Han Yi knew that in fact, it was very inappropriate for him to say this at this time.

If someone present impeached himself, it would be a problem, but Han Yi still chose to say it, because he felt that Yuan Yingtai would not end up like this.

This is a person who is sincerely doing things for the imperial court, and he does not deserve such a result.

Yuan Yingtai raised his head and glanced at Han Yi, his mouth was full of bitterness, and he was silent for a long time before he muttered to himself: "Is this really the case?" ”

Although Yuan Yingtai's voice was very low, Han Yi heard it, and he said expressionlessly: "If you don't say it, others will say it." ”

In fact, when Han Yi said this, he was telling Yuan Yingtai that someone had already confessed his guilt, so you don't have to carry it anymore, and you can't bear it; At this point, finding a way to keep yourself is the best outcome, and there is no way to think about anything else.

Hearing this, Yuan Yingtai's face became even more twisted, and his mouth became more and more bitter, and he knew that he couldn't bear it.

400,000 yuan of silver, embezzled 400,000 taels of military salaries, enough for his own family to be beheaded.

There was no movement in the hall for a long time, Han Yi waited quietly, he knew that he had to give Yuan Yingtai time to prepare mentally.

About half a pillar of incense had passed, and Yuan Yingtai sighed heavily.

He said slowly: "After this silver arrived in Liaodong, there were actually 700,000 taels. Of them, 100,000 taels were divided between the governor's yamen and the people who passed through the yamen. As for how to divide it, it is recorded in my head, and I can tell you, give me a pen and I will write it down. ”

Yuan Yingtai said a little lonely: "I took 20,000 taels of silver, but I didn't take this money home, but used it to buy some grain and grass to make up for the shortfall, which can be checked." I am in Liaodong, worthy of the king and worthy of the people. ”

Han Yi just looked at Yuan Yingtai and didn't speak for a long time.

He really didn't know what to say, and his heart was a little sour. Finally, he nodded and ordered, "Come, give him pen and ink." ”

In fact, someone has already recruited someone, and this person is Wang Huazhen, the governor of Guangning. When she was in Dongchang, Wang Huazhen had already spoken.

So there is no way, confession is the best choice, and there is no other option for Yuan Yingtai.

After taking the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, Yuan Yingtai began to write and draw on the paper, and he was silently writing how Liaodong divided money.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace

Zhu Youxiao leaned on the couch expressionlessly, and standing below him was Chen Hong.

At this time, Chen Hong had apprehension on his face, his expression was a little hesitant, and he wanted to say something but stopped.

Glancing at Chen Hong, Zhu Youxiao sat up straight, smiled and said, "These have nothing to do with you, what can't you say?" What are you afraid of? ”

At this time, Zhu Youxiao was playing with a knife in his hand, which was a Tang knife, or a Tang knife in the sense of later generations.

In this day and age it was a straight knife, the forging process was very good, and the steel used was the best, so the knife was very good and reflected in the sun.

The emperor of his own family was playing with such a knife, and he flicked it lightly from time to time, how could Chen Hong not be afraid?

After listening to Zhu Youxiao's words, Chen Hong hurriedly said: "The slave is not afraid, the slave is afraid that the emperor will be angry." ”

Zhu Youxiao said expressionlessly: "I'm angry about everything? If I had been so angry, I would have been by them. Okay, go on, what's going on? What did Yuan Yingtai say? ”

This time, Chen Hong didn't dare to hide it anymore, and repeated Yuan Yingtai's words.

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "That's a good point! The top is worthy of the king, and the bottom is worthy of the people, which is really good. ”

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao slowly stood up and walked to the gate with an expressionless face.

At this time, he remembered a TV series he had watched in later generations, and the name of that TV series was "Ming Dynasty 1566".

Emperor Jiajing once said, "One or two pieces of silver, four coins belong to them, and twelve coins belong to the treasury, and I recognize it; Six coins belong to them, and ten dollars to the treasury, and I admit it. ”

The source of this passage is that the imperial court wants to pay Hu Zongxian military salaries, the treasury is empty, the taxes cannot be paid, and the imperial court has no money to allocate military salaries to the front. There is no choice but to let Yan Song and them get money, and the emperor will share the money with them.

How sad is this an emperor?

But if you don't, you can't.

Because the court can't get money, it is impossible for the emperor to go down to get money; If you only let Dongchang and Jinyiwei go to the money, you can only make a mess by killing and killing. You always have to find someone to get money, otherwise this court will not be able to sustain itself.

Now, at this time, there are more places for the court to use money, and corruption is becoming more and more serious.

A dignified governor of Liaodong, he can't be corrupt himself, and the money he gets is sent to buy grain and grass, and quietly make up for the lack of grain and grass, all of which can only be done in secret; If it is brought to the surface, this governor will not be able to do it.

To what extent can you see the place?

Zhu Youxiao also understands that most of the officials in the imperial court are facing the same predicament as themselves.

There is no one to do anything for you, and after your orders are down, they will become a piece of waste paper below. There are policies and countermeasures, and if you want to collect money, people won't pay it.

Emperor Wanli once sent eunuchs down to get money, but what happened?

The people sent down were killed, and they didn't collect much money, but they caused a commotion, whose crime are you going to cure?

People said that the people were excited, and they beat them to death out of righteous indignation, and you can't find the murderer if you want to.

As soon as the people dispersed, who will you arrest?

The local magistrates don't say that they turn a blind eye, maybe it is these officials who are behind their backs, what can you do?

Can you arrest those magistrates and kill them?

Even if you die, so what? The next one came up, and he did it anyway. He didn't dare to rebel against the general environment of officialdom, and if he really resisted, he would die even worse.

Rather than this, it is better to be filthy, if the emperor wants to punish your crimes, at most it will be ignorant and incompetent, and it will be dismissed from office.

Zhu Youxiao smiled self-deprecatingly.

The Ming Dynasty has really come to this point, and for the first time, he really felt it, and this feeling made him cold to the bone, both angry and helpless.

Turning his head to look at Chen Hong, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "What do you say those people in Liaodong should do?" ”

Who are the people in Liaodong?

Those officials in Liaodong, whether they are the governor of the yamen or the Jingluo yamen, or those generals in Liaodong, they are embezzling the silver of the court from top to bottom, how should they deal with it?

dealt with Yuan Yingtai, so should they deal with it?

If everyone is dealt with, what will Liaodong do

The governor's yamen is gone, the Jinglu yamen is gone, or the generals at all levels in Liaodong are not wanted?

If you do this, is it equivalent to giving up Liaodong to Nurhachi?

Zhu Youxiao didn't feel sorry for the silver, but thought about what to do, where to start?

This is the case in Liaodong, but what about the rest of the Ming Dynasty?

Jiangnan, the nest of the Donglin Party, has reached Jiangnan, how much of a role can its holy decree have when it arrives in Jiangnan?

Not to mention that in the present, even in the future generations, there are fewer things that make a mess in the place?

Is there less of a mess of documents that have been misinterpreted below?

Is there less of a policy and a countermeasure?

Sighing softly, Zhu Youxiao slowly inserted the knife in his hand back into the scabbard.

Zhu Youxiao knew that he had known these things for a long time, otherwise he would not have done this like now.

He turned his head and glanced at Chen Hong.

At this time, Chen Hong was already kneeling on the ground and didn't say a word.

This was not something that Chen Hong dared to answer, and he also knew what His Majesty was talking about.

"Alright, get up, shame!" Zhu Youxiao walked up to Chen Hong, kicked him gently, and said with a mocking tone, as if nothing had happened just now.

Chen Hong got up from the ground and said with concern in his tone: "Emperor, are you okay?" ”

"What can I do? I am the Son of Heaven, and I will never be fine. With that, Zhu Youxiao walked back to the couch again and sat down, leaning lazily, reaching out and gently tapping the armrest.

"Leave them alone, let them do it!" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

Chen Hong knew that this matter was not over, he knew His Majesty too well, and it was absolutely impossible for things to pass so easily.

But this matter must not be mixed with by yourself, otherwise you will be finished.

This matter is indeed not over, and it is impossible for Zhu Youxiao to let go like this, but there is no way to do it for the time being.

But you can take a small notebook and write it all down for them, and when you wait until later, you will ask them for the same thing.

I will figure these out with them one by one, and no one will want to run when the time comes.

The palace continued to be calm, and after Zhu Youxiao extinguished his anger, everything returned to its original state, with bright sunshine and pleasant scenery.

"Emperor, Zhao Nanxing, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, is here." Chen Hong walked to Zhu Youxiao's side and bowed.

"Let him in." Zhu Youxiao said expressionlessly.

It didn't take long for Zhao Nanxing to walk in from outside.

Zhao Nanxing didn't have any expression on his face, and after seeing Zhu Youxiao, he knelt down directly, holding the file in his hand and said, "Minister, see Your Majesty." ”

"Get up, why do you want to make this big gift." Saying that, Zhu Youxiao sat up straight and asked with a smile: "Aiqing came over today, but what's the matter?" ”

"The minister thoroughly checked all the accounts of the Ministry of Industry, and it is true that as others have played, the Ministry of Industry has feelings and cheats. The minister is here to ask for guilt, this is the file of the minister's interrogation, please look at it. Zhao Nanxing stood up and continued to say expressionlessly.

This time, Zhu Youxiao didn't speak, the expression on his face became serious, and he motioned for Chen Hong to bring the things over.

Chen Hong walked quickly to Zhao Nanxing's side and handed the file into Zhu Youxiao's hands.

Zhu Youxiao picked it up and quickly looked through it, and said, "This is what Aiqing found out?" ”

It's not that Zhu Youxiao was surprised, but he couldn't believe it.

Is it just fooling the emperor like this?

It is true that some corrupt things have been found above, but it can be said that it is only a superficial taste, and only one Lang Zhong of the Qing Officials Division has been found, isn't it very funny?

Zhu Youxiao sat forward, looking at Zhao Nanxing with a very unkind gaze, and couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

Zhao Nanxing is so bold that he really ignores himself?

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao was murderous to Zhao Nanxing.

It is not superfluous to kill such a courtier.

"Your Majesty, this is what the minister found out." Zhao Nanxing opened his mouth and said.