Donggong Zhangjiao

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Now Pei Yao has a very good reputation among the people in the capital because of the plague control, and the same is true in the court.

But now it suddenly broke out that he used his power for personal gain and embezzled disaster relief funds, which immediately surprised everyone.

Of course, some people immediately stood up and questioned this matter.

Because these years, although Emperor Chengjing has been deliberately suppressing, and the faction of the eldest prince is always fighting, but Pei Yao has always kept himself clean, and has always done things with clean hands, and has never been exposed to such scandals, so in the hearts of the ministers, The prince's virtue is still very upright.

Therefore, when some people said that he was corrupt, not only the princelings headed by Prime Minister Lu fiercely refuted it, but even some neutral ministers with upright temperaments also expressed doubts.

All of a sudden, the people in the hall started to argue.

Pei Yao frowned tightly, stepped out of the row and cupped his hands to Emperor Chengjing, who was above him, and said loudly.

"Uncle Emperor, this son-in-law has absolutely never embezzled money and food for disaster relief. This lord's words are convincing. There must be some evidence. Please bring it up, and we will confront him face-to-face!"

After speaking, before Emperor Chengjing could answer, he turned his head and looked at Li Mu who was opposite, with a cold killing intent in his eyes.

But at this moment when he met his eyes, Li Mu did not evade at all, snorted softly, and opened his mouth to Emperor Chengjing.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this matter is of great importance. Why not just follow what the crown prince said and ask Mr. Qin to produce evidence from the account book and verify it in court, so as not to tarnish the reputation of His Royal Highness the crown prince."

These words seem to be speaking for Pei Yao, but in fact they want to make Pei Yao's corruption a firm matter on the spot.

After all, it will take time to send someone to the Ministry of Households to check after the court.

If Pei Yao has the means, if he can survive this period of time, he still has a chance to do something to save himself.

Moreover, Li Mu opened his mouth and called the official who jumped out as Mr. Qin, which showed that the two of them were familiar with each other.

Looking at the official uniform of that person, he is just a sixth-rank official who is just qualified to go to court. Li Mugui is the left prime minister of the current dynasty, the head of all officials, can he get acquainted with such a person?
Obviously, this person surnamed Qin was a pawn arranged by Li Mu.

So at that time Lu Chuan glared at him and yelled angrily, "This is not the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. What is the investigation in court? You sound nice. This is clearly the trial of His Highness the Crown Prince in front of all civil and military officials. Old Li Mu , why are you at ease!"

"Lu Xiang!" Li Mu turned his head, raised his voice, his face was ashen with a bit of arrogance, "with the emperor here to testify, isn't it better to prove the innocence of His Royal Highness than the Ministry of Punishment? Or, according to your opinion , do you want to invite His Royal Highness to go to the Ministry of Punishment?"

After finishing speaking, Li Mu raised his hand to stroke his beard, and sneered coldly in a low voice.

In his opinion, Lu Chuan's agitation was even more evidence that Pei Yao had a problem.

What's more, he already had an account book in his hands, and compared it with the money and food that the First Prince actually received, there is something wrong with this account book.

Among them, [-]% of the money and food did not know where to go.

And these accounts were all approved by Pei Yao's subordinates.

Just when Lu Chuan was about to refute again, he heard Emperor Chengjing shout in a low voice.

"Enough is enough. They are all officials ordered by the court. What does it look like to be noisy? Since the prince has said that he is willing to confront him, there is no need to delay this matter. Corruption is a matter of great importance, and there is no room for trifling. If there is evidence, it will be presented immediately." Come up, or I will punish you for slandering the prince!"

Pei Yao stood down, almost laughing out loud when he heard this.

Emperor Chengjing is acting in the name of 'for his own good'.

If there is any evidence, quickly bring it up. If there is no evidence, it is a crime of slandering the prince. What kind of crime is that?There is no such crime in Daqi's laws.

It means that at that time, Emperor Chengjing will not be able to punish him as he wants, and he will be able to control whether it is light or heavy.

All I have to do is tell that person, say it, say it quickly, and I will definitely protect your life in the end.

There was a chill in Pei Yao's heart, knowing that Emperor Chengjing couldn't wait any longer and wanted to abolish his crown prince.

It seems that the news that Rui Concubine is leaving the palace is not false at all.

No matter how bad the eldest prince is, he is still his own son, the eldest son. If this dragon chair falls into his hands, after a long time, he will naturally not want to return it. How good it is for his own son.

After Emperor Chengjing finished speaking, Qin Mingzhao quickly took out two account books from his bosom to the household official who jumped out to testify against Pei Yao for corruption, and handed them over respectfully.

"Your Majesty, I have two account books here, the Emperor will know it at a glance!"

As the official's voice sounded, Chen Sui, the Secretary of the Household Department standing in front of him, frowned incredulously, but didn't say anything.

After all, the prince really made a yin and yang account, and embezzled money from the household department, so he, the minister, will also eat melons.

As for all the approved accounts, in addition to the final approval by the crown prince who was in charge of disaster relief, Chen Sui also signed and approved when they left the household department.

But at this moment, the chief eunuch standing next to Emperor Chengjing immediately came forward, took away the two account books, and handed them to Emperor Chengjing.

After a while, Emperor Chengjing finished reading the ledger, and his complexion gradually darkened.

After seeing the end, his whole face turned livid, he closed the ledger, and looked at Pei Yao with anger in his eyes.

"Prince, how do you explain these two account books!"

Hearing Emperor Chengjing's angry shout, all the people present had different complexions.

Obviously there is really a problem with the ledger.

Lu Chuan frowned and cast his gaze at Pei Yao, as if he was very nervous. At this moment, Pei Yao also looked ugly, but he still stepped forward.

"Uncle Huang, can I show my son these two account books?"

"Take it down."

Emperor Chengjing shook his sleeves angrily.

The eunuch on the side didn't dare to vent his anger, and hurriedly handed the two account books to Pei Yao.

There are indeed problems with these two accounts.

One is the account book of the amount of money and food that the Ministry of Households provided according to his requirements, and the other is the account book of the actual amount of money and food counted by the Ministry of War when it transported grain to the north.

Comparing the two, the amount of money and food is [-]% less than what the Ministry of Households actually allocated.

Where did the [-]% go?

One process went down, namely, the Ministry of Households allocated funds according to Pei Yao's request, and Pei Yao dispatched the money and food to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War sent people to transport the food northward and hand it over to the First Prince.

During this period, from the Ministry of Households to the Ministry of War, it was through Pei Yao's hands, and [-]% was lost in this pass.

While Pei Yao was looking at the ledger, the official surnamed Qin was talking about the origin and authenticity of these two ledgers with an indignant voice.

Originally, Li Mu's expression was relaxed and complacent, but when he saw Pei Yao silently comparing the accounts, and the nervousness on his face subsided little by little, a feeling of unhappiness secretly rose in his heart. a feeling of.

Just as he was about to speak to Emperor Chengjing again, so that he could quickly confirm Pei Yao's charges, before he could speak, Pei Yao's voice sounded first.

"Uncle, I think that the person who got these two account books probably only knows one or two, but not the third. I also have an account book here, which can prove my innocence!"