Chapter 999 After the Merit(1/2)
Harem!
"Daughter, if Han Yi continues to do this, something big will happen sooner or later. You have to stop him quickly!"
Yang was also anxious. She was also a noble family and a royal relative. Besides, she did not live in the palace, so she was under great pressure outside.
Wu Meiniang took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Just a few tenant farmers, how big can they do? Mom, is someone forcing you?"
Yang said: "That's not, but everyone is a relative. This is a good saying. If you don't look at monks and Buddha's faces, Han Yi did this, but he has thought of you."
Wu Meiniang smiled softly and said, "Mom, since you are being harassed everywhere outside, you have been in the palace for a while these days, and this is a clean thing."
Yang was stunned and speechless. She really didn't understand why Wu Meiniang was indifferent to this.
Suddenly, a maid came in, "Qi Bi, Master Ci Xin, and Master Huize asked to see the Queen."
Yang was stunned and said, "Look, they all came to the door."
Wu Meiniang smiled when she heard this, her eyes flashed a few times, and said, "Hurry and please."
The next day, news came from the palace that the queen would donate 100 stagnant to rebuild Ganye Temple.
On the same day, Feng Feilou immediately announced that it would not recruit monks anymore, and at the same time, it withdrew from Ci'en Temple and the recruitment location near Daxingshan Temple.
However, Han Yi continued to recruit tenant farmers, and these 5,000 people were not too many. However, based on the equal-land system, most people still had land. In addition, Han Yi only recruited tenant farmers, so after the number of people reached a critical point, the number of people who came to the interview was stable at a very small number. The gentry and nobles cared that it was not those tenant farmers, but Han Yi was destroying the existing rules. As long as Han Yi was recruiting people, they could not sleep or eat.
However, all the pressures that made them depressed seemed to hit the air, and there was no response at all. The ministers in the court were also confused. When the impeachment memorial was passed, the stones were sank to the sea. Li Zhiti did not mention this matter. Moreover, there was no court meeting during this period, and usually he summoned some ministers to discuss.
Moreover, as the days went by, the royal family began to quiet down, and everyone stayed in the door. Shuyao ministers also ignored this matter, because few Shuyao ministers are from nobles nowadays, and the most expensive one is Cui Yixuan. Cui Yixuan is ill at home, and Li Jie, the most powerful, is also ill at home, and no one sees him.
The Censorate has been investigating it all the time, but there is no result.
Han Yi is also a minister at the prime minister level. No one can touch him except the emperor. As long as the emperor takes away Han Yi's third-rank subordinate, Han Yi is a dead fish. However, with this title, Han Yi is the third-rank prime minister.
This has never been seen before. So many ministers submitted memorials, and after those nobles, hundreds of people jointly submitted memorials to impeach Han Yi, but the emperor didn't even say a word.
It's really loud and the raindrops are small.
This is very embarrassing!
Han Yi is still so free and comfortable. The tenant farmer who was afraid of before now has nothing to do, so he feels more at ease to go to Fengfei floor for an interview.
In the past few days, these nobles have also been tired. What's the point of playing with them? They won't report it anymore and just wait for the emperor to show up. If you have the ability, you will never show up.
Finally, the court meeting is about to be held today!
The ministers came to the front of the Tai Chi Palace early, and everyone was talking about it, criticizing Li Zhi for covering up Han Yi and letting him do whatever he wanted. This was too unreasonable.
"Sir Xu, look at what Han Yi does and is still recruiting people. It is clearly planning to rebel. As the minister of the clan, why did you turn a blind eye?"
Some people finally captured Xu Jingzong and encouraged Xu Jingzong to come forward.
Xu Jingzong enjoyed the feeling of being surrounded by everyone and smiled and said, "Everyone, don't you be impatient. This matter is not my control. Hasn't Your Majesty already handed over to the Censorate?"
One of them snorted: "This censor is ill at home, so some people make the Censorate a mess and come from a famous family. He is really a shame to the nobles." As he said that, he glanced at Wei Siqian, who was standing alone not far away.
Xu Jingzong glanced at Wei Siqian and smiled, not answering this.
Wei Siqian stood here, and was full of sarcasm and ridicule, but he was indifferent. He said whatever you like. Now he didn't even listen to his own advice, and he still listened to you. Anyway, it was not the first time he did this.
"Nephew Yang, you have to be responsible for this matter!"
But I saw an old man saying to Yang Sine.
Yang Sine said respectfully: "I wonder where my uncle said this?"
This person's name is Yang Gongli, and he is the highest-ranking veteran of the Yang family.
"Hmph! If you hadn't sent Han Yi to Chang'an, how could there be today's chaos?" Yang Gongli scolded angrily.
Yang Sine said aggrievedly: "Da Bo Mingjian, I matched Han Yi to Chang'an. I don't know that he has today. This matter has nothing to do with me." He thought to himself that if this matter is not resolved today, he is like Li Jie, pretending to be sick at home.
Just then, a man came over. When the ministers saw this man, they immediately gritted their teeth and their eyes were spitting fire. They wished they could peel off the skin and bones, chop them into meat sauce, put them in the jar, and drink them next year.
This person is Han Yi.
Tsk tsk! It's so scary! They won't rush over! Han Yi stood in the corner very consciously when he saw the murderous gazes of everyone.
Suddenly, someone next to him said, "You are not good at standing, but you are standing here."
Han Yi turned around and saw that it was Cui Jieren, and immediately snorted: "What an enemy is so narrow!"
The two of them snorted at the same time, and immediately went to the left and the other to the right.
Finally, I got to court!
Li Zhi was wearing a dragon robe and a crown on his head, and walked in from outside the door with great energy.
When the ministers saw Li Zhi, they almost cried. You finally showed up.
Before Li Zhi could sit firmly, many princes and ministers rushed to sue Han Yi, recruiting soldiers and deliberately treason.
They had made a memorial before, but this time they said it directly in front of all the civil and military officials in the court without leaving any room for anything. Han Yi was deliberately treason.
Li Zhi was slightly shocked and said, "What happened?"
As soon as these words were said, many ministers vomited blood. We all gave thousands of memorials, but you didn’t know?
Li Zhi glanced at Han Yi and saw that his old god was there, saying, "Han Yi is here."
"I am here."
Han Yi stood up.
Li Zhi said: "You have something to say."
Han Yi said lightly: "I am wronged!" His tone was very plain and he had no sincerity.
Li Zhi nodded and said, "Chief Censor is here?"
Wei Siqian hurriedly stood up and said, "Report to Your Majesty, Dr. Cui has been ill at home, and this case has always been investigated by the Wealth Minister."
Li Zhi said: "Then how did you check?"
Wei Siqian said: "Inquiry is underway."
Dou Xiaoci immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the Censor Zhongcheng for personal gain, slack off and dereliction of duty, and cover up Han Yi."
Li Zhi frowned and said, "Censor Zhongcheng, is what Duke Xin said true?"
Wei Siqian said: "Report to Your Majesty, I do have sheltered some people, but it is not Han Yi."
Li Zhi said in surprise: "Then who did you cover up?"
"It's his Duke of Shen!"
Wei Siqian suddenly pointed at Dou Xiaoci and said.
Dou Xiaoci said in shock and angrily: "You are slandering!"
Li Zhi said in a deep voice: "Censor General, although the Censor can report to the wind, Duke Xin is a successor of merit. If you cannot provide evidence, I can also punish you."
Wei Siqian said to Dou Xiaoci: "I wonder if Duke Xin, what kind of land is the glutinous land you are south of Xiapo Township?"
Dou Xiaoci's face changed and she said, "You - don't confuse the public here, what we are talking about Han Yi's case now."
"This is what I found out from Han Yi's case." Wei Siqian said: "These incidents all started from tenant farmers. Of course we have to investigate those tenant farmers, but we have discovered that fertile land because of this."
Li Zhi said curiously: "Censor General, I am more confused as I listened to it. What is the problem with that fertile land?"
Wei Siqian said: "Report to Your Majesty, that fertile land was originally the ritual land of some villagers in the Xiapo Township. However, when the conquest of Goguryeo, many villagers in the Xiapo Village died in the battlefield, leaving behind those widows and old children. According to the equal land system of our dynasty, widows can give 30 acres of land, while in the Guanzhong area, widows can only get 10 acres of land. In fact, according to the system of our dynasty, their husbands sacrificed their lives for the country and should be treated well. Even if they don't give them, they should be returned to the court. But I don't know why the ritual land of the court became the Yongye land of Duke of Shen."
The ministers who were just about to come out to impeach Han Yi and Wei Siqian quickly swallowed the words back, almost biting their tongues, and immediately broke out in cold sweat.
Dou Xiaoci was already sweating profusely and looked at Li Zhi in panic.
Li Zhi smiled and nodded, "This time the army returned triumphantly, my soldiers have made unparalleled achievements. I originally wanted to give them more land from Guanzhong area, but I didn't expect that there was no land to give to Guanzhong area, so I could only reward land from other places to my soldiers. So that's how it is!"
"I deserve ten thousand deaths, and I deserve ten thousand deaths."
Dou Xiaoci plopped and knelt on the ground.
Li Zhi glanced at him and smiled and said, "Your dear is my dear, why did you blame me? I remember your father, oh, my uncle, who followed my father to fight in the north and north, and then went to the prime minister to make great contributions to my Tang Dynasty. He deserves the court's court's court's court, let alone a hectare of good land, even a hundred dear land. I think I must have felt wronged because the court did not reward your father enough and was not worthy of your father's merits, so I did this. This is understandable. I felt very ashamed when I heard this. After my dear achievements in the Tang Dynasty, I fell to such a state of robbing land with the widow. This land should be regarded as my compensation to your Dou family. You should use the edict I personally approved to say sorry to your father to comfort your father's spirit in heaven."
As he said this, Dou Xiaoci's blushing morning sun could illuminate the court, and he wanted to find a hole to crawl into it.
Even after Yang Sine and Gao performed such merits, they felt their faces burned. They thought, if it were Dou Xiaoci, they would be killed, so as not to lose their ancestors' faces.
Li Yifu secretly thanked that he did not prescribe a memorial to impeach Han Yi.
Han Yi couldn't help but give a thumbs up. This is really a cultural person. Not only does he curse people without swearing, but it is also full of praise, but it sounds like a loss of life. This inspired Han Yi to strive for strength and must let his son make contributions.
"Get a pen!"
Li Zhi stretched his hand to the side, and Zhang Desheng hurriedly handed the pen over. Li Zhi took the pen and said, "Wei Zhongcheng, tell me the specific location of the fertile land and the specific number of acres."
Wei Siqian immediately reported the detailed data.
Li Zhi wrote two edicts on the spot, first handing over to Wei Siqian, saying, "Did this fertile land be given to me by my father when I was the King of Jin, and you can take it to the villagers in the Shunpo Township!"
Wei Siqian took the imperial edict and said, "I obey the order!"
Li Zhi handed another edict to Zhang Desheng and said, "Leave it to Duke of Shen."
Zhang Desheng took the imperial edict and felt ashamed of Dou Xiaoci, and sent it to Dou Xiaoci in embarrassment.
To be continued...