Chapter 70 As our son-in-law, what’s wrong with taking the blame? (Please subscribe!!)
"But the treasury needs money now," Zhu Yuanzhang muttered.
Empress Ma said calmly: "Chongba, have you forgotten Ouyang Lun's proposal?"
"You mean to open a sea ban?" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head repeatedly, "The sea ban is a national policy and cannot be lifted just for a small amount of money. This is the principle and bottom line."
"I didn't ask you to directly impose a sea ban, but asked the Ma family caravan to cooperate with Yong'an Mansion. The reason is just like Ouyang Lun said, to combat smuggling!" Queen Ma said directly: "But Biao'er cannot be involved in this matter, he After all, he is the crown prince of a country."
"Di'er. He is King Fan, so he can't do it either."
While Empress Ma was thinking, Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative and said: "Wouldn't it be great if Di'er sent someone to take care of this matter? When Di'er left, we arranged several eunuchs to serve Di'er, and there were many of them. Smart, loyal and reliable, just let the eunuch and Ouyang Lun take responsibility if something happens."
"Ouyang Lun is your son-in-law!" Empress Ma emphasized.
"As our son-in-law, what's wrong with taking the blame? Besides, I won't accuse him unjustly when the time comes. It was he who brought this up." Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.
"No big deal, we promise you that as long as he doesn't betray the country, surrender to the enemy, rebel, harm the people, or commit petty corruption, we will spare his life. How about that?"
After hearing this, Empress Ma said nothing more. She knew very well that it was not easy to make Zhu Yuanzhang make such a promise. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang had always been willing to kill corrupt officials by mistake in the past.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were chatting when Wang Zhong came in to report.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Hu Weiyong is leading a group of censors and ministers waiting outside the palace. It seems that he has something important to report!"
Seeing this, Queen Ma said, "Since your Majesty has to deal with state affairs, I will leave first."
Wait until Queen Ma leaves.
Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the dragon chair and sat down, his face returned to majesty and coldness, and at the same time he waved to Wang Zhong to bring the people in.
soon.
Headed by Hu Weiyong, followed by Chen Ning, Tu Jie and other censors and ministers, they entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
"Your Majesty, Hu Weiyong, pays homage to your Majesty!"
"Come on and see Your Majesty!"
The voices of the ministers were deafening and powerful.
A trace of displeasure flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, but he did not show it. Instead, he smiled slightly and said, "Prime Minister, why are you here?"
This Hu Weiyong, since he became the prime minister, has completely secured the top position among Huaixi nobles. With the power of the prime minister, he promoted cronies and made friends with generals. The entire court almost became Hu Weiyong's dictum.
During the process, Zhu Yuanzhang also beat Hu Weiyong several times overtly and secretly. As a result, instead of restraining himself, this guy became more and more crazy. Recently, he also attracted Lu Zhongheng, the Marquis of Ji'an, and Fei Ju, the Marquis of Pingliang. Now there is no other force in the court that can compete with him.
Zhu Yuanzhang took all Hu Weiyong's actions into consideration, but he was not in a hurry to take action.
According to Ouyang Lun's classification of officials, Hu Weiyong belongs to the category of bad but capable. Hu Weiyong is still needed to do things, so he can start later.
On weekdays, Hu Weiyong behaves fairly steadily, so why is he so troubled today?
I want to see what Hu Weiyong is hiding in his belly.
Hu Weiyong, who was kneeling on the ground, was originally ready to get up, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not let him get up and could only continue to kneel.
"Your Majesty, I'm here today because I want to participate in the performance of someone! This person has sinister thoughts and heinous crimes!" Hu Weiyong looked loyal and courageous.
Zhu Yuanzhang remained calm and asked, "Oh! Who is this person?"
"This person is Ouyang Lun, the current consort and the current magistrate of Yong'an Prefecture in Northern Zhili!"
"I impeach him for five major crimes! Since the prince-in-law Ouyang Lun became the prefect of Yong'an Prefecture, he has carried out massive construction projects and built so-called cement roads, which has wasted people and money! This is a crime!"
"Accepting bribes, if you want to visit the government office, you need to pay 2000 taels! If someone asks for help, they will ask for a sky-high price. I don't know how much corruption there is! This is the second crime!"
"Building a luxurious government office with five floors, hot springs, wine pools and meat forests is more luxurious than the palace. It is a serious violation of the rules! This is the third crime!"
"It is rumored that Ouyang Lun also colluded with the remnants of Bei Yuan to smuggle goods! This is the fourth crime!"
"Some people also saw Ouyang Lun boarding a ship and going to sea in Jieshi County, blatantly violating the imperial court's sea ban! This is the fifth crime!"
"The above five major crimes are all against the state. They are all capital crimes. Aren't they extremely heinous crimes?"
"Your Majesty, please order a strict investigation of the consort Ouyang Lun! Let the world be peaceful and the people be fair!"
After Hu Weiyong finished speaking, he kowtowed twice on the ground.
At this moment, Hu Weiyong seems to be a prime minister who pleads for the people, is impartial and selfless, and is loyal to the country!
"Your Majesty, please strictly investigate the consort Ouyang Lun!"
Behind Hu Weiyong, the censor Zhongcheng Tujie, the censor doctor Chen Ning, the Marquis of Ji'an Lu Zhongheng, the Marquis of Pingliang Fei Ju and others shouted in unison.
Ho! Zhu Yuanzhang smiled inwardly.
He really wanted Ouyang Lun to see for himself how unpopular he was among the government and the public. It seemed that he was not alone!
But it's strange, as the Prime Minister who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, how can Hu Weiyong be so hostile to Ouyang Lun?
The prefect can barely be considered a high-ranking official in the local area, but in the capital, there are not only as many fourth-rank officials as dogs, but there are still quite a few. After all, any Zhenguo lieutenant or county lord is comparable to a fourth-rank official.
Hu Weiyong, a prime minister, brought so many people to trouble Ouyang Lun, which really made Zhu Yuanzhang suspicious.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, Hu Weiyong continued to state that he was fully prepared this time and must avenge the previous humiliation.
In the last "Kaiping Grain Case", Ouyang Lun, the main culprit, did nothing and was promoted in the end. However, as the prime minister, Hu Weiyong, he was reprimanded and fined. Punishment is secondary, the key is face! This was no less than a slap in the face from Ouyang Lun.
Every time Huaixi nobles gathered privately, Hu Weiyong was quite depressed when talking about this matter. Hu Weiyong himself was very stingy. When Yang Xian offended him and finally brought him down, he was subjected to all kinds of humiliation and torture. In the end, he was quartered and Ling Chi was killed. put to death.
Ouyang Lun made him humiliated, so he naturally became angrier and more frustrated the more he thought about it! The emperor, Hu Weiyong, naturally did not dare to blame him, but Ouyang Lun still had a way to deal with it.
Because of this, Hu Weiyong has been paying attention to Yong'an Mansion, and even sent people to Yong'an Mansion to inquire about Ouyang Lun's crimes.
The people sent out lived up to expectations and collected all five major crimes against Ouyang Lun, and all of them had evidence. With these, Hu Weiyong brought a group of officials who supported him to come to Zhu Yuanzhang to make a statement.
"Last time during the "Kaiping Grain Case", His Majesty used Ouyang Lun's grain collection to rescue the people in the disaster area and pardoned him!"
"But Ouyang Lun relied on His Majesty's tolerance and status as the consort. After becoming the prefect, he intensified his efforts. Now that the five major crimes have been exposed, if he is not severely punished, it will not be enough for the people to be angry and normal!"
(End of this chapter)
