The first poisonous scholar in Daxia, starting from the abdication of the prime minister

"Send it up!"

Although Emperor Xia had received the news from Tianshu regarding Gu Jingzhi's report today, he was not very clear about the details.

Now that the evidence and confession are in front of him, Emperor Xia naturally wants to take a look at it.

After all, this concerns the implementation of his subsequent national policies.

The attending eunuch took all the files from Gu Jingzhi's hand and presented them quickly, but Emperor Xia did not take them. Instead, he asked the attending eunuch to read them directly in the hall.

Song Pu knew that he was in trouble when he heard it. If it was read out in court, it would mean that there was no room for turning the situation around.

Gu Heng's face turned pale in an instant!

All the civil and military officials in the court listened to Gu Jingzhi's memorial and looked at Gu Heng one by one. They never expected that... this founding hero with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who usually didn't have much presence in the court, would be so bold.

When Gu Jingzhi impeached Gu Heng before, they felt that it was a bit of a personal revenge.

After all, the conflict between Song Pu and Gu Jingzhi... is almost irreconcilable, and the ministers in the court are not fools, so they naturally know that this is because Emperor Xia is supporting them behind the scenes.

But now that this was read out, they suddenly realized that it was hard to say whether Gu Jingzhi was seeking revenge for personal gain, but Gu Heng's crimes were indeed too numerous to list.

Especially Gu Yong’s self-narration, which can be said to be without any logical loopholes, and the things he did were simply horrifying.

Taking advantage of the disaster, three villages were directly destroyed, which means thousands of lives were lost!

For a little bit of land, they could actually do such a heartless thing.

After about half an hour, all the case files were read out. Before Emperor Xia could get angry, Wei Xuan stood up and said angrily:

"Your Majesty, the crimes of Gu Heng and the entire Gu family are too numerous to list. I implore Your Majesty to order a thorough investigation. You must not tolerate this treacherous behavior and give justice to those thousands of people!"

Wei Xuan was in the court, so he knew the darkness of politics, and he himself was not a pure little white rabbit.

But this kind of plundering and disregarding human life is truly appalling.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ye also stood up and said angrily: "Your Majesty, in order to plunder the people's property, the Gu family even used the means used by the army to deal with the enemy. I implore Your Majesty to execute the entire Gu family. Killing Gu Heng will not be enough to quell the people's resentment!"

Water and fire have been merciless since ancient times. As military generals, it is not uncommon for them to use strategies of water and fire.

But it can be used to deal with its own people. Even Li Ye, who has killed countless people on the battlefield, can't bear to hear about this crime.

As soon as the two of them opened their mouths, most of the officials in the court stood up.

"Your Majesty, we second the motion! If Gu Heng is not executed, the people's resentment will not be appeased, and if he is not executed, the law of the land will not be upheld!"

"I second the proposal..."

A large number of court officials seconded the motion.

Emperor Xia glanced at Gu Heng with eyes full of anger and said angrily, "Gu Heng! Do you have anything to say?"

"Your Majesty, minister, minister..."

"His Majesty!"

Seeing Gu Heng's state, Song Pu immediately said, "To sue your master as a slave is treasonous! To sue your father as a son is equally treasonous! The so-called Gu Yong's handwritten letter in Lord Gu's hand is treasonous in itself."

"The laws of our Great Xia nation are clear and unwavering. How can we believe the words of such a criminal slave?"

As soon as Song Pu said this, many people were confused.

This is a slave accusing his master, which is understandable, but this is a son accusing his father...

Could it be?

Everyone looked at Gu Jingzhi and Gu Heng, wondering if these two had any other relationship?

Gu Jingzhi noticed those gazes, but said calmly: "As the saying goes, every case must be investigated, every injustice must be redressed, every crime must be corrected..."

"Now that someone has reported it, every single piece of evidence on the case file is logically clear and factually coherent. How can there be such outrageous talk?"

"Furthermore, Your Majesty is the father of the world, the ruler of Heaven and Earth, the sovereign, the parents, and the teacher. If, because of Gu Yong's lowly status, the people's grievances remain unredressed and the laws of the land are shelved, this is the height of treason!"

Song Pu's pupils shrank when he heard this. He never expected that Gu Jingzhi would use this reason to refute him.

When other court officials heard this, many of them shouted loudly.

"Master Gu's words make sense. Your Majesty is the king and father. If you listen to Prime Minister Song's words, it would be truly treasonous!"

"yes……"

The court officials were in an uproar. Song Pu looked at Gu Jingzhi with a gloomy face, and then looked at Gu Heng.

He probably knew that it would be difficult for Gu Heng to escape punishment, so he said that...

It doesn’t matter whether he is a slave or not. The key point is that I want to point out that Gu Jingzhi is suing his father as a son.

Gu Jingzhi also knew that Song Pu wanted to insult his reputation, but he didn't care about it at all. Although the concept of clan was more important than the country in ancient society, the concepts of heaven, earth, emperor, parents and teachers also dominated the mainstream.

With this layer of protection, Gu Jingzhi's reputation is not very good at most among those aristocratic families, and it has little impact on other families.

Especially after Gu Heng's dirty deeds were exposed, it had even less impact on Gu Jingzhi.

of course.

As a result, Emperor Xia no longer trusted him as much as before.

Seeing that his plan had failed, Song Pu immediately said, "Your Majesty, Gu Heng is a founding nobleman after all, and Shaoqing Gu also said that every case must be investigated... I think it would be better to hand this matter over to the Ministry of Justice for a thorough investigation, so that justice can be served to the people of the world!"

"Prime Minister Song, I'm afraid the Ministry of Justice alone...isn't capable of investigating such a major case?"

"Then let's hold a joint trial. After all, we can't let anyone investigate after someone makes a report, right? What if these charges were deliberately framed?"

Song Pu was waiting for someone to take the bait, but he didn't expect Wei Xuan to cooperate so well.

Gu Jingzhi had guessed Song Pu's plan long ago, so he said with a smile, "It would be a good thing if the case were handled by the Three Departments. I think Prime Minister Song's words are feasible!"

"Humph!"

Song Pu snorted coldly, looked at Gu Jingzhi, and said, "Gu Shaoqing is suing his father as a son, although he has great righteousness in mind, but according to court conventions, this case still needs to be avoided!"

Although he was 100% sure that Gu Jingzhi would be 100% fair in this case, this result was not what Song Pu wanted, so sending Gu Jingzhi away was inevitable.

His words directly pointed out Gu Jingzhi's identity, and Gu Jingzhi did not object.

For a moment, all the court officials looked at Gu Jingzhi with inexplicable meaning. Wei Xuan and Li Ye, who were most optimistic about Gu Jingzhi, and even Li Gefei, who had some friendship with him, and everyone in the Hanlin Academy, all looked at him with some concern.

You have to know that in this era, if your reputation is ruined, it will be a flaw in your life as a person or as an official.

Song Pu thought he had used his trump card, but Gu Jingzhi didn't care at all. Instead, he smiled and said:

"Song Xiang is truly a seasoned and experienced strategist. This three-department initiative was merely our suggestion, and the details still require His Majesty's approval. How come Song Xiang is already making arrangements now?"

"Since I have some connection with the Gu family, I should avoid suspicion. But I wonder if Prime Minister Song needs to do so?"

"..."

Ok!

The son came to complain and his father-in-law came to resolve the matter, and as a result, both of them had to avoid suspicion.

Emperor Xia looked at the scene indifferently and said directly, "As you said, Gu Heng has made great contributions to the country. We must not let this matter go lightly. The Crown Prince will preside over this case with the cooperation of the three courts. Song Qing and Gu Qing...you two should stay out of this!"

"Also, before the case is fully investigated, Gu Heng..."

"Just stay in the prison for a while!"

"..."