Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 402

"Lord Yang, what's the next crime?" Zhu Su, who had been silent all this time, said.Yang Xunwen saw that Zhu Su still had an encouraging face, and his face was even more stagnant: Unexpectedly, this Fifth Highness didn't open his mouth in person, and his first crime was refuted by someone.

Could it be that he deliberately humiliated the old man with his behavior?
God is sorry, Zhu Su really wanted to cheer up this old man.But Yang Xunwen obviously didn't think so, he quickly calmed down under the feeling of being humiliated, and wrote in his heart.

The so-called "five major crimes" are actually just big words from his mouth in a hurry. Now the first crime has been refuted by the fourth prince's son, and the next few major crimes still need to be carefully considered.

Soon he had an idea, and continued:
"The second most serious crime is called: exploiting the common people with clever words and tricks."

"When His Royal Highness was in Suzhou, he used the name of 'reopening the Silk Road' to exploit food and grass from wealthy households in Suzhou."

"Your Majesty, the wealthy households in Suzhou are also the people of our Ming Dynasty. His Highness the Fifth Highness is talking nonsense and exploiting other people's property. This is tarnishing the reputation of our Daming royal family and digging into the foundation of our Ming Dynasty!"

"The people of Suzhou belonged to Zhang Shicheng, and the remnants of Zhang Shicheng still exist. It can be seen that his heart to destroy me and Daming is not dead! If this incident loses the hearts of the people of Suzhou, the remnants of Zhang Shicheng will be revived in the land of Susong. It must be me. Daming has yet another serious problem!"

Yang Xunwen talked eloquently, and the more he talked, the more logical his thinking became.What I hate the most today is the exploitation of the people, corruption and bribery.Hu Weiyong's party was rectified in the first place, and many of them were sent to imperial prison for this reputation.

Now that your son is also guilty of this crime, can you still speak out to protect him?If so, how to convince the public?
This crime should work, right?

"Fart! Fart!"

Yang Xunwen looked nervously at Lao Zhu and Zhu Di and Zhu Su. Unexpectedly, the father and son hadn't moved much yet, and an angry figure appeared among the civil servants.The man flew up and kicked Yang Xunwen's waist precisely.

Yang Xunwen was caught off guard, and with a sound of "ah", he was kicked all over the ground without dignity.

Just as he was about to see who was so daring and daring to lose his face, before he even raised his head, someone was riding on his back, punching the back of his head with an old punch, and smashing it down.

"Ah? This... Lord Ru, Lord Ru, don't do anything." It was the voice of Prince Zhu Biao.

"Where is the censor?"

Following Lao Zhu's low shout, the man on his back was pulled away.Yang Xunwen managed to get up, but was surprised to find that the person held back by the censor in charge of the palace was actually Ru Taisu who had been reviled as the censor who patrolled the river.

"Ah? This...Master Ru, why is this?" Yang Xunwen couldn't believe it.

He and Ru Taisu have always had friendship, and they have talked freely about poetry and prose, and discussed ancient and modern times, which can be regarded as like-minded.Moreover, if Ru Taisu is serious, he can be regarded as Qingliu.

Even though there was no friendship before, you, Ru Taisu, were still in the palace with His Highness the Fifth Highness before, right?Shouldn't it be the same as fire and water?Why are you targeting me now?
"Your Majesty, Yang Xunwen is talking nonsense! When His Highness the Fifth Highness was in Suzhou, the old official was by his side the whole time. How can he allow this person to accuse His Highness of an unwarranted crime?" Ru Taisu, who was captured by the royal censor, was still indignant and struggling. endlessly.

Although Yang Xunwen knew early on that Ru Taisu was as fierce as fire, he was a well-deserved vanguard among civil servants.But when the fire burned on his head, he couldn't help feeling anxious.

Zhu Su watched from the sidelines, surprised that Ru Taisu would jump out, but also felt a bit of fun watching a big drama.

I heard earlier that the civil servants in the middle and late dynasties were all full of martial arts. I didn't expect that in the court hall of Hong Wunian, we could also see such dramas as sexy civil servants and real people playing right.

Could it be that this kind of thing is still a tradition that has been handed down since the Hongwu Dynasty?
"What is the situation, tell me." Lao Zhu motioned to Ru Taisu and said.

Ru Taisu shook off the censor, gave Yang Xunwen a hard look, and then said: "Your Majesty, the Fifth Highness wants the merchants to pay the food, not only is it not exploiting, but it is punishing Xiao Xiao and clearing the source!"

"Your Majesty doesn't know. I arrived in Suzhou before His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness. Seeing that there were disaster victims everywhere in Suzhou, I first used my reputation to collect food and grass from merchants in Suzhou."

"But those merchants pushed back and forth, saying that there would be no food left in a disaster year. But they took out some and paid off."

"However, after the investigation by His Highness the Fifth Highness, it was discovered that the merchants' homes had stockpiled hundreds of thousands of shi of food and grass!"

"What? Hundreds of thousands?" Prince Zhu Biao originally showed concern, fearing that Ru Taisu's disrespect would anger Lao Zhu.But hearing this number at this time, his eyes widened in shock.

Old Zhu already knew about this matter, after all Zhu Su asked Jin Yiwei to investigate at that time, so his pupils only shrank slightly.

"In the land of Su Song, the annual grain tax is only a million stones." Ru Taisu was heartbroken. "These wealthy businessmen and gentry hoard hundreds of thousands of stones of food and grass without sending them out. Why?"

"It's nothing more than hoarding and profiting the people!"

"The victims are all over the place. This is a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster! If there were no such people, how would there be a food shortage in Suzhou at that time?" Ru Taisu shouted loudly.

"His Highness the Fifth Highness handed over his food and grass, and gave it to the people. This is an act of great benevolence and righteousness! If you rely on the old minister, you can't wait to raise your butcher's knife and kill all such people!"

"If Yang Xunwen's crime is to be discussed, it should be discussed on the heads of many unjust merchants and noble gentry! Please thoroughly investigate such people who have harmed the country and the people, so as to warn future generations!" Ru Taisu said righteously and sternly!

In the hall, it was already silent at this time.Even Yang Xunwen looked horrified and pale as paper.

Standing at the side, Zhu Su couldn't help showing a gloating smile: Lao Ru, you really belong to me.

Originally, this guy probably just wanted to weave some random accusations against me.

But I didn't want to, Lao Ru's remarks directly made this Yang Xunwen stab a hornet's nest that he absolutely couldn't afford to provoke.

At the top, Lao Zhu looked at Ru Taisu and Yang Xunwen below, and a smile slowly appeared on his face as if watching a theater.

"Yang Qing."

Yang Xunwen was covered in cold sweat, when he heard the call suddenly, he couldn't help but tremble all over.This title is the most polite title given by the emperor to himself at today's court meeting.

But at this time, Yang Xunwen felt that he was even more desperate than before.

"The minister is here."

"Ru Qing said that your crime means that the officials and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are suspected of embezzlement and harming the country."

"Do you think we should continue to investigate the crime you mentioned?"

"..." Yang Xunwen trembled all over, but he couldn't make a sound.

(End of this chapter)