One stone stirs up a thousand layers of waves.

Now Pei Yao has a very good reputation among the people in the capital because of the plague, and the same is true for the court.

But now it was suddenly revealed that he used his power for personal gain and embezzled disaster relief funds, which immediately surprised everyone.

Of course, someone immediately stood up to question this matter.

Because over the years, although Emperor Chengjing has been deliberately suppressing and the eldest prince's faction has always been fighting, Pei Yao has always kept himself clean and has always done things cleanly. This kind of scandal has never been exposed, so it is in the hearts of the ministers.

The prince's virtue is still very positive.

Therefore, some people said that he was corrupt, not only the princelings led by Prime Minister Lu refuted fiercely, but even some neutral ministers, those with upright temperament, expressed doubts.

For a moment, everyone in the court started arguing.

Pei Yao frowned, bowed to Emperor Chengjing, who was in the upper head, and said loudly.

"Uncle, my son has never done anything to embezzle disaster relief money and food. This adult's words are convincing. I guess there is some evidence. Please bring it up and we confront it in person!"

After saying that, before Emperor Chengjing answered, he turned to look at Li Mu opposite him, with a cold murderous intent in his eyes.

When Li Mu met his eyes at this moment, he did not avoid it at all. He snorted and spoke to Emperor Chengjing.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks this matter is of great importance, so it is better to follow the crown prince's words and ask Lord Qin to come out the account book evidence and verify it in court to avoid tainting the reputation of His Highness the Crown Prince."

This seems to be speaking for Pei Yao, but in fact he wanted to make Pei Yao's corruption on the spot a foregone conclusion.

After all, it will take time to send someone to the Ministry of Revenue to verify after the court is gone.

If Pei Yao had the means, he would try to stay here during this period and he would have a chance to save himself.

Moreover, Li Mu called the official who jumped out as Lord Qin, which shows that both of them were familiar with each other.

Looking at that person's official uniform is just a sixth-rank official who has just been qualified to attend court. Li Mugui was the left prime minister of the dynasty and the leader of all officials. Can he be familiar with such a person?

Obviously, this person named Qin was a chess piece arranged by Li Mu.

So at that time Lu Chuan stared at him and shouted angrily, "This is not the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Justice. What is the verdict in court? You said it nicely. This is clearly the interrogation of His Royal Highness and Li Mu'er in front of all civil and military officials.

, What's your heart?"

"Prime Minister Lu!" Li Mu turned his head, raised his tone, his face turned pale with a bit of ambition that he was determined to win, "With the emperor testifying here, can't he prove the innocence of His Royal Highness the Prince better than the Ministry of Justice? Or, according to your wishes

, Do you want to ask His Royal Highness to go to the Ministry of Justice?”

After speaking, Li Mu raised his hand and stroked his beard and sneered coldly.

In his opinion, Lu Chuan was so excited that it was even more evidence that Pei Yao had problems.

Besides, he had already had a book of accounts, which had been compared with the money and food actually obtained by the eldest prince. This book was a problem.

I don’t know where 30% of the money and food went.

And these accounts were approved by Pei Yao's subordinates.

Just when Lu Chuan was about to refute again, Emperor Chengjing shouted in a deep voice.

"Enough, they are all officials of the court, and they are like quarrels. Since the prince said he was willing to confront each other, there was no need to delay this matter. Corruption is of great importance and cannot be tolerated. If there is evidence, submit it immediately.

Come up, otherwise I will be punished for slandering the prince!”

Pei Yao stood down and laughed out loud as he heard this.

Emperor Chengjing is doing a show under the banner of "for his good fortune".

If there is evidence, hurry up and take it. If not, it will be a crime of slandering the prince. What is that? There is no such crime in the law of Daqi.

It means that at that time, Emperor Chengjing will not punish him as much as he wants, and it will be in his hands, whether light or heavy, and this is a bright guarantee.

I just want to tell that person, you say, hurry up and say, I will definitely protect your life in the end.

Pei Yao felt cold in his heart, and he knew that Emperor Chengjing was becoming more and more impatient and wanted to abolish his position as crown prince.

It seems that the news that Ruipin came out of the palace is true.

No matter how bad the eldest prince is, he is also his own son and eldest son. The dragon throne fell into his hands. After a long time, he naturally would not want to return it. How good would it be to give it to his own son.

After Emperor Chengjing finished speaking, Qin Mingzhao quickly took out two books from his arms and handed forward respectfully to the Ministry of Revenue officials who had just jumped out to prove Pei Yao's embezzlement.

"Your Majesty, I have two account books here, the emperor will know at a glance!"

As the official's voice rang, Chen Sui, the Minister of Revenue, who was standing in front, frowned indefinitely, but said nothing.

After all, the prince really made a yin and yang account and embezzled money from the Ministry of Revenue. He, the Minister of State, also wanted to lose his grave.

In addition to the final approval of all the approved accounts, the prince who was responsible for disaster relief, he also signed and approved by Chen Sui when he left the Ministry of Revenue.

At this moment, the eunuch in charge, who was standing next to Emperor Chengjing, immediately came forward, took away the two books of the account books, and handed them to Emperor Chengjing.

In a moment, Emperor Chengjing finished reading the account book and his expression gradually became darker.

When I saw it at the end, my whole face turned pale. I closed the account book and looked at Pei Yao with anger.

"Prince, what explanation do you want to explain these two books!"

Hearing Emperor Chengjing's angry shout, everyone present suddenly looked different.

Obviously, there is really something wrong with the account book, so this is the case.

Lu Chuan frowned and looked at Pei Yao, as if he was very nervous. At this moment, Pei Yao also looked ugly, but he still went forward and said.

"Uncle Emperor, can you let me see these two books?"

"Take it down."

Emperor Chengjing shook his sleeves angry.

The eunuch beside him was so arrogant that he didn't dare to come out, so he quickly handed it to Pei Yao with two books in front of him.

There are indeed problems with these two accounts.

One is the account book of the amount of money and grain taken out by the Ministry of Revenue according to his request, and the other is the account book of the actual amount of money and grain counted when the Ministry of War transported grain northward.

Compared with the two, the amount of money and grain is 30% less than the actual allocated amount of money and grain by the Ministry of Revenue.

Where did these 30% go?

After one process, the Ministry of Revenue allocated funds according to Pei Yao's requirements. Pei Yao dispatched money and grain to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War sent people to transport grain to the north and handed it over to the eldest prince.

During this period, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War passed Pei Yao's hand, and this time he lost 30%.

While Pei Yao was looking at the account book, the official surnamed Qin was next to him and spoke indignantly about the origin and authenticity of the two account books.

Li Mu's expression was relaxed and proud, but when he saw Pei Yao quietly comparing the account book without saying a word, and the nervousness on his face faded away little by little, a secret feeling of badness rose in his heart.

Feelings.

Just as he was about to make another suggestion to Emperor Chengjing and to confirm Pei Yao's charges quickly, he could hear Pei Yao's voice sounding first.
Chapter completed!