In the end, Ye Shangshu was not cautious enough. Last time in the court, he should not have dragged the household department into the water in order to shirk responsibility, and annoyed Shi Shangshu.

In order to escape the weak relationship of the Qi family army, Shi Shangshu must have joined forces with the Taiwei Mansion to check the accounts of the Ministry of Households for ten years. From the funds allocated to the Ministry of War, he found that the amount of military pay paid by the Ministry of War to the Qi Family Army was the same as the amount of money allocated by the Ministry of Households. If it doesn't match, report it to His Majesty.

But it's too late to say anything now.

Shi Shangshu glanced at the eldest princess, felt relieved, and continued: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Household Affairs has checked the money allocated to the Ministry of War for nearly ten years to purchase military pay for Qi's army. As many as ten thousand taels."

Shi Shangshu questioned: "Why did General Qi repeatedly go to the court to ask for an increase in military pay, but the Ministry of War ignored it? In the end, he blamed the Ministry of Households for not disbursing money?"

"As an official of the Ministry of Households, I shouldn't have intervened in the affairs of the Ministry of War, so as not to be charged with "exceeding authority". The salary allocated to the Qi family army by the Ministry, the money was not used on the Qi family army, where did it go?"

"Obviously, the military department reached out to the household department for money in the name of the Qi family army. As a result, the money was not used on the Qi family army. This is wrong."

"Your Majesty, please investigate this matter thoroughly, and give justice to the Ministry of Finance, justice to the Qi Family Army, and justice to the loyal souls and righteous bones of the Southern Wilderness who died in vain over the past ten years due to insufficient military pay from the Ministry of War."

Shi Shangshu interrogated every sentence, throwing the floor loudly, and the whole hall was dead silent.

Ye Shangshu of the Ministry of War knelt down at the court: "Your Majesty, this is just one side of Shi Shangshu's words. Shi Shangshu does not know that in recent years, Qi's army has fought against South Vietnam, and the wear and tear has increased. A large number of soldiers and weapons have to be replaced every year, and the consumption of medicinal materials is also huge. Most of the military salary of the Ministry of War is used for..."

Jiang Fuguang took a step forward: "Both sides insist on their own opinions, so we asked the Ministry of War to bring out the roster of military pay that has been distributed to Qi's army in the past ten years, and related account books, and check with each other to know the truth."

After the initial panic, Ye Shangshu calmed down. He did a perfect job on the military salary roster and account books of the Ministry of War. The inner court checked every year and found no problems.

Certainly in his heart.

The documents produced by Shi Shangshu can indeed prove that there is some discrepancy between the amount of money released by the Ministry of Households and the amount of military pay paid by the Ministry of War, but there is no actual evidence to prove that he embezzled military pay.

For those inconsistencies, he has tampered with the armor, weapons, and medicinal materials. His Majesty will only find out that the armor, weapons, and medicinal materials are hugely consumed.

Even if the investigation continues, the person in charge of casting and purchasing will be responsible for the blame. At most, he is ineffective in supervision and was reprimanded by His Majesty.

Emperor Nanxing's face sank like water: "Zuzao."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Fuguang took out a volume of documents from his sleeve: "I just have a copy in my hand, the summary of Qi's army's military salary consumption for ten years, as well as the actual situation of casting and purchasing, please be careful with your Majesty."

She has been preparing for today since the day her father asked her to interfere in politics.

Just for one hit.

Ye Shangshu had no time to put away his complacent expression, so he froze on his face, and he suddenly collapsed on the ground. The document Shi Shangshu handed over was just a pretext. What could really kill him was that the eldest princess could prove that He made false accounts and corrupted documents for military pay.

Zhang Dequan sent the document presented by the eldest princess to Emperor Nanxing.

From this document alone, nothing can be seen, but Emperor Nanxing has vaguely noticed that there may be a problem with the account book of the Ministry of War, which has not been published.

The account books of each ministry, each ministry keeps one copy, and the palace keeps one copy. The servants came to the hall with stacks of account books, documents, and rosters.

In a short while, the entire hall was filled with a wall of books as high as a person.

The officials of the inner court and the Ministry of War began to check the account books, check documents, collect rosters, and count the sounds of "clicks", one after another, from morning to night.

Under the inspection of a large number of people in the inner court, Xiao Dezi finally submitted three reports to His Majesty at dusk: "The account books of the Ministry of War are compiled, please have a look at them."

On the surface, there is no problem with the account books of the Ministry of War, but if you compare it with the document presented by the eldest princess, the problem will be bigger.

Emperor Nanxing laughed angrily: "Ye Shangshu, how do you explain that the Ministry of War is short of nearly 2000 million taels of military pay? Among them, more than 1000 million taels were distributed by the Ministry of Households to the Qi family army to purchase military pay. The money is useless What is the use of the Qi family army?"

Three-party accounts, three-party testimonials, Ye Shangshu is irrefutable, he knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty, I did not embezzle the military salary privately. The annual military salary, the money allocated by the household department is indeed used on the Qi family army, please Your Majesty check it out."

"For ten years, you have used the position of Minister of the Ministry of War to restrict the Taiwei's mansion and suppress the Qi family's army. As a result, the Qi family's army has been weakening year by year. Countless soldiers guarding Lingnan died in vain. You let me investigate clearly, okay, I will put you up and down. , check inside and out, I want to see what other immoral things you have done that cannot be tolerated."

"Your Majesty!" Ye Shangshu yelled sadly.

"Come here, take off his black gauze hat, take off his official uniform, and put him in prison for investigation." Emperor Nanxing was still angry, "Seal down the Ye Mansion, and arrest all the people in Ye Mansion."

Habayashi immediately stepped forward, and the court held Ye Shangshu down. Ye Shangshu lay on the ground crying and begging for mercy. No one in the room was willing to stand up and speak for him.

He looked at Marquis Cheng'an begging for help, and there was a gleam of light in his eyes.

Marquis Cheng An lowered his head slowly, and stopped looking at Ye Shangshu. If he was still the original Cheng Engong, he could try to find a few scapegoats for Ye Shangshu, so as to escape his guilt.

But now, not long after he was demoted, His Majesty has completely lost trust in the Marquis of Cheng'an. If he steps forward, he will definitely be implicated.

Seeing that Marquis Chengan ignored him, Ye Shangshu's eyes gradually dimmed.

The third prince Jiang Jingzhang, who was named King An, looked at this scene in disbelief, and recalled how high-spirited he was when he married Ye Mingwan, the daughter of Ye Shangshu three days ago.

Everyone said that this marriage was a strong alliance, the civil and military officials at that time congratulated Xi Xi's flattering face, which is still fresh in his memory.

On the wedding night in the bridal chamber, Ye's daughter's gentle and charming face made his heart burn, and he couldn't help it for a while. He hugged her soft body and loved her all night long.

Ye's daughter's melodious voice still lingers in my ears.

But in a blink of an eye, these beautiful pictures of spring breeze shattered before his eyes, making him tremble as if struck by lightning.

Ye Shangshu fell.

Then the daughter of the Ye family that he tried so hard to marry is worthless.

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