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Chapter 685 Impeachment

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    Di Renjie was loyal to the emperor and hoped that Yunyao would help his eldest nephew. Unfortunately, Yunyao did not want to help because the eldest nephew wanted to imitate his father in playing the game of checks and balances.  I simply don¡¯t understand that being an emperor is not to command the world, but to preserve oneself.  You know you can't beat him but you still take risks, you just don't know how to protect yourself.  He could only go back disappointed.

    Even though Yunyao didn't help, the emperor still launched an attack on Wu Zetian.  Di Renjie impeached her for spending a lot of money to import timber from Baiyue over the long distance, and then impeached her for misappropriating warships and causing shipwrecks, and then impeached her for causing a large number of unfinished projects during the development of the canal industrial belt.

    Yunyao couldn't help but shake her head after looking at it. How dare you fight Wu Meiniang at this level?  None of these three impeachments hit the mark. Spending a lot of money to transport timber from Baiyue is indeed a waste, but as long as there is a reason, it can be excused, because the timber must be bought. How can we build a palace or build a warship if we don¡¯t buy it?

    I had to buy it, and I bought it back.  Does it matter where you buy it?  It doesn't matter, because these projects must be launched, and not completing them is a big problem.  The project was completed, but the budget was overrun. This can only be regarded as a failure to keep up with the changes in the plan.

    As expected, Wu Meiniang directly said that the reason for not transporting wood from Lingnan was mainly because the weather was bad and the roads were in disrepair, so it could not be transported, so she had to choose the distance and transport the wood from Baiyue.  The warships were diverted to transport timber. As for the shipwreck, it was because they encountered a storm and the weather was bad.

    "The project has been started. If we wait until the weather improves, it may be delayed for a whole year. Industrial upgrading is time-consuming, and in order to complete the project on time, we can only do this. As for unfinished work, that does not exist, just because  The funds are not in place, so the delivery is just delayed." "The plan cannot keep up with the changes, so we can only give priority to the projects that can be completed and complete them first. When the follow-up funds are available, we will definitely continue to start work." Officials from Wu Meiniang's group directly criticized  Went back.

    Yunyao looked at it and shook his head. This kind of impeachment is really painless and there is no evidence at all.  If you want to suspect that officials in Wu Meiniang's system are enriching their own pockets, you have to provide evidence, such as whether Baiyue timber is so expensive, whether there are a lot of false prices, and whether the damage caused by the shipwreck has been exaggerated.

    ¡°Without any evidence, what¡¯s the use of just saying that Wu Meiniang and the others spend too much money?  They have reasons for spending a lot of money. They spend money for the country in a reasonable and legal manner. Although they overspend, it is to complete the work of the court.

    To prove that they spent a lot of money instead of spending it on serious things, we need to show evidence that they secretly stuffed the money into their own pockets.

    Are you not working because of overspending?  If the project's construction period continues to be delayed, more money will be wasted.  If he can't even figure this out, the emperor is unqualified.

    The emperor didn¡¯t know what to say when he heard them blaming all the blame on the weather.  Because the weather was bad, the emperor was also responsible.  The induction of heaven and man means that if the emperor is not smart, God will bring disasters.  If the emperor is wise and powerful, everything will go smoothly and there will be no problems.

    So the emperor looked at Yunyao and said, "Auntie Huang, please say a few words."

    ¡°In the spring and summer last year, the weather was indeed bad and there was a lot of rain. The projects were all booked at the beginning of the year, and many projects needed to be completed quickly. There was indeed an urgent need for wood, and it was indeed a matter of necessity to switch to Baiyue for delivery. As for  The overspending problem Mr. Di mentioned does exist, but the court's accounts are clear. If you think there is a problem, you can check the accounts directly and I can take out all the accounts." Yunyao said what's the use of just talking?  Just check the accounts at this time.

    ¡°In fact, nothing can be found. If they are really corrupt, there won¡¯t be any big flaws.  If you really want to investigate, you still have to go to Baiyue and follow the boat. However, the risk is very high. If you don't pay attention, you may be killed.

    If the accounts are not up to standard, Yunyao can tell at a glance, because she is the first housekeeper of the Tang Dynasty and has control over all the accounts.  Therefore, there is no problem with Wu Meiniang's accounts at all, and Di Renjie cannot find out the problem.

    Seeing the silent expressions of the officials from the two major forces in the court, Di Renjie knew that checking the accounts was useless, and Wu Meiniang would never leave any big flaws.

    Seeing what Yunyao said, Wu Meiniang knew that there was no problem, so she said: "We did overspend, but we also wanted to make up for the loss during the construction period. If the project cannot be completed within the time limit, it will cause greater losses, even in the early stage.  All the investment will be wasted. So we have no choice but to ask Your Majesty to understand that it is not easy for me to wait."

    The emperor had no choice but to catch thieves and stolen goods, and to catch traitors and couples.  Even the emperor can't say anything about overspending for the country.

    It can be said that it was a complete defeat. The carefully prepared impeachment had no effect at all.

    "It was Di Aiqing who failed to investigate." The emperor had no evidence in hand. If there was corruption in his hand,He had already taken action directly to find out the tangible evidence of corruption and bribery, and was not scratching the surface at all. At this time, he could only say: "Then let's move on to the next topic."

    "We are ready to expand the production of steam looms, but the sheep brought back from the Western Regions, the cotton brought back from Tianzhu, and the domestically produced silk are far from enough to support more machines, so I propose to cooperate with Tubo  , plant cotton together. At the same time, you can also expand sheep breeding and import more high-quality sheep from the Western Regions. You can even try to cross the Mediterranean to find better sheep breeding. Silk also needs to be solved, and more mulberry trees should be planted.  "Wu Meiniang said: "I have submitted the detailed plan."

    With machine looms, weaving cannot stop. Now the weaving factories in the canal belt are running out of raw materials.

    There are still many markets, but there are not enough raw materials and not enough machines, so the emperor's approval is needed, and these all cost money.

    But the emperor knew very well that whether it was to send envoys to the Western Regions, build factories, or plant mulberry seedlings, the treasury did not have so much money.  The money from the treasury can only do one thing, and it is impossible to do all three.  If we could get things done without spending any money, everything would be fine.  His father had spent almost all of the treasury before. Although the canal industrial belt showed scale, he spent a lot of money and the revenue and expenditure could barely balance.

    ¡°There are other places in the Tang Dynasty that also need money, but we can¡¯t exhaust the world and enrich the canal.¡± Di Renjie said.

    "Upgrading industry is a national policy, which was formulated by Her Royal Highness Princess Zhu Yun when Emperor Taizong was in power. Develop the canal belt first. This is the development strategic direction set by Princess Zhu Yun. How can it be 'tiring the world and enriching the canal'? And  This time, the new machine will not be built on the canal belt, but will be set up in Lingnan to provide convenience for the Maritime Silk Road. How can we enrich the canal without exhausting the world?" "Master Di, please don't slander the government and disrupt national policies."

    "Prime Minister Wu, Mr. Di only cares about the world. There is no need to be so specific. Whether the new development will be in Lingnan, the west, or the northeast, we have not yet decided, so there is no need to act too hastily." Yunyao said that the new factory can be placed in Lingnan.  I haven't asked her yet.

    The two women in the court finally faced each other. All the officials immediately became silent, and even their breathing became cautious. Even the emperor felt like a ray of light on his back, because if these two women really broke out in a confrontation, the entire Tang Dynasty would be shaken.  shake.

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