kvmb Chapter 121: Become the Minister of Justice (2)
Chapter 121: Become the Minister of Justice (2)
This is Xu Yingqing's life.
What Xu Yingqing couldn't understand before his death was why Xu Wanxin could become the Crown Princess.
Not only was Xu Guanghai not implicated, he was even promoted in the end.
Xie Lang understood this clearly. Xu Wanxin had a quick-transmigration system for giving birth to children, which allowed her to travel to different worlds and give birth to children for different male protagonists.
Points are gained by giving birth to children, and the points can be used to increase one's own charm value and some items such as pregnancy pills.
The male protagonist in Xu Yingqing's world is the prince.
Moreover, this world is derived from a novel, so many illogical things can be explained.
The story line before Xu Wanxin arrived was like this: Xu Yingqing's official career was very smooth in the early stage, and he sat in the position of Chief Censor before the emperor's death.
The Crown Prince Song Chengze discovered Xu Yingqing's identity as a woman by chance. He was attracted by her excellence and personal charm and thought she was different from other women.
After he became emperor, he tried every means to pull Xu Yingqing into his harem, but Xu Yingqing ignored him no matter how he tried. Finally, Song Chengze could not bear it anymore, and directly revealed Xu Yingqing's identity at a morning court session and announced that she would be named concubine.
Xu Yingqing felt as if her world had fallen on her. All her life's efforts had come to nothing, so she banged her head against a pillar in the court and died.
No matter what the outcome, Xu Yingqing's life was always a tragic one.
"Now that things have come to this, what are you still obsessed with?"
Xie Lang looked at Xu Yingqing calmly. She was now somewhat interested in the quick-transmigration and childbearing system. It would be nice to dismantle the system to entertain her.
"I want all nine branches of the Xu family to be wiped out."
Xu Yingqing said this without any emotion. She had no affection for the enemy who killed her biological mother. She was just taking advantage of the relationship.
If her identity had not been exposed, she could continue to be an official; but if her identity was exposed, the destruction of the Xu family would be what she wanted most.
But what she never expected was that in the end Xu Guanghai was not implicated and was even promoted.
She didn't believe that there was no trick involved. Maybe his good father already knew all this.
"Revenge, eh? It just so happens that I also want to dismantle a system for fun."
The child-bearing system, the child-bearing system, it’s really interesting. I didn’t expect that such an interesting thing would appear in this world.
After hearing what Xie Lang said, the civet cat lowered its head even more, trying to reduce its presence. The system cannot be dismantled!
Xie Lang didn't care about the civet cat's reaction. She waved her hand and sent Xu Yingqing back to the six realms of reincarnation.
Then the world suddenly changed.
In the blink of an eye, she came into Xu Yingqing's body.
This point in time is exactly the time when Xu Yingqing returns from his inspection tour of the country and reports to the emperor.
The Inspector-General was an official of the seventh rank, but he was responsible for "touring the country on behalf of the emperor, reporting major matters to the emperor and making immediate decisions on minor matters." He supervised local officials and although his rank was low, his power was great, and his actual status was even comparable to that of officials of the second or third rank in the court.
During this tour, Xu Yingqing collected evidence of many officials' crimes and killed many officials along the way. These officials had power in the court. Xu Yingqing's behavior offended half of the court officials.
At this time, Xu Yingqing had just returned from his inspection tour and had already handed over the crimes of some local officials to the emperor, and these officials had already been imprisoned.
When the emperor saw these charges, he became furious.
"If it weren't for Lord Xu's trip, I wouldn't have known there were so many corrupt officials in the court. These corrupt officials eat public salaries, but they don't do anything for the people. They do all kinds of evil things, take bribes, protect each other, and are in cahoots with each other. They really have no regard for the law. If these rats of the country are not severely punished, how can the world be rectified? The evidence is conclusive. There is no need to try these people again. They will all be executed and their property will be confiscated."
The emperor's angry rebuke resounded throughout the venue. The ministers below remained silent, and some officials looked in the direction of Xie Lang.
Xie Lang sensed the source of these gazes and couldn't help but smile sarcastically. She had just come up with such an interesting thing.
Among these ministers, some wished Xu Yingqing dead, while some almost insulted her after Xu Yingqing was imprisoned in her previous life.
She was ready to have some fun with these people.
After the emperor ordered the execution of those local officials, he continued, "Lord Xu has made great contributions in his inspection tour of the country. He is outstanding and impartial. He will be transferred to the Ministry of Revenue as a doctor."
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, a group of officials came out to refute him.
"Your Majesty, this is not possible. Xu Yingqing is indeed very capable. However, he is still inexperienced and needs a few more years of experience. He is also unfamiliar with the work of the Ministry of Revenue. It would be better for him to be transferred to the Ministry of Rites and start learning from being a chief clerk."
"Yes, Your Majesty, Minister Guo is right. Please think twice."
"..."
The Six Ministries are the central agencies of the court, and the Ministry of Revenue is the head of the Six Ministries. The Langzhong of the Ministry of Revenue is of the fifth rank, while Xu Yingqing's original rank of Inspector was only of the seventh rank. He was promoted four ranks at once. No wonder these officials objected one after another.
These officials looked at each other. Xu Yingqing was now in great favor, so there was no rush to deal with her.
Wait until this storm is over, then find a crime to accuse her of and make her die without a burial place.
But now the emperor wants her to serve as a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue, which they cannot tolerate. The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of taxation, which is the department with the most money.
This is not the most important thing. They are just afraid that Xu Yingqing will stir up another storm in the Ministry of Revenue.
With Xu Yingqing's stubborn character, the emperor placed her in the group, which made it difficult for them to engage in corruption and bribery, so nearly half of the officials were opposed to it.
"Father, what the adults said makes sense..."
At this time, Crown Prince Song Chengze spoke. He had not yet discovered Xu Yingqing's identity, and as a crown prince, he naturally wanted to win over the court ministers. In addition, some of the ministers who spoke had defected to him, so he spoke for that group of ministers.
Xie Lang looked calmly in the direction of Song Chengze. Song Chengze was wearing a ochre-yellow robe of the crown prince and stood out among the ministers.
It was this prince who ordered the lingchi execution of Xu Yingqing. He was an enemy.
Just as the emperor was about to speak, Xie Lang's faint voice resounded throughout the room.
"Your Majesty, I have an important matter to discuss with you. This matter is of great importance. Please ask your Majesty to dismiss everyone."
Xie Lang's abrupt words interrupted everyone's thoughts, causing all the officials in the court to frown. One of them, Wang Xiang, the Minister of Justice, glared at Xie Lang: "What important matter do you have? Why can't you say it in the court?"
Wang Xiang, the Minister of Justice, was an official who used various tortures on Xu Yingqing in prison in his previous life.
"It is naturally a matter of great importance to the safety of the country."
Xie Lang replied calmly. She naturally didn't take the words of a dying person to heart.
"Nonsense, you are a minor official of the seventh rank, what big deal can you have? How can it be related to the safety of the country?"
"Minister Wang," the emperor spoke, first stopping Wang Xiang, then looking at Xie Lang with a gracious expression, "Lord Xu, since you have something important to report, please stay and report to me after the court meeting."
Since the emperor spoke personally, it was natural for everyone to not offend him.
After an hour, the court meeting ended.
The promotion of Xie Lang this time had not been finalized yet due to too many objections from the ministers.
Chengming Hall, the emperor's office.
At this time, the emperor asked the eunuchs and palace maids to wait outside the palace, and only Xie Lang and the emperor were left in the entire hall.
"My dear, there is no one here right now. What important matter do you need to report to me?"
"Your Majesty, this is a memory from my previous life. Please take a look at it first."
Xie Lang looked at the forty-year-old emperor with indifference, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, but the smile did not reach his eyes.
The next moment, dense memories flooded into the emperor's mind.
By the way, the entire hall was blocked.