When Spring Comes

The current emperor has only two younger brothers, one is the eighth prince Yu Wensong who is only nine years old, and the other is the prince Yu Wenxi. The tall and mighty person in front of him could not be only nine years old, so he could only be Prince Xi.

Earlier, I heard Yu Wenjie's tone of his voice was not very friendly. He Chang'an also mentioned that two days ago, Huachun was quite curious about this person. So when he was speaking, she turned her head and looked up secretly.

About the same height as Yu Wenjie, but not as good as the emperor, and his eyebrows are too tough, showing a fierce energy. The voice was a little low, without the slightest youthfulness, as if he was 30 or 40 years old.

"The royal brother was in front of the palace. Seeing in the suburbs of Yanjing, the people couldn't eat enough to eat and clothed, so people asked why. Someone answered: The harvest is in the mouth of the bureaucrats. The younger brother was deeply distressed, so he asked people to investigate the corruption of Beijing officials."

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of the hundreds of officials in the court changed.

Huachun raised her eyebrows, thinking that Prince Xi was also a passionate fool? Official Zha Jing was embezzled, and no one in the court could escape except her. According to the principle of outnumbered, this will definitely be suppressed and revenge, just like her.

Where is his courage?

Sure enough, as soon as he came out, Taishi Tang next to him said: "The prince is the king of the fief, not the official of Kyoto. If he interferes in the supervision, can he inform the Lord in advance?"

Obviously there is no such thing, otherwise Yu Wenjie above would not look upset.

"The emperor always loves the people, but when things happen suddenly, the minister did not offend the seizure of power, and ask the emperor to forgive him." Yu Wenxi said.

The emperor looked at him with a deep gaze, holding his chin in his hand, and said indifferently: "Tell me about the results of the investigation."

"Yes." Prince Xi handed over: "There are many things in the household accounts that are unclear. A large amount of relief funds must still be stranded in the capital. The courtier has this booklet here, please go to the emperor to check it out."

Taishi Tang's face was pale, and he subconsciously looked at Li Zhongtang. The latter looked calm, as if not nervous at all.

Lord Xi has been in the palace without any movement. Who ever thought he would come here today? Prince Xi has always been backed by a queen mother, and the fief has its own military and financial resources, which cannot be impeached by courtiers.

Many people turned pale, and Taishi Tang was even more regretful. If you knew what the prime minister said, and followed the prime minister's method of disaster relief, you wouldn't be forced to... hey!

No one knew what was written in that booklet, everyone was secretly looking at the emperor's expression, trying to catch some clues.

However, the emperor had facial paralysis, and Huachun knew that no matter whose name was on the booklet, he would not have any special reactions, so it's better to stare at Prince Xi.

However, I don't know if her gaze is too hot, Lord Xi turned his head to look at her, and smiled slightly at her.

Huachun was taken aback, shivering uncontrollably, and looked at him puzzled.

Just laugh, it's not friendly, and it has nothing to do with kindness. Hua Jinghua might have known Prince Xi early in the morning, so this laugh is a greeting?

Just thinking about it, Yu Wenjie closed the folder: "This matter will be discussed after retiring to the court. Let's discuss other things first."

"Yes." Prince Xi nodded and returned to the queue next to him.

It was quiet in the court hall. Someone was going to start something, but when he was handed over by the booklet by Prince Xi, they were not in a mood, and they all fell silent.

When Duke Qin saw this, he had to shout: "Nothing to leave the court!"

Everyone bowed and bowed, but Yu Wenjie got up but didn't leave. He looked down and said, "Tang Taishi, Hubu Ding Shangshu, General Li... and the Prime Minister Hua, stay on."

The people who were named all felt a sinking heart, but Huachun was inexplicable, why did you order her? This tone is obviously related to the booklet of Prince Xi, but she is not corrupt.

She was not afraid of the shadow crooked, Huachun responded very candidly, and then stood there and watched the unnamed person fly away from the chapel.

Taishi Tang's sweaty face finally came to Huachun's side, and tremblingly shouted: "The prime minister Hua."

"Huh?" Huachun looked at him: "Taishi."

"My old man... I regret it," Taishi Tang said in a low voice.

What? Huachun looked at him inexplicably. He hadn't spoken to her for half a month recently, and suddenly he regretted. Who knows what he regrets?

"Brother Three Emperors." The emperor above said, "Is everything written in this book true?"

"It's true." Prince Xi said: "The emperor can send someone to search now. The things must be in your residences, and you won't be able to escape."

There were more than a dozen ministers standing underneath, and they all paled after hearing the words. Looking at their reaction, Yuwenjie knew that Yuwenxi had not wronged anyone.

However, the Hua Jinghua under his right hand had a normal look on his face, and even looked at him blankly.

"Prime Minister Hua." The emperor couldn't help but ask him more: "Aren't you always incorruptible? Lord Xi wronged you this time?"

Huachun frowned, raised her head and asked, "Is there a minister's name on the booklet?"

Yu Wenjie nodded.

"Why?" Huachun was puzzled, and looked at Prince Xi: "Since we became an official, Weichen has never received any gift from anyone, let alone accepting bribes. There is a breeze in his sleeves, and the world can learn from the world. Dare to ask the prince, Wei What did the minister embezzle?"

"Thirty thousand silver." Yu Wenxi said: "This is the money for the disaster relief. This king checked where it went, and it was right to the Huafu."

Thirty thousand taels! The monthly salary of a month spent in Jinghua is only thirty taels. If Nima takes such a large sum of money, what else would she do to wait with the emperor with her head on her head? Wouldn't it be fine to just roll the money and escape?

He rolled his eyes carefully, and Hua Chun said: "The emperor, the Weichen pledged his life, and the Weichen did not know about this."

"Catch the thief and take the spoils." Lord Xi said: "You sirs don't have to be busy with sophistry. Just stay in the palace of Xuanzheng for a day, let the emperor send someone to search the house, and wait to find the amount of loss on the account and what It’s your money, let’s talk about other things."

Corruption is so common. Although the criminal law of the Liang Dynasty penalizes the crime of corruption is quite serious and requires demotion and exile, under the umbrella of "the law does not account for the public", the court is still corrupted by all officials. Greed is less, and the difference between greed is obvious and not obvious.

If someone else stabbed the emperor in front of this matter, the emperor was likely to be suppressed. After all, if so many officials were destroyed at once, the court would hurt vitality and many things would be messed up.

But it was Prince Xi who was intimacy with the emperor on the surface, but he secretly competed with the emperor. If Yu Wenjie is not severely punished this time, it will inevitably have the words "imperial support officials corrupt" all over the beams, and the people's hearts will collapse, which is more terrible than losing officials.

Therefore, even if there are many veteran and important officials in the court, Yu Wenjie can only tell Huo Zichong to take people out of the palace and search all the mansions according to the list on the pamphlet.

"Brother Three Emperors come with me." Yu Wenjie said.

Lord Xi nodded and followed the emperor to leave the Palace of Xuanzheng, and then someone from the palace brought in a chair and asked everyone to sit down, and then surrounded by heavy soldiers, the flies could not fly out.

These veterans in their 30s, 40s and 50s were sitting on their chairs and shivering, looking no different from chickens that were about to be slaughtered. It takes an hour to sit, and there is no movement outside.

Taishi Tang sat and thought for a long time, and the panic from the beginning has become the calm and doubt now.

"The prime minister." He said: "The old man suddenly felt something was wrong."

"Huh?" Huachun sat bored, already yawning.

"If the old man's name were in that booklet, Li Zhongtang would definitely not be able to escape." Taishi Tang frowned, "But, it's only me and Ding Shangshu, there are no Li Zhongtang and General Meng."

Huachun raised her eyebrows and remembered. These veterans have always belonged to the same party. When they supported her, they were together, and when they were squeezed out of her, they were also together. Then why are only Tang Taishi and Ding Shangshu being looked at by Prince Xi?

Could it be infighting?

Taishi Tang's eyes kept moving, and his expression became more and more tense. He reached out and grabbed Huachun's sleeve and said, "No matter what happens afterwards, the prime minister remembers to keep an eye on those Li Zhongtang."

This made people feel cold behind their backs, and Hua chun shrank her shoulders. Li Zhongtang and the others also had trouble with her in the relief work. The rest of the time seemed to be fine, right? They helped to lift her out of the palace before, didn't they? Why would Taishi Tang say this?

But well, the heart of defense is indispensable, this sentence applies everywhere. Huachun nodded obediently.

Then Taishi Tang didn't say much, thinking about things in silence.

It was noon, and the palace people came in with lunch. Many people took the opportunity to inquire about the situation outside. However, the palace people didn't know anything, only that the emperor had gone out of the palace with the prince and had not returned.

The dark clouds pressed against the Xuanzheng Hall, and they never dispersed. This group of people may have experienced the most difficult moments in their lives. Many people have collapsed a little and want to surrender themselves.

"The big deal is exile, and you don't have to torture people so much!" A slightly smaller official of the six ministries clutched his hair and said, "I want to go out!"

The atmosphere here is too psychologically pressured, and Yu Wenjie is really ruthless, Huachun shook her head, but fortunately she didn't do anything wrong.

In the evening, the emperor and prince Xi finally returned.

"Formulate the purpose." As soon as Yu Wenjie entered the Xuanzheng Hall, he didn't even look at the group of people kneeling in front of him. He walked directly to the dragon position and said: "What you should do is follow the law."

"Yes!" Prince Xi responded with a smile, and glanced back at the kneeling man below.

Hua Chun raised her head alone, looked at the emperor curiously and asked, "What did the emperor find in Huafu?"

Yu Wenjie bowed his head and looked at him deeply: "Thirty thousand taels of silver, some gold and silver jewels, some antiques, they are priceless."

"It's a gift, right?" Huachun laughed: "Just after the wedding of the minister, I haven't had time to clean up the gift from the adults. I didn't expect that there are so many things-are they all corrupted by the minister?"