coobybook Chapter 149 Jin Lehuang’s invitation!
Chapter 149 Jin Lehuang’s invitation!
Seeing this woman, Gu Jingzhi asked curiously, "The princess is here too?"
When the Crown Prince heard this, he thought Gu Jingzhi was brooding over the incident when Jin Lehuang blocked his way. He quickly said, "Master Gu, you're worrying too much. Isn't Zhao Zhongli imprisoned here? Ah Jiu just asked me to bring him along to take a look!"
Jin Lehuang, the woman, also looked at Gu Jingzhi with a smile and said, "Master Gu is a man of honor. Are you still holding a grudge against what happened before?"
"..."
Look...
These words, this expression...
Gu Jingzhi really suspected that this woman had two souls hidden in her head.
The prince is also miserable, as his sister keeps trying to cause trouble for them.
Gu Jingzhi looked at the Crown Prince, shook his head secretly, and then said: "Your Highness, you are too kind. Speaking of which... the Crown Prince's order came first, so I still..."
He originally wanted to talk about the token, but the prince waved his hand and said, "Master Gu, there's no need to say more. We should thank you for this! If it weren't for Master Gu's reminder that day, I'm afraid that Jiu and I would be reprimanded by our father right now!"
"It's just my duty as a subject. Your Highness, it's very polite of you to say so!"
Gu Jingzhi smiled, then pointed to the carriage behind and said, "Three of the people in this carriage are victims, and one is the head of the Gu family..."
"But Gu Yong, the head of the Gu family?"
The prince asked immediately.
Gu Jingzhi nodded, then walked to Gu Jingzhi's side and whispered, "This Gu Yong is very cunning. To prevent him from changing his confession, Your Highness had better deal with him before the court session!"
"Oh?"
The prince seemed to be deeply thoughtful.
In this joint trial, apart from him and Tian Jingwen, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Metropolitan Censorate, all the people from the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court came from aristocratic families, and Song Pu was behind them...
As one of the criminals, if Gu Yong refuses to cooperate or surrenders to the Gu family, the case will be difficult to handle.
Fortunately, there are many witnesses and victims brought from Jeju Prefecture, so there will probably be no problems with this case.
"Yesterday, our manor outside the city was attacked by a group of assassins, and their target was Gu Yong! The people behind them have been verified to be the Gu family!"
"Gu family?"
The prince was stunned. "The file that Lord Gu submitted that day said that Gu Yong has a lot of leverage over Gu Heng. Isn't he afraid?"
"Your Highness, I don't know the answer to this question. However, since Gu Heng had someone silence him, the evidence must be insignificant! Or maybe Gu Heng has something to rely on!"
"So, Master Gu wants me to tell him about this..."
"That's right! If Gu Yong knew that Gu Heng wanted to kill him, he would probably no longer trust Gu Heng. Therefore, Your Highness must inform Gu Yong of this matter before the case goes to court!"
"Also, Your Highness..."
Gu Jingzhi warned again: "His Majesty asked Your Highness to try this case for the sake of the aristocratic family. We must not let others put all the blame on Gu Yong, otherwise the case will not be able to move forward!"
"???"
The prince was confused.
Isn't this making it more difficult for him?
Originally, in his opinion, no matter who was responsible for this case, the Gu family would not be able to escape. As long as Gu Heng fell, the purpose of this case would be basically achieved.
Now you tell me, the mastermind of this case must be Gu Heng?
Oh my god, you know, Song Pu and the aristocratic family are all thinking about picking Song Pu out!
"Master Gu, can you please be clear?"
"Uh……"
Gu Jingzhi's mouth twitched. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him. He immediately whispered, "Your Highness, what is the foundation of your family?"
"Foundation..."
The prince was stunned at first, then he thought of the case itself, and his eyes immediately understood.
"I understand..."
A smile instantly appeared on Gu Jingzhi's face, and he said, "In that case, I would like to congratulate Your Highness on your victory!"
……
After Gu Jingzhi took over from the prince, he was too lazy to care about this matter anymore.
Anyway, the Gu family can no longer make any waves, so he has to spend more time thinking about... how to use the case of the Gu family's land invasion to directly point the sword at the aristocratic family.
He slowly walked out of the Inner Guard House and was thinking of going back to rest when he was suddenly stopped.
He turned around and saw that it was Princess Lehuang Jin Lehuang.
He looked at Jin Lehuang curiously and asked, "The princess asked me to stay, but what's the important matter?"
Jin Lehuang said with a smile: "If Master Gu has nothing else to do, why not accompany Lehuang for a walk?"
"Isn't this...not good?"
Gu Jingzhi looked at the busy street.
Jin Lehuang said, "This princess doesn't care, so why should you? After all, you helped me get revenge, and this princess is expressing her gratitude... Is there a problem?"
"Uh!"
That’s fine, but the baby isn’t happy!
Who knows what this woman is doing behind the scenes? If the truth comes out in the future, it’s hard to say whether I will be implicated.
"Well, Princess! I'm busy with official duties, so please take a look..."
"Oh? Busy with official duties?"
Jin Lehuang nodded in agreement, then turned around. Gu Jingzhi thought the woman was going to leave, but unexpectedly, she turned back and said, "Master Gu, don't say that I didn't warn you, this family's land... doesn't seem so easy to take!"
"???"
Gu Jing was stunned.
How did this woman know his next plan?
"The county master..."
"Oh! I'm waiting for you, Lord Gu, to show me your favor at the Qin Tower!"
Jin Lehuang just smiled slightly, then walked away gracefully.
"..."
Gu Jingzhi squinted his eyes and looked at her back, feeling a little uncertain.
The first step in dealing with the aristocratic families is to start with land. Once the land reform is completed, the tax revenue of the entire Daxia will be able to be taken to a higher level.
The plan was simple. It was just to use the Gu Heng case to expand it to the whole country. Combined with the evidence of the Jiangnan family's crimes left by Jiang Ming, Emperor Xia could completely push this case to the whole country.
This would provide an excuse for land reform.
He had previously consulted with Emperor Xia, and the reason he did not directly carry out drastic reforms in education and develop papermaking and movable type printing was because he was afraid that he would take too big a step and end up hurting his balls.
After all, the monopoly of knowledge means the monopoly of officialdom!
If the lifeline of the world is cut off directly, the world will definitely be in chaos!
This is not the case with land. Although land is also very important, it is not as important as the monopoly of officialdom.
What's more, the aristocratic families control all the wealth in the world.
As long as they can continue to monopolize the Daxia officialdom, the aristocratic families have the power to regain what they have lost.
Emperor Xia understood this principle, and so did Gu Jingzhi.
But since they have decided to plot against the aristocratic families, how could it be so simple? Now it is just the first step. Having been deeply involved in the officialdom for some time, Gu Jingzhi has long seen through everything from a God's perspective.
Whatever!
Let’s take a look at what that woman Jin Lehuang wants to do today?