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

"It doesn't matter. The same applies to the young cabinet member."

Pei Yan nodded happily.

Although Xu Jinsong was the leader of the Jiangnan Party officials, they actually discussed their daily matters with Xu Miao.

Soon, several people present took their seats.

After Xu Miao ordered the servants to serve tea, his attention shifted to the middle-aged man brought by Pei Yan.

Pei Yan understood what he meant and said immediately: "Why don't you tell me your name and identity?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately stood up from his chair, and knelt down in front of Xu Miao with a plop.

"Your Excellency, my name is Kong Youde. A few months ago, I was ordered by His Majesty to go to Dai County to serve as the county magistrate."

"While I was serving as the magistrate of Dai County, I witnessed Xia Yun and his followers gathering together to plot rebellion and treason. I have already written down all the illegal acts in the memorial. I hope that the young elder will take a closer look!"

The middle-aged man cried and took out a memorial from his arms and placed it respectfully on the tea table next to Xu Miao.

At this moment, his eyes were filled with extreme resentment.

Just ten days ago, he was the county magistrate of Dai County.

Although he knew about the various illegal activities in Dai County at that time, he was helplessly imprisoned in the county magistrate's office by Xiang Wentian and others.

At that time, he even thought that he would be imprisoned until the end of his term.

Unexpectedly, Xiang Wentian and others suddenly and rudely drove him out of Dai County, which gave him the opportunity to have other ideas!

You should know that according to Daliang's laws, reporting others' rebellion and conspiracy can be highly appreciated depending on the degree of their rebellion and conspiracy!

During the previous emperor’s time, there was an official of the seventh rank who reported a local governor for gathering a crowd to plot treason. He was directly promoted four levels to become a provincial governor.

What Xia Yun and his gang did in Dai County was even more serious than what the governor did when he gathered people to commit treason!

Therefore, while rushing all the way to the capital, he had already begun to fantasize about his bright future in officialdom.

However, when he appeared in front of the young minister, he still needed to pretend to be in tears.

Xu Miao frowned, listening to Kong Youde's crying and looking at the memorial in his hand, his expression becoming increasingly gloomy.

According to what was written in the memorial, there is no doubt that even if Xia Yun's head was chopped off a hundred times, his sins could not be forgiven.

In fact, if he had received this memorial before the end of the Zhejiang War, he would have gone to the palace without hesitation to impeach Xia Yun for all his crimes.

But now, Xia Yun not only eliminated all the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop, but also officially became the Governor-General of Jiangnan and the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Court's Northern Expedition.

The most important thing is that Your Majesty has already been to Hangzhou and seen Xia Yun’s various practices that were inconsistent with the regulations of the Daliang Dynasty.

Even so, His Majesty did not punish Xia Yun in any way.

Just a few days ago, Prince Cheng, who had decades of seniority, offended Xia Yun, and was not only blackmailed of 10 million taels of silver by Xia Yun, but was also deprived of all real power by His Majesty.

In this way, even though he now had all the evidence of Xia Yun's crimes in his hands, he did not dare to make a decision easily.

Kong Youde, whose face was already covered with tears, began to feel confused when he noticed Xu Miao's hesitant look.

What is this young minister doing?

"Young Lord, I can guarantee with my entire family's life and property that every crime I mentioned in the memorial against Xia Yun is true."

"If the court has any doubts, it can immediately send a censor to Dai County, who will surely be able to witness the truth with his own eyes!"

Kong Youde thought Xu Miao did not believe the contents of the memorial, so he immediately added.

Unexpectedly, when Xu Miao heard this, he suddenly raised his head, and an extremely cold look was reflected in his eyes.

When Kong Youde was looked at with such a cold gaze, he felt a chill from head to toe.

"Xiao Gelou, this man was originally appointed as the magistrate of Dai County by the Ministry of Personnel under the order of His Majesty. There is no doubt about this matter."

Pei Yan, the Minister of Finance standing nearby, also thought that Xu Miao was doubting Kong Youde's identity, and he immediately began to explain.

Xu Miao was silent for a moment, then shifted his gaze to the servant beside him.

"Take one thousand taels of silver and give it to Lord Sun. Arrange for him to stay in an inn in the capital. The Xu family will provide him with food, clothing, shelter and transportation."

Xu Miao spoke slowly.

He was not a complete fool. With the battle in the Northern Frontier approaching, he knew very well that he must not attack Xia Yun lightly at this time.

As long as Xia Yun did not formally launch a rebellion, the various crimes mentioned in Kong Youde's memorial would not have much effect in front of the empress.

However, he did not give up Kong Youde as a chess piece directly.

After all, the other party had served as the county magistrate in Dai County for several months.

If one day in the future he has evidence that can bring down Xia Yun in one fell swoop, Kong Youde will be the best witness!

Soon, Kong Youde was brought down to the lobby under the guidance of Xu's housekeeper.

Pei Yan and Xu Miao were the only ones sitting opposite each other in the lobby.

"Young Lord, I don't understand why we don't seize this opportunity to impeach Xia Yun?"

"The Northern Frontier War is about to begin. Once the war is in full swing, we will have no chance at all."

Pei Yan's face still had a puzzled look.

Just now when Xu Miao asked Kong Youde to leave the lobby, he was about to speak.

"Master Pei, aren't our lessons enough?"

There was a hint of gloom in Xu Miao's eyes when he looked at Pei Yan.

"Have we impeached Xia Yun less often in the past few months? But has His Majesty ever punished Xia Yun?"

"Are we going to repeat Prince Cheng's mistakes?"

Xu Miao spoke one after another.

Obviously, Pei Yan has not really realized how difficult it is to move to Xiayun.

"But it is true that Xia Yun gathered a group of people to rebel. According to the laws of Daliang, he should be sentenced to death!"

Pei Yan had rarely caught Xia Yun's handle, and he was still unable to come to terms with it. At this moment, his only thought was to bring Xia Yun down.

Upon hearing this, Xu Miao let out a helpless sigh.

"Master Pei, do you know how high the wall of Hangzhou is?"

Xu Miao suddenly changed the subject.

"What does this mean?"

The puzzled look on Pei Yan's face became more and more intense.

Although he was also from Jiangnan, he had never returned to Jiangnan since he came to Beijing to serve as an official.

Naturally, he had no idea how high the city walls of Hangzhou were now.

"Let me tell you, the current height of Hangzhou City's walls has reached more than ten feet, and it is equipped with a large number of defensive fortifications."

Xu Miao knew that Pei Yan could not give an answer, so he immediately told the specific height of the Hangzhou city wall.

As expected, when Pei Yan heard the words "more than ten feet", his face changed color instantly!