How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

As soon as Xie Chengze entered the hall, he found that the ministers had trembling shoulders and sad faces, as if they had thousands of grievances that they wanted to express.

Xie Chengze couldn't help but laugh.

Wow, all you court workers are really good at acting. Are you worried that the Minister of Revenue's corruption case will implicate you, so you deliberately put on this sad look, trying to force Emperor Jian to be lenient with him?

It's not easy either~

Xie Chengze's resentment about the early shift finally eased a lot, and he limped towards his seat on crutches.

Oh, don't get me wrong, his leg wasn't injured. He just didn't want to stand for hours during court, so he pretended his right leg was injured so he could sit on a stool.

Let me see~

Xie Chengze slowly moved to the center of the hall, stuck his head out to look towards his own position, but when he glanced beside Xie Jinyu and Xie Zimiao, there was nothing there.

His face turned dark on the spot and he turned around and walked out of the hall.

You don't even give him a bench, and you still want him to become the target of public criticism?

This is a crappy class, whoever falls in love with it can join!

When Emperor Jian saw him turn around, he glanced in the direction of Xie Jinyu as if sensing something, and then realized something and quickly said, "Zhao Quan, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and help Chengze in and give him a seat."

Xie Chengze paused, cursed inwardly "dog emperor", and had to turn around and continue walking forward.

Zhao Quan sent someone to bring a chair, and quickly helped Xie Chengze sit on it. After Xie Chengze sat down, he cleared his throat and said in a half-hearted manner, "Thank you, father. You are so kind."

"Hey." Emperor Jian responded with a smile, and then he opened the court and said to the ministers below, "What were you talking about yesterday?"

There was a slight silence in the Golden Throne Hall. After a moment, an official stepped out and spoke with a resolute face, "Your Majesty, since Minister Yang took office as the Minister of Revenue, he has worked hard day and night and has been honest and self-disciplined. Everyone in the court and the country has seen it, and even the late emperor could not find any fault with him. Even if Minister Yang occasionally neglected or made a mistake, that is human nature. We should remember his past contributions and give him a chance to make meritorious contributions instead of blindly pursuing blame and forgetting his merits."

At this point, he paused slightly, a trace of indignation flashing in his eyes, "However, Minister Shen made unfounded remarks and slandered Minister Yang. He has just entered the court and is young and inexperienced. We can understand that he is eager to achieve success, but we cannot allow Minister Yang to be framed by him!"

After saying this, the official bowed and shouted, "I hope Your Majesty will make a decision for Minister Yang!"

Emperor Jian hummed softly, his eyes drifted to Xie Chengze with familiarity, and asked with a smile, "Chengze, what do you think?"

Shen Yuan's deep gaze also fell on Xie Chengze, and his eyes flickered.

Yang Qinghui's resignation due to corruption is a foregone conclusion. Xie Chengze, in front of everyone, which side of loyalty or treachery are you going to stand on?

Xie Chengze sighed slightly in his heart.

"I think..." The beautiful young man cleared his throat and then raised his arms and shouted, "Minister Yang, he is wronged! It is really too wronged!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the ministers raised their eyes and looked at Xie Chengze in surprise. They obviously did not expect that he would plead for Yang Qinghui.

Yang Qinghui also looked at Xie Chengze in surprise, then he remembered something and understood everything.

The second prince had returned all the 10,000 taels of silver he had donated to Yizhou. I'm afraid the second prince was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he wanted to protect himself.

Emperor Jian doted on the Second Prince, and with the Second Prince's support, naturally nothing would happen to him.

Yang Qinghui couldn't help but look at Shen Yuan with secret pride. This kid was just too young and didn't understand the disputes and intrigues in the court at all.

Shen Yuan looked at Xie Chengze solemnly, and no one knew what he was thinking. Emperor Jian asked with great interest, "Why did Chengze say that?"

"Father, have you ever thought about why Minister Yang made such a mistake?" Xie Chengze asked seriously.

Emperor Jian pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Yang Qinghui, "Yang Qinghui, tell me, why did you make such a mistake?"

Yang Qinghui subconsciously prepared to explain that he was just bewildered for a moment and that he had regretted it a long time ago. However, before he could finish his words, Xie Chengze, who was sitting on the wooden chair, slammed the handle of the chair with his uninjured hand, attracting the attention of all the ministers.

He said with an angry expression, "It's because Minister Yang is kind!"

Yang Qinghui:?

Ah? Who is kind to me???

Xie Chengze said indignantly, "It is well known that the treasury of Jian'an is short of money. Every time there is a disaster in various places, the Ministry of Revenue can't pay much money!"

"It was like this last year, and it's even worse this year. I'm afraid it will be even harder to come up with disaster relief money next year! Without the money, people everywhere will be filled with resentment and anger. Once unrest breaks out, it will inevitably affect the stability of our Jian'an Dynasty. How can Minister Yang sit back and do nothing?"

Xie Chengze spoke in a high voice, his face full of excitement, "But the finances of all places are in deficit, and the officials in the court are passive and lazy. How can Minister Yang alone support the court that is as decadent as a basket of dead fish? He can only find another way and take the risky road of self-sacrifice!"

All the ministers opened their mouths wide and looked at Xie Chengze in amazement, who was speaking fluently at the moment.

Dangerous road?

What dangerous road?

"That's corruption!" Xie Chengze stood up with an excited expression, dragging his "broken body" and making an impassioned speech, "Think about it, if Minister Yang didn't commit corruption, what would happen next year?"

"There are wars everywhere! Starving people are everywhere! The Xiongnu took advantage of the situation and invaded. The Jian'an Dynasty is in name only and in great danger!"

"But what would happen if Minister Yang embezzled money?"

"Next year, when the people are suffering from hunger, Minister Yang has already stored a large amount of disaster relief silver in his private treasury, which is enough to help the court overcome this difficulty!"

"As everyone knows, the national treasury is already empty this year. If Minister Yang had not embezzled the disaster relief money from Yizhou into his own treasury, how could Prefect Liang, who has done nothing for many years, have racked his brains to come up with the Tianfu Plan?!"

"Extreme suffering and persecution can inspire people's limits and potential. Minister Yang clearly did this on purpose, deliberately creating the illusion that the treasury is empty, just to inspire the potential of the ministers, like Governor Liang, to surpass their own limits and work hard for the court!"

"For this, he was willing to sacrifice himself, and with his loyalty and courage, he risked death by planning this seemingly corrupt but actually money-saving scheme, just for the sake of peace and prosperity for the Jian'an Dynasty in the coming year!"

"The counselor put himself in the game, played against the heavens, used his life as a chess piece, and won a tragic victory!" Xie Chengze shouted, his expression extremely heroic, "Ah! How tragic and heroic this is! How moving and touching!"

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