Sui and Tang Dynasties: Killing Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to sacrifice to heaven at the beginni

Chapter 234 The Origin of Gold Ingots.

Daxing City, half of the palace.

By the time Hou Junji returned to Li Mu's mansion, it was already five watch, and the sky was at dawn at this time.

"Da da da!"

"My lord, Hou Junji is back." Xu Maogong called softly outside Li Mu's door.

As soon as Li Mu heard that Hou Junji was back, he quickly got up from the bed, put on his clothes and came to the front hall.

At this time, Hou Junji had been waiting in the front hall for a long time.He was wet all over, and he didn't know what he was holding in his arms, which looked bulging.

"Any clues?" Li Mu asked Hou Junji.

"My lord, I didn't find anything like letters. However, I found many boxes containing gold, silver and jewelry sunk into the well at Li Mi's mansion."

"I took these things out of the box." Hou Junji took out the things in his arms while talking.

"The good gold, silver and jewelry sank into the well. I think the origin of these things is not clean." Li Mu said looking at the things on the table.

"It's just that it's hard to convict Li Mi just by relying on the gold, silver and jewels that sank into the well!" Li Mu sighed, and then said.

Without letters and accounts, it would be really difficult to convict him if Li Mi refused to admit it just by relying on the gold, silver and jewels that Li Mi sank into the well.After all, that aristocratic family does not have any dirty business behind the scenes.

"The subordinate is incompetent, and no actual evidence has been found." Hou Junji hurriedly cupped his hands and said.

"Ha ha!"

"Junji, you've made a great contribution today." Xu Maogong stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Military Master, what did you find?" Li Mu asked Xu Maogong.

"My lord, these gold ingots are all brand new official ingots." Xu Maogong said, looking at the two gold ingots on the table.

As soon as Xu Maogong said this, Li Mu immediately understood what Xu Maogong meant.

Although the Sui Dynasty is rich today, the main circulation in the market is the Sui five baht. Only when merchants carry out large-scale trade, for the convenience of transportation, will this be settled with gold, and most of the gold used by merchants is private ingots .

The official ingot is a large gold ingot of 50 taels, and under normal circumstances, even merchants do not need so much gold for settlement.In order to facilitate trade, merchants will melt official ingots and recast them into various small pieces of gold, also known as private ingots.

In the Sui Dynasty, it was illegal to cast five baht coins privately, but it was not illegal to melt and cast gold privately.

That is to say, official ingots are rarely traded in the market, and on the official ingots, the year, month, and day of casting will be engraved on the bottom of the gold ingot.

The two gold ingots that Hou Junji brought from Li Mi's residence happened to be brand new official ingots that had not yet been circulated in the market.In this way, it is possible to find out who gave these gold ingots to Li Mi according to the date on them.

Coincidentally, because Taiyuan City is too far away from Daxing City, for the convenience of transportation.The military expenditure allocated by the imperial court to Han Wang Yang Liang happened to be allocated in gold.

At this time, Li Mu already knew that these gold ingots were most likely used by Han Wang Yang Liang to bribe Li Mi.

"Military division, take someone to the household department to check, remember, you must be quick." Li Mu told Xu Maogong.

"Yes." Xu Maogong replied, picked up the two gold ingots on the table, and immediately led people to the household department.

Xu Maogong ordered a team of soldiers and horses, and Qin Qiong personally led the army to follow, rushing all the way to the yamen of the household department.

Daxing City, Household Yamen.

The door of the household department's yamen had just opened, and as soon as a group of officials stepped into the yamen, Qin Qiong led soldiers and horses to block the door.

As soon as the door opened, it was blocked by a group of big-headed soldiers, and the officials of the Ministry of Finance were all terrified.This is a fat and deficient yamen in the Ministry of Household Affairs. After investigation, there is no clean one in it.

Therefore, these officials of the household department cursed bad luck one by one in their hearts.Although I was cursing bad luck in my heart, I had to greet him with a smile.

Xu Maogong is Li Mu's military adviser, and Qin Qiong is the left general of the Tiance Army.These two are both half kings, celebrities in front of General Tiance, and now our prince is in full swing, whoever sees his confidants will not be greeted with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, General Qin, I don't know if the two of you have come to the household department. What are you talking about?" A servant from the household department greeted him and said with a smile.

Xu Maogong didn't make any excuses, but said straight to the point: "I am ordered by the prince to investigate the case, quickly find out where these two gold ingots were allocated?"

Xu Maogong said, and handed the two gold ingots in his hand to the servant of the household department.

When he heard that he did not come to trouble their household department, the servant also heaved a sigh of relief.Although the household department is also a big yamen, but compared with the Banbi king, the power of the general is much worse.

The servant of the household department took the two gold ingots from Xu Maogong and looked at them carefully. After a while, he only heard him say: "These gold ingots were cast at the beginning of the previous year. Come here, go and find out the identity of these gold ingots." Where to go."

After the servant of the household department gave an order, the officials of the household department immediately began to search for it.Without much effort, I found out the accounts of the previous year.

According to the date on the gold ingot, he was seated according to the number, and after a while, the minister of household department found out the whereabouts of this gold ingot.

"Mr. Xu, this batch of gold is sent to Taiyuan for military expenses." The household servant replied.

Hearing this, Xu Maogong's eyes lit up, as expected, there was indeed something wrong with Li Mi.

"My lord, please take the accounts of Taiyuan Mansion in recent years, and bring a few people with me. There are a batch of gold ingots that need to be checked one by one." Xu Maogong spoke very politely.

"Easy to say, easy to say."

"It's my honor to be able to serve the prince." The servant of the household department said with a smile, as long as they don't trouble the household department, they don't care who the unlucky person is.

"You guys, come with me with the accounts." As he spoke, the Minister of the Household Department greeted several officials of the Household Department.

After getting the accounts, Xu Maogong led his troops straight to Pushangong's mansion without a moment's delay.

Early in the morning, hundreds of soldiers in full armor and full armor rushed towards Pu Shangong's mansion on the street.

With so many soldiers in a hurry, passers-by on the road could tell at a glance that someone was going to be in trouble.

"Where are we going?" The officials of the household department held the accounts and followed the soldiers, whispering to each other.

"Cough cough!"

"Speak less and do more. Don't talk too much about things you shouldn't care about." The servant of the household department coughed a few times, interrupting the words of the following people.

This servant of the household department is an old stick in the officialdom. He knows the way of being an official. In the officialdom, people who talk less often live longer.Those who ask around all day think they know a lot.Didn't he know that the more things he knew, the shorter his life would be.

(End of this chapter)