Dou Kui's question was just a serious and strict person, which captured Sima Lan's words of no father and son in the court.

Qi Ning watched coldly. Sima Lan took the initiative to admit that the land was occupied and land was a little surprised. But he knew very well that the Duke of Zhenguo could climb to the position of a powerful minister in the empire, of course, it was not a fool. It was an old monster who was even more cunning than a fox. He knew that this old monster was afraid of playing with something else.

He used to only heard that these two factions were fighting openly and secretly, but after all, he did not witness it with his own eyes. He could not have imagined that he would have seen such a good show today.

Sima Lan was asked by Dou Kui, but she still seemed calm and said, "The matter is complicated, and it is still inconvenient to speak clearly in the court." She turned to the little emperor: "Your Majesty, the old minister begged to sue him!"

Longtai obviously did not see through the medicine sold in Sima Lan's gourd. He frowned slightly and suddenly saw the King of Huainan out and said, "Emperor, Duke Zhenguo is an old minister of several dynasties, and he is loyal to the country. Since this is done, it must be reasonable. I believe that Duke Zhenguo has his own unscrupulous difficulties." He said to Sima Lan: "Old Duke, if there is really any difficulty in this, just tell the emperor clearly that I will never believe that you are favoritism and abuse of power."

Sima Lan showed a hint of gratitude and said, "Thank you for your understanding, but hey, it's better not to say some things. Sima Changshen encloses land and occupying land, violates the national law, and asks the emperor to punish the crime. The old minister knows that it will not report it. He is also guilty, so he asks the emperor to punish the crime together."

At this moment, I saw one of the ministers rushing out, kneeling on the ground, and whispering loudly: "Your Majesty, I have a copy."

Everyone looked over and saw that the person who came out was Huang Fu Zheng, the Minister of Works. Some people sneered in their hearts, thinking that this case was really lively and that everyone from both sides came on stage.

Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Works have all been involved.

Sima Lan was the first close minister of Emperor Taizong. When the old Marquis of Jinyi and the old Marquis of Wuxiang were fighting, Jin Dao Hou was neglected. Sima Lan was the first minister to assist in the administration. Sima Lan had outstanding internal affairs and was diligent in the past. He always promoted a group of officials to do things.

After the war, there were many places to be rebuilt in the capital. Huangfu Zheng was proficient in construction projects and was promoted by Sima Lan at that time. Since then, he has been promoted step by step and has been in the position of Minister of Works. Many people know that Chen Lanting, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Huangfu Zheng, the Minister of Works, have always been regarded as Sima Lan's right-hand man.

However, today's case is completely inseparable from the Ministry of Works, Huangfu Zheng suddenly broke out, but it was quite out of place. Everyone guessed that Huangfu Zheng must have come out to speak for Sima Lan. Some people thought in their hearts that Huangfu Zheng was also a smart person, but today they were a little annoyed and confused. Although they knew that you were Sima Lan's person, they shouldn't speak so blatantly.

Longtai seemed calm and asked, "What's the matter with Huangfu Aiqing?"

"Emperor, Yi'an enclosed land, I also know the inside story." Huangfu Zheng said seriously: "Although the Sima family is wrong, it is precisely because of this that it proves the Sima family's loyalty to the emperor."

The ministers looked at each other and didn't understand Huangfu Zheng's intention for a moment. Some people thought that the Sima family would occupy land and land, which would prove that the Sima family was loyal. It was ridiculous.

Longtai frowned and said, "What does Huangfu Aiqing mean?"

"Your Majesty, Yi'an has occupied 1,300 glut of fertile land. Of course, it's wrong, but the emperor knows where all these tax banks have gone?" Huangfu Zheng looked up at Longtai, "I know the whereabouts of these tax banks are the most clear."

"You know?"

"Report to the emperor, all the taxes and silver for the 1,300 hectares of fertile land were handed over to the ministers." Huangfu Zheng said: "The Sima family did not occupy one or two taels of silver."

There was an uproar in the solemn court, and some people immediately thought keenly, could Huangfu Zheng be so loyal to the Sima family and stand up to take the blame at this critical moment? However, this tax bank is not a small amount. Even if Huangfu Zheng wants to take the blame, it will not be difficult to investigate whether it is true or false.

"Huangfu Zheng, what's going on?" Longtai was obviously confused, and said in a deep voice: "How did those tax silvers come to your hands?"

Huangfu Zheng lay on the ground and said, "My ministers cannot speak!"

"Mr. Huangfu, if you don't say it, Zhongyi Hou will not be innocent." Dou Kui shouted: "It is Zhongyi Hou who encloses land and land. You also claim that the tax silver has been in your hands. You and Zhongyi Hou are involved in it. If you cannot explain the whole story clearly, not only will you not be able to explain it to the emperor, but the ministers in the court are also dissatisfied."

Huangfu Zheng said, "Emperor, I am!" He looked up suddenly and said, "I have reported it truthfully that all the taxes and silver are used in the palace."

"Use it in the palace?" Longtai was stunned.

Huangfu Zheng said loudly: "The emperor may not know that after the founding of our Great Chu Kingdom, the palaces in the imperial city were only renovated once. Emperor Taizong and the former emperor were both diligent, simple and frugal lords, and did not spend the money and silver on the renovation of this palace. After the war between our Great Chu and the Northern Han Dynasty in the Qinhuai period, the money, grain and military salaries were consumed greatly, and the national treasury was empty. At this time, a palace in the palace collapsed, and the emperor did not make any public statements. It was after the old Duke learned about this and asked me to renovate the Wende Hall."

Longtai thought something and nodded slightly, "I remember that it took several months to renovate Wende Hall three years ago." He asked, "This matter is related to Yi'an Tax Silver?"

"There are many palaces to be renovated in the palace. The Wende Hall was a place where the former emperors usually managed their government and rested. When the Duke saw that there were many old places in the palace, he asked the minister to find a way." Huangfu Zheng said: "Although there were many palaces that needed to be renovated, it was very expensive. The soldiers on the front line were fighting with the Northern Han Dynasty. In order to ensure the logistics supply of the front line, the late emperor refused to enter the palace to rebuild the palace at the beginning, so he did not allow the Ministry of Revenue to allocate silver from the Ministry of Revenue."

Longtai nodded slightly, Huangfu Zhengcai continued: "The old Duke did not want the late emperor to be wronged. He raised it from multiple sources and owed a large amount of silver, which allowed the Wende Hall to be rebuilt successfully. However, the silver owed by the renovation of the Wende Hall could not be borne by the Ministry of Revenue. The old Duke was worried day and night. In order to relieve the old Duke's worries, Zhongyi Hou occupied land in Yi'an, and just wanted to repay the owed silver." His voice was choked: "After the old Duke learned about this, he scolded Zhongyi Hou and reported to the late emperor that the late emperor knew about this matter and only allowed him to repay the owed silver and return the fields to the people after repaying the owed silver."

The ministers suddenly realized and thought no wonder Feng Ruohai used this killer weapon, but Duke Zhenguo was not panicked. It turned out that this matter actually involved the previous emperor.

"The old Duke owed a large sum of silver just to rebuild the Wende Hall for the palace, but this matter is not easy to make a statement, so the old Duke also told me not to publicize it." Huangfu Zheng said this and lay down on the ground. "I have detailed accounts in my hands. I can send someone to collect it now and present it to the emperor for a review."

Longtai looked at Sima Lan and asked, "Old Duke, is this the case?"

The Duke of Zhenguo sighed, "Emperor, this matter was a matter of an old minister who was stubborn and insisted on re-cultivation, and had nothing to do with others. The late emperor was diligent and frugal, but he couldn't bear to see the late emperor living in a dangerous hall." He knelt down tremblingly and said, "The old minister is guilty and condoned Sima Changshen to enclose land and occupy land. He deserves ten thousand deaths. He begged the emperor to surrender."

Qi Ning sighed in her heart, thinking that Sima Lan is really amazing. Feng Ruohai tried his best, but in the end he was easily solved by the Duke of Zhenguo.

Just imagine that since this matter involves the previous emperor, who dares to say that Sima Lan is not?

Could it be that raising money to build a palace in the palace to punish and imprison? The matter is very clear. The previous emperor was also very clear about the matter of land and land occupied by Yi'an, but he was not punished. As the successor, Longtai certainly could not have been punished by the Sima family for this matter.

The corners of the Huainan King's eyes twitched, but at this moment, he quickly stepped forward and bowed and said, "Your Majesty the old country is loyal to the country, and it is also for the sake of the palace. I ask the emperor to issue an order without guilt."

At this time, a group of ministers bowed together and said, "Please forgive me for not guilty of the old Duke!"

Longtai knew that it was impossible to surrender the Sima family for this matter, otherwise wouldn’t it be said that the former emperor was foolish and incompetent? Seeing that the ministers pleaded for mercy, he followed the flow and said: “It is contrary to the national law to seize land and occupy land, but you are loyal to the former emperor, and you will have no reward or punishment for your merits and demerits. However, the accounts of tax silver and the accounts of rebuilding the Wende Hall will be transferred to the Ministry of Revenue. In addition, once the silver is owed to be repaid, the occupied land will be returned to the people as the former emperor said.”

The Duke of Zhenguo said gratefully: "I thank you for your unjust grace. I will send someone to return the land to the people as soon as possible."

"Please calm down." Longtai raised his hand and said, "No one should mention this matter until now."

Feng Ruohai was unwilling to accept it, but he was helpless. Just as he was about to return to Chenlei, he heard a voice saying, "Sir Feng, please wait!" One person walked out and said loudly: "I am calling the emperor. I am the censor Hu Geng, the censor at the Censorate, and I want to impeach Feng Ruohai. This person is committed to personal corruption and abuse of power, and he disregards human ethics and is shameless. He is the most treacherous charity in this dynasty. Please ask the emperor to observe clearly!"

Feng Ruohai's face changed drastically. He turned his head and saw the censor's expression solemn and was looking at him. The two of them met with each other. Hu Geng had a sneer on the corner of his lips, but Feng Ruohai felt the whole body was cold.

Qi Ning almost couldn't hold it in and laughed.

Today's court meeting was really exciting, and one wave after another was not settled. Feng Ruohai tried his best to impeach the Sima family, but failed to succeed. He turned his face, but was impeached again in an instant.

Hu Geng raised the memorial in his hand, and the eunuch in the palace took it over and presented it to Longtai.

Qi Ning saw it and suddenly realized that this matter was probably very difficult. Since the censor Hu Geng had prepared a memorial, it means that he had already prepared. Feng Ruohai impeached Sima Changshen today, but Hu Geng was ready to impeach Feng Ruohai. This was obviously not accidental.
Chapter completed!