Although Geng Chen would sometimes cause trouble for him, overall, he still liked and disliked Geng Chen.

Otherwise, with Geng Chen's love of jumping around and making trouble, the grass on his grave would have been already ten feet tall.

But why did Emperor Hongwen look so ugly when he saw him walking out of the queue?

Because of the timing, he was just talking about Sin Ji Zhao, and now he stood up. Emperor Hongwen was really afraid that this guy would cause trouble for him.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

"What does Geng Qing want to do?"

Emperor Hongwen tried his best to put on a kind smile. If you look carefully, you can see a little bit of flattery in this smile.

Recently, he has really had a lot of things going on and he feels very irritable. At this time, he really doesn't want anyone to cause trouble for him.

"I want to impeach Mr. Wanfu Township for two crimes."

"Um?"

Emperor Hongwen was startled, and all the ministers in the palace also looked sideways.

Didn’t you promise to antagonize His Majesty?

Why did it suddenly change?

And Wen Songtao, who was standing at the front, was also full of disbelief. What did this Geng Lengzi mean?

Why impeach Mr. Wanfuxiang?

"Mr. Wanfu Township? You mean Lu Yaoyao?"

Emperor Hongwen was also a little stunned by Geng Chen's sudden words, and he couldn't believe his ears.

"Tell me, Geng Qing, which two crimes has she committed?"

Emperor Hongwen was already relieved at this time. Anyway, it was better not to impeach himself.

All the ministers also listened attentively.

"A few days ago, His Majesty issued a decree that no one was allowed to purchase and hoard grain in large quantities. However, the Lord of Wanfu Township knowingly violated the law and ordered people to purchase grain everywhere in the past ten days or so."

"I specially ordered people to investigate yesterday. At present, Lord Wanfu Township has stocked up about 10,000 shi of grain."

"Ignoring the imperial edict and knowingly violating it is the first crime."

Hearing this, Wen Songtao stood up quickly and bowed his hands to Emperor Hongwen.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"allow."

Emperor Hongwen glanced at Wen Songtao.

"As far as I know, there are many people in Junzhuang, Wanfu Township. The potatoes harvested a few days ago have been purchased by the imperial court for promotion next year."

"So many people need to eat. There is a severe drought now and there is not enough food left. Naturally, we need to buy a lot of food."

Hearing this, many people nodded, especially the officials from the Ministry of Revenue, who were all involved in the purchase of potatoes.

Everyone has sold their potatoes. Now that there is a severe drought, it is natural to buy food. Otherwise, are we still waiting for people to starve to death?

"What the Prime Minister said makes sense."

"Geng Qing"

Before Emperor Hongwen finished speaking, Geng Chen spoke again.

"Mr. Wanfu Township, of course, I know what she has done for the court. If she really has no food, I will not impeach her for purchasing food."

"However, she has been purchasing and hoarding food since the beginning of the disaster. I have carefully calculated that she has purchased more than 30,000 dan in food so far."

hiss!

The court was in an uproar. More than 30,000 stones was not a small sum, it almost accounted for one-tenth of Dongzhou's total annual harvest.

"I have also investigated and found that the population of her village is only a little over 200. Even if the potatoes harvested this year are donated, it will never be able to use more than 30,000 shi of food."

"So, I feel that she is hoarding food with malicious intentions, raising food prices, and making huge profits."

Emperor Hongwen, who was sitting on the dragon throne, looked so gloomy that he was about to shed tears.

Because of Lu Yunjun, he has always been very tolerant towards Lu Yaoyao, and even gave her an honor that a country gentleman should not have.

But now, he is really angry.

In the current drought, she actually ignored her own will and wanted to enrich the country like the nobles, which is really hateful and annoying.

Seeing his expression like this, Wen Songtao wanted to defend Lu Yaoyao several times, but he couldn't find the words.

He has been very busy recently and has not paid attention to Lu Yaoyao for a long time.

I never thought that she would actually do such a big thing. She was so confused.

"What's the other crime?"

Emperor Hongwen's voice was very low, and there was a vague tendency of a storm coming.

"The second crime is to deceive and enslave the victims in the name of work."

There was another commotion in the palace, and all the ministers were talking incessantly.

"Isn't this Mr. Wanfuxiang too bold?"

"Who says it isn't?"

"She dares to raise a sword in the street and want to kill her own father."

The ministers talked to each other, and even revealed the rumors that Xu Zhao was missing and that Lu Yaoyao secretly found someone to kill him.

Suddenly, the voice of attacking Lu Yaoyao sounded in the palace.

"quiet."

Emperor Hongwen shouted lowly.

The main hall, which was buzzing just now, was suddenly so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"You said she deceived and enslaved the victims. Please tell me about the details."

Geng Chen bowed his hands and spoke again, telling Lu Yaoyao about the recruitment of workers half a month ago, including the specific number of workers recruited and the number of victims who followed him.

"Accordingly, if Lord Wanfu Township wants to build a large-scale construction project and recruit people to do the work, no one else can take care of it."

"But what Mr. Wanfuxiang did is really disgusting."

"You all know what the weather has been like in the past half month. It is no exaggeration to say that even in a cool place, it can make you sweat."

"But Mr. Wanfu Township made those workers work under the scorching sun every day, and the wages they paid were only half of what workers usually earn."

"As far as I know, she originally recruited a thousand people."

"But now there are far more than a thousand people working in her village. Yesterday, I went over to take a look."

"There are many old people and children doing it."

"And if there is even the slightest mistake, the steward of Junzhuangzi of Wanfu Township will severely reprimand you."

"Those disaster victims are pitiful, but Mr. Wanfu Township took advantage of their desire to survive, lowered their wages, and hired and exploited them. Such practices are really abominable and vicious."

"I sincerely request that your Majesty demote you and deal with Lord Wanfu Township."

Just when he said these words, Emperor Hongwen's face turned black.

As soon as Geng Chen finished speaking, Emperor Hongwen was so angry that he grabbed the tea cup on the dragon table and threw it heavily to the ground.

"Asshole, hateful."

"What a gentleman of Wanfu Township, what a vicious beast with a heart of snakes and scorpions."

"Come here, let me arrest Lord Wanfu Township and put him on death row."

When he first heard Geng Chen say that he wanted to impeach Lu Yaoyao, he was somewhat indifferent to her, thinking that she was just a little girl who had just grown hair, with a small fault at most.

But he never expected that she would actually do such a hateful thing. What Geng Chen said was reasonable and well-founded. He even went to visit and investigate in person.

He who already trusted Geng Chen now believed everything he said.

"His Majesty."

Seeing Emperor Hongwen so angry, Wen Songtao was frightened and complicated, but he still stood up.

"Right Minister, if you want to plead for Lu Yaoyao, you don't have to ask."

Emperor Hongwen knew about Wen Songtao's friendship with the Lu family. Wen Songtao had already defended Lu Yaoyao just now. Now that the evidence was conclusive, he actually stood up, which made Emperor Hongwen very dissatisfied.
Chapter completed!