"Hu ~" Li Zhi heaved a sigh of relief. He thought to himself, I'll get rid of you guys sooner or later.
The ministers shouted loudly.
Gao Lishi flung the dust off his hand and shouted in a sharp voice.
"If there's anything, report. If there's nothing, withdraw!"
Li Zhi saw that there was a familiar face in the court today. It was Yan Song.
Today was the first day he replaced Zhou Xing in court.
Li Zhi gave him an encouraging look.
After all, this was the first time this kid had come to the palace, and he was still a little guilty. He was very reserved and somewhat unable to let go.
At this moment, many people were looking at Gao Lishi.
This made Gao Lishi shrink back, feeling a little guilty.
After all, he had listed the crimes of the trusted aides of the Eighth Empress on behalf of Li Zhi.
It could be said that she had indirectly sued all the trusted aides of the eighth empress.
For the time being, everyone did not have any temper towards Li Zhi. They could only use Gao Lishi as a scapegoat to vent their anger.
Gao Lishi instinctively felt that something bad was about to happen.
At this moment, a long-bearded official walked out from the ranks of the officials.
He glared at Gao Lishi and cupped his hands."Your Majesty, I have something to report!”
"Speak!" Li Zhi said directly.
"This subject wants to sue Gao Lishi. He received a total of fifty thousand taels of silver for bribery. This subject has conclusive evidence!”The minister cupped his hands and presented the memorial.
Gao Lishi was dumbfounded when he heard this.
"What happened? Who did I offend?"
However, the next moment, he felt his legs go weak.
According to the laws of the Great Tang, anyone who accepted a bribe of five thousand taels of silver would be beheaded at Caishikou. Fifty thousand taels of silver was enough for his entire family to be executed.
What made Gao Lishi feel helpless was that he had to go down and retrieve the memorial himself and present it to Li Zhi.
He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and was about to receive the memorial.
At this moment, another official stood out.
"Your Majesty, Gao Lishi took bribes and perverted the law. In the case of Wang Sikong, he took back the 120,000 taels of silver that had been confiscated.”
"Your Majesty, Gao Lishi forcefully abducted a commoner's daughter. It's a violation of the heavens and the people are extremely angry.”
"Your Majesty, Gao Lishi killed someone and stole their treasure. His crime cannot be punished.”
"Reporting to my emperor, Gao Lishi is having an affair with a palace maid.”
"Your Majesty, Gao Lishi forced Official Wang's family to be destroyed and his mansion to be seized. The heavens are angry and the people are resentful.”
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All of a sudden, a dozen ministers stepped forward and presented Gao Lishi's crimes.
Li Zhi was dumbfounded.
Damn it, was Gao Lishi that bad? Was all of this true?
Why would a eunuch like him snatch a commoner's daughter? How did he have an affair with a palace maid?
Can you please be more careful when you fabricate the charges?
At this moment, Gao Lishi was already paralyzed on the ground. No matter how hard his back was, he wouldn't be able to withstand this huge pile of sh * t.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this servant is the one who is wronged!”Gao Lishi's body trembled as his lips trembled, and he couldn't even speak properly.
Li Zhi cast a sympathetic glance at Gao Lishi, who was lying limply on the ground and sweating profusely.
He thought to himself, Even if I don't punish him now, he'll probably be half-crippled from fear.
Offending the eighth queen was indeed not a good thing.
Gao Lishi looked pleadingly at Wu Zetian before hurriedly asking for help,"Your Majesty, save this servant. This is all a trap. This servant has never done it!”
Wu Zetian's pretty face didn't have a trace of emotion. She snorted coldly and turned her face to the side.
Clearly, the pitiful Gao Lishi had been abandoned by Wu Zetian.
Moreover, Li Zhi also discovered that Shangguan Wan 'er was actually among Gao Lishi's people.
In other words, this time, it was the real Eight Queens who were together to deal with Gao Lishi.
Wu Zetian offered Gao Lishi to appease the other Empresses. After all, there were also a few Empresses who were temporarily allied with him, but they were implicated because of Gao Lishi.
Li Zhi mourned for Gao Lishi for a second. After all, he was the one who caused Gao Lishi to end up like this.
If he hadn't asked Gao Lishi to record all the crimes against the relatives of the eighth empress, Gao Lishi wouldn't have ended up like this.
However, Gao Lishi was willing to be Wu Zetian's loyal dog, so he only had himself to blame for this outcome.
"Yan Song, I order you to bring Gao Lishi back to the Supreme Court for a strict investigation. Once the evidence is conclusive, punish him severely according to the law!”Li Zhi looked at the honest Yan Song and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Yan Song walked out of the court and cupped his hands at Li Zhi.
"Where are the warriors in front of the hall?”Yan Song shouted coldly.
Immediately, two golden armored warriors went up to the hall and forcefully dragged away Gao Lishi, who was still shouting and begging.
After Gao Lishi was dragged away, the royal court fell silent.
Li Zhi let Wang Ying replace Gao Lishi's original position. Wang Ying was Li Zhi's trusted aide, so there was one more person Li Zhi could trust in the court.
Li Zhi thought about it. If he wanted to establish the Embroidered Uniform Guards and the Imperial Army, he would need a large amount of gold and silver.
However, these could not be drawn from the national treasury.
After all, the national treasury was controlled by the Ministry of Revenue. Whatever money the Emperor wanted to use, he had to inform the Ministry of Revenue before he could apply for it.
Although, in theory, there was no limit to the emperor's expenses, these expenses would be reported to the eighth empress by informants.
If he suddenly spent a large amount of money, it would definitely arouse the suspicions of the eighth queen.
At that time, he would force them to rebel in advance, and the gains would not make up for the losses.
Now that Gao Lishi had been detained, even though this person didn't take bribes, he was in an important position and was a favorite of Wu Zetian. There must be many people who bribed him.
If they raided his house, they might be able to make a lot of money.
Once he thought of this method, Li Zhi turned his gaze to the civil and military officials standing in the court.
He had a devilish smile on his face, and his eyes shone brightly.
Li Zhi suddenly remembered something he had heard before.
I saw people moving, just like money moving.
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