The old eunuch brought a chair, and Wang Zhenchuan thanked him and sat down beside him.
In this huge Qianyuan Hall, looking up at the King of Rouge Kingdom sitting on the high platform, an inexplicable sense of depression and majesty hit his face.
Shortly after Wang Zhenchuan took his seat, several important officials of the court came out of the side hall and took their seats one after another.
Among them, an old man with white beard sitting at the front turned his head and winked at Wang Zhenchuan, then stood up and saluted Zhao Dan on the high platform and said: "Your Majesty, the time has come for the trial!"
Zhao Dan waved his hand gently, indicating that most of the discussions in the hall today were conducted by the Imperial Master.
The Imperial Master walked to the center of the hall and looked at the civil and military officials in the hall. Finally, his eyes fell on the same side. The six old men sitting there were the ministers of the six departments.
"Today, Your Majesty summoned hundreds of officials to try the Southern Inspection Governor Wang Zhenchuan for his crime of "disobedience". I dare not entrust him to the magistrate, so I asked my colleagues from the Sixth Department to jointly supervise the judgment with me to avoid any mistakes."
After saying that, he bowed towards the six old men and bowed.
The six old men hurriedly stood up and returned the gift. Among them, the Minister of Rites sitting in the center pushed his hand and said: "Old Imperial Master, there is no need to be so polite. You are rigorous in your work. It is best for you to take charge of the overall situation. I will be behind you to assist and fill in the gaps."
One or two will do."
The other old man looked slightly younger. He was the Minister of the Ministry of Husbandry and a student of the Imperial Preceptor. He always looked after the Imperial Preceptor.
The remaining old men, except for the minister surnamed Liu, are both on good terms with the imperial master.
The old man surnamed Liu had no choice but to stand up and say a few polite words to the Imperial Master.
When Zhao Dan saw this scene, he curled up in amusement.
Since ancient times, kings have been wary of ministers who have excessive power, but there is no need to worry about him.
First, because the Imperial Master was his teacher. Although he had a son and a daughter, the two went to a certain immortal family in their early years and became immortals on the mountain.
Second, the National Advisor has never intervened in military affairs, and the selected officials will definitely give him the reasons for the things he implements.
If there is a minister in the country who is so smart, he might as well give him a fortune and leave his name in the history of the country.
The Imperial Master took out a roll of cloth from his sleeve, spread out his hands, and said with a serious face: "I want you to come here today to discuss five matters."
"The first thing is that last year's tax revenue has been recorded, and the assessment of officials from various places has been released, and officials with outstanding political performance from various places have been selected to work in Beijing."
"The second thing is that all the major immortal sects in the Rouge Kingdom want to come to Jinling to meet with His Majesty and choose a meeting place."
Upon hearing the second thing the Imperial Master said, all the officials were stunned.
Hundreds of years after the founding of the Rouge Kingdom, there has never been a meeting between the Immortal clan and the emperor.
When the emperor goes to a meeting, he must bring his ministers with him. The selected ministers, even if they just listen from a distance, can leave a strong mark in the history books.
The third one is to restrict the registered genealogy masters. Those who take advantage of the court to do evil will be crossed out and entrusted to the Sanqing Sect to eradicate them.
When talking about this matter, many officials agreed with it.
Those cultivators on the mountain claim to be the chosen ones, do not obey the management of the imperial court, and have special contempt for ordinary people, especially those wild cultivators in the mountains who have no sect and no sect. There are even more people after they are registered as genealogy masters by the Rouge Kingdom.
He does whatever he wants and attacks mortals arbitrarily, and he is even more of a demonic cultivator than a demonic cultivator.
For this reason, the imperial court had to find a way to deal with it and reduce the files of those who did evil.
The fourth thing is about the relocation of the marginal mountain village to the southern region.
A few officials frowned. Most of those villages were under their jurisdiction.
There were more than a hundred villages, large and small. In order to relocate, many surrounding villages fought a lot, which brought a lot of trouble to their work.
If they can move there earlier, they can also reduce their burden.
The last thing is about what Wang Zhenchuan did in the Southern Territory.
When the last thing was mentioned, Qianyuan Hall fell into silence.
"Last night, everyone must have received the handwritten notes from the Imperial Study Room. Before I interrogate Mr. Wang, you can share your opinions!"
A middle-aged military general stood up. He put the wat tablet in his hand across his arm, walked forward and said: "Your Majesty, I am a military man. I don't read many books, but I have been preparing military affairs all year round. I also know some finances. Yesterday
The amount on the brochure in the evening is too shocking. Millions of silver and tens of millions of tons of grain. This amount is enough to feed the people of Rouge Country for several years. Half of the world's food is exported to the Southern Region. There were floods in the past few years. The Southern Region
They all need relief from the imperial court. As the governor of the Southern Tour, Mr. Wang only has jurisdiction over three states, so how can he get so much food?"
Zhao Dan waved his hand gently, leaned on the dragon chair, and leaned forward playfully: "I also want to know where Mr. Wang got so much food."
"The newspaper from the Ministry of Household Affairs shows that Mr. Wang is carrying out large-scale construction projects in the three states of the southern region, privately recruiting soldiers, strengthening cities, building canals and diversions. There are seventy-eight cities with moats built alone. The money for recruiting civilians comes from
Where did it come from?
Without funding from the imperial court, where would the wages for raising soldiers come from?
In my opinion, Mr. Wang is unjustly accused. It must be a shameless villain from the Ministry of Revenue who deceived you and concealed it from the emperor. He secretly made a verification report to frame Mr. Wang. Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"
The middle-aged general pointed out all the doubts about this incident.
So much money and food must come from somewhere, and many of the memorials passed by the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot be verified, which inevitably makes people suspicious.
The most important thing is that Wang Zhenchuan was a military commander before.
In this peaceful era, there was no war in the imperial court. In order to maintain a balance with the civil servants, the military commanders must stay together and be warm.
"It is indeed possible!" Zhao Dan pushed his chin with his hand and nodded slightly, seeming to agree with the middle-aged general's words.
As soon as these words came out, all the household officials were so frightened that they knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, he spits out blood!"
"Your Majesty, our Ministry of Revenue has been working hard for several months to evaluate officials from several places. How dare we deceive His Majesty? We have no enmity with Mr. Wang. Is it possible that our officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs are willing to risk the lives of the nine tribes to slander Mr. Wang?"
"Okay, let's get up. I just think it's possible. Why should you be afraid of being like this?" Zhao Dan said with a smile, and then threw a piece of white paper full of words forward from behind.
"Lu Aiqing, this is written by Mr. Wang himself. It is not a memorial sent by an official of the Ministry of Revenue. If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Zheng, he is not an official of the Ministry of Household!"
"What." The middle-aged general looked at Zheng Yi in disbelief.
"It is indeed as His Majesty said, this statement was written by Mr. Wang himself." Zheng Yi took a step forward and bowed.
Many officials who were close to Wang Zhenchuan looked surprised and gave up the idea of trying to excuse Wang Zhenchuan.
They have already explained it clearly, what else can they say?