At the beginning, I became a county magistrate with greed of 500 million. The empress asked me to be

In the South Study, the Empress was the only one left.

What is the origin of that bastard Xia Yun?

How could one master the manufacturing of such a powerful machine?

The empress felt increasingly confused.

I couldn't help but start to doubt Xia Yun's origins.

The Daliang Dynasty lasted for hundreds of years and produced many talented top scholars.

But there has never been anyone as rebellious as Xia Yun.

Kill! Must kill!

For the safety of the Daliang Dynasty and for the stability of his own throne, people like Xia Yun must not be allowed to stay!

When the empress was furious, the young female official entered the South Study.

"Investigate, send someone to investigate immediately!

"Find out all of Xia Yun's background and life experiences for me!"

The empress spoke in an icy voice.

The young female official who had just entered the room was startled.

I don't know who has angered His Majesty.

"According to the order."

The young female official nodded timidly.

As if she had noticed the reaction of the young female official, the murderous intent in the empress's eyes subsided slightly.

"What's the matter? Tell me."

The empress's expression gradually relaxed.

"Your Majesty, what should we do with the things we brought back from Dai County that day?"

The young female official carefully observed the empress's reaction and asked cautiously.

Hearing this, the empress raised her eyebrows.

Yes, she had brought back a batch of expensive stuff from Dai County before.

She had been so busy with government affairs these days that she had almost forgotten about it.

Immediately, the empress's brain began to work rapidly.

"I'll leave this matter to you to handle personally. Sell all the refined salt and other items brought back from Dai County at a high price."

"Remember, this matter must be kept secret, and no one should find out that those things are related to the inner court."

The empress issued orders one after another.

I began to think about the huge rewards those things could bring.

According to past experience, the things they bought in Dai County could be sold in Kyoto at least two or three times the price.

Humph, don’t those princes and nobles always say that they have no money?

This time she wanted to see how much money those guys could come up with!

"Have you sold all the refined salt as well?"

The young female official frowned slightly.

Her original intention was to keep some of the refined salt for the needs of the inner court.

When she was in Dai County, she had personally tasted the food cooked with refined salt.

“Sell them all.”

The empress nodded.

It was a time of famine in the south of the Yangtze River, and the national treasury was short of money.

It’s okay to give up some of your appetite.

"Slave, let's do it now."

The young female official nodded and left the South Study.

Soon, the empress was the only one left in the South Study.

The worry about Daixian and Xia Yun once again came to mind.

In that pair of cold and noble eyes, murderous intent unconsciously rose again.

……

The next morning, early morning court.

As usual, all the ministers gathered in the court.

The empress, wearing a dragon robe, slowly walked out from the side hall.

When he ascended the throne, all the ministers knelt down and bowed.

"Long live my emperor, long live my emperor!"

"Flat body."

The empress spoke calmly. She had gone through this process countless times.

"If you have something to report, go to court, if nothing happens, leave the court."

At this time, the sharp voice of the eunuch who was calling the prayer spread throughout the court.

As soon as he finished speaking, an old minister wearing a red court robe and holding an ivory tablet stepped out from the team.

"Your Majesty, I have a memorial to submit!"

The empress looked carefully and found that the person who made the memorial was not someone else, but the Chief Censor of the Censorate.

"Present it."

The empress nodded, and the eunuch beside her immediately presented the memorial in the hands of the censor.

At the same time, the Grand Censor stood at the foot of the steps and began to present his memorial.

"I, your humble servant, and a group of officials from the Censorate have impeached the Jiangnan nobles."

"At present, famine is rife in Jiangnan, and the people are living in poverty. However, a group of aristocratic families in Jiangnan do not appreciate the grace of heaven, disregard the laws of the court, hoard grain, and manipulate grain prices, causing public resentment..."

"Your humble servant requests that you grant the Governor of Zhejiang and Zhili the royal flag and quickly execute the illegal merchants in Zhejiang and Nanzhili to appease the people's grievances and rectify the government!"

The Imperial Censor spoke eloquently and his voice was powerful.

Before he could finish his words, many court officials came out from both sides.

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

"..."

All of a sudden, there were voices of seconding in the opinion in the court.

"Accurate."

The empress thought for only a moment before agreeing to the impeachment memorial from the Grand Censor.

During this famine in Jiangnan, she had heard many memorials impeaching illegal businessmen in Jiangnan.

It is also time to take action and punish those who are blinded by greed.

As for the ministers present who had not spoken a word, they frowned slightly when they heard the emperor say the word "approval" in person.

But after weighing the pros and cons, he finally didn't speak.

Everyone knows that the famine in the south of the Yangtze River has become a serious disaster.

If no punishment is imposed, once a civil unrest breaks out in the future, the consequences will be even more unpredictable.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your permission!"

The Imperial Censor kowtowed.

But just when everyone around him thought he would return to the queue.

The Imperial Censor suddenly took out a memorial from his sleeve.

"Your Majesty, I have another memorial to make!"

Seeing this, a hint of surprise flashed in the empress's eyes.

What else does this old guy want to do?

Could it be that he was planning to impeach me for the money I spent a few days ago?

She had witnessed the other party's stubbornness many times before.

While the empress was hesitating, the eunuch had already handed over the memorial from the Chief Censor.

"I, your humble servant, and the Imperial Censors of the Metropolitan Censorate, impeach the Zhejiang Provincial Governor Zuo Anning, the Southern Zhili Provincial Governor Zhang Sen, the Hangzhou Prefect Chen Dengming and other illegal officials!"

As soon as the Chief Censor said this, a group of censors from the Censorate walked out of the queue behind him.

At the same time, many ministers present changed their expressions.

"Your Majesty, since the third year of Shengde, Zuo Anning, the governor of Zhejiang Province, has colluded with illegal merchants to resell the imperial grain in the Zhejiang treasury, causing the treasury to be empty and the disaster relief to be ineffective. I implore your Majesty to order a thorough investigation!"

"Your Majesty, according to the investigation of the Metropolitan Censorate, Hangzhou's fourth-rank prefect Chen Dengming embezzled 100,000 dan of disaster relief grain from the south of the Yangtze River, causing countless people in Hangzhou to starve to death. The Metropolitan Censorate requests Your Majesty to bring him to the capital for a thorough investigation!"

"Your Majesty, the governor of Nanzhili, Zhang Sen, embezzled 50,000 taels of silver from a Nanyang merchant and replaced all the rice used by the court for disaster relief with bran and stale chaff, causing great resentment among the people of Nanzhili. I implore Your Majesty to investigate and punish him severely!"

"..."

In a short while, a group of censors from the Censorate impeached more than ten officials from Zhejiang and Southern Zhili.

For a moment, everyone in the court was shocked!

The Censorate suddenly launched an attack and impeached more than ten important officials in Jiangnan, which was enough to cause a severe shock in the officialdom of Jiangnan!

Previously, he was still worried about whether the Censorate would impeach his empress this time, but now he was already filled with rage!