The abandoned wife married into a wealthy family, and the scumbag father wailed every night

After seven days of lockdown and a thorough investigation of the capital, they had not found any clues regarding the thefts at the Lin family and Yang Chenghou Mansion, nor had they found a single copper coin!

Lin Zhixue and Yang Chenghou Mansion were of course unwilling to see their wealth looted, so they begged the emperor to continue the investigation!

However, they were impeached by a group of civil officials led by Taifu Zhou for abusing their power and disrupting the normal lives of the people.

Some civil officials even got so excited that they said that Lin Zhixue and Yang Chenghou were embezzling money!

Otherwise, how come after 7 days of strict investigation, nothing was found? Could it be that a god sneaked into their house in the middle of the night and put all their valuables into the Qiankun bag?

Yang Chenghou and his party were naturally unwilling to be framed in this way and fought back angrily!

The court was instantly thrown into chaos!

There is no official in the court who doesn't have good eloquence. After all the arguing, there is still no result!

Xie Tingzhou just watched coldly without saying a word, like an outsider, and didn't care about the verbal battle in the court.

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach the Minister of Personnel Wei Wenyi for accepting charcoal tribute!"

Wei Wenyi and the Minister of Rites Li Jinlin were engaged in a heated argument. Suddenly, Li Jinlin got very angry, knelt down with a plop, held up a memorial in both hands, and shouted loudly to Emperor Wende who was sitting on the dragon throne!

Lin Zhixue stared at Li Jinlin in amazement as if he had been struck by lightning!

"Didn't you accept the charcoal tribute? How dare you impeach me!"

When Wei Wenyi heard that Li Jinlin was going to impeach him for accepting charcoal as a gift, he became so angry that his face turned red and he yelled at Li Jinlin!

"Humph! All officials in the capital do accept charcoal tributes, but none is as arrogant as you! I heard that you actually accepted charcoal tributes worth up to ten thousand taels of silver! Your greed is too ugly! Yesterday I discussed it with Brother Lin, and today I want to report you and correct the increasingly corrupt practices in the capital!"

Although Li Jinlin was kneeling straight, he still angrily refuted Wei Wenyi's words and refused to give in!

All the officials who were engaged in the verbal battle seemed to be frozen, looking at the two people in shock as they refused to give in!

Even Xie Tingzhou, who had always been as steady as a rock, looked sharply at Li Jinlin, the Minister of Rites, who was kneeling in the main hall with a memorial in his hands!

Lin Zhixue looked at Li Jinlin with a pale face, not understanding why he did this!

When have I ever discussed this matter with him?

Lin Zhixue glanced around and saw that both Yang Chenghou's faction and Zhou Taifu's faction were looking at him with gloomy faces!

Lin Zhixue secretly glanced at Emperor Wende who was looking at him expressionlessly, and his face became even paler!

It's over! He will never be able to enter the cabinet in his lifetime!

His career is over!

Lin Zhixue was so anxious that he was at a loss. If he retorted that he was not involved in the impeachment, it would be disloyal to the emperor!

But if he does not refute the impeachment, he will be standing against all the officials!

The meager salaries of officials were not enough to support their daily expenses. Charcoal tribute was a tacit understanding in all dynasties, and officials relied on charcoal tribute to live a better life.

This kind of thing seems to be a common practice to be kept secret from superiors but not from subordinates, but today it was actually exposed to the emperor, and it was done under his pretext!

The hateful thing is that he can only grit his teeth and swallow the blood!

Emperor Wende was sitting on the dragon throne, listening to the quarrels among the court officials out of boredom. This kind of verbal disputes among officials happened once in a while.

He was used to it, and was originally planning to take a nap as usual and wait for them to finish arguing before retiring.

As a result, Li Jinlin's thunderous blow almost frightened Emperor Wende so much that he fell off the dragon throne!

Not only did he know about Tan Jing's matter, but even his father knew about it.

But what good would it be even if they knew? The empty treasury could not support so many people, so even if the emperors knew, they would pretend to be ignorant!

Although Emperor Wende was greatly shocked by Li Jinlin's words, he still maintained the basic quality of an emperor, not showing his emotions on his face. He signaled his trusted eunuch to bring the memorial over, and looked at it with a gloomy face without saying a word, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

Lin Zhixue looked at Li Jinlin who was kneeling upright with a gloomy face. Why did he want to harm him like this!

At this moment, Lin Jinlin seemed to sense Lin Zhixue's gaze and gave him a look that said, "Don't worry, everything is under control."

Lin Zhixue was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Jinlin again!

But Li Jinlin still showed an expression as if he was done with his work and was going to hide his achievements and fame, which made Lin Zhixue so angry that he wanted to vomit blood!

After seeing this scene, all the civil and military officials were more convinced that Lin Zhixue and Li Jinlin wanted to show off in front of the emperor, so they offered sacrifices. Lin Zhixue made a deep note of it in his heart!

This charcoal tribute is an old custom. In all dynasties, officials in Beijing have never accepted charcoal tribute from officials from other places!

The salaries of Beijing officials are not high, and if they do not accept tributes from officials from other places, they simply cannot support their families. The tributes have always been kept secret from their superiors but not from their subordinates. Everyone knows it, and no one has ever brought it up openly!

Lin Zhixue’s suggestion now is to cut off everyone’s source of income!

A layer of cold sweat had already seeped out of Lin Zhixue's forehead!

He suddenly became the opposite of all officials!

After all, no one in the cabinet or even the prince dared to stand up and say that they had never received the tan tribute!

Lin Zhixue had no way to defend himself at this point!

He is really in a dilemma now. If he explains that this matter has nothing to do with him, he will completely lose the emperor's favor!

If he didn't explain, he would establish in the minds of all the officials that he was the one who instructed Li Jinlin to do this. If so, he would be completely standing on the opposite side of all the officials, and no official would dare to get close to him.

After all, having someone like him who doesn't follow the unspoken rules around you is always a hidden danger!

Why would Li Jinlin harm him like this!

Who is this person who set up this game? !

So cruel!

This one move not only ruined his decades of planning, but also ruined his future!

What a vicious plan! Lin Zhixue thought quickly in his mind, trying to find out who was behind this!

But she couldn't find a clue for a moment. He had suspected Xie Tingzhou and Master Zhou.

But Li Jinlin had been thoroughly investigated by his father-in-law when he showed his goodwill to him 10 years ago. He had absolutely no connection with Xie Tingzhou or the governor!

Emperor Wende looked at the memorial in his hand with a gloomy face, and was so angry that he wanted to chop Li Jinlin and Lin Zhixue to death.

This charcoal tribute is actually the gray corruption of Beijing officials. For thousands of years from ancient times to the present, all officials in all dynasties have never mentioned it and the emperor would not correct it!

The amount of charcoal tribute actually had a fixed amount, and officials in the capital would not extort money on a large scale.

Those who were really outrageous were punished by him for taking bribes, and he never mentioned the reason for offering charcoal as a tribute!

He has been continuing the tradition of being deaf and dumb. It's not that he doesn't want to rectify it, but he really can't find a proper solution for the time being!

After all, his empty treasury could not afford to give officials higher salaries!

If he ordered a thorough investigation since everyone present was involved, his court would be in chaos!

But if he does not order a thorough investigation, it means he condones the existence of such bribery. Wouldn't corrupt officials become even more lawless in the future?