"..."
Li Shiming's expression was uncertain. Kong Yan's words were very obvious.
"
Your Majesty lives in the depths of the palace and might not understand the workings of this.”Kong Yan said indifferently. He had nothing to say about the fact that the money was stolen, but the victims could still eat their fill. His good intentions were not wasted.”
Li Shi Min looked at Kong Yan and asked,""Are the victims not full?"
"It depends on how Your Majesty understands the word 'satiated.'" Kong Yan muttered.”
"If you have something to say, just say it.”Li Shi Min said coldly.
Kong Yan shrugged and said indifferently,""A human's stomach is only so big. If it's full, Your Majesty must not know that more than a hundred disaster victims in Liuba County of Guanzhong were stuffed to death!”
Zhangsun Wuji's pupils constricted. He remembered that the county magistrate of Liuba County should be a nephew of the Zhangsun Clan.
"Stuff yourself to death?" Li Shi Min frowned.
"Since they are disaster victims, they must be short of food.”Xiao Yu asked in a low voice.
I don't know, sir? Kong Yan looked at Xiao Yu.
"I'm Xiao Yu." Xiao Yu frowned and said,"Continue what you're saying. How could the disaster victims be stuffed to death?"”
"Xiao Yu." Kong Yan muttered and smiled faintly."Lord Xiao, you look like a noble and elegant scholar who doesn't eat the mortal world. You're worthy of respect.”
Xiao Yu said coldly,"I've never been friends with you, and I've never embezzled any silver. It's fine if you treat Zhangsun Wuji strangely, but what's the point of treating me like this?"”
Kong
Yan sighed and said,""Because when I heard Lord Xiao's question, I thought of a famous saying of Emperor Hui of Jin: "
The common people have no corn to satisfy their hunger. Why don't they eat minced meat?”
Xiao Yu's face was ashen, and he snorted heavily without saying anything else.
"People rarely die from eating grains, but what if they eat soil?”Kong Yan sneered.
"Eat dirt?"
The ministers looked puzzled, and Li Shimin frowned.
"Why eat dirt?" Du Ruhui asked in a deep voice.”
Kong Yan turned around and cupped his hands at Li Shiming, saying coldly,""As far as I know, 26 porridge stalls have been set up in Liuba County in Guanzhong. The disaster relief food purchased is bran and grass for livestock. In order to deal with the Ministry of Revenue's inspector, the Central Plains has added soil to ensure that the disaster relief food is sufficient!”
"What?" Li Shimin was shocked.
"How is this possible?"
"Preposterous, how can humans eat grass? What's the difference between them and livestock?"
"What an ancient fallacy. Who came up with the idea of feeding the disaster victims with bran?”
"..."
The ministers were all stunned by Kong Yan's words.
Zhangsun Wuji's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He knew that some of his clan nephews were somewhat ridiculous and had always turned a blind eye. However, he did not expect such a ridiculous thing to happen.
"Your Majesty, why are you making such a fuss?”Kong Yan mocked,"The word 'official' has two mouths. If we don't feed the mouth above first, how are we going to feed the mouth below?”
Li Shi Min's face was extremely gloomy as he angrily rebuked,"What official? Don't talk nonsense!"
Kong Yan's expression remained unchanged as he said,""Your Majesty, why don't you ask them who gave them the courage to embezzle the disaster relief funds!”
Li Shi Min calmed down and glanced at the officials in the hall.
"What do you know?”In the end, Li Shiming looked at Kong Yan with a gloomy face.
Today, he let Kong Yan stand at the side door of the main hall. He wanted to humiliate him with the help of all the civil and military officials in the court to vent his anger. However, he didn't expect that it would lead to such a big case.
Kong Yan laughed and turned around to look at the officials in the hall. He walked to Zhangsun Wuji and stared at him with a smile that was not a smile.
Zhangsun Wuji's scalp went numb and his face darkened. Although he knew that the county magistrate of Liuba County came from the Zhangsun family, he knew nothing about the disaster relief.
But now that Kong Yan was looking at him like that, it was nothing but sh * t.
"You suspect me?" Zhangsun Wuji's face turned ashen.
Kong Yan was confused and asked,""Lord Zhangsun, why do you say that?"
"Then why are you looking at me?”Zhangsun Wuji almost roared.
"Kid, this is a caring gaze.”Kong Yan explained,"The day before yesterday, at the Empress 'birthday banquet, I had a fight with a few of my nephews from the Zhangsun Clan. I've been feeling guilty and wanted to show some concern, but I was afraid that Uncle would be angry, so…you know."”
Kong
Yan chuckled and walked towards the center of the hall. His gaze swept past the ministers and finally landed on Liu Yi, the censor who had just scolded him.
"Your Majesty, Liu Yi from the Imperial Censorate has been trying to kill me. He is one of the corrupt officials.”
Kong Yan pointed at Liu Yi and said to Li Shimin.
"F * ck, this works too?" The ministers were speechless.
Liu Yi's face revealed an expression of injustice as he knelt down and shouted,""This subject is wronged!"
However, if one were to observe carefully, they would notice that his lips were trembling slightly, and cold sweat was flowing down his forehead.
Li Shiming's face was dark as he stared at Kong Yan and scolded,"He's just an official of the Imperial Censorate, how could he be greedy for the relief funds allocated by the Ministry of Revenue?”
"Your Majesty, do you really think that all the civil and military officials in the court are unaware of the disaster relief in Guanzhong?”Kong Yan sneered,"Let's not talk about others. Three days ago, Liu Yi of the Imperial Censorate met with a petition from the disaster victims in front of the Qunfang Building. The petition detailed the situation of the disaster relief in Guanzhong.”
"There's such a thing?" Li Shi Min looked at Liu Yi and said in a deep voice,""Come forward and answer."
"..."
Liu Yi stood up shakily. He no longer felt indignant. He only felt a chill run down his spine.
"This subject is wronged!" After walking to the front of the hall, Liu Yi knelt down again with a thud and shouted with tears in his eyes.
"Going to Qunfang Brothel isn't something that can't be seen in the light. It's a civil official's romantic life, His Majesty will definitely understand.”Kong Yan was confused.
Liu Yi's expression froze and he immediately said angrily,""Is that the main point?"
Kong Yan turned to Li Shimin and smiled,""Your Majesty heard it. Three days ago, he did go to Fragrant Brothel. This official is not shooting at random.”
"By the way, Qunfang Brothel is a famous brothel in Chang 'an City. There are many beautiful prostitutes.”As if he was afraid that Li Shimin didn't know what kind of place Qunfang building was, Kong Yan explained kindly.
"Zhen knows what kind of place Qunfang building is.”Li Shi Min's face was ashen.
"Oh, Your Majesty has been there too?" Kong Yan asked curiously.
"
Liu Yi, what's the matter with the petition?"”Li Shi Min's eyes were cold, without a trace of warmth.
Liu Yiche's body turned cold and he said in a trembling voice,""I did go to Fragrance Brothel that day, but I didn't see any disaster victims.”
"Usually, at times like this, you should be thinking about how to minimize your guilt.”Kong Yan squatted beside Liu Yi and suggested in a low voice,"To be honest, you were at most greedy for some silver in this matter. However, if you refuse to admit it, you will be suspected of being the core personnel of this disaster relief fund.”
"Besides, since I dare to point you out, I have naturally investigated you in every aspect!
Do you want me to tell you what happened last night in this hall?”
"What happened last night?" Li Shi Min asked with a frown.
Liu Yi's body trembled, and his lips turned white. He prostrated on the ground and said in a trembling voice,""This subject is guilty, this subject deserves to die!"
"Last night, the Zhangsun family gave him some money and asked him to die.”Kong Yan said casually.
The ministers in the palace collectively sucked in a breath of cold air!
Liu Yi shivered and buried his face on the floor.
"Cough cough cough…" Zhangsun Wuji coughed heavily and looked at Kong Yan in disbelief. He said angrily,"You…dare to frame me?”
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PS: Liuba County. The second word is pronounced Ba, not Bei (cough cough, mainly because the author read Bei for the first time)
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