The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 945 Crusade
Bian Shengrong felt that this is the right time to bring down the third prince, and take advantage of your illness to kill you!

The emperor made it clear that he would not let this matter go well. Murdering the prince is a felony. Why not let the third prince be accused of more and more violent crimes?

If the third prince can be eliminated this time, then the eldest prince will have one less opponent in the future.

"Master Bian is right. 28 taels of silver is not a small amount. The salt tax is the largest tax in this dynasty, and no one can get involved. What's more, the national treasury is still not full. What is the use of so much tax every year? Why are the officers and soldiers at the border border lacking in food and clothing every year, and not receiving their salaries?"

Deng Chenghong, the censor of Zuodu, came out. He felt that those who got involved in taxation were moths of the court, and he especially hated such officials.

Taxes are collected from the bottom every year, and the people are exploited layer by layer. The people are miserable, and the treasury is still not rich. It is time to rectify the government and the opposition.

The third prince only received filial piety every year, so he could take out 28 taels of silver casually.

It is conceivable how much benefit did the officials below get?
Every time it is mentioned that the national treasury is not abundant, the ruling and opposition parties can only propose cutting expenditure.

Then after Gu Chengyu of the Imperial Academy proposed tea tax and salt introduction, the situation got better.

However, no official has ever dug deep into the root cause of the insufficient treasury, and everyone has kept silent, isn't it because there has been no crown prince before?

Everyone is afraid of offending which prince, and when that prince is established as the prince in the future, wouldn't it be a waste of money to walk around?
Now that the prince has been established, and the prince has a kind heart and always thinks of the common people, it is time to bring up these topics that were not dared to be mentioned in the past.

Gu Chengyu stood behind and lowered his head and sneered, these people were too anxious.

The emperor looked really angry now, and handing over the matter to Dali Temple for investigation, naturally meant to severely punish the third prince.

It is not impossible for the third prince to be imprisoned in the clan mansion, or even expelled from the royal family and demoted to common people.

But this is the appearance that can be seen now, the emperor is furious at this time, of course he will not give the third prince good fruit to eat.

But after the anger in the emperor's heart calmed down a little bit, can the emperor tolerate seeing these officials eagerly throwing stones at him?
If these officials were followed, the third prince would be punished severely, or the third prince would be killed, there is no guarantee that the emperor will not regret it when he thinks about it in the future.

Then this account will be counted on the officials who fell into trouble at that time, and no one can please them.

No matter how bad the third prince is, he is still a prince, the flesh and blood of the emperor.

They are mere courtiers, but they want to trample the prince in the mud. This is despising the imperial power, and the emperor will inevitably be unhappy.

Originally, if the matter of poisoning and murdering the prince was confirmed, the emperor would not let him off lightly in order to give an explanation to the prince and to the world.

But at this time, it is superfluous to add other crimes to the third prince and lose the face of the royal family.

And it will make the emperor even more suspicious, thinking that the prince wants to get rid of the princes as soon as possible, and now he took the opportunity to add insult to injury.

"Then what Bian Aiqing and Deng Aiqing mean is that it's all because the third prince received benefits, which caused our Dayan Dynasty to be short of money everywhere?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and his complexion was a little darker than before.

Although the third brother has done something to his eldest brother, he deserves to be punished for his crime.But that is his own son after all, do these people mean to force him?
Force him to expel the third child from the clan, or even kill him to avoid future troubles?
"The emperor appeases his anger, this minister does not mean that. What I said just now does not only refer to the third prince, but refers to most of the moths in the court. I have not personally investigated whether the third prince has accepted bribes, so it is naturally difficult to draw a conclusion." , let’s ignore these for the time being. However, I think that in this court, there are a lot of officials corrupting ink, and I ask the emperor to investigate thoroughly!"

Although Deng Chenghong is an official in the line of the second prince, he is sincerely thinking about the court and the people.

Although the taxation of the people is not heavy, it is because the imperial court can still make ends meet due to the tea tax.

When the treasury cannot make ends meet, the imperial court will naturally increase taxes.

"Your Majesty! My minister is just like Mr. Deng. What he said was definitely not aimed at the third prince, but because of the rampant rumors some time ago. If the third prince did not do this, then please the emperor to return the third prince's innocence."

When Bian Shengrong saw that the emperor's words were somewhat protective of the third prince, he immediately felt unwilling.

The third prince did such a wrong thing, the emperor even wanted to take sides.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lost a lot of his body due to poisoning, and was almost succeeded by the Third Prince.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a great life, and his strategy is not inferior to other princes, otherwise they would all die at this moment.

It's really sad that a good son of the middle palace is forced to do this by other princes.

Now the emperor still wants to protect the culprit, which makes them feel uncomfortable!
"Before the case of the Hejian Mansion, the emperor had already uprooted many officials and ordered the Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate the matter. Now that the government and the public are clear, how can there be corruption and bribery? What the two adults mean is that the court has no Are you an upright official?"

Dai Yuanji, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, couldn't understand how these two people were clinging to each other. Of course, he definitely didn't want the emperor to let the third prince go.

It's because these two are princelings, so he doesn't like it.

"Okay! Now is not the time to talk about this. The case of the prince's poisoning must be resolved as soon as possible, so as to appease the officials and the people."

The emperor interrupted the confrontation of several people, he knew what these people meant, he just wanted to accuse the third child of more crimes.

The wall fell and everyone pushed it down. Before some officials made mistakes and were dismissed from office, even when their families were ransacked and their families were wiped out, these officials also made trouble like this.

I can't wait to step on a few more feet, so that those officials will never turn over.

The emperor is used to the actions of these officials, but now the trampled object is his son, which makes him feel unhappy after all.

Besides, if the third child is really unbearable, he will lose the face of the royal family, and even the common people will pass it on, and the prince's education is no more than that.

The third prince looked at the long Danbi in front of him. He had never felt that the road he had to walk every day was as long as it is now.

His legs were a little weak, if it wasn't for the guards holding his arms, he didn't know if his limp body would be able to walk into the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Take a deep breath, what should come will always come.Shaking his legs, he stepped up the steps.

The two guards on the side grabbed the third prince's arm, and a trace of disdain flashed in their eyes.

He has the guts to murder the prince, but he doesn't have the guts to bear the consequences.

"My sons and ministers see the father, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

As soon as he entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony and walked a few steps forward, the Third Prince's knees softened and he knelt down on the ground.

"Third brother, you poisoned and murdered the prince. The evidence is convincing. What else do you have to say?"

Seeing the appearance of the third prince, the emperor suddenly softened his heart.

Originally, he wanted to reprimand severely, but the other party's slumped and lifeless appearance made the emperor swallow the reprimand he was about to utter.

(End of this chapter)