Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Chapter 106: Impeachment of Li Gang 2

At this moment, there is chaos in the Hall of Supreme Harmony! When Zhao Chen arrived, Li Gang and all the other ministers were divided into two camps! Li Gang is one camp, and all the other ministers are another camp!

Seeing Zhao Chen's arrival, first the guards at the gate knelt down one after another, and then the civil and military ministers in the court also knelt down one after another!

Zhao Chen walked up to the throne, sat on the throne, and said, "What happened?"

The civil and military ministers haven't seen Zhao Chen for several days! Seeing Zhao Chen at this moment, some civil and military ministers secretly laughed in their hearts. They knew about Zhao Chen's work as a carpenter, and they really found this "carpenter emperor" extremely ridiculous! But Li Gang was very anxious. He looked at Zhao Chen, wondering what had happened to Zhao Chen during this time! He didn't know if Zhao Chen had really become a "carpenter emperor" who really didn't want to make progress and was blindly depraved, or was this Zhao Chen's scheme?

If Zhao Chen was an adult, Li Gang might not have so many confusions in his heart! But Zhao Chen is just a boy who is only eleven years old, and his temperament is changeable. Li Gang has to doubt it!

Li Gang has been trying his best to figure out this matter these days, but he is alone in Hanzhong City, without any power under his command! He couldn't enter the palace, he couldn't get close to Zhao Chen, he couldn't get close to any of the guards beside Zhao Chen! Therefore, it is extremely difficult for him to figure out this matter!

Originally, during the early court today, Li Gang had already decided to see the emperor no matter what! He even decided to use his own life to force Zhe Keqiu, and he felt that Zhe Keqiu would definitely give in at that time! He had a great reputation, if he crashed to death in the court because he couldn't see the emperor, he would never be able to explain to the world! At that time, there will also be a great disadvantage for Zhe Keqiu!

Unexpectedly, just after he came to the court, Yushi Zhongcheng Han Ping actually impeached him as a prime minister! Not long after that, all the other ministers, including Zhe Keqiu, stepped forward to accuse Li Gang! Li Gang had to argue with them!

Now that Zhao Chen arrived, another minister immediately stepped forward!

"Your Majesty, my minister Han Ping wants to impeach Li Gang!" Han Ping said.

"Li Gangnai is the prime minister, why do you want to impeach him?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Li Gang and Li Gang for occupying the land!" Han Ping said loudly.

"Forcibly occupying the people's land? There is such a thing?" Zhao Chen couldn't believe it!

"Your Majesty, he is slandering me! Even if I have the courage, I would not dare to seize the people's land! I have nothing to do. After three dynasties, I have never seized a penny of other people's money, let alone occupy people's land!" Li Gang took a deep breath and said slowly.

"I believe in Lord Li!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, I'm not just talking nonsense, I have evidence!" Han Ping said.

"Oh? I don't know what evidence it is?" Zhao Chen said.

Han Ping and Zhe Keqiu looked at each other, only to hear Han Ping say loudly: "Your Majesty, the evidence is those farmers who were seized by him! Now those farmers are outside the palace. I wonder if Your Majesty would like to hear this What did the farmer say?"

Zhao Chen nodded and said, "Very well, I'll just listen to what they say! Someone, go and bring them to the palace!"

Li Gang was anxious and angry at the moment, and said: "Your Majesty, they are completely slandering! How can a lowly official occupy the people's land?"

Zhao Chen smiled at Li Gang, and said: "Master Li is my teacher, I have always believed in Master Li! But let them come in and listen to what they have to say, it doesn't matter, does the teacher say?"

After Zhao Chen said this, Li Gang had no choice but to nod, not to say more!

After a while, several ragged farmers entered the palace! These farmers entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony and hurriedly knelt down on the ground!

"Your Majesty, these are the people, and their farmland has been taken by Mr. Li!" Han Ping pointed to these farmers and said.

"You all raise your heads, let me ask you, is what Master Han said true? Li Gang really took your farmland by force?" Zhao Chen said softly.

Those farmers raised their heads one after another, they were very different from Wang Pu who came to the palace that day! Back then, Wang Pu was nervous and afraid, but at this moment, there was no expression of nervousness or fear on the faces of these people! Seeing their expressions, Zhao Chen had a mocking look in his eyes, but the look quickly disappeared and became peaceful!

"Your Majesty, it is Li Gang who sent slaves to usurp our farmland! Not only that, not only that... Li Gang's actions are outrageous! He also... he even robbed women!" A "farmer" in his forties shouted road.

"Snatching a civilian girl?" Zhao Chen asked in surprise.

"The little girl is outside the palace right now! Li Gang's slaves took the little girl away, and later...then the little girl said that he was raped by an adult in court clothes! That person is Li Gang!" the "farmer" said.

"How can you be sure that the adult who raped him is Li Gang?" Zhao Chen said.

"The little girl is outside now, let her identify it!" said the farmer.

"Very good, let her enter the palace!" Zhao Chen said.

After only a moment, a woman entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony! This woman looks like she is in her twenties, but she is abnormally fat, and her waist is almost the same thickness and width! Zhao Chen couldn't see her face clearly, because her face was full of fat, which almost covered her mouth, nose, and eyes! So Zhao Chen can only see the fat on his face!

Seeing this woman, Zhao Chen was startled!

"Your Majesty, this is the little girl Dong'er! Dong'er, come and take a look, but this Master Li raped you?" the farmer said.

The woman named "Dong'er" looked at Li Gang, and immediately burst into tears. She cried and said, "It's him! It's him! It's him who ruined my daughter's innocence! Daughter don't want to live!"

After the woman named "Dong'er" yelled a few words, she bumped into the pillar next to her! It's just that her body was too fat, and her running speed was too slow. After a while, she fell to the ground and couldn't even get up from the ground!

Seeing this scene, Zhao Chen couldn't help laughing out loud!

The ministers below also laughed, but Li Gang was so angry that his chest was going to explode! Don't say that he, Li Gang, didn't rob people's girls by force, even if he really robbed people's girls by force, he wouldn't like such a thing!

"Your Majesty, Li Gang is forcibly occupying people's fields and women, so I want to impeach him!" Han Ping stood up again and said!

"Your Majesty, this is a complete slander, I would never dare to do such a thing!" Li Gang said angrily.

"Your Majesty, I think what Master Han said is right! I was in Hanzhong City, and I also heard about Master Li's scandal! Now the whole Hanzhong City has spread, Master Li took a fancy to an extremely fat woman, and raped that Woman! Later, Master Li still knelt on the ground and begged the woman to marry Master Li, but the woman did not agree. In the end, the woman secretly ran out from Li’s house and ran to Master Han’s residence. Impeach Li Gang!" Wei Ming, a close confidant, stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely true! Li Gang has indeed committed many evils! Relying on his status as prime minister, he has committed all kinds of evil! It is said that he not only seized the farmland and robbed the women of the people, but also disrespected you, Your Majesty. An incompetent boy, if it weren't for his full support from Li Gang, your Majesty, you would definitely not be able to become emperor!" Xue Rui, a trustworthy confidant, stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, I vaguely heard that Li Gang and Kang Wang's rebels secretly communicated with the music!"

"Your Majesty, Li Gang is extremely lazy and never deals with state affairs every day! Not enough to be a prime minister!"

"Your Majesty, Li Gang is arrogant and domineering. He built his home in front of the Taimiao. Every time he passes by the Taimiao, Li Gang always looks superior!"

"Your Majesty, Li Gang's servants oppressed the people at will. On the street, his servants used whips to kill several people who stopped his sedan chair!"

"Your Majesty, Li Gang rode his horse to attack..."

All of a sudden, countless ministers stood up and impeached Li Gang together!

"Your Majesty, I never did these things! These are all slanders!" Li Gang said angrily!

It's just that Li Gang's voice is too low, and the ministers next to him are constantly yelling, his voice can hardly be heard!

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

"What's going on here? Li Aiqing, they listed your many crimes, can you admit it?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, I will never admit it, these are slanders!" Li Gang blushed angrily, and gritted his teeth.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid these are not slanders! If a person says that Mr. Li is at fault, it may be false! But all the ministers in the court say that Mr. Li is at fault. Are they all wrong?" Zhe Keqiu finally stood up and said.

A complex look appeared on Zhao Chen's face, of course he knew that it was slander! He knew that Zhe Keqiu had already controlled the court, no matter what Zhe Keqiu said, those ministers would say something along with him! Zhe Keqiu wants to impeach Li Gang, those ministers will naturally impeach Li Gang together! From the first day of his enthronement, he knew what kind of situation he was going to face!

Yue Fei, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Wang De and others had already left, and he knew that Li Gang would definitely be chased away by Zhe Keqiu and others! But he didn't expect this day to come so soon! It is only October now, and he has only been enthroned for three months, so he is about to drive Li Gang away! He thought he would have to wait a long time!

To be honest, he didn't want Li Gang to leave! He was reluctant for Li Gang to leave Hanzhong and go thousands of miles away!

If he persisted now, perhaps Li Gang would not be kicked out of the court! But just like what he said to Yue Fei and others that day, there is no use for Yue Fei and others to stay in the palace, but to send them outside, they can be of great use! So is Li Gang! It is useless for Li Gang to stay in the court now, the court is full of people who can ask for more, and Li Gang can't help Zhao Chen here at all! Now Zhao Chen can only send Li Gang out, let Li Gang leave Hanzhong, let Li Gang help him contact Li Ruoshui, Wu Jie, Yue Fei, Wang De and others, let Li Gang help him change his destiny! His own strength is insufficient, Zhao Chen must rely on external strength! So he must let Li Gang go!

Zhe Keqiu saw the change in Zhao Chen's face, and he was secretly happy. He thought Zhao Chen was hesitating whether to punish Li Gang, but he didn't know that Zhao Chen was thinking about something he could never have imagined!

"Your Majesty, Li Gang has committed many crimes and must be severely punished!" Zhe Keqiu said.

"Your Majesty, I absolutely did not do those things!" Li Gang said, glaring at Zhe Keqiu.

"Li Aiqing took me to leave Kaifeng at the beginning, and then Li Aiqing took me to Tongguan, until he came to Hanzhong and became emperor! He has worked hard and made great achievements, and I should forgive him for any mistakes!" Zhao Chen seemed to hesitate for a long time before saying .

"Your Majesty, the prince's crime is the same as the common people's. What's more, Li Gang is not a prince, but a courtier! How can he forgive him for making a mistake?" Zhe Keqiu thought that Zhao Chen wanted to spare Li Gang, so he hurriedly said.

"Master Zhe, how do you say to punish Li Aiqing?" Zhao Chen said with a soft sigh.

You can be overjoyed, and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Li has indeed made a big mistake by occupying the people's land and robbing the women of the people! But as your Majesty said just now, he has worked hard and made great achievements, so it is inconvenient to punish him severely! In my opinion, it is better to demote Li. My lord is the magistrate of Chencang County!"

Li Gang seemed to be in a hurry at the moment, and said: "Your Majesty, you must not listen to his nonsense!"

Han Ping also stood up at this moment, and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhe is right! I am the Yushi Zhongcheng, and according to my opinion, I also demoted Li Gang as the county magistrate of Chencang!"

"My minister also agrees to demote Li Gang as the county magistrate of Chencang!"

"My minister also agrees!"

...

For a time, voices of approval were everywhere in the court!

"Since all your lords say so, then I'll do it according to your lords! Li Aiqing is my teacher, and I'm going to host a banquet for him to see him off today! I hope he will do well in Chencang county magistrate, and I hope that one day Li Aiqing can come back again. Go to Hanzhong and become my right-hand man!" Zhao Chen said, seemingly very reluctantly.

Hearing that Zhao Chen "had a banquet to see him off", Zhe Keqiu immediately winked at Lin Bao who was next to Zhao Chen, and Lin Bao nodded slightly!

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