Lord of Rebirth

Worries are nothing but worries, but Sun Moyao believed in Lu Jufeng in his heart, and Shen Xi also believed in him.

But not long after, news came from the capital that when the army conquered the Xishu Kingdom, some officials in the court neglected their duties and abused their power.

I didn't expect that this matter was really being investigated, and it wasn't Wei Zhenyun's aimlessness, it seemed that there was conclusive evidence.

Shen Xi hurriedly wrote a letter to Lu Jufeng, but he did not expect to receive Lu Jufeng's letter first.

In this letter, he and Wei Zhenyun explained in detail what he and Wei Zhenyun had investigated in the past, and also talked about their own plans and the emperor's intentions.After digesting these things, Shen Xi finally understood why there is such a situation now.

But Sun Moyao didn't understand it very much. He was worried that Wei Zhenyun would offend a large group of courtiers because of this incident. Although he knew that investigating this incident would be a good thing, he was still a little bit annoyed.What will Wei Zhenyun encounter next because of this incident?The prince doesn't know, he can't make it to the capital anytime soon? !

So Shen Xi read the letter and immediately went to see Sun Moyao.

Seeing Sun Moyao standing there, muttering something, of course his face was full of displeasure. It seemed that he had heard the news about the capital, so he reacted like this.

Without thinking too much, Shen Xi stepped forward and gently hugged Sun Moyao's waist, "What's wrong? Are you angry?"

Seeing him, Sun Moyao lost half of his anger. He put his arms around Shen Xi, hugged him in his arms, and sighed softly, "It's okay..."

"Don't say it's okay, I don't believe it." Shen Xi laughed in his arms.

Anyway, Shen Xi couldn't hide it, so Sun Moyao simply opened up and said, his tone was naturally very dissatisfied, "What does Jufeng mean?!"

Shen Xi looked up at him, "What? You think it's Ju Feng's fault?"

"Didn't you say he would stop Wei Zhenyun?" Sun Moyao frowned.

Shen Xi laughed, "I mean, Sui Bai can protect General Wei from doing some inappropriate things impulsively. From my point of view, there seems to be nothing wrong with it."

Sun Moyao looked at the person in his arms, "Ah? Did Ju Feng say anything else?"

"Well, it's similar to what you know, my lord. However, I see what Sui Bai means, and this matter is actually supported by the emperor." Shen Xi said so.

Sun Moyao rolled his eyes, "But... didn't Wei Zhenyun discover this?"

Shen Xi laughed twice, "That's the emperor! You can know General Wei's thoughts after a little questioning, and I think that the emperor knows something about the supply of rations before."

Sun Moyao showed even more surprise on his face, "He knows?"

Shen Xi nodded, "But he didn't dare to conduct an investigation blatantly, because he was worried that he would offend too many courtiers at once, so now he can only quietly hand over this matter to the people below. And most of the people in the court are sent by the prime minister. There are not many people the emperor can trust, so now that General Wei is suspicious, Sui Bai started to investigate, of course he will leave this matter to Sui Bai to do."

Sun Moyao thought for a while, "But after investigating this matter, isn't he afraid of continuing to offend the courtiers?"

But Shen Xi said: "Then if this matter doesn't need to offend too many people at once, but only needs to be borne by a high-ranking person, then are you still worried?"

"You said it was—!" Sun Moyao opened his eyes and lowered his voice, "Prime Minister?"

Shen Xi nodded lightly, "I think, the emperor will investigate now because he can find someone to take on this matter, and it is the person he particularly wants to deal with. So if he wanted to offend someone before, if he didn't investigate, now If someone can bear it, let’s investigate.”

Sun Moyao remained silent.

Shen Xi continued, "And this time... I think, maybe even the prime minister can't control it anymore, and the doctor Yushi is afraid that he has already joined forces. Now the emperor must find someone to take all these things. Agree to the investigation."

Sun Moyao looked a little serious, "Has the current imperial court reached this point?"

Although Shen Xi didn't want to make Sun Moyao worry, he still said sincerely: "I'm afraid that's the case... But you don't have to worry, my lord, you are old!"

Sun Moyao burst out laughing, "How much do you trust Ju Feng? You never leave him in every word? Even if I know Ju Feng's ability, I don't dare to believe that he can turn the tide by himself."

Shen Xi quickly said, "Of course he didn't turn the tide by himself, Sui Bai, General Wei, and the emperor."

With the emperor... This is naturally different, this is simply the strongest backing.Of course, as the emperor's courtiers, it is to stand in front of him when these things happen, to solve these things.

"Okay... Since you said that, I have no reason not to believe it!" Sun Moyao laughed, "Where's Ju Feng's letter?"

"I'll get it." Shen Xi smiled and broke away from his embrace.

After reading Lu Jufeng's letter, Sun Moyao was still a little worried, but as long as he showed this expression, Shen Xi would definitely continue to comfort him and tell him that nothing would happen.It's so troublesome, it's better to stay in Liangzhou and wait for the news with peace of mind.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for this matter to settle down.

During the Western Expedition, Prime Minister Shao Shi colluded with the main soldier Cao, embezzled nearly [-]% of the military rations, and even tampered with it, using moldy and spoiled grains as military rations, and sent them to the front line, saying that the journey was too long and it would inevitably deteriorate. Shirk responsibility.

Ting Wei and Guang Luxun were also involved, and more than a dozen officials were involved.Moreover, I am afraid that the more the investigation continues, the more it will snowball, and there are not many people who can stand alone.

When the emperor saw this situation, he was angry and helpless at the same time. What should we do? !

So Lu Jufeng privately gave the emperor an idea, since so many people are related, and it is impossible to investigate one by one, it is better to let them confess by themselves, and hand over how much bribes they accept, so as to avoid the pain of reckoning after autumn , but if someone refuses to pay, if it is finally found out, it will be severely punished.

The emperor was unwilling to think of other ways, "Just do it like this."

As soon as the news was released, many officials in the imperial court quietly came to hand over the stolen money and goods, as much as they had, just in case, if they were found out later, it would be a trivial matter if they lost face. , That's going to jail!

In just half a month, the stolen money collected in the treasury suddenly piled up into a hill again.

But this method, in the eyes of Shen Xi who is far away in Liangzhou, is a good method, but it angered Wei Zhenyun.

He went to question Lu Jufeng, "Just let them go?!"

Lu Jufeng shook his head and said, "Let it go? Since they have done this kind of thing, we can deal with them slowly in the future. But now the court should put the emphasis on it, and we can't be tough."

Wei Zhenyun frowned. He didn't believe that Lu Jufeng would join forces with those officials after he arrived at the court, but he didn't expect that he would use such a method that no one would offend and let them go.

"How can we deal with them slowly in the future?!" Wei Zhenyun said anxiously.

Lu Jufeng couldn't give an answer, "This is the only way to do it now."

Wei Zhenyun was furious, "Then what are the brothers who were implicated and died on the front line?! You were not on the front line! You saw it too! How many brothers ended up starving to death because they couldn't eat rations!"

Lu Jufeng also increased his volume, "Of course I know! There are two brothers who I buried with my own hands! But, in this situation, what do you think should be done?! Do you really want to implicate so many people?" The officials are arrested, those who should be beheaded beheaded, and those who should be imprisoned?! In this way, who else is there in the court? Who else can do things?!"

"If such a corrupt official is in power, if he is not punished today, he will be corrupt in the future!!" Wei Zhenyun also said angrily.

"Gluttony is a felony in the future! But not today." Lu Jufeng sighed, "It's not like you don't know that the court is in utter chaos, if it's like mowing grass, it will be even more chaotic!"

Wei Zhenyun wanted to speak again, but Lu Jufeng rushed ahead of him and said, "I know you feel sorry for those brothers, and I feel sad too, but now we can't be too hasty, as long as one day, we have complete confidence, we will definitely have a good time." Little by little, ask them to come back."

"Then today—"

"Today, the officials below have to do this, but it doesn't mean that those in high positions will be safe and sound. The people below took the money and paid it back. They don't have to be responsible now, and they must be responsible in the future. The people above confiscated the money. However, if they take their responsibilities and do not plan to do anything, they will naturally be responsible.”

Hearing this, Wei Zhenyun's eyes lit up, and he finally stopped looking anxious and irritable. He asked, "This is... who will be in charge today?"

Lu Jufeng just cupped his hands, "Don't be impatient, General Wei, you will find out soon."

Wei Zhenyun looked at him and sighed softly, "Ju Feng, I'm sorry, I was the one who got excited just now."

Lu Jufeng smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, you've always been like this, so how could I take your words seriously."

Wei Zhenyun nodded.

Since Lu Jufeng said that someone in a high position will fall from the horse in the near future, Wei Zhenyun can only stay calm and wait for the changes, hoping not to make him wait too long.

But his hope did not fail, and soon, the veil of the so-called high-ranking person was finally lifted.

It's the prime minister, Pei Qingchang.

This result made Wei Zhenyun dumbfounded, but it was not too surprising.

The mastermind, Prime Minister Shao Shi, is the prime minister's direct subordinate, and the main soldier Cao is a relative of Pei Qingchang, and many courtiers are from the prime minister's faction, and there are all kinds of inextricable relationships. It's easy to hand over the stolen money in this way, and the emperor couldn't swallow it.

Therefore, there should be a high-ranking person who is responsible for this.

However, Pei Qingchang had guessed a long time ago that when the emperor started to make an enemy against him one day, he would have already held this position not long ago.

The emperor questioned Pei Qingchang in the early court, but this time Pei Qingchang did not confront the emperor as usual, he didn't argue, he felt too tired, and he suddenly realized that he had been so noisy with the emperor all day long, and he had long since betrayed him as the prime minister. blame.

So on this day, he knelt down in front of the emperor and said, "I am guilty."

(——Happy New Year's Day~~~——)