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Chapter 106 - Impeachment on Li Gang 2

At this moment, the Supreme Harmony Hall was in chaos! When Zhao Chen arrived, he saw that Li Gang and the other ministers were split into two sides! Li Gang was in one faction, the other ministers were in another!

Seeing Zhao Chen's arrival, all the guards at the entrance knelt down, and all the ministers that followed along knelt down too!

Zhao Chen walked in front of the throne and sat on it, then asked: "What happened?"

The officials had not seen Zhao Chen for several days! At this moment, when they saw Zhao Chen, some of the civil and military ministers laughed secretly in their hearts. They knew about Zhao Chen becoming a carpenter, and felt that this "carpenter emperor" was extremely laughable! But Li Gang was extremely anxious, he looked at Zhao Chen, and did not know what was going on with Zhao Chen! He did not know if Zhao Chen had really become the "Carpenter Emperor", or if this was his plan?

If Zhao Chen was an adult, perhaps he wouldn't feel so perplexed! But Zhao Chen was just a young man who was only eleven years old.

Li Gang had been trying his best to make sense of this matter these past few days. He was unable to enter the Imperial Palace, he was unable to approach Zhao Chen, he was unable to approach any of the guards by Zhao Chen's side! Therefore, it would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens for him to find out more about this matter!

Originally, during the morning assembly, Li Gang had already decided to see the emperor no matter what! He even decided to use his own life to force Zhe Keqiu. He felt that when that time came, Zhe Keqiu would definitely give in! He was extremely famous. If he were to die because he could not see the emperor, Zhe Keqiu would definitely not be able to explain himself to the people of the world! At that time, it would be extremely disadvantageous for Zhe Keqiu!

Who knew that right after he arrived at the imperial court, Han Ping would actually impeach him, the Prime Minister! Not long after, all the other ministers, including Zhe Keqiu, stepped forward one after another to denounce Li Gang! Li Gang had no choice but to argue with them!

At the moment, with Zhao Chen's arrival, another official stood up!

Your Majesty, this humble subject, Han Ping, wants to impeach Li Gang! Han Ping said.

"Li Gang is the Prime Minister, why would you impeach him?" Zhao Chen said.

Your Majesty, this humble subject wants to impeach Li Gang for forcefully seizing the land of the people! Han Ping said loudly.

"Forceful occupation of people's land? Such a thing actually happened? " Zhao Chen was in disbelief!

"Your Majesty, he is slandering this humble subject! Even if this humble subject has the guts, I still would not dare to occupy the land of the people! This humble one has been through three dynasties and has never taken a single piece of money from another person, not to mention seizing the land of the people! " Li Gang took a deep breath and said slowly.

"I believe Lord Li!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, this humble subject is not speaking nonsense. This humble subject has proof!" Han Ping said.

"Oh? I wonder what kind of evidence it is? " Zhao Chen said.

Han Ping and Zhe Keqiu who was at the side looked at each other, and Han Ping said loudly: "Your Majesty, the evidence is those farmers who were robbed by him! Right now, those farmers are right outside the palace. I wonder if His Majesty would like to hear what these farmers have to say? "

Zhao Chen nodded, and said: "Very good, I'll listen to what they have to say! Someone, bring them to the palace! "

At this moment, Li Gang was anxious and angry, and said: "Your Majesty, they are completely slandering us! How could this humble subject occupy the land of the people? "

Zhao Chen smiled at Li Gang, and said: "Master Li is my teacher, I have always trusted Master Li! But let them in and listen to what they have to say. It's not too urgent, is it? "

Since Zhao Chen said that, Li Gang could only nod his head and not speak further!

After a while, a few farmers with tattered clothing entered the Imperial Palace! The farmers entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony and quickly knelt on the ground!

"Your Majesty, these are the few people. Their farms have all been taken by Lord Li!" Han Ping pointed to the farmers.

"All of you look up. Let me ask you, is what Han said true?" Li Gang really took over your farmland? " Zhao Chen said gently.

The farmers raised their heads one after another. They were completely different from the Wang Pu who came to the palace that day! Back then, Wang Pu was both nervous and afraid, but at this moment, these people did not have the slightest hint of nervousness or fear on their faces! Seeing their expressions, Zhao Chen revealed a look of ridicule, but that look quickly disappeared and became gentle!

"Your majesty, it was Li Gang who sent his servants to occupy our farmland! Not only that, not only that... Li Gang's way of doing things was outrageous! He also … He even tried to rob a commoner! " a "farmer" in his forties shouted.

"Snatching a commoner?" Zhao Chen said in shock.

"My daughter is currently outside the hall! On that day, Li Gang's family servant forcefully took her away, then … Later on, my daughter said that he was raped by an adult in a court uniform! "That person is Li Gang!" said the farmer.

"How are you so sure that the master who raped him is Li Gang?" Zhao Chen said.

"My daughter is outside right now. She can identify her!" said the farmer.

"Very good, summon her to the palace!" Zhao Chen said.

A moment later, a woman entered the Supreme Harmony Hall! This woman looked to be in her twenties, but she was abnormally fat. Her waist thickness and width were almost the same! Zhao Chen was unable to see her appearance clearly because her face was covered with fat, and this fat nearly covered her mouth, nose and eyes! Therefore, Zhao Chen could only see the fat on her face!

Seeing this woman, Zhao Chen was shocked!

"Your Majesty, this is my daughter, Dong'er! "Dong'er, come take a look. Did this Lord Li rape you?" said the farmer.

The girl called "Dong'er" looked at Li Gang and immediately started crying, crying as she said: "It's him! It was him! He was the one who ruined his daughter's innocence! Your daughter doesn't want to live anymore! "

The girl called "Dong'er" yelled a few times before she actually ran into a pillar! However, her body was too fat and her speed was too slow. A moment later, she fell to the ground, unable to get up!

Seeing this scene, Zhao Chen could not help but laugh out loud!

The officials below also laughed, while Li Gang was so angry that their chests almost exploded! Forget about him, Li Gang did not even try to snatch a girl, even if he did try to snatch one, he would not be interested in this kind of trash!

"Your Majesty, Li Gang seized the land and the women of the people, thus this humble subject wants to impeach him!" Han Ping stood out again, and said!

"Your Majesty, this is just slander. This humble subject dares not do such a thing!" Li Gang said in anger.

"Your Majesty, I think Sir Han is right!" When I was in Hanzhong City, I also heard of Master Li's disgraceful things! Now, the whole of Hanzhong City was talking about this, Master Li had set his eyes on an unusually obese woman, and had raped that woman! In the end, the woman secretly ran away from the Li family and went to Master Han's residence. After Master Han investigated all night, she impeached Li Gang in the morning court! " Zhe Keqiu's trusted aide Wei Ming stood out and said.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely true! Li Gang had indeed committed many evil deeds! He relied on his status as the Prime Minister to commit all sorts of crimes! I heard that he was not only disrespectful to you, his majesty, and said that you were a useless brat. If not for his support, Li Gang, you would never have been able to become the emperor! " Xue Rui, one of Zhe Keqiu's trusted aides, stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, I faintly heard that Li Gang and Conan's traitor have secretly written a song!"

"Your Majesty, Li Gang is exceptionally lazy. He never deals with national affairs everyday! "Not enough to be Prime Minister!"

"Your majesty, Li Gang is arrogant and despotic, he has built his house in front of the Tai Temple, every time he passes by, Li Gang would act as if he is on top of everyone else!"

"Your Majesty, Li Gang's servants are casually oppressing the common people. On the streets, his servants used whips to kill a few people who obstructed his palanquin!"

"Your majesty, Li Gang ordered his horse to attack you."

In that moment, countless officials stood up and impeached Li Gang!

"Your Majesty, this humble subject did not do such a thing! These are all slander! " Li Gang was furious!

It was just that Li Gang's voice was too soft, the ministers by the side were screaming, and his voice was barely audible!

The Supreme Harmony Hall had been noisy for a long time. Finally, Zhao Chen coughed a few times, and the Supreme Harmony Hall finally quieted down!

"What the hell is going on? "Li Aimin, they enumerated your crimes, do you admit it?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, this humble subject will never admit that these are slander!" Li Gang was so angry that his face turned red, and he said while gnashing his teeth.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not slander! If someone were to say that Lord Li was at fault, it could even be a lie! However, all the ministers in the court had said that it was Lord Li's fault. How could this be false? Could it be that the ministers of the court are all mistaken? " Zhe Keqiu finally stood up and said.

Zhao Chen's face revealed a complicated expression. He obviously knew that Zhe Keqiu was slandering him! He knew that Zhe Keqiu had already taken control of the imperial government, so no matter what Zhe Keqiu said, the ministers would follow him! When Zhe Keqiu wanted to impeach Li Gang, the ministers would naturally impeach him as well! From the day he ascended the throne, he knew what kind of situation he was going to face!

Yue Fei, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and the rest had all left, he knew that Li Gang would definitely be driven away by Zhe Keqiu too! However, he did not expect this day to come so quickly! Now, it was only October, he had only just ascended the throne for three months, and Zhe Keqiu was actually going to chase Li Gang away! He had thought that he would have to wait a long time!

To be honest, he didn't want Li Gang to leave! He couldn't bear for Li Gang to leave the Middle Han Area and travel a thousand miles away!

If he were to persevere now, perhaps Li Gang would not be kicked out of the imperial government! But just as he had told Yue Fei and the others that day, Yue Fei and the rest who remained in the palace had no use for him. Li Gang was the same! Right now, Li Gang was useless staying in the imperial court because there were Zhe Keqiu's men everywhere. Li Gang was completely unable to help Zhao Chen here! Now, Zhao Chen could only send Li Gang out and let him leave the Middle Han Area. Li Gang would help him contact Li Ruoshui, Wu Jie, Yue Fei, Wang De and the others and help him change his fate! Since his own strength was insufficient, Zhao Chen needed to borrow strength from the outside! So he had to let Li Gang go!

He thought Zhao Chen was hesitating on whether to punish Li Gang, but he did not know that Zhao Chen was thinking about something that he absolutely could not think of!

"Your majesty, Li Gang has committed many evil deeds, he must be severely punished!" Zhe Keqiu said.

"Your Majesty, this humble subject definitely did not do those things!" Li Gang glared at Zhe Keqiu and said.

"Li Aiqing took me with her when she left Kaifeng, and then she brought me to the Tongguan, all the way until I came to the Middle Han Area and ascended the throne of emperor! "His hard work is great, so if he has any faults, I will forgive them!" Zhao Chen seemed to hesitate for a long time before saying.

"Your Majesty, the prince is guilty as a commoner. Moreover, Li Gang is not a prince, he is just an official! How can he forgive his mistakes? " Zhe Keqiu thought that Zhao Chen wanted to let him go, and anxiously said.

"Master Fold, how do you think we should punish Li Aiqing?" Zhao Chen gently sighed and said.

Zhe Keqiu was overjoyed, and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Li seizing the land and stealing the women, is truly a big mistake! But as His Majesty had said earlier, he had put in a lot of effort and effort, so it was inconvenient for him to punish them severely! "From your point of view, why don't you demean Sir Li to become a County Magistrate of Chen Cang?"

Li Gang seemed to be extremely anxious at the moment, and said: "Your Majesty, you mustn't listen to his nonsense!"

Han Ping also stood up at this moment, and said: "Your Majesty, Master Fold is right! This humble subject is the official in the history of Imperial Court, in my opinion, this humble subject has demoted Li Gang to the position of County Official in Chen Cang County! "

"This humble subject also agrees that Li Gang should be demoted to Chen Cang County Order!"

"This humble subject agrees!"

… ….

There were voices of agreement everywhere in the imperial court!

"Since all of you sirs have said so, we shall do as you say! Li Aiqing is my teacher, I will set up a banquet to send him off today! I hope that one day Master Li can return to the Middle Han Area and become my right-hand man! " Zhao Chen seemed to be extremely reluctant, and said.

Hearing that Zhao Chen "set up a feast to send him off", Zhe Keqiu immediately looked at Lin Bao who was beside Zhao Chen, and Lin Bao lightly nodded his head!