Emperor Sui Yang

Right now, everyone in the hall is looking at Yan Bi, including the Qi Wang Party headed by Yang Wei.

They had discussed it long ago, Hebei had caused too much trouble this time, and it was impossible to escape, so they had to find someone to share the charges, so as to minimize Yang Hao's losses.

As a prince, petty crimes are neither painful nor itchy, and it will be fine if he survives the limelight.

Yan Pi couldn't wait for the emperor's personal inquiry, but he also knew that the emperor was waiting for his reply, so he took a deep breath, stood up and said:
"The key to the north-south canal is the end of the north-south canal. The Luoyang section, when the Tongji Canal was being built, the water diversion channel has already been completed, so there is no need to worry about it. However, the water system in Zhuojun County is complicated, and I may make mistakes, so after discussing with King Qi in advance, I went to the canal. I really don’t know why so many things happened during the diversion of the Haihe River, the supervisor of Zhuojun.”

"Who knows if you don't know?" Lai Hu'er stood up and said, "Your Majesty led a hundred officials to patrol the north. All the affairs of the canal are entrusted to you. The recruitment of civilians and food are all under your control. You can't rely on others."

What the hell are you trying to kill me?Yan Pi didn't come to protect his children, so he said directly:

"Who told you that I am in charge of recruiting people and food? I am a canal supervisor, and I am the one who repairs the river for His Majesty. If the river cannot be repaired, it is my fault. Now that the river has been repaired, don't even think about it. buckle."

His wife is Yu Wenyong's daughter, Princess Qingdu, and the sister of Yang Lihua's husband, so Yan Pi is under the protection of Yang Lihua.

Everyone is from a family, who doesn't have a backstage?
Yu Wenshu was still sitting, and said: "The matter of recruiting civilian husbands was originally under the control of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but the old man also delegated the power to Lord Yan. As for how you do it, I don't know here."

"You don't know what I should do? Mr. Xu is really good at pretending to be confused," Yan Pi said with a sneer, "Then I'll make it clear in front of His Majesty today that I haven't recruited a man here, and I just focus on building the river."

"You didn't build the river, did you?" Wei Jin, Minister of Civil Affairs, said, "Yongji Canal is [-] miles, and you only built a section in Zhuojun. Does it add up to [-] miles?"

Yan Pi was at a loss for words for a while.

Wei Jin strikes while the iron is hot, and continues: "You are the supervisor of the canal, but you ran to Zhuojun at the beginning, and made the king of Qi hard-pressed, so he worked as a tinker for you. What happened? Most of the river was built by King Qi. , if it wasn't because of you, how could Hebei be here?"

Yan Pi was furious immediately: "Leave a line in life, don't push me too far."

Wei Jin was taken aback for a moment, indeed, the old boy should not be pushed too hard, otherwise, once something that should not be said is revealed, it will not end well.

Asking him to share the crime is not to let others take the blame. The rabbit will bite people when it is anxious.

It's okay, you don't fight fires, some do.

Gao Yan looked at Yan Pi and said, "Will Yan Gong's head hold up to millions of dead and injured people in Hebei?"

Yan Pi trembled all over.

"Let's talk nonsense!" Yu Wenshu said directly: "Dugu Gong, you also followed His Majesty on the northern tour. How did you know how many people died in Hebei? Millions of people? You really dare to say it."

Wei Zheng, who has changed from the protagonist to the spectator for a while, now realizes that my f---ing appearance is actually to lead to an opening?
Are you using me as a pawn, and the two parties are fighting each other?Am I already useless?

I only heard Gao Yan said: "Gao did not dare to deceive the emperor. When I first returned to the capital, the old man saw all the files and files in Hebei in the Qin Palace. Xu Guogong wants to know about the memorial letter, who are they suing?"

Yu Wenshu sneered and said: "Since it was something I saw in the Prince Qin's mansion, it must be reported to the King of Qi. It would be unreasonable to report it to other people."

"Why is it unreasonable?" Gao Yan said.

Yu Wenshu said in a deep voice: "King Qin is dissatisfied with King Qi. It's not a day. I know what you want to do today? Don't you just want to push all the affairs in Hebei to King Qi? What's the reason? King Qin has nothing to do in the capital. Do it, but King Qi, who worked tirelessly to supervise the construction of the canal, was caught by you and made a big fuss about some omissions, Dugu Gongming said, don’t you just fall in love with King Qin and want to help him enter the East Palace?"

What he said is tantamount to elevating the matter to a battle for reserve positions, so as to reduce the impact of the Hebei incident on Yang Hao.

It means that Yang Hao is not at fault, but you guys want to get him down, so you make use of it.

Gao Yan looked at Yang Ming and said, "Many of you who are doing this have not read those files. King Qin might as well have someone send them in for everyone to see."

Yang Ming raised his head to look at Yang Guang, and said, "My son has already been brought into the palace. He was originally sent to the lower province of the sect. I will visit him when my father is free. Is it appropriate now?"

Of course Yang Guang asked him to bring things in, because he wanted to settle everything today.

"Send it in."

Not long after, the files piled up into a hill were carried into the hall.

Everyone's face was ugly.

Because everyone knows that these files are all made up of the bones of the people in Hebei.

In the main hall right now, there are 370 officials in total, and it is very time-consuming to pass it on to everyone, but Yang Guang still let each of them have a look.

Gradually, there were cries in the hall.

The tragic situation in Hebei cannot be described in a memorial or a letter, but these words can take you into a scene, a hell on earth where people are devastated, devastated, and starved.

Neishi made Lu Chu cry with his head in his arms, with snot and tears.

He may not be the kind of person who sympathizes with the people, but he is a wanderer who always misses his hometown. Every mountain, river, grass and tree is the scene of his hometown that lingers in his dreams.

Cui Hongsheng couldn't bear to look at it anymore, but after closing his eyes for a while, he couldn't help picking it up and looking at it again.

Officials in ancient China all had a habit, that is, where they were born, once they developed, they would definitely benefit their hometown.

Because the hometown is a rope for them, pulling the returning people thousands of miles away.

Before everyone finished watching, Yu Wenshu decided to act first, and took a few shots, and angrily said:
"These bastards should be killed!"

Su Wei was stunned: "Who is Xu Guogong talking about?"

Yu Wenshu was furious, his chest heaved sharply and said:
"This time, the Ministry of Civil Affairs cannot absolve itself of the blame. As Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I am willing to bear the blame. The officials sent by the Ministry of Civil Affairs to Hebei to be in charge of recruiting cannot escape. Local officials are even more derelict. , should also be considered a crime, how can these beasts be so messy below?"

After all, Yu Wenshu turned to Yang Guangdao: "My minister, please take Chen Junbin, the prefect of Wu'an, Yang Wanshi, the prefect of Hejian, Gao Shengdao, the prefect of Bohai, and Cui Hongjun, the prefect of Xindu, and ask them about the crime of dereliction of duty, and then send Hebei patrol envoys to investigate and deal with grain merchants who have misunderstood the country. Hoarding moth."

Pulling in so many people in one breath, and also pulling himself in, Yu Wenshu is determined to let more people help Yang Hao take the blame.

As long as Yang Hao can be kept, everything else is trivial. If Yang Hao can't be kept, everyone is doomed.

Pei Ju asked, "Who are the Ministry of Civil Affairs sending to Hebei?"

Yuwen said: "Wei Yijie and Wei Fusi of the Department of Household Affairs."

Pei Ju nodded, looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty might as well call the two of you in for questioning."

Yang Guang didn't say anything, just nodded.

Next, two top pots came in.

The two cousins ​​knelt in the center of the hall, waiting for questioning.

In private, the family also greeted them and helped Yang Hao. The crime will not be serious, but at most it will be dereliction of duty. Try to push the responsibility to those local officials.

Pushing down layer by layer, more and more people are involved, and the emperor's punishment will become lighter and lighter.

Yang Guang asked, "What are you two doing in Hebei?"

With the family behind him as guarantee, Wei Fusi knew that he would not die, but he swallowed instinctively and said:

"I was ordered by the Minister to be responsible for recruiting civilian husbands in Hebei. The specific number of recruits was also discussed by the Ministry. Many officials below rejected it. However, after many rounds of dealings, I still supplied the canal with the same amount to ensure The project was costly, and I don't really understand why it happened like this."

Another Wei Yijie added:
"The canal was our national policy in the Sui Dynasty. The minister knew that such a major event was urgent, and he traveled to Hebei only to urge the local government to ensure supply. How could there be a civil uprising? The common people's misunderstanding of the national policy stems from the inaction of the local officials. Coupled with the instigation of thieves behind the scenes, the matter became serious."

Yang Wensi sneered and said, "After the incident happened, it was all up to these local officials to suppress it. It's good for you two to push the matter on others. It's not that you persecuted too hard, they would do this?"

Wei Fusi raised his head and said: "We are also following orders. We are all doing things for the canal. It is not our responsibility to appease the local people and guide the people. It is also the same as sending people and food. Why are some counties and counties fine, while others have accidents? ?”

"Where is nothing wrong?" Niu Hong pointed to the pile of files in the hall and said, "You two take a good look, pick and choose, and see which county in Hebei has no dead people."

Wei Fusi said helplessly: "Mr. Niu Mingjian, it's normal for people to die in projects, but how many people die is out of our Ministry of Civil Affairs' control."

"Then who should take care of it?" Niu Hong slapped the table and said angrily: "At this time, you still want to shirk responsibility? It is clearly written on these files. In some counties, you dare to transfer 3 people. How many people can there be in a county? people?"

Wei Fusi's face was ashen and said: "The dead have nothing to do with the recruitment. It is also a national policy of local resistance. It cannot guarantee the supply of medicine and food. Mr. Niu is angry at his subordinates. He really found the wrong person."

"You still said," Niu Hong grabbed a file and threw it directly in front of Wei Fusi, saying:
"This memorandum was reported by Chen Junbin, the prefect of Wu'an, at the earliest time. You are the one who sued. You forced the local people to conscript civilian husbands. If Chen Junbin couldn't make it up, you ordered the army to conscript women and children. You dragged 12-year-old children to the canal. Up above, the local food store was looted by you, so that there was no food to buy in the market, and the people had no food to eat. You still said that it has nothing to do with you? You are a member of the household department, who gave you the right to deploy troops?"

"This, this, this." Wei Fusi trembled all over, and his butt limp on the ground.

At this time, he remembered the last trick taught to him by the clan.

I saw that he suddenly started to twitch, and fell to the ground on his back, kicking his limbs and rolling his eyes, and the saliva overflowed from his mouth.

What, he used it before me?Wei Yijie's face was ashen.