Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 489 Ouyang Lun confessed his guilt! (Subscribe please!!)
"Your Majesty, look at Ouyang Lun, he...he!!"

"It's simply too much!"

"This is the Hall of Supreme Harmony. How dare you speak so arrogantly? Is there still the law? Is there still the law?"

"Ouyang Lun, we don't care what you say, but you dare to do this in front of His Majesty. Do you still have His Majesty in your eyes?"

"Arrogant! Barbaric! Outrageous!"

"Your Majesty, I will take down this arrogant fellow!"

Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and other Huaixi Party members were completely furious after Ouyang Lun's verbal attack. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, when had they, the Huaixi people, been scolded like this before, and even by name!

If they don't teach Ouyang Lun a lesson, they will never be able to raise their heads in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Shanchang and others are now extremely angry and filled with righteous indignation, and they wish they could eat Ouyang Lun alive.

Just when everyone thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was about to get angry, they heard Zhu Yuanzhang speak.

"Since you want to talk, Ouyang Lun, then just say it nicely!"

Boom!

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Li Shanchang and all the officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony felt as if they were struck by lightning, with their heads buzzing.

Is this still the Majesty they know?
Ouyang Lun insulted the court officials in public. Even if he was not punished, he should be severely reprimanded, right?

The results of it?
Not only did His Majesty the Emperor not punish him, he didn't even scold him harshly!

Just say whatever you want to say and it's over??!

Even if Crown Prince Zhu Biao did this, I'm afraid he wouldn't be treated like this.

What's more, Ouyang Lun is just a royal consort.

Damn, who is whose father-in-law?
If it wasn't an ironclad fact that Ouyang Lun married Princess Anqing, Li Shanchang and others would have dared to think that Ouyang Lun was Zhu Yuanzhang's father!
However, Ouyang Lun's fear of Zhu Yuanzhang does not mean that Li Shanchang and the others are not afraid. Now that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang has spoken, they can only hold it in and endure, waiting for Ouyang Lun to teach them a good lesson!

It’s so frustrating! It’s so frustrating!
Eh!?

Ouyang Lun was also a little confused at this moment. To be honest, he did not expect Zhu Yuanzhang to react like this. He just simply wanted to scold Li Shanchang and the others. As for the consequences, at most he would be caught and stayed in the Tianlao for two days. Anyway, he had his own luxurious single room there, and staying there for two days would be like a vacation for himself.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to speak directly, which was somewhat unexpected for him.

It's just talk, is it difficult for him?
"Stand still!"

"Stand properly and kneel properly. Don't be crooked. Listen to the class properly!"

Ouyang Lun reacted quickly and directly put himself into the role of "teacher".

"Ouyang Lun you..." Lan Yu was about to question.

"What are you talking about? Are you deaf or do you want to disobey His Majesty? His Majesty just said that I will say what I want to say!" Ouyang Lun said loudly: "His Majesty has agreed that I can teach you. Since it is a class, there must be rules for the class. As a teacher, what's wrong with me rectifying the classroom discipline?"

"You are a bunch of idiots. When I teach others, they have to pay for it. Today I teach you for free, and you are still reluctant? You really don't know how to appreciate your blessings. Of course, I don't expect you to be grateful!"

"Today I am teaching you entirely for His Majesty's sake. Don't be ungrateful!"

"." Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless and couldn't help muttering in his heart, "Thank you for giving me face!"

"." Li Shanchang and other officials also looked surprised, and said as if we really want to listen to your class.

Ouyang Lun completely ignored all this and continued, "Stop publishing newspapers? You're so stupid to say that. Newspapers can spread information on a large scale and unify people's thoughts. This is the same as Qin Shi Huang's standardization of the wheel gauge and the writing system. It's just that 'standardization of the wheel gauge and the writing system' are just appearances, while 'newspapers' are the inner thoughts. Only when the two are combined can a country be unified and the political situation be stable!"

"Stop publishing the newspaper, stand still, and let others control public opinion? You are really smart!"

"And don't you know that you can now advertise in newspapers? That's an extra source of advertising revenue. It can bring in hundreds of millions of taels of silver a year. Even if I cut you into pieces and sell your meat, I can't make that much!"

After listening to Ouyang Lun's words, Li Shanchang and others looked extremely ugly.

He wanted to refute, but was worried about Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, so he could only stand there obediently, feeling extremely uncomfortable from the inside out.

"Just now you said you wanted to thoroughly investigate the Ministry of Revenue, saying that there was something fishy going on in the Ministry of Revenue. Haha, you really have nothing to do. If there is something fishy going on in the Ministry of Revenue, just show us the evidence instead of just saying it. I still suspect that you are embezzling money and forming a clique for personal gain. Why should I investigate you too?"

When Ouyang Lun said this, Li Shanchang and others' faces changed.

"Slander! This is total slander!"

"Your Majesty, we protest!"

"Protest? You have the nerve to protest. You eat the Ministry of Revenue's food but you want to destroy it. You are such idiots!" Ouyang Lun did not tolerate it at all and continued to complain. "When you came to the Ministry of Revenue to collect the money, your attitude was so good. Is it because you get paid too easily and live too well? You have to find something to do, right?"

"If you are really too idle, you can come and sign up with me. I will arrange for you to work in the workshop, which can be regarded as a contribution to the construction of Ming Dynasty."

"Okay, that's all for today's lesson."

"Finally, I have one more thing to say to you!" Ouyang Lun pointed at Li Shanchang and the others in front of him and said with disdain: "You are truly the worst group of students I have ever taught."

quiet--!
The ministers headed by Li Shanchang and Lan Yu looked extremely ugly at this moment. Their faces were red and their necks were thick. They looked at Ouyang Lun with gritted teeth, but there was still a hint of shock in their angry eyes!
None of them had expected that Ouyang Lun would be so presumptuous as to scold them right in front of the Emperor!
"Be bold!"

"Ouyang Lun, even if His Majesty allows you to speak, I am an important official of the court, and you cannot humiliate me like this!"

"And you just said that we are eating the food of the Ministry of Revenue, you are wrong! We are eating the food of His Majesty!"

"In front of His Majesty, Ouyang Lun, you actually said such presumptuous words. You are simply lawless. Not only do you not take me, the civil and military ministers, seriously, you also do not take His Majesty seriously!"

"Ignoring the laws and rules of the court! This is a serious crime!"

Li Shanchang spoke righteously, as if Ouyang Lun was an unforgivable criminal.

After Li Shanchang spoke, the other ministers naturally followed suit. For a moment, all the officials were blaming Ouyang Lun for his crimes.

The series of failures before had made Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and other Huaixi Party members want to give up, but after being severely scolded by Ouyang Lun just now, they were of course angry, but also somewhat happy at the same time. The reason was very simple. Such arrogant and domineering remarks were a complete challenge to the emperor's majesty.

Ouyang Lun is really too proud! All we need to do next is to seize this opportunity to attack Ouyang Lun, and it is very likely that he will be knocked down!
Swearing in the court is already a serious crime.

There is no doubt that this has touched the bottom line of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and Ouyang Lun will inevitably be in great trouble next.

Although there may not be substantial evidence that Li Deli was corrupt, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang could just let Ouyang Lun go and give him a scolding.

The newspaper's mistakes posed too great a threat, but its huge influence and ability to make money also made Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang show mercy.

But his repeated outrages and insults in the Hall of Supreme Harmony were simply the behavior of a barbarian. Zhu Yuanzhang would not let Ouyang Lun off.

Hope was rekindled in the hearts of Li Shanchang and others!
As long as Ouyang Lun can be defeated, everything will be easy.

Zhu Yuanzhang also frowned at this moment. He agreed to let Ouyang Lun have the so-called "lesson" because he wanted Ouyang Lun to explain it to the ministers so that he could go with the flow and put the matter behind him. But he never expected that Ouyang Lun, who was always too lazy to argue and was not competitive, would be so tough today!
He almost brought out the same posture as in the last debate with the scholars, no, it was even more ferocious! Angry. Zhu Yuanzhang must be angry. Ouyang Lun totally didn't give him, the emperor, face. If it was someone else, this person's head would definitely have been chopped off.

"Father, don't be impulsive! Brother-in-law Ouyang..."

Zhu Biao was also worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would go berserk, so he quickly reminded him in a low voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly, "Don't worry, I know what to do."

"Be quiet!"

Following Zhu Yuanzhang's shout.

The Taiji Hall immediately became quiet.

Li Shanchang and others looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with expectant eyes. Ouyang Lun should be prepared to face the wrath of His Majesty the Emperor!
"Corruption is something that our Ming Dynasty will never tolerate!"

"Li Deli was executed by slow slicing, his property confiscated and his clan exterminated!"

"The Guangxi Provincial Newspaper failed to detect the fraud, and the editor-in-chief of the provincial newspaper was dismissed and the employee in question was punished with ten penalties!"

"Other people involved will be dealt with according to the law."

"As for Ouyang Lun... there is no evidence to prove his involvement. Li Deli's corruption case has nothing to do with him. Ouyang Lun is not the head of the newspaper, and the provincial newspaper's publication error has nothing to do with him."

"Finally, it's about Ouyang Lun's behavior in the hall just now... Although his words and actions were a bit out of line, he was also frank and straightforward, and what he said... made a lot of sense!"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt like his head was about to explode. In order to exonerate Ouyang Lun and exempt him from criminal law, Zhu Yuanzhang really said all the reasons he could think of.

Uh-huh! ! ? ?
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Li Shanchang and others widened their eyes.

what?
Did they hear it wrong?
His Majesty the Emperor is not trying to punish Ouyang Lun, he is clearly trying to absolve Ouyang Lun of his guilt!
Li Deli is corrupt, that's fine.

It's okay if the newspaper is wrong.

It’s okay to curse people in the hall.

This……

Li Shanchang and others were in despair.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke again, "However, speaking foul language in the hall is really undermining the dignity of the court and must be punished!"

Hearing this, Li Shanchang and others' eyes lit up again!

Your Majesty is still Your Majesty!
The most ruthless one is yet to come, and now I can finally deal with Ouyang Lun severely.

Catch Ouyang Lun quickly!

"Then fine Ouyang Lun... Ouyang Lun... one year's salary!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

Fine one year's salary?! That's it?
Your Majesty, are you serious?!
"Let's end this matter here and don't mention it again!" Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly.

Ah!
Officials such as Li Shanchang were dumbfounded.

Is Ouyang Lun the one who is short of that year's salary? You might as well give Ouyang Lun a few beatings instead of just fining him his salary!
"Your Majesty, is this the way to deal with it?"

Li Shanchang was unwilling and asked quickly.

"Your Majesty is so partial to Ouyang Lun that it will probably disappoint all the officials!" Duke of Liang Lan Yu said in a loud voice.

Just when other officials were about to follow Li Shanchang and Lan Yu in expressing their dissatisfaction with this matter, Ouyang Lun himself stood up.

"Your Majesty, I also think this matter has been handled too lightly!"

Although Ouyang Lun didn't know why Zhu Yuanzhang let him go so easily and even cleared him of the charges, he knew that this was definitely not Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention.

At this time, Ouyang Lun was too lazy to think about why Zhu Yuanzhang did this, but he could use this incident to "fight" for himself.

"I think that whether it's Li Deli's corruption case or the newspaper's erroneous publication, I, Ouyang Lun, bear the unshirkable leadership responsibility. Although I deny some of the stupid accusations, I cannot forgive myself for these mistakes!"

"Your Majesty, please remove my titles as Minister of Revenue and Chief of Imperial Clan, and if possible, the title of Prince Consort can also be taken away!"

"Only in this way can I feel at ease, and only in this way can the people of the world believe in the justice of our Ming Dynasty!"

Ouyang Lun cupped his hands and said loudly.

Ho!
After Ouyang Lun finished speaking, Li Shanchang and others looked at Ouyang Lun in shock.

Ouyang Lun pleaded guilty? And resigned on his own initiative?

its not right!
You were just arguing with them, why are you admitting your guilt now?

What exactly is Ouyang Lun up to?

Just when the officials at the scene were wondering why Ouyang Lun's attitude suddenly changed, Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze also fell on Ouyang Lun. However, there was no doubt in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, but instead a look of seeing through.

Damn it! This guy didn't admit his mistake! If he really wanted to admit his mistake, he wouldn't have just confronted Li Shanchang and his people.

This guy's real purpose is to get rid of all the burdens on his body, then run away with his wife and children and live a free and easy life.

Pooh! Beautiful thought!
We have worked so hard for so long to let you stand at the core of the court. If we really let you run away like this, it would be a great loss.

Your idea will never succeed!

Besides, you won't live long anyway, so you should spend all your remaining time on the development of Ming Dynasty to realize your greatest value.

"Ahem, Ouyang Lun, are you really willing to resign from your positions as Minister of Revenue and Chief of the Imperial Clan?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

"Of course, I have committed a serious crime. Your Majesty has shown me mercy by simply dismissing me from my post. I must not be ungrateful!"

Ouyang Lun nodded repeatedly, as if hesitating for even a second would be a mistake.

Zhu Yuanzhang:
Damn it! You really acted for me.

This clan order can be given to someone else, but if you, Ouyang Lun, are in charge of this Ministry of Revenue, who can get it done?
Give up! Don't even think about it!

(End of this chapter)