The emperor first spoke fiercely and scolded his closest confidants.

All around.

All Jin Party officials agreed and scolded Shen Lie.

then.

When the scolding stopped, the emperor spoke again and said quietly: "Shen Lie, since you are uttering arrogant words, it is naturally not without purpose. Do you have any real evidence?"

This was what Shen Lie was waiting for.

Immediately, he waved to Tian Hong, who was waiting to be summoned not far away. Tian Hong and others, together with the imperial guards, carried up the weighing beams and salt bags that had been seized from the Puzhou Salt Store.

Evidence was presented.

However, Shen Lie followed the impeachment memorial and read: "Your Majesty, in the first year of Hongxi, the first year of Zhengtai, the second year of Jingtai, the fifth year of Chenghua, the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing, etc., the imperial court issued decrees on the verification of weights and measures. Preparation and calibration of standards.”

"According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, all weights and measures should be carefully calibrated and promulgated, and they should be suspended in the market. Anyone who does not measure them will be punished."
Chapter completed!