The emperor had just recovered a little, but after seeing these case files, he almost fainted from anger.

"Bastard thing!"

As soon as the words fell, all the ministers knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, take care of yourself!"

"Humph! Have these ministers read so much that they have done so many immoral things! They have no sense of shame."

"Your Majesty, please calm down!" the ministers advised.

The emperor didn't expect that he had been deceived by these corrupt officials for so many years.

What great achievements? They are all fake!

"The Dali Temple Minister!"

"Wei Chen is here."

"How much relief money did I approve for the people of Jinzhou?"

"Your Majesty, the Emperor has allocated 300,000 taels of silver for the people in the disaster area."

"I allocated 300,000 taels, and the magistrate of Jinzhou embezzled 200,000 taels?" The emperor's emotions gradually got out of control, and the ministers standing on the ground did not dare to breathe loudly.

"Minister of the Dali Temple! Investigate all the people involved in the case! Anyone who embezzles more than 50,000 silver taels will be beheaded! Anyone who embezzles less than 50,000 silver taels will be caned with 50 sticks."

"Wei Chen accepts the order!"

The emperor continued to look through the case files and he came across a case of a bridge collapse.

The case file records that in order to embezzle the huge profits, Du Yulang deliberately asked people to find shoddy materials, which resulted in the collapse of the bridge less than a year after it was built.

In the end, more than 70 local civilians were killed or injured.

The emperor looked at the case file and tried to recall it carefully, but he could not remember whether anyone had reported this matter to the emperor.

"Minister of Industry!"

"Wei Chen is here!"

"A year ago, did you report the bridge collapse in Qingyang County?"

"Uh..." The Minister of Industry replied hesitantly, "Your Majesty, I, I didn't know. Please forgive me!"

He really didn't know. No one under his command told him. When did this happen?

"Useless!" The emperor angrily slammed the dragon throne, "What use do I have for you? You don't even know about such a big thing?"

The Minister of Works was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly, "I admit my guilt."

Seeing this, the Dali Temple Minister reported tremblingly, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

"Say!"

"The Minister of the Court really didn't know about this. It was Du Yulang who bribed the local prefect and stopped the memorial."

"Did Du Yulang personally admit this?"

"Yes!"

"Haha!" The emperor didn't know how to scold this beast for a moment.

He now feels that he was blind at the time. Why did he promote such a person to become the Minister of War?

Suddenly, he even felt that the truce signed by Du Yulang and Nan Guo was fake.

"Someone is coming!"

"My subordinate is here!"

"Bring this beast to the hall for me. I will personally interrogate him in front of all the ministers!"

"Yes!"

Xie Bochen took his servants to the prison to take someone away.

Prince Fenyang stood in the front row with his head down. He was very panicked and hoped that things would not change. As long as Du Yulang took on all the responsibilities, he would be safe. At least temporarily.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"Brother, please speak!"

"I think Du Yulang is extremely evil and full of lies. Not only has he committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, but he has also hurt the people's trust in him."

"I heard that Du Yulang's affair has spread among the people. If the emperor does not punish him severely, I'm afraid the people will be uneasy!"

He had to make the emperor ruthless and not just execute Du Yulang alone, but also execute his entire family, even those related to him, no one would be allowed to survive.

Without waiting for the emperor's reply, other ministers also made their requests.

"Your Majesty, I think what Prince Fenyang said is very true. The world is in turmoil today. If the people's hearts are not appeased, it will easily leave opportunities for others to take advantage of."

"Your Majesty, I also think that Du Yulang must be severely punished. Not to mention that what he did was outrageous, with his knowledge and education, he is totally unworthy of the position of Minister of War."

"If you become a soldier, it may not be a big deal, but if you continue to serve as an official in the court, it will definitely cause a big mess."

Xie Baiyuan stood below, not leaning towards either side. He just felt that the King of Fenyang was indeed cruel and ruthless. All useless pawns, no matter what their identities, must die.

If such a person became the emperor, wouldn't it be like the reincarnation of Jie and Zhou? Would the people still have a way to survive?

The emperor listened to the ministers' remarks and replied, "My dear ministers, there is no need to say more. I will certainly not let this bastard go, and I will definitely give the people an explanation."

As they were talking, Bo Chen and others brought Du Yulang up.

At this time, Du Yulang was covered in blood, and there was not a single piece of healthy skin on his body.

When the ministers saw him, they all took a few steps back unconsciously, fearing that the smell of his blood would contaminate them.

"I pay my respects to His Majesty!"

"Du Yulang! Do you admit all the cases in this memorial?"

Du Yulang glanced at the position of Prince Fenyang and nodded, "Your Majesty, I accept your position!"

"How dare you!" the emperor scolded, "I want you to tell me the truth today! How did you sign the truce with the Southern Kingdom?"

After these words came out, the first person to panic was not Du Yulang, but Prince Fenyang. He did not expect that the emperor could actually associate it with the truce letter.

He looked towards Du Yulang with sharp eyes, as if reminding him: You must bite it to death and never say it out loud.

"Your Majesty, it was because we won the war that we made them sign the truce."

"Are you serious?" The emperor didn't believe it.

"Your Majesty, I am already a dying man. I have admitted so many things. Why would I lie about this one?"

The emperor glared at him fiercely. He always felt that something was wrong, but he also felt that what Du Yulang said made sense.

"Du Yulang, how can you be worthy of my cultivation of you?"

"I have failed the emperor's grace. I do not deserve death. Please allow me to die. But can you please let my old mother live?"

Du Yulang knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged.

"How dare you come to me and beg me? If you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?" The emperor was extremely disappointed with him. "Someone come here!"

"My subordinate is here!"

"Drag Du Yulang away and execute him immediately. No mistakes!"

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty! I beg you, for the sake of the truce, please spare my life!"

Du Yulang was dragged away and his pleas received no response.

"Cough cough!"

The emperor's illness recurred, and the eunuchs hurried forward to comfort him, "Your Majesty, take care of yourself."

He paused for a moment and ordered, "Come here, draft the imperial edict."

"Du Yulang is guilty of deceiving the emperor, treason, corruption, oppression of the people, etc. He shall be punished for all his crimes and executed immediately."

"Everyone in the Du Mansion will be executed without a single one left alive!"

"Yes!" The Dali Temple Minister replied, and then asked, "Your Majesty, what should we do with the Song family?"

"The Song family is exiled! All the shops and money under their names must be handed over to the court."

After saying this, the emperor fainted.

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