In the courtroom, Zhong Yan, who had always disliked Ning Shu, mocked, "What do you mean by true or false? You're just pretending to be mysterious! If Zhao Mingzhen was innocent, then why did he hide the truth from the Hanjiang Prefecture when the disaster first started? Why did he only reveal the truth when there were starving people along the way? Zhao Mingzhen deserves to be banished to the eighteenth level of hell and never be reincarnated! "
Ning Shu did not take him seriously at all. She looked at the rotten egg on her body that had been affected by the disaster. Her snow-white brocade was stained with a muddy and stinky yellow. It was as if she was looking at someone's broken and untimely life.
"Yes, this person seems to have been doing wrong all his life." She slowly said, "To put it nicely, he is impartial and upright. To put it bluntly, he has an eccentric temperament, doesn't know how to be flexible, and can't be tolerated by the world. He is obviously a talented scholar and was born in a prominent family. If other people had half of his capital, they would have already achieved meteoric success and become a high-ranking official. He, on the other hand, endured eight years in the Hanlin Academy before he became a registrar. After a few years, he barely became an Imperial Censor. In the end, he did not cherish it. In less than half a year, he offended all his peers in the court and was sent to the remote and desolate Hanjiang Prefecture to be a magistrate. This is the first big mistake.
After arriving at the Hanjiang Prefecture, he still did not know how to put away his edge and keep a low profile. In order to stimulate the people's livelihood, he ate and slept in the open all day long. Not only did he slap the previous magistrate's face, he also shut out a group of interest groups and cut off countless people's source of income. He once again made a string of enemies for himself. Later on, when the disaster worsened, he looked up and saw that he was alone and helpless. This is the second big mistake.
As an official for 15 years, he had made himself countless enemies. Anyone with a discerning eye should have some self-awareness. However, he still maintained a laughable naivety, hoping that the reports on the disaster, which could not speak and walk, could fly directly to the Emperor. He did not know that not to mention a few reports, even if there were hundreds or thousands of reports, they would probably be burned to ashes as soon as they arrived in the capital. This was the third mistake.
After a few days of hard work, he finally received the relief funds from His Majesty. He was as happy as a fool, but he did not expect that there would be a mistake as soon as the life-saving money landed. The two hundred thousand taels of silver disappeared overnight. The huge secret behind it made his hair stand on end. He clearly had the opportunity to go to the Emperor and prove his innocence, removing himself from this matter. But when he saw the people he regarded as his eyes starve to death, one after another, they kept running to death, the soft-heartedness in his heart defeated the safety of his family. It made him betray the reputation of his family, bury the lives of his blood-related wife and daughter, and trample all the principles and reputation that he cherished most in his life under his feet. He took the initiative to become the scapegoat of others, and from then on, he would be nailed to the pillar of shame for the rest of his life for the rest of his life.
He clearly made mistake after mistake, but from the beginning to the end, he did not know where he was wrong, even to the extent that he was willing to die. He was truly the number one fool in the history of the Great Yue Dynasty for more than two hundred years! "
Hearing this, the faces of all the officials present changed. Cao Zheng Wei's calmness completely disappeared. He angrily pointed at her and said, "Ning Shu, what nonsense are you making up?!"
Hot blood surged in her chest. Ning Shu threw out the pieces of silver, one real and one fake, from her sleeve, smashing them heavily in front of the people. She spoke very quickly, wishing she could pour out all the anger she had hidden for ten years on behalf of the Zhao Family, on behalf of Zhao Mingzhen, who had died unjustly. "What I am saying, Uncle Cao should know very well in his heart! Ten years ago, to celebrate His Majesty's birthday, the Cao family was ordered to supervise the production of two hundred thousand taels of silver. Half of it was real, but the other half was a mixture of white copper and lead. Originally, they wanted to use the silver for their own use. Once it was cast, it would be kept in His Majesty's private treasury. Perhaps in ten or twenty years, even when His Majesty abdicated, the silver would not be able to enter the market. However, they did not know that a sudden natural disaster would occur in the Han Jiang prefecture.
The situation immediately reached a dead end. Once the fake silver was exposed, not to mention the Cao family, even the current Empress would not be able to save the situation. What should they do in such a desperate situation? Not only the Cao family, but everyone involved in the casting of the silver was afraid of breaking the vases. Their hearts were burning with anxiety. Then, their gazes naturally fell on the idiot who was ostracized and hated by everyone. They had all been officials for many years, and they were the ones who understood him the most. They knew that he was pedantic, and they were clear about his benevolence and righteousness. Even more so, they mocked him from the bottom of their hearts for his benevolence. After a carefully arranged illusion trick, the disaster relief silver that he had been looking forward to was gone. If he wanted to apply for a second batch of silver, it would take at least a month. At that time, the number of people who starved to death would increase by tens of thousands. Even if the other side only promised to return half of the silver, the lives of tens of thousands of people and his family were more important. Zhao Mingzhen had already made a choice in his heart. He took the initiative to become the sinner for them! He did not need to use his brain to think about the script that had been arranged, he just followed it. The people cursed him in confusion, but he calmly accepted it all. When he took off his belt and hanged himself, he wrote down the evidence of his crimes. In his heart, he foolishly thought that his people would be saved. Could there be another fool in the world who was more stupid than him? It was simply laughable. Uncle Cao, tell me, why didn't this kind of fool die? "
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