, he wants to take the lead in disregarding the law of the country and losing his trust in the world.

Which is more important, he believes that Emperor Qianwu will weigh it himself.

Emperor Qianwu was noncommittal, and asked, "Other Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Ji couldn't wait to say: "Father, the son thinks that what Song Shangshu said is extremely true, in order to maintain the dignity of my Daqian law, the Nine Emperor Brothers must be punished!" ”

Hearing his words, a trace of anger flashed in Emperor Qianwu's eyes, and Li Changfeng glanced at Li Ji coldly.

Falling into the well, right?

This ledger was written down by the prince.

Immediately afterwards, more courtiers stood up to support Song Dexin's words.

"Song Shangshu is really admirable, and his way of dealing with it is very appropriate!"

"The law is the foundation of governing the country, if you don't punish the Nine Emperors and follow suit, won't this big world be chaotic?"

"The ancients said that the Son of Heaven committed the same crime as the common people, let alone the prince?"

"Being degraded to a commoner is already an extrajudicial favor!"

"Apologizing to the Zhao family is the right thing to do!"

……

Hearing what everyone said, the anger in Emperor Qianwu's eyes gradually became a little unconcealable, and the hand holding the dragon chair trembled with anger.

It's just that these courtiers who were bought by the Zhao family fell into the ground, everything was expected by him, even if Li Ji said that, he was not so angry, because they had their own grudges.

What really made him angry was that there were several princes who had never been very involved in court politics, and they all spoke out to agree.

I have fought the world for half my life, and I have never grovelled with arrogance, how did I give birth to such a spineless waste son?

The children of the royal family who are in charge of the world in a dignified manner actually apologized to a family, don't they feel ashamed?

The Eight Great Families have infiltrated the royal family to such an extent, how can they not be angry?

An unprecedentedly strong sense of crisis surged into Emperor Qianwu's heart, and he secretly made up his mind that he must speed up the progress of getting rid of the Eight Great Families.

If they are allowed to develop, sooner or later he, the emperor, will be hollowed out, and his successor may even become a puppet.

This kind of thing must not happen.

Li Changfeng was also a little surprised, he didn't expect the Zhao family, one of the eight great families, to have such a great influence in the court.

If the eight great families were united, how terrifying would it be?

Such a threat must be eliminated somehow.

Li Changfeng looked at everyone who agreed with him calmly, remembering their names and official positions.

To his surprise, the eldest prince Li Chengye seemed to be asleep, and he didn't say a word.

After the ministers bribed by the Zhao family were finished, Emperor Qianwu looked at Li Changfeng expressionlessly: "Changfeng, what do you say about the testimony of Song Dexin, the secretary of the Criminal Department?" ”

Faced with this seemingly unsolvable dilemma, Emperor Qianwu was very curious about how Li Changfeng would break the situation.

"Father, they are slandering their sons!"

Li Changfeng showed anger on his face, pointed to the nose of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and scolded: "You old man who can't distinguish between right and wrong, you must have received the benefits of the Zhao family, right?" You obviously know that this prince sent people to hunt down the assassins, and those assassins deliberately set fire to the house to create chaos in order to escape for their lives, but you say that this prince deliberately burned the Zhao family's property, what is your intention?! ”

Song Dexin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, turned his face very ugly, and scolded coldly: "His Royal Highness the Ninth Emperor Prince, the evidence in this matter is conclusive, and you can't deny it, no matter how clever you say, it's useless!" ”

Li Changfeng ignored him, and pointed at several ministers and princes who had just impeached him, and they also scolded him.

"You big moths, you have also received the benefits of the Zhao family, haven't you? If you ignore the laws of the country, what face do you have to be an official? ”

As soon as these words came out, the entire court seemed to explode, and they reprimanded Li Changfeng one after another.

"How ridiculous is His Highness's words, saying that Weichen has accepted the benefits of the Zhao family, what evidence do you have?"

"The old minister is innocent, how can you be so slandered?"

"The lower officials have never abandoned government affairs, let alone looted the people's fat and people's ointment, why do you say that I am a moth?"

"Your Highness, you should tell me, how did the old minister ignore the law of the country?"

……

Even Emperor Qianwu, after hearing Li Changfeng's words, couldn't help frowning.

What is the point of talking nonsense without evidence except to give people a handle?

Emperor Qianwu scolded with some annoyance: "Don't talk nonsense about things without evidence!" ”

Li Changfeng nodded, then glanced coldly at Song Dexin and the officials who impeached him, and sneered: "You want evidence, right?" Tell you, what I say is proof! ”

Song Dexin sneered: "Your Highness, is this a joke?" ”

Li Changfeng smiled coldly: "Since you think that this prince is joking, then what the people of the Zhao family are talking about is not joking, can it be counted as evidence?" ”

"The burned properties of the Zhao family are all witnesses present, they have seen it with their own eyes, and the real evidence is true, how can it be said that it is a joke?"

"According to your logic, then my people have also seen with their own eyes that the Zhao family has sent you a large amount of silver, and they have also sent silver to other ministers who impeached me, which can be regarded as solid evidence?"

"You said it was your people, how can their words be considered evidence?"

Li Changfeng smiled coldly and asked loudly: "Song Shangshu, do you dare to say that the so-called witnesses in your mouth are not from the Zhao family?" ”

A little cold sweat immediately broke out on Song Dexin's forehead, and he said angrily: "You...... You're sophistry! ”

Li Changfeng couldn't help but sneer.

He was sophistry, of course.

In this situation where there is no surveillance, the crime takes place late at night, there are only the perpetrators and the victims, and there are no third-party witnesses, what is the truth, and it is not up to both sides to say it?

This is Li Changfeng's confidence.

Even if he knew that he was sophistry, he was helpless.

(End of chapter)