PFC Chapter 84 What is Emperor Xia planning?
Chapter 84 What is Emperor Xia planning?
Gu Jingzhi narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who brought you here?"
"We don't know, and the adult didn't say either!" Taoer shook her head.
"Did he tell you anything?"
"nor!"
"No……"
A pensive look flashed across Gu Jingzhi's eyes. After a moment's thought, he suddenly asked, "Which mansion were you two from before... Which master's family were you married to?"
"This……"
Tao'er hesitated slightly, then gritted her teeth and said, "My father is the former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Jiang Ming!"
"Jiang Ming?"
Gu Jingzhi frowned, then looked at Jian'er and asked, "What about you?"
"Slave, slave..."
Jian'er seemed to find it difficult to speak. She raised her eyes slightly to glance at Gu Jingzhi, gritted her teeth, and said, "I am the concubine of the former Minister of Revenue, Guo..."
"puff……"
The tea in Gu Jingzhi's mouth sprayed all over the floor. He glared at him and said, "Concubine?"
Jian'er nodded weakly and whispered, "I was originally the most popular courtesan in Miaoyinfang, and was later taken back by Minister Guo to be his concubine..."
"..."
Gu Jingzhi glanced at the two women suspiciously: "Were you all exiled to the Jiaofangsi together?"
"Yes!"
The two women nodded at the same time.
Gu Jingzhi immediately became a Muggle when he heard this!
motherfucker.
The female relatives of two officials from the Ministry of Revenue, one a Shangshu and the other a Shilang, were sent to the Jiaofangsi at the same time, and were also changed into slaves and sent to him at the same time. If you say that there is no problem here, no one would believe it.
What does this show?
This means that the former Minister of Revenue and the former Vice Minister of Revenue... are 99.99% likely to have been arrested in the same case, and it must have been a major case. Otherwise, it would be impossible to have arrested both the Minister and the Vice Minister in the same manner.
You have to know that this is the Shangshu, a second-rank official. Even if he is a Shilang, he is still a third-rank official.
He took down two big bosses from the Ministry of Revenue at once, and the key point was that their wives were sent directly to his home. What did the emperor mean by that?
He absolutely did not believe that it was a coincidence that the two people were sent here together. It was just that he entered the court late and was not very clear about some things.
After waving his hand slightly to send the two away, Gu Jingzhi sat on the chair and thought silently.
If he guessed correctly, the people who brought the two people to him must be the internal guards.
Only the inner guards would be so bold as to directly send people from the Jiaofangsi to him. And who does the inner guards listen to? This person is self-evident...
But what was Emperor Xia's purpose in sending these people here? Could it be that he was sending two beauties for him to enjoy?
Stop it, Emperor Xia is not that boring!
Even if I really give it to him to enjoy, I guess I have to finish the job first!
He carefully recalled the things he had talked about with Emperor Xia before, and soon his eyes suddenly became sharp.
Since he entered the court, the topic he and Emperor Xia talked about most was how to deal with Song Pu and the aristocratic families...
The foundation of aristocratic families is nothing more than a few things: officialdom, talent (knowledge), money, grain, land...
Now that two people related to the Ministry of Revenue had suddenly appeared, they were naturally referring to money and land. However, he had not raised any plans regarding money and land in front of Emperor Xia, so...
The former Minister and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue...were they arrested because of a land-related case?
But if these two guys committed the crime themselves, what was Emperor Xia’s purpose in sending these two girls here?
At once, many thoughts flooded into his mind, and Gu Jingzhi felt like his brain was about to explode.
Fortunately, at this moment, Lin Chong and his brothers suddenly came to the door. Gu Jingzhi looked up at them and saw Liu Sandao behind them. His eyes suddenly lit up.
"Brother Liu, come here!"
"???"
Brothers Liu Sandao and Lin Chong were both a little puzzled. Why did Gu Jingzhi become so strange after such a while?
"My lord, what happened?"
Liu Sandao was a little puzzled. Gu Jingzhi opened his mouth and suddenly saw the open door. Lin Feng immediately closed the door with great vigilance.
The four of them sat around the tea table. Gu Jingzhi distributed tea to the three of them and then said, "Brother Liu..."
"Sir, I am now your subordinate. You can just call me by my name. I don't deserve the title of brother!"
"Don't worry about these details!"
Gu Jingzhi waved his hand and said, "Brother Liu, I have only been in the court for a short time, and I have something to ask you!"
Ok?
Liu Sandao immediately put down his teacup and said, "Please tell me, sir. I will tell you everything I know!"
"Do you know the former Minister of Revenue and the former Minister of Revenue... the former Vice Minister of Revenue named Jiang Ming?" Gu Jingzhi looked at Liu Sandao with curiosity.
Upon hearing this, Liu Sandao's expression immediately grew serious. He glanced outside and whispered, "Sir, why are you suddenly asking about these two?"
Gu Jingzhi looked at his expression and immediately asked curiously, "Why? Can't you tell me?"
"Not really!"
Liu Sandao shook his head slightly and sighed, "These two gentlemen were previously detained in the Inner Guards' prison for a while, and I was the one who personally guarded them. Later, they were transferred to the Ministry of Justice's prison! Not long after, they were sentenced to exile three thousand miles away..."
"exile?"
Gu Jingzhi was slightly stunned.
Daxia has always been relatively tolerant towards civil servants. Normally, most of them were demoted to some remote villages or something. Unexpectedly, these two were directly exiled, and three thousand miles away.
But when I think of Tao'er and Jian'er... I feel relieved.
If it weren't for such serious crimes as confiscation of property and exile or even direct beheading, the woman would not have been sent to the Jiaofangsi.
Liu Sandao said, "I'm not sure what exactly happened, but the Internal Guards investigated the case for a month without any clues. Then the Ministry of Justice took it over, and within ten days, the truth was revealed. In the end, they were sentenced to confiscation of property and exile, and all the women were sent to the Jiaofangsi!"
"..."
What the hell, when did the Ministry of Justice become more powerful than the Internal Security Bureau in investigating cases?
"Sir, I heard that Minister Guo and Minister Jiang...they both died during exile, and their families who were exiled with them also seemed to have died in the end!"
"died?"
Gu Jingzhi frowned.
It wouldn't be surprising if Minister Guo and Minister Jiang died.
After all, he was already old and had been imprisoned in the prison for so long, so it was normal that he died because his body couldn't bear it.
But among these exiled family members, there must be a few young and strong ones, right? It doesn't make sense that they are almost all dead, right?
He thought for a moment and asked, "What kind of crime could have led to the arrest of two high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Revenue?"
"Corruption, bribery, forming cliques for personal gain, and killing people..."
Liu Sandao listed a series of charges, then said, "What's strange to me is that, given these charges... with the strength of the Internal Security, it's impossible that they couldn't find evidence to convict after a month. This is extremely strange!"
Gu Jingzhi was playing with a teacup in his hand. After a while, he suddenly asked, "What did they do before they were imprisoned?"
Given Emperor Xia's cunningness, it would certainly be impossible for him to simply investigate the cases of two criminal officials, especially since they had both been convicted.
If he just wanted to rehabilitate these two people, then his current official position should not be the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, but at least the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.
So, what was Emperor Xia thinking?