Chapter 109: The Song Family's Crimes
The daughters of these two are in the emperor's harem, and it is not necessary to frame him for favor.
Therefore, it is not a good thing to have a father who is too wise and powerful, and Prime Minister Song has not reacted yet, and it is not Jiang Yankun and Jiang Hewei who want him to die, but the emperor.
"There are all human and material evidence, and even those officials who have been imprisoned have confessed that the Song family instructed them to do evil, do you dare to quibble?"
Emperor Xuanwu said this very skillfully, and he did not say that it was the command of Prime Minister Song, let alone half a word of Song Shoufu.
Anyway, in the end, whether it was Prime Minister Song Cheng who took the blame on himself in order to get rid of the Song family, or Song Shoufu sacrificed himself to save his son, the emperor made a lot of money.
In fact, the person Emperor Xuanwu wanted to engage most was not his son, but Lao Tzu.
Song Jiangming is just an obedient puppet under the training of Song Shoufu, and being able to be the prime minister of the dynasty depends on him having a good father.
Although he has no great talent, he also has no ambition, whatever Song Shoufu says, he will do it, and he is better than being docile and obedient, so that he can sit firmly in the position of prime minister for decades.
As long as Song Shoufu falls, the Song family has nothing to fear.
Song Jiangming really didn't understand, obviously what his father did was very hidden, how did Jiang Yankun and Jiang Hewei find out?
He looked at Jiang Yanxi who was cowering in the corner with resentful eyes, he was all this nosy, if he hadn't reported the corruption of the Qinzhou prefect, how could the emperor find out the head of the Song family?
Jiang Yanxi still feels that he is very wronged!
Originally, he just accidentally discovered that the prefect was privately buying and selling places in the summer palace, thinking that after reporting to the imperial court, maybe the superiors would reward him, so that he would make a meritorious contribution and it would be easier to be promoted in the future.
He used a little caution and mixed the report letter with the letter that the prefect was going to send to the capital, and he was lucky, the next person of the Song family who sorted out the letter was uncomfortable that day, and he was dizzy and regarded the report letter as a "recommendation letter".
There are two ways to become an official in the Great Yan Dynasty, one is the imperial examination with a heavy responsibility and a long way to go, and the other is a shortcut recommended by the ministers of civil and military affairs of the fourth rank and above.
The Song family directly regarded the report letter as a letter of recommendation, and sorted it out together in the recital handed over to the emperor.
The emperor is very diligent in handling government affairs, and the Chengqian Palace and the Imperial Study are his office locations, and there are small eunuchs and palace maids arranged by Wang Dequan in both places to sort out the documents that the emperor needs to read every day.
As soon as the report letter appeared, it was reported to Wang Dequan by the little eunuch, and Wang Dequan did not dare to delay, and immediately presented it to the emperor.
This is why the Song family has a series of crimes such as corruption, selling officials, and murder that caused a sensation in the entire Great Yan Dynasty.
On the way to the capital, Jiang Yanxi suffered several rounds of assassinations, but fortunately, the emperor knew that this matter was very important, and arranged dozens of internal masters and secret guards to escort him, so that he could avoid death.
But he didn't believe that the emperor would deal with the Song family, and he was afraid that he would encounter the poisonous hands of Concubine Li as soon as he entered the palace, so he proposed to go to his brother's house to sort it out first.
The emperor saw that he was going to Jiang's house, and knew that he was worried, so he borrowed Jiang Xinyue's mouth and promised to frame him as long as he testified...... No...... It was to tell the emperor what the Song family had done, and to use this matter to tell it.
Without evidence, they can make evidence, and without witnesses, they can coerce and induce criminals to turn into tainted witnesses and accuse the Song family of their crimes.
Isn't this all the human and material evidence?
When Song Jiangming was taken to the prison of Dali Temple, Song Shoufu was still convening all the people of the Song family for a family meeting.
Everyone was persuading him to abandon his son, to think about the overall situation, and not to ruin such a big foundation of the Song family because of a junior.
However, he is such a biological son as Song Jiangming, and the other descendants are all clan relatives, and the blood relationship with him is weak.
The people kept saying that he would give up his own son for the sake of the clan, but when he offered to use the concubines of any of them to bear the blame, they refused on high-sounding grounds.
"Our voice is just a side branch, you let him take the blame, even I don't believe it, don't you take the emperor for a fool?"
"We can't do it! He is a seven-grade sesame official, where can he order so many people, uncle, this can really only make the prime minister admit the crime. ”
"Yes, yes, Uncle Cousin, you are the pillar of our Song family, don't do stupid things, go to the emperor to confess!"
Song Shoufu's spiritual qi seemed to be emptied in an instant, and his hair turned white by half: "Ni'er is still in the palace, if something happens to Jiang Ming, she, the noble concubine, will also do it, all these years...... How much good she has done you, ask yourselves. If her father committed the crime of killing his head, would the ladies in the palace fall down and everyone pushed it? ”
"The emperor likes Concubine Li, at most, she will be demoted, and her life will not be in danger, and maybe he will pity the concubine because of this matter, so as to compensate our Song family more."
"If you want me to say that Jiang Yanxi of the Jiang family is to blame for this, I haven't heard of this person before, this time he suddenly appeared, it must be Jiang Yankun's command, I heard that when his daughter entered the palace, Concubine Li had punished her, and the two had a feud because of this."
"Ni'er, this kid has made a lot of enemies in the palace in the past few years, and he doesn't know how to restrain his edge, and he has offended so many people, this time he has kicked the iron plate! At the beginning, I said that her temperament is not suitable for entering the palace, it is better to let my daughter go, she is the most cautious, and she will never make enemies everywhere. ”
Before Concubine Li fell, someone was thinking about replacing her, and this person was still from her own clan.
Song Shoufu smiled coldly, straightened the hem of his clothes, and got up from the Taishi chair: "Okay, then the old man will go to Dali Temple and persuade Jiang Ming to confess his guilt and be punished." ”
Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
If Song Jiangming is sentenced to death, then the position of prime minister will be vacant, with the ability of their patriarch, this prime minister must be their Song family, then every one of them will have a chance.
"! Empress! Big things are wrong! ”
It was the first time that Xia He was so unruly and rammed into Concubine Li's bedroom.
Concubine Li frowned fiercely, there was still a sweet seedless watermelon in the ice basin before the concubine collapsed, and she got up impatiently: "What are you doing frizzy?" ”
Xia He's face was full of panic: "Prime Minister...... Prime Minister, ...... No...... Shousuke-sama...... No, no, the Prime Minister was arrested by Jiang Honglu and Jiang Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, and Lord Shoufu is now taking off his hat in Dali Temple to show his guilt in order to save the Prime Minister. ”
"How dare they?"
Concubine Li suddenly stood up from the concubine's collapse and ran out barefoot.
Xia He hurriedly chased after the pair of embroidered shoes inlaid with South China Sea pearls.
"Phew!"
Concubine Shu just stepped down, and was pushed back by a slender figure: "Get out of the way!" ”
Concubine Li didn't look at it, she directly bumped into the person who came, and quickly disappeared from everyone's field of vision.