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Chapter 399: If you betray Huo Guang for your merits, you will be spared the death penalty and sentenced to palace punishment instead. Thank you now! (Please subscribe)

Amidst the laughter and scolding of the subordinate officials who were watching the excitement, Tian Yannian and Lecheng also started laughing and scolding.

This year's 4000 million yuan in profit, the two of them can only share 200 million at most, and most of the rest goes into the pockets of the Huo family. They also feel that the Huo family is greedy.

What's even more disgusting is that Le Cheng and Tian Yannian seem to be the superior Jiu Qing on weekdays, but in private they always act based on Huo Xian's expression.

Becoming a core figure in the Huo Party brings you a lot of benefits, but you also get a lot of anger.

In the past, in order to preserve their official positions and wealth, they naturally did not dare to complain. Now, if they only want to save their lives, what else do they dare not to say?

Now it is not a bad thing to join the crowd of people who wantonly abuse and vent their grievances.

The two not only scolded the loudest, but from time to time also advised the officials present to be loyal to the emperor and not to be deceived by treacherous ministers.

For a moment, there was a strange and joyful atmosphere in the lobby of Zhijinwu.

Most of an hour passed like this. Seeing that Tian Yannian and Chenggong performed well, Prime Minister Wei gave them a few meat buns and a bowl of water for lunch.

After "having enough food and water", Jian Kou happened to take Dongmen Ba back, and the black account had been copied from the Huo family and delivered to Prime Minister Wei.

Wei Xiang couldn't wait to look through it, and it was an eye-opener.

Six years ago, that is, the year when Shangguan Jie's rebellion was put down and Huo Guang became the auxiliary minister with one hand covering the sky, Dongmen Ba began to make a living in this transportation business.

In the first year, Dongmen Ba and Tian Yannian handed over 2000 million yuan to Huo Xian; then the profits increased year by year, and this year, they handed over 4000 million yuan.

In six years, this business generated a profit of [-] million yuan.

According to the records in this black account, there are 200 people involved in the division of accounts.

The many city gate commanders, the commanders of the Northern Army and the Southern Army, and other small roles can receive fifty or sixty thousand yuan a year.

The county magistrates of Sanfu counties and the assistant officials of each government office can receive 20 million yuan a year.

Officials such as the Prime Minister and the Nine Ministers of the country have two thousand stones, ranging from 50 million to 200 million.

Officials such as Jiuqing and the county governor, who were two thousand dan, received only 50 yuan in annual salary; the annual salary of the city gate commander was less than [-] yuan.

In comparison, the black money Huo Xian gave them will certainly make them follow the Huo family's lead.

Despite this success and Tian Yannian being aggrieved in the hall at the moment, the money he received was already very considerable.

Of course, the Huo family is the one who gets the most, and they get half of the black money every year.

Calculating this, Huo Xian took about [-] million yuan on behalf of the Huo family in a few years just from this amount of black money.

Coupled with various rewards and bribes from other courtiers, the Huo family's corrupt money in the past five or six years alone is at least 5000 million yuan, which is really a huge fortune.

It was with this huge amount of money that Fan Mingyou and Huo Yu were able to recruit so many daring men in the army and support a large number of dead soldiers and private soldiers.

Even today, there are still many members of the Huo family hidden in Chang'an City.

Of course, men and horses piled up with money are like a dam piled up with sand. They cannot withstand any wind and waves.

The rebels in Beidi County and Anding County retreated so quickly - Han Zeng and others certainly contributed, but the rebels were originally a ragtag group of scattered people.

With this black account, not only can Huo Xian and Huo Guang be punished for their crime of corruption, but they can also be traced according to the map, and all the minor players in the generals and the court can also be hunted down.

After Prime Minister Wei read the black account, his pleasant expression just now turned serious.

The eyes looking at Tian Yannian and Lecheng suddenly turned gloomy, and in my heart, I wanted to beat them to death right here in the hall.

However, he suppressed his anger and did not attack the two men directly for the time being. Instead, he first brought Dongmen Ba for interrogation.

"You are just an unknown person. How can you be worthy of the word "tyrant"? You look like a treacherous person at first glance. I'm afraid you won't confess without being severely punished!"

"Come here, Dongmen Ba will be beaten for a hundred times. He will be beaten firmly first, and then I will come to question him again!"

"only!"

The two fighting Dongmen Ba immediately started crying and begging for mercy, and their wailing sounds continued for three days.

Several big-bodied executioners didn't listen to his plea for mercy. They pushed him to the ground with quick hands and feet and gave him a good beating.

Dongmen Ba was about 40 years old. He was usually as pampered as a high-ranking official. He was as fat as a fat pig. He had never suffered such a hardship. After a hundred floggings, he only had half a life left: tears, saliva, and urine dripped all over the floor.

At this time, Prime Minister Wei began to ask questions, and Dongmen Ba, who was still wailing, immediately told all the twists and turns in the carriage and horse transportation business.

In fact, the joints are very simple. They are nothing more than Huo Xian coming forward to control the situation, Huo Yu and Huo Yun leading private troops to intimidate, Da Sinong and the former Shaofu providing official escort, and Dongmen Ba actually operating.

Of course, all of this is inseparable from Huo Guang. If Huo Guang did not have power and stood at the top of power, how could Huo Xian be so powerful?

With the witnesses and physical evidence, this corruption case will be handled smoothly, and there will be no problem in convicting. According to the "Laws of Han Dynasty", corruption should be punished according to the "Law of Stealing": if the money that is stolen exceeds ten gold, the person can be sentenced to abandoning the market.

One gold is no more than ten thousand gold, and one hundred and fifty million gold is fifteen thousand gold. Not only the leader abandons the market, but the clan can also be wiped out.

In this way, this corruption case alone can exhaust the privilege of avoiding death by the iron coupon of the elixir in Huo Guang's hand.

Wei Xianggang heard from the subordinate official who went to collect the black account and learned that Huang Ba had searched Huo's house and Huo Xian had been arrested.

Then, the next step is to find out the number of the Huo family's servants and finally convict them.

"Jane Kou!"

"The subordinate is here!"

"Speak to Mr. Zhijinwu and ask him to arrest all the prisoners according to the list in this account book and bring them to Zhijinwu Prison. Don't make any mistakes or omissions!"

"If the number of pavilion soldiers at hand is not enough, you can ask the Sanfu Yamen and the Sanfu Captain to assist. For the prisoners who are not in Chang'an and Sanfu, please immediately ask the Shangshu Office to issue arrest warrants to the county and temple where the prisoners are located. Be sure to arrest them all!"

"only!"

It was Zhi Jinwu's duty to arrest various criminals. When Wei Xiang asked Anle to do it, he also gave him the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

If you want to make meritorious deeds, you need to look at both personal efforts and historical choices - Anle is the best representative.

How to sentence Huo Guang was something the emperor had to consider. Prime Minister Wei could only give his opinions for the emperor's reference.

But for these two criminals in the hall now, Prime Minister Wei can give them a result immediately.

"Tian Yannian, Chenggong, you two are full of indignation, but you won't get any less of this black money!"

"Successfully divided 600 million yuan in six years, and Tian Yannian divided 1000 million yuan in six years!"

"The "Han Code: The Code of Robbery" clearly stipulates that those who corrupt more than ten gold coins will abandon the market."

"You two are just waiting for your clan to be exterminated!"

These four words from Prime Minister Wei made the overly excited Cheng Cheng and Tian Yannian stunned on the spot.

Only then did they suddenly come to their senses and realize their true identities. They were not ordinary innocent witnesses, but accomplices of Huo Guang and Huo Xian.

At that moment, the two of them kowtowed to Prime Minister Wei and kept begging the emperor to show mercy and Prime Minister Wei to help intercede.

"For the crime you committed, the leader of the clan should be exterminated, all the family members should be taken back to the state, and the female family members and children should be punished as official slaves."

"I think you two are honest. I will ask the county magistrate to show mercy and spare your lives. However, castration is unavoidable. Your relatives will also be spared a few years of suffering, and maybe you can still have a bloodline."

For men, castration is more terrifying than torture, so as soon as Prime Minister Wei finished speaking these words indifferently, he immediately won a burst of applause from everyone in the hall.

And Le Cheng and Tian Yannian were already so frightened that their faces turned pale.

They originally wanted to beg for mercy, but they didn't know where to start after they opened their mouths. In the end, they were so frightened that they lay on the ground and retched.

At this time, the assistant who wrote the love letter presented the love letter, which was more than ten pages thick, to Prime Minister Wei for inspection.

This love book records the case in detail, and the corresponding figures are also very clear. There are also the oral confessions of Dongmen Ba and Lecheng and others, as well as the judgment made by Wei Xiang. It is simply flawless.

"Give some of them some guarantees!"

"only!"

Tian Yannian, Lecheng and Dongmen Ba, who had turned into a puddle of mud, could no longer hold their pens steadily and could not write their names at all.

In the end, they could only make a fingerprint and draw a circle on the confession with a pen - but none of the circles drawn by these three people was round.

"Take him to prison!" said Wei Xiang.

"only!"

Naturally, the crowd of onlookers burst into noise and cheers again, and some even wanted to rush up and fight the three people.

If it hadn't been for a dozen Facao officials who hurriedly stopped and shouted down, Tian Yannian and the three of them would have been beaten to death on the spot.

Looking at the commotion in the hall, Prime Minister Wei stood up from the couch. He looked at the love documents, confessions and account books in his hands, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

The Huo family also copied it and investigated corruption. I wonder if Bingji can find out anything from Huo Yu.

Although Huo Guang and others could be sentenced for the crime of corruption, the emperor must have felt that it was not enough.

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