Tang Huai walked into the room and looked at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man got up from his seat, dusted off his sleeves, looked at Tang Huai, and asked, "When is Lord Tang going to lock up Xu?" ”

Tang Huai sat opposite him, poured him a cup of tea, and asked, "Mr. Xu has been in Beijing for a good time, why did he leave Beijing?" ”

The middle-aged man said lightly: "My mother is sick, and Xu naturally wants to go home to visit." ”

"Mr. Xu's mother died three years ago." Tang Huai looked at him and said, "This reason can deceive King Kang, but you can't deceive this official." ”

He took a sip of tea and said: "Over the years, my Tang family, and even His Royal Highness King Duan, have suffered a lot of losses under Mr. Xu. ”

He looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "Wouldn't this incident be Mr. Xu's backhand?" ”

Mr. Xu raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Tang Huai put down the teacup and said: "In front of this official, Mr. Xu doesn't have to pretend, except for you, who else around King Kang can do it and wipe out the forces of the Tang family and King Duan?" ”

Mr. Xu glanced at him and said, "I left Beijing this time, I didn't plan to come back, what King Kang would do, I don't know, Lord Tang is really doing this too much." ”

"Not coming back?" Tang Huai looked at him and asked, "You have assisted King Kang for so long, how many wonderful strategies have you made for him, once King Kang succeeds in ascending the throne, you will be the minister of Conglong with the greatest credit, will you easily give up all this?" ”

"It is precisely because I have done so much for King Kang that I have to withdraw as soon as possible." Mr. Xu looked at him calmly and said, "Otherwise, on the day King Kang is defeated, wouldn't he have to be buried with him?" ”

"King Kang is defeated?" When Tang Huai heard this, he was also stunned, the expression on his face was no longer indifferent, and he was surprised: "You actually gave up King Kang?" ”

The Tang family, on behalf of King Duan, has been fighting with King Kang for so long, and knows King Kang and his camp very well.

King Kang is a full straw bag, but behind him are many powerful people in Beijing, and he also has a close connection with the generals that the Tang family can't reach, of course, the Tang family has a deep foundation in the court, even so, in the battle in the court, King Kang is still no match for King Duan.

King Kang can have today, all thanks to the powerful strategists around him, this Mr. Xu is the most feared one of the Tang family, if it weren't for him, a few years ago, in the battle for succession, King Kang would have been eliminated.

Over the years, the Tang family has suffered a lot at the hands of this person.

What made him unbelievable was that this Mr. Xu had already given up on King Kang, this feeling was like the Tang family had accumulated enough strength and wanted to give the opponent a heavy blow, but before the fist was swung out, a meteorite suddenly fell from the sky and smashed their opponent to death.

This kind of pie-in-the-sky thing, he can't help but be suspicious.

Mr. Xu did not shy away from this, nodded and said: "King Kang is like a rotten wood, unbearable to carve, it is only to blame for the first time, but fortunately, it is not too late to stop now." ”

"Those who know the times are junjie, and it is not a good thing that Mr. Xu can break his arm as a strong man." Tang Huai looked at him and said: "If Mr. Xu can switch to His Royal Highness King Duan, this official guarantees that our past grievances can be blamed in the past, and when His Royal Highness King Duan succeeds to the throne, we can give you what Mr. Xu wants." ”

Mr. Xu looked at him and asked, "In this way, Lord Tang still doesn't plan to let Xu go?" ”

Tang Huai said: "Mr. Xu is a really capable person, he chose King Kang at the beginning, and he also wanted to become a minister of Conglong, as long as you say a word, the grievances between us will all be written off, you are here in Duanwang, your status will not be lower than that of King Kang, Mr. Xu really doesn't think about it anymore?" ”

Mr. Xu looked at him and asked, "Does Xu have a choice?" ”

Tang Huai smiled and said, "No." ”

……

In King Kang's mansion, King Kang was pacing in the hall, with a joy on his face that could not be concealed.

He took a piece of paper and looked at it, this was just passed out of Dali Temple, and of the fifteen people who were arrested today, eleven of them had already been convicted, and it was impossible to turn over again.

And on the other list in his hand, dozens of people were densely listed, all of whom appeared on the Liu family's gift list.

"This is just the beginning." King Kang clenched the paper tightly and said, "Zhao Ming, Zhao Ming, don't you want to be the emperor, this king will fulfill you, this king will make you a loner this time!" ”

He looked behind him and said: "This king has an idea, Tang Renzhai can publish newspapers, why can't we, just paste the list of these people, so that the people of the whole city know, so many pairs of eyes watching, under the eyes of everyone, the public opinion, even if the father does not punish them, it will not work!" ”

Shou Anbo looked at him and said: "Your Highness, the Tang family's newspaper sells for a penny, and the paper money is not enough, our price is higher than theirs, no one buys it, if you are the same as them, you will lose money......"

"Stupid!" King Kang glared at him and said, "Short-sighted, is it time to be stingy with silver?" ”

Shou Anbo said: "But Your Highness, even if you are not stingy with silver, the Tang family's newspaper is ...... through the imperial court."

"The same thing, he Tang Ning can do, can't this king?" King Kang interrupted him with a wave of his hand and said, "This matter will be handed over to you by this king......"

"Oops......" Shou Anbo's face changed, and he suddenly said: "My subordinates have stomach pain, go to the toilet first......"

After saying that, he ran out of the house, King Kang frowned, pointed his hand at the other people, and said: "This matter will be handed over to you, this king will give you silver, the major bookstores in Beijing, you all go and let them also publish newspapers, this king doesn't believe it, so many bookstores combined, no match for him a Tang Renzhai?" ”

……

The New Year will be over in a few days, Tang Ning and Xiaoru are thinking about this year's accounts, Xiaoyi is not interested in these things, and Xiaoru is in charge of the family's financial power.

The family has a large income, and the output is not small, plus Tang Ning thinks that the silver is a pile of stones at home, and only the daily expenses are left on weekdays, and the rest is all handed over to Tang Yaoyao, so that she can use it to expand the industry and make money with money, and now how rich he is, he himself doesn't know.

He brought the account book, turned a few pages, and someone came to the palace and brought him a letter.

More than a dozen officials in the DPRK and China were investigated for corruption, and once they were published through the newspaper, they would never be able to turn over.

Judging from the number of people involved in the excerpt, Emperor Chen does not intend to be one-size-fits-all, after all, if he really wants to be held accountable, I am afraid that there will be less than half of the people in the court.

There is no shortage of clear streams in any era, and these clear streams generally do not lack integrity, do not grovel, and do not form parties for personal gain, which leads to the gathering of problematic officials in the party, one check is accurate, one check is accurate.

Advertising in the Kyoto Daily requires advertising fees, and the amount is very expensive, judging by Emperor Chen's meaning, it should be that he wants to open up a page in the newspaper and leave it to the imperial court to report these matters.

Tang Ning even felt in his heart that even this large-scale anti-corruption operation might be due to the lack of silver in the treasury, and he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to cut a wave of leeks to fill the treasury, and by the way, deter and deter some people, so that they could restrain and settle down.

A certain hall of the Imperial Palace.

Doctor Yu Shi walked to the hall and said, "Your Majesty, this time a total of fifteen officials and officials have been investigated and punished, and the property found from their homes totals more than 1.5 million taels ......."

Emperor Chen looked at him and asked, "Fifteen people, one and a half million taels, that is to say, a small imperial history of the Imperial History Tower, all have a net worth of 100,000 taels?" ”

Doctor Yu Shi said: "The 700,000 taels of this were all found from the family of Liu Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, and most of them were congratulatory gifts from various officials, and there was no evidence of Liu Shilang's bribery and corruption......

Accepting bribes is not the same as receiving gifts, the imperial court prohibits officials from accepting bribes, but it does not prohibit officials from accepting gifts, there is no clear boundary between this, Langzhong of the Ministry of Cuisine and a certain supervising imperial history are clearly deducting the imperial court's allocation of money and accepting bribes, these two crimes are enough to convict, but Liu Feng, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is fundamentally different from them.

One is to withhold the court's silver and accept bribes, and the other is to receive some congratulatory gifts on his mother's birthday, although this congratulatory gift is a bit heavy, but it doesn't seem to be Liu Feng's fault.

Chen Huang rubbed his eyebrows, couldn't help but look at the amount on the fold again, and muttered, "Seven hundred thousand taels......"