The most arrogant in history

Chapter 715: Shield or scapegoat?

He Kangju had already broken out in a cold sweat and whispered:

"The directors of the textile factories...are really too bold..."

Ye Kun smiled and said to Huang Ye, "Bring He Quan in."

He Kangju was shocked and shouted, "Your Majesty, does this matter... have anything to do with my son?"

Ye Kun didn't say anything either.

He Quan was brought in, his face pale, and he stammered, "Your Majesty, father, all the adults..."

Ye Kun threw out evidence:

"He Quan, I have always had high hopes for you and appointed you as the governor of Xingyang. In the future, I also planned to appoint you as the governor of Luoyang. However, Xingyang is probably too small, which affected your ability to be a master. Therefore, you waved your sleeves to enter the Ministry of Textile Industry and control major textile factories."

Evidence shows that in recent years, important positions in major textile factories and cotton spinning industries have been replaced by people from the He Kangju family!

The He family controls almost the entire textile industry and has absolute power.

Moreover, if one person succeeds, the whole family will benefit!

He Quan argued: "Your Majesty, I am innocent. I didn't know anything about the textile factory!"

He Kangju also bowed and said, "Your Majesty, my son is only in charge of Xingyang. How can he interfere in textile factories in various places? Such matters are the responsibility of my daughter-in-law."

"Master He, you are a great scholar, but you have no sense of responsibility at all!"

Ye Kun snorted, "You pushed Youcai out here to be a shield or a scapegoat? A real man should stand tall and upright, why did you push your daughter-in-law out here to take the blame?"

He Kangju sweated: "I dare not."

Ye Kun opened the investigation report and said with a smile: "There is a man named He Yuanchun here, a relative of the He family, and a brother of He Quan. When he was a child, he had a fever and his brain was damaged. He would smile foolishly when he saw people. As a result, he is now the canteen supervisor of Jiangnan Textile Factory and receives a salary from the court.

Although Jiang Youcai is not smart and is careless, he wouldn't let a fool be the canteen manager, right?

According to the investigation results, how could He Yuanchun, who can't even feed a pig, be in charge of the canteen of a large unit? Who was so smart to let him be in charge of the canteen? "

Sang Buyi couldn't help but laughed out loud.

"Master Sang, are you still laughing?" Ye Kun rolled his eyes, slammed the table and shouted:

"Immediately set up a special case team, led by the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Finance and Taxation, to investigate this case thoroughly. If Jiang Youcai and He Quan are involved, no leniency will be shown. If the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished the same as the common people. We are not kidding."

Sang Buyi and the others bowed together: "Yes, sir!"

He Quan shouted, "Your Majesty, I did all this. It has nothing to do with Youcai. Please don't involve Youcai! In the past few years, I have been the one managing all the affairs of the textile industry behind the scenes. If you want to kill me, just kill me!"

"Very good, you still have some backbone. Youcai was right about you." Ye Kun nodded and said to Ma Zhao, "Compare the clues and let He Quan write down his confession."

He Kangju bowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty, I failed to educate my son. I have harmed the child. I am guilty. If you want to kill me, then kill me."

"Is this a deep love between father and son? Fine then, bring Lord He over as well and have them tried separately. Punish the guilty and treat them equally."

Ye Kun is ruthless.

Ma Zhao waved his hand and escorted the He father and son out.

A moment ago, everyone was colleagues in the Nine Departments, but now He Kangju has become a prisoner.

Ye Kun sat down and sighed:

"I am very sad that something like this happened. My lords, you should also be more vigilant and don't follow in the footsteps of the He family father and son."

Sang Buyi and others clasped their fists together.

Ye Kun added: "I often think that Ye Qingyang and I are related by blood and have known each other since childhood, so we are as close as brothers. Youcai, I watched her grow up, so she is like my own sister. Zhao Biao and I became sworn brothers and swore to live and die together.

But why did the people closest to me cause me such a big mess?"

No one dared to speak.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "It's okay. Everyone, tell me why this happened."

Sang Buyi sighed and said, "Your Majesty, this is a problem of people's hearts and morals no longer being the same as before."

"Wrong, this is a management system problem." Ye Kun shook his head and smiled:

"Looking at previous dynasties, such things were unavoidable. Because the imperial power was too concentrated, the emperor's people dared to break the law recklessly. As long as the emperor did not turn against him, no court law could do anything to these people.

Another problem is supervision. In the past, governors, frontier officials, and even county officials had the power of life and death, and no one supervised them. This led to governors and frontier officials often being the biggest corrupt officials.

I limited the imperial power and enforced the law to prevent this kind of situation. At present, it seems that we have not done enough. "

Everyone nodded together.

Ye Kun added: "Also, this is also a matter of belief. The purpose of the Mohist Alliance is to promote benefits and eliminate harm, and to make the world a public good. I believe that as long as the Mohists in the world can stick to this belief, they will not be greedy for enjoyment and commit corruption and abuse of power.

Therefore, I will continue to increase the proportion of Mohist disciples in the official ranks."

The disciples of the Mohist School, who used to be mostly behind the scenes, are now stepping into the spotlight.

Sang Buyi felt deeply the crisis in his career and said with a wry smile:

"I have also read the charter of the Mohist Alliance. I think it is very good and I want to join. However, I have been reading Confucian classics since I was a child. I am afraid that the Mohist Alliance will not want me..."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "The Mohist Alliance does not matter your identity or background, and it doesn't matter what books you have read before. As long as you recognize our purpose and are willing to fight for it, you will be able to join."

Sang Buyi nodded: "Then I will go back and think about it, and join the Mohist Alliance as well."

"Welcome."

Ye Kun nodded and instructed Ma Zhao: "You should start investigating this case now. This is a serious case with many people involved. We need to spend more time on it."

Ma Zhao nodded and left with everyone else.

That night, Ye Kun stayed in the imperial study and did not return to the palace.

The next morning, Ye Kun had just gotten up and was washing up when he heard a noisy sound outside, including the howling of ghosts and wolves.

Huang Ye came to report: "Your Majesty, the Queen's third sister is clamoring to see you, and we can't stop her!"

Ye Kun shook his head and sighed: "Let her in."

"Brother-in-law!"

Jiang Youcai had already rushed in and sat on the ground crying: "Brother-in-law, why did you send people to arrest He Quan? And why was my father-in-law also arrested? Did I really commit a capital crime and my whole family should be executed?"

Ye Kun smiled bitterly: "Third sister, this is the decision of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel. Please send He Quan and He Kangju over to find out the situation."

"What do you mean by understanding the situation? They were clearly arrested!"

"That's also the Ministry of Justice's business. I can't interfere."

"You are the emperor, why can't you intervene?" Jiang Youcai cried:

"Brother-in-law, if you want to kill me, just say one word and I'll die. But why did you hide it from me and capture my husband? I don't care, just give my husband back to me!"

Ye Kun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and sighed in silence.

"Third sister, how can you be like this?"

Just then, Jiang Yourong hurried over with Xue Sangu and Jiang Youbao.