Chapter 390 Domineering Old Lady
The Dali Temple and the Minister of Justice hurried out to receive the order, and Wu Tianyou was dumbfounded. The Dali Temple was the emperor's confidant, and the Minister of Justice was an old minister of the emperor. He could not contact either of them, and they might not give him face. If he really checked, he would find something wrong with those who were impeached.
However, he couldn't say much at this moment. After all, if he came to plead for mercy and was accused of forming a clique for personal gain, he would not be able to get away with it.
However, even if he didn't speak, how could he, the protagonist, get away easily?
The court had just quieted down for a while when Lin Ruhai came out to report, "Your Majesty, I have been checking the accounts of the past since I took office in the Ministry of Revenue. The accounts of other ministries are fine, but the accounts of the Ministry of Rites have many omissions, involving as much as five million silver taels. Moreover, most of the matters involved were handled by the Minister of Rites, Mr. Wu Tianyou."
"Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to issue an order to let Lord Wu Tianyou cooperate with me in the investigation!"
“Bang!”
Emperor Longxing slammed the table fiercely, "Wu Tianyou!"
"Your Majesty, I am innocent!" Wu Tianyou was so frightened that he fell to the ground. He had never expected that Lin Ruhai would attack him. Most of the court's accounts had to go through the Ministry of Revenue. If the Ministry of Revenue carefully checked, some things would not stand up to the inspection...
"Unjust? Wait until Lord Lin has finished investigating before you tell me!"
"This matter will be investigated by Lord Lin himself. No matter who is involved, if they refuse to cooperate, I will personally supervise the matter! Five million taels, what a courage!"
At this moment, a eunuch came hurriedly and whispered in Xia Shouzhong's ear for a while.
Xia Shouzhong's expression changed, and he came to the side of Emperor Longxing and whispered. Upon hearing this, Emperor Longxing nodded slightly. Then, Xia Shouzhong shouted loudly, "Announce, Duke Rong, order Jia Shi to come to the palace!"
After these words were spoken, those who knew the inside story were fine, but those who didn't know the situation all looked very different. Why did this Duchess suddenly come to court?
Not long after, with the help of Jia Cong, Grandmother Jia slowly entered the hall!
The people in the eight dukes and twelve marquises bowed their heads slightly, and all the military merits of Yuanping also nodded in salute! Although the two sides were enemies, they were both military merits, and as the widow of a military merit, Jia Mu was in awe of the enemy and friend.
"I am Jia Shi, and I am here to see Your Majesty!"
"Old Lord, please stand up quickly and take a seat!" Emperor Longxing said hurriedly.
"I wonder why the old Lord Feng came to the palace in person today!"
Today, Lady Jia was wearing a formal dress and holding the dragon-headed cane bestowed by the retired emperor. She stood very straight, and even when facing Emperor Longxing, she looked him straight in the eye without much fear. This was her confidence as the wife of a duke!
"Your Majesty, I came to the palace today just to ask a question!"
"What the old Lord Feng said!"
Grandmother Jia slammed her dragon-headed cane, and then shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, my Jia family first fought for the country of Rong and Ning with Grandpa Taizu, and thousands of Jia family members died. During the Yuanping period, the emperor raised an army to pacify the north, and my second-generation heir of the Jia family once again went to the border!"
"Forgive me for being arrogant. This world belongs to the royal family, but my Jia family has also shed blood!"
"Now, are there only orphans and widows left in my Jia family? Anyone can bully us!"
Emperor Longxing stood up immediately and said, "Why do you say that, old Lord? Father always said that the military heroes in the court have made great contributions to Daqian and should rest with the country. The two Jia families are the leaders of military heroes. Who dares to bully us? Not to mention others, even I don't want to!"
"Since Your Majesty has said so, then I would like to ask you, the Emperor has already told me that he wants to marry the daughter of the Zhen family to my Jia family! Is this true?"
"Yes!" Emperor Longxing said without hesitation.
"Well, since this is the case, the Wu family knew about this, but still went to the Zhen family to propose marriage to the Zhen family's daughter. Isn't this trampling on the reputation of my Jia family?"
"Does a minister from the Wu family think that he can suppress my Jia family? Does a concubine want to make my Jia family lose face? Does having an emperor's son as a grandson mean that we can act recklessly? Today, if the Wu family can give me an explanation, it will be fine. If not, then I dare not provoke this Wu family's in-laws. After I go back, I will go to the ancestral hall and die in front of the three dukes' spirit tablets!"
"Let them see that the world they fought so hard to conquer has no place for orphans like us and our widow!"
Jia's mother's words made Wu Tianyou sweat profusely. He finally understood. Whether it was the Dragon Guard or the Dingcheng Marquis, it was because he had provoked the Jia family. But how dare the Jia family do that? Aren't they afraid that their grandson will become the emperor in the future and use them as a scapegoat?
brush!
All the people from the eight dukes and twelve marquises came out and bowed down, saying in unison, "Your Majesty, our Wuxun family is loyal to Your Majesty and to Daqian, but now we are being bullied by a villain. Please make a decision, Your Majesty!"
Afterwards, everyone from Yuan Ping's lineage also came out, "Your Majesty, please make the decision!"
Duke Qing took two steps forward and helped Lady Jia up. "Don't worry, old sister-in-law! Although Daishan and I are not on good terms, I will not watch our military heroes being bullied! Otherwise, when I die, how can I face those Daqian men who died in the battle!"
After saying this, Meng Zong bowed solemnly to the ground, "Your Majesty, I ask your Majesty to deprive Wu Tianyou of his official position!"
"call!"
Emperor Longxing let out a long sigh, and then said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, old Lord Feng, today, I will give the Jia family an explanation!"
"Decree that Wu Tianyou is the Minister of Rites, but he does not know what etiquette is! Strip him of his official position, and for three generations he will not be allowed to serve in the government!"
Wu Tianyou rolled his eyes and fainted! He couldn't understand why such a change happened when the plan was so good? All the military heroes were in a state of panic, but His Majesty didn't even want to save the Wu family!
"I thank your Majesty!" Grandmother Jia bowed down.
"Old Lord, Wu Xun fought bravely for Daqian, how could I not know this? So, please calm down, Old Lord."
Grandmother Jia thanked her again, and Jia Cong, who was standing beside her, also bowed, and then helped Grandmother Jia leave the court.
The Wu family thought that this was the end of the matter? Jia Cong could guarantee that the Wu family would definitely be in a worse situation than the Mei family back then! He didn't care what the Wu family was plotting, but how could he continue to swallow his anger when it came to him?
After a court meeting, the Wu family suddenly fell, and many officials who were on good terms with Wu Tianyou were also impeached. Wu Tianyou would never have thought that among the civil and military officials in the court, there were only a few people who would speak for him.
He overestimated his status . The status of the third son of the emperor, Li Yu, was true, but the Longxing Emperor was still in his prime. Who knew what would happen in the future? Moreover, even if Li Yu was in power, would he dare to suppress all the military merits? Or, in the eyes of many people, even if Li Yu really became emperor, he would not need a tyrannical foreign relative family.
Foreign relatives causing chaos in government, this kind of thing has happened in history...
