Power in the World: After Eternal Age

Sikong and his slaves were shocked, and they reprimanded sharply: "Zhang Hang, you use a small sixth-rank official, how dare you speak falsely and accuse the three superiors and princes? Can you be convicted?"

Zhang Hang calmly said: "Master Sikong, Zhang Hang should know that falsely accusing important officials and princes of the court is a crime of extermination. However, Zhang Hang put his life and death at risk, so he sneaked back to the capital to sue the imperial court. Zhang Hang When I returned to Beijing, I learned that the emperor was in mourning and the queen mother was recovering from her injuries, so that Lord Taiwei, Sikong, Situ and Zhongshuling were regents. I heard that Lord Taiwei used to punish those who offered bribes to him one by one. Mu Taiwei My lord is pure and upright, so I threw myself into the Taiwei's mansion at night and told him."

Sikong and his slaves were startled and said, "You risked your life to go to Beijing, does anyone know?"

Zhang Hangdao: "The humble post is under the orders of Shangshu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu. They returned to Beijing quietly! No one else knows!"

Everyone was suspicious, Sikong and his slave said: "Zhang Hang, what you said is full of doubts. In the preface, I wanted to sue Shangshu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu for embezzling the court's money and food, but now they say it is Shangshu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu secretly sent you back to Beijing, how can you explain this?"

Zhang Hang replied: "Master Sikong, please allow me to submit something to you. Lord Sikong and all other adults will know it at a glance."

Sikong and his slaves thought for a while and said, "What do you have? You can present it to all the adults!"

Zhang Hang bowed to Taiwei Yihun: "Master Taiwei, please order the soldiers to offer what the humble officer said!"

Yi Hun said: "Of course! Pass down the order and bring up what Zhang Hang brought."

The soldiers of the old guards led away, and not long after, two old guards came to the hall carrying an exquisite wooden box.Zhang Hang pointed to the big wooden box and said, "Master Taiwei, can you allow me to open it in public?"

Yi Hun nodded, Zhang Hang immediately walked to the side of the wooden box, took out a copper key from his body, stuffed it into the keyhole of the wooden box, twisted it lightly, and opened the wooden box.

The moment the wooden box was opened, everyone was shocked. It turned out that there were stacks of sealed silver taels neatly stacked in the wooden box.Judging from the storage of silver taels, this is the imperial court's treasury silver.

Sikong and his slaves were startled and asked: "Bold Zhang Hang, this is the imperial treasury silver, how did you get it? Could it be that this is the silver from the Yungang Grottoes allocated by the household department, but you stole it?"

Zhang Hang knelt down and said: "I don't dare to be a lowly post! This silver is allocated by the Ministry of Households to build the Yungang Grottoes. Shangshu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu embezzled this silver privately. Because the humble post usually fulfills its duties, the three This adult has a lot of trust in the humble position."

"More than ten days ago, Shangshu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu secretly summoned the humble officials and told them that the three of them wanted to swallow the money and food from the imperial court, so they wanted the humble officials to obey their orders. A piece of soup! I was shocked at the beginning of the job, and the three adults continued to lure and threaten the job!"

"Xiaozhi thinks before and after, knowing that if Xiaozhi rejects the wishes of the three adults, the three adults will kill him to silence them, and even his whole family will not escape!"

"Besides being terrified, I also thought that even if I am not willing to follow the wishes of the three adults, after the three adults kill the three adults, there will be people who are greedy for profit and use them for the three adults. Therefore, I pretended to agree to stabilize the hearts of the three adults. , looking for an opportunity to secretly report this matter to the imperial court!"

Sikong and his slave said: "If this happened? Then why did the Yungang Grottoes stop working and people complained, and why did this silver box fall into your hands?"

Zhang Hang replied: "Last month coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival. The imperial court originally distributed money and food in the middle of the month, but because of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was postponed to the [-]th. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the three adults secretly summoned the low-level officials to discuss embezzling money and food."

"Under the orders of Shangshu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu, three lords ordered them to lead the soldiers on the official road at night and wait for the court to escort the money and horses. The minister went forward and said to Mr. Wang that the convoy could not go to the warehouse because of the collapse of the cliff in front of him. The humble officer coaxed Mr. Wang, saying: "I am afraid that Mr. Wang is escorting the officers and soldiers, and I don't know the mountain road here, so the humble officer came to meet him with a seal and a copy." Lord Wang, deliver the money, food and supplies here!"

"My lord Wang knows that Shangshu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu have a lot of trust in the humble official. They usually hand over the money, food and supplies. The three adults are assured that the humble official will receive it alone. Therefore, Lord Wang agreed to the humble official's request. , just complete the delivery in the official way, and bring people back to the capital!"

The ministers were shocked, and Sikong and his slaves said angrily: "Bold Zhang Hang, since you know that this is a trick to deceive the imperial court to allocate money and food, why didn't you speak to the Lord of the Household Department face to face, and instead helped the king to abuse and deceive the Lord Wang? From my official point of view , This must be your private conspiracy to falsely accuse the three adults! Come here, and put Zhang Hang in prison and torture him severely!"

Taiwei Yihun said: "Wait a minute! This matter is so important, why not allow Zhang Hang to speak clearly in front of everyone, wouldn't it be better?"

Seeing what Yihun said, Sikong and his slaves had no choice but to nod their heads and said: "Forget it, Zhang Hang, what do you have to say, but just say it one by one. If there are any inaccuracies, you will be punished all over your family!"

Zhang Hangdao: "How dare you be in a lowly position? Master Sikong doesn't know something: when the money, food and supplies were handed over at night, when the soldiers were in charge, the three adults, Shang Shu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu, all disguised themselves and hid in the army. According to the words of a lord, to explain the truth to Lord Wang of the Household Department and General Song, the humble officer must be killed on the spot. Since then, the money, food and supplies have disappeared, and it has become a big unsolved case in the court."

"Therefore, Zhang Hang took an expedient measure and pretended to cooperate with the three lords, Shangshu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu, to deceive the imperial court's money and supplies. Since Zhang Hang is sure to cooperate, the three lords will trust Zhang Hang even more. There is no doubt that there is him. In this way, Zhang Hang will know the whereabouts of the food, grass and luggage, and if he has the opportunity in the future, he can inform the imperial court and retrieve the food, grass and luggage."

"Shangshu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu ordered the subordinates to lead other cronies and soldiers to hide all the food, grass and supplies in a cave and divide them up when the time comes. The money and food allocated by the imperial court have not reached the treasury of the grotto. That’s why the grottoes stopped working, the craftsmen couldn’t get enough to eat, and the people complained.”

Yi Hun interrupted: "Zhang Hang, all the officials in the court are aware of this situation, so you don't need to say more. Now, in front of all the courtiers, you are going to describe the matter of the Xiangfu Bank in detail."

Zhang Hangdao: "Promise! Obedience! The day before yesterday, people in the grottoes complained more and more. Shang Shu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu did not expect it. They pretended to appease the craftsmen, saying that the imperial court has not allocated money and food, and they have issued a letter to urge them!"