When Zhang Lingyang returned to the palace, it was already close to evening.

hastily had dinner, and sent Wu Sanbao, who came to deliver the green sign, away, and Zhang Lingyang called Sun Sheng over.

"Hurry up and calculate, how much silver do I have in my treasury so far?"

"Yes, long live the Lord!" Sun Sheng replied and began to calculate.

"Originally, there were a total of 13 million taels of silver in the inner money, plus 4 million taels sent by Qian Du from Yangzhou, and later 2 million taels of 10 million taels of silver that Qian Du was greedy for, plus 5 million taels of silver that were sold in this auction, plus 8,130,000 ......taels from today's auction of the imperial merchant qualifications."

After fiddling with the abacus a few times, Sun Sheng looked up at Zhang Lingyang and said, "Long live the lord, in addition to the eight million taels of silver that have not been recovered from the HSBC ticket number, there are now a total of twenty-eight million taels of silver in the inner money. ”

"If you add the eight million taels that the HSBC ticket number is about to be recovered, it will be a total of 36 million taels of silver."

"Not bad! Not bad! Zhang Lingyang touched his chin, his face was full of bright smiles, and the corners of his mouth were about to flow out.

Seeing this, Sun Sheng hurriedly lowered his head and didn't dare to look.

Fortunately, Zhang Lingyang came to his senses in time and wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, so he didn't make a fool of himself.

With boundless imagination, Zhang Lingyang slept extremely comfortably this night.

The next day, Zhang Lingyang slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up.

The heavy snow that had been falling for days had finally stopped, and the sun had risen.

After washing, Zhang Lingyang walked out of the Heart Nourishing Hall and wanted to move his body, but he couldn't open his eyes because of the dazzling sun.

The sky and the earth are white, and they are particularly dazzling under the illumination of the sun.

Squinting his eyes, Zhang Lingyang moved his body, then went back to the hall to eat some food, and then crawled on the desk to practice calligraphy.

Not to mention, after more than half a year of practice, Zhang Lingyang's calligraphy has been written in a decent way.

At least if it gets out again, it won't be a shame!

……

At this time, in the lobby of the Criminal Department, the three legal divisions were in full swing to try the matter of Yangzhou Salt.

"Come on, Xuanren will commit Liu Wenxuan!" Chen Yiming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, slapped the shocked wood and said coldly.

After a while, Liu Wenxuan was taken into the lobby.

At this time, Liu Wenxuan's face was withered and his clothes were ragged, how could he still have the scenery before?

"Grass people Liu Wenxuan knocks on all of you!" Although Liu Wenxuan used to be the head of the household, he was in the end.

Now, Liu Wenxuan is just an ordinary old man who has been cut off from his fame, and he still knelt down in humiliation in the face of his former officialdom colleagues.

At the top, Chen Yiming looked at Liu Wenxuan expressionlessly and asked: "Liu Wenxuan, this official also asks you, the salt merchant Jia Daocun said that during your tenure as the head of the household department, you colluded with the Yangzhou salt merchants and accepted bribes from them, but I don't know the truth?" ”

"My lord, the grass people have been wronged!" Liu Wenxuan hurriedly shouted that he was wronged, "During the period when the grass people were officials, they have been conscientious, and they have never been corrupt and bent the law, let alone accepted bribes from them.

It must have been Qian Du's instructions to do it, and please ask the adults to uphold justice and return the grass people to innocence! ”

As he spoke, Liu Wenxuan's head knocked deeply.

Chen Yiming nodded noncommittally, and then glanced at Li Guangtai, the imperial history of the left capital on the same side.

Li Guangtai opened his mouth and said, "Liu Wenxuan, believe what you said for the time being. The official asked you, you have served in the imperial court for many years, during this period, did you not find a loophole in Yangzhou's salt tax? Or did you find out a long time ago, but you didn't dare to report it because there were too many things involved? In any case, it is appropriate for this judge to convict you of a crime of dereliction of duty. ”

"During the period when the grass people served as the head of the household department, there was no dereliction of duty, and please let the adults know it!" Liu Wenxuan cried, "In the first year of serving as the head of the household department, the grass people discovered the loopholes in the salt tax and told the first emperor to thoroughly investigate the affairs of Yangzhou. But the twists and turns are like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is no reply!

If a few adults don't believe it, they can go to the Department of Communications to read the recitals of the year, and if those recitals have not been burned, they still have an archive in the General Administration Department! ”

Hearing this, Li Guangtai and Chen Yiming glanced at each other, and Chen Yiming said: "Liu Yushi, the next case will be tried by you, and the old man will go to visit Zhang Ge Lao first!" ”

With that, Chen Yiming got up and hurriedly left the lobby of the Criminal Department.

If you want to read the past memorabilia, except for the emperor, only the head of the cabinet has this right.

Therefore, Chen Yiming did not dare to delay, and hurriedly set off from the Criminal Department and drove to Donghua Pavilion.

When he arrived at Donghua Pavilion, after Chen Yiming explained the situation, Zhang Zhiyuan nodded and said: "What Liu Wenxuan said is also the truth, he did tell the first emperor about the disadvantages of Yangzhou salt affairs, but the first emperor did not listen to it out of various considerations.

At this point, the first emperor once mentioned this matter to the old man, so the old man had some impressions.

However, what is written in Liu Wenxuan's fold, the old man has not read it, so he doesn't know. ”

Although he said this, Zhang Zhiyuan still repaired a letter and sent it to Chen Yiming, asking him to take his letter to the General Administration Department to transfer Liu Wenxuan's recitals back then......

It wasn't until two hours later that Chen Yiming returned to the yamen of the Criminal Department.

"How's it going?" Seeing Chen Yiming returning, Li Guangtai hurriedly got up and asked.

Chen Yiming nodded and said: "What Liu Wenxuan said is indeed the truth, he did tell the first emperor about the disadvantages of Yangzhou salt affairs back then, and Zhang Ge Lao also knew this. It's just that out of various considerations, the first emperor did not adopt Liu Wenxuan's opinion. ”

"So, Liu Wenxuan really has nothing to do with this case?" Li Guangtai asked in surprise, but from his eyes, it could be seen that he was obviously relieved.

"I think Liu Wenxuan really has nothing to do with this case!" Chen Yiming nodded, "But Liu Wenxuan can't be released yet, and after it is confirmed that he has been falsely accused, it is not too late to acquit him!" ”

Regarding Chen Yiming's proposal, Li Guangtai didn't have any other opinions, and nodded and acquiesced.

At this time, Jiang Fang, one of the three Dharma Divisions, ran in in a hurry, and said breathlessly: "The two of you...... Two adults, there has been a major breakthrough in things! ”

"Master Jiang, speak slowly!" Chen Yiming. Li Guangtai and the two glanced at each other, with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

Jiang Fang took a deep breath, and then said: "Jia Daocun confessed that he had previously bribed Qian Du, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, with more than one million taels of silver.

After Jia Daocun confessed, the remaining twelve salt merchants also confessed to bribing Qian Du. ”

"According to the confessions of these people, the lower officials have summed it up, and Qian Du has received no less than 10 million taels of dirty silver in Yangzhou!"

Hearing this, Chen Yiming. Li Guangtai and the others couldn't help but look at each other......