Chapter 357 (2/2)
Zhao Zhi's sentence ”children's ministers can share their worries for their father and Emperor” is stuck in his throat. The silver used for disaster relief is often millions of Liang. Now the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty can't equal millions of tattooed silver.
He didn't speak any more. He shut up and waited aside. The old emperor who reviewed the memorial frowned more and more tightly.
The whole bedroom became more and more quiet.
Not long.
Wang Liang came into the hall and reported, ”emperor, Zhang Shilang, who went to Nanzhou to collect grain, has returned and is waiting to see you outside the hall.”
”Qian Yi?” the old emperor put down his fold and said in a deep voice, ”let him in.”
Wang Liang quickly answered ”yes” and went out to preach.
In the twinkling of an eye, Qian Yi, the dusty chamberlain of the household, came into the hall. With a plop, he knelt a few steps away and buried his head in the way: ”I'm guilty. I have to bear the heavy trust of the emperor!”
As soon as Zhao Yi heard this, he couldn't sit still. He got up and asked in a deep voice, ”what's going on?”
Before Qian Yi could speak, Zhao Zhi came up in a hurry and picked up Qian Shilang. ”My father is asking you something. Haosheng replied. What are you crying about?”
Qian Yi wiped his sweat with his sleeve and said with a trembling voice: ”the minister ordered to transfer grain to Nanzhou this time. He got little. Several adults bought it from the people together. I didn't think that someone took all the grain from the 16 cities of Nanzhou ten days ago, and signed all the contracts in the next ten years!”
”How could it be so?” Zhao Zhi heard the speech and was very surprised. ”Who opposed the imperial court behind his back, and where did all the food go?”
Qian Yi trembled and said, ”I can't find it!”
Zhao Yi couldn't get up at one breath. His face rose blue and purple. He sat down in front of the table. Wang Liang on his side quickly gave him comfort, ”emperor, calm down! Calm down!”
Zhao Zhizhuo thought for a moment and suddenly came forward and said, ”it's Xie Heng! Father Huang, it must be Xie Heng! He can't fight against his father Huang in the open, just like today's people in prison, so he secretly does these ghost tricks!”
The old Emperor didn't speak for a while, thinking that Zhao Zhi's words were somewhat credible.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhi hurriedly continued: ”Thanks to his military skills, Xie Heng expected that his father would not kill him easily. He was so confident that he would not admit that he was the descendant of the Duke of Heng! In fact, his son and minister had someone's evidence... The youngest daughter of the Duke of Heng was pregnant for three months before she fled from the disaster of extermination! It was Xie Heng's age. And... Someone had seen Xie Heng holding the token of the Duke of Heng before the battle of Changning river The person who sent troops to the commander and took the lead in responding to him was a deputy general surnamed Li in the Moyu Army... ”
The king of Rui said, and asked the Chamberlain to pass on the evidence, together with a group of King Rui's party who had been waiting outside the hall early in the morning.
Several confidants admonished on the ground, ”the case of Duke Heng's government is very widely involved. If Xie Heng's life is left, I'm afraid to turn over some old cases 20 years ago. At that time, the Royal storm will be difficult to calm, and Zhao's world will be in danger!”
Zhao Zhi said: ”Xie Heng seems to be rebellious and frivolous, but actually he is thoughtful. He has no resistance on the surface, but actually he is planning secretly. Ann knows whether he is for the Revenge of the Heng family or for the world of my Zhao family! Father! He must not stay!”
Zhao Yi pondered for a long time.
The old emperor closed his eyes and murmured, ”I'd rather kill a hundred by mistake, I'd rather kill by mistake, I'd rather... King Rui, go to the prison in person. General Xie Heng has made meritorious contributions to defending the country... Give me wine.”