Chapter 830： reward and punishment

Chapter 830 Rewards and Punishments

Not long after, Ji Huaishu and Ji Cen'an were led into the Hall of Mental Cultivation by Hai Da'a.

Seeing the emperor, Ji Huaishu first knelt down and prayed: "I have committed a crime, I implore Your Majesty to punish me."

"Of course my uncle is guilty."

Lin Jinxiao was very angry, and scolded loudly: "As a minister, you deceived the superiors and inferiors for your own selfish desires, disregarded the laws of the country, and betrayed the trust of me and my ancestors; I was warned by my ancestors before, but you also insisted on violating the laws of the country, and refused to repent, and finally caused a catastrophe, and you can't escape the guilt, both public and private."

If it wasn't because he was an elder, and when he thought of his dead mother and aunt, he hated iron for being weak, and wished he could go up and beat him with a stick, and he would have to tear his flesh and blood to relieve his hatred.

"My aunt was framed to death by the Queen Mother Tian for procreating the Lin family, and my mother and concubine were tortured and devastated because of my father's misfortune. For the sake of my aunt and mother's concubine, the emperor's grandmother has been especially kind to my uncle and even the Ji family these years. Uncle asks himself, you Can you live up to the trust of the emperor's grandmother?"

Lin Jinxiao stared at him fiercely, and it was hard to express the endless hatred in his heart.

It has only been a few months since he ascended to this position, and even though he has been betrayed by his relatives repeatedly, no one can understand the pain in his heart.

My aunt murdered her own wife and children, and was involved in the old case of assassinating Jinshu and the late emperor's biological father. She is not worthy of sympathy, but Yin Sinian and Ji Huaishu did such absurd things for something outside their own, which made Wanjie feel very sad.

"With the great achievements that the two uncles have made for the imperial court over the years, with Jin Shu and his son-in-law's devotion to the country regardless of their own lives on the battlefield, with the tragedy of the uncle's early resistance to the tragic death of the Rong and Di people in different places, let alone the two of you. Those land and silver taels that people are greedy for ink, even if they gave all the family property confiscated by the Tang and Yang families to the two uncles, I would be willing to do so, why do you do such treacherous things, let the old ancestors feel cold, and make me feel sad?"

The more Lin Jinxiao scolded, the happier Ji Huaishu heard it, and he burst into tears, "It's all the fault of the guilty minister. The guilty minister failed his ancestors and His Majesty. The guilty minister has no face to face His Majesty again, and even more shameless to face it again." My ancestors, the offenders will not be forgiven for their crimes, and they are willing to subdue the country's laws."

"Father."

Ji Cen'an was also heartbroken at this time, he never thought that his most respected father would commit such a serious crime without telling him.

Pleading for him, knowing that he has no face, but watching him go to death, he can't help but feel ruthless.

Looking at the indifferent lady by the stove, his heart felt like bleeding. Such a proud princess suffered such humiliation for marrying into the Ji family.

He only hated himself for being in such a family.

Chu Nanzhi also felt very helpless for Ji Huaishu to enter the palace to plead guilty at this time.

If he can follow the example of Taiwei Yin and accept the warnings of the emperor and his ancestors before the incident happened, and expose his crimes, even the matter of the second wife of the Ji family can still keep him safe.

It was only at this juncture that I realized that it was too late to repent.

But thinking of the other evil deeds committed by the Ji family, she immediately asked decisively: "Master Shangshu, Your Majesty has already drawn up a decree of enshrining favors for you. I thought you knew how to advance and retreat. Now that the matter has come to an end, for the sake of Jinshu and the son-in-law, please return me." You confess truthfully, and don’t hide anything from His Majesty.”

"Yes, what the queen said is true."

Ji Huaishu said in detail: "Since Your Majesty promulgated the new government laws, the criminals have obeyed the princess's words and successively canceled the 30,000 songs raised by the various manors of the Ji family, and even some of the fertile land bought a few years ago are here Yue Yu was sold cheaply to the people in his hometown."

"Since you have the heart to repent, why did you steal the property confiscated by the Tang and Yang clans without telling the princess and son-in-law?"

Chu Nanzhi looked at him very puzzled.

"This"

Ji Huaishu sighed embarrassingly: "This number is really too big. The guilty minister really does not have the courage of Taiwei Yin to break the boat and confess his crime."

"I don't think Lord Shang Shu believes that His Majesty has the generosity to tolerate people."

Chu Nanzhi sneered coldly: "It is reasonable and reasonable for the big families to raise trilogy and annex the land. It is understandable that Master Shangshu, who has been in the business for hundreds of years, can't make a decision for a while."

Then he intentionally threatened and said: "But in order to protect your relatives, you condoned the crimes of the governor of Tanzhou and made people kill the court officials Xia Yuan and Lu Huan. This is unforgivable."

Thinking carefully about the reason for Lin Jinxiao's anger, this must be the root cause.

After all, the officials in charge of the search of the mansion of the guilty minister were more or less greedy for money. Even if the number was a bit huge, the idea I gave Lin Jinxiao would make them spit it out sooner or later. Officials from all over the state protect each other, so this is not something that can be easily pardoned.

Unexpectedly, as soon as her words fell, Ji Huaishu replied anxiously: "The guilty minister never took any action to protect the family members, let alone know about the murder of Xia Junjian and Lu Ting Weishi. The criminal minister has been in Beijing for many years. Among them, the affairs of my hometown in Tanzhou are mostly taken care of by Princess Yanjun when she is alive."

Hearing this, Lin Jinxiao reluctantly felt relieved.

According to the information I know, during this period of time, my uncle has indeed dismissed the tribes raised in various manors according to the new regulations, and also rewarded the tribes with fields and houses, and gave them good documents to make them independent legal citizens , it can be seen that Jinshu is in charge of the family affairs of the Ji family in strict accordance with the new court regulations.

In this way, he can be sure that what happened in Tanzhou was done by his aunt when she was alive.

As for the roster, I don't even know much about my uncle.

"I believe what my uncle said today."

Thinking of the emperor's grandmother and the deceased mother and concubine, Lin Jinxiao finally closed his eyes unbearably, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle disregarded the laws of the country. Today, all official positions and titles will be removed, and he will be demoted to a commoner. Allow him to return to his hometown."

I committed such a serious crime, but the emperor did not take his own life. Ji Huaishu was so moved that he couldn't cry, he immediately bowed his head and bowed his head and said: "The guilty minister kowtows for the grace of heaven, and I wish your majesty a long life, and protect our empire forever."

Although he was reluctant to take his uncle's life, he was extremely sad to see his close relatives fall from the altar in his hands, unable to accompany him to govern the government and witness the rise of the empire again.

After pondering for a moment, he called out in a heavy tone: "My son-in-law, Ji Cen'an, listened to the seal. He thought of you and Princess Shu's meritorious deeds in exposing and being loyal to the imperial court. Today, you are specially promoted to be Minister of Shangshutai and enfeoffed as Duke Rongchang. , I hope that you and your wife will lead the Ji family to make further contributions to the imperial court, and don't let me and my ancestors live up to their high expectations."

Although he stepped on his father's back to ascend to the throne, he saved his father's life in the end. Ji Cen'an was more than happy because he was grateful to the new emperor, and said sincerely: "I thank your majesty for your generous reward, and I will be your servant." I will do my best to serve the court with all my heart.”

The words fell, and Ji Huaishu supported him and slowly stepped out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Being relegated to common people, without the shackles, Ji Huaishu felt that his body was light, and he kept admonishing his son on the way out of the palace: "Cen An, you must remember Your Majesty's kindness to my Ji family."

The long-cherished wish that I couldn't realize finally let my only son succeed, and exchanged my honor and disgrace for the title of first-class meritorious service of the big house, no matter how it is, it is the emperor's kindness to his family.

(end of this chapter)