Hexi

Chapter 320 The Excluded Mineral Deposit
When the prince came back, he was with Lord Zhen Guo, and by this time Han Mo had finished what he needed to say.

The emperor was still sitting on the arhat bed, the setting sun shone in, looking from behind the light, the room seemed to be even darker.

Han Mo stood up, waited until Lord Zhen Guo had finished seeing the emperor, then silently saluted him, stepped back a little and stood still.

Zhen Guogong asked: "Your Majesty, what happened? What happened to the tiger talisman in Chang Wei's hand that Ning said?"

The emperor looked at the three people in front of him, unfolded the yellow silk that the prince had brought, and said, "Although all the 24 tiger talismans are here, Ah Mo said that what Ning saw could not be false, there must be a reason for it. Even if the tiger talisman was not real, it must be something important. Chang He took this thing away in all likelihood. Obviously, we will not know about this thing until Chang He returns to the case. "

Duke Zhen was horrified: "No one in the whole court knows about such an important matter. Your Majesty, how big a loophole is this?"

Not to mention whether the thing Chang Wei is holding is a tiger talisman, but Chang Wei framed the Xue family and planned such a big conspiracy in private. It is unimaginable now that the emperor has been on the throne for nearly 20 years. It's not just the news brought to Han Mo, but also the questions and anxieties caused by many recent incidents.

The emperor said: "Do you want to say that I have never noticed such a thing, nor have I taken precautions against it, so I am worthy of the word sage?"

Duke Zhen hurriedly knelt down: "I dare not die!" Han Mo also knelt down.

The emperor stood up and looked at Han Mo behind him: "What do you think?"

Of course, Han Mo didn't dare to talk nonsense, he focused slightly, and replied: "There will always be shadows when the sun shines. Which dynasty does not have a few treacherous officials? Although there are treacherous officials like Chang Wei in the imperial court, we have the most of them." A loyal minister like the Han family, just because he can make a decisive decision to turn the tide in a critical moment, has already reflected the emperor's wisdom and martial arts!"

His voice was loud and powerful, Duke Zhen and the crown prince all glanced at him.

The solemn emperor looked at him, but sneered slightly: "You praised me for being wise and powerful, but since Chang Wei was caught, how many people are secretly criticizing me for my incompetence? There are so many people in the Xue family. , almost no one survived. There are so many officials implicated in this case, some of them have died, and some are still in prison, do they think that I am holy? Will they not hate me?"

"emperor……"

"Father..."

The three people in the hall didn't know how to answer the conversation.

Ever since Chang Wei's incident happened, many evidences about Xue's case surfaced, and everyone in the government and the public discussed it. When Xue Rong was alive, he was a cabinet scholar and made many political achievements. The common people praised him very much. At that time, the court recognized the ironclad evidence as a mountain, and many people complained for him. Later, the Xue family was sentenced without twisting their arms and thighs, and they died down.

It's only been two or three years now, and the evidence that Xue's family was framed and misjudged immediately broke out from Chang Wei's hands. How could there be no one talking about it outside?

If it was usual, if it was anything else, the government would naturally come forward and order not to discuss politics, but this is the Xue family, and the emperor personally ordered him to be executed, so how can this seal Youyou's mouth?

When investigating the criminal evidence of the Xue family, Donglin Guard contributed a lot. Both Han Mo and Zhen Guogong were officials in Donglin Guard, and Zhen Guogong was even the head of Donglin Guard at that time. How strict and how cautious the court was at the time, they knew it well.

As a king, the emperor must be wary and suspicious of his courtiers, but he will not be the type who would not listen to the slightest trouble, because he has his own confidant guard Dong Linwei, and the Xue family has nothing to do in the past so many years. A big mistake, suddenly the defendant had a private relationship with the descendants of the deposed prince, how could it be possible not to work hard to check it?

However, those "criminal evidences" are too reliable. Before the crime, Xue Rong did not have clear accounts. On the night when he was accused, he did spend half the night with someone who couldn't tell the history.Indeed, some items belonging to the abandoned prince's mansion were found in his home, as well as some ambiguous letters.

And most importantly, Xue Rong pleaded guilty.

With the connections he had built up in the court for many years, he didn't even suffer any serious punishment, but under such circumstances, he pleaded guilty.

He has pleaded guilty and made it clear how he colluded with the people on the side of the abolished prince. How can people believe him?

Mr. Zhen Guo had participated in the case, and he firmly believed that there would be no suspicion. He was also confused until Han Mo found the criminal evidence from Liushu Alley.How could this settled case be reversed?
Although Han Mo was the first to think that the Xue family's case might be the problem, he was not so sure that the Xue family must be innocent.

Although the crown prince is in the palace, he was brought up by a father who pays attention to news like the emperor, how could he not know where the public opinion is going?

Hearing the emperor say that, he felt bad.

"Father is not to blame for the Xue family's case."

"Now is not the time to pursue responsibility." The emperor followed the words of the prince, and Ling Li's gaze suddenly appeared in his eyes, "The thing has already happened, and regret and anger are useless. Now we can only do our best to eradicate the traitor. Evil, make up for it!"

"Yes!……"

The prince bowed his head.

The emperor continued: "It has been more than a year since I first discovered something was wrong. These things are also groundless, so I have never confided to anyone. During this time, each of you is just acting according to your will. , but I must have muttered in my heart sometimes, I don't know what tricks I'm up to.

"I've always disliked aimless targets, so I've always wanted to find out what's going on before telling me about it. But today, through the hands of the crown prince, I received several memorials from Liu Huai, the prefect of Sichuan. It's about mineral deposits."

The emperor handed the memorial on the kang table to Duke Zhen and his son.

"This is a few recently found reports of the discovery of copper and iron ore in several counties under the jurisdiction of central Shu. These two mines are not included in the records compiled over the years. However, Emperor Taizu It is included in the records in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China." At this point, he also gave them the previous yellow silk.

Zhen Guogong and Han Mo, who took these comparisons, had the same confusion on their faces: "That is to say, this was removed later?"

"According to Liu Huai's Memorial, these two mines are located in mountainous areas, and there are not many people. Except for firewood and hunting, few outsiders go there. However, in the survey of the government in recent years, it has been found that there have been many ancient mines in the mountains. However, they were all re-buried by the soil layer. Many mountain people in nearby villages never knew that those mountains were mines. In fact, the two mines reported by Liu Huai were only from the original report. part of the record that was excluded."

(End of this chapter)