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Chapter 885 Li Mian's Answer

Zhao Yuanshan was ordered by the second assistant, Liu Xiang, to persuade the prince to confess to the emperor.Now that the prince has agreed, then send all the people out as soon as possible, and have an explanation as soon as possible.

What he said was to find someone as soon as possible. In fact, he hoped that no one could be found and the result could be obtained one day sooner. His Royal Highness Fu Wang could also surrender himself to the emperor one day earlier. At least he could win the initiative before Li Mian investigated the case.

The prince's guilt is less, and other people will not be implicated.

It is not easy for Mr. Cifu, Wang Shangshu and others to work for His Royal Highness Fu Wang for more than ten years. If His Majesty suspects him of treason, I am afraid that he will cleanse Fu Wang's family.

Senior officials such as Master Cifu and Wang Shangshu will be implicated, and dismissal and reprimand are all light.If the money in and out of the Ministry of Industry over the years is found out again, I am afraid that many people will be imprisoned.

Many things are like this. If you don't check, everyone will turn a blind eye and close one eye, and stay in harmony.Act in accordance with the rules that cannot be put on the table, hello, me, everyone, the world is peaceful and happy.

But once it is caught and put on the surface, it is an ink corruption case.

Before the person sent by King Fu could reply, Li Mian took the results of his investigation and begged to see the emperor.

The man under Fu Wang was captured by the subordinates of Li Mian's personal guard camp.When the guard camp arrested this person, they took away his whole family, and also collected some valuables and simple luggage.The purpose is to create an illusion for King Fu, making him think that this person escaped by himself, so as to buy some time for the investigation.

It was precisely because of this illusion that Li Mian had the opportunity to ask for a confession and found Tongpingzhou and Huaiyuan County.

Li Mian went through all the investigation files and questioned the person in charge of the matter in detail. After that, he compiled a simple outline and went to talk to the emperor.

For him, this is already the limit of what he can find out.He shouldn't need to do the next thing. It just depends on the emperor's attitude towards this matter. He intends to cover up the matter and punish King Fu with other reasons?Or hand it over to Dali Temple or the clan mansion for investigation.

When it comes to the emperor's son, even if he is the emperor's most trusted person, there is nothing he can do about it.

The emperor had prepared for this matter before, so the reaction to receiving this outline was relatively calm.

In the small palace, there were still only the emperor, Zhang Cunhai and Li Mian.

The emperor briefly read the outline, and he felt a little relieved. Fortunately, the flow of these iron materials did not involve weapons, and his son could still be his son.

He put down the roll of paper and asked Li Mian, "Why don't you continue to investigate?"

Li Mian's forehead was a little sweaty, he had written so clearly, with the emperor's wisdom, it was obvious.But his old man still asked him why he didn't investigate further.

It's really hard to be the emperor's most trusted person!

Li Mian bowed and replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that this matter has basically been verified except for the amount of materials that have exceeded the imperial court's account books. Stop now, and there is more room for maneuver. Those two places are under strict supervision. If we rashly send someone to investigate, I'm afraid there will be conflicts. At that time, not only will His Royal Highness Fu be alarmed, but it may also attract the attention of other people, and I'm afraid it will end badly."

The emperor was noncommittal to Li Mian's answer, and then asked, "What do you mean? What should we do next?"

Li Mian felt that the sweat on his forehead was about to condense into beads of sweat, "I thought that His Royal Highness Fu Wang only found an opportunity to use a large amount of iron in the first phase of the rail transportation project, so that he could find a little gap...to earn some money Expenses."

It is not easy to be the emperor's loyal minister, and one has to find suitable excuses and excuses for the offending prince, "As a result of the investigation by the guard camp, His Highness has no other intentions other than earning some profit and spending money." In other words, His Highness, he No treason.

After Li Mian finished speaking, he secretly wiped his forehead.In saying this, he took a risk.Judging from the current evidence, Fu Wang only wanted to earn some money in this matter, and had no other changes.

But who can guarantee that he will not change his mind in the future?If King Fu really wanted to conspire against him in the future, what he said today was to cover up for King Fu when he had the tendency to conspire against him.

If the emperor or someone who is hostile takes what he said today and puts it on the line, he will be miserable. Even if he is not from the Fu Wang family, at least he is not good at handling the case and has neglected the most critical tendency.

The emperor had no other expression on his face, but he was very satisfied with Li Mian's answer in his heart.

That's all he wanted.He still knows about his own son.King Fu did have the desire to inherit the throne, but if he said that he wanted to kill the king and seize the throne, the emperor would not believe it.

"The errands are done well, this case is over. Sort out all the files you have, hand them over to Zhang Cunhai, and keep them in the palace."

Li Mian quickly agreed.

The next day the emperor went to court, and after various invitations to discuss matters, the courtiers who held different political views fought back and forth a few times, and announced the dispersal of the court as usual.

The crown prince and the two princes greeted each other before walking out of the hall.

The emperor didn't pay much attention to these things in the past, but after listening to Li Mian's report yesterday, when he paid more attention to these three people, he found that they left the court hall faster than others.

King Fu had something on his mind, and he was anxious to leave the noisy place, go back to meditate, or try to turn the tide.But what are Jin Rong and the prince busy with?It seems that Li Mian has to check the movements of these two worried sons.

Before King Fu stepped out of the main hall, a young eunuch caught up with him, bowed to King Fu, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, please stop. Your Majesty, please go to the Imperial Study Room. I have something to discuss with Your Highness."

Fu Wang's heart skipped a beat.He's been sending people out for a few days now, with no response.

He listened to Liu Yu's suggestion that day, and he also hoped that this matter would be resolved in time. It would be best if he could find someone, and kill him immediately.In any case, he can rest assured for a while.If he couldn't find it, he would not count on it. If he wrote back, he would simply ask his father to admit his mistake.Whether it is killing or cutting, he admits it.

Now that Li Mian has found the iron mining area and the smelting workshop, he is probably already under the control of the emperor, and there is no room for other actions.

At this time, the emperor asked him to go to the imperial study, and nine times out of ten, this was the case.It is estimated that the person was really arrested, and the key confession has been asked.

King Fu's first thought was that his father already knew about it.

Sure enough, the little eunuch accompanied him to stand in the imperial study for a while, and the emperor strode in with Zhang Cunhai.Without looking at him, he went forward and sat on the upper seat.

Zhang Cunhai waved the little eunuch back, and the emperor asked, "Jin Yi, are you guilty?"

Now that we've talked about it, King Fu still doesn't know what the emperor is asking.

He immediately fell to his knees and said, "I know my mistake. It's because the ghosts have lost their minds. When building the rail transportation project, because there is a large amount of iron coming in and out, they can find gaps in it for personal gain. Therefore, they hide materials during the mining and smelting process." A few. My son is convicted, and I will let my father deal with it."

(End of this chapter)