He kept expressing his loyalty and kept pulling at the corner of Emperor Longqing's clothes, as if he was grasping at his last straw.
Young Master Lin, who was standing beside him, looked at him, sneered again, took two steps forward and stood not far from him, then bowed to Emperor Longqing and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Jiang has been above everyone else for too long, so he is so arrogant and looks down on others."
He was raised by Emperor Longqing since childhood and had a special status in Emperor Longqing's heart, so he spoke with fewer scruples.
There are some things that only he can say.
Young Master Lin laughed and said, "What do you mean by loyalty? If you were really loyal, why didn't you tell me exactly what you did? You said Shen Chen seduced me, what did he seduced me for? Seduced me to join King Linjiang?"
He calmly crossed his arms and looked down at him: "What benefit do I have? My brother-in-law is the emperor. What benefit can Shen Chen and King Linjiang give me to make me work for them?! Prime Minister, if you talk about forming a clique for personal gain, why don't you think about what you have done?"
Emperor Longqing glanced at Prime Minister Jiang with a sinister look and asked calmly, "What did he do? Tell me what he has done. I have been deaf for too long."
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Zining felt like thunder ringing in his ears.
Emperor Longqing clearly believed it.
Young Master Lin did not hesitate or drag his feet, and said directly: "Your Majesty does not know that Du Ziling died in my prison. I did not receive your order at that time, so I firmly believed that Du Ziling's crime was not punishable by death. I was just pleading for Chen Yushi. Your Majesty is wise and has always been kind to his subjects. How could he take someone's life for such a small matter? Therefore, I was unwilling to touch Du Ziling, but I did not expect that Du Ziling still died. At that time, I happened to be transferred to Fangshan to investigate a case..."
This kind of strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain, as long as the Emperor Longqing was told, he looked at Jiang Zining with a smile: "Then tell me, what is going on with this matter?"
He gave the Jinyiwei to Lin Sanshao. From the beginning when Cao Wen and Lin Sanshao were equal, to now when Lin Sanshao is the only one in power, he wanted to train Lin Sanshao and then pass him over to his son.
Even if the Sixth Prince could no longer ascend the throne, with the protection of the Third Young Master Lin, at least his life would be much better.
Jiang Zining even started to interfere with Young Master Lin's Jinyiwei, which was indeed a big taboo for him and he could not forgive it.
Jiang Zining was terribly shocked. It was indeed his son who suggested placing people in the Jinyiwei. At that time, he also felt that the Third Young Master Lin was indeed a big hidden danger. The main reason was that this person could neither be won over nor bribed. He was an extremely difficult character to deal with. Moreover, because of his relationship with Wei An, he was extremely caring towards Shen Chen and others.
This was indeed a worrying matter, so he agreed to his son's plan to bribe people and place personnel in the Jinyiwei.
But Young Master Lin suffered a loss at that time, and now he has brought the matter up again.
He knew that this time it would be difficult to resolve peacefully, so he simply threw in the towel: "Your Majesty, I didn't do it! How dare I do such a thing..." He actually knew that this time he was in great danger, but he still wanted to struggle before he died.
Emperor Longqing didn't even look at him. He looked at Young Master Lin beside him. He glanced at Shen Chen, who was standing obediently, shrinking his hands and feet, and didn't say a word. He raised the corner of his mouth and asked Young Master Lin kindly: "Do you have any evidence for what you said?"
Jiang Zining was indeed guilty of a crime worthy of death, but as he said, he was indeed schemed by Shen Chen.
He knew that Jiang Zining might have done these things, but Shen Chen made a fuss because he was indeed planning to overturn the verdict for King Linjiang. He knew very well that each of these people had their own plans and wanted to use his power to achieve their goals and get rid of the other party.
He didn't care about the life or death of Shen Chen and Jiang Zining, nor did he care which of them was more skilled.
The important thing is that he can use this incident to cause both sides to be defeated and suffer heavy losses.
Anyway, no one is wronged.
Young Master Lin nodded, glanced at Censor Chen from a distance, and said, "I have evidence in my hands. The people who killed Du Ziling have been arrested, and their confessions are in my hands..."
Censor Chen immediately followed up, "Your Majesty, I also have Du Ziling's secret letter in my hand, which records in detail the list of local officials that Jiang Zining and his son colluded with, and how they drove these people to do things for them... ... They are greedy and extremely harsh on these local officials. For example, Hong Xinyuan of Jiangnan Weaving Bureau was forced to pay them 300,000 taels of silver in order to remain in this position under the control of their father and son! Where did these 300,000 taels of silver come from?! Of course, it came from the hands of the people. What's more hateful is that they even tampered with your Majesty's private treasury. This year, the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau should have presented you with 200,000 pieces of Songjiang cloth, but in the end, 50,000 pieces were withheld... ... It's really bold. Jiang Songwen relied on himself as the Shaoqing of the Shangbao Division, and I don't know how much tribute he embezzled. These were all intercepted from your private treasury... ... Du Ziling and Hong Xinyuan have known each other for many years. Hong Xinyuan occasionally complained to him, saying that he had become their running dog because he paid tribute to them, and had to listen to them and obey them. They told him to please King Linjiang, and then took the opportunity to record all these things, and then used them as ironclad evidence of their collusion with King Linjiang, so that they could not resist... ... "
Jiang Zining's voice was hoarse, and his throat could no longer make any sound. It was as if a firework had exploded in his head. He looked at Censor Chen in front of him, pointing at him, unable to utter a word.
He himself once said that it is the most difficult to distinguish when there is a mixture of truth and lies.
Now Shen Chen also uses this trick to deal with him.
He had indeed done all these things, but things were not originally as they seemed. Now that Young Master Lin and Censor Chen had told him about it, it seemed as if he had deliberately set up a trap for important ministers and dragged them into his own hands.
In the eyes of Emperor Longqing, this meant that they were deep-minded and had already been preparing for future events. They were already thinking about controlling the government, holding the young emperor hostage, or supporting Chu Jingmeng and Chu Jingqian to ascend to the throne.
He was speechless, looking at the people in front of him, he felt that each of them had a hideous face, like evil spirits crawling out of hell. (To be continued)