The eldest son is fierce

Tang Jing looked content with having a son and enjoyed the compliments on Tang Hua.

After all, they didn't have the top scorer in the imperial examination, but Tang Jing did.

Tang Hua also really enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention. He was immediately flattered and the worries in his heart were thrown away on the spot.

Moreover, he has found a powerful weapon to deal with Tang Yi!

Jiang Yunna!

Hasn't Tang Yi been interested in this woman since he was a child? Then let this woman completely destroy him.

"Don't worry, uncles and aunts. I will not let that little poet do whatever he wants. At the Shen Garden Poetry Festival, I will definitely crush him and avenge you uncles and aunts."

Tang Hua bowed to everyone and smiled confidently.

"Okay, as long as you have confidence, we will feel relieved."

"Very good, young man from the Tang family. As long as you can trample that little poet under your feet and rub that old man Di Cang's face on the ground, I will support your career in the future."

"Your Majesty, don't you want to hold the little poet in your arms? This time, we will make him fall to pieces in front of Your Majesty."

"..."

Seeing the confidence on Tang Hua's face, everyone smiled and agreed.

Tang Jing watched this scene with a look of relief on his face. This precious eldest son had earned him enough face.

"Tang Jing, don't leave after we leave. Let's chat privately."

At this time, Liu Wen's voice sounded in his ears.

Tang Jing rarely saw Liu Wen so angry. Of course, it was normal for him to be angry, because he didn't have a son who could pass the imperial examination and become one of the top three scholars.

"Master Liu, is there something going on? I want to go back early today. After all, the Shen Garden Poetry Festival is coming soon, and I also need to educate Tang Hua."

Tang Jing smiled and bowed, but his smile was somewhat playful and sarcastic.

"Before educating Tang Hua, maybe you should first teach your resentful little son a lesson?"

Liu Wen stared at Tang Jing with a terrifying look. "Your youngest son is so arrogant that he made my son kneel down and call him grandpa. Was this your idea, Master Tang? Or his?"

"If that's what you, Lord Tang, mean, then after we deal with the little poet, we'll start a battle."

He was the Minister of Revenue, a whole rank higher than Tang Jing, so why was he afraid of Tang Jing, a Vice Minister of Personnel?

Hearing this, Tang Jing's eyebrows twitched suddenly.

In the past few days, the news that Tang Yi relied on Liang Shao's help to knock on the doors of the three most famous courtesans in the Huanyinfang Sanju Canshi has spread throughout Kyoto and become one of the hot topics in Kyoto.

During this confrontation, Liu Zhou was forced by Tang Yi to kneel down and call him grandpa.

This is a blatant slap in the face of the Ministry of Revenue!

"Don't worry, Master Liu. I will give you an explanation on this matter."

Tang Jing's good mood instantly vanished, his eyes became sharp, and he nodded slightly at Liu Wen.

For some reason, I thought of Tang Yi and his words.

He said he was a little immortal poet and that there were problems with the imperial examinations in Tang Dynasty paintings.

Ha, what a joke!

He was the best boy in Dayan whom he taught personally. How could he do such a shameless thing?

It's obvious that this bastard is jealous of my brother's excellence and deliberately wants to confuse me and create a rift between us father and son!

The mind is extremely vicious.

We can't let him go any longer, otherwise the Tang family will lose all their face because of him.

At this moment, Liu Wen's housekeeper hurried upstairs, walked to Liu Wen and whispered a few words in his ear.

After listening to the butler's report, Liu Wen looked at Tang Jing with a mocking look, "Tang Jing, I just got the news that your son Tang Yi has just solved the case of Gu Cheng, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue."

"He just inspected the scene with the people from the First Division and is now bringing all the evidence back to the Northern Pacification Division."

"What do you think about this?"

Tang Jing already knew that Tang Yi had become a Jinyiwei, but he didn't care. This must be because His Majesty gave Tang Yi an identity in order to warn him and to pity him.

Not a big deal.

Seeing everyone's gazes turning towards him, Tang Jing waved his hand and sneered, his voice filled with contempt, "He doesn't really look at it. Solving the case? He's not even capable of that."

"It's simply that the Jinyiwei couldn't find any evidence, so they deliberately alerted the enemy and used Tang Yi as an excuse to say that he had found evidence."

"Their purpose is nothing more than to send the real culprit to the Northern Pacification Office to destroy the evidence."

At this point, Tang Jing narrowed his eyes and looked at Liu Wen, saying, "Why? Could the Ministry of Revenue case be related to Lord Liu?"

Liu Wen's face suddenly darkened. He said, "Could it be that this has nothing to do with Lord Tang? Lord Tang borrowed 50,000 taels from the Ministry of Revenue."

"Since Gu Cheng is dead, Lord Tang only needs to return 3,000 taels, or is it that Lord Tang, being righteous and unwilling to be associated with us, will return the 50,000 taels intact to Your Majesty?"

Tang Jing's smile faded upon hearing this: "Well, in that case, he should just die!"

However, what made Tang Jing look grim was that Liu Wen's words hit him hard and woke him up.

If Liu Wen hadn't reminded him, he would have forgotten that he had borrowed 50,000 taels from the Ministry of Revenue.

So the problem is, he borrowed 50,000 taels from the Ministry of Revenue, and Liu Ruyu left behind a huge fortune of 50,000 taels. It has only been three years, and the Tang family can't even take out a few hundred taels.

What's going on here?

Tang Jing felt inexplicably nervous.

But soon, he felt that he was overthinking it.

After all, Yan Shuangyu came from a poor family and was very stingy. The silver must have been hidden by her.

If the Tang family only had a few hundred taels left, how could they have spent over ten thousand taels on a grand banquet at Tianxiang Tower a few days ago?!

After hearing Tang Jing's words, everyone felt completely relieved.

They all borrowed money from the Ministry of Revenue and also made false accounts for Gu Cheng. If Tang Yi really found out the truth and checked the real account books, the consequences would be unimaginable.

They were asked to pay back dozens of times more silver, but was that just silver? It was their lives!

Liu Wen glanced at everyone, sighed, and said righteously: "Everyone, we are all loyal ministers of the court. We all need to save our dignity. Those who have taken money from the national treasury should return it!"

"Your Majesty, it's not easy either. Now the Northern Di army is approaching, and the Eastern Yu are ready to make a move."

"I cannot bear to see Your Majesty suffer so much. I will set an example by returning the 10,000 taels to the Ministry of Revenue, and then sell my land and everything I own to raise another 5,000 taels to donate to Your Majesty to help Da Yan overcome its difficulties."

When everyone heard this, their faces twitched slightly. You, Liu Wen, were the one who embezzled the most money from the national treasury.

The account book shows that he took 200,000 taels. If you don’t count the account book, it would probably be at least 300,000 taels!

Now, you are still acting like a loyal minister, selling everything you have to donate 5,000 taels out of a total of 10,000 taels. This is simply too shameless.

"Well, Lord Liu is right. It is the duty of us ministers to share the worries of the emperor. I will donate 3,000 taels out of the 5,000 taels."

"Alas, it's all for the prosperity of Da Yan. I owe the national treasury three thousand taels, and it will be paid to you tomorrow."

"Your Majesty is short of money and food right now. As a subject, I cannot sit idly by. Please return all five thousand taels of silver to you, and also... donate one thousand taels of silver as a token of sincerity."

"..."

Everyone echoed and spoke righteously.

With that attitude, anyone who dares not to ask them to return the money to the Ministry of Revenue will be their biggest enemy!