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The queen mother has always been a vegetarian. Although she has never liked Lan Jiansu, she saw that Lan Jiansu had such a "kind heart", so she nodded approvingly amidst all the confused faces: "It's rare for Jiansu to have a kind heart. Sad My family also thinks that rabbits are born to be cute, and Ai's family just rescued two jade rabbits a few days ago, but now they want to see all the officials eat rabbit meat, and I feel extremely embarrassed."

The queen mother's words are more important than thousands of troops.The faces of all the officials turned from surprise and disgust to praise and guilt.

The emperor ordered the palace servant: "Since the queen mother is not happy, come and remove all the rabbit meat from the table."

The prince was startled, and his eyebrows twitched: "Father, take them all down? This, the imperial chef has worked very hard."

The emperor put on a serious face, glared at the prince, and sounded a warning.

The prince kept his mouth shut, and saw that the palace maid was about to come to him, so he quickly took a few mouthfuls of rabbit meat to eat.

Lan Jiansu glanced at the prince in distaste, and sighed, the prince's virtue is about to decline for the country.

King Zhenxian, who survived catastrophe and revived his youth, stared at Lan Jiansu, and said with hatred in his heart: If the prince has your virtue, the country will perish.

Shi Yougong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, came belatedly and flattered the prince: "The prince is hardworking and frugal, which is the blessing of Dafeng. And the poems written by the prince just now are like a giant pen, flowing clouds and flowing water, which are really amazing masterpieces. Dafeng With such a frugal and caring emperor, grand prince, and a loyal and forgiving queen mother, the country will surely prosper and last forever."

Goosebumps covered Lan Jiansu's skin, and the loud flattery made his eardrums ache, and he said in his heart: Your flattery is as big as a pen, it scares ghosts and gods, ten princes can't catch up with it .

The emperor and the empress dowager smiled slightly, and the officials followed suit.

Among the congratulations and flattery that were talked about by thousands of people, a different voice said coldly: "The country is prosperous? Hmph."

This sound is like a drop of wax falling into the water, which solidifies instantly and floats to the surface of the water. The microorganisms at the bottom of the water stop to watch it.And it was the Prime Minister Shen Pinglu who made this disdainful and contemptuous voice.

Although the emperor and the queen mother are tired of watching the courtiers flattering them, they will still be very unhappy if someone speaks of the country's decline.So they all frowned, looked at Shen Pinglu, and waited for Shen Pinglu's explanation.

Shen Pinglu stood next to the chopsticks cup, his eyes reflected the almost identical faces of all the officials, and he said coldly: "Even if a house has a strong roof to keep out the wind and rain, but the beams and pillars under it are full of insects and ants, the house will eventually be corroded." , became precarious.”

As soon as these words came out, Shi Yougong immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and fixedly glanced at Shen Pinglu.

The queen mother asked: "Shen Aiqing, do you have any intentions in saying this?"

Shen Pinglu looked at Shi Yougong with cold eyes: "Although the emperor's eyes are bright and wise, he is diligent in state affairs, and it is difficult to see gluttonous people who are greedy for people's blood and harm the country."

Shi Yougong gritted his teeth tightly, choked his mouth and said sharply, "Prime Minister Shen, how can you talk nonsense at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet?"

The emperor raised his hand to signal Shi Yougong to be quiet: "Shen Aiqing may speak up if you have something to say."

Shen Pinglu stood up, walked to the seat, and bowed to the queen mother and the emperor: "Yes. I report to the emperor that I want to impeach Shi Yougong, a scholar of the Imperial Academy and Minister of the Ministry of Industry."

As soon as the word "heavy weight weighs a thousand catties" fell, the complexions of the officials suddenly changed, and they looked at each other.This scene is like a person saying righteously, "I want to make a small report in front of my deity."

Shi Yougong was shocked, and the muscles on his face twitched.It's just that the expression of losing composure for a moment, paused for a moment on the face, and immediately turned serious: "Mr. Shen, the lower official was appreciated by the emperor and entrusted with the post of Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Although I have no talent and learning, since I took office, You have always been conscientious and dedicated to your duties, even if you have no outstanding achievements, you have no major mistakes or omissions. Now you say that you want to impeach the lower officials, what do you want to impeach the lower officials?"

Shen commented on Lvdao: "Last year, the imperial court allocated 2 taels of silver to build embankments in Sanjiang for disaster relief, but the money arrived in the Sanjiang area, but there was only less than 7000 taels left. The embankment was built with jerry-built materials, so that the Sanjiang flood burst this year, destroying the fertile farmland and residential buildings. Sanjiang people are homeless."

The emperor said "ah": "There is such a thing?"

Shen commented on the green way: "If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can ask Prince Zhenxian, His Royal Highness, and Second Prince Lan who passed through the Sanjiang area when they entered Beijing this time."

King Zhenxian paused slightly, Lan Jiansu took the lead and said: "When I passed Sanjiang with my father and brother, I did see that the Sanjiang area was like a flood passing through the border, with ruined buildings and tiles everywhere, trees and mountains falling."

King Zhenxian nodded and said: "That's right, I also saw that the houses in the Sanjiang area were seriously damaged, so I asked some money to be given to the local people."

Su Yin said worryingly: "That place is really barren for thousands of miles, dead bodies are everywhere, and there are many corpses floating on the river, let the river rush by."

Shi Yougong's face was ashen, and he didn't say a word.

The emperor frowned and asked angrily: "Why did no one report this matter to me?"

Shen commented on the green way: "Reporting to the emperor, the reason is because the magistrate of Taijiang who wants to report this matter..." He cast his eyes coldly on Shi Yougong, and then pointed his fingers, "I was killed by Lord Shi Yougong."

"Ridiculous!" Shi Yougong slapped the table and stood up, squinting his eyes and sneering, "How could the lower officials indiscriminately kill court officials? What reason does the lower officials have to kill him!"

Shen Pinglv said angrily: "Because you pocketed the 2 taels of disaster relief money. But this year's floods flooded and the Sanjiang dam was destroyed by floods. The prefect of Taijiang suspected the amount of disaster relief money last year and decided to report it to the court. Are you afraid? When the Dong Chuang incident happened, they sent someone to kill him!"

"Nonsense, I don't know what it means!" After Shi Yougong was frightened and angry, his face gradually became calm, and even calmly gave out a sense of righteousness that "the clean is self-clean".He also walked to the seat and bowed to the Queen Mother and the Emperor: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, please listen to me and report this matter to you in detail."

The emperor's face was gloomy, he was silent for a long time, and gave a solemn "hmm".

Shi Yougong said: "This year's incident of the breach of the Sanjiang embankment has already been reported by my subordinate officials. However, I was afraid that the subordinate officials would conceal or exaggerate, so I ordered my cronies to investigate in Sanjiang. Who would have asked my minister to find out that last year it was Tai Jiang? Seeing the wealth, the magistrate swallowed most of the silver taels, leaving only 7000 taels to build a vain and practical water injection dam, which harmed the people of Sanjiang. For this reason, Weichen killed a few of his men who were not good at doing things, so he wanted to kill Taijiang The magistrate arrested him and went to Beijing to interrogate him. How did he know that when the people of the humble minister arrived in Taijiang, the magistrate of Taijiang had committed suicide in fear of crime."

Shen Pinglu turned pale at his sophistry: "If the matter is really as you said, how can you conceal it and not report it? And if the magistrate of Taijiang really committed a crime of corruption, he should first inform the Ministry of Punishment and wait for the Ministry of Punishment's approval. Go and arrest people. You acted beyond your authority, isn’t it a ghost? You conceal it and don’t report it, it’s deceitful!”

Shi Yougong's expression remained the same, he was not moved by Shen Pinglu's intimidation, and he was an expert with a strong psychological quality: "A few days ago, the lower official planned to hand over the case to the Ministry of Punishment, but the lower official heard from his cronies that the prefect of Taijiang sent his wife at home The son's parents both moved to a distant place. The minister was afraid that he would abscond in fear of crime, so he rushed to arrest him first, and planned to hand him over to the Ministry of Punishment later. It was out of necessity for the minister to do so.

"As for why you didn't report it to the imperial court immediately, it's because of the truth of the matter. I only figured out the context today. I wanted to report it to the emperor immediately, but because of the queen mother's birthday banquet, I couldn't bear to make the emperor work hard, so I put off the queen mother's elegance, so I postponed it for now. Next, I originally planned to report to the Holy Majesty when I go to court tomorrow."

Shen Pinglu's face was pale and pale for a long time, and Liang swished a smile: "Master Shi is really eloquent, a donkey can also make you a horse, and a dead one can make you live. If this is the case, then the truth Let me ask you, you said that the prefect of Taijiang was a corrupt official, but the people in Sanjiang all said that he was a good and honest official. When the prefect of Taijiang died, the people all cried bitterly. You said that he embezzled the stolen money, so where did his stolen money go? What about the whereabouts? Taijiang prefect’s household is poor, and his family of seven lives in a small farmhouse with no private land or other properties. And his distant relatives are all poor. His stolen money is neither The house field did not help relatives, nor was it placed in a bank. Could it be possible that it could still disappear?

"It's you, Mr. Shi. The truth is that you bought a good West Lake house in Suzhou and Hangzhou last year, and also bought a silk and satin shop in the south of the Yangtze River for your mistress. Where did you get your money, Mr. Shi?"

There was a slight change in Shi Yougong's calm expression.With just a snap of his fingers, he explained to the emperor: "Reporting to the emperor, my son-in-law is a merchant from the south of the Yangtze River. Last year he wanted to buy a new house for me, but I tried my best to refuse. How do you know that he wants to please my father-in-law?" , still secretly bought a fine house in the West Lake, and wanted to give it as a gift to the humble official. But the humble official never lived in the house, but ordered him to arrange that good house into a philanthropic hall for doing good and helping the poor. As for The matter of silk and satin village is all the idea of ​​my unworthy son-in-law, I will definitely punish him when I go back, and I will definitely restrain him in the future."

Shen Pinglu's lips faded to colorless: "Okay, okay, Mr. Shi has a brilliant tongue, and he must admire Zhuge Xianzun three points if he is alive. But you said that the prefect of Taijiang committed suicide, but the real person Find a needle in the brain of Taijiang prefect. After re-inspection, that needle is the fatal point of Taijiang prefect. It is clear that someone stabbed the needle into the dead point of his brain and murdered him."

Shi Yougong raised his chin, and snorted disapprovingly: "Who knows whether he stabbed in that needle before he was alive, or after he was dead? There is no evidence of death, so how can the Prime Minister make a rash decision."

Shen Pinglu was speechless, pointed at Shi Yougong and said, "Shi Yougong, you!"

The situation reversed and reversed, Shen Pinglu was too young after all, and this round was likely to be defeated.He pursed his lips and looked at Lan Jiansu who was seated for help.

Lan Jiansu Zhiyi picked the meat from the plate to eat, and while chewing on the spicy chicken in his mouth, he said, "Who says death has no proof?"

The officials' attention suddenly shifted to Lan Jiansu, and the empress dowager and the emperor also looked at him.

Lan Jiansu swallowed the chicken, stood up and straightened her clothes with both hands, walked out of the seat and gave the empress dowager and the emperor a half-perfunctory, half-serious bow.

King Zhen Xian said in a deep voice: "Jian Su, Yu Qianxiu is going to talk nonsense. Come back to me quickly!"

Lan Jiansu turned a blind eye and looked directly into the eyes of the person on the throne: "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, I have a way to get the prefect of Taijiang to testify against Shi Yougong."

The ministers were in an uproar, and the discussions kept getting louder.

The queen mother said: "These words are familiar. Do you want to open the coffin for an autopsy?"

Shi Yougong looked at Lan Jiansu, but he was still calm and composed: "The body of the prefect of Taijiang is not in the capital at all, and it will take several days to transport his body to open the coffin for autopsy. And for the autopsy, there is a point of punishment." The second son is sure to know better than the criminal officer." He was not afraid of what he said, but he knew that if the autopsy was done, there would be no strong evidence against him.

Lan Jiansu shook his head: "I have no intention of opening the coffin for an autopsy. To be honest, I don't know anything about autopsies. As Master Shi said, if it is really necessary to open the coffin for an autopsy, it must be done by Xiansi."

The Empress Dowager embellished with beaded brows showed two marks: "Then what do you mean?"

Lan Jiansu said: "What I mean is to let the prefect of Tai Jiang personally testify against Shi Yougong. The kind who can say that he can dance."

The uproar broke out again, Shi Yougong's face changed suddenly, he neither believed nor looked at Lan Jiansu with a hint of panic.

"It's just nonsense." The prince sneered first, "Everyone is dead, how can you say that you will jump out to testify against others? You are talking nonsense here again, you must have forgotten that you..."

The emperor glanced at the prince, and the prince immediately shut up and swallowed back what he hadn't said.

"Su'er." The emperor said, "This is the Imperial Palace. Civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, princes and nobles are all here, so you can no longer act recklessly."

Lan Jiansu didn't back down: "I still beg the emperor..."

The empress dowager Dan Kouyu suddenly covered her head with her hand, and said in annoyance: "The matter between the prime minister and the minister of the Ministry of Industry is already disturbing enough, Second Young Master, the Ai family advises you not to make trouble at this time."

Lan Jiansu: "..." Do you want to talk to others?

The panic on Shi Yougong's face was wiped away in an instant, the corners of his lips couldn't help rising, the more successful the smile was.

At this time, a voice as cold as a cold spring came from outside the hall: "So why not let Jiansu try?"