"During his reign, Mr. Gao has accepted bribes many times and enriched his own pockets. I want to impeach Mr. Gao for five major crimes!" Du Zhongyang said confidently, and then took out a memorial and read it out: "First, abuse of power, betrayal and betrayal" Buying an official position; secondly, accepting bribes to enrich one's own pockets; thirdly, withholding disaster funds and harming the victims; fourthly, planting party members for personal gain; fifthly, having liaisons with others and deceiving the emperor!" Each of these is like the same rule. Plunge a sharp knife into Gao Ming's heart, each one sharper than the last, and each one deeper than the last!
"Mr. Du, you are slanderous!" Gao Ming looked very angry and unjust! But his heart jumped in panic. After the last rumor, he sorted out all the things he had done that might have clues. Once again, many loopholes were filled. [ ] Now, how dare Du Zhongyang dare to impeach him blatantly? Could it be that Du Zhongyang has some evidence?
Du Zhongyang looked at Gao Ming as if he were looking at a dying person, and said with a smile: "Master Gao, whether you are spewing blood or not, the Holy One will have his own conclusion, and the laws of nature will have his own conclusion. Here is the evidence that Master Gao has committed a crime, and every one of them is true." It’s true, the time and place of the characters above must be fresh in Mr. Gao’s memory.”
Du Zhongyang gave a brochure to Gao Ming and watched Gao Ming's reaction.
Gao Ming opened the book. Every time he turned a page, his hands shook and his face became increasingly ugly. When he only saw half of it, he was already sweating profusely and his clothes were half wet.
"How about it, Mr. Gao, are you shocked by everything? Are you wondering why I got so much evidence?"
"Your Majesty, I was wronged. Please make the decision for me!" Gao Ming did not dare to finish reading, so he knelt down and cried out. At this time, he could only cry out. With this well-investigated booklet, any words would be pale and feeble. .
"Bring the thing here!" In Long Dingtian's voice, the booklet came into his hands. He had already seen this booklet, but he still pretended to be shocked at this time.
After reading it, Long Dingtian angrily threw it to Old Si Liguan and said: "Read it!"
"In the year 8984 of the Daping calendar, ten fifth-grade officials in Fuhe Province collectively bought officials and spent thirty thousand taels of gold, and all were promoted to fourth-grade officials; in the year 8986 of the Daping calendar, the governor of Sanfeng Prefecture in Fengyuan Province was investigated by the imperial envoy. For corruption, he was supposed to be exiled thousands of miles away, but was transferred to another state after paying 8,000 taels of gold. In 8986, there was a severe drought in Bulte Province. The governor, Ranran Erte, secretly withheld 400,000 taels of silver allocated for disaster relief and was arrested. Gao Ming found out and asked for his two hundred thousand taels, and the two of them embezzled funds together..."
As the voice of the old ceremonial officer rang out, the ministers were shocked. Some ministers, who were related to what was said, had cold sweat on their backs and even trembled with fear.
Long Dingtian carefully observed the reactions of the ministers and suddenly said loudly: "Master Feng, why are your feet shaking? Could it be that this matter has something to do with you?"
Mr. Feng is the deputy governor of Bult Province, his name is Feng Ling, and he is the representative of Bult Province in the capital. When he heard that 400,000 taels of silver were being withheld for disaster relief, he was immediately dumbfounded, because at that time, he was also involved.
Each province of Daping Kingdom has a deputy governor who is permanently stationed in the capital and communicates with the court and local government orders at any time.
Hearing the question from the Holy One, Feng Ling panicked and said, "Your Majesty, please spare my life. No, this is not the case. This is not the case!" His words were somewhat incoherent.
"You lied!" Du Zhongyang yelled on the spot: "If there is no such thing, why are you so scared and shouting for mercy? You are obviously involved in it. You also received 20,000 taels of silver and hid it in the dry well in your backyard. Among them!"
"No, no, I didn't share the money. If you don't believe me, go look for it in the dry well in my backyard. I really don't have it." Feng Ling's feet were shaking and she kept defending.
"You didn't get any money, so what did you get?" Du Zhongyang asked sternly.
"I just got a promotion, I really didn't get paid!"
"Oh..." The officials were suddenly in an uproar.
And Gao Ming's expression turned ashen. Feng Ling was so frightened that his mind was confused. Under Du Zhongyang's inducement, he spilled the beans.
"Come here, put Feng Ling in jail!" The Holy Emperor shouted, and immediately two guards came in and dragged Feng Ling out.
"Gao Aiqing, I can't believe that the late emperor treated you like a brother and sister and entrusted you with important responsibilities, but you colluded with both internal and external parties to embezzle state property and embezzle the victims' funds!" Long Dingtian's group looked very sad, as if he himself It's like the woman you love most betrayed you.
"Your Majesty..." Gao Ming was about to say something when another minister immediately jumped in and said, "Your Majesty, Sir Gao once promised that if I support one of my relatives to serve in the palace, I can get three thousand taels of gold. Just now. The words of the Holy One are like a blow to the head, waking me up. The Holy One has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, and I must do my best to be loyal to the Holy One! I am willing to hand over these three thousand taels of gold to the national treasury, and please forgive me for being confused for a while. "
"Reporting to Your Majesty, a farmer surnamed Liu outside Shangjing City was secretly killed by Gao Sheng, Gao Ming's son, for offending him. Now his son has lost his parents and is placed in another farmhouse by the minister, and he is given three taels of silver every month. .In the past, I didn’t dare to speak out because of Master Gao’s prestige, but now I find out that Master Gao has secretly withheld disaster relief funds, I am so angry that I can’t stop it! Master Gao actually doesn’t even spare the victims who have no food or clothing! Even if I offend Master Gao, , we must also make this matter public and give justice to the Liu farmer family!"
"Reporting to your Majesty, I originally owned four shops on Longxiang Street in the west of the city. Later, Master Gao secretly threatened me and threatened my future as an official, and forcibly took the four shops as my own. Now I want to sue Master Gao."
"Your Majesty the Holy Spirit..."
"Your Majesty..."
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It was like powder keg being detonated one by one. Seeing Gao Ming's predicament, ministers one by one exposed all kinds of big and small things. Especially the ministers who Long Dingtian had specially visited had received the attention of the Holy One and visited him personally. Naturally, they had to pay him a visit. Long Dingtian stood up. At this time, the smarter people all knew that Gao Ming was doomed, so they hit the drowned dog with a stick, and many heavyweight things were exposed.
Gao Ming heard one voice after another, his face was ugly and his heart was filled with despair. He never thought that a good morning meeting would have such a result! Originally, the rumors of the previous few days had just passed, and he felt that everything would be over. , but when this happened to him, he felt as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss and would never see the light again.
Looking at these ministers who kept suing him with big and small things, and even made-up things; there were also ministers who were supposed to speak for him and whom he considered to be close friends, but at this time they closed their eyes slightly and looked indifferent. , but his heart suddenly calmed down. When all thoughts were despairing, it stimulated his wisdom, and he finally realized that it was not these ministers who were embarrassing him, but the emperor, the Holy One, who was embarrassing him through the mouths of these ministers.
Gao Ming knelt blankly in the center of the hall, as if he was the only one in the entire hall. There was a cold wind all around, which made his body and mind extremely cold! Countless glory and power in the past were all turned into wind.