Hearing this, Jia Changchao and Zhang Yaozuo could not help trembling, fine beads of sweat breaking out on their foreheads.
Though they had not attained such lofty positions back then, they had all heard more or less about that incident.
The Chief Justice of the Court of Imperial Clan had been beaten to death right outside the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and if it hadn't been raining that day, that pool of blood would have been hard to wash away...
"Lord Bao," Zhao Zhen shifted his gaze away from Zhang Yaozuo and Jia Changchao, turned to Bao Zheng, and said, "you may begin. Tell Us..."
"How do you intend to impeach them?"
"Your Majesty, as the Right Chancellor, Jia Changchao ought to have assisted Your Majesty in supporting the state. Instead, blinded by greed, he colluded with Zhang Yaozuo and committed monstrous crimes," Bao Zheng said, cupping his hands. He then drew a ledger from his robe and continued:
"This is the ledger of the Zhang Family's properties, compiled and recorded by my own hand. It details every single transaction regarding the theft and resale of the Ritual Artifacts, every last one of which is deeply tied to Zhang Yaozuo."
"The dates, locations, amounts, and even the individuals involved are all duly recorded. The ironclad evidence is more than enough to prove that Zhang Yaozuo abused his position to misappropriate state Ritual Artifacts, treating them as his own property before reselling them for exorbitant profits."
Zhao Zhen looked at the ledger in …
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