Zhangsun Wuji's Difficulty
The biggest difference between Taiji Palace and Dew Palace was that Taiji Palace was much larger than Dew Palace. Even though the officials who came to court had all entered, Taiji Palace still appeared a little spacious.
Li Shimin sat in the middle, with a golden table in front and two screens behind him.
This way, when the officials below looked at Li Shiming, he would appear extremely dignified.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
All the officials cupped their hands and bowed in unison, their voices extremely loud.
"Everyone, please rise."
After the civil and military officials finished their greetings, Li Shimin said,"Do you all have anything to report today?”
There was a moment of silence. No one spoke.
The others didn't speak, and Cheng Chuwen wouldn't take the initiative to speak either.
He was only a fifth-grade general, and there was a large group of first-grade officials standing in front of him. He would not join in the fun.
Furthermore, he was very busy right now. He had to keep an eye on both Doctor Sun's medical school and the training of the Divine Martial Army soldiers. He could not leave any of them behind.
If he still stood up and competed blindly at this time, he would be looking for something to do.
However, if Cheng Chuwen didn't open his mouth, someone else would.
For example, Zhangsun Wuji.
Seeing Zhangsun Wuji step forward, Li Shiming sighed and said,""Minister Zhangsun, if you have anything, please report it.”
Zhangsun Wuji cupped his hands and said,"Your Majesty, I want to visit General Ding Yuan today."”
With that, Zhangsun Wuji handed a memorial to the emperor to his personal eunuch, who opened it and passed it to Li Shiming.
After reading the memorial, Li Shimin gently rubbed his eyebrows and said to Cheng Chuwen,"Rascal, did you rob the Zhou family of 100 mu of land outside the city?”
"Absolutely not."
Cheng Chuwen cupped his hands towards Li Shimin." That 100 mu of land was a fair deal between me and the Zhou family. I handed over the money and the title deed. Where did the word 'gun' come from?"”
"Are you talking nonsense?"
" You're clearly forcing me to buy and sell it," Zhangsun Wuji shouted." You threatened the lives of the 13 members of the Zhou Clan before the Zhou Clan sold this piece of land to you."”
When Cheng Chuwen bought the Zhou family's 100 mu of land, he did have the intention of forcing them to sell it. However, when Cheng Chuwen took out real money, the Zhou family definitely did not have the slightest regret.
They were even worried that Cheng Chuwen would not buy their land, so they urged Cheng Chuwen to complete the procedures as soon as possible.
There was no need for Zhangsun Wuji to threaten the lives of the 13 members of the Zhou Clan to sell this piece of land to him.
But Cheng Chuwen also knew that Zhangsun Wuji dared to say such words in Taiji Palace. He must have colluded with the Zhou family. Even if Cheng Chuwen proposed to let the Zhou family confront him, it wouldn't change anything.
Of course, Cheng Chuwen wasn't someone to be trifled with. Zhangsun Wuji was actually so shameless to put on a label to suppress him, so he naturally wouldn't be polite anymore.
However, before Cheng Chuwen could speak, Cheng Yaojin could not help but jump out and point at Zhangsun Wuji's nose."Old man Zhangsun, you are too shameless.
My son bought 100 acres of land outside Chang 'an City. Do you need to force him to buy it and threaten his life to buy it?”
Cheng Yaojin cupped his hands at Li Shimin and said,"Your Majesty, I, Cheng Yaojin, have followed you for many years and have some savings. Do you believe that my old Cheng family would need to threaten others 'lives to buy a hundred acres of land?”
Without waiting for Li Shimin to answer, Qin Shubao also cupped his hands and said,""Your Majesty, I also feel that there is a problem here. Although Chuwen is usually a bit of a bastard, he is not to the extent of threatening others 'lives.”
Qin Shubao's words immediately drew the response of the generals.
Li Shimin was instantly troubled. After shouting at everyone, he looked at Cheng Chuwen and said,"Rascal, tell me, is what Minister Zhangsun Aiqing said true?”
Cheng Chuwen cupped his hands and said," I did buy 100 mu of land from the Zhou family outside Chang 'an City. But I didn't sell the land to me because I threatened the Zhou family's lives, as Lord Zhangsun said."
Just like my father said, even if our Cheng family is in dire straits, we are not in dire straits to the point where we have to forcefully buy and sell a hundred mu of land.”
After squatting down, Cheng Chuwen looked at Zhangsun Wuji with a strange smile and continued,""Your Majesty, I feel that Lord Zhangsun is no longer simply trying to frame me.
They want to obstruct the development of the Great Tang and destroy its future.”
" Nonsense!!"
Zhangsun Wuji didn't expect Cheng Chuwen to still have the mood to make a false accusation. He said angrily,"Cheng Chuwen, speak with evidence. You said that I wanted to obstruct the development of the Great Tang and destroy its future.
If they couldn't produce any evidence today, they would be guilty of lying to the emperor and would be sentenced to death.”
Not only Zhangsun Wuji, even Li Shimin didn't expect Cheng Chuwen to say this. He quickly stared at Cheng Chuwen and said,"You can't say these things carelessly. Do you have evidence?”
"I have evidence, and it's irrefutable.”
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]