After I was reborn, I became the white moonlight of the destitute son

Chapter 176
Zuo Shilang reminisces about his life while walking.

When he was young, he was very high-spirited and vowed to make some achievements, to become the support of his family and the pride of the clan.Later, he did it. He passed high school in one fell swoop, and was awarded the Jinshi degree. He was even praised by the late emperor for his style of writing.

Later, he assisted the young master to ascend the throne and took control of a part of the real power. Although he shared power with others, he was more arbitrarily happy than anyone else.

And then... how did he end up in this dead end?

That's right, it started when the first prince had an accident and the second prince offered an olive branch, promising that his eldest granddaughter would become a country in the future...

That was... ten years ago, when the second prince was eleven years old.

Later, when Zhou Xining returned to Beijing, when the second prince was planning to marry her, his granddaughter once approached him.He made a conclusion about the second prince's attempt to marry Zhou Xining, saying that if the second prince marries Zhou Xining as his concubine, it would be breaking his promise to him.But if after the event is over, he abandons Zhou Xining and welcomes her as queen, that would be callous.No matter how you look at it, the second prince will not be a good man.

At that time, he once told his granddaughter with certainty that the second prince would definitely not be a cold person if he kept his promise.Now it seems that he is old and dim-sighted, and he was blinded by the appearance deliberately created by the second prince.

A few years ago, a friend also told him that he thought the second prince was a bit cold, and told him to remember to leave a way out for himself when he acted, but he didn't listen to it at that time.

Now, he believed it, but it was too late.

Coolness, yes coolness, not only a little coolness, but a coolness in nature!
Forget it, since the emperor misses the old days and is still willing to give him a way out for this old bone, then he should try his best to atone for his past sins.After thinking this through, Zuo Shilang moved forward with much lighter steps, and slowly raised his drooping head.

Knowing how to return from a lost path and redeeming previous sins is not a lesson for the family and a new beginning for the children and grandchildren.

At least, his children and grandchildren have a future.

He was fortunate that he did not send a marriage certificate to show his trust in the second prince.Otherwise, now, his granddaughter would not be able to escape unscathed.

His granddaughter is worthy of the best man in the world, and that's why he wants to admire the queen's Gao Zhi for her.But in the end he was wrong...

The next day, Zuo Shilang sued himself in the main hall.

"Your Majesty, all the wealth of Zuo's family has been donated to the state treasury. The guilty officials dare not ask for forgiveness. They are willing to die to apologize. This is a warning to future generations not to be vain, and not to forget the original intentions of youth."

As soon as Zuo Shilang finished speaking, the emperor looked at Hubu.

Mr. Qin from the household department understood what the emperor meant, and without hesitation for a moment, he went out to play and said: "Your Majesty, after investigation, Zuo Shilang has misappropriated 350 million taels of silver from the user department for several years, and now he has returned 33 taels of silver. , and other things are discounted to 200 taels of silver. I still owe 21 taels of silver..."

Zuo Shilang took out an account book from his sleeve pocket, and presented it with both hands: "On March 23th, the 50rd year of Tiansheng, Xin'an submitted a request for 50 taels of silver to strengthen the embankment. After your Majesty's approval, the minister will receive the silver and pay the money." Instead of issuing Xin'an, he lent all 30 taels to the second prince Chu Yuming. In the same year, on October [-], the second prince needed [-] taels of silver for winter hunting...

On July 24th, [-]th year of Tiansheng, Yongning was hit by a disaster...

……

In the 28th year of Tiansheng, the second prince Chu Yuming was ordered to raise money to build the Liyang Hall in the old capital by himself. It required 300 million taels of silver, but the second prince only raised 2203 million taels.

One account book, and the second prince's mansion's account room are all signed and sealed. The second prince's mansion owes the minister a total of 3106 million taels of silver. "

When he said this, Zuo Shilang turned his head to look at the second prince who had been full of cold eyes since he counted the past, and said: "Your Highness, the emperor has a deadline of three days, and ordered the minister to return all the money owed to the treasury. I have lent you all these years." It’s time to return the money to the minister.”

As soon as Zuo Shilang's words came out, the whole court was in an uproar.

The sound of gasping was even more one after another, but it became one after a while.

Zuo Shilang admitted to borrowing money, not only did not a trace of dirt fall on Chu Yuming, but also did not implicate anyone, and he took all the punishment for all crimes.

Even so, Chu Yuming was still so angry that he was about to explode. Although Zuo Shilang took the blame, but where did he get the 300 million taels of money?

Zuo Zhangyan, an old bastard, has taken all his sins on him, so why should he make a debt of silver?Can't you make the beginning and the end more beautiful?And the accountant in the mansion is brainless?Why did you even give him a signature?

How should he deal with himself now?If he admits it, he will have to pay back the more than 300 million taels of silver.Moreover, if those people in the back followed suit, how much money would he have to spend? How would he recognize this?
But if you don't recognize it...

Zuo Shilang only glanced at the change in Chu Yuming's expression out of the corner of his eye, and guessed that he definitely didn't want to recognize him.Therefore, before he could speak, he said again: "If your Highness is a little scattered due to the long time interval, it's okay if you can't remember clearly. It doesn't matter if you don't believe the accountant in your house. In addition to the account book signed and sealed by the accountant in your house, you also kept the loan letter sent by your highness to the criminal minister. I don't know your highness, do you need the criminal minister to take it out and verify it one by one?"

Hearing this, Chu Yuming was about to lose his anger, turned slightly to look at Zuo Shilang, and said with a dry smile: "Lord Zuo, this is your fault. When my highness borrowed money from you, if you No, you can say it clearly. How can you do such a stupid thing?
Speaking of which, His Highness also made mistakes. If he had asked one more question about the source of the money, Lord Zuo would not have made so many mistakes one after another over the years...

Mr. Zuo, you should have explained earlier.Alas, this matter is troublesome... However, you can rest assured that His Highness borrowed money from you in black and white at the beginning, so naturally he will not default on the debt.

But, can you allow your highness a little more time, even if your highness sells the property in the mansion, it will take some time..."

Zuo Shilang's heart is as clear as a mirror, it's because he didn't recognize the money, so he wanted to use the emperor's hand to kill him.Since he came today and presented the account book, he didn't intend to be alive, but he couldn't die like that...

Zuo Shilang straightened his body and kowtowed upwards: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister knows that he has committed a serious crime. He dare not ask for forgiveness and has no face to live in this world. The guilty minister only asks His Majesty Long's grace to forgive him, and don't sin against his family. Because, they don't know anything about it. All the flowers in the mansion these years have been obtained by themselves, and they have never used half of the criminal's dirty money. On the contrary, the criminal has taken money from home several times..."

Manchu was in an uproar again.

Everyone knows that the hugely corrupt Zuo Shilang didn't keep a penny for himself?Should it be said that he is greedy or not?Especially those courtiers who took the opportunity to seek benefits from Zuo Shilang were even more surprised.

The elders of the two dynasties, the accumulated family assets are only three 10,000+ silver, this...

(End of this chapter)