King Jin knelt down on the ground, and when he heard this, he raised his head quickly and looked at the emperor with a sad face: "Father, what kind of person is your son, you should know clearly in your heart. Fighting for the father and emperor has a lot of hearts, but the son always remembers the father's teaching, brother
You can argue between them, but you will never do anything that will harm Dali Dynasty. "
The emperor narrowed his eyes sharply, and a deep disappointment flashed in his eyes: "Thirdest, I really misread you. I thought that although you were a little careful, you were still a gentleman, but I really didn't expect you to be a gentleman at all. Downright villain!"
How could he say such a thing so boldly after the dyke burst and harmed so many people? "Your Majesty, when you say this, I'm not forcing your son to die?" King Jin's face turned pale, and as soon as his voice fell, tears welled up in his eyes, "My son always bears in mind the teachings of the father, and wakes up three times a day. , always thinking of taking the father and emperor as an example and doing things that are beneficial to the people and the court, but the father and emperor
But he thinks that Erchen is a villain. With such an assertion, what face does Erchen have to live in the world? The emperor closed his eyes slightly, unwilling to look at King Jin's expression again: "Since you don't want to admit it, then I will ask you in person. The salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River and the officials in Linjiang City confessed that they donated a total of nearly three million taels of silver to you after the last inspection of the salt tax. Is this true
"
"No, it's completely nonsense."
"Some people have confessed that the reason why Linjiang burst the dyke is that you want to destroy the evidence of forged salt tax account books and tax silver. Is this true?"
"No, Erchen doesn't know about it."
"If you don't admit these two things, then you won't even recognize the case of beggars hiding silver in the capital." The emperor turned and sat back on the throne, looking at King Jin indifferently: "This is the end of the matter. I don’t want to talk to you any more, just ask you one question, do you know the sin?”
The King of Jin panicked in his heart: "Father, my son doesn't know what's wrong, so please ask your father to make it clear."
"Didn't you say it before? After I issued the decree, you should have returned to the capital with King Ling, but you stayed in Jingling City for a few days, obviously disobeying the decree." The heart couldn't help sinking: "Father, the reason why my son stayed in Linjiang City is to help Master Qi to complete the work of cutting and straightening Linjiang. The rainy season in Jiangnan will come at any time, and then the time will come. The heavy rain poured down, and the river bank of Linjiang would not be able to keep it, and the son was also for Linjiang.
For the sake of the people of the city..."
"I don't care who you are thinking of, I only know that after receiving the will, you disobeyed and disrespected me, and it was already extremely disrespectful to me. Could it be that you don't even want to admit the crime you said?"
King Jin clenched his fist tightly, looked up at the emperor's icy expression, and a chill hit his heart: "My son... I am willing to admit it."
"That's good, you are my son anyway, I won't kill you all, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is inevitable. If you resist the decree and disrespect, I will remove your title of King Jin and confine you to your current residence. Mansion, without my will, you are not allowed to go out, and no one is allowed to visit!"
King Jin couldn't help trembling: "Father, do you want to imprison your son?"
"Defying the decree and disrespecting is a capital offense. It is an extra-judicial kindness for me to imprison you. I have exempted you from the title of the prince, but the subordinates who should be served and served will not be exempted. In the future... You can do it yourself." King Jin couldn't help his eyes turning red: "Father, why do you treat your son like this? The son admits that since he took over the errands as an adult, he has done everything he has given to his father, even the great emperor. Brother has been suppressed, and I have been trying my best to endure it. Could it be that what I have done for so many years
, is it worthless in the eyes of the father? The first emperor is narrow-minded. You can tolerate him many times. This time he went to Jiangnan and completely ignored the life and death of the people. It can be said that he did nothing. You did not punish him, but you punished me. lowly? "
King Jin couldn't help roaring out the thoughts in his heart, and then put his hands on the ground, tears falling down. The emperor looked at him coldly, his eyes swayed slightly for a moment, and he returned to a calm state: "The third, my background is also not high, just because I know this kind of suffering, so over the years, I have treated you and your mother. The concubine is very fond of you. If you come out and talk about things, then I ask you, do you have any
Because your mother-in-law was not of high birth, and was bullied by slaves in the harem? Your imperial brother made taunts to you, but if I knew about it, I would punish them, but did I ever fall? You can only see the badness of others to you, but you cannot remember the kindness of others to you. "
"Father, your kindness to your son will always be remembered in your heart."
"You go down, I don't want to see you again."
The King of Jin was stubbornly clenching his fists and his chest couldn't stop rising and falling: "Father, the son is not convinced. If you want to block the son, the son will recognize it, but also ask the father to explain the reason and the son. Make it clear, so that Erchen can understand."
The emperor picked up the book on the table and threw it directly in front of King Jin: "You can see for yourself."
King Jin picked up the memorial and browsed it quickly, and after reading it, his face became paler and paler: "Father, my son, I don't know why the beggars are hiding the silver, and they did not instruct them to smuggle the tax silver into Beijing. Someone is deliberately framed. , ask Father Emperor Mingcha."
"Those people have already admitted that they were instructed by you behind their backs, and I have also asked people to verify that your two uncles and the staff in the mansion did have contact with them." "How is it possible?" King Jin shook his head quickly, Those salt taxes were not handed over to the government at all, but were sent directly to the capital in the form of banknotes, so no beggars would enter the capital with money hidden at all. This is clearly someone who is deliberately framed! Could it be that the King Ling who came to ridicule him, the King of Jin suddenly raised his head
, "Father, my son understands, all this is arranged by the elder brother. We have been fighting for so many years, he has long disliked me and holds a grudge against me. Taking advantage of this time when I am not in Kyoto, Use the Li family and my two uncles to fabricate evidence to frame me."
"Framed?" The emperor smiled coldly. These things have been verified by the Shadow Guard, but King Jin still refused to admit it. "Okay, if you said that you were framed, do you have any evidence?"
The King of Jin thought quickly: "Father, the salt tax, tax and silver are of great importance, and the amount is huge. It is impossible for the Li family to raise such a large amount of silver. As long as people investigate the Li family, they are bound to find clues. "
"Thirdest, the seized silver taels are not a dozen or hundreds of thousands of taels, but more than two million taels. Do you think the Li family has the ability to raise so many silver taels in a short period of time to frame you?"
King Jin opened his mouth and swallowed the words that came to his mouth. He couldn't tell the truth of the matter, because the salt tax bill was gone now, and the emperor would think he was arguing to clear his name when he said it. Let King Ling and the Li family find a chance to bite back. What should I do? What should he do