At this moment, someone finally couldn't help but stand up.
That person was Lin Beifan's old enemy, the censor Yao Zheng.
"Your Majesty, I want to impeach a person!" he said loudly.”
"Minister Yao, who do you want to impeach?" the empress asked.
"I want to impeach the new top scorer, the director-general, Lin Beifan! "Yao Zheng glared at Lin Beifan and said loudly.
Lin Beifan shook his head in his heart. This old fellow couldn't help but come out and play tricks again!
Did I eat your rice or kidnap your daughter-in-law?
Always staring at me?
The empress, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was also very dissatisfied.
I just rewarded Lin Beifan and you came out to impeach him. You're too blind!
He clearly doesn't put me in his eyes!
Moreover, there are so many corrupt officials and sycophants in the court. You don't impeach them, but impeach the true honest and loyal officials, impeach my trusted aides and beloved generals. What kind of logic is this?
Are you deliberately playing tricks on me?
The empress's face darkened as she thought about it.
Under the empress's death stare, Yao Zheng started to sweat and his face turned pale.
In fact, he was also very helpless.
Lin Beifan hadn't even made any contributions yet, but the empress was already showing him favor. When he was promoted to a higher position and had full wings, it would be even more difficult to push him down!
Therefore, he had no choice but to stand up at this time.
"Minister Yao, what did Minister Lin do wrong that you want to impeach him? If you don't tell me the truth, I'll punish you!”the empress said sternly.
These words were already very serious!
Usually, when a censor spoke up, even if he said something wrong, the higher-ups would not pursue the matter.
This was a right granted by the imperial court to the censor so that the other party could speak out boldly and exercise his power of supervision without being restricted or disturbed by anyone.
Now, the empress said that she wanted to punish him without any evidence. This meant that she was very angry.
"Your Majesty, this humble subject impeaches Lin Beifan for taking bribes and abusing his power for personal gain!" Yao Zheng said in fear. Ever since he became the director of the directorate, he had used his power to threaten and intimidate students, and to steal two million taels of silver. He had led the directorate astray and shaken the foundation of education! Therefore, I have come to report this to Your Majesty. Please investigate!”
"Minister Lin, is this true?" the empress asked.
" Yes!" Lin Beifan calmly clasped his hands." Your Majesty, there is no such thing!" Lord Yao was simply…spouting nonsense!”
Yao Zheng pointed at Lin Beifan angrily.”
" I didn't do anything!" Lin Beifan said calmly." How am I supposed to admit it?"”
"You actually dare to quibble?" Yao Zheng was even angrier.”
" Lord Yao, you keep saying that I've been taking money from my students. Then let me ask you, whose money have I been taking?" Lin Beifan asked.”
"Gao Tianyu, son of Gao Tianyao, Minister of Personnel Affairs; Bai Qingping, son of Bai Yulang, Assistant Minister of Personnel Affairs…" Yao Zheng shouted.
He read them out one by one with certainty.
"How much did I take?" Lin Beifan asked again.”
"I don't know the exact number! However, it definitely reached two million taels!”Yao Zheng said loudly.
Lin Beifan chuckled." Lord Yao, you said that I took the money of these students. And the amount is two million!" Then the problem was, two million was not a small amount. Where did they get the money from?”
"Of course, their money comes from…"
Yao Zheng was stumped. His face was getting paler and paler as sweat trickled down his face.
Raising his head, he saw all the civil and military officials in the court looking at him with unfriendly and warning gazes.
When he looked up again, he saw the empress's playful gaze.
This was a black pot!
A black pot that no one could expose!
Once it was revealed, either everyone would be finished, or everyone would punish themselves by drinking three cups, and the matter would be over!
But no matter what the outcome was, the person who personally uncovered this black pot would definitely die without a complete corpse!
"Lord Yao, tell me, where did their money come from? They were a group of good students who were not very productive. They were busy studying every day. How could they have so much money?”
Yao Zheng's face turned even paler.
Lin Beifan chuckled." Besides, their fathers are all here. They are all honest and upright officials. They don't have much money on hand. How much money can their children have?"”
Yao Zheng's face turned even paler.
"I believe that all the adults present will set an example and educate their children well! He would never let his child do anything wrong, so he could not have money on him! Since there is no money, how can I be greedy?”
Lin Beifan spread his hands.”
At this moment, no matter how unwilling everyone was, they had to speak up for Lin Beifan.
"Lin Siye is right! How can my son be rich?"
"Usually, I set an example and carefully nurture and educate my descendants. I have never neglected anything!”
"I know my son. He's definitely not such a person, and he won't do anything reckless!”
……
" So..." Lin Beifan had the upper hand. He pointed at Yao Zheng and said firmly,""Lord Yao is simply spouting nonsense and distorting black and white!”
Yao Zheng was already paralyzed on the ground.
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