The rise of the prince

Chapter 450
In Kunning Palace, the imperial city, the emperor's complexion was not good, and the maids and eunuchs who looked after the charcoal brazier in the four corners did not dare to breathe, and could not raise their heads.

The emperor didn't speak, and the Fu'an father-in-law beside him didn't dare to speak, and the silence in the hall was terrible.

The emperor was half lying on the seat, closing his eyes and resting his mind, pinching his temples.

The snow had stopped outside the house, and there was a cold wind blowing in from time to time. Eunuch Fu An took two steps and was about to close the door of the palace, but he was suddenly called out: "What are you doing?"

"Report to Your Majesty, go and close the door, lest Your Majesty catch a cold." Fu An said respectfully.

"It's on, I'm bored, dizzy, and the wind is just sober."

"Your Majesty, why don't you prepare some medicinal food that cools and relieves fire."

"No need." The emperor said lightly: "I don't want to see anything now, Fu'an, do you know how much I had expected at the beginning, and how much I am disappointed now. I was almost mad at that little beast, but fortunately, there is time to remedy it."

Fu'an didn't dare to agree, the emperor just snorted, and the hall became quiet again.

At this moment, there was a slight sound of footsteps outside the hall, and Fu An hurriedly booed. The little eunuch who came understood, stepped forward slowly, whispered a few words in Fu An's ear, and then quietly backed out.

Fu'an took a careful look at the emperor who closed his eyes and rested his mind, he hesitated to speak, and was very embarrassed.

At this time, the emperor snorted coldly: "Hmph, is it Wang Yue? I know it even if you don't tell me. I probably came here to intercede for his grandson-in-law. I have made up my mind. I won't see you anymore! Now I don't want to see anyone related to this matter. Don't want to hear anything about it."

Eunuch Fu An heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly said: "Your Majesty is wise, it may indeed be related to the matter of King Pingnan, but it is not Wang Xiang, but Tang Zhou, the envoy of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the young minister of Honglu Temple, who said he has something to see. "

The emperor was also stunned: "Why is that fat man here? Didn't he say nothing during the discussion this morning, come to see me now." Even so, he waved and said, "Let him in, Tang Zhou Because of this person, I know that he has no independent opinions and is afraid of getting into trouble, but he never takes sides, if he has something to say, he can listen to it, and he has the right to relieve boredom."

Fu'an nodded, and called the little eunuch beside him to announce him.

After a while, the chubby Tang Zhouwei came in, saw the emperor above, and began to salute respectfully, but because he was too fat, his movements were slow and inconvenient.

The emperor waved his hand: "That's all, excuse me, speak quickly."

Tang Zhouwei smiled embarrassedly, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." As he spoke, he took out a booklet from his bosom: "Your Majesty, I am only here to deliver the booklet for King Pingnan, and I have nothing else to do. In Honglu Temple, King Pingnan is also a minister and superior, so it is only natural to share the worries of the superior."

The emperor's face was not good: "You still have the nerve to mention Honglu Temple, what does Honglu Temple look like now!"

Tang Zhou was so frightened that he dared not speak. Eunuch Fu An looked at the emperor and wanted to ask the emperor for his opinion, but the emperor did not speak.Fu'an rolled his eyes, went down and took the book from Tang Zhouwei, and presented it to the emperor's desk.

"Do you think this book should be read?" the emperor asked.

Beads of sweat emerged from the forehead of Fu An, and he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, all the ministers have been visiting Pingnan King recently. I thought maybe they were right, but it's just a family opinion. It doesn't hurt to read Pingnan King's booklet."

The emperor said: "You can take a look for me, I don't want to look, I'm upset."

"Yes" Fu An said, picked up the booklet and read it, but after a short time, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Seeing his expression, the emperor asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, one million taels!" Fu An's hands trembled a little, and he looked at it carefully again.

"What 100 taels?"

Fuan was sure that he read it right, swallowed and smeared: "Pingnan Wang said that he copied corruption in Jiangzhou, and copied 100 million taels. Among them, Wang Kai, the Tongzhi of Ningjiang Mansion, was the Tang Dynasty of Pingnan Wang's father-in-law. Brother, 53 taels were confiscated at home! The dossier will be delivered to Dali Temple on another day."

The emperor was also taken aback when he heard this, and quickly took the booklet from Fu'an's hand. Looking at himself, neither Fu'an nor Tang Zhouwei below dared to speak. The deeper it got, after reading all of it, he slowly put down the booklet in his hand and asked Tang Zhouwei, "Why didn't you send it earlier?"

"Your Majesty, I just received the note last night." Tang Zhouwei quickly explained.

"What about Xiaochao this morning?"

"This morning, the officials of the Xiaochao are raging, and they all attacked Pingnan Wangqun, minister, minister, minister is afraid." Tang Zhou lowered his head and whispered aggrievedly.

"Look at your potential!" The emperor reprimanded, then frowned, "Fu'an, do you think this book is true?"

"Your Majesty, Prince Pingnan's zhezi said that in a few days, the royal ship will escort the dirty silver to Kaiyuan, and you will know the truth if you don't see it."

The emperor nodded: "That's right, since Xingzhou dared to say that he would bet a million dollars to come to Beijing, there is a high probability that it cannot be false, but if this matter is true, don't you find it strange what the officials in the court are doing?"

"That's true. If the story is false, where can King Pingnan collect a million taels of silver?" Eunuch Fu'an bowed his head and dared not speak nonsense.

When the emperor heard this, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and muttered to himself: "One million taels, I have had a surplus of military pay for several years at the border of Jingguo! A small Ningjiang mansion magistrate, plus a few small fish and shrimp, the annual salary is only a hundred , Where did so much money come from! If this is not corruption, this is not the fat of the people, then what is it!
It's really strange, how come the millions of taels of silver disappeared from the mouths of the officials in the court and in the books of the officials in Beijing, but instead, Quancheng Xingzhou was arrogant and domineering, confiscating the officials' wealth at will."

Fu'an's forehead was sweating, and he dared not speak.

Tang Zhouwei, who was listening with his head down, rolled his eyes wildly and didn't say a word.

The emperor was still pacing, frowning as if he was thinking about something. Not long after, the emperor sent Tang Zhouwei away.

Tang Zhou left only on the front foot, and the little eunuch came in again to announce: "Your Majesty, Bao Zheng, the co-prefect of Honglu Temple, is here again, and Zhenghou is outside the palace."

The emperor instinctively couldn't imagine it, because it was not the first time that Bao Zheng had come here, and the things in Honglu Temple were done like that, and he was annoyed when he saw it.

But when I looked back and saw the papers on the table, I thought about what happened just now, and suddenly remembered that Ningjiang Mansion was managed by King Pingnan, and Honglu Temple was also managed by King Pingnan; Was punished by mouth and pen.
"Previously, Bao Zheng repeatedly said that there was something wrong with the failure of the negotiations with the Jinren. I just thought he was making excuses. This is a major issue that concerns the country. Who dares to put the family and the country at a disadvantage for their own self-interest." The emperor himself Talking to himself, his thoughts turned quickly, and then his tone became cold: "But now it seems that there may be something strange in it!

just let him in"

The little eunuch took the order and went out to Xuanhonglu Temple to enter the hall with Zhi Bao Zheng.

(End of this chapter)