Chapter 458 Wang Family (1)
Bang!
With a crisp sound, a fine jade paper weight in the palace's study fell to the ground and broke into two halves.
The staff in the study all shrank their heads and remained silent.
Prime Minister Wang lost his usual calmness, and his eyes seemed to be spitting fire: "Wang Yi, this useless bastard! He couldn't even control the officials in the governor's office, and was reported and exposed by his subordinates! All the memorials were filed. Sent to the capital! This bastard! Why did I give birth to such a useless son?"
Prime Minister Wang was so angry that he even uttered obscenities.
The staff quietly exchanged glances, and finally looked at Staff Jiao together.
Counselor Jiao is the oldest and most trusted by the Prime Minister. At this time, only Staff Jiao had the courage and confidence to speak out and persuade the Prime Minister.
Despite the trusting eyes of his colleagues asking for help, Staff Jiao mustered up the courage to comfort the angry Prime Minister: "Prime Minister, please calm down. There must be a villain behind this matter, and the eldest son cannot be entirely blamed. …”
"He is already forty-two!" Prime Minister Wang scolded angrily: "I am also a grandfather. He is greedy for money and can't clean it up. He has left so many obvious evidences. What is in his mind? ? It’s all water!”
The memorial is written clearly and clearly, even if you want to, you can't ignore it. It's really too stupid!
It is by no means as simple as being greedy for money as Prime Minister Wang said. Governor Wang's appetite is not small. Just the number listed in the memorial is an extremely astonishing number. It’s almost equal to half a year’s tax in Daliang. It is enough to be called the first major corruption case in Daliang.
So, no wonder the emperor looked ugly and angry. The imperial treasury is empty, military expenditures have been reduced again and again, and the palace has begun to reduce expenses. However, Governor Wang lived a happy and extravagant life in the south of the Yangtze River, forming a strong contrast between the two.
How could Emperor Taihe not be angry? Today's court meeting did not directly issue a decree to punish him, but it was already to show dignity to Prime Minister Wang.
Counselor Jiao continued to comfort him: "The matter has reached this point, and it will be useless to be angry and angry now. The Prime Minister should think about how to deal with this situation."
Prime Minister Wang's face was ashen: "How else can we deal with it? The General Zuo incident has not settled down, and another incident like this has arisen. If I, the Prime Minister, shield my son, I will be criticized by thousands of people. How can I have the nerve to do this in the future? Prime Minister Liang?"
The staff were all shocked when they heard that the words were wrong. They couldn't bear to keep a low profile and raised their heads: "What do you mean, Prime Minister? Do you have to kill your relatives out of justice? "
"This is absolutely impossible! The eldest son is your eldest son, and he is also the highest-ranking and promising man in the Wang family. There must be no mistakes. !”
“Exactly, no matter how angry I am, you can’t ignore it!”
Wang Yi is indeed the eldest son of Prime Minister Wang. According to the tradition of clan inheritance, Wang Yi should be the next head of the Wang clan.
However, over the years, Wang Cheng's dissatisfaction with his eldest son has also been visible to the naked eye. Everyone had secretly speculated in private that Prime Minister Wang would prefer a smart and capable young son, and he might pass on the title of head of the family to Wang Jin in the future.
Prime Minister Wang is in good health and can survive another ten or eight years. By then, Wang Jin will be ready for a big job.
Everyone only dares to speculate on these things in private, and no one dares to say anything openly. Now that Wang Yi has caused a big disaster, Prime Minister Wang cannot ignore his son. Once he reaches out, he will be notorious for shielding his bastard son. It is indeed a dilemma.
Knock, knock, knock!
The door of the study room was suddenly knocked. At this time, there was only one person who had the guts to knock on the study door.
Sure enough, a familiar voice sounded outside the door: "Father, it's me."
The staff secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Staff Jiao quickly stepped forward to open the door, and it was Wang Jin who stood outside the door.
Wang Jin didn't look very good. After entering the study, he whispered: "My eldest brother was jointly impeached by more than a dozen officials. The emperor was very angry. How does father plan to deal with this?"
Wang The prime minister glanced at him, and his staff immediately resigned.
After the door closed, only the father and son were left, and the conversation became more direct.
"This matter was set up by the Zheng family and his son," Prime Minister Wang looked gloomy and sneered again and again: "The dozen officials who impeached your brother are all their people. Your eldest brother is also useless, just Even the governor's office was He reached out and placed the chess piece. Now it happened suddenly and caught us by surprise."
Wang Jin was silent for a moment and responded in a low voice: "General Zhao, the guard of Pengcheng, defected in front of the formation, which caused Pengcheng's defeat. As a result, the frontier army was defeated and retreated to Sizhou. Later, there was no trace of General Zhao. I always felt that this was something strange. "
Prime Minister Wang looked at the solemn-looking young son with a flash in his eyes. A little bit of relief: "You can think of this, it shows that you have gained it through experience."
"Although there is no evidence, there is no need for evidence. The defeat of the border army must be related to the Zheng family and his son."
Wang Jin's brows suddenly tightened, and his voice was full of anger: "The border army was defeated, tens of thousands of people died in Pengcheng, young men and women were kidnapped, and the soldiers of the border army suffered heavy casualties. How could their father and son do this! How could they Dare!”
Prime Minister Wang sneered: "What can't you do? What can't you dare to! Zuo Feng is my right-hand man. In order to deal with me, they have to cut off this arm of the Zuo family."
"Now you I saw it too, Zuo Feng The entire Zuo family has been implicated. Now some people dare to join forces to impeach your brother. Our father and son are here. Your brother. The leader misbehaved and got caught. Now, if I don’t care, I will be involved in a lawsuit. Should I save him or not?”
Prime Minister Wang’s gaze. Suddenly sharp, staring at Wang Jin closely.
Wang Jin's heart trembled.
When he was born, his eldest brother Wang Yi was already married and had children. His biological nephew is five years older than him. He is an old man and is deeply loved by his father. The eldest brother also loved him very much.
Ten years ago, Wang Yi went to Jiangnan to be the governor. Over the years, the two brothers had been exchanging letters and their relationship was very good. Every year on his birthday, his brother would collect many valuable things and have them sent to the capital. Even on weekdays, I often gave him gold and silver for flowers.
As a brother, he, as the youngest brother, cannot care whether his brother lives or lives.
But from the perspective of Zhongshu Sheren, he has no good impression of the greedy and blood-sucking Governor Wang like a worm, and should be in favor of severe and severe punishment in order to eliminate the unhealthy tendencies of corruption and intimidate the Jiangnan officialdom.
When his father asked this question, he was asking him where he stood.
Is he Silang of the Wang family, or a member of the Emperor's Bookstore?