socalfunplaces Chapter 365
Chapter 365
"Your Majesty, this unhealthy trend must be strictly curbed and killed as a warning to the rest!"
"Otherwise, officials will follow suit. Lord Lu just proposed to curb the unhealthy trend of corrupt officials in the world, and Lord Gao committed a crime against the wind. Even though Lord Gao has made great contributions to Daqian, one thing is one thing and must not be confused!"
Imperial study.
Wang Zhong's voice suddenly sounded, his face full of righteousness.
On the side, Yan Zheng also bowed and said, "General Wang's words make a lot of sense. Your Majesty has not been to Lord Gao's crowning ceremony, so you may not know about the scene. It was really very lively, and all civil and military officials went to show their support."
"Since ancient times, giving gifts to get things done has been an unwritten rule in the officialdom. It is inevitable that someone will take advantage of the loophole and want to give a heavy gift and then wait for an opportunity to bribe Lord Gao."
"Lord Gao is too young, I am afraid he can't control it!"
Wu Zhao listened to the two people's words, and her head hurt a little.
Judging from the postures of these two people, it might be their own people who sent gifts and asked Gao Yang to do things, and Gao Yang even agreed.
But at this moment, a clear voice suddenly sounded.
"Who said that I am too young and can't control it?"
Gao Yang pushed open the door of the imperial study and walked in. His eyes still swept over Wang Zhong and Yan Zheng.
Gao Yang remembered these two people in his little black book.
But at the moment, Gao Yang immediately bowed to Wu Zhao and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"
"Gao Qing, please excuse me. I summoned you today because General Wang and Doctor Yan jointly impeached you for holding a grand ceremony of crowning and accepting bribes. Is this true?"
Wu Zhao spoke directly, her slender fingers slowly tapping on the armrests of the dragon chair, and directly threw this tricky pot to Gao Yang.
It doesn't make sense that Gao Yang, who was greedy and received a large sum of money, still wanted Wu Zhao to clean up his mess.
Gao Yang looked at Wang Zhong and Yan Zheng, and his whole body trembled with anger.
"Slander!"
"Your Majesty, they slandered me!"
"Since I became an official, I have been clean-handed and never did these dirty things. Even if I was faced with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from Prince Rong's mansion, I was not tempted at all and would never take a single needle or thread from Prince Rong's mansion!"
"Since I became an official, I have adhered to principles!"
Gao Yang spoke righteously, and even had a hint of anger at being slandered on his face!
Wu Zhao raised her eyebrows and said nothing when she heard it.
Wang Zhong and Yan Zheng couldn't help it.
"Mr. Gao, I have never seen such a shameless person! How dare you say that you have been abiding by principles since you became an official and are an honest official?"
Wang Zhong was the first to speak out, staring at Gao Yang with a pair of tiger eyes, and his powerful voice resounded throughout the imperial study!
If Gao Yang is an honest official, he, Wang Zhong, will lick the toilets of Chang'an directly!
When Yan Zheng heard this, even though he knew that Gao Yang was extremely thick-skinned and did not match his age at all, he still felt that he underestimated Gao Yang's shamelessness at this moment.
This is so shameless, it simply treats him, Yan Zheng, as a fool!
"General Wang, if Mr. Gao really abides by principles as an official and is an honest official, I will lick the toilets of Chang'an with you!"
The two slowly looked at each other, as if they had made some kind of decision.
"Your Majesty, I just held a grand ceremony for my coming-of-age ceremony, and I am very popular in the court, so all the officials came to congratulate me enthusiastically, but today I was slandered and impeached by General Wang and Doctor Yan!"
"I beg your Majesty to see clearly, clear my name, and severely punish General Wang and Doctor Yan!"
Wang Zhong's eyes went dark.
This Gao Yang is simply rebelling against the heavenly power!
He even reported them for slander!
Upon hearing this, Wu Zhao waved to Shangguan Wan'er, who quickly lowered her head and came to Wu Zhao's side.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
"Wan'er, go get me some fruits, I'll eat and watch."
Wu Zhao leaned on the dragon chair, saying nothing, and it was clear that she was just watching the fun, to see who was better, and she didn't want to get involved in this matter.
"Master Gao, you are shameless!" Wang Zhong said angrily.
Gao Yang saw this and said calmly: "General Wang, Doctor Yan, you keep saying that I accepted bribes, but where is the evidence?"
"Let's talk with evidence, the imperial study is not a place outside the law!"
On the side, Wang Zhong took a deep breath and continued, "Master Gao, there is no point in saying more. Since I have come to impeach His Majesty, I must have evidence!"
"Let's talk with evidence!"
"At the ceremony of crowning, the Sixth Cavalry Captain Chen Tianfang gave Master Gao a big gift, asking Master Gao to say a few good words in front of His Majesty, and it would be best if he was transferred to the four armies of Chang'an and became His Majesty's personal army. Is this right?"
Wang Zhong's eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and he looked straight at Gao Yang.
In an instant, Gao Yang was stunned, and a picture emerged in his mind.Chen Tianfang gave a piece of white jade. Judging from its quality, it was worth at least several thousand taels, or even tens of thousands of taels!
Therefore, Gao Yang was very impressed with this person.
After all, his official position was not high, but he was very generous. Such people are rare in the world!
As for what this person said, it was almost the same as what Wang Zhong said. One was to congratulate him on his coming of age, and the other was to ask him to say a few good words in front of Wu Zetian and transfer him to the four major personal armies in Chang'an to become Wu Zetian's personal army!
He naturally nodded directly to this generous gift.
It turned out that all this was waiting for him here!
Gifts are all done in secret. If you don't say it and I don't say it, who would know? This is also the reason why there are so many corrupt officials in the world!
Will Chen Tianfang explode himself?
Gao Yang sneered, but was not surprised at all.
This Chen Tianfang is Wang Zhong's man!
Wang Zhong didn't hesitate to use this person to impeach him. This Wang Zhong really paid a huge price!
"Master Gao, is this true?"
Wang Zhong's voice was cold, but if you look closely at his expression, you can see that he was also in pain.
At this time, Yan Zheng on the side also spoke up.
"I have always been fair. Although I came to impeach His Majesty, I naturally have evidence. Just after the ceremony of crowning, the Censorate also received many impeachment memorials. The content is similar to what General Wang said. Some officials sent gifts with the help of the ceremony of crowning and asked Master Gao to do things. Master Gao agreed to this!"
"Now I have brought all the memorials. One person may be slanderous, but how do you explain it among so many memorials?"
"Are these people also slanderous? Is this a fabrication?"
Yan Zheng straightened his body and spoke.
The two looked at Gao Yang, their eyes were full of determination.
"Gao Yang, is what General Wang and Doctor Yan said true?"
Wu Zhao picked up a piece of cake, put it in her mouth, and asked lightly.
She was also somewhat curious about how Gao Yang would explain this!
"Your Majesty, these are true!"
"Like General Wang said, Captain Chen asked me to say something nice, and I did agree and accepted the things."