Volume 2 Chapter 41 Inexplicably planted
Lu Bing is a person who has a feeling of hiding a knife in his smile, he seems to be very kind to everyone, but if he really wants to make a move, he will not be merciful at all.
His temperament, the court officials also understood, although he was smiling at this time, Lin Tingang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was still scared.
This guy, it is rumored that when the emperor ordered him to drag people out to play the board, he was also smiling, and even the person who beat him was about to die, he was still smiling, who knows if he is really okay with this smile or is ready to kill someone!
However, since it was the emperor's will, Lin Tingang didn't dare to ask more, he could only stand there and watch with a frightened face, and there was no way at all.
Fortunately, Lu Bing quickly found the dossier that built the altar on the outskirts of Beijing, and he didn't say anything, just took the dossier and left.
Lin Tingang saw his back slowly disappearing at the door, so he summoned the little official who managed the library and asked him to check what Lu Bing had taken away.
Soon, the little official came to report that it was a dossier from the construction of the altar on the outskirts of Beijing.
This?
The Ministry of Industry is responsible for many projects every year, and the Beijing Suburb Altar is just one of them, and he has not interfered in this project from beginning to end, and it has always been Xia Yan and his fellow countrymen, that is, Liu Boyue in the Qing Dynasty of the Ministry of Industry at that time.
He instantly understood that this was a fight between Yang Ming and Xia Yan.
He naturally understands why these two groups of people are fighting, just for the position of the head of the household department in Nanjing.
Fortunately, fortunately, this matter is really none of his business, he has no idea about the position of the head of the household department in Nanjing, and he is almost there, and the battle in the court has nothing to do with him.
The so-called "it's none of your business, hang high." Since this matter has nothing to do with him, then there is nothing to worry about, he directly ordered the little official to tidy up the library, and then wrapped his hands back and walked slowly.
He was relieved, but Liu Boyue was frightened, this guy, the emperor actually sent Jinyi Wei to get the file of the altar in the suburbs of Beijing, it must be that Yangming found something!
Of course, he knows how much he is greedy in it, and if the emperor finds out about it, he will be finished.
What to do?
He didn't dare to discuss this matter with Xia Yan, because Xia Yan is a mallet, this guy is desperately climbing up not to make money, he didn't tell Xia Yan when he was making money, in the township party, he followed Yan Song!
This happened too suddenly, so that he was in a mess, and in a hurry, he actually wrote a secret letter, asking people to rush to Jinling, the southern capital, for 800 miles to ask Yan Song for help!
There are more than 2,000 miles from the capital to Jinling, and even if it is 800 miles to expedit, it will take three days, and it will take six days to come and go.
Of course it's too late!
After Lu Bing came out of the Ministry of Industry, he led people to break into the Yamen of the Ministry of War not far away, and Mao Bowen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was also taken aback by him, this guy, the emperor has really not sent out Jinyi Guards to search everywhere with such fanfare for a long time, what happened?
Lu Bing didn't explain, he searched the library of the Ministry of War for less than a quarter of an hour, and then left with a bunch of files.
Immediately afterwards, he led people to break into the yamen of the household department, but he still didn't say a word, and searched around the library, and left after the search.
Then he took people to the yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he also didn't say a word, and searched around the library!
It took less than an hour before he returned to the palace with a pile of files.
Immediately afterwards, he sent two teams of horsemen to "take" the shopkeepers of the two stone shops in the capital to "force" them, and then he took a pile of files and confessions and walked to the imperial study.
To be honest, Jiajing was taken aback by Lu Bing's speed, he really didn't expect that his milk brother would be so efficient, and the two "old cases" would be investigated in less than two hours!
When he got the file and confession, he was still a little confused, but after listening to Lu Bing's report, he instantly became angry.
The content of Lu Bingyu's report is quite simple, one of these two cases is true and the other is false.
Zhang Shiche, the right attendant of the military department, was purely slandered, because when he suppressed the Tusi rebellion, he applied to the imperial court to transfer 3,000 men and horses, which lasted nearly three months, and spent less than 20,000 taels of silver in total.
The files of these military departments, household departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are quite clear, he applied for the transfer of 3,000 men and horses, and the household department only allocated 3,000 men and horses for three months' salary, and even after the Tusi rebellion was put down later, the rewards for the first merit have not been paid.
Jiajing knew that none of this could be faked, because there were strict regulations on the mobilization of troops of more than 1,000 people, and the imperial court would send supervisors, gongcao, and leading generals, none of whom were appointed by the governor, and they had to make a detailed report on the whole process afterwards for inspection.
The content reported by these people is not different from what Zhang Shiche reported, and the total is less than 20,000 taels of silver, it is already nervous enough to raise 3,000 men and horses to fight for three months, Zhang Shiche is still greedy!
Liu Boyue, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, was different, he only built a total of two altars in the suburbs of Beijing, but he spent more than 200,000 taels of silver, and all the people and craftsmen went to labor, that is to say, these people and craftsmen came to serve for free, and the court didn't even have to take care of food.
And the cost of this material is a bit exaggerated, the purchase cost of white marble and marble alone cost more than 100,000 taels, and the price reported by the big shopkeeper of the two stone shops in the capital is not even half of what Liu Boyue reported, that is to say, Liu Boyue at least made tens of thousands of taels of silver in these two purchases!
Jiajing was angry, really angry.
He really didn't know the purchase price of this white marble and marble, so he didn't see the trick at all.
However, he is not an idiot, Lu Bing casually asked the big shopkeeper of the two stone shops to ask for the quotation of white marble and marble, it stands to reason that their quotation should be higher than the purchase price of the Ministry of Industry, because the Ministry of Industry is responsible for the imperial court project, it would be good if it was not directly collected, and whoever dared to sell it was more expensive than the market price.
However, the price written by Liu Boyue in the file is more than twice as high as the market price!
Okay, you Liu Boyue, you dare to deceive me, you dare to be so blatant and corrupt, and transfer this kind of person to be the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, then you have to do it.
Xia Yan, you did a good job!
Thinking of this, Jiajing gritted his teeth and said, "Spread the summer words." ”
Xia Yan naturally knew about Jinyiwei's random search, but he didn't expect that this was a set set by Yang Cong for him, and he was still reminiscing about the wonderful scene in the early dynasty.
Mao Bowen, you dare not give me face, Nie Bao, Zhang Shiche, you dare to compete with me for the position of the head of the household department in Nanjing, now, you are happy, right?
He came to the imperial study with a little pride, and when he saw Jiajing's angry expression, he thought that Jiajing was angry because of the military department.
Unexpectedly, after a salute, Jiajing directly threw a few files and two confessions in front of him, and said coldly: "This is the person you recommended?" ”
Xia Yan hurriedly picked up the file and confession and looked at it, and his face suddenly changed.
He is not an idiot either, as soon as he compares the price on this file with the price in the confession, he understands that Liu Boyue was greedy for tens of thousands of taels when he built the altar on the outskirts of Beijing!
I'm suffocating my mother, Yan Song, who did you recommend to me, you want to kill me!