Almighty Nongmen Phoenix

Chapter 218;

"Such a big thing happened, why don't you tell me that you don't know?"

Thinking of what happened in the imperial study that day, Emperor Hongwen felt murderous towards Gao Yanming.

But he is very clear that it is impossible to deal with the other party just relying on the current matter, at most it is just thinking about it.

After all, he is the leader of the family officials in the court, and those family officials will not just look at him when they deal with him.

It is also impossible for the aristocratic family to just look at it like this.

Once Gao Yanming is dealt with, it will directly lead to the instability of the court and the world.

He knew this very well in his heart. At this time, he just wanted to beat Gao Yanming, and at the same time he wanted to take this opportunity to tear a piece of flesh from the family.

Some things cannot be done overnight, but need to be done step by step.

"His Majesty."

At this time, the voice of an official came.

Emperor Hongwen followed the prestige, his eyes became cold again, he was annoyed to see these officials with family background, but had to rely on them.

"Gao Changxing and Cao Dong have committed a heinous crime, and I request His Majesty to punish them severely."

"Acquaintance Gao doesn't know who he is. Although he is suspected of being negligent, his starting point is also for the people of Jinyang Mansion."

As soon as the man finished speaking, Gao Yanming, who was kneeling in front of him, hurriedly kowtowed to the top.

"The minister was negligent for a while and caused a catastrophe. I beg your Majesty to come down."

Well, this chorus immediately pushed this heinous crime to Gao Changxing and Cao Dong, but he, Gao Yanming, only pleaded guilty to one crime of negligence.

Emperor Hongwen wanted to explode, but he hadn't spoken yet.

More than a dozen officials with aristocratic backgrounds stood up one after another from below.

Seeing so many family officials stand up, Wen Songtao glanced at them sideways, and instantly understood that they were grouping together to put pressure on Emperor Hongwen.

As Emperor Hongwen's confidant minister, he knew very well what Emperor Hongwen wanted to do with Gao Yanming and the officials of the family, and he also understood that Emperor Hongwen was just thinking, and it was absolutely impossible to do it directly.

But it took so much effort to catch such a big mistake of the other party, if it was just an oversight and dealt with, he would not be reconciled, and Emperor Hongwen would not be reconciled either.

Thinking of this, he cupped his hands above and said, "Your Majesty, since the establishment of this dynasty, there has never been such a bad thing."

"I request Your Majesty to do justice to the people of Jinyang Mansion and severely punish all participants in this incident."

"Only in this way can we appease the people of Jinyang and the people of the world."

There are also many officials behind Wenxiang, and after his voice fell, they all stood up and seconded.

Of the three major factions in the DPRK and China, two factions have already ended, and the remaining faction has not moved at all.

Emperor Hongwen glanced at Duke Zhen, and saw that he was just watching his nose, standing there with concern, without saying a word.

He understood why Zhen Guogong didn't stand up.

It was nothing more than worrying about the matter of the First Prince's establishment of the crown prince. He was afraid that he would stand up and step on Gao Yanming at this time. If he failed to trample the other party to death, the other party would be the first to stand up and object when the eldest prince's establishment of the crown prince was mentioned in the future.

Emperor Hongwen was very disappointed that he was so disregarding right and wrong for the sake of the crown prince.

"The minister is guilty, please punish him, Your Majesty."

Gao Yanming kowtowed again.

What happened this time was unavoidable, bleeding was certain, but he was also very confident in his heart that Emperor Hongwen would not beat him to death with a single shot, and he did not dare to do so.

Emperor Hongwen above was silent for a moment before he opened his mouth and said, "The matter of punishment will be discussed later."

"You all know the current situation of Jinyang Mansion, so tell me, how can we deal with the aftermath?"

He said and sat down again.

Regarding Gao Yanming's punishment, he still needs to think about it. Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to demote Gao Yanming, and then remove it step by step.

As a result, so many officials of the aristocratic family stood up today, and they only admitted a crime of negligence.

If Gao Yanming was dismissed because of an oversight, the aristocratic family would probably not agree.

The current situation in Dongzhou is still a bit difficult. He will need to use the family for some time in the future, so it is not suitable to start a war with the family at this time.

"The minister thought that troops should be sent to suppress the riot."

As soon as a family official's voice fell, Wen Songtao immediately rebuked.

"A bunch of nonsense."

"Why are the people of Jinyang Mansion like this?"

"It was forced by others. Now the culprit who caused all the situation has not been dealt with. Instead, you want to suppress the people."

"If you do this, how will the people of the world treat my Dongzhou court?"

The aristocratic family official who was refuted did not give Wen Songtao any hesitation, and continued, "There is a reason for the connivance, but it is a fact that they gathered a crowd to attack the government and caused [-] casualties."

"The rebels must not be tolerated, otherwise once this example is established, it is difficult to guarantee that other places will not follow suit."

"What Master Han said is very true. Although my court can't do something about this matter, this is not the reason for their civil uprising."

"No reason can cover up their crime of treason."

Another family official stepped forward.

Two officials from the aristocratic family went off in a row, and someone from Wen Songtao's side also stood up.

For a while, people from the two factions quarreled again, and Emperor Hongwen, who was sitting at the head, seemed to be used to such situations, so he didn't make a sound to stop it.

Just listen to them quietly.

After a while, it was Gao Yanming who stood up and stopped the noise.

"Gao Xiang, what do you think about this matter?"

At this time, Emperor Hongwen above spoke slowly.

"The minister thinks that we should take a two-pronged approach, mobilize food and elite soldiers to Jinyang Mansion, appease them first, and then suppress them if they cannot be appeased."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen nodded, and Wen Songtao did not refute.

"Wen Xiang, how much food do you think Jinyang needs?"

As soon as these words came out, Wen Songtao immediately understood what Emperor Hongwen meant. After thinking for a moment, he cupped his hands and said, "This matter, in the final analysis, is my court's fault. I think it cannot be handled according to ordinary disaster relief."

"The top priority is to appease the people of Jinyang, lest the matter continue to expand and be taken advantage of by those who want to."

Everyone nodded in their hearts after hearing this.

"Last time, Gao Xiang mobilized five thousand shi of grain to go to Jinyang."

"I think it's not enough. There are a lot of people in Jinyang Mansion, and now they have resentment in their hearts. I think that at least [-] stones are needed, and the culprit Gao Changxing needs to be punished in public."

As soon as the figure of [-] stone came out, it immediately attracted opposition from many ministers.

Especially Hubu Shangshu, he almost cried.

Since the drought, the Ministry of Households has been continuously transporting money and food to various parts of Dongzhou. Over the years, more than half of it has been spent this time.

The remaining ones cannot be used casually, and a large part of it is used to stabilize the life needs of frontier soldiers.

Moreover, the drought has not been completely resolved, so we can't take it all out at once, so that the household department has no food available.

(End of this chapter)