Chapter 50: The Granary Case

Zhou Chen can come up step by step from the bottom, mix through the center, go through the grassroots, and know Daming too well.

Where there are interests, there are cats, and where interests are particularly important, there are a lot of cats, and there are a lot of cats in the Ming Jingcang.

There's too much of it.

Zhou Chen thought with his toes, there was a problem.

For example, when the new grain is collected and the old grain is released, the hand is raised slightly, such as adding a little more to the food loss. There are too many ways to make money from the Jingcang Grain Depot.

This is also the reason why Zhou Chen didn't directly delegate someone else to take care of it, and he didn't care about it himself.

After Zhou Chen got Zhu Qizhen's trust, he wholeheartedly ran for his political future, and he never cared much about these things that might have dirty his hands and feet, and if he wiped out the old people in the household department, the resistance was not only inside the household department, but also outside the household department, I really thought that these officials in the household department would have no background.

And Jingcang, especially the Jingcang system after Zhou Chen's adjustment, is a huge fat gap. Zhou Chen has already held the Taicang Treasury in his hands, and he is here to appease these people.

The queue divides the fruits and appeases the interests of all parties, which is Zhou Chen's strength.

It's just that Zhou Chen never thought that they would be so stupid.

In Zhou Chen's mind, there are too many, and if you don't move the grain in the warehouse, you can make a lot of money. And this method is much less risky.

But Zhou Chen far underestimated their greed, and also overestimated the deterrent power of Daming's routine inspections.

If it weren't for Jinyiwei's participation this time, or even if it wasn't for Jinyiwei's command to make Wang Yuxinguan take office, there is a high probability that they wouldn't leak out.

Beijing is huge, mostly with more than a million people, but it's also small.

Although Jinyiwei is very powerful, not everyone in the Jinyiwei group is glamorous and beautiful, hanging embroidered spring knives. And the officials in Jingcang are just as hereditary and reckless as the Jinyi Wei group. There are quite a few warehouses in Beijing. These officials are not a small group either.

Can such two groups not intersect in the city of Beijing, which has a population of one million?

So it is not difficult for them to get the Jinyi Wei who came to check, but the difficult thing is to get Wang Yu.

To tell the truth, Wang Yu was able to be the commander of Jinyiwei, and a year ago, no one believed it, including Wang Yu himself.

Wang Yu Dan has a relationship with the background, so he doesn't have to follow the Southern Expeditionary Army to Yunnan, born and died, makeup, stealth, or deep behind enemy lines.

Jinyiwei, who is really related, who does this?

Wang Yu was suddenly transferred to the capital and served as a commander, he was also trembling, lest he could do something badly and be dragged down by the emperor.

So all the emperor confessed

Every of the following things, within the scope of the capital, Wang Yu must personally do it, as for those in the field, Wang Yu must also be concerned about it, and he must ask every day.

Therefore, they can buy the Jinyi Guard below, but they can't buy the Jinyi Guard's commander.

What Wang Yu did in the Battle of Pinglu River can be seen that Wang Yu is a meticulous person, and it is too difficult to hide it from his eyes.

These people were also forced to burn the granary.

"The minister deserves death, please give the minister a little time, and the minister will definitely find out what is going on." Zhou Chen gritted his teeth and said.

Zhu Qizhen looked at Zhou Chen, and he also believed Zhou Chen. Knowing this thing has nothing to do with Zhou Chen.

The reason is very simple, Zhou Chen is a smart person. He had too many ways to make money. As long as he wants to make money, he can make a lot of money when he is the governor of Jiangnan.

But Zhou Chen didn't.

Because Zhu Qizhen knows the essence of the Ming society too well, this is a power society, and money is just the added value of power. As long as you have power, you are afraid that you will not have money.

And for many people, it's useless to have too much money. They want to be more ambitious. can be in charge of the world and leave a name in history.

This is the choice of the first-rate character of the Ming Dynasty, and even for a long time, this choice has not changed.

Only second-rate people think about how to make money.

Most of the civil officials standing in front of him are first-rate figures.

First, although the Ming Dynasty's Yulu is a little less, it is not less for the top civil officials, such as Yang Pu and now eats three taels and gives the house. Nearly 2,000 stone of grain a year, you must know that the stone of the Ming Dynasty is much more than the stone of the Han Dynasty, and the stone of the Han Dynasty is nearly 10,000 stones.

Even in the Han Dynasty, it was the top income.

And among the various rewards in the palace, Yang Pu is also the first.

Second, the overall political ecology of the Ming Dynasty has not collapsed, everyone is still proud of being honest and ashamed of corruption, and it is not until after Wanli, it seems that being an official does not make money, that is, incompetence.

The core layer of the Ming Dynasty, except for Wang Zhen, there is probably no corrupt official, even if there are some unclear places, it is also a problem of some small sections, and it will never breed big corrupt criminals like He Shen.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I can trust Aiqing, but my trust has a limit. ”

Zhou Chen said: "Within three days, the minister will definitely give His Majesty an explanation." ”

Zhu Qizhen stopped looking at Zhou Chen and said, "Okay." ”

After Zhou Chen saluted, he slowly retreated.

Zhu Qizhen also had no intention of watching the twists and turns, and couldn't help but ponder one thing in his heart, and said secretly: "Is it that I can't compare to the Queen Mother?" Why didn't such a thing happen when the Empress Dowager was there? ”

Zhou Chen returned to the household

, he didn't investigate at all, and directly called Li Xian, the household servant, to the duty room. Closed the door and didn't say anything, just looked at Li Xian coldly.

Li Xian is fifty or sixty years old, he was born as a prisoner, and he has been working as an errand boy in the household department all his life. Since he was not born as a Jinshi, serving as a household squire is already the highlight of his life.

He is one of the leaders of the old people of the household.

He also had a ghost in his heart, Zhou Chen hung him for a while, and he couldn't help it, and said: "My lord, the matter of Tongzhou Cang has nothing to do with me?" ”

Zhou Chen said lightly: "Did I say it matters?" ”

Li Xian chuckled in his heart, knowing that he had lost his words.

Zhou Chen was originally suspicious, but at this moment, it has been determined that Li Xian must know even if he is not the mastermind.

Zhou Chen was not ready to ask for details of the case. Thinking about this kind of thing with his toes, Zhou Chen knew what they thought, and Zhou Chen even estimated that Li Xian was the one who couldn't get off the boat.

Zhou Chen said: "You and I have worked together for many years, I just want to talk to you about Your Majesty today?" ”

Li Xian had already raised his vigilance and said, "It's not good to judge the king by his ministers. ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhou Chen said: "Out of your mouth, into your mouth, and no one else knows, what are you afraid of?" ”

Li Xian can't say that I'm afraid of you.

In Zhu Qizhen's eyes, Zhou Chen is a financial manager, but he is a little tactful and can't stick to his political opinions. Yang Pu commented that he should be a secondary assistant at most, and he was not suitable to be a first assistant.

Because he did not have the character to assert his opinion before the emperor, and this character was crucial to Shousuke. If you can't be a king, you can't be called a minister.

In the eyes of Zhou Chen's subordinates, Zhou Chen is clearly a smiling tiger, the kind of person who knows everything and doesn't say anything. When it's time to use it, it will crucify you at once.

When it's okay, hello, hello, everyone, when there's something, it's when you turn your face and be ruthless.

Li Xian had a ghost in his heart at the moment, and when he talked to Zhou Chen, he naturally cheered up. I didn't dare to have a handle to be grabbed by Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen smiled lightly and said: "Master Li, I don't want to say it, let me say that Your Majesty today is an unborn Ming Jun, who is eloquent and discerning. Some people want to hide it from him, I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

"So weigh the pros and cons, just weigh it carefully, Your Majesty only has the bad things, probably young, some can't grasp the severity, Wang Zhen's death, of course, is innocent, but you see Wang Zhenyizi's fate, this generation is just an accomplice, but it is difficult to escape a knife. The wrath of the Son of Heaven, bleeding thousands of miles, under the nest, there are no eggs, some people are old, why don't they think about their children and grandchildren. ”

Zhou Chen's words, one sentence in the east and one sentence in the west, seem to be illogical, but each sentence seems to be a sledgehammer smashing on Li Xian's heart. made Li Xian's face change slightly, and he almost couldn't collapse his face.