The Prodigal Son's Happy Life - Chapter 121

[Chapter 121 Emperor Chu is furious]

“This”

Liu Cheng looked embarrassed and did not dare to speak.

For the vast Chu State, thousands of refugees were indeed only a minority, but this was something that could not be said.

Emperor Chu still had an angry look on his face.

In addition to the national treasury, the inner government also provided money for this disaster relief.

Although it is still a drop in the bucket for the millions of people affected by the disaster.

But it will not turn so many people into refugees, even paying the price with their lives for a mouthful of porridge.

There are a thousand people in the capital.

How many refugees are there in the entire Gyeonggi region?

How many places in the Central Plains were affected by the disaster?

Emperor Chu didn’t dare to think anymore. His eyes were cold. He glanced at Liu Cheng and asked, “Where did all the money for disaster relief go?”

Liu Cheng lowered his head, sweating profusely, and did not dare to speak.

“I ask you, where did the disaster relief money go?”

Emperor Chu raised his voice and repeated it.

This time, he was obviously really angry.

Liu Cheng’s clothes were soaked with sweat.

He actually knew some things, but he didn’t dare to say them for fear of offending some powerful people.

But now, if I don’t tell the truth, I’m afraid I won’t survive tonight.

Although His Majesty is a benevolent king and he has been by his side for many years,

he finally spoke with a trembling voice: “As far as I know, the money allocated by the Ministry of Finance arrived in Kyoto Prefecture, and it was fifty thousand taels, of which ten thousand taels were used for After building sheds, purchasing grain, and settling the refugees, there are still 40,000 taels left.”

Liu Cheng shivered and did not dare to say any more.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Chu’s face turned livid, and he said coldly: “Where did the remaining 40,000 taels go?”

Liu Cheng said in a trembling voice: “I don’t know, the governor of Kyoto must have other uses.”

“There is someone else .”

Use it?”

Emperor Chu picked up the tea cup on the table, threw it at Liu Cheng, and said sternly: “This money is used by the imperial court to relieve the victims. How dare he, a small governor of Kyoto, make decisions without authorization? Misappropriating relief funds!”

The tea cup flew through the air without missing a beat and hit Liu Cheng on the forehead.

In an instant, his head was broken and blood flowed.

Liu Cheng felt severe pain on his forehead, but he did not dare to make any move.

He suddenly fell to his knees on the ground, kowtowed like pounding garlic, his body was trembling, and he said in a trembling voice: “This slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die.”

When Emperor Chu saw this scene, he became even more angry and said sternly: “You are supposed to be my eyes and ears. I have always had great trust in you, so why do you want to make excuses for those worms in the court and the scum of the world?

Do you know how to deal with the crime of deceiving the emperor?”

Liu Cheng did not dare to speak, but kept kowtowing and kept saying: “This slave deserves to die.”

After a while, he was completely changed beyond recognition, and the blood flowing from his forehead dyed the ground red.

After all, he was the personal eunuch who had been with him since he was a child. Seeing his appearance, Emperor Chu couldn’t bear it after all.

He waved his hand and said in a cold voice: “Get up.”

“This slave deserves to die.”

Just as Liu Cheng started to speak, he was interrupted by a sharp shout: “I want you to get up!” “

Yes, yes.”

Liu Cheng lowered his head and stood up slowly. , just halfway through, I felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground. I gritted my teeth and managed to stand firm.

The original wound caused by the tea cup was bleeding profusely, and the whole face was stained red with blood. It was almost impossible to see the original appearance, which was very scary.

Emperor Chu glanced at him, frowned slightly, and said, “Go and bandage it.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness.”

Liu Cheng burst into tears with gratitude. After saluting, he walked out of the Nuan Pavilion.

After a while, when he returned to Nuange, the wound on his head had been wrapped with gauze and the bleeding had stopped.

Liu Cheng knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and did not dare to make the slightest sound.

Your Majesty is kind and can’t bear to see him die in front of you, but that doesn’t mean you will spare his life.

As the emperor’s eyes and ears, concealing information is a taboo.

He knew in his heart that even if he saved a small life this time, His Majesty might not be able to trust him as much as before.

Emperor Chu sat on the dragon chair, frowning.

Although he already had the answer in his heart, he still couldn’t help but ask: “Who is behind this matter?”

The governor of Kyoto is the parent official who governs the capital. He is a fourth-rank official and is considered to be the most powerful person in the court. Important ministers.

But compared with the six ministers and ministers, they are still far behind.

What’s more, the capital is at the feet of the emperor. If anything is not handled properly, it may cause big trouble.

The successive governors of Kyoto have always walked on thin ice or faced an abyss, always fearing.

It is possible for officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Personnel to accept some Tanjing and Bingjing, but it is absolutely impossible for the governor of Kyoto.

Because if this kind of thing is known to the emperor, it will be a serious crime.

It was not easy to be a parent official in the capital.

Emperor Chu believed

this. If there was no powerful authority behind it, even if he had ten courages, he would not dare to embezzle money to help the refugees.

Not to mention a small governor of Kyoto, even the Minister of the Ministry of Finance would not dare to act like this.

Of the 50,000 taels of silver, 40,000 taels of silver were missing, a full 80%

of which had it not been for Hao’er crying to me today about the people’s sufferings, and the people would have been in dire straits.

I really thought that all these 40,000 taels of silver were turned into food and went into the stomachs of the people affected by the disaster.

Anger appeared on Emperor Chu’s face again

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This time, Liu Cheng did not dare to be negligent at all, and said hurriedly: “My maid, I heard that His Highness Prince Ning wanted to renovate Prince Ning’s Mansion during this period, and he happened to be short of 40,000 taels of silver.

Just the day before yesterday, the missing silver was It was suddenly replaced, and the renovation craftsmen have arrived at the palace recently. “

Prince Ning

turned out to be the traitor!

Emperor Chu was stunned, and then he became furious.

Liu Chengzhi could be made to conceal it, and the governor of Kyoto could risk beheading and embezzle 40,000 taels of silver.

There are only a handful of them in the entire Chu State.

In fact, he already had the answer in his mind, it was just one of his two children.

But getting confirmation still made him feel a little unbelievable, and then angry.

This world belongs to the Zhao family.

The common people are naturally the common people of the Zhao family.

King Ning and King Kang, these two princes, no matter how disappointing they are, are still his children and the future rulers of Chu.

One of them will inherit the world in the future and carry thousands of people on his shoulders.

But no matter what, he never imagined that his child would be so heartbroken and crazy.

Forty thousand taels of silver can save many lives of disaster-stricken people.

How many families of people can get some relief food because of these 40,000 taels of silver, and because of this food, they can avoid much suffering.

Just because of the renovation of the house, the money that had been entrusted with the hopes of countless disaster-stricken people was wasted.

This is something humans can do! ?

He, how could he bear it! ?

At this moment, a picture appeared in Emperor Chu’s mind.

Countless people are fighting for a bowl of porridge.

Countless old, weak, sick and disabled people sacrificed everything just to survive.

He was extremely angry. He gritted his teeth and trembled. A few words popped out from between his teeth: “King Zhaoning!”

(End of this chapter)