I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

Capital.

Imperial City.

Outside the main hall, the ministers entered the court in an orderly manner.

At the court meeting today, all the ministers looked uneasy, as if something big had happened.

"Everyone, His Majesty has not attended court today. Are you going to discuss the impeachment of all officials again when you meet with the ministers today?"

"What do you think? Will Jiang Zuo be dismissed by His Majesty?"

Some officials were discussing this quietly.

It was not yet time for the emperor to attend court, and they were discussing court affairs in private as usual.

"Impeachment by all officials has only happened three times in the history of Great Yan. No official has ever escaped."

"That makes sense. I heard that the Emperor has already issued an order to dismiss Jiang Zuo."

"really?"

"I just heard about it."

"Just dismissal? Corruption, abuse of power, collusion between officials and businessmen, these crimes are enough to sentence him to death."

"The court official in charge of investigating the case is Zhang Tingye. You all know that guy is soft-hearted. It seems that Jiang Zuo will definitely not be able to deal with Zhang Tingye this time."

"Anyway, Jiang Zuo will definitely not escape this time and will be punished. Otherwise, how can people's hearts be stabilized? Your Majesty wants an attitude. No matter who is involved in corruption, he will not be able to escape..."

"It's reasonable and reasonable."

They talked a lot until the left and right prime ministers came to the court, and then the whispers gradually stopped.

"The emperor is here!"

"Long live my emperor!"

All the ministers knelt and bowed.

"Flat body."

Today, Chen Qingyun is wearing a yellow robe, with a look of majesty and heroism between his eyebrows.

"Is Zhang Tingye here?"

Chen Qingyun asked as the court meeting just began.

No one in the court answered.

The ministers looked at each other.

Zhang Tingye?

Wasn't he sent by Your Majesty to the Jizhou area to thoroughly investigate the Jiangzuo case?

The ministers were quite confused as to why Zhang Tingye was summoned suddenly.

Left Prime Minister Wei Hong stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Tingye has already gone to Yecheng. It will take at least seven days..."

Before Wei Hong could finish his words, he heard someone shouting loudly.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to His Majesty!"

At this time, Zhang Tingye hurried into the hall and knelt down to pay his respects.

The ministers looked at Zhang Tingye in confusion, as if they were all saying, "Didn't you go to Yecheng? How come you came back in just a few days..."

"Be flat."

Chen Qingyun said.

The ministers were even more puzzled by the empress's reaction.

On ordinary days, if an official was late for a court meeting, he would be severely reprimanded or even punished by His Majesty.

Why is he so tolerant towards Zhang Tingye today?

"Zhang Tingye, have you investigated thoroughly?"

Chen Qingyun asked.

"Your Majesty, I have already investigated it thoroughly."

Zhang Tingye reported.

Find out so quickly?

Everyone in the court was quite curious about the result, especially the right prime minister Lu Jun, who raised his head from time to time and silently observed the empress's expression.

"How is the result?"

Chen Qingyun asked.

Zhang Tingye reported truthfully: "Your Majesty, according to my careful investigation, the governor of Jiangzuo, the governor of Zhenbei, has not committed any crime of corruption. On the contrary, Jiangzuo loves the people like his own children and governs well. Anding County's tax revenue is the highest in this dynasty."

As soon as these words came out, the whole room was shocked.

How could Jiang Zuo, who was impeached by hundreds of officials, get away with it?

Everyone knows that Zhang Tingye is a well-known minister of remonstration. He is upright and does not participate in court factional struggles.

At this moment, it was this person who actually spoke for Jiang Zuo.

You have to know that Jiang Zuo is now in the vortex of court struggles. It is really puzzling that Zhang Tingye vowed to guarantee Jiang Zuo's innocence.

Hearing the answer, Chen Qingyun was quite happy.

Before this, she had not colluded with Zhang Tingye, and she knew the latter's character. It would be most convincing for him to thoroughly investigate Jiangzuo.

Now, Zhang Tingye’s words were like a stabilizing force, instantly stabilizing the somewhat shaken court.

Jiang Zuo is the governor-general of Zhenbei, and is in charge of disaster relief affairs in the north under the orders of the emperor. If anything happens to him, it will definitely disrupt Chen Qingyun's plan.

"Have you found out everything about Jiang Zuo's financial transactions with the Huang family?"

Chen Qingyun confirmed again.

Zhang Tingye said firmly, "I am not lying. The financial transactions between Jiang Zuo and the Huang family are all normal business transactions. In addition, they have provided a large amount of tax silver to the court, as much as one million. Your Majesty, Anding is just a small county town, but it has so many taxes. This can definitely prove that Jiang Zuo is not a corrupt person! I can guarantee it with my life!"

Zhang Tingye's voice was sonorous and powerful, and quite convincing.

Chen Qingyun nodded in satisfaction and asked, "How is the disaster relief in Jiangzuo?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Tingye had a lot to report, and he said repeatedly: "It's quite effective, quite effective! Lord Jiang's disaster relief policy is really brilliant. Now there are few victims in Yecheng, Jizhou Prefecture. Under Jiang Zuo's arrangement, these refugees and victims have received relief grain from the court. Jiang Zuo even used work instead of relief and organized the construction of water conservancy projects. Now most of the construction has been completed! I believe that once the water conservancy is completed, the flood disaster in Tonghe can be controlled once and for all!"

Zhang Tingye told His Majesty everything he saw and heard in Yecheng.

"This……"

All the officials in the court were dumbfounded.

After hearing what Zhang Tingye said, Jiang Zuo is not only not a corrupt official, but also an extremely talented and honest official?

The imperial court spent years trying to deal with this disaster, but he in Jiangzuo solved it in just one month?

Then why was he impeached by all officials?

"That's enough, Zhang Tingye, you can leave first."

Chen Qingyun was quite satisfied. Although no expression could be seen on her beautiful face, she was already relieved and secretly happy in her heart.

She was feeling lucky that she had not misjudged Jiang Zuo.

If he can really handle the disaster in the north, she will definitely reward Jiang Zuo well.

"Which other minister would like to report Jiang Zuo?"

With such political achievements, even if Jiang Zuo was a corrupt official, Chen Qingyun would tolerate it for the time being.

I am afraid that the officials below are corrupt and incompetent and are the ones who deserve to be killed the most.

What's more, Jiang Zuo was already Chen Qingyun's favorite at this time.

No, it should be... one of the most trusted and capable ministers!

"Your Majesty, I have objections."

At this time, Lin Lu, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, stepped forward and made a statement.

"speak."

Chen Qingyun looked indifferent.

"According to the tax accounts of the Ministry of Revenue, I have never heard of Anding County having so many taxes before, and the tax silver paid is not as much as Zhang Tingye said. If it is true, Jiang Zuo deliberately concealed it and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. Your Majesty, please make the decision."

There is some truth in this.

In previous memorials, Jiang Zuo had complained about being poor many times. If Chen Qingyun had not gone to Anding County in person, he would not have known that Anding County had developed so well.

Then Lin Lu said, "I think we should urgently summon Jiang Zuo to the palace and question him in person."

"Oh."

This time, Chen Qingyun raised his eyebrows and didn't care.

Anyway, Jiang Zuo is hers, and no one can use this to make things difficult for him.