novelhk Chapter 229: Redress
Chapter 229: Redress
"Prince Jing, what do you mean? I am your father-in-law today after all, how can you be so disrespectful to me?" The Minister of War had a gloomy face.
He was extremely dissatisfied with the words of the two people who dragged him into this. At this moment, he put on a righteous look and said to the emperor,
"Your Majesty, these two were demoted for violating military regulations, but they are still dissatisfied and resentful. Today, they took the opportunity to cause trouble again. They have not changed their bad habits. Please expel them to avoid spoiling everyone's fun."
Jun Mo sneered, "Lord Shangshu has such great authority that he doesn't even allow people below him to speak up for their grievances. No wonder the appointments made by the Ministry of War often attract complaints from many officials!"
The minister narrowed his eyes and said to Jun Mo through gritted teeth, "Prince Jing, don't forget that the marriage between our two families was arranged with the best efforts of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.
On the day of your great wedding, you actually encouraged your old subordinates to bring up old matters again. Do you really take the Emperor seriously? Do you really take the Empress Dowager seriously? You are being disloyal and unfilial!"
"Sir Shangshu, don't think that I will back down after such a big hat is put on me. Let me tell you, today is the day for all the people to petition! I want to seek justice for them and the innocent souls of the Yulin Army who died unfortunately."
"You, you, you..." Shangshu looked at Jun Mo with horror.
"Why are you so confident that you point the finger at me? Treating your new father-in-law like this, aren't you afraid of being laughed at, angering the emperor, and losing face for the royal family?"
Jun Mo's brows were cold, and he said indignantly: "Many former members of the Yulin Army were wronged, but there is no way to redress their grievances. If the injustice is not redressed, it will be a disgrace to the royal family!
In front of all the people in this dynasty, please ask our loyal ministers, our imperial censors, and the ministers with a sense of justice, whether they are willing to give those who have been wronged a chance to seek redress?"
Yu Jiuer looked at the silent emperor, then looked at everyone else. She understood in her heart that Jun Mo had said this and the emperor could only swallow this loss for the sake of his reputation.
As expected, the emperor's face was long and he snorted coldly: "Okay! I will give you a chance today to see what you can do."
With the emperor's words, Jun Mo had no scruples at all. He didn't even care about the game of passing the flower.
He asked loudly, "Everyone, who has any grievances? Today, the emperor has been merciful and allowed you to speak up. Why don't you speak up quickly?"
Then, one after another, the former generals of the Yulin Army stepped forward and spoke out in tears about the grievances that had been buried in their hearts for years.
Five years ago, the Yulin Army was blamed by the Emperor for its defeat. The Minister of War and many ministers in the court added insult to injury, causing many soldiers of the Yulin Army who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield to suffer unjust accusations.
At that time, Jun Mo ignored the dissuasion of his grandfather and mother, and withstood the pressure, trying his best to ensure that all those who could be saved were saved, but he was unable to save many due to the emperor's suspicion.
After all, defeat is a fact.
Even though a large part of the reason for the defeat at that time was due to the unreasonable allocation of food and other weapons and equipment by the Ministry of War, these soldiers who only knew how to fight could not find a reason to prove their innocence and could only swallow their loss!
Important generals of the Yulin Army had their homes confiscated and beheaded, some were imprisoned, and some were exiled to a barren land.
Surrounded by wronged souls, the army was once demoralized.
Later, in order to save his subordinates who had once shared hardships with him, Jun Mo was willing to hand over his military power and disband the Yulin Army.
I thought that in this way, he could be a leisurely prince who didn't care about worldly affairs.
But the emperor still believed the slander and demoted him to Yinshan County.
Jun Mo couldn't blame his father for using the interests of the Great Dong Dynasty as an excuse to break his wings. After all, he was his son. The doctrine of filial piety being the first of all virtues ran through his bones. He had complaints in his heart but could only endure it.
But he couldn't let his brothers, who had been through life and death with him, die tragically for him!
So over the years, he never gave up any opportunity to save them.
After returning to Beijing from Yinshan County, he devoted more attention to investigating and collecting evidence, and finally collected most of the evidence to prove the innocence of many people in the Yulin Army.
After the twenty or so people who came out to appeal their grievances, Jun Mo also presented the relevant evidence he had investigated to support their appeal.
The emperor flipped through the evidence in his hand, and then looked at the people kneeling on the ground below to appeal for justice. He had to give the imperial guards a solemn order: "Imprison the Minister of War and retry him later!"
"Father, since it has been confirmed that the former generals of the Yulin Army who have been imprisoned for five years were wrongly imprisoned, can you release them now?" Jun Mo paid a lot for this day and didn't want to wait any longer.
"They must be released immediately! Later, I will reappoint a new Minister of War to give them a good resettlement. For the generals who were sent to other imperial guards, imperial guards, Shenjiying, or even to other counties, the new Minister of War will also make adjustments to make up for their losses in the past five years!
I will also give an explanation to the descendants of the generals who died unjustly! "The emperor is a drama queen, changing his expression faster than turning the pages of a book, making Yu Jiuer a little overwhelmed.
However, after this incident, even if Jun Mo cannot reorganize the Yulin Army, he can still get a considerable amount of help.
At this point, the Minister of War knew that the situation was hopeless and laughed wildly:
"Hahaha... what a great way to sacrifice one's own family for the sake of justice! So the gifts you sent to my house a while ago to show your friendship were all a trick? All to make us relax our vigilance and make it easier for you to investigate, right?"
"Yes!" Jun Mo admitted frankly.
"Prince Jing, you played a good game of chess!" The Minister of War said this and spit out blood.
"Put it down!"
With the emperor's order, Jun Mo's resentment that had been suppressed in his heart for five years was finally released.
He glanced towards Yu Jiuer, his eyes filled with a feeling of mutual admiration.
Before being dragged away, the Minister of War asked one last, most worrying question: "Wait, will my daughter be implicated? She..."
"Song Wanqing is the concubine chosen by my grandmother and father for me. Public is public, private is private. Since I promised my grandmother and father to marry her, I will not blame her because of you!"
Even though Jun Mo's tone was cold and without a trace of emotion, Yu Jiuer still felt very uncomfortable.
She looked at Jun Mo and snorted in her heart: A man cannot show his ability if he doesn't marry three wives and four concubines, right? Why don't you take the opportunity to kick a goblin out of the house?
At this time, Song Wanqing, who received the news, ran out in a panic and knelt down at Jun Mo's feet to plead: "Prince, don't look at the monk's face, look at the Buddha's face. I am married to you now, please let my father go?"
Jun Mo said coldly, "He committed a heinous crime, and the law will not tolerate it! He is guilty of a crime not punishable by marriage, so you better take care of yourself! Someone, send Concubine Song back to her room. If she continues to act unreasonably, she will be sent to the cold courtyard!"
With a wave of Jian Yi's hand, the guards immediately stepped forward and dragged Song Wanqing, who was almost fainting from crying, back to her room.
Yu Jiuer's eyes widened, she couldn't understand why he agreed to marry her if he wanted to deal with her father?
It doesn't look like he's interested in her?
Is it just to gain the Shangshu's trust and facilitate the investigation?
He will be tortured tonight.
Men, you can’t be spoiled!
Not long after, five officials involved in the incident who were related to the Minister of War were also taken away and locked up.
The matter came to an end. Yu Jiuer acted as if nothing had happened and said to everyone, "Let's continue the game of passing the flower? Let's see who else is hiding something that is difficult to talk about."
Those who had their injustice redressed were in high spirits and in a good mood. They all cheered and responded: "Good! Keep passing the flower!"
The emperor rubbed his forehead and said, "I am tired. I will go back to the palace to rest. You guys can have fun by yourselves!"
After saying that, he stood up and left without looking back.
Naturally, Concubine Duan, Concubine Xiang and the Eighth Princess had to go back first as well.
Before Concubine Duan went back, she looked at the fake "Yu Wushuang" and gave her a warning look, suggesting that she should keep her duty and not reveal her identity because of jealousy.
Yu Jiuer curled her lips. Didn't Concubine Duan already tell someone to tell her something? Why was she still so worried? Did she really not know the seriousness of the matter?
After the emperor left, those who were against Jun Mo also stood up and said goodbye.
Before long, the people left in Prince Jing's Mansion were either officials from Jun Mo's faction or officials from Qingliu faction who had not yet drunk enough wine.
For example, those censors and Lord Zheng who is known for his integrity, maybe they want to drink back all their money before leaving?
However, Shang Buqun, the loyal minister, had not left yet. Instead, he picked up the wine glass and drank silently, looking at Yu Jiuer with a thoughtful look.
Yu Jiuer knew that this guy definitely didn't drink it back for the money he earned.
Looking at him, sometimes he frowned, sometimes he was in a daze, as if something was confusing him.
As a result, Yu Jiuer had to pretend to be a shy and infatuated girl to deal with him, for fear that he would find out that she was Yu Jiuer disguised as a man.