Surprise! The villain is my brother, stay calm!

He led a large group of people to block the entrance of the Criminal Department, and then began to curse: "Zhong He, stop slandering me. What's wrong with my good relationship with Mr. Lu? They are all a bunch of dandies, who are they hindering? If I sell you such a cheap thing, won't you take it?"

"What do you mean by collusion? I think you are just jealous of my son-in-law for taking advantage of him, so you are talking nonsense and framing him. You want to take advantage of the righteousness to seize his property..."

The King of Wu started to complain, and when he saw the staff of the Ministry of Justice and the common people all came out to watch the fun, he knelt down in the direction of the palace and began to cry loudly: "Your Majesty, it has been less than half a year since you passed away, and there is no one to protect our King of Wu's Palace, wuwuwu...

In order to make my daughter live a better life, I gave her all my life savings. She finally bought some property and no longer has to worry about a few pieces of silver.

But look at your ministers. If you want to confiscate the Duke of Anguo’s Mansion, go ahead and confiscate it. Why don’t you even let go of our Prince Wu’s Mansion? Your Majesty, after you pass away, there will be no one to protect our Prince Wu’s Mansion... wuwuwu..."

The King of Wu cried and sobbed, and I didn't know how much injustice he had suffered.

The people began to point fingers at Minister Zhong, thinking that he was too much of a bully and couldn't stand seeing others getting rich.

The officials of the Ministry of Justice thought that Minister Zhong’s eating habits were too ugly.

The Minister of Justice's face turned pale. Seeing the passers-by and the officials of the Ministry of Justice looking at him with complicated eyes, he became so angry that his blood boiled. What a shame, King Wu.

Minister Zhong winked at another trusted official, who immediately shouted angrily, "Prince Wu, even if Sun Qiming didn't collude with the Duke of Anguo, you have such a huge fortune, can't you help His Majesty? Now the war is tense and the soldiers on the border are short of food and grass. You should donate some to help His Majesty, so as not to let the late emperor do so in vain..."

Others also felt that it was true. After all, it was because of the benevolence of the late emperor that the Wu Palace allowed these peasants to become princes. They should at least repay the late emperor, right?

The King of Wu glared at the official fiercely, then gnashed his teeth and said, "This lord, what you said is really nice. Whose money was blown by the wind? We don't need to eat or drink. Our Wu Palace has only accumulated some wealth in the past few years. It is not as strong as your family that has been passed down for hundreds of years. In terms of wealth, this king cannot compare.

Since you think we should serve the country, why don't we organize a donation from the court? And Minister Zhong, you are from the Queen's mother's family after all, so you should share the worries of His Majesty. If we all donate money together, it can also ease the urgent need for the border war and share the worries of His Majesty. It would be best to let the Ministry of Revenue announce the assets of these families. Anyway, you are definitely richer than me, and the late emperor treated you well. What do you think?"

amount……

As soon as these words were spoken, the officials began to avoid looking at each other.

Just now, he had turned a blind eye to the matter, but now that it concerned his own interests, how could he bear to watch it? He glanced at Mr. Xu with resentment.

"I think what the prince said makes sense. My family doesn't have any extra money right now, and we have a big family to support. I think that Lord Xu must have said this because his family is not short of money. Why don't you share your worries with your majesty?"

Other officials nodded quickly and echoed.

The officials who had nothing to do with the matter just now began to criticize Lord Xu who had spoken.

Shangshu Zhong didn't want to donate money either. In terms of relatives, the Zhong family was still royal relatives. If he didn't donate money, wouldn't he make His Majesty angry?

Lord Xu was stared at by those officials and did not dare to speak again.

Minister Zhong coughed lightly and said, "That's enough. I will propose this matter to His Majesty. Prince Wu should go back first."

King Wu snorted coldly, "Your Majesty is the most outstanding son of the late emperor, and the new emperor recognized by Your Majesty himself. How could you be so intolerant? It must be you, an old man, who has been talking nonsense to Your Majesty, causing Your Majesty to suspect my son-in-law.

If His Majesty really attacks my son-in-law, it is you, old man, who instigated it. If His Majesty is misunderstood by the world, it must be your fault. Humph, if you still covet my daughter's property, don't blame me for being rude."

He uttered the harsh words in a domineering manner, and then left with great fanfare and pride.

Minister Zhong was so angry that he was about to die.

However, one cannot help but sigh that the King of Wu was smart for once. If Your Majesty really dared to take action against Sun Qiming's property, people would inevitably think that Your Majesty was intolerant and coveted the property of his subjects. It would be too unpleasant to hear this news.

The Minister of Rites was overjoyed to see that the King of Wu was so supportive, and couldn't help but feel fortunate that his son married Princess Lan Xi. If he had married Lin Weiwei, the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, the consequence might have been that he would be seen as being in cahoots with the Anguo Mansion.

At the same time, she was secretly hoping that Lu Zhanyan's rebellion would succeed, so that she might be able to get one step closer with the help of her son's relationship.

Sun Qiming and his wife couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they had King Wu as their father-in-law, otherwise they would not be able to protect so much wealth.

Sun Qiming felt that Lu Zhanxing might have calculated this long ago, and he had also been tricked by Lu Zhanxing. However, they were good brothers after all, so he could only secretly hope that their Lu family would be successful. He had suffered a lot of injustice in order to help her keep the property.

Sure enough, after being embroiled in such a commotion by the King of Wu, Emperor Jiaxing really couldn't confiscate Sun Qiming's property. However, the donation that the King of Wu mentioned did give him some inspiration.

Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue was asked to initiate donations, stating that the war was now tense and that it was hoped that officials in the court would be generous and that the amount of donation was entirely voluntary.

The officials all glared at Shangshu Zhong secretly, thinking that he was the one who caused the trouble. If they didn't cause trouble for the King of Wu's son-in-law, why would they donate money?

Shangshu Zhong knew that he had angered the public, but he really didn't want the emperor to lose, so he donated 100,000 taels of silver and even said passionately that everyone had a responsibility to ensure the safety of the people of Daqian, and that the soldiers were fighting outside and they should not hold them back.

People from Shangshu Zhong's faction also donated a lot of silver.

Even if those people disagree, they have no choice but to donate silver.

However, they were very dissatisfied. Why donate money? Duke Anguo was from Daqian anyway, and the Lu family was the patron saint of Daqian. It was really a waste of time for Daqian's soldiers to fight against their own soldiers.

Why not just let them fight each other? Why are you interfering?

Mei Ge Lao and his group supported Lu Zhanyan with this idea, but they naturally had no choice but to donate, so after they donated the silver, they hated Shangshu Zhong.

Minister Zhong doesn't care. Let him hate it, he just wants His Majesty to keep the throne. Unfortunately, his daughter, the queen, only gave birth to a princess, who does not have the blood of the Zhong family. It seems that after the war is over and Lu Zhanyan is dealt with, the Zhong family will have to send a woman into the palace.

After this matter was settled, Minister Zhong mentioned Gu Xuyao, the relative of the Duke of Anguo and the prefect of Yuzhou, and said he could no longer be allowed to take up the position.

The Lu family's treason was a capital crime, which was the extermination of nine clans. Since the Duke of Anguo had few people and most of them died in battle, there were no nine clans.

But Yuzhou is the area closest to the capital. If Lu Zhanyan and others attack, we are afraid that Gu Xuyao ​​and Lu Zhanyan will join forces from inside and outside.

Emperor Jiaxing thought it made sense, so he ordered Gu Xuyao ​​to be stripped of his official position, charged him with conspiracy, and imprisoned him.

How could Gu Xuyao ​​do what Emperor Jiaxing wants?

He directly beheaded the eunuch who announced the imperial edict and fled with Lu Xihua, while Zhou Li and his wife went directly to Xuzhou. Now that the Anguo Mansion had rebelled, as relatives, they had to stay out of the spotlight.

When the news reached the capital, Emperor Jiaxing was furious and issued a wanted order.

The Ministry of Personnel arranged a new prefect to take up the post. This prefect was Lord Xu, a confidant of the Minister of Justice. He was hated by all officials because of the donation issue in the Ministry of Justice. The Minister of Justice had no choice but to transfer him to Yuzhou. Anyway, Yuzhou was not far from the capital, and he would be transferred back after the war was over.

So as soon as Lord Xu arrived in Yuzhou, he was directly controlled by the governor of Yuzhou.

However, Gu Xuyao ​​and others did not run away. Instead, they hid in the governor's mansion to make plans. Anyway, the entire Yuzhou was already under Gu Xuyao's control.

Lu Xihua is still training in secret, preparing for a day in the future.

At this time, in the Xuzhou Governor's Mansion, Lu Zhanyan was holding a manifesto from the court, announcing to the whole world that Daqian was against him.

Anyway, it’s not a good word, but so what?

The victors take it all, and history is always written by the victors!

Qinzhou Camp

At this time, Lu Zhanxing was sitting face to face with Lord Wei.

"Master Wei, how are you?!"