After the villain was defeated, she still had power in the government

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has never given the Ministry of Justice a single ounce of silver. The Ministry of Justice has to pay all the silver it needs to rebuild. Everything I said is true. Your Majesty can now send someone to the Ministry of Revenue to verify the accounts, so that I and everyone in the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Justice can be cleared of all charges."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone in the Ministry of Rites suddenly changed.

Since Shao Qi dared to ask people to check the accounts immediately, he must have a clear conscience.

At the same time, Chen Shen from the Ministry of Justice also stood up at the suggestion of Yan Qi and the others, holding a small account book in his hand, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, Lord Fu asked me to record in detail the source and destination of every sum of money used to rebuild the Ministry of Justice. Please allow me to read it out in public so that the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Revenue can be cleared of the false charges and the two ministries can be cleared of all charges."

Feng Xingjun naturally believed in Fu Yutang, but it was useless if he alone believed in him. He had to make all the civil and military officials in the court, especially the annoying people in the Ministry of Rites, believe in him, so that they would not take the opportunity to cause trouble and make trouble in the future.

So he nodded slightly and agreed to Chen Shen's request.

After Chen Shen kowtowed in thanks, he opened the small account book, glanced at everyone in the Ministry of Rites, and read out the items one by one.

He spoke slowly and clearly, striving to ensure that those present could listen carefully and understand.

"…The above is all the expenses for rebuilding the Ministry of Justice. Nearly 60% of it was paid out of Lord Fu's own pocket. In other words, Lord Fu did not keep any of the gold, silver and jewelry that the late emperor gave to him. He spent all of it on the Ministry of Justice and the court."

Chen Shen slammed the account book shut, staring at everyone in the Ministry of Rites with an extremely sharp look in his eyes, and said calmly, "Do you have any questions?"

Qiao Si and everyone from the Ministry of Rites looked embarrassed and dared not say a word.

Lu Zhengyun seemed to have thought of something and shouted, "Your record is incomplete. Don't you need craftsmen to rebuild the Ministry of Justice? Where is the money for the craftsmen? Why don't you disclose it?"

There must be something fishy about this.

"We don't want craftsmen." Qi Shang stood up and said in a deep voice: "Don't forget, there are many prisoners in the Ministry of Justice. These prisoners are the best labor force."

Seeing that the civil and military officials in the court seemed a little confused, Fu Yutang smiled and said, "Haven't you heard the saying 'Labor is more glorious, and reform is more powerful'? Anyone who enters my prison and is able to work, my Ministry of Justice will let them reform themselves through labor and become new people."

The whole court: "......!!"

He is indeed the living devil!

Even the prisoners in jail were not spared.

Everyone in the Ministry of Rites: “……?”

Is this still possible? !

"You, you are abusing the prisoners and abusing the criminal law!" Lu Zhengyun argued speciously.

Fu Yutang: “……???”

Is this guy a fool?

They are all criminals. If we don't discipline them strictly and make them admit their mistakes, do we have to worship them as ancestors, praise them for doing a good job, and hope that they will continue to work hard and create greater glories after they are released, and commit all the crimes they can commit?

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Fu Yutang rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily, "The reason why the Ministry of Justice allows criminals to participate in labor is for the good of those prisoners! They want to shape and cultivate criminals' labor concepts and labor awareness through activities, improve criminals' labor skills, correct criminals' bad living habits, and enhance the reform concepts of abiding by laws and regulations, unity and cooperation, so that criminals can establish correct labor concepts, values, and outlooks on life, and take a steady and solid path of reform. After all, labor has its own highlights, and struggle is particularly beautiful, you know?"