Chapter 202 It's not the son who got into trouble this time He learned that his unfortunate father might have just fallen flat on his face and got Yun Shu went in with the jar of lime powder, the expression on his face decisively changed to the obedient and timid look that Emperor Xuanwu was very familiar with. Emperor Xuanwu, who already had a headache, felt his head throb even more when he saw her expression. "What trouble have you gotten yourself into again?" "It's not my son who got into trouble this time." Yun Shu secretly glanced at Emperor Xuanwu with her little eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then stammered: "But if you are partial to someone and don't want to hear anything bad about him, then I may have caused some trouble." Emperor Xuanwu: “?” He almost laughed out of anger. In this whole world, if we have to say who he is the most biased towards, who else could it be other than her, Yun Xiaowu? She was actually secretly complaining about him being partial to others? You little heartless one! Emperor Xuanwu glared at Yunshu in anger, and then thought of the words that this brat had said so hesitantly in the morning, which clearly pointed to the prince. The expression on his face unconsciously sank a little: "What did the prince do again?" "Father is wise, he guessed it right!" Looking at Emperor Xuanwu's expression, it seems that he can't tell what his emotions are.
Yun Shu patted the dragon's butt as usual, and then said straightforwardly: "When I went to the Water Affairs Department this time, I accidentally discovered that my brother, the Crown Prince, seemed to be selling official positions." In some dynasties in the past, there was even a history of the emperor personally approving the sale of titles and official positions, and the court clearly set prices for doing so. But in the Tiansheng Dynasty, this was written into the Tiansheng Laws and was an explicitly stipulated illegal act. In particular, Emperor Xuanwu was an emperor who particularly disliked aristocratic families and had been working hard to increase the number of students from poor families in the court since he ascended the throne. He knew that his kid might be unreliable in some unimportant matters, but when it comes to such important matters, he would never shoot without purpose. Hearing the words "the prince sold the official position" coming from Yunshu's mouth, Emperor Xuanwu felt a chill in his heart, and even his tone became more serious: "What happened?" “This is a bit complicated.” Yun Shu scratched her head and started from the first time she went to the Water Affairs Bureau and saw no one inside. She talked about Tan Fengnian and then asked the Dragon Shadow Guard to check on Tang Bingfu. The whole process was reported to Emperor Xuanwu in detail: "...When I heard Dragon Shadow Guard talking about selling official positions, I knew that this matter was of great importance. I couldn't make up my mind, so I had no choice but to come to my father." "Xuanwu fourteenth year." A few years ago, he still had great faith in the prince and wholeheartedly wanted to support his son to secure the throne. His prince had actually done something behind his back that he hated so much! Sell official. Doesn't the prince know that doing so will prevent some truly talented people from having a chance to serve in the imperial court? Instead, Tiansheng is filled with good-for-nothings. They seem insignificant, but in fact, who knows when they will cause a huge dam to collapse due to an ant hole? In the life choice simulation system, the flood that would have caused tens of thousands of casualties in the capital city in more than a month was not caused by Tang Bingfu's inaction? ! It was originally thought that the prince's current change was due to his failure to explain the reason when he initially rejected the prince's request to marry Shen Jingshu, which led to misunderstandings and triggered the subsequent series of changes. Before today, even if Emperor Xuanwu had made up his mind to depose the crown prince, But it is impossible to say that I don't feel any guilt at all. When the night was quiet, Emperor Xuanwu would sometimes toss and turn all night long, unable to sleep, thinking of the crown prince whom he had placed high hopes on for so many years.
But it was not until this moment that he suddenly realized that he had trusted the prince too much in the past. It turned out that he didn't know his son as well as he thought. The prince he was once so proud of turned out to be so short-sighted! How do those old guys in the East Palace usually teach the prince? Simply hateful! He slammed his fist on the table, startling the defenseless Yun Shu. The figure in front of him seemed to tremble. Emperor Xuanwu suppressed his anger and raised his eyes to ask: "You just said that there was something wrong with the soil that Tang Bingfu used to build the dam?" "Yes." His father was obviously angry, and Yun Shu, who didn't want to get into trouble, became more obedient: “He built the dike with cultivated earth. Father, you also know that when I have nothing to do, I like to plant some flowers and plants. The Yihe Palace that you later gave to me has been planted with woven shell flowers by me. In order to live up to your kindness, I read a lot of books about flower planting when I was planting those weaving shell flowers. Only then did I realize that soil can be divided into raw soil and cultivated soil. Cultivated soil is generally soil that has been cultivated and fertilized by people. It is fluffy, breathable, and well-drained, making it suitable for farming. Raw soil is the original soil layer buried deep underground, undisturbed, with pure texture and tight structure. When building dams or something like that, you should use raw soil. Otherwise, once a flood occurs, the dam will easily be washed away! I discovered this on the embankment that day, and after getting confirmation from Tan Fengnian, I had someone investigate it carefully." She held the wine jar in one hand and took out an envelope from her sleeve pocket with some effort: "This is the testimony of nearby farmers, because building the dike requires transporting raw soil from other places, which is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also costs a lot of money. In order to embezzle more silver for himself, Tang Bingfu directly spent a small amount of silver to buy cultivated soil from the fields of nearby farmers to build the embankment. Of the 120,000 taels of silver allocated by the Ministry of Revenue, at least 80,000 taels went into Tang Bingfu’s pocket.” "Bastard thing!" While Yunshu was talking, Emperor Xuanwu quickly read through the testimonies she handed over. When he thought about how empty his treasury was, he realized that whenever he wanted to be an emperor, he had to bargain with the old guys in the Ministry of Revenue in the court. Tang Bingfu, an insignificant parasite, stuffed the money that he had squeezed out of his teeth to do business into his own pocket. Emperor Xuanwu was so angry that he wanted to catch Tang Bingfu and chop him to pieces on the spot! God knows how many such “Tang Bingfu” there are in Tiansheng! "Somebody come!" The more he thought about it, the angrier Emperor Xuanwu directly raised his voice and ordered: "Go and bring me the crown prince and Tang Bingfu, the doctor of the Water Affairs Bureau!" Prince, bring him here. This word doesn't sound good. The guards outside, who had just suffered a great misfortune because of Yun Chuhuan, were startled and did not dare to delay any longer. They immediately received the order and left.