I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 485 Framing
There is a saying that is well said, that is, when the leader opens his mouth, the employees will lose their legs.

In the era of the feudal dynasty, although there were no leaders and no employees, this situation was even more obvious.

Li Tian just explained a few words, and the people under his hands were so busy that they didn't touch the ground, and they didn't get a full night's sleep for ten days and a half months.

Li Tian seldom sees the hard work of his subordinates, but even if he sees it, he can't help it. Who told them to do this.

He sometimes thinks, no wonder so many people have risked their heads to climb to a higher position throughout the ages.

As long as there are people above their heads, they have to work hard and be busy in order to keep their jobs.

Li Tian is very glad that he is the emperor, the ultimate one who gives orders!

But this does not mean that the position of emperor is easy.

The three-day Great Court Meeting will be held as usual.

After entering the winter, the courtiers also put on thick official robes.

There is no such thing as shapewear or thermal underwear in this era.

In order to keep warm, even if they were officials of the imperial court, they had to wear three layers of inner and outer layers, a large group of bulging bags.

Looking at His Royal Highness's round and ball-like ministers, Li Tianxin sighed,

"It turns out that the ancients were also afraid of the cold."

Seeing their ugly faces, Li Tian wondered if he should get out the down jackets.

Just when Li Tian was thinking about whether to use duck down or velvet for down jackets, a minister came up to report and interrupted his thoughts.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have a book to play!"

"Bring it up!"

The to-be-recorded book was placed in front of Li Tian, ​​and the imperial censor began to say,
"Your Majesty recently received a report that someone used his power to privately open a tea horse trade in Jianzhou, Baoning Prefecture. In just two or three months, he made a profit of one million yuan, which is more than the annual income of the three tea horse companies in the imperial court. Get up more!"

Hearing this news, not only Li Tian's face changed, but Yang Shiqi's face turned pale for a while.

"Hey, what's the situation? I've suppressed this matter, and Yang Shiqi has also established a relationship in private. Why are there still people who don't open their eyes to mention this matter?"

However, Li Tian was angry and angry, and the matter had already been brought to court, so he had to deal with it properly.

Without even looking at the memorial, Li Tian slammed the table and shouted sharply,

"Who the hell is so bold!"

He seemed to be asking, but in fact, all his anger was directed at the envoy.

The envoy thought that his report had aroused Li Tian's anger, so he said even harder,
"Your Majesty, there are many court officials involved in this matter, and I haven't had time to check them all, but I already have conclusive evidence for some of the main participants!"

Li Tian squeezed his chin, thinking,

"This bastard is actually quite well prepared. He even has witnesses and physical evidence. It seems that he has been prepared for a long time."

Suddenly he suddenly remembered Meng Xianying who first mentioned this matter.

"Could it be that Meng Xianying and members of the Wang family are behind this incident."

It is really possible that Meng Xianying, a good Marquis, was dispatched by herself to Fengyang and Northwest Wind. The Wang family's bank, grain, cotton cloth and other businesses were hit hard during this period.
It's not impossible for them to jump over the wall in a hurry, and to scramble and bite randomly.

While thinking about what to do, Li Tian opened the memorial and read it carefully.

He didn't speak, and the imperial envoy didn't dare to say much.

For a while, the entire court became quiet, except for Li Tian's sound of flipping through the pages of the book, there was no other sound.

This memorial was obviously carefully prepared. No matter the wording, the description of the entire Tea Horse Club, or the testimony of key witnesses, they were all very similar, even if there were no mistakes or omissions, it would not be an exaggeration.

Among them, Yang Shiqi was directly named for conniving his second son Yang Dao to intervene in the tea horse trade, implying that Yang Shiqi was the biggest black hand behind the scenes.

If Li Tian hadn't made this matter clear a long time ago, seeing such a memorial suddenly, he might have taken it as real.

If Yang Shiqi's crime is really proven, even if Li Tian is in favor, it is best to resign from office and go back to seclusion.

Li Tian muttered in his heart, "What is the meaning of Meng Xianying and the Wang family's attack on Yang Shiqi like this? Whether it is the bank or the cotton cloth and grain business, it is the emperor who caused them heavy losses.
Even if they want to find someone to vent their anger on, they should find themselves. How can they blame Yang Shiqi for it. "

Looking back, Li Tian became more and more surprised. Not only Yang Shiqi was involved, but even Yang Rong was involved.

Seeing this, Li Tian seemed to understand something.

The first half of the memorial is indeed true, but the second half, which says that Yang Shiqi used the money to bribe officials in the DPRK and China, and formed a party for personal gain, is completely fabricated.

This is obviously a memorial to push the boat along the way and frame the court ministers.

Not to mention, many of the officials involved were previously single-handedly promoted or valued by Li Tian, ​​and even two of the cabinet ministers of the imperial court were involved.

If Li Tian still can't see that this is a trap carefully designed by someone with a heart to take advantage of this matter, then Li Tian's emperor in the past few months will be considered in vain.

Now that he has realized that someone is playing tricks on him, Li Tian is not polite.

He slammed the table again, stood up, pointed at the imperial envoy and cursed,

"Bold Chen Ke, why don't you tell me the truth, who instigated you to frame important officials in the court, do you know what a crime it is!"

The imperial envoy, Chen Ke, saw that Li Tian not only didn't mention Yang Shiqi, but pointed at himself when he came up, he was a little confused.

Kneeling down in a panic,

"Your Majesty, all the things reported by the minister are true, and there is no one who instigated and framed them!"

Li Tian threw his memorial to the ground violently,

A long list of human lives was revealed, revealed in front of him.

"Well, you Chen Ke, I gave you a chance to confess, but you are so stubborn, it's really good!"

At this time, several imperial envoys came forward and cupped their hands and said,
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The ministers and others have also heard a little about Chen Yushi's report. Please make a decision after your Majesty finds out!"

These people seemed to know in advance that Li Tian would be furious, and the timing was very accurate.

Li Tian couldn't find the obvious mistakes and omissions in this memorial for a while, but he has confirmed that someone must take the opportunity to make trouble.

Cold voice,
"One more thing to make a decision after finding out, I think you have already prepared everything, just waiting for someone to check if it is right or not!"

(End of this chapter)