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Chapter 851 Ranking Responsibilities
At the invitation of Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu Si went to Renshou Palace to meet "mother and son".

Originally, Zhu Si thought that Empress Dowager Zhang was going to mention the batch of pig iron, and even asked him not to pursue the responsibility of Uncle Huai Rou and others, but it turned out that Empress Dowager Zhang didn't seem to know about it at all, and only proposed to let the two of Zhang's family The relatives can have the opportunity to open mines with Zhu Si.

"...Your Majesty, those two uncles of yours had a quarrel with each other because of the military achievements in the Northwest. The Ai family finally thought of a way to appease them, and they both agreed... Isn't Xishan allowed to open mines? The two of them used to To open coal mines in Xishan, it is better to let them continue to operate, you find some experienced people to guide them, let them save a little, how about this?"

Queen Mother Zhang said to Zhu Si in a discussing tone.

The reason why the Zhang family brothers will use "mining" as a condition to settle their suspicions is because they have heard that the emperor's mining output is very large, including coal and iron. It is said that the output of iron alone is several million. It's a huge amount of catties, and in just one or two years, tens of thousands of taels of silver have been earned back.

They also know that if they go to open a mine, the result will be the same as when they opened a coal mine in Xishan. Experts" lead them.

They also knew that it would be better if the emperor didn't just throw the shoes in their faces directly to ask the emperor, so they went to find Queen Mother Zhang.

Zhu Sidao: "Queen Mother, it's not that I don't want to help them, but I heard that when they opened mines, they didn't follow the rules very well. They always liked to rob other people's mines. Royal face, even against Jin Yiwei..."

Empress Dowager Zhang said earnestly: "Isn't that the time has passed? Now, Your Majesty, you lack people to help you in the court. Let them help you... They are all from your own family. Isn't it good to take care of each other?"

Zhu Si pondered for a while.

I am now fighting with Yang Tinghe. If Queen Mother Zhang owes him a favor because of the Zhang family brothers, she will not stand on Yang Tinghe's side. After all, the Zhang family brothers' reputation in the court is not good. The emperor's lack of support, could it be that Empress Dowager Zhang expects those ministers who claim to be righteous in the court to help her two useless younger brothers?
"Recently, I intend to open a new coal mine in Xishan. If the two uncles are interested, they can buy shares and get dividends every year... But the previous mine was rejected by Mr. Yang Ge, and I don't know if the new mine will be opened. Can drive."

What Zhu Si meant was that I wanted to auction the mines and institutionalize the collection of mining taxes, but Yang Tinghe rejected the matter in an unreasonable way. Now since you want me to make your two younger brothers rich, Did you come forward and make peace?
"That's it."

Empress Dowager Zhang seemed to think of something, nodded and said, "Then Aijia asked someone to talk to Mr. Yang Ge... The mining of Xishan involves heating and cooking for millions of people in the capital, and it benefits the country and the people. Why stop it? Aijia heard that Your Majesty, you have capable people who mine mines, and once you find a suitable mine and continue to operate it, you can actually feed back the national treasury, which is really a good thing."

When Zhu Si heard what the cheap old lady said, he immediately looked happy: "The queen mother, I will keep this matter in mind, and take care of the two uncles to make a fortune. I will also ask someone to send some money to my mother later."

Empress Dowager Zhang said with a smile: "That's true, the palace expenditures in the past two years are a bit indelible. The Ai family knows that you are under a lot of restrictions from those ministers. If you have some income from mining or something, remember to send some to the Ai family... Sorrow The family usually doesn't spend much money, but the servants around them always need it, and money is still a good thing in this world."

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Zhu Si came out of Renshou Palace in a good mood.

Huang Jin, who had been waiting outside, thought that Zhu Si would be displeased when he saw Zhu Si, but when he saw the emperor smiling and walking forward, it seemed that he had encountered some happy event. Put pressure on the emperor?
"You will send 500 taels of silver to Renshou Palace later." Zhu Si said.

Huang Jin said: "Yes."

Zhu Si smiled and said: "It's really not easy. The queen mother actually thinks what I think, is anxious about what I am anxious about, knowing that I will continue to mine, and wants to bring her two younger brothers to work together. That's good... Huh, I Let's see how old man Yang fights with me! Without the support of the Queen Mother, he is just a grasshopper without wings.

Huang Jin shuddered when he heard this.

What kind of metaphor is this?
It seems that the emperor is full of confidence!

But in times like this before, Zhu Hao was still by your side to give advice, but the problem is that Zhu Hao is not in the capital now, what happened to make the emperor so arrogant?

Huang Jin asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, Li Tong, the commander of Yongning Guard, has arrived in Beijing and is currently being detained by Dongchang. Do you want to be interrogated?"

Zhu Sidao: "Didn't you say that there will be an imperial trial? Let's wait and see what happens. If Mr. Yang wants to mess up, I will try him in the Fengtian Palace, so that everyone in the court will know how ruthless Yang is!"

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Go forward early this morning.

All the ministers were waiting for an audience, but here Yang Tinghe got the news that Sun Jiao was summoned by the emperor to the Qianqing Palace to discuss matters.

In the past, the emperor had to discuss matters with the ministers alone, waiting for the end of the court meeting, but this time it was before the court meeting, which was obviously out of order. Yang Tinghe immediately thought that the emperor should be asking about the details of collecting debts from Shi Zan. Maybe this matter will be mentioned in the court today.

If it was operated normally, Yang Tinghe should find a few familiar ministers to discuss with him, but he did not do so.

It's been a long time.

Sun Jiao came late, he looked as usual, Yang Tinghe didn't know what the emperor talked about with him, Sun Jiao didn't give Yang Tinghe a chance to ask questions in advance, and soon Zhang Zuo, the eunuch in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies, yelled loudly to let all the officials enter Fengtian Hall .

With the arrival of the emperor, the court will begin.

After the basic etiquette of the monarch and his ministers, Zhu Si did not wait for the ministers to play, so he spoke first.

"Gentlemen, I mentioned to you earlier that the iron mine opened by Yongping Mansion contained a batch of pig iron, about 600 million catties, which was seized by Zhu Hao, the magistrate of Yongping Mansion, and then joined forces with the Yongping Guards to command and envoy. Li Tong was transported away, Jin Yiwei found clues and asked them for it, but they said that the pig iron was lost! May I ask you, what crime did they commit? How should I hold them accountable?"

If the emperor didn't say it, many ministers present would not know about it.

The information they got was only that Zhu Hao had seized the pig iron, and Yisun submitted a memorial to request that this batch of iron be used as armaments, but they did not say that the batch of iron was lost.

If it is really lost... then this matter is worth pondering.

Could it be that Zhu Hao and Li Tong had privately cast this batch of iron into weapons, and Sun Jiao transferred them to the northwest as armaments?Want to play first and then play?Or is it Yang Tinghe who instigated all of this?

Of course, some well-informed people are already looking at Yang Tinghe, after all, what happened to Uncle Huai Rou is not a secret, many people know that this matter is the focus of the game between the emperor and Yang Tinghe.

"Department of punishment!"

Seeing that no one answered his question, Zhu Si could only count people one by one.

Lin Jun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court recruits people to mine the mine, and the iron obtained is used by the imperial court. I believe that Zhu Hao and Li Tong did nothing wrong."

Zhu Sidao: "Lin Qing's family, you didn't hear what I said, did you? Now they have reported to me that this batch of iron has been lost! First, whether it is used in the court or in other places, can you first get rid of this batch of iron? Tie will come back to me, can you answer directly?"

Pursuit?

That is not within the scope of my responsibility for the Minister of Criminal Affairs.

Who said that if I am in charge of the criminal department, I will take care of everything?Even if this is really an errand of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I, Lin Jun, can evade and say that I don't know.

Lin Jun said: "I have no objection."

Zhu Si wanted to scold people very much.

What have been discussed, you say no objection?

You don't even understand what objection is?I said that I want to recover that batch of iron, does that mean you agree with me?The dignified Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment should speak his mind. Is his speech so ambiguous?

"Household!"

Zhu Si didn't want to ask a slippery politician like Lin Jun, so he turned to embarrass Sun Jiao.

Everyone immediately looked at Sun Jiao.

They are all thinking that the emperor summoned him in advance, and he has said everything that should be said. When your grandson speaks, it should be to convey the meaning, not to really discuss it, right?

Sun Jiaodao: "The old minister deeply regrets Zhu Hao's actions, but as the chief official sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs to act on behalf of the mine affairs, there is nothing wrong with him escorting and transporting the products produced in the mine, so the old minister thinks that it should be Let Li Tong, the commander of Yongning Guard, be held accountable first!"

As soon as these words came out, almost all the ministers were dumbfounded.

You, old man Sun, have a good way of throwing pot away. Not only did you throw it away yourself, but you also threw it away for your son-in-law?

Zhu Si said coldly: "Sun Butang, it seems that your son-in-law who rides a dragon quickly withheld the pig iron, and that's why so many things happened...you think he's not responsible?"

Sun Jiaodao: "The old minister doesn't understand what His Majesty means. Since Zhu Hao took over the mine, shouldn't he take care of all the output in the mine? The old minister doesn't know what the so-called deduction means. Besides, That batch of pig iron should not have disappeared from his hands, right? Whoever lost it should be held accountable, this is the legal principle."

It sounds reasonable.

But isn't your grandson a little too shameless?
Zhu Si's nose was almost crooked, and he said with a dark face: "Sun Butang, I summoned you earlier, you can say that you want to investigate for me, do you shirk responsibility like this?"

Sun Jiaodao: "The old minister promised His Majesty to thoroughly investigate this matter, but His Majesty is about to investigate the responsibility of the person involved, and the old minister has no choice but to suspect that this batch of pig iron may not have left the boundary of Yongping Mansion... The old minister is not trying to excuse his son-in-law, but just advocates for investigation. Responsibilities must be carried out sequentially, Your Majesty, please distinguish between priorities."

Everyone thought that Sun Jiao was with the emperor, but after hearing Sun Jiao's words, everyone realized that Sun Jiao probably didn't agree with the emperor.

Otherwise, why are you looking for trouble with the emperor everywhere?

Many ministers couldn't help looking at Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe's expression was indifferent, as if he could see that the emperor and Sun Jiao were clearly acting. They had rehearsed in advance. Let's talk about the order of accountability first. Then the next step should be to follow the vines, step by step from Li Tong to the top, and gradually find out. On him, Yang Tinghe!
(End of this chapter)