"This person is really ambitious! His Majesty's homeland, but he still dared to take bribes and pervert the law! Bullying the commoners was clearly slapping His Majesty in the face!”
"You're a son and a subject!"
"Such a madman should be killed!"
"I was wondering why Fengyang County paid so much tax! So it was all the people's fat that had been searched! Sigh, people's hearts are not as old as before. The human heart is no longer the ancient one!"
...
As if in response to Hu Weiyong's judgment, some people who did not know why saw the Prime Minister Hu Weiyong mention Liu Bai of Fengyang County again.
He still had the attitude of shouting and killing, completely looking like he was going to kill the other party.
Some people who wanted to take advantage of the situation followed suit and helped out in the hall.
Such a result was for Hu Weiyong.
He was quite satisfied.
What he craved was power, and what he wanted was the feeling of having everyone follow his orders.
This sense of glory and the feeling of deciding the lives of others while chatting and laughing.
It made him obsessed.
However, when he heard the echoing sounds around him.
Xu Da, Tang He, and the others, who had been silent in the Imperial Court, looked at each other.
They could see the helplessness and disdain in each other's eyes.
The faces of these civil officials…Sometimes, it was really disgusting.
However, they were generals, and there were some things that they were neither suitable nor able to say.
After all, compared to a glib talker.
Even if there were ten of them added together, they wouldn't be able to beat these self-proclaimed scholars.
"Your Majesty, Phoenix Sun is a dragon's den! It was the ancestral land where the True Dragon and Son of Heaven were born! I think we should destroy them with lightning. Firstly, it could intimidate all officials. Secondly, he could let the people of Fengyang City see that His Majesty was not someone who forgot his roots. Gather the hearts of the people! Pacify the people!"
"Ministers reconsider!"
...
Just as Hu Weiyong finished speaking,
The anger on Zhu Yuanzhang's face instantly disappeared.
What replaced it was a burst of laughter.
"Hahaha... The prime minister was indeed the prime minister! Well said, well said! Such a corrupt official, if I don't kill him. I'm simply letting down the Prime Minister's good intentions!”
"Besides, you even found a reason for us. Kill two birds with one stone…This word is quite good!"
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, his laughter suddenly turned into anger.
He stared coldly at Hu Weiyong.
He gritted his teeth and said.
"Hu Weiyong, oh Hu Weiyong, if I hadn't gone to Fengyang's hometown in person, I might have really listened to your nonsense!”
"Let me ask you, have you been to Fengyang? Have you personally seen what Fengyang looks like now?”
"And you guys! What else can you do other than review? What? Have any of you seen Liu Bai? Which one of you went to his mansion? Have any of you eaten the biscuits that almost broke the table?”
"Kill Liu Bai to calm the hearts of the people! If I really listen to your nonsense and issue an edict to kill Liu Bai, then the entire Fengyang, and even the people of the surrounding dozens of counties, will really point at my spine and curse!”
...
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly exploded in anger.
It caused the entire hall to be filled with a chill.
Especially Prime Minister Hu Weiyong.
Just now, he had been so proud, but now, he was so afraid.
The moment Zhu Yuanzhang lost his temper, he knew that he had miscalculated this time.
He had actually predicted that His Majesty would go to Fengyang County to investigate.
However, Hu Weiyong did not care about this problem at all.
Because he felt that all crows were equally black.
The taxes that Fengyang County had to pay every year, even he, the prime minister, could not help but be moved.
Liu Bai was a county magistrate from a poor family. How could a petty official like him, whose monthly salary was not even enough to cover his meal, endure it?
He might be able to endure it for a year or two.
However, after a long time, would the rich and powerful people in Fengyang County allow an honest official to stay in Fengyang and block their way to wealth?
The amount of taxes that Fengyang City paid every year was so huge!
And it was getting more and more every year.
In Hu Weiyong's understanding, this could only mean that Fengyang was a place full of profits.
And the more lucrative the place, the less likely it was for honest officials to exist.
Honest officials were rare things that could only be found in some bitter and cold places.
In that kind of place, even if one wanted to be greedy, one could not be greedy.
He could lose his life at any time for a few dozen taels of silver.
Who was willing to be greedy?
However, since Fengyang could pay so much tax.
That was definitely a piece of fat meat. How could he, Liu Bai, not take a bite?
Even if it was just a little bit, it would be enough to fill him to death.
Therefore, Hu Weiyong never thought that Liu Bai would be innocent.
He had always thought of himself as a smart person, and what kind of person was Liu Bowen back then?
In the end, she still lost to him!
Smart people often had one thing in common.
They were very conceited and trusted their own judgment.
This time, Hu Weiyong's judgment was wrong.
And it was extremely wrong.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty! It was, it was this lowly official's mistake. This lowly official only thought that Fengyang was a county, and it was impossible for them to pay so much tax. After that, he heard rumors that the Fengyang County Magistrate was a tyrant and bullied the villagers. That was why he made a wild guess…This matter, I did not investigate for a moment, please punish me!”
Hu Weiyong knew that he had made a mistake this time.
His attitude changed very decisively.
Without any hesitation, he knelt on the ground and begged for forgiveness.
Moreover, he spoke very skillfully when he talked about himself.
He wasn't framing others. He was just amazed at the taxes in Fengyang County and believed the rumors among the people.
This was at most an oversight.
If it was a false accusation, then the mood would be different.
In the court, they formed cliques for personal gain and eliminated dissidents.
He didn't dare to confirm this accusation!
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