Sun Zhuangyuan's face was flushed, and his hands were shaking uncontrollably.
He picked up a document.
A thin booklet, only twenty or thirty pages thick, is like a heavy hammer.
Just picking it up already took all of his strength.
He knew very well in his heart that it was impossible for the empress to lie to him about this kind of thing, and there was no need to lie to him.
It's just that I can't accept it in my heart, and I still hold a little luck.
Maybe it's not as serious as the empress said.
Maybe it's all a misunderstanding.
He opened the file, the content was so detailed that a chill rose from the soles of his feet and went straight to the top of his head.
Time, place, people involved, what happened...
There is everything in detail, witnesses and statements, signatures, paintings and deposits are all available.
There is also a list of physical evidence. The physical evidence involved in the case has been sealed.
This is a complete case file.
If you get it to the Yamen, you can completely rely on this file to decide the case.
Snapped!
Sun Zhuangyuan closed the file.
His pupils widened, and the muscles on his face twitched uncontrollably.
"The old man has the guts to ask, since when did the empress start eyeing the Sun family?"
Such detailed case files cannot be completed overnight.
It must have been years of secret investigations to have this basketful of case files.
Gu Jiu poured the tea with her own hands, "Mr. Sun drinks tea!"
Sun Zhuangyuan asked eagerly again: "May I ask you to tell me the truth."
At this time, how could he have the heart to drink tea, he was almost dying of anxiety.
Gu Jiu picked up the teacup and took two breaths.
This year's autumn tea is different from spring tea and has a special taste.
She took two sips, held the lid of the cup, and gently touched the surface of the tea.
"As early as when Prince Renxuan was assassinated to death, the palace began to pay attention to your Sun family. The eldest son of the Sun family is the patriarch, and he understands the principle of protecting oneself wisely. He promptly interrupted his support for the princess and drew a clear line. Wu Zong opened Emperor Yao passed away, the Sun family was not implicated, but the Crown Princess died."
Sun Zhuangyuan didn't say a word, his expression was calm.
It's just the rolling Adam's apple, revealing that his heart is not as calm as it appears on the surface.
He is nervous!
Gu Jiu continued: "The concubine died, and she died in Zongzheng Temple. There are too many things to say about this matter, and the inside story is shocking, so let's not talk about it. During Emperor Wende of Emperor Chengzong, the Sun family hibernated. Lushui's influence in the imperial court has declined slightly, but his status in the literary world has not diminished at all, and is as strong as ever. Shanhe Academy has fought openly and secretly with Guozijian several times. After investigating this matter deeply, it is not difficult to find out that these things are inextricably linked to the Sun family. Relationship."
Sun Zhuangyuan hurriedly said: "The Sun family never provoked the struggle between Shanhe Academy and Guozijian."
"I didn't say that your Sun family provoked a fight between the two sides. It's just that your Sun family is a literary master and the head of the Dingzhou School. Your academic ideas are widely and deeply influencing students all over the world. Academic ideas also need money to operate. The Sun family has a big business, supports so many people, and maintains their status in the literary world to promote your academic ideas, where does the money come from?"
Sun Zhuangyuan said: "The Sun family has ancestral property, a shop, and a business..."
Gu Jiu sneered, "Talking about the income from the ancestral property in front of this palace is undoubtedly playing tricks. It is easier to investigate the property under the name of your Sun family than to investigate the criminal evidence of the Sun family.
After five years of continuous follow-up of the property under your Sun family's name by this palace, the income obtained is simply unable to support such a huge expenditure. There is a huge deficit every year, which is finally filled by the Sun family in Dingzhou. Where does Dingzhou's money come from? It came from squeezing the people of Dingzhou. "
"The old man dare not admit to such a serious crime, and the Sun family also dare not admit it."
Sun Zhuangyuan suppressed his fear and expressed his attitude.
Gu Jiu directly overturned the basket, "Do you think you can deny what happened if you don't dare to admit it?"
Sun Zhuangyuan stared at the documents all over the floor, his fingers trembling.
Gu Jiu casually picked up a piece of information, "In the first year of Jingming, the Wang clan in Wangjia Village transferred 20 hectares of high-quality fertile land to the yamen and registered it as Sun's property. For no reason, why did the 20 hectares of land change their surname from Wang to Sun?" ?”
Sun Zhuangyuan stared at the information in her hand, his beard shook twice, and he didn't dare to speak.
The truth must be shocking and chilling.
Gu Jiu sneered, "It's because the members of the Wang family were forced to ruin their families. The most promising children encountered robbers on the way to the exam and broke their legs, cutting off the road to the imperial examination. The Wang family caravan also went halfway. When he was robbed, five of the clerks died on the spot, and three members of the Wang family were injured. One of them suffered a severed tendon in his hand and could not lift heavy objects or do heavy work for the rest of his life.
That's not all, ten days before the autumn harvest, a fire burned all the crops that the Wang family was about to harvest. The government investigated the matter and said that it was a child who accidentally lit the candle, and the matter was left alone. The royal family has worked hard for a year, but there is no harvest. The Sun family took advantage of the situation to block the grain roads in Suozhou, monopolized all grain, and forbade any grain merchant to sell a single grain of rice to the Wang family.
The Wang family struggled for eight months, and when they had nowhere to go, they were forced to sell 20 hectares of high-quality fertile land saved by several generations of the Wang family to the Sun family at a price lower than the market price, in exchange for the safety of the family. "
Snapped!
Gu Jiu threw the documents on the table, and her heart was filled with anger. "
"With these 20 hectares of fertile land, the Sun family's fields have become one piece. All the nearby villagers and peasants have become tenant farmers or servants of the Sun family in just one year. Your Sun family is so majestic. what!"
Sun Zhuangyuan prostrated himself on the ground, trembling all over.
"Please forgive me, ma'am!"
"Why should I forgive your Sun family? After five years of investigations, the criminal evidence about the Sun family can overflow this tea room. Dare I ask, is this evil?"
Sun Zhuangyuan nodded heavily, "It is indeed evil!"
Gu Jiu said angrily: "If it's just a family with one surname, I will bear it. However, the Sun family has set a very bad example for the world, making people in the world think that as long as the same surname is united, they can become a party. Powerful, do whatever you want! The Great Zhou Dynasty is still alive and well, when will it be the turn of the local clan forces to do whatever they want? The evil of your Sun family is the greatest evil in this world."
Sun Zhuangyuan burst into tears, "Damn the Sun family!"
With the knife on his neck, the Sun family seemed to be at the end of their rope.
"Sit up, Mr. Sun! I know this, but you don't know about these things, and your third wife didn't participate."
Gu Jiu's attitude suddenly changed, becoming amiable.
Sun Zhuangyuan looked confused, not understanding what the situation was.
Gu Jiu refilled his teacup, "After talking so much, I want to ask, should the Sun family be separated?"
Sun Zhuangyuan was stunned, the hand holding the teacup was shaking all the time.
"Is it the crime of the empress not to punish the Sun family?"
"It's simple to punish the crime, but it treats the symptoms rather than the root cause, and it is easy to cause criticism from scholars and officials. What I want is to cut off the source of evil from the root. Does Mr. Sun understand?"
Gu Jiu smiled, but Sun Zhuangyuan was under a lot of pressure.
The Sun family's name is too famous, and their status in the literary world is too high.
Can't move easily.
Even if the evidence of the crime is presented to the world, the imperial court will not only fail to achieve its goal, but may even lift a stone to shoot itself in the foot.
Confucianism pays attention to concealment between relatives and relatives, not just talk.
Occupying good land and forcing good to be servants, which official family has never done it
Even the Gu family has done this kind of thing.
Moving the Sun family is tantamount to overturning the Shilin pattern.
Literary circles, including official circles, will jump up to oppose it.
Weighing the pros and cons, the best solution is to let the Sun family move on their own.
Fortresses were breached from within.
The third room of the Sun family is the sharp knife that Gu Jiu used to tear apart the Sun family.
Originally, this opportunity should be activated in the year after tomorrow, or even the year after the next year, when the time is right.
But Liu Yuxiang fell in love with Sun Qiniang, the third wife of the Sun family. Gu Jiu and Liu Zhao decided to take the opportunity to plan ahead.
The blunt knife sliced through the Sun family bit by bit, gradually disbanding.
From a big family, it was disbanded into countless small families.
Tens of thousands of people, once they are no longer under the leadership of a patriarch, there will inevitably be conflicts of interest.
Contradictions that were suppressed in the past because of family rules are bound to take the opportunity to explode.
Once the conflict broke out, the Sun family would not be far from falling apart.
Only by dismembering the big family can the local people find a way out in the chaos.
All of this requires a leader to tear a hole with a weapon and draw out the suppressed contradictions.
Sun Zhuangyuan is Gu Jiuxiang's Yaoyin.
The weight is not big, but it is a vital part.
Sun Zhuangyuan gulped water, and the sweat never stopped.
It's a shame that he has to endure such hardships despite his age.
He smiled wryly, "What does your mother want this old man to do?"
Gu Jiu said softly: "I hope that the third house of yours can take the initiative to propose a division of the clan, draw a clear line with the big house, and sacrifice separately from now on."
Sun Zhuangyuan's face was pale, the consequences of splitting the clan were too serious, and he fully realized it.
With a mournful face, he said, "Follow your mother's orders, and this old man will become a sinner of the Sun family, condemned by thousands of people, and bear eternal infamy."
Gu Jiu laughed and threw the documents on the table, "Sir, not only is he not the sinner of the Sun family, but he is the savior. Otherwise, the evidence of crimes that can fill a room is enough to bring the Sun family to hell."
"Why? Your Majesty can definitely punish the Sun family's crimes directly, and our Sun family deserves what they deserve. Why do you force the old man to divide the clan and become a sinner?"
"Not everyone in the Sun family deserves to die. The Sun family is a master in the literary world. Thanks to your contributions, I am willing to give you a chance."
"The crimes committed by the Sun family are well established. Is your mother still willing to marry the old man's granddaughter?"
"It depends on how Mr. Sun makes his choice. Either the clan will be divided, or the entire Sun family will be uprooted."
Sun Zhuangyuan smiled wryly again and again, his brows were full of melancholy, which never relaxed.
Gu Jiu reminded him, "Your Sun family is too greedy and wants to be the number one family in the world forever. If you want to make it die, you must first make it crazy. The Sun family has gone crazy to the point where it has no bottom line and no awe. Mr. Sun, it's time for you Your clansman poured cold water on them and let them regain their fear. Otherwise, after many years, how many members of the tens of thousands of people in the Sun family will be lucky enough to survive?"
－－－－－Off Topic－－－－－
I wish all the big friends and children a healthy Dragon Boat Festival.
I wish the children who take the college entrance examination all the best and get into the university of their choice.