Chapter 523: The Emperor's Return
(Second Update!) )
Before the Midyear Festival, Emperor Chongde returned to Jingzhao. The emperor was calm, but the officials who accompanied him were not like this.
They are all dusty, and all of them have bad faces, especially the officials of the household department and the imperial history platform, who are simply black-faced.
Emperor Chongde visited the south of the Yangtze River this time, to observe the customs and customs, to worry about the good and diligent, but also to observe people's likes and dislikes, and to use them as a warning. Before leaving Jingzhao, the officials all thought that they might encounter some injustices and lawlessness, which happened to show the emperor's grace and power, and the people of Defu.
But they never expected that they would encounter such a big incident in the Jiangnan Silver Treasury, and even Yu Hengjing, the imperial historian who was aware of it in advance, did not expect it to be so serious. Jiangnan Silver Treasury is one of the two major treasury of the dynasty, which is the foundation of the people's livelihood and is closely related to the strength and prosperity of the dynasty. Now, such a thing has happened, which really makes the officials embarrassed!
It may be inevitable that Chengping is corrupt, but it is extremely rare for Dading to be as serious as the Jiangnan Treasury Affair and involve so many officials, let alone during the Chongde period.
When the emperor was in Jiangnan Mansion, he only committed serious crimes against some officials of Jiangnan Mansion, Yin Yu Daoyuan of Jiangnan Mansion and Yang Gao of Hangzhou Assassin Shi have been deprived of their posts and imprisoned, along with Liao Jiuduan, the head of the Jiangnan Silver Treasury and many others, have been brought back to Jingzhao and left for review by Dali Temple and Yushitai one by one.
This is still a very small number of officials, and if you look closely, there are few officials in the entire Jiangnan Mansion who are not involved. Such a major matter was only revealed when the emperor visited Jiangnan Mansion, how could the accompanying officials not be gloomy?
According to the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites. The time when the emperor returned to Jingzhao was before the Midyear Festival. Because of the Jiangnan Silver Treasury incident, the patrol team stayed in Jiangnan Mansion for a few more days before leaving for Jingzhao.
Along the way, Emperor Chongde didn't say anything, but ordered to keep hurrying to rush back to Jingzhao before the Midyear Festival.
With this in mind, the accompanying officials didn't dare to say anything to rest, for fear of touching the moldy head and causing the emperor to be angry. They could only follow the emperor closely, and they hurried slowly, and they even returned to Jingzhao before the Midyear Festival.
At this time. It has been more than ten days since Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling were killed. Rumors about the crown prince continued, whether it was in the palace or in the court, everyone kept their mouths shut, not daring to say anything easily.
Yu Daoyuan, Yang Gao, Liao Jiuduan and others have been brought back to Jingzhao. After the joint trial of the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Dali Temple. Emperor Chongde summoned Shao Lianyun and Liu Jinyun. began to inquire about Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling.
The two most important and obvious clues to the Jiangnan silver treasury matter are Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling. These two people are related to the two percent of the cadres of Jiangnan Bank, and they are also related to more powerful people in Jingzhao. Originally. Emperor Chongde was going to dig out more things from them.
I never thought that they had been killed, and the murderer could not be found! It's ridiculous!
In the Zichen Palace, Shao Lianxuan stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, Dali Temple and the Criminal Department are investigating, but ...... There has been no result yet, and I beg the emperor to forgive me. ”
Dali Temple and the Criminal Department investigated for several days but found nothing, and Shao Lian didn't dare to say such words as asking the emperor for a few days. He had a hunch that if he had half a month or a month more, he would get nothing.
The content of Liu Jinyun is similar to that of Shao Lianyun. After the confession, both of them waited with bated breath for Emperor Chongde to show off.
Although Emperor Chongde has been away from Jingzhao for more than two months, there are royal guards in Jingzhao who closely monitor everything. Whether it is a major event or a rumor, there are his ears and eyes staring. Half a day after he returned to Jingzhao, Chang Kang sorted out and reported the important situations one by one.
The deaths of Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling, and the rumors about the crown prince in Jingzhao, Emperor Chongde already knew it clearly. The officials of Dali Temple and the Criminal Department were summoned to come just to find out the attitude of the officials on this matter and make arrangements for the next step.
In Emperor Chongde's view, the Jiangnan Silver Treasury and Qin Zhang's deaths are actually the same thing: someone killed these two people in order to block more inside stories of the Jiangnan Silver Treasury.
In the final analysis, it is still the Jiangnan silver treasury matter. Twenty percent of the dry stocks, Jingzhao magnates, apart from these, is there anything else behind it?
For more insiders, you can only rely on Dali Temple and Yushitai to slowly investigate. Keep digging deeper, and everything will fall into place. -- Now, Emperor Chongde can only look forward to this.
After pondering for a moment, Emperor Chongde ordered: "Shao Lianyu, you cooperate with Yu Hengjing to fully review the Jiangnan silver treasury affairs. Liu Jinyun was transferred back to the household department and temporarily took over the post of secretary of the household department; As for the Criminal Department, it was temporarily replaced by Shilang, who worked with Jingzhao Yin Luqing to investigate the deaths of Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling. ”
Liu Jinyun was originally a squire of the household department, and he was most familiar with the situation of the household department, and he had the merit of taking over the imperial treasury, and he made great contributions to the matter of ordering troops and endless hiding, so he was promoted to the secretary of the criminal department. Now that Zhang Guiling has an accident, it is most suitable for Liu Jinyun to take over the post of household secretary.
As for Lu Qingmo, 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 can only hope that with his participation, he can solve the murder of Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling as soon as possible.
After Shao Lianyu and the others withdrew from Zichen Palace, it didn't take long for Zheng Shiyong to come in. - He is the official that Emperor Chongde desperately wants to see.
After Zheng Shiyong finished asking for peace, Emperor Chongde asked, "How, what is the movement of the princes' mansions?" ”
Before the East Palace Jiu and Xiang, Emperor Chongde still remembered it. Zheng Shiyong said that the theory of long-line fishing, he has always remembered. He wanted to know if there had been any change in the princes during his departure from Jingzhao, and who was the person behind Jiu Hexiang.
Now, he still wants to know if the Jiangnan Silver Treasury incident is related to this person, and there are too many mysteries about the deaths of Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling. Zheng Shiyong paid close attention to the princes' mansions in Jingzhao, did he get anything?
What Emperor Chongde asked was Zheng Shiyong's observation during this period, and it was also the question he was thinking about. It's just that, so far, he has not had accurate conclusions.
So, he replied: "The Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince are all recuperating from their injuries, and there has been no change during this time. On the contrary, it was the East Palace, which was extremely concerned about the deaths of Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling. There are many attendants in the East Palace who have gone out of the palace without permission to quell the rumors. Prince Zhan Shi and Peng Yifang made a lot of moves. ”
Zheng Shiyong is cautious, and the words "a lot of actions" have already shown a disapproving attitude. In his opinion, Prince Zhan's responsibilities are too heavy, and Peng Yifang's concentration on assisting the prince's administration is the right way, and it is too undesirable and too ...... to do so many small actions It's down.
Listening to Zheng Shiyong's words, Emperor Chongde was very surprised. East Palace? Too much action in the East Palace? However, this time the death of Qin and Zhang was pointed at the crown prince, which is unreasonable.
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