In the early autumn of the third year of Kaiping, Fang Rui led a crowd to attack Luliu Village at night, which kicked off the life-and-death feud between Pei Yue and Chen Xi.

In the battle in the Hengduan Mountains, Chen Xizhi suffered heavy losses. First, all eight hundred warriors were killed or injured, and then Pei Yue saw through her plan. In the end, the only ten loyal men left were captured, and they were almost left alone. Although she used one The top-secret information was exchanged for those subordinates, but the two sides had already formed a deadly feud. Even after being forced to travel west to escape to Lingzhou, Chen Xizhi still couldn't forget it and wished he could chop Pei Yue into mincemeat.

Of course, the information itself had bad intentions. Chen Xizhi wanted to use Pei Yue's hand to continue to disrupt Daliang Chaotang.

When she thought about it, as long as Pei Yue handed them over to the various people from the court and the military who colluded with the bandits, it would be a huge achievement. Can a fourteen-year-old boy resist this temptation? Facts It proved that she looked down on Pei Yue after all. It was not that Pei Yue was afraid of chaos in the court, he just didn't want to become a public enemy of the courtiers.

In order to drag Pei Rong into the water, he gave a total of three names and corresponding evidence to Silent Cloud, while the rest of the list was kept secret.

Originally, Pei Yue never thought of using that list to do things, because except for the few people he handed over, the others were all minor officials of fifth or sixth grade and below, and their crimes were not serious. Most of them were just raped. use.

One of them was named Zheng Zhirong, who was the official head of the Household and Cangbu Department.

The evidence in Pei Yue's possession is enough to prove that Zheng Zhirong once used his power to resell the grain and grass from the transfer department. Although he may not know that the grain and grass were transported into the Hengduan Mountains through secret channels, it was an actual act of collaborating with thieves. Pei Yue's actions from beginning to end In the end, he had no intention of lifting the lid, because Zheng Zhirong was not seeking profit for himself, but to make up for the shortfalls of several large warehouses in the household department. It was just a matter of demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall.

Based on Pei Yue's two lifetime experiences, he quickly realized that this was a bottomless whirlpool. When he was still very weak, he certainly would not risk a narrow escape to work for the emperor.

All he wanted was for Zheng Zhirong to counterattack at the critical moment.

That's when.

Emperor Kaiping's eyes moved from the frightened Zheng Zhirong to the pale-faced Sun Dacheng. Although he said nothing, the atmosphere in the hall gradually dropped to freezing point. As an emperor, he did not mind his ministers quarreling with each other, but he must act with moderation. , must not create problems out of thin air, obviously Sun Dacheng's actions have made him angry.

Pei Yue said in a timely manner: "Your Majesty, last year Sun Shangshu wanted to seize the minister's property, but how could such a villain's tricks be concealed from Your Majesty? How could he not repent, because he was jealous of the briquette business? He openly used the power of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance to frame private businesses. This is a state weapon for private use and a traitor to the state!"

Sun Dacheng immediately took a few steps forward, knelt down to Emperor Kaiping and apologized: "Your Majesty, I just want to take things like briquettes that are related to the national economy and people's livelihood into the hands of the imperial court. It is not out of selfish interests. This matter is indeed my fault. I made a mistake, please punish me!"

After Zheng Zhirong said those words, he knew that he could not continue to quibble, otherwise Emperor Kaiping would definitely be severely punished according to his temperament.

Emperor Kaiping's eyes were sinister. The reason for his anger was not that Sun Dacheng bullied Pei Yue, but that this man, as the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, could not even control his subordinates. He made such a big joke at the court meeting, and with him The emperor was embarrassed.

"Jun Xinggong, what should we do with Sun Dacheng?" Emperor Kaiping asked coldly.

The left governor Mo Haoli raised his head slightly and looked at the emperor with turbid eyes. After their eyes met, he understood the thoughts of the man on the dragon throne and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Sun Shangshu was confused for a moment, but he is also

It’s not a big mistake. Let’s keep him in office for the time being, fine him with a salary, and let him reflect on himself and see the consequences.”

"That's right." Emperor Kaiping spat out two words from between his teeth, then glanced at Sun Dacheng like a knife, and said in a cold voice: "Still not getting up? Do you want me to help you?"

Sun Dacheng kowtowed quickly to thank him and said loudly: "I am ashamed to have such faith in Your Majesty. I will take this as a warning in the future and not dare to do it again."

He turned around and walked back to his seat, his eyes sweeping over Pei Yue with a touch of contempt and resentment, as if he was laughing at Pei Yue's failure to draw water from the bamboo basket.

Pei Yue was unmoved and found it interesting in his heart that some people are really determined not to give up until they hit the wall.

This scene did not arouse any surprise among the ministers. After all, they had been officials in the same dynasty for many years, and they had long known Sun Dacheng's temperament. There was no trace of the demeanor of a famous official in this man, except that he managed the treasury extremely well.

At least he couldn't fault it on the bright side, so Emperor Kaiping indulged him again and again. Otherwise, just looking at Luo Ting's move to resign last year to express his will, how could Sun Dacheng be unscathed afterwards?

Although the civil and military officials did not dare to whisper at the court meeting, most people stared at one person from the corners of their eyes.

Not Pei Yue, but Luo Ting.

Whether Sun Dacheng's matter is big or small depends on the emperor's judgment. The only person who has the confidence and courage to speak out against it is Luo Jiyu, who seems to be the only one in the whole court.

In fact, after hinting that Mo Haoli should be punished lightly, Emperor Kaiping paid attention to Luo Ting's reaction. In fact, many times he had a headache for this upright right-wing ruler. The emperor could not do whatever he wanted, and could not decide the other party purely based on his preferences.

Destiny. For example, Emperor Kaiping did not like Sun Dacheng and Luo Ting, who had two completely different personalities. However, both of them could handle the tasks assigned to them, so he tolerated them appropriately.

Luo Ting finally spoke, and he went out to report: "Your Majesty, although what Sun Shangshu did has brought disgrace to the court, I have witnessed the rapid popularity of briquettes in the past year, and I feel that his words may have some truth."

No one expected that after Luo Ting opened his mouth, he would not target Sun Dacheng, but instead point the finger at Pei Yue.

Wang Pingzhang, who was standing at the first place on the right, looked thoughtful and suddenly found this matter more and more interesting.

Emperor Kaiping said in a deep voice: "I remember you said at the beginning that if the imperial court seeks to seize private property, it will definitely go against the will of the people and the country will be ruined."

Luo Ting said with a natural expression: "I did say so."

Emperor Kaiping sneered and said: "Why do you have to change your mind again today?"

Luo Ting said frankly: "I was wrong. I made a judgment based on momentary anger. It was really a bit hasty. Therefore, I would like to apologize to Your Majesty."

After hearing this, Emperor Kaiping suddenly felt much more comfortable. If Luo Ting could maintain such a character, he would not have to force Mo Haoli to drag his old body to sit in the center just to suppress this person's domineering personality.

He waved his hand magnanimously and said: "You are in power, and you are responsible for admonishing. I cannot stay out of the matter whether it is right or wrong. Let's not mention the previous things for now. Let me ask you, why did you change your mind?

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Luo Ting turned to look at Pei Yue and said calmly: "Your Majesty, I have observed the development of Xiangyun Company this year, and the final conclusion I reached is shocking."

"explain."

As Luo Ting's loud voice echoed in the main hall, solemn expressions gradually appeared on the faces of many courtiers.
Chapter completed!