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

Chapter 506 is all garbage! (Subscribe please!!)

amount……

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment by Ouyang Lun's response. He was a little angry at first, but after thinking about it... he felt that what Ouyang Lun said seemed to make some sense.

"Your Majesty, this matter cannot be dismissed just because of Ouyang Lun's veto." Li Shanchang said quickly: "These merchants in Zhejiang Province were killed and their families destroyed by Ouyang Lun and his followers. Now, in order to seek justice, they have come all the way from Zhejiang Province thousands of miles away to beat the drum for reporting the case. Some have even lost their lives for this!"

After saying this, Li Shanchang secretly winked at Feng Degui and others.

Feng Degui understood what Li Shanchang meant.

bump!

Feng Degui kowtowed again.

After three consecutive kowtows, Feng Degui's forehead was bleeding.

"Your Majesty, please help me! My family has been destroyed and my loved ones have all been killed. If I cannot get justice, I will just crash into the palace and die!"

Done.

bump!

Three more beeps.

Feng Degui's behavior shocked everyone present. This was not just kowtowing, he was clearly fighting for his life!
Li Shanchang was very satisfied with Feng Degui's performance. He even thought to himself that if he could successfully trick Ouyang Lun today, he would definitely promote Feng Degui, Zhongyong, in the future.

Seeing Feng Degui fighting so hard and Li Shanchang watching him again, the other businessmen could only grit their teeth and catch up quickly.

bump!

For a moment, the sound of kowtows could be heard one after another throughout the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Originally, Li Shanchang was quite confident that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang would not watch Feng Degui and his men die in the Taiji Hall.

But as time passed, Zhu Yuanzhang did not react at all. He just looked at Feng Degui and others who were kowtowing below with a cold expression.

At the beginning, Feng Degui and his companions kowtowed very hard, but no one stopped them, so they could only continue to kowtow awkwardly. Their heads were broken and bleeding, and they did not dare to stop at all.

boom.

One businessman couldn't bear it and fell to the ground, fainting.

what happened?

Li Shanchang became anxious. If Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak up, Feng Degui and his men would surely die here.

"Stop, stop knocking!"

Li Shanchang stepped forward to stop him.

After hearing what Li Shanchang said, Feng Degui and others immediately stopped kowtowing and collapsed to the ground like dead pigs.

"Your Majesty, the behavior of these merchants just now is enough to prove their determination!"

"Your Majesty, please consider their determination and make the decision for them!"

Li Shanchang bowed and said to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Li Shanchang, you must be mistaken. I didn't ask them to kowtow. They kowtowed on their own. I thought they were not performing for me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.

"Forehead……"

Hearing this, Li Shanchang almost fainted.

Feng Degui and others were disheartened.

"Your Majesty, can we just let this matter go?" Li Shanchang said unwillingly.

"Well, of course I won't just let it go. Since we've already sounded the alarm, we have to get to the bottom of this matter!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Gang hurriedly walked in from outside the hall and handed Zhu Yuanzhang a memorial.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the memorial and read it. His face turned angry and he shouted in a deep voice, "Feng Degui?"

"Grass... the people are here!"

Hearing that it was the emperor calling, Feng Degui quickly got up from the ground.

"You just told me that you were murdered by Ouyang Lun and his gang and your family was destroyed?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Feng Degui pointed at Ouyang Lun with a look of grief and indignation, saying, "My family property has now completely fallen into the hands of Ouyang Lun and his men. I am now penniless!"

"There are many people who have suffered the same fate as Cao Min. We are just representatives!"

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for us!"

boom!
As soon as Feng Degui finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the dragon table hard.

"Feng Degui, you are so bold! You beat the drum to report the news and made up a lie to deceive me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang’s roar made Feng Degui panic.

"Your Majesty, everything I said is true. I no longer have any assets in my name!"

Feng Degui quickly explained.

"You do not have any assets under your name, but do you think your hidden tricks can deceive my Jinyiwei?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Just now the Jinyiwei reported that you businessmen came to the capital in luxurious carriages, stayed in the best inns, and ate delicacies from land and sea?"

"Tell me, did you flee all the way to the capital? You are clearly here for tourism!"

"Is this what you call having no assets? Do you think I'm stupid?"

amount……

After being exposed by Zhu Yuanzhang, Feng Degui and others dared not make any further explanation.

At this moment, everyone present had realized that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was clearly favoring Ouyang Lun.

Li Shanchang naturally noticed this and couldn't help feeling a little panicked.

Originally, Li Shanchang believed that after hundreds of officials jointly reported Ouyang Lun, Zhu Yuanzhang already had a very bad impression of Ouyang Lun, and now several businessmen had sounded the drum to sue Ouyang Lun.

Even if I can't defeat Ouyang Lun this time, at least I can make him lose some skin.

But judging from the current situation, it is hard to say whether Ouyang Lun can be hurt at all, let alone lose a layer of skin.

At this moment, Li Shanchang could not help but feel resentful in his heart - Zhu Yuanzhang was too partial this time!
Even with the impeachment of officials and the complaints from merchants, Zhu Yuanzhang still could not completely dislike Ouyang Lun.

Unlike Li Shanchang, Feng Degui and others, Ouyang Lun was quite surprised. Zhu Yuanzhang's performance today was completely beyond his expectations.

Ouyang Lun actually seemed to be protecting his own son, and his words were extremely cunning. He simply turned a blind eye to the accusations against him by Li Shanchang, Feng Degui and others, and focused instead on these businessmen themselves.

It is obvious that these businessmen cannot withstand scrutiny.

It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang hit the weak spot of Feng Degui and others with one punch.

Faced with Zhu Yuanzhang's questioning, even Feng Degui, who was firm in attitude and eloquent, was unable to answer.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony fell silent again.

Li Shanchang knew very well that if things continued like this, Ouyang Lun would not suffer any loss. This was something Li Shanchang absolutely did not want to see. This opportunity was rare. If Ouyang Lun was not suppressed, then the Tax Inspection Department would only take more ruthless actions next time.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, Feng Degui and his men were treated well on their way from Zhejiang Province to the capital, but the money was not theirs, but was donated by merchants who had the same experience and people who sympathized with them. They did not deceive the king!"

After Li Shanchang finished speaking, he looked at Ouyang Lun and continued, "On the contrary, Ouyang Lun persecuted officials and harmed businessmen. These crimes are set in stone."

"As an important official of the court and the current emperor's son-in-law, Ouyang Lun should set a good example for the people of the world. Your Majesty, please pay attention to this!"

Li Shanchang said in a deep voice.

Many officials in the hall also felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's actions were a bit too much, and they followed Li Shanchang's lead in making suggestions.

"Your Majesty, we are unwilling to believe that Prince Consort Ouyang has done anything illegal, but if we don't conduct a serious investigation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop the people from talking nonsense."

"A few days ago, hundreds of officials in the court jointly reported Prince Consort Ouyang, but those reports fell on deaf ears. Now, a few businessmen are beating the drum to report Prince Consort Ouyang. As far as I know, some people in some places have even gathered to protest!"

"This matter is now known to the world. If it is not handled properly, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public!"

Feng Degui and others had already given up hope, but when they saw the support of Li Shanchang and many officials, they immediately saw hope again.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me and the others!"

"Your Majesty, didn't you say that for corrupt officials, it's better to kill the wrong ones than to let them go?"

"Just because Ouyang Lun is your son-in-law, are you biased towards him?"

Facing the calls from officials represented by Li Shanchang and businessmen represented by Feng Degui.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said loudly: "Enough!"

"I know everything you said! But you have no say on what really happened!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's fierce eyes swept around and finally fell on Ouyang Lun.

Only then did I realize that this guy had never spoken again after saying a word when he came, and he was like a spectator the whole time.

Mudd!

Asshole Ouyang Lun, these people are reporting you! It's as if they are reporting me.

"Ouyang Lun, what do you think about this matter!?"

Since you don't speak, I will let you speak!

Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well that Ouyang Lun was not an easy person to talk to, and he was also very narrow-minded. Li Shanchang and Feng Degui were completely targeting Ouyang Lun today.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe it, and Ouyang Lun had no objection to this at all.

Swish--

Everyone in the hall looked at Ouyang Lun.

Ouyang Lun seemed extremely calm about this, as if he had expected this.

Ouyang Lun spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty, they have explained it so clearly, what else can I say?"

"But in my opinion, these people are just garbage!"

"Ouyang Lun, how dare you insult us in front of His Majesty!" Li Shanchang asked angrily.

"Sir Li, you are being hypocritical. You are allowed to scold me, but I am not allowed to scold you?" Ouyang Lun rolled his eyes at Li Shanchang.

"When did I scold you?"

Li Shanchang looked confused.

"Is Lord Li pretending to be stupid? Or is he just forgetful?" Ouyang Lun said calmly: "You just called him a corrupt official. Isn't that an insult?"

"I'm telling the truth!" Li Shanchang said unhappily.

"What I said is true. You are indeed rubbish!" Ouyang Lun said indifferently.

"you!"

Li Shanchang was extremely angry.

"Ouyang Lun, I want you to talk about the allegations of corruption, forming a clique for personal gain, and oppressing the people, not to start a quarrel!"

Seeing that his Hall of Supreme Harmony was about to turn into a quarrelsome market, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately spoke up to stop it.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Li Shanchang bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang, then cast a contemptuous look at Ouyang Lun, "Ouyang Lun, no matter how eloquent you are this time, you can't escape any of these responsibilities, don't try to quibble!"

Ouyang Lun smiled faintly, "Master Li, who told you that I was going to quibble?"

"What did you just say about me? Corruption? That's right... I was corrupt. I have taken at least tens of billions of silver over the years. I don't even know how many Ming laws I have violated. I won't go into details here."

"Oppressing the people? Of course this also happens. Some people just need to be oppressed!"

"As for forming a clique for personal gain, Lord Li has more say in this matter than I do!"

"I have done all these. I am greedy based on my ability. You who can't be greedy, what qualifications do you have to criticize me?"

Um?!!?

When Ouyang Lun said this, everyone at the scene was shocked. What kind of vicious words were these!

How dare you say this in front of the emperor!
Li Shanchang had originally thought that Ouyang Lun would make various excuses, and he was prepared to refute them one by one. However... Ouyang Lun directly admitted it and even said these outrageous words.

Normally, Li Shanchang should be happy that Ouyang Lun had blown himself up, but... at this moment he felt a little uneasy.

Li Shanchang subconsciously looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction made Li Shanchang feel even more depressed.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not as angry as expected, but rather calm.

Could it be that all of Ouyang Lun's actions were approved by Zhu Yuanzhang?
If that's the case, then wouldn't I be like a clown?
In fact, Li Shanchang's analysis was only half correct, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed not too angry at the moment, mainly because everything Ouyang Lun had done was recorded in Zhu Yuanzhang's little notebook.

If he really wanted to take action against Ouyang Lun, he would have done it long ago. Even when Ouyang Lun had just entered Beijing, Zhu Yuanzhang only used the tactic of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill Ouyang Lun many times, he gave up in the end. As time went by, Zhu Yuanzhang's desire to kill Ouyang Lun did not disappear, but Zhu Yuanzhang clearly felt that the resistance and cost of killing Ouyang Lun were increasing!

So when Ouyang Lun directly admitted these charges, Zhu Yuanzhang was unusually calm. Even Zhu Yuanzhang himself was shocked by his own calmness.

Just when Li Shanchang and Zhu Yuanzhang were shocked by Ouyang Lun's outrageous remarks.

Ouyang Lun spoke again.

"Sir Li, calling you trash is actually an insult to the word trash. Tell me what you have done for the Ming Dynasty over the years. You were in charge of the four southern provinces and almost killed all the people there."

"As the Minister of Revenue, you ended up messing up the Ministry of Revenue, and it has not been sorted out yet. If it weren't for the Taxation Inspection Department keeping an eye on you, would you still have the chance to stand here and talk to me?"

"So if you're not trash, then what are you?"

"Sir Li, if I were you, I would just resign and go home to grow sweet potatoes! No no... With your condition, you can't even grow sweet potatoes! You are just wasting air and food!"

Ouyang Lun is on full fire!

"Don't think I'm only talking about Li Shanchang. You are even more useless than Li Shanchang!"

"I just don't understand how you have the nerve to live in this world."

Ouyang Lun shook his head, his face full of disdain.

Ouyang Lun’s map cannon was extremely powerful. As soon as he finished speaking, everyone except Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, father and son, looked at Ouyang Lun angrily.

(End of this chapter)