first minister

Chapter 199
"14 taels, Jin Youwen, the left servant of the household department, has 11 taels alone! The household department is indeed a rich household department!"

Gao Yi was at the side, listening to the voice of Emperor Chongning gnashing his teeth, secretly feeling unlucky for the people in the household department. It was already bad enough for the account books to be exposed. Who would have thought that when His Majesty was here wringing his fingers and worrying about money, his anger would be soaring to the sky!

Emperor Chongning closed the account book, "Guangling Prefecture is one of the most wealthy states in the world, how could we ever need so much money for disaster relief! I'm afraid it all went to the homes of those corrupt officials and wealthy gentry!"

"You give money to me, and I give you money from the imperial court. These two groups of people are doing a good job!"

His face was full of murderous intent, "Let's go immediately, go to the household department, arrest Jin Youwen into the black ice platform, interrogate carefully, no matter who is involved, dig them out, I will uproot this group of people!"

Xuanhu took the order with fists in his arms and left.

Emperor Chongning looked at the account book in his hand and gritted his teeth. "Every year, I tie my hands and feet and quarrel with the central government like a woman over the court's expenses. They squeeze out these silver taels. It's good for them. Just like this, my money goes into their pockets. It's all my money, my money!"

Emperor Chongning roared angrily, and everyone inside and outside the hall fell silent.

Among the people who shrank their necks and lowered their heads and dared not make a sound, a little Huangmen slipped out quietly while everyone was not paying attention, and returned after a quarter of an hour.

Almost at the same time as he was returning, a guard of the forbidden army quietly walked outside the central courtyard, passing by the place where Qin Xiangqin was resting and waiting.

Seeing that no one was paying attention, he slowed down his patrol as if nothing had happened, "Tell Prime Minister Qin that Heibingtai played Guangling Prefecture affairs, His Majesty was furious and sent Xuanhu to arrest Hubu Jin Youwen."

Qin Sui's complexion changed, he waited for a few more breaths, and hurried into the courtyard after the imperial guards took a few steps.

In the household department, Jin Youwen was very depressed for a period of time after the general situation in the household department had just been reversed, and he even had the urge to break the jar.

But after a new year's adjustment, he rekindled his fighting spirit. Wei Yuanzhi is not young anymore. As long as he hugs Prime Minister Qin's thick leg, he will naturally have a chance to be promoted in the future, and his future is not limited to the household department.

If you want to hold on to this thick leg, then you have to make good use of your advantage in the household department to earn more money for Qin Xiang and himself. Even if you don't get promoted by then, you will have enough money for the rest of your life.

With this thought in mind, he naturally began to slowly regain his composure, giving Wei Yuanzhi and Guan He Township some convenience in small matters, in exchange for their support for him at critical moments in the future.

Judging from the results of the first day yesterday, the effect is still good.

At least on the surface, no one dared to ignore him.

Tuk Tuk Tuk.

There was a knock on the door, and he called in, and a small head of the household department walked in.

If it were in the past, it would be extremely difficult for this kind of people to see him, and it was not worth his eyes, but the so-called present is different from the past, and he smiled and stood up to greet him who wanted to gather contacts.

Unexpectedly, the other party had a cold face, approached and said in a low voice: "Jin Shilang, the Guangling Prefecture incident happened. Your Majesty is furious. The people who came to arrest you from the Black Ice Terrace are already on their way, and there is still half an hour at most."

Jin Youwen's body trembled, as if his bones had been taken out of his whole body, and his fat body slid limply towards the ground.

The other party strode forward, supported him, and said coldly: "President Qin asked me to tell you. If you take everything down, he will keep your wife, children, and family safe and take care of them. If you can't carry it, he will kill you and your family before he goes into the water."

After finishing speaking, he let go, and Jin Youwen's fat body fell to the ground with a muffled sound.

Sure enough, in less than a quarter of an hour, a group of knights in black hurriedly arrived in front of the yamen of the household department, got off their horses murderously, kicked away the blocking doormen, and rushed into the yamen.

Xuanhu casually grabbed a person from the household department, and said in a low voice: "Lead the way and find your servant Jin Youwen! Keep quiet!"

The man didn't dare to refuse, and led a group of men in black forward fearfully.

At this time, both Wei Yuanzhi and Guan Hexiang came out of their respective houses. Wei Yuanzhi stepped forward and cupped his hands. Before he could speak, Xuanhu showed a token and said directly: "Accept the person according to His Majesty's order. I will explain to Lord Wei later!"

Wei Yuanzhi swallowed his saliva, his expression of shock did not seem to be fake.

The men in black had already arrived outside Jin Youwen's office, and immediately spread out to surround him without ordering.

The two men in black kicked the door open, and Xuanhu immediately followed in, but was startled by the scene before him.

Jin Youwen stood far away in the corner, watching his arrival, with a resigned expression on his face, smiled miserably, and without saying a word, he inserted the dagger in his right hand heavily into his chest.

Xuanhu has amazing martial arts skills, and he flew on his toes at the first time, but he was one step too late.

Blood flowed from the fatal wound on his heart, and his clothes were quickly stained red. Xuanhu looked at Jin Youwen, who was gradually losing signs of life, and closed his eyes dejectedly.

"Dead? Suicide in fear of crime?"

In the imperial study room, Emperor Chongning looked at his most trusted spy chief in front of him, and was a little surprised by this result.

In his eyes, with Xuanhu's ability, he should not make such a mistake.

Xuanhu said: "Your Majesty, perhaps Jin Youwen knew that things might be exposed at any time, so as soon as our people arrived at the household department, they guessed our purpose, fearing that they would not be able to withstand the interrogation at the Black Ice Terrace, and committed suicide in fear of crime."

Emperor Chongning narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, "Are you sure you didn't die first, but committed suicide in front of you?"

Xuanhu nodded, "I'm sure, when the minister arrives, he will still be alive before committing suicide. There is no possibility that someone will silence him."

Emperor Chongning pondered, and Xuanhu said again: "Because they have already gone to the Ministry of Households, the minister and others checked at the Ministry of Households, and confirmed that in the past three years, the various disaster relief and subsidy funds distributed to Guangling Prefecture through the channels of the Ministry of Households totaled 4 million taels, all of which were handled by Jin Youwen."

"At the same time, just last month, Jin Youwen also tried to reduce the tax amount of Guangling Prefecture next year on the grounds that Guangling Prefecture suffered repeated military disasters, but was firmly opposed by Wei Yuanzhi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and was pushed back."

Emperor Chongning narrowed his eyes, and with his cleverness, he naturally figured out the key point quickly, "Reducing the tax amount? It's a good plan. I collected less here, and they won't charge less from the people. The extra money went into their own pockets without anyone noticing it. The people couldn't survive. If they rebelled, they just asked for more military pay and food relief. Anyway, the trouble is all my fault! Good! Good! Very good!"

Emperor Chongning's face was already extremely gloomy, "Now give me a death sentence, and these corrupt officials will be able to get away with it, right?"

Xuanhu opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, I have already thought about it on the way here. Jin Shilang is dead, and the person who received the money is cut off, but the person who gave the money is still there. I remember that there is a record in the account book. The source of the funds raised by Guangling Prefecture, so that this group of people can also be uprooted."

"Let's check, it's too cheap for them."

Emperor Chongning snorted, "Go and search Jin Youwen's mansion, and collect all the proceeds into the internal treasury, and then go to investigate in private. On the surface, I will ask the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple to investigate. One Guangling prefecture is 10,000+ taels. I don't believe how many thirteen prefectures there are in the world. Jin Youwen alone has such a big appetite. Some people have to obediently spit it out after eating."

Xuanhu immediately understood the meaning and said in admiration, "Your Majesty is wise."

Emperor Chongning shook his head, "If you really want to be wise, you won't be deceived by these moths. Alright, let's do things."

After Xuanhu left, Emperor Chongning threw the account book to Gao Yi, "You do the math, which one in Guangling Prefecture pays the most money."

Gao Yi found the abacus, beat it up, and replied: "Your Majesty, the Shi Family in Yanyang County has contributed the most money, with a total contribution of 8000 taels in two years."

"The Shi family?" Emperor Chongning was taken aback, "Are you Shi Dingzhong?"

Gao Yi said softly, "It's Shi Shangshu's younger brother."

Emperor Chongning's eyes turned cold, and he said slowly after a while: "If you give more, you will naturally earn more. If you can give 8000 taels, tell me, how much can he earn back?"

Gao Yi didn't dare to answer, and bowed his head silently.
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In Jiang Anhou's mansion, the restless Gongsun Jing got up and walked to Xia Jingyun's study, knocked on the door and walked in, looking at Xia Jingyun who was reviewing the book, with a look of surprise and admiration, "Young master can still read the book at this time, it is really admirable."

Xia Jingyun smiled, "I read a book about an extremely powerful person. In order to cultivate his concentration and willpower, he specially read books on the streets of downtown. When he can read books there, any chaos in the world will not be able to affect his concentration."

Gongsun Jing was amazed, "Then it's hard to justify this person's failure in the future."

Xia Jingyun nodded, "Indeed, he finally created a great achievement that will shock the past and the present."

Gongsun Jing felt emotional for a while, and then realized what he was here for, so he quickly asked: "My lord, should we not do it with the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites?"

Xia Jingyun smiled and said, "I've already done it."

Gongsun Jing looked a little uncomfortable when he heard the words, Xia Jingyun quickly explained: "It's just a small matter, I didn't tell Mr. Gongsun, Mr. Gongsun must not misunderstand."

Only then did Gongsun Jing's expression soften, "Young master, if you need help from me, feel free to ask."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. A confidant from the house came over and saw the two of them. He saluted first, and then said: "Young master, Mr. Gongsun, something happened to the household department. Heibingtai went to arrest the left servant of the household department, Jin Youwen. Jin Youwen committed suicide in the yamen office in fear of crime."

"What?" Gongsun Jing jumped up.

Xia Jingyun smiled in relief when he heard the words, the big hole has been dug, and he just waits for his teammates to help kick it, and the Shi family can be completely finished.

　There are still more today, and I will try to finish writing this short plot in one breath.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)