Almighty Nongmen Phoenix

Chapter 179; Impeachment

Although this Geng Chen sometimes makes trouble for him, generally speaking, he still likes and dislikes Geng Chen.

Otherwise, with Geng Chen's virtue of jumping around and making troubles, the grave would have been as high as ten feet long ago.

But, why did Emperor Hongwen look so ugly seeing him walking out of the queue?

Because of the timing, just now he was talking about sinning against himself, but now he stood up, Emperor Hongwen was really afraid that this guy would make trouble for him.

"Your Majesty, this minister has something to play."

"What is Geng Qing going to do?"

Emperor Hongwen tried his best to squeeze out a kind smile. If you look carefully, you can see a little bit of flattery from this smile.

Recently, he has a lot of things to do, and he is very irritable. At this time, he really doesn't want anyone to trouble him.

"I want to impeach Wanfu Xiangjun for two crimes."

"Ok?"

Emperor Hongwen was stunned, and all the ministers in the hall also looked sideways.

Didn't you mean to hate His Majesty?
Why did it suddenly change?

And Wen Songtao, who was standing at the front, was also full of disbelief at this time, what does this Geng fool mean?
What are you doing to impeach Mr. Wanfuxiang?

"Mr. Wanfu Township? You mean Lu Yaoyao?"

Emperor Hongwen was also stunned by Geng Chen's sudden words, and couldn't believe his ears.

"Geng Qing, tell me, did she commit those two crimes?"

At this time, Emperor Hongwen's heart has been relieved, anyway, it's better not to impeach him himself.

All the ministers also listened attentively.

"A few days ago, His Majesty had decreed that no one should be allowed to buy and hoard grain in large quantities, but Wanfu Township Lord knowingly committed the crime. For more than ten days, he ordered people to buy grain everywhere."

"I ordered people to investigate yesterday. At present, Lord Wanfu Township has stockpiled about [-] shi of grain."

"Ignoring the imperial decree and knowingly committing a crime is one of the crimes."

Hearing this, Wen Songtao quickly stood up and bowed his hands to Emperor Hongwen.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"allow."

Emperor Hongwen glanced at Wen Songtao.

"As far as I know, there are many people in the Junzhuang of Wanfu Township. The potatoes harvested a few days ago have also been purchased by the court for promotion next year."

"There are so many people who need to eat. Now that there is a severe drought and there is not enough surplus food, it is natural that we need to buy a lot."

Hearing this, many people nodded repeatedly, especially those officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, who participated in the acquisition of Tudou.

People have sold all their potatoes, now that there is a severe drought, it is natural to buy food, or do we have to wait for people to starve to death?

"The prime minister on the right is right."

"Geng Qing"

Before Emperor Hongwen finished speaking, Geng Chen spoke again.

"Mr. Wanfu Township, the minister knows what she has done for the court. If she really has no food, the minister who bought the food will naturally not impeach her."

"However, she has been buying and hoarding grain since the beginning of the disaster. I have carefully calculated that she has purchased grain so far, more than [-] shi."

hiss!
There was an uproar in the court, more than [-] shi, this is not a small amount, it almost catches up with one-tenth of Dongzhou's total annual harvest.

"I have also investigated, and the population of her village is only a little over [-]. Even if it is because of the potatoes harvested this year, it will definitely not use more than [-] shi of grain."

"So, I feel that she is buying and hoarding food maliciously, raising the price of food, and making huge profits."

Emperor Hongwen, who was sitting on the Dragon Throne, had a gloomy expression that was about to drip water.

Because of Lu Yunjun, he has always been very tolerant towards Lu Yaoyao, and even gave her an honor that a Xiangjun should not have.

But now, he is really angry.

In the midst of the drought, she actually ignored her will and wanted to make a fortune like the gentry, which is really hateful and annoying.

Seeing his expression like this, Wen Songtao wanted to defend Lu Yaoyao several times, but he couldn't find the words.

Recently, he has been too busy, and he hasn't paid attention to Lu Yaoyao for a long time.

I never thought that she would do such a big thing, she was really confused.

"What's the other crime?"

Emperor Hongwen's voice was very low, and there was a faint tendency of a storm coming.

"The second crime is to deceive and enslave the disaster victims in the name of working."

There was another commotion in the hall, and all the officials were discussing endlessly.

"This Wanfu Township Lord is too bold, isn't he?"

"Who said no?"

"She dared to raise a sword in the street to kill her own father."

All the ministers talked to each other, and even turned up the rumor that Xu Zhao disappeared and was killed by someone secretly found by Lu Yaoyao.

All of a sudden, the voice of attacking Lu Yaoyao resounded in the hall.

"quiet."

Emperor Hongwen gave a low shout.

The hall, which was buzzing just now, was instantly so quiet that a needle could be heard.

"You said that she deceived and enslaved the victims, but you can tell me the specifics."

Geng Chen bowed his hands, spoke again, and told about Lu Yaoyao's job recruitment half a month ago, the specific number of people recruited, and the number of disaster victims who followed him.

"Accordingly, Wanfu Township Lord wants to build a large number of construction projects and recruit people to work, and others can't control it."

"However, Wanfu Xiangjun's actions are really disgusting."

"Everyone knows what the weather has been like for the past half month. It is no exaggeration to say that even in a shady place, you can sweat all over your body."

"However, Mr. Wanfu Township made those workers work under the scorching sun every day, and the wages they paid were only half of the normal workers' wages."

"As far as I know, she originally recruited a thousand people."

"But now there are far more than a thousand people working in her village. I went over to have a look yesterday."

"There are a lot of old people, and children are doing it too."

"Besides, if something goes wrong, the steward of Zhuangzi, Jun Zhuangzi of Wanfu Township, will severely reprimand him."

"Those disaster victims are pitiful, but Lord Wanfu took advantage of their desire to survive, lowered their wages, hired them, and exploited them. Such practices are really hateful and vicious."

"I implore your Majesty to step down and deal with Lord Wanfu Township."

Just when he said these words, Emperor Hongwen's face turned dark into the bottom of the pot.

As soon as Geng Chen's words fell, Emperor Hongwen was already furious, grabbed the teacup on the dragon case, and smashed it heavily to the ground.

"Asshole, hateful."

"What a Wanfu Township Lord, what a vicious beast with a snake-like heart."

"Come here, go and arrest Wanfu Township Lord and put him on death row."

When Geng Chen first heard that Lu Yaoyao was going to be impeached, he was somewhat indifferent in his heart, thinking that she was just a little girl who had just reached her age, and at most it was a small mistake.

But he never expected that she would do such an abominable thing. What Geng Chen said was well-founded, and he even went to investigate it himself.

He who trusted Geng Chen at first, believed in everything he said at this moment.

"His Majesty."

Seeing that Emperor Hongwen was so furious, Wen Songtao stood up despite being shocked and complicated.

"If you want to intercede for Lu Yaoyao, Prime Minister, you don't have to speak up."

Emperor Hongwen knew about the friendship between Wen Songtao and the Lu family. Wen Songtao had already defended Lu Yaoyao just now, but now that the evidence was solid, he still stood up, which made Emperor Hongwen very dissatisfied.

(End of this chapter)