All my subjects want to usurp the throne

Chapter 264 Shooting yourself in the foot

"You don't dare anymore, didn't you just talk hard?"

Ling Xiao said sharply at this time.

Mr. Liu, the servant of the household department, is prostrate on the ground, his whole body trembling.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. At this time, it is Zhu Yushi who did it alone, and has nothing to do with the minister!"

Zhu Yushi was furious when he heard this, he pointed at Mr. Liu and cursed: "Well, you Liu Pei, now you have crossed the river and demolished the bridge, have you forgotten the benefits you took back then?"

After hearing this, everyone felt a little unbelievable for a while.

But in Ling Xiao's view, isn't this just not asking for it?

"You...you're talking nonsense!" Master Liu stammered at this moment.

Liu Pei now misses his teammates!Originally, he wanted to save the next one, and maybe he could rescue the one surnamed Zhu by then.

This is all right, it seems that even if he dies, he will drag him down!
Yuan Shao, Huo Guang and several other ministers were watching the show. Now they know His Majesty well, and they can see that all this will probably not escape His Majesty's eyes.

However, these ministers didn't know His Majesty's methods. It seemed that His Majesty had already dug a hole for them today, and the two of them looked at each other tacitly.

Yuan Shao cleared his throat, glanced at Master Liu and said to him, "Master Liu, as the servant of the household department, you are able to do such a thing, which is really unexpected to us!"

"I..." Liu Pei couldn't say a word now, his actions just now were undoubtedly shooting himself in the foot.

At this time, Master Zhu seemed to understand something, so he quickly prostrated himself on the ground and said to Ling Xiao: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, I will never dare again!"

Ling Xiao pondered for a moment and then asked the two of them: "You two, are you aware of your sins now?"

The two knew that this matter seemed to be settled, so they hurriedly said: "I am guilty, I will never dare again!"

There was a sighing sound everywhere in the court hall.

Everyone knew that the servant of the household department usually talked less, but he colluded with Mr. Zhu to do such a thing!
Ling Xiao never imagined that these days, he wanted to solve the sufferings of the people, but it turned out to be his courtiers, which is really chilling.

"You two are really thoughtful!" Ling Xiao said at this time.

"Obviously all of your usual discords are staged. You are worried that one day something will happen and you will burn yourself, so you did it on purpose!"

The two of them didn't dare to say any more in an instant, and the more they said now, the more wrong they were.

What's more, they didn't expect that His Majesty seemed to know all of this.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Although I did do such a thing with Master Zhu, I just want to increase the taxes of the common people, and I only earned some money for renting land, but Zhu Your lord is earning a lot of money!"

Master Zhu next to him shook his body when he heard this, and then looked at Master Liu in disbelief.

He really didn't expect that at this juncture, Mr. Liu would start accusing him of crimes. This is really a typical example of crossing rivers and tearing down bridges.

"Mr. Liu, you can say this so well. Haven't you benefited from me? A few days ago, you said you would continue to increase taxes on the people. Could it be that you didn't say this?"

Nowadays, the hall is getting more and more exciting. The two people are blaming each other, and everyone is listening with their ears pricked up.

At this time, Ling Xiao's face became very ugly. He never thought that these two people would not repent now.

Seeing that people were still arguing, he said to Lu Fengxian, "Lu Fengxian, I will leave this matter to you, and put the two of them directly in prison."

When the two heard this, their faces paled instantly, and then they were prostrate on the ground with their heads firmly pressed against the ground.

He said to Ling Xiao: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty will never dare again."

"Don't you dare anymore? I think you are very brave! Now that there are witnesses and material evidence, you still seem to be unwilling to plead guilty. At this time, you have no attitude of reflection at all, and you are even trying to shirk each other. Is this what you are doing? Look like you know you're wrong!"

Regarding Ling Xiao's questioning at this time, the two of them couldn't say a word, because Ling Xiao was right.

The conversation between the two of them just now was really surprising, but now the two of them don't want to be put in prison at all.

You must know that those who are put in prison are generally capital crimes, and now they must save their lives no matter what.

"Your Majesty has spared the minister. There are old and young in the minister's family. If I go to prison, the family will have no one to rely on. How will I live in the future!"

At this time, Lu Fengxian snorted coldly.

"Master Zhu has thought about it now. What did you do back then? You are thinking about the life and death of your family now, but you have not cared about the life and death of the common people. The common people are suffering terribly now, and the people are living in dire straits."

"There is no harvest this year, and the common people are living in dire straits, but what did they say? As an official in the court, isn't the court's salary not enough for you? Now you have to take advantage of the common people, what are you doing?" Heart!"

Lu Fengxian couldn't bear it anymore. During the thorough investigation of this matter, he was very shocked.

Especially knowing that Mr. Zhu has benefited so much from the common people over the years, it is unbelievable.

After hearing this, the two of them couldn't refute at this time, especially Mr. Zhu, he had indeed made a lot of money over the years, and the money was all scavenged from the common people.

At this time Yuan Shao stood up.

"Your Majesty, according to Chen, don't talk nonsense about this matter. What these two people have committed is a capital crime. If you say that I will put them both on death row!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me!" the two said in unison.

The two of them were terrified after hearing Yuan Shao's words. Yuan Shao could also be regarded as an elder in the court, and it was the night of the Lantern Festival, but he directly stood up and said that now he wanted to surrender to His Majesty.

And if he said such a thing today, I am afraid that His Majesty will do what he said.

"Your Majesty, I think the prime minister's words are right. If we don't give these two heavy punishments now, we will warn everyone. I'm afraid such things will happen again and again. Now, the most urgent thing is disaster relief!"

These days, according to Huo Guang's understanding, the people have long been unable to eat food, and the servant of the household department should be the most responsible.

But it never occurred to him that he was the chief culprit who made the life of the common people more difficult, so with such a person, there is no need to say anything, and he will be executed all over the house.

(End of this chapter)