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Chapter 527 Return of the Emperor
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Before the Ghost Festival, Emperor Chongde returned to Jingzhao.The emperor was calm and composed, but the accompanying officials were not like that.

They were full of travel and dust, and all of them had bad complexions, especially the officials of the household department and Yushitai, their faces were black.

Emperor Chongde's visit to the south of the Yangtze River this time was to observe the customs, worry about the common people, and also to observe people's likes and dislikes, and use them as a warning.Before leaving Jingzhao, the officials all thought that they might encounter some injustice and lawlessness, just to show the emperor's kindness and virtue to the people.

But they never expected that such a big incident would happen to the Jiangnan Bank, and even Yu Hengjing, the imperial historian who had been aware of it beforehand, did not expect it to be so serious.The Jiangnan bank is one of the two major treasuries of the country and dynasty. It is the foundation of the people's livelihood in Dading and is closely related to the prosperity of the country.Now, such a thing happened, it really made the officials feel ashamed!
It may be unavoidable that there is corruption in Taiping, but something as serious as the Jiangnan bank treasury incident involving so many officials has been extremely rare in Dading for decades, let alone during the Chongde period.

When the emperor was in the Jiangnan Mansion, he only committed serious crimes against certain officials of the Jiangnan Mansion. Yu Daoyuan, the Yin of the Jiangnan Mansion, and Yang Gao, the governor of Hangzhou, had already been removed from their posts and sent to prison. Together with Liao Jiuduan, the head of the Jiangnan Bank Bank, and many others, they were brought back to Jingzhao, where they will be kept. Dali Temple and Yushitai are reviewed one by one.

This is still a very small number of officials. After careful study, there are not many officials in the entire Jiangnan Mansion who are not involved.Such an important matter was only revealed when the emperor visited the Jiangnan mansion. How can the accompanying officials not be gloomy?
According to the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, the time for the emperor to return to Jingzhao is before the Ghost Festival.Because of the Jiangnan bank incident, the patrol team stayed in Jiangnan Mansion for a few more days before heading back to Jingzhao.

Along the way, Emperor Chongde didn't say anything, but ordered to keep on going in order to return to Jingzhao before the Ghost Festival.

As expected, the accompanying officials did not dare to say anything about rest, for fear that something bad would happen and the emperor would be furious.They could only follow the emperor closely, and they hurried back to Jingzhao before the Ghost Festival.
At this time, more than ten days had passed since Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling were killed, there were endless rumors about the prince, no matter in the palace or in the court, everyone kept their mouths tightly shut and did not dare to say anything easily.

Yu Daoyuan, Yang Gao, Liao Jiuduan and others have been brought back to Jingzhao. After ordering Yushitai and Dali Temple to interrogate, Emperor Chongde summoned Shao Lianheng and Liu Jinyun, and began to question Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling Things.

The two most important and obvious clues to the Jiangnan bank affairs are Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling.These two people are related to [-]% of the shares of Jiangnan Bank, and they are also related to more dignitaries in Jingzhao.Originally, Emperor Chongde wanted to dig out more things from them.

I never thought that they were killed by someone, and the murderer has not been found yet!It's just ridiculous!

In the Zichen Palace, Shao Lianheng said bravely: "Your Majesty, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment are investigating, but...there is no result yet. I implore the Emperor to forgive me."

Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Investigation found nothing for several days, and Shao Lianheng dared not say such words as please ask the emperor for a few more days.He more or less had a premonition: In another half a month or a month, there would be nothing.

What Liu Jinyun reported was similar to that of Shao Lianheng.After the report, both of them waited with bated breath for Emperor Chongde's instructions.

Although Emperor Chongde had left Jingzhao for more than two months, there were royal guards in Jingzhao who were closely monitoring everything.No matter whether it is a major political event or a rumor in the market, his eyes and ears are watching.Half a day after he returned to Jingzhao, Chang Kang sorted out and reported the important situations one by one.

Emperor Chongde already knew about the deaths of Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling, and Jingzhao's rumors about the prince.The officials from the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment were called here just to know the attitude of the officials on this matter and to make further arrangements.

In Emperor Chongde's view, the deaths of Jiangnan Bank and Qin and Zhang are actually the same thing: someone silenced them in order to block more inside information about Jiangnan Bank.

In the final analysis, it is still the matter of the Jiangnan Bank.Apart from these [-]% dry stocks and Jingzhao dignitaries, is there anything else going on behind the scenes?
For more inside stories, we can only rely on Dali Temple and Yushitai to investigate slowly.Keep digging deeper and everything will come to light. ——Now, Emperor Chongde can only look forward to this.

After pondering for a while, Emperor Chongde ordered: "Shao Lianheng, cooperate with Yu Hengjing to fully review the Jiangnan bank affairs. Liu Jinyun was transferred back to the household department to temporarily act as the secretary of the household department; as for the criminal department, the servant minister will temporarily act as the secretary of the household department. Jing Zhaoyin and Lu Qing jointly investigate the deaths of Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling."

Liu Jinyun was originally the Minister of the Household Department, and he was most familiar with the situation of the Household Department. He once took over the imperial treasury, and made great contributions to the deployment of troops and Wu Wu Zang, so he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.Now that something happened to Zhang Guiling, it is most appropriate for Liu Jinyun to take over the post of Minister of the Household Department.

As for Lu Qing, he has been in charge of the Criminal Department for so many years, and the Jingzhao guards were originally guarding Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling.Emperor Chongde could only hope that with his participation, the killing of Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling could be resolved as soon as possible.

After Shao Lianheng and others withdrew from Zichen Hall, Zheng Shiyong came in not long after. ——He is the official that Emperor Chongde desperately wants to see.

After Zheng Shiyong finished paying his respects, Emperor Chongde asked, "How, what's going on in the prince's mansion?"

Emperor Chongde still remembered the matter of Donggong Jiuhexiang before.He also always remembered the long-term fishing theory that Zheng Shiyong said.He wanted to know if there were any changes among the princes during his departure from Jingzhao, and who was behind Jiu Hexiang.

Now, he still wants to know whether the Jiangnan bank incident is related to this person, and there are too many mysteries about the deaths of Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling.Zheng Shiyong is paying close attention to the residences of the princes in Jingzhao, is there any gain?
What Emperor Chongde asked was Zheng Shiyong's observation during these days, and it was also a question on his mind.However, so far, he has not come to an accurate conclusion.

So, he replied: "The Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince are both recovering from their injuries. There has been no change during this period of time. On the contrary, the East Palace is very concerned about the deaths of Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling. Many servants in the East Palace have left the palace privately. Put down the rumors. Prince Zhan and Peng Yifang have done a lot."
Zheng Shiyong is cautious, and the words "a lot of actions" have already shown an attitude of disapproval.In his opinion, Prince Zhan's responsibilities are too heavy, and Peng Yifang is the right way to concentrate on assisting the prince's administration. Doing so many small tricks is too inappropriate, and too... downgraded.

After hearing Zheng Shiyong's words, Emperor Chongde was very surprised.East Palace?Donggong moves too much?However, this time the death of Qin and Zhang was aimed at the crown prince, which is unreasonable.
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