Wu Meiniang is not a kind man and a trustworthy man. She will never ask any questions about her that are not beneficial to her. The reason why she agreed to Han Yi's request was very simple, which was to improve the status of a woman. Once the status of a woman is improved, she will be the biggest beneficiary. It can be seen that at this time she is gradually not satisfied with the position of queen. She hopes to go to the forefront and participate in politics openly.

However, women's interference in politics has always been a taboo for the country. If women can participate in more affairs and assume more responsibilities, then once they have the opportunity, the resistance they encounter will naturally be greatly reduced.

Of course, this does not mean that she will go to the front desk soon. It is impossible at present. She just leaves a chance here, and she will not pay any price anyway. Encourage women to do good deeds, so why not do it?

Because Han Yi knew that Wu Meiniang was a very ambitious woman, he was very confident in lobbying Wu Meiniang. Wu Meiniang had no reason to refuse such a good thing that came to her door. On this point, they had common interests, and it could also be said that Han Yi tried to make them have common interests.

Wu Meiniang wrote a letter on the spot, asking Han Yi to take it to Yang Sine.

Just as the letter was received, Zhang Desheng suddenly walked in and said, "Little Man, see the Queen."

Wu Meiniang asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Zhang Desheng glanced at Han Yi and said, "Your Majesty asked Mr. Han to come over."

Han Yi and Wu Meiniang looked at each other. Wu Meiniang said, "Go quickly."

"I'm going to leave!"

Han Yi left the Imperial Garden and immediately asked Zhang Desheng in a low voice: "Shaojian Zhang, what happened?"

Zhang Desheng laughed strangely and said, "You have caused a big mess this time."

Han Yi said in surprise: "Ah? What does it mean?"

Zhang Desheng whispered: "The Censor General impeached you to accept bribes."

“Accept bribes?”

Han Yi was stunned at first, then understood and squeezed out a smile.

Zhang Desheng laughed happily. He knew that the emperor could not blame Han Yi, so he was very relaxed.

But when Han Yi came to Liangyi Hall, it seemed that the case was not the case. Li Yi's mansion, Du Zhenglun, Wei Siqian, and Cui Jieren were all there.

Li Zhi said with an unhappy look: "Now Han Yi is here, tell him."

Wei Siqian immediately glared at Han Yi and said, "Shilarious Minister Han, according to our Censorate's investigation, during your reception, you have successively collected four boxes of jewelry from Lu Dongzan and five horses from the Prince of Heyuan."

Han Yi nodded and said, "It's because of this. Is there any problem?"

Wei Siqian snorted, "As the Minister of Revenue, you have accepted bribes openly and dared to speak loudly in front of His Majesty. It's so outrageous." As he said that, he bowed to Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, if such corrupt officials are not severely punished, the court atmosphere will be ruined."

He is the Chief Censor of the Censor. He has the right to impeach any minister. He doesn't care who you are. The tone of the Censorate is so arrogant.

Li Zhi was speechless.

"Live!"

Han Yi raised his hand and said, "This is a ritual, how can I accept bribes? And I have reported this to Your Majesty."

Wei Siqian said: "Mr. Han, although I am old, I am not so confused that I can't even distinguish between etiquette and bribery. Even if you report to Your Majesty, then so what? The court has the rules and regulations of the court, and you shouldn't accept this gift. If you report to Your Majesty, it is not considered accepting bribes, then Your Majesty can protect his ministers at will? This is not fair to all the civil and military officials in the court, and even to Your Majesty."

Li Zhi looked at Wei Siqian with anger, regretting why he found this stubborn donkey back.

Han Yi smiled and said, "Wei Zhongcheng, you are well-informed. You should know that I personally bear half of the gifts given to Tubo and Tuyuhun by the court this time."

"This is not the same thing, what do you think of?" Wei Siqian retorted for a while.

"Of course this is one thing!"

Han Yi said: "What is etiquette? Isn't it just a reciprocity? In fact, I didn't want to accept this gift at that time. They really put it into my hands and ran away. If I ended up here, I did accept bribes, and I had nothing to say. However, I am honest and law-abiding and cannot let them succeed. Therefore, in order to show my innocence, I first reported to Your Majesty, but this is not to let Your Majesty cover me up, but I hope I can use the court to In the name of the name, give them gifts, and the gifts I give them are not lighter than the gifts they give me. This does not mean returning the gifts they gave me to them. Giving you a thousand gold is a bribe, but if you return the bribe immediately, is it still a bribe? If, according to Wei Zhongcheng's words, I will go to your mansion and throw a hundred taels of gold from outside the wall, can I also sue you for taking bribes?"

Li Zhi's eyes lit up when he heard this. The defense was so beautiful, and he said, "If this is the case, then the ministers in the court will use this to exclude political enemies. Wei Zhongcheng, you may not be spared."

"Even if Mr. Han is right!" Wei Siqian suddenly looked at Li Yi's mansion again and said, "What about Mr. Li? Should Mr. Li give them the gifts he received? And as far as I know, Mr. Li can only receive two boxes of gold, silver and jewelry from Lu Dongzan, at least no less than six boxes, and there are ten female maids."

There was a good show! Han Yi suddenly looked relaxed, and saw Li Zhi looking at Li Yi's mansion in surprise, and he guessed in his heart.

Li Yifu said anxiously: "I just collected two boxes of gold, silver and jewelry from Lu Dongzan, and I also reported to His Majesty that as for the ten maids, I am also innocent. Lu Dongzan asked the ten maids to deliver the gift boxes to my mansion, and the ten maids refused to leave. What can I do?"

Du Zhenglun said coldly: "If everyone says like Mr. Li, then the court has a good effect? ​​No wonder Lu Dongzan agreed immediately as soon as you took action. Who knows what agreement you have with Lu Dongzan in private?"

Li Yifu said anxiously: "You should stop slandering others. I am determined to share your worries. Is there any mistake in the agreement? "

Wei Siqian bowed to Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty just said that Mr. Li only collected two boxes of jewelry, but now there are ten more maids. How much Mr. Li still hides? It's unknown."

Du Zhenglun said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the corruption of the government has been from top to bottom. If the ministers are nothave properly, it is likely that the officials below will follow suit. Why was the government in Zhenguan period clear and clear? It is because of this group of honest and upright ministers. I would like to ask Your Majesty to put the government first."

Li Yifu said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to their nonsense. They are obviously jealous of the great contributions of the empress, so they are accused of the crimes. I have reported them to you."

Li Zhi had a great headache because during the Zhenguan period, officials attached great importance to corruption and bribery. No matter how big an official you are, if you dare to embezzle, as long as you catch it, you must be severely punished. But Li Zhi knew the reason. Even if Li Yifu had hidden some gifts privately, he made great contributions. If he had to be punished according to the crime, Li Yifu would be over. But Wei Siqian and Du Zhenglun were obviously unwilling to give up, and the emperor would not openly cover up the Li Yifu. Otherwise, how could he convince the public? Everyone would be corrupt by then.

You should know that Chu Suiliang was demoted to another place because of a few acres of land.

Li Yifu gradually realized something was wrong, and dense beads of sweat oozed out of his forehead, so he would not overturn the boat in the gutter.

Han Yi, who was leisurely beside him, suddenly saw Cui Jieren and couldn't help but look at him, his eyes full of smiles, as if saying, "You both suffer losses, I'm so embarrassed to benefit!"

Cui Jieren was very upset when he saw Han Yi gloating there. He pondered a little and immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach one person and ignore the law."

Are you still here to join in the fun? Li Zhi was very unhappy and said, "I wonder who you are going to impeach?"

There is a bit of warning in the voice.

Cui Jie said: "Your Majesty is the one who I want to impeach."

As soon as this said, everyone was shocked. This kid was crazy.

Li Zhi was stunned for a long time and said, "You - you said you want to impeach me?"

"Report to Your Majesty, I am indeed impeaching Your Majesty!" Cui Jieren said quickly: "Although Mr. Li is at fault, I believe that the main fault lies with Your Majesty. As a monarch, Your Majesty should be careful in his words and actions. Knowing that the gold, silver and jewelry were given to Mr. Li by Lu Dongzan, he did not allow Mr. Li to return it back or confiscate it. Instead, he rewarded Mr. Li casually. This caused Mr. Li not to take the ten maids seriously. I think the main reason for this is because Mr. Li is too rash and wants to hold him accountable."

Li Yifu, Du Zhenglun, and Wei Siqian were all trembling. What was going on?

However, Han Yi, who was watching the show on the side, was full of admiration. This guy is really smart!

Li Zhi's eyes were breathing fire when he heard this. This sesame thing actually made a mess on him. It's okay, I thought to myself, is Cui Jieren still planning to lock me up? Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a roar in his heart, it's not right, Cui Jieren is helping me! He sighed heavily and said, "What Cui Aiqing said is, I'm all blamed for this. If I hadn't been too rash at the time, I wouldn't have made such a fuss. I should be responsible for this."

As he said that, he looked at Wei Siqian, if you have the guts, come and punish me.

No matter how honest Wei Siqian was, he didn't dare to have such courage. He said embarrassedly: "How dare I ask Your Majesty for your conviction?"

Du Zhenglun said: "Your Majesty is the king of a country. If there are any mistakes, it must be that the minister has not corrected Your Majesty's faults in time. The minister should be punished on behalf of Your Majesty."

Li Yifu was gritting his teeth when he heard this. This guy was killing me!

Li Zhi asked, "Then what is your duty as the Minister of the Yellow Sect?"

Du Zhenglun was stunned for a moment and said in panic: "I am guilty!"

Wei Siqian said: "I am guilty."

When Han Yi saw this situation, he quickly said, "I am guilty."

Li Yifu also said: "I am guilty."

Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, you are not guilty. This is indeed because I am not considering it properly. After all, you were not here at that time, and I should have thought about it. But I am very clear about the whole story of this matter. Minister Li is dedicated to the country, otherwise I would not have given him the jewelry." As he said that, he looked up at Cui Jieren and said, "Chief Cui, it was you who impeached me. What do you think you should do?"

Cui Jie said: "The old saying goes, no one has any mistakes. If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. Your Majesty is not stubborn, but can reflect on yourself. Just like this, this is also a blessing for my Tang Dynasty. The empress suggests confiscating all the gifts received by Mr. Li to show punishment."

Li Zhi nodded and said to Wei Siqian again: "Wei Zhongcheng, what do you think?"

Wei Siqian said: "I agree with the words of Censor Cui."

Li Zhi said to Li Yifu again: "Mr. Li, you will send the gifts you receive to the Censorate, and then the Censorate to the Ministry of Revenue to show justice."

Li Yifu quickly said, "I obey the order."
Chapter completed!