Chapter 108: Four Million Taels
He De solves the affairs in the mansion for the Yun prince, and the cloud prince naturally has the energy to solve the affairs outside the mansion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info He didn't appear in the public eye for a long time because of hallucinations, so much so that he was almost set aside.
As soon as he returned to the court, he had a new attitude, wantonly fighting against the party, and almost all the officials who had been quietly promoted a while ago were involved. Especially some officials who are only loyal to the Queen Mother are the objects of his attention.
The little emperor swallowed his anger and naturally didn't dare to say anything, but almost all the officials and parties in the court and the central government were offended by Lord Yun.
Some people swallow their anger and become a turtle with a shrunken head, but it doesn't mean that no one dares to face the cloud prince head-on.
Yang Fei, who has always rarely spoken in the court, stood up and participated in a copy of Lord Yun.
"Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play."
The emperor glanced at Yang Shoufu Yang Wentan, who was there with the old god: "Quasi-play." ā
"Yes. A few days ago, when the minister assisted Yang Shoufu in dealing with the Qingyan Gang's robbery of disaster relief grain, he also found out that they colluded with officials to sell illicit salt. After the trial of the disaster relief grain case, the Qingyan Gang has also been released. On the face of it, the case should be over. But Qin Peng, the leader of the Qingyan Gang, made meritorious service before his death and exposed an important person. This person was the object of his wealth and filial piety, the guide of his sale of illicit salt, and provided him with a channel to sell the stolen goods. What's more, this person has fallen into one Qingyan Gang, and he can also support another Hongyan Gang. This big backer of the Qingyan Gang has not been punished, and he is still above our court! ā
There was a sudden uproar in the court.
"Daring, what a dare! The salt and iron official camp is a rule set by successive dynasties. The old ministers whispered: "It is really ...... that such a person escaped punishment by chance, but instead of repenting, he will do evil things again."
There are also people who are attached to the cloud prince and know about this matter are arguing: "Lord Xiao Yang has no evidence and no evidence, don't be suspicious. Above the court, they are all the pillars of my Great Jin, how can they act like this? What's more, the culprit Qin Peng has already been executed. If he really has a backer behind him, why did he keep it silent before? Didn't Lord Xiao Yang be deceived and become a bird, right? ā
Yang Fei turned a deaf ear to the words of these people. It was only when the hall was a little quieter that he continued: "Xiaguan has existing evidence. ā
Lord Yun's eyelids jumped, and he gave the person next to him a look. The man immediately stepped forward and said, "Since Lord Xiao Yang has evidence, why didn't he present it early, and wait for the culprit Qin Peng to be beheaded?" If this evidence had been presented at that time, maybe one person behind the scenes could be directly found out, and he and Qin Peng would have confronted him face to face. It's good now, there is no proof of death, can Lord Xiao Yang come up with a piece of evidence to prove that this evidence is true? The lower officials thought that Lord Xiao Yang's move was inappropriate, and it was easy to be caught in the wrong place, which was unfair. ā
Yang Fei glanced at the other party before he said, "It's not that the lower officials fabricated evidence at will. It's just that this matter is very important and has to be treated with caution. In order not to startle the snake, he did not report it in time, and asked the Holy God to forgive his sins. ā
"To not report what you know is to deceive the Holy One. And if you dare to bully the king, you will dare to commit it! ā
As soon as Lord Yun said this, Yang Fei's heart tightened. He glanced at the emperor and saw that the other party was indeed a little ugly because of Lord Yun's words, and he knew that Lord Yun was worthy of being a veteran of officialdom, and he immediately struck the emperor's heart.
But all scheming courtiers knew that although the emperor had no power, he hated that someone deceived him. The emperor succeeded to the throne as a young man, and in the first few years, the queen mother still listened to the government, and she couldn't be the master at all. Although the Queen Mother no longer listens to politics since the wedding, in fact, many things have to be passed through the hands of the Queen Mother and Yun Wang Ye and others before they can reach his hands. So he can't see the real situation outside, all he can know is trivial things, and he has no chance to show his ability.
"Your Majesty, I think that Lord Xiao Yang's move is probably deceived by traitors and disturbing his vision. In the previous case of disaster relief grain, the prisoner had no flaws, and in the end, he relied on General Li Lao to find out that the case was actually stolen by the guards of the Qingyan Gang. Stealing relief grain and exchanging wheat bran for grain is a heinous crime, and the people involved should have been immediately beheaded to appease the people in the disaster area. In order to dig deeper into the secret, Lord Xiao Yang delayed the time, wanting to find out more crimes from Qin Peng's mouth. The minister thought that Qin Peng was an old man who had been in the rivers and lakes for many years, he was treacherous and cunning, and in order to survive, he was afraid that he would make up facts and confuse Lord Xiao Yang. ā
"You!"
Yang Fei is angry, but in terms of clever tongue, he is indeed not as good as the cloud prince. He didn't expect that the cloud prince would suppress his words from the beginning, so that he was unknowingly taken away by the cloud prince, and he didn't have time to present the evidence, so he denied the existence of the incriminating evidence from the source. is really cunning and cunning, suppressing Yang Fei's intentions to the death.
Yang Fei originally thought that the prince of Yun would be in a trance like before, which would give him a chance, but he didn't want to come today, so he directly gave everyone a dismount, almost turning the court that had just achieved balance a few days ago upside down. He wanted to mention the matter of private salt in a few days. But seeing that today's situation was one-sided, he had to grit his teeth and appear, hoping to frustrate the other party's spirit.
He raised his eyes to look at his second uncle, Yang Wentan. The latter's face did not change, brushed his beard, and took a step forward and said, "The old minister has something to say." ā
When the emperor saw that it was Yang Wentan who broke the deadlock, he said, "Aiqing, please speak." ā
"Thank you, Your Majesty. The case of disaster relief grain was stolen by the guards of the Qingyan Gang, which is an irrefutable fact. But the minister checked the account books of the Qingyan Gang. Yang Wen paused, "But the problem was found in the account book." They almost have a monopoly on the transport. Merchants who come and go rely on them to carry things. Even the so-called two major commercial houses in the north and south must bow their heads in this regard. It stands to reason that their annual income is extremely high, and they are not short of silver, so why would they take risks and steal relief food? The old minister thought that they must have a reason to need a lot of money. Lao Chen sent someone to check, just a few years ago, they went wrong when transporting goods, and sank the cargo ship of a Fengji shop. According to the account books, they need to compensate the principal and interest of the Fengji shop totaling 5 million taels. ā
"Shhh Five million taels! ā
"What? Five million taels? What is this Fengji shop transporting, and it actually wants the Qingyan Gang to pay five million taels?! ā
Yang Wentan saw that his words had an effect, and continued: "Yes, the old minister is also puzzled, these compensation amounts, it stands to reason that the Qingyan Gang can't afford to pay, and the Fengji shop can't afford it. So the old minister sent someone to Wangyun and got some things, and asked His Majesty to take a look. ā
"Bring it in."
While the emperor was watching, Yang Wentan said: "Later, the old minister found out that this Qingyan Gang did sink Feng Ji's cargo ship, but according to the boss of Feng Ji, it was a total of one million taels of silver with principal and interest. Later, General Xiao Li also confirmed that there were people from the Qingyan Gang who had kidnapped Fengji's boss in order to get rid of this compensation. But fortunately, General Xiao Li arrived in time and saved her. But the Qingyan Gang resisted arrest and committed suicide. Your Majesty can see that there are two notes in your hand, one is an IOU from the Qingyan Gang that owes Feng Ji one million taels for compensation; The other is a note that the Qingyan Gang forced her to sign when they hijacked the boss of Feng Ji. Not only did Feng Ji exempt the money, but also Feng Ji asked Feng Ji to find two million taels to the Qingyan Gang. ā
The emperor read the note: "Qingyan gang is so bold!" I've never seen such a shameless person! ā
Lord Yun panicked in his heart. He knew that the Qingyan Gang owed money, but he didn't know that they were stupid enough to kidnap the bitter master for money, and instead extorted money.
Yang Wentan saw that Lord Yun was in a trance, so he leisurely asked the most important sentence:
"Then, Lao Chen has a question, where did the extra four million taels of silver on the book go?"