The Empress Dowager

Chapter 272 Corruption
After the disaster relief was over, the emperor was very satisfied with everyone's performance. The emperor rewarded every meritorious minister, especially Murong Yu, who contributed the most in this disaster relief. When the emperor wanted to reward Murong Yu, he would Seeing the fifth prince, Murong Yuan, standing up, "I want to report to my father, I have a book to play."

The emperor on the high seat was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, his face was very serious, his eyes swept across the crowd, and fell on Murong Yuan, he said: "Is there anything to talk about after I finish rewarding you!"

Murong Yuan frowned, and said again: "Father, this matter is of great importance. I'm afraid it will be too late to talk about it later."

"What's important? Let's talk about it." The emperor said with a dignified face.

"Report to Father, this matter is related to the ninth younger brother Murong Yu."

As soon as Murong Yuan's words came out, all the officials discussed: "The Ninth Prince's contribution to the disaster relief is indisputable, what is going on with the Fifth Prince?"

"I see, there must be something strange in this?"

"The Ninth Prince and the Fifth Prince have never been in touch, so how do you impeach the Ninth Prince this time?"

"It's, it's..."

……

Many ministers spoke for Murong Yu, and Murong Yuan's face sank. A group of ignorant people only see the performance but not the real situation. They are really stupid.

"What happened to the Ninth Prince?" the emperor asked.

"I would like to report to my father, it is an indisputable fact that the ninth brother contributed a lot to this disaster relief. But everyone knows that the ninth brother spent a lot of money and manpower on this disaster relief. The ninth brother is well-known in our Jiuli. I don’t know, my poor prince, where did the ninth brother get all the money to help those refugees?”

Murong Yuan said loudly, just as the so-called one hit rocks into a thousand layers of waves, all the officials suddenly understood what happened, but most officials still supported Murong Yu. After all, Murong Yu's disaster relief not only helped the refugees, but also helped them. If not, Murong Yu gave out the silver taels, then these silver taels were paid by them, where did they get these silver taels?

The emperor sitting high thought for a moment, and looked at Murong Yu who stood silent among the officials with sharp eyes:

"You have to give me a reasonable explanation for this matter."

Murong Yu came out slowly, with a thin and tall figure, a face like a crown of jade, looking at the emperor with clear eyes, and said slowly: "The silver taels that my ministers donated for disaster relief are all from my friend Panda, if the emperor doesn't believe it , you can send someone to investigate."

The emperor looked at Murong Yu sharply, snorted, and said for a long time: "I will investigate this matter thoroughly."

Seeing that the emperor didn't get angry, Murong Yuan felt very unwilling, the money for disaster relief was not a small amount, no matter how rich Panda was, it was impossible for him to give out so much money for disaster relief.

Murong Yu's salary is so small every year, so he must not be able to spend so much silver taels. What does it mean that he can spend so much silver taels for disaster relief at once?It shows that Murong Yu is corrupt and perverts the law.

You must know that corruption and breaking the law is a serious crime in Jiuli, ranging from dismissal from office to death penalty, no matter what it is, it is enough for this Murong Yu to suffer.

"Father, my son thinks that this matter can't be left as it is, and everyone should be explained!" Murong Yuan said.

The emperor on the high seat frowned, and turned his eyes to Murong Yuan: "I will handle this matter myself, so there is no need to say anything."

"Your Majesty, this matter is not a trivial matter. As the saying goes, the prince violated the law and committed the same crime as the common people. I hope the Emperor will clearly observe it." Prime Minister Jiang said.

(End of this chapter)