Chapter 232: The Stunning Secret Guard in Ancient Power Conspiracy and Hegemony (35)
After Gongyi Shuo received the decree, he immediately went to supervise the disaster relief food issue diligently.
The whole person almost lived in the household department. He worked hard and slept for three days. He visited all the departments and the wealthy families in the imperial capital one by one, and finally collected the seemingly impossible amount of food.
Then, he sent it to the southern province without stopping.
He also asked people to intercept the inferior grains on the way and transport them all back to the imperial capital as evidence.
After the food was shipped back, the Holy Father went to see it in person.
He casually took out his sword and stabbed it into the bag. Not only was all the grain that came out moldy, but most of it was filled with gravel.
These things cannot be eaten at all. It is worse than the Holy One originally thought!
"Okay, okay! Zhou Yu'an is capable of collecting a bunch of this kind of food! This is to force the people of Nan Province to become rebellious! Those who don't know may think that he has colluded with the remnants of the previous dynasty, and he is going to be shaken It’s my kingdom!”
The Holy Sage was so angry that he kicked over the grain bag, and the people waiting nearby fell to their knees in fright.
This is too serious.
Only Gongyi Shuo.
He seemed to fall to his knees with divine wrath like the others.
But his lowered eyes were full of sarcasm.
Even if Zhou Yu'an was given ten to eight courages, he wouldn't dare to go to such an extent.
After all, wouldn't sending this kind of food kill people?
Previously, in order to raise money, Zhou Yu'an had already sold the grain and grass in the Ministry of Revenue's grain depot in batches privately.
In order to confuse the audience, it was filled with old rice, and later gravel was added to increase the weight.
But the rice was just old rice, which was still edible, and there wasn't that much grit.
Although making disaster relief rations will make people hungry, for the disaster victims, it is enough to have enough to eat. Doesn't every household need to be fed?
Zhou Yu'an thought well, but he didn't expect that someone would drop the package of food that had already been dropped.
The food stuffed here is of the lowest quality and cannot be eaten directly.
It also completely aroused the Holy Spirit's murderous intention.
These days, the investigation against Zhou Yuan is almost complete.
The Xie family and Gongyi Mu were naturally involved.
Zhou Yu'an is a tough guy and wants to handle this matter without involving others.
But the saint's sentence of killing the nine tribes immediately made Zhou Yu'an relax and reveal everything.
The thing is actually very simple. From the moment Zhou Yu'an was assigned to the Household Department, he has been the tool for the Xie family to make money.
Of course the Xie family is rich, a wealthy family with a hundred years of accumulation.
But no matter how rich they are, they can't stop them from cultivating a future emperor.
Putting people in and clearing relationships, money is used everywhere.
The empress in the palace also spends money like water.
The Xie family's financial resources can withstand one year, two years, or ten years.
But how long will it last?
The Holy One is now in his prime, who knows how long he will be in power.
If it takes twenty years, thirty years, or even longer, there will come a day when even the Xie family's financial resources cannot support it.
Of course, you can also make money through the right path.
But that was too slow after all.
It has always been a rule tacitly approved by the Holy Spirit that officials in the Ministry of Revenue make money by taking advantage of their positions.
Therefore, Mr. Xie made up his mind.
None of this money fell on Mr. Xie, all of it was used by Gong Yi Mu.
Unexpectedly, he was stabbed out by his own people.
The Holy Spirit never doubted Gong Yishuo from beginning to end.
Although, he seems to be the biggest gainer from this matter.
However, Marquis Xuande had a grudge against Gongyi Shuo.
When the queen was established, Xuandehou led the manpower leader Ye Hui, who was not worthy of being the queen, and asked to make Xie the queen instead. There was a big commotion at that time.
Even the Holy One had wavered in his mind at that time.
Then he clearly pledged himself to Gongyi Mu and targeted Gongyi Shuo several times. None of these were fake.
If we talk about making a game, have we been doing it twenty years ago since we were young?
Besides, Marquis Xuande was a veteran who followed him to conquer the world, so there was no need for him to do such a thing.
The Holy One once summoned Marquis Xuande to ask.
What Xuandehou said was vulgar but also straightforward.
"Your Majesty, I supported the second prince before because I felt that Xie Guifei was born well and the prince she gave birth to would be naturally intelligent. Therefore, I opposed your appointment of a queen. I also felt that the eldest son of the emperor was too gentle and should not be chosen as the prince. He would not be able to suppress the prince. The people living below. But seeing that people like Zhou Yu'an were able to thrive under the second prince, I still looked down upon them. It was a matter of life and death for hundreds of thousands of people, and he dared to Making a fuss over this makes me feel sick when I think about being in the company of such people before!"
The Holy One didn't find Marquis Xuande's words offensive.
Xuande Hou was originally a butcher, and he got ahead in the army by relying on his bravery. He had little education and spoke straightforwardly.
But the Holy One understands that he is the most straightforward person.
Therefore, over the years, I have not had any good friends with the courtiers in the court.
"Weichen has been holding these things in his hands for some time and has been hesitating. Weichen knows that the second prince had many supporters in the previous dynasty. Although the evidence presented by me is to impeach Zhou Yu'an, it will definitely implicate His Highness the second prince. With the Xie family. From now on, I will be unable to move even in the court if I am afraid. But I am not afraid!"
Xuandehou knelt down and kowtowed to the saint.
"I will resign from Your Majesty today so as not to embarrass Your Majesty! Anyway, I was a pig butcher before, and it will be the same if I go back to kill pigs again!"
When the words came to this, the Holy Emperor hurriedly stood up and helped Hou Xuande up personally.
"I love you and serve the country and the people, what's wrong with you? Just be your official in peace, no one dares to touch you!"
The Holy Emperor felt that Marquis Xuande was a direct minister, but he did not know that six months ago, Marquis Xuande's only son was seriously ill, and he invited famous doctors from all over the country to treat him, but all treatments were in vain.
Finally, it was a wandering doctor who cured his only son with a prescription.
And that doctor You Fang was sent by Shi Ran.
Marquis Xuande's previous support for the second prince was just to bet on future generations.
But he was too straightforward, and he had offended Ye Hui and Gong Yishuo too hard before, but later found out that Gong Yimu might not be the master of the Ming Dynasty, and he lost the chance to get off the ship.
Now, Shi Ran took the initiative to extend an olive branch and rescued his only son. Naturally, he would jump out of Gong Yi Mu's pirate ship.
And there are many people like this in this imperial capital.
Whether it's the Xie family or Gongyi Mu, they always liked to plant hidden stakes around others.
Now, the subordinates and staff he once trusted have been instigated to rebel one by one, becoming Shi Ran's backbone.
Xuande Hou is a straight-tempered man and a brainless man.
With his ability, it would be difficult to obtain so much evidence without alarming Xie's family.
Naturally, Shi Ran was helping behind the scenes.
She was the most outstanding secret guard of the Xie family, so naturally she had the most deadly handle on the Xie family.
What is revealed now is just the tip of the iceberg.
Your Majesty, we are about to face a problem.
How to protect Gong Yi Mu under such ironclad evidence and let him continue to compete with Gong Yi Shuo.
And Gongyi Mu will soon face a problem.
How to push his biological uncle and mother-in-law to die in order to protect themselves.
It's a dilemma, it's really hard to make a choice.
Shi Ran Youyou added a small spoonful of spices to the incense burner.
The quiet fragrance suddenly spread more quietly in the room.
This spice actually tastes exactly the same as Qionghua Chunying, which is used in the Queen's Palace recently.