Almighty Nongmen Phoenix

Chapter 185;
As soon as he said this, everyone echoed.

Indeed, Wanfu Xiangjun's actions are really not wrong, on the contrary, they are very benevolent.

After all, the current food price is not low. Although the wages are reduced by half, people have raised so many mouths for no reason.

Other people's money is not blown by the wind.

"In addition to the above, I also learned from the victims that Wanfu Township Lord has arranged for them a doctor."

"If any disaster victims are sick, they will see a doctor and get medicine for free."

"Because of the hot weather recently, Mr. Wanfu Township also told his servants to prepare enough herbal tea to understand the summer heat. Although everyone is working under the scorching sun, no one has any problems."

"Furthermore, I have seen with blue eyes that many old people and children, because of the kindness of Lord Wanfu Township, volunteered to help with free work."

"The steward at the Junzhuang in Wanfu Township saw it, and indeed scolded them, but it was all for the benefit of the elderly and children. After all, their bodies are weak, and they work under the hot sun. If something goes wrong, it will be very troublesome."

This time, the second crime mentioned by Geng Chen was completely overturned.

It's all nonsense, malicious speculation, and random fabrications.

Geng Chen took a staggering step back, as if he had been hit, and kept shaking his head, saying repeatedly, impossible, not true, absolutely not true.

After a while, he seemed to catch something, and his lost eyes suddenly lit up.

"There is also the first crime. He ignored His Majesty's imperial decree and openly bought grain, more than [-] shi."

"You don't have anything to say, do you?"

However, just when he was triumphant, the people around him were all staring at him like a fool.

Lu Yaoyao shook his head.

"To say you're trash is an insult."

"I recruit so many people, and I have to support their families, four to five thousand people, two meals a day, don't they want food?"

"Just ask Mr. Huo, what is the standard of the two meals I give you?"

Huo Di was very cooperative and said, "Mr. Wanfu Township's two meals a day are very large, and the four or five thousand victims can almost eat enough."

"Yes, I want to support so many people, and there are hundreds of people in my own farm. Don't these people need food?"

"When will this drought end? No one knows. With so many mouths, shouldn't I buy food?"

Everyone looked at Geng Chen and shook their heads again and again.

With so many people, it is reasonable to prepare more food.

Although His Majesty has issued a decree that prohibits wanton hoarding of grain, in fact, there are loopholes in this decree, and the punishment is only for those who hoard grain wantonly to make the country miserable.

Lu Yaoyao did buy a lot of food, but she didn't want to make money for the country. On the contrary, she posted a lot of money to help the victims.

To be honest, she did this to reduce the burden on the imperial court and to do things for the victims of the disaster.

Originally a great contribution, but because of Geng Chen's random speculation and investigation, it became a major crime, and it was still a capital crime.

It's no wonder that others were so angry just now, they fired the map cannon directly and bombed all the civil servants.

Emperor Hongwen's complexion at this time was also extremely ugly, and the balance of liking and disliking Geng Chen in his heart began to tilt.

Like has lightened a lot.

There is no way, Lu Yaoyao is of great use to him, think about it if Wen Songtao and others hadn't begged him to give Lu Yaoyao a chance to defend himself.

Then, in his furious situation, if Lu Yaoyao really killed him, then his loss would be too great.

Geng Chen's obsession made him lose a great talent.

"Even so, so what?"

"Your third crime, that is the truth, all civil and military courts are watching, you still have to lose."

Geng Chen was silent for a long time, and suddenly looked at Lu Yaoyao proudly.

However, just as he said this, the eyes of everyone present at him changed.

It's very contemptuous, such a person, before they actually thought he was upright and upright, this is definitely a villain in disguise.

Emperor Hongwen also shook his head again and again.

"Lu Yaoyao, you lost, you lost."

"So what if you say it all? You still lost."

Geng Chen was very proud, then turned around and bowed to Emperor Hongwen.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision according to the bet, and give Lu Yaoyao the death penalty."

Hearing this, everyone was in an uproar, and a look of disgust quickly rose in Emperor Hongwen's eyes.

This guy is really hiding something.

"Come on."

As soon as Emperor Hongwen gave an order, guards walked in from outside immediately.

Geng Chen was still smiling triumphantly.

"Take Geng Chen down."

"what!"

These words rang in Geng Chen's ears like thunder, and the smug smile on his face was frozen, and he looked up at Emperor Hongwen in a daze.

"When Wanfu offered you potatoes and sweet potatoes back then, I not only gave her the grace of entering and leaving the palace since she was a child, but also the grace of not kneeling when she saw the emperor."

"So, she is not considered as having no king today, so you lost this bet."

What he said made everyone present stunned for a while, and Wen Songtao was also stunned, but he quickly recovered.

When Lu Yaoyao entered the palace, he brought it with him, but he clearly remembered that His Majesty did not have such grace.

But now that His Majesty said so, it means that he wants to protect Lu Yaoyao, which is a good thing for him, and naturally he will not jump out and talk nonsense foolishly.

And Lu Yaoyao was also quite surprised, and looked up at Emperor Hongwen.

She also did not expect that Emperor Hongwen would lie to protect her.

However, she was just surprised, not moved by it, because she knew that the reason why Emperor Hongwen protected her was for a purpose, not just because of her.

"Stay here and hand it over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to investigate carefully. Has he had any other unjust, false or wrongly decided cases in these years?"

There are quite a few people who fell under Geng Chen's hands in these years. In the past, because Emperor Hongwen trusted him very much, and those things in his books and newspapers were reposted outside.

He didn't investigate carefully, but as soon as today's incident happened, he no longer trusted Geng Chen.

It was also reposted from the outside, and Geng Chen personally participated in the investigation, but what was reported was completely untrue. What about the things he reported in the previous impeachment report?
"Your Majesty, I am wronged, my minister is wronged."

"I have been loyal since I was an official, and I have done nothing wrong. You can't treat me like this."

Emperor Hongwen waved his hand, signaling the guards to quickly get him down.

At this moment, he didn't want to look at Geng Chen.

"Wanfu, you have been wronged by today's matter."

"Your Majesty is serious."

Lu Yaoyao shook his head.

"However, today you taught us all a hard lesson."

"Whether it is the theory of scholars or the theory of being an official, it is very good."

"Especially this sentence, if the temple is high, it will worry about its people, and if it is far away, it will worry about its king. All the ministers should keep this in mind."

All the ministers bowed their hands and bowed down one after another.

(End of this chapter)