Three whips break the father-son relationship, please call me prince

Chapter 282: Beating a dog depends on its owner. There is no right or wrong, only position.

"Damn it."

"Who did it?"

Li Yifu was shocked and angry.

The news spread throughout the court that Li Yifu was corrupt, accepted bribes, and manipulated public opinion.

Any one of these charges is enough to get him beheaded.

At present, the court has not taken any action, but it must have been investigating in secret.

Once the charges are proven, he will be doomed.

He wondered in his mind who was taking revenge.

This kind of reporting does not happen by chance, it is premeditated and inevitable.

In other words, the other party came prepared and was even secretly watching him.

Who is it?

Who wants him dead?

"Li Yifu!"

Someone from the Eastern Palace came and ordered him to go there immediately.

"I accept the teaching order!"

When Li Yifu left the General News Department and saw his former subordinates, he looked very confused.

Some people gloat over other people's misfortune, some shake their heads and sigh, and some even remain indifferent.

He ignored it coldly and headed to the East Palace as quickly as possible.

"I, Li Yifu, the Secretary of the General Information Department, pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

Li Chengqian sat behind the desk, looking at the memorial but ignoring him.

Li Yifu was kneeling on the ground. In this cold winter season, beads of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, dripping onto the ground, but he dared not wipe it off.

Di Renjie stood aside with his hands clasped, not looking away, as if Li Yifu did not exist.

The atmosphere in the hall was solemn and depressing.

Li Yifu didn't dare to breathe and tried his best to control his breathing.

The only sound was the prince flipping through memorials and writing.

I don’t know how long it took.

When Li Yifu's legs lost feeling and his whole body was shaking, he finally heard the sound of nature.

"The report received by the Censorate said that during the few years you were in the General Information Office, you embezzled tens of millions of dollars and threatened newspapers to write articles praising you in order to gain fame."

"is not it?"

Li Chengqian said: "You only have one chance, think carefully about your answer."

"Your Highness, I am guilty!"

Li Yifu expressed his opinion as soon as the prince finished speaking.

He was so clean and efficient that Li Chengqian was a little surprised.

"No excuses?"

Li Yifu bowed his head and said, "I dare not deceive Your Highness. I was blinded by evil spirits and greed for profit, so I did such a foolish thing."

"I have failed Your Highness and will never redeem myself even if I die."

Di Renjie said angrily, "Li Yifu, the prince thinks highly of you and has entrusted you with important tasks, and this is how you repay His Highness?"

"To gain fame, they are willing to even threaten others."

"And he even stretched out his hand to threaten and demand a bribe..."

Li Yifu hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I absolutely did not force you to take the money."

“They gave it to me on their own initiative.”

Di Renjie asked, "Do you want to accept it if I give it to you?"

"At that time, they didn't ask me to do anything. I just gave them a hand within the scope of the General Information Department's regulations." Li Yifu explained: "I don't think it's a big deal."

"It didn't violate the rules, so..."

He took a few steps on his knees and shouted, "Your Highness, I absolutely did not threaten you."

"It's not that I don't want to refuse, but living in Chang'an is not easy."

"Meeting guests and socializing all require money. I was bewildered and confused for a moment, which led to such a big mistake."

Li Yifu knew that the only one who could protect him now was the crown prince.

If he still hides something and makes the prince disgusted, there will be absolutely no room for maneuver.

Now, she could only risk it all and express her true feelings in front of the prince.

Otherwise, the people who plotted against him would make him die without a burial place.

“Who sent the money?”

Li Chengqian asked.

"There are the Cui family, the Lu family, and other big families, the Xiao family, the Huo family..." said Li Yifu.

"What about the reputation article?"

"It was my fault. I wanted to gain fame and be favored by Your Highness and Your Majesty, and be given more important positions..."

Li Chengqian looked at Li Yifu as if he were an idiot.

It was exactly the same as what Honghua did to him.

He didn't even know someone was plotting against him.

Only now did I realize that a disaster was imminent.

However, it is understandable that Li Yifu was the head of the General Information Department and had considerable power. It is possible that he became inflated and was not prepared for temptation.

But he didn't expect that with the support of the Eastern Palace, someone would plot against him so carefully.

Being lost is not scary. What is scary is that some people deliberately create the illusion that they have no problem getting lost.

"You must give all the money to the East Palace."

"You should apologize to His Majesty yourself."

"How to deal with you is up to your majesty!"

Li Chengqian said coldly: "Go away!"

"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness."

Li Yifu crawled away on his knees. Di Renjie watched him disappear before he withdrew his gaze and said indignantly, "Your Highness, I don't understand why you spared Li Yifu."

"He has clearly violated the law and should be severely punished.

Li Chengqian's cold expression melted, and he shook his head and smiled, "Huaiying."

"Sometimes, right or wrong is not important, what matters is your stance."

Di Renjie said: "Students don't understand!"

"You still have the blood and sharpness of a young man."

Li Chengqian said: "You only care about right and wrong, but you don't know that interests are more important."

"Is it as simple as reporting Li Yifu this time?" He said with a cold look on his face, "It's coming for me!"

Di Renjie listened attentively without interrupting.

"I was the one who brought Li Yifu to the General News Department. No matter what, he is considered a member of the Eastern Palace."

"When beating a dog, you have to look at its owner."

"They beat my people and reported it to the Censorate. They didn't even give me, the crown prince, any face at all."

Li Chengqian snorted, "If I can't even protect Li Yifu, wouldn't that be a blow to my prestige?"

"Once people's morale is low, it will be hard to lead the team."

"Do you understand this?"

Di Renjie frowned and thought, then said in surprise, "Doesn't that mean he was also targeting His Majesty?"

"The General Information Office is a new agency."

Li Chengqian said slowly: "I have always been the mouthpiece of the court, spreading the holy image of the Holy Son of Heaven to the world."

"You said that the chief official in charge of the General Information Department is such a corrupt official, a fraud and a name-stealer."

"How will people interpret the saintly virtue of the Holy Son of Heaven?"

Di Renjie was horrified and said, "The flattery and fawning words of the treacherous and evil people...!"

He suddenly realized the horror behind this.

The name of the Holy Son of Heaven has been silently tarnished. What sinister and ill-intentioned people are behind this.

It is easy to disperse people's hearts, but difficult to gather them together.

Once the title of the Holy Son of Heaven is criticized, the consequences will be unbelievable.

"How dare they do this?"

"I'm not afraid..."

Di Renjie's voice was trembling.

"afraid?"

“They are very scared.”

Li Chengqian said calmly: "But they are afraid but still want to do this, which means they have no choice but to take risks."

"Because something is shaking their most fundamental interests."

Di Renjie blurted out: "Is it the tax commissioner?"

Li Chengqian showed his appreciation and said, "Huaiying, you don't think that the tax commissioner's inspection of Taoist temples was smooth sailing without any problems, do you?"

Di Renjie smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, I see it clearly now."

"On the surface, everything is calm. All localities are cooperating with the tax department's investigation. Everything is going smoothly."

"In fact, there are turbulent waves and dangerous situations behind the scenes, and there are conspiracies."

"This time Li Yifu was reported, I'm afraid this is their way of counterattack."

Li Chengqian nodded, "There's no way they'll just surrender like that."

"A desperate dog will jump over the wall, especially one who has stood on the top of the mountain before."

"How could they willingly stand at the foot of the mountain?"

It is said that it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, but easy to go from frugality to extra

That's the truth.

He didn't quite understand how many people were behind this.

But the recent actions of the Tax Commissioner have brought about a series of massive movements.

The Taoist temples were the most affected.

It would be strange if they didn't have any resentment.

Since there is resentment, they will definitely find ways to cause trouble.

It is not difficult to judge that there are their shadows.

The Shandong family is probably also fanning the flames behind the scenes.

After all, the Twenty-One Demands also greatly harmed their fundamental interests.

"These people are really crazy and their crimes should not be punished."

Di Renjie said angrily: "How dare you use this to tarnish the name of the Holy Emperor."

"Now you should understand."

"Why do you want to protect Li Yifu?"

Li Chengqian said: "He can fall anywhere, but he cannot fall as the chief of the News Department."

"The nature of the consequences is too bad and the impact is too bad."

Di Renjie suddenly realized.

Right or wrong is not important, what is important is the stance.

Li Yifu stood on the side of His Majesty and the Crown Prince.

We must never let those scoundrels and schemers succeed.

"But Your Highness, what happened to Li Yifu is true. How can we deal with it so that people will be convinced?" Di Renjie asked.

"It's not simple yet."

Li Chengqian said: "The allegations of corruption and bribery are totally false. After receiving the money, he sent it to the East Palace."

"I can't embezzle, can I?"

Di Renjie suddenly laughed.

If we talk about who in the world is not greedy for money, I am afraid that only the Holy Emperor and the Crown Prince are impossible.

"As for the invitation to write articles, it is the writer's own free will."

"What does it have to do with Li Yifu?"

"To say that people's opinions are being manipulated is alarmist. How could a lowly fifth-rank official manipulate the city of Chang'an under the rule of the imperial court?"

"This is not a joke."

There is a different way of expressing everything.

The most important thing is to see whether the person who speaks the truth is willing to cover up for you.

Li Chengqian covered up for Li Yifu and got rid of all the blame in one go.

"Your Highness, although it is possible to exonerate Li Yifu, I think this will make Li Yifu even more arrogant?"

Di Renjie said worriedly, "I'm afraid that Li Yifu doesn't understand your highness's painstaking efforts."

"If we can transfer him away from the General Information Department..."

"Have you ever thought about whether it would be a bit guilty to be transferred away from Li Yifu under such circumstances?"

"this……."

"So, we can use some other minor things to warn and punish Li Yifu."

Li Chengqian lowered his head and began to read the memorial, still speaking: "Soon, Li Yifu will not only stop being arrogant, but will instead feel jealous and resentful..."

(End of this chapter)