Yu Xiunan planted many hidden stakes in Helan's house a long time ago. They were secretly hiding in Helan's house with various identities. For many years, they had not been allowed to do anything to avoid being discovered. This time Yu Xiunan finally
They can be put to great use.
Yu Xiunan has mastered a lot of evidence about the Helan family's large and small crimes over the years, but has not produced it before, just to wait for one day to deal with the Queen and the Helan family, and be able to hit it with one blow.
Among them, the two biggest crimes are embezzlement of military pay and liaison with the enemy.
After gathering the evidence, Yu Xiunan planned to submit it directly to the emperor, but Ye Fuxun believed that the Helan family was cunning and cunning. If the time came to pass the blame on others, they would only lose part of their wings.
, itself has nothing to do with the loss.
Moreover, the court was divided into two factions: the prince and the second prince. If the prince's faction fell, the second prince's faction would come out on top. Even if it was to balance the power of the court, the emperor might not directly punish them.
So, Yu Xiunan had all the evidence of the Helan family's crimes posted all over the streets and alleys of the capital so that the whole city could see it.
Soon, everyone in the country knew about it, and the emperor also knew about it.
"Huh! How disgusting!" The emperor browsed through the so-called incriminating evidence collected outside the palace, angrily slapped the case, and threw a stack of thick papers all over the floor.
"The Helan family has always been the pillar of our Western Kingdom, and Prime Minister Helan is even more of a minister. I have always had great trust in him, but I never thought that he would do so many shameful things in private.
Greedy for money, embezzling military rations, mining gold mines privately, raising troops privately, collaborating with the enemy... It's hard to explain. As a prime minister, he can even do things such as collaborating with the enemy. What else can't he do?
One day, will he even want to take away my throne?"
The chief eunuch waved his hand and motioned for the young eunuchs to come over and collect the shredded paper everywhere, and then helped the emperor back to sit down in front of the Dragon Case.
He poured a cup of herbal tea and handed it over, and advised softly: "Your Majesty, please don't be so angry now. The streets and alleys are now covered with papers like this, and the people in the whole city have seen it. It is obvious that someone is dealing with the Helan family.
I don’t know whether these so-called evidences of crime are true or false. I think that Prime Minister Helan, as the head of hundreds of officials, has worked hard for the Western Kingdom for more than ten years.
Something done.”
The emperor took a few sips of herbal tea, and his anger subsided a little. He thought for a moment and asked, "Have you found out who posted these evidences?"
The chief eunuch shook his head: "Commander Shangguan said that those people committed the crime at night, and all of them were highly skilled in martial arts. Even the people in the Gyeonggi camp did not notice it. Therefore, if we want to investigate, it will be difficult to find that person."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and analyzed secretly. The fact that this person was able to collect so many criminal evidence showed that he was quite powerful. A person with such ability must be a minister in the court, or one of his sons.
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The first person who came to his mind was Yu Xiunan.
At this moment, someone outside announced: "Your Majesty, the Second Prince wants to see you!"
The emperor frowned slightly and said, "You'er? You're just in time, let him in!"
Yu Xiunan slowly entered the room, holding a golden nanmu box in his hand. He lowered his eyebrows and bowed in obedience: "My son, please see your father."
"Pingsheng!" The emperor looked him up and down calmly and asked, "You're entering the palace so early, but what's the matter?"
Yu Xiunan straightened up, looked up at the emperor, and said slowly: "Today, the evidence of the Helan family's crimes was posted all over the streets, causing an uproar among the people, and rumors abounding in the city. I must have heard about it, the emperor?"
"Yes, I have seen it just now. It really shocked me!" The emperor locked his eyes on the golden nanmu box in Yu Xiunan's hand, already guessing what was inside.
"Is this why you came here today?"
"That's right," Yu Xiunan nodded and said frankly: "Actually, these criminal articles posted all over the city were originally made by my son."
The emperor had already been mentally prepared, but he still couldn't help but get angry.
"Since you have evidence of the Helan family's crimes in your hand, why didn't you submit it to me as soon as possible? But let it flow into the public. Don't you know how big a sensation this will cause? What are your intentions in doing this?"
"I didn't do this intentionally, but I just got the evidence a few days ago, and before I could submit it, thieves broke into the prince's mansion and stole many of the secrets in my hands.
I have been sending people to investigate because I am afraid that someone will use these secrets to do evil things. Unexpectedly, something happened today. I know I am guilty, so I came here to plead guilty to my father."
The emperor stared at Yu Xiunan dubiously and said, "If you don't mean it, it's understandable. It's just that the current situation is really giving me a headache."
Yu Xiunan raised his eyes to look at the emperor, put the nanmu box on the dragon case, and then returned to the original place. "Father, this is part of the evidence that the thief didn't have time to steal. Please take a look at it."
The emperor flashed his black eyes, opened the box, took out the thick stack of papers and read it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more the fire in his heart burned. In the end, his hands were shaking and his eyes were red.
Among them, the most chilling thing to read was the correspondence between Prime Minister Helan and the northern Wuqian Kingdom. Prime Minister Helan's adopted son was General Du Chuan, who was stationed at the northern border of the Western Kingdom all year round.
Over the years, there have been constant wars and small battles between the Uzbek and Guizhou Kingdoms. The borders are in turmoil and the people are in panic all the year round. Everyone thinks that this is because the Uzbekistan and Guizhou Kingdom are too ambitious and want to invade the open territory of the Western Kingdom.
It was not until this moment that the emperor read these autographed letters between Prime Minister Helan and the ruler of Uzbekistan and realized that there was something hidden in them.
Uzbekistan and Guizhou have a small territory, but they have strong soldiers and horses, and their national strength is not weak. What they lack most are crops and gold and silver from the south, so the prime minister took advantage of this to make deals with Uzbekistan and Guizhou.
They discussed launching a war every once in a while. The two countries would fight and cause turmoil on the border. Then the Western Kingdom's court would continuously send military pay to the border.
The military pay was divided into 30% and 70%, with 30% given to Wuqian Kingdom and 70% kept in the Western Kingdom. More than half of it went into the pocket of General Du Chuan, which means it belonged to the Helan family, and only a little bit was left.
For marching purposes.
Moreover, after the Wuqian Kingdom invaded the Western Kingdom's city, it could burn, kill, and loot at will, but only for a few days. After that, Du Chuan would lead the Western Kingdom's troops to "seize" the city back.
As the war continued at the border, the emperor had to rely on Du Chuan, who had a high prestige in the military, and could not do without the Helan family.
In fact, in the past few years, the armies of the two countries have just performed one drama after another.