The eldest son is fierce

At this moment, even Emperor Yanwen, who prided himself on having perfect plans, felt a little overwhelmed.

I had planned everything, but I never expected this to be the result.

Tang Yi not only slapped the faces of the crown prince and the court officials involved in the case, but also his own face as the emperor and the face of the entire Great Yan court.

He knew that court officials were borrowing money from the Ministry of Revenue. The Crown Prince was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, and if any court officials borrowed money from the Ministry, the Crown Prince would report to him.

It's okay to borrow thousands or tens of thousands of taels of silver.

How could an emperor like him fall out with his ministers over a few thousand or tens of thousands of taels of silver?

But is it just a matter of a few thousand or tens of thousands of taels now?

That's worth tens of millions of taels!

I want to go to war, but I have no money!

I want to provide disaster relief, but I have no money!

I want to quell the rebellion, but I have no money!

As a result, my national treasury was taken away by you with tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of taels!

Is it possible to use the whole country's strength to support a group of you?!

"Your Majesty, the account books of the Minister of Revenue, Lord Liu Wen, have also been translated."

Before Zhao Ke could be dealt with, the young eunuch beside the Minister of Revenue Liu Wen had already stood up.

"In the tenth year of Qianwu, a great disaster struck Jiangnan, and the imperial court allocated 500,000 taels for disaster relief."

"Although the Ministry of Revenue allocated 500,000 taels, Liu Wen took advantage of his position to pocket 200,000 taels."

"As a result, after being exploited at various levels, the 300,000 taels of silver allocated for disaster relief were reduced to less than 30,000 taels by the time they reached Jiangnan, which directly led to riots among the people of Jiangnan."

"In the 13th year of the Qianwu reign, the northern barbarians invaded the border, and the imperial court allocated three million taels to Ganzhou to purchase food, fodder, and military equipment."

"Liu Wen colluded with the Ganzhou nobles, using the excuse of military urgency to not only purchase Ganzhou's grain and supplies at exorbitant prices, but also ordered the Ganzhou nobles to disguise themselves as bandits and plunder the supplies during transportation."

"Three million taels of supplies arrived at the Northern Border military camp, but less than three hundred thousand taels..."

"..."

After hearing the young eunuch's words, the entire hall suddenly fell silent.

Everyone looked at Liu Wen with shocked and stunned eyes. They thought the Crown Prince and Zhao Ke were outrageous enough, but they didn't expect that the Minister of Revenue Liu Wen was the real outrageous one!

He dared to embezzle disaster relief funds and falsify military supplies. Is he crazy?!

"In the thirteenth year of Qianwu...I will chop you to pieces!"

Di Cang came to his senses and roared, then pounced towards Liu Wen.

Two years ago, when the Northern Di invaded the border, he led the troops to resist.

Because supplies were looted by horse bandits, the border soldiers had no cotton clothes or quilts. They had to fight the enemy desperately in thin armor while hungry in the middle of winter.

In that battle, only 20,000 Dayan soldiers died in the battle with Beidi, but more than 30,000 Dayan soldiers died of starvation or freezing!

A full thirty thousand people!

They did not die under the iron hoofs of the Northern Di, but died in the calculations of their own people. How ironic.

boom!

Di Cang punched Liu Wen hard in the face. Although the old general was old, he was still strong and his punch was still very powerful. With one punch, he knocked Liu Wen, who was sitting behind the table, out.

While still in mid-air, Liu Wen's entire face was already stained red with blood.

But at this time he was so shocked that he forgot the pain. His head was buzzing and blank, and he even lost the basic ability to think.

How can this be?

He found scapegoats for all the things he did, and even deceived the Jinyiwei. How could Gu Cheng, a minister of the Ministry of Revenue who never left the house, know all these things?

How could he, a guy who is neither good at literature nor martial arts, be more powerful than the Jinyiwei?

However, he had no time to think too much at this time. The furious Di Cang had already rushed up and sat on him, punching him!

Liu Wen's sense of pain finally returned, and he screamed in pain.

"I call you Liu Wen, your ancestor. Return my soldiers to me, return my soldiers to me!"

"They didn't die on the battlefield, but died at the hands of villains like you. It's not worth it, not worth it!"

"..."

Di Cang's face was covered in tears, his old eyes were bloodshot, he was roaring and roaring.

Those were his soldiers, such good men, who fought to the death with the Northern Di, but in the end they died in such a conspiracy.

Why? Why?!

Just because Liu Wen is in such a high position and has so much power, can he do whatever he wants? Can he treat human lives as playthings?!

"Di Cang, don't go too far. Even if Liu Wen is wrong, there are laws to punish him..."

Although Liu Wen made a mistake, he was also a representative among the civil officials. Immediately, ministers who were not involved in the case stepped forward and angrily denounced Di Cang's barbarity.

However, before he could finish his words, the already furious Duke Qin Mu jumped up and kicked the minister who had spoken. "Law, you have completely ruined it. Do you think there is still law in Great Yan now?"

"If you're unhappy, let's start a war now. I'll fight you all by myself."

Qin Mu immediately rolled up his sleeves, and the generals including Xiao Di also began to roll up their sleeves, as if they were ready to start fighting at the slightest disagreement.

Upon seeing this scene, the originally angry civil officials immediately became dispirited, and no one dared to say a word.

If they dared to say a word at this time, it is estimated that all the civil and military officials in the hall would immediately start a decisive battle!

Especially the group of ministers involved in the case, they were so scared that their souls almost left their bodies and they were trembling.

Even Tang Yi was a little dumbfounded at this time. He didn't expect that Gu Cheng's account books could reveal so many earth-shattering scandals!

The Crown Prince spent money on women, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice lent money at high interest rates and used the national treasury's money to pay for his mother's medical treatment, the Minister of Revenue, who controlled the treasury, enriched himself and colluded with powerful families to embezzle military funds...

Everyone is greedy for wealth and power, and is a typical egoist. No one cares about the people who are starving in the floods, and no one cares about the people who have lost their homes in the war.

Is there any hope for saving a Da Yan like this?!

Tang Yi subconsciously looked at Emperor Yanwen.

However, he discovered that Emperor Yanwen, who had been furious at the prince's anger just now, was now very calm.

But from the bulging blue veins on the back of his hand, it can be seen that he is like a gradually boiling volcano, on the verge of erupting.

"Di Cang, that's enough!"

Emperor Yanwen's voice was deep, and no joy could be heard in it.

Qin Mu and Cheng Mao immediately stepped forward and dragged Di Cang off Liu Wen.

"Your Majesty, I beg Your Majesty to seek justice for those sons of Da Yan who died unjustly."

Di Cang broke free from Qin Mu and Cheng Mao and knelt on the ground. He had to seek justice for the soldiers who died in the battle.

However, in the face of Di Di Cang's accusations, Emperor Yan Wen did not say a word, but calmly stood up from the dragon throne and walked down the hall with his hands behind his back.

His steps were slow and composed, without any sign of anger.

However, the ministers in the hall only felt a powerful pressure coming towards them, which made their hearts tremble and they couldn't help but kneel down in submission.

They have fought with Emperor Yanwen for many years and know him very well. If he is furious and looks like he wants to kill someone, it means that things can still be slowed down.

But when he is as calm as ice and can suppress all emotions, it means someone is going to die!

"Don't be nervous, Mr. Di. Maybe this is just a misunderstanding."

Emperor Yanwen walked to Liu Wen's side, smiled and reached out to pull up Liu Wen, whose face was covered in blood.

"Didn't you just say it, my dear ministers? You are all loyal and courageous, and you have devoted yourselves to our Great Yan, even to the point of death."

"I believe it!"

"Perhaps someone has wronged you, my dear ministers!"

Emperor Yanwen's voice was very calm, but to the ears of his ministers, it sounded like a slap in the face.