The so-called ten crimes were not tenable except for killing prisoners. Li Fan was not afraid of the censor who jumped out and talked happily in the hall.

In the end, Zhang Juzheng made a ruling, saying that Li Fan's reason for killing prisoners was too far-fetched and was punished for one year. Chen Jingshi had an old mother in his family, so it was not easy to travel far away, and he did not have to go out to the frontier to educate the Tatars.

For Li Fan's impeachment, it was a big thunder and a small rainfall. The salary was simply pitiful for the casual official Chengfenglang. Not to mention a year, even ten or eight years, Li Fan would not frown.

The so-called morning court is almost at noon. A eunuch called out in routine: "If you have something to do, report it early, and if you have nothing to do, leave the court!"

Comrade Xiao Zhu also worked very hard. Just as he was about to issue an order to leave the court, a voice sounded: "Your Majesty! I have a copy to report!"

What? Xiao Zhu was stunned for agreeing. He never expected that Li Fan would jump out.

The others were also confused. Li Fan just got rid of the trouble, why did he jump out again?

Since someone jumped out, the "morning court" could not end, Comrade Xiao Zhu nodded and asked Li Fan to present the memorial.

But Li Fan smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty! I just thought of it and haven't written a memorial yet.

How about you writing a memorial on the spot?”

When the censors heard this, they almost lost their anger. Did they write the memorials on the spot? Do you think this is a casual person and write the account!

"You should report it as soon as possible! Don't waste time in the court!" Zhang Juzheng stood up and said.

Li Fan immediately raised his face and said seriously: "Your Majesty! I impeach all gentry officials, misinterpret the ancestral teachings, and give them a gift!"

quiet!

As soon as Li Fan said something, the entire hall fell into a brief silence. Everyone had an idea, that is, Li Fan was crazy and actually impeached all the scholar-official class. Isn’t this seeking death or what?

After a brief quiet, the storm came. The entire hall seemed to be in an uproar, and everyone was united in attacking Li Fan, and Li Fan was like a reef in the stormy waves, and I remained unmoved.

When the noise in the hall calmed down a little, Comrade Xiao Zhu said, "Chengfenglang! Do you really want to impeach all the gentry and officials?"

Comrade Xiao Zhu still held a glimmer of luck, hoping that Li Fan could take back his words. He offended all the officials and gentry all at once, and Li Fan would be unable to make a move in the bright future.

But Li Fan still emphasized: "Your Majesty! I am sure to impeach all the gentry and officials!"

"Hey!" Comrade Xiao Zhu sighed and raised his hand to signal Li Fan to continue.

"I will be honest! If you can't make it clear today, I will definitely sue you for the crime of framed by your colleagues and deceiving the emperor and disregarding the emperor!" Zhang Siwei said gloomyly, almost the same as his son Zhang Taizheng.

Li Fan was not afraid of threats at all and said, "At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, everything was in ruins! Emperor Hongwu's ancestor once had a ancestral teaching and treated poor scholars well!

It can reduce some money and food for poor scholars, but what about now? As long as you pass the imperial examination, no matter whether you are poor or not, all money and food will be exempted!

The officials here have this question. Who of you has not accepted the contributions from the people? Who is your family still poor? Who of you has taken the initiative to pay taxes?

What are you going to do? Take the taxes that should belong to the Ming Dynasty and live a luxurious life. This is what you call loyalty to the emperor and patriotism?

This is what you call benevolence, righteousness and morality? If this continues, the country will have no taxes to collect, and you so-called righteous gentlemen will be in vain!”

"Stop your mouth! All the lords in the court, how can you let your casual slander?

Your Majesty! Cheng Fenglang slandered all officials and intended to rebel! Please ask Your Majesty...!" It was the first Jingshi Chen to jump out again.

Before he could finish speaking, Li Fan shouted loudly: "Stop it!"

Then he took out a small notebook from his arms, flipped through a few pages and said, "Chen Shizhong! A native of Anping County, his family has a wealth of 100 acres of land. At the age of 35, the people all offered acres of land.

As of the fifth year of Wanli, the Shen family had a total of 137 mu of land, of which about 28 mu were hidden, occupying four floors of land in Anping County.

Lord Shen! I wonder if what I said below is true?”

After Li Fan finished reading it, he closed the small notebook and looked at Chen Jingshi and said.

Chen Yushi was on the spot, and a large amount of sweat oozed out of his forehead. The data Li Fan said was exactly the same as what he knew, and even the fields he had hidden were not bad at all. How could this be possible?

This is the case with a censor, so what about the entire Ming Dynasty? How many such officials were there? How many taxes that should belong to the court fell into the pockets of the gentry?

Comrade Xiao Zhu's face turned completely cold, and his hands kept trembling, wishing to take down all the officials immediately.

But he knew that this was impossible, and it was easy to kill officials, but Daming could not let him manage it alone!

"Your Majesty! I plan to write down the situation in Chen Jingshi's home, so that the posts can be posted outside the walls of the Royal Post Station, so that all the Ming people know how honest and honest Chen Jingshi is. I wonder if it is feasible?"

Li Fan was so bad that he directly ruined the reputation of Chen Jingshi. Is there so much fertile land in his family all contributed by the people?

There will definitely be tricks in these aspects. Even if there is no, the people's hatred of wealth will think of him as a complete scum.

When Chen Yushi heard this, he could no longer hold on and his body fell down. He looked at the roof of the hall with his eyes blank and muttered to himself: "It's over! It's over!"

A friend of Chen who had been with Chen for many years was a little reluctant. He was about to stand up and speak when he saw Li Fan take out his small notebook again. He looked at it with a bad look. He was so scared that he quickly retreated.

"Censor Liu also has something to say, and the Xiaguan also has some of your family's situations. Should I read them together?"

Yushi Liu was sweating coldly, his head shaking like a rattle, and he retreated several steps to the crowd.

Li Fan thought to himself: Brother, I don’t hold grudges, I usually avenge them on the spot!

To impeach yourself, you must have the awareness of being impeached by yourself.

"Li Fan! Since you impeached all gentry officials, can you have a solution?" Zhang Juzheng asked. He did not accuse him of right or wrong, and directly asked for the solution.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Fan, and they wanted to hear what the culprit said.

"Follow the ancestral teachings, treat scholars with preferential treatment, and pay taxes together with officials and gentry!" Li Fan looked at Zhang Juzheng and said word by word.

"Impossible! How can we literati be compared with ordinary people!" Zhang Siwei first jumped out to object.

Li Fan looked at the other party and said disdainfully: "Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty. What's wrong with paying taxes according to the rules?

Besides, the scholars who are favored by the ancestors are not the family that treats the entire scholars!

What are the qualifications for those families who only know how to eat, drink and have fun all day long?

Or, Lord Chufu wants to learn from the thousand-year-old family of the five surnames and seven hopes back then?"
Chapter completed!