In the afternoon of this day, the clouds made up, and it was only a moment when it was time to unite, the sky was already dark, and a Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi hurriedly walked into the stone tablet alley, as if there was something urgent, but his face was not anxious, it should be just a short matter in the family.

This was originally the place where Jinyiwei lived, and his outfit didn't attract anyone's attention, so he walked all the way into an ordinary house in the middle of the alley, and then opened his voice and shouted: "Brother Qian, is my dustpan ready?" ”

This yard is not very big, it covers an area of about one acre, the surrounding walls are almost full of dried bamboo, the yard is full of bamboo products, what bamboo chairs, bamboo benches, dustpans, big brooms and so on.

In the open space in the middle, Qian Liang was taking two young men to break bamboo shards there, and when he heard this, he hurriedly raised his head and responded: "Okay, okay, you wait a minute." ”

After that, he dropped the bamboo strip in his hand, quickly walked to the corner, picked up a half-human round dustpan and handed it to the small flag, then nodded and said, "My lord, what do you think?" ”

The little flag took the dustpan and looked at it casually, nodded and said, "Well, the craftsmanship is not bad, how much is it?" ”

Qian Liang rubbed his hands and smiled: "It's cheaper for you, twenty wen." ”

When the little flag heard this, he took out a piece of broken silver from his arms without hesitation, threw it to Qian Liang, and urged: "Hurry up and find the money, I'm hungry, and I'm in a hurry to go back to eat." ”

I was afraid that there would be half a tael of this broken silver, and Qian Liang was embarrassed: "My lord, if you go in with me and get the money, I don't have so many copper plates on me." ”

When the little flag heard this, he shook his head, threw the dustpan to the ground, and followed him into the house.

When the two came to the house, the little flag suddenly took out an envelope from his arms and stuffed it into Qian Liang's hand, Qian Liang didn't say anything, he directly kicked the envelope into his arms, and then quickly skewered a string of copper coins with hemp rope for him.

The little flag held a copper coin in one hand and a dustpan in the other, but Qian Liang walked quickly through the back door and walked towards the back garden of Zhang Bin's mansion.

At this time, Zhang Bin had just finished eating, and was taking Xiao Zhang Xiang and Xiao Zhang Yang, pushing a wooden cart, and circling around the garden to eliminate food.

Seeing Qian Liang coming over in a hurry, Xiao Zhang Xiang immediately stood up, pulled out the wooden sword at his waist, and exclaimed excitedly: "If you find the enemy in front, hurry up, hurry up!" ”

Zhang Bin smiled slightly, and said loudly: "Little General Xiangxiang, stand firm." ”

After that, he really sped up, pushed the car straight towards Qian Liang, and danced Xiao Zhangxiang's hands excitedly.

Soon, the small cart came to Qian Liang, Xiao Zhang Xiang waved the wooden sword and slashed Qian Liang's chest, and then shouted: "Uncle Qian, you are dead, hurry up." ”

Qian Liang hurriedly pretended to hold his chest and screamed a few times, pretending to die, until Xiao Zhang Xiang cheered "Victory", "Victory", he smiled and stepped forward to touch Xiao Zhang Xiang's head, and then took out an envelope and handed it to Zhang Bin.

At this time, the letter sent through Qian Liang's craftsman shop was definitely not very urgent, Zhang Bin waved his hand disapprovingly, signaled Qian Liang to go back, and pushed Xiao Zhang Xiang and Xiao Zhang Yang around, and then led Xiao Zhang Xiang and Xiao Zhang Yang to the pavilion in the middle of the garden, and handed them over to Qi Fanghua and Hong Rong'er, and then slowly returned to the study of the main house, tore open the envelope, and took out the letter paper to look carefully.

This letter was still sent by Cao Huachun from the palace, but this time Cao Huachun didn't know what trick Wen Tiren was playing, he could only copy the dialogue between Wen Tiren and Chongzhen, as well as the original copy of the content of the impeachment of Zheng Youyuan, the former Qingpu Governor of Songjiang Prefecture, Nanzhili, and let Zhang Bin judge for himself.

After reading the letter, Zhang Bin couldn't help frowning, if Wen Tiren moved others, he wouldn't bother to care, after all, there were so many court officials, and there were many people framed by Wen Tiren, he couldn't save them one by one, that didn't make much sense, but Bi Ziyan was different, this famous minister of the two dynasties was quite good to himself, and he had to save him anyway.

He already vaguely understood what trick Wen Tiren was going to play, judging from the content of the impeachment and what Wen Tiren said to Chongzhen, Zheng Youyuan would definitely have problems with the taxes paid during his tenure as the magistrate of Qingpu, but he was not very familiar with the process of the household department, and he didn't know where Wen Tiren would use as a breakthrough, so he could only wait for further news before making plans.

Wen Tiren didn't let him wait long, and early the next morning, Tang Shiji broke into the yamen of the household department with a few imperial histories and a bunch of officials, saying that he was ordered to check the accounts, and that guy was just like a bandit entering a private house, messing around, and his attitude was extremely arrogant.

Bi Ziyan didn't know that someone was impeaching him, but it was true that Tang Shiji came to check the accounts by the emperor's order, so he could only swallow his anger and let this guy be arrogant.

In fact, there is no need to make such a big deal about checking accounts, especially since the household department is one of the most important yamen in the imperial court, and it stands to reason that you can't be so nonsense.

However, Wen Tiren did just that, he just wanted to slap Bi Ziyan's face, and humiliate this old guy who dared to go against himself!

Tang Shiji took people to check the yamen of the household department for a day, and did his best to humiliate him, making Bi Ziyan's face blue with anger, and then he took an account book and left arrogantly.

On this day, the Tai Warehouse, which is located between the capital and Tongzhou, was also searched, but the officials of the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department were very polite, and they just chatted with Tang Wan, the ambassador of the Tai Warehouse, for a long time, pretended to check the accounts, and then left with a ledger.

Early in the morning of the third day, after going to the morning court, Wen Tiren took two account books and asked to see Chongzhen, one was the income and expenditure records of the household yamen, and the other was the income and expenditure records of the Tai Warehouse.

After Chongzhen finished reading the two account books, his face suddenly became extremely ugly, this Zheng Youyuan really has a problem, and Bi Ziyan is really cheating!

It is clearly recorded in the account book of the household department that on a certain day in the sixth year of Chongzhen, he received 2,931 taels of tax silver from Qingpu County, Songjiang Prefecture, Nanzhili, but the account book of the Tai Warehouse is a "none" word, and the tax silver of other state capitals and counties have storage records, only the tax silver of Qingpu County, Songjiang Prefecture is "none"!

This is enough to prove that the accounts made by the household yamen are fake, and the Tai warehouse has not received the silver at all!

Chongzhen was angry again, the dignified prince Taibao, the head of the household, actually abused his power and engaged in favoritism, this is okay!

He thought about it with a straight face, and then waved away Wen Tiren and ordered someone to pass on Luo Yang's temperament to come.

Luo Yangxing hurried to the imperial study, Chongzhen didn't say a word, and directly handed over the account book of the Tai Warehouse to him, and then said coldly: "Take someone immediately, hurry up and rush to the Tai Warehouse, and check the tax money on this account book." ”

Wen Tiren is getting rid of Ziyan, Luo Yangxing naturally heard about this, Zhang Bin has a very good relationship with Bi Ziyan, and he also knows it, but he doesn't dare not go when the emperor asks him to take someone to check the tax money.

The Tai warehouse is in a valley between the capital and Tongzhou, less than ten miles away from the capital, Luo Yangxing quickly brought people to arrive, and the total tax silver on the account book is hundreds of thousands of taels, less than half an hour, he took someone to check clearly, there is no problem!

At this time, he was a little relieved in his heart, he thought that there was no problem with the tax and silver, and there was no problem with Bi Ziyan, but he didn't expect that after Chongzhen heard the report, he was directly furious and said: "Bi Ziyan came to see him!" ”

What's going on here?

Luo Yangxing was stunned in an instant, the tax and silver are obviously no problem, why is the emperor so angry?

He stood there in embarrassment, because Chongzhen didn't let him go, he didn't dare to go!

Bi Ziyan already vaguely understood that something must be wrong, otherwise Tang Shiji would not be so arrogant.

However, he couldn't figure out what was wrong, because Tang Shiji took away the account book of the taxes paid by Nanzhili last year, and the taxes of Nanzhili were all collected by the Nandu Household Department, and the Beijing Household Department was only responsible for collecting cash, what could go wrong?

He came to the imperial study with a full of questions, and after a salute, Chongzhen didn't let him get up, but asked the Jinyi guard to command Luo Yangxing to hand him two account books.

Bi Ziyan is inexplicable, the income and expenditure records of a household department, the income and expenditure records of a warehouse, is there anything that can't be counted?

Before he could open it, Chongzhen suddenly asked coldly: "Did Zheng Youyuan pay all the taxes during his tenure as the magistrate of Qingpu County in Songjiang Prefecture last year?" ”

This Bi Ziyan really had an impression, because Zheng Youyuan was the son of his friend, he was still more concerned about Zheng Youyuan's affairs, and he replied without hesitation: "Back to the emperor, the total tax silver in Qingpu County, Songjiang Prefecture last year was 4,188 taels, and due to the construction of water conservancy, the canal was opened to divert water, and the balance was 2,931 taels, which has been handed over in full. ”

Chongzhen snorted coldly: "Hmph, build water conservancy, okay, let's not talk about this, are the remaining two thousand nine hundred and thirty-one taels really all handed over?" ”

Bi Ziyan said affirmatively: "Back to the emperor, this Weichen has personally checked and has all been handed over." ”

Chongzhen snorted coldly again: "Hmph, you personally checked the taxes of a small county below Songjiang Mansion in Nanzhili, and you are really conscientious as a household secretary, saying, are you very close to Zheng Youyuan?" ”

Bi Ziyan is inexplicable, he has a great relationship with Zheng Youyuan, many courtiers know it, what is there to hide, he nodded without hesitation: "Back to the emperor, yes, Zheng Youyuan's father and Wechen are childhood playmates, and they also funded Wechen when Wechen went to Beijing to take the exam, so Wechen takes care of Zheng Youyuan a lot, and many courtiers know this." ”

Chongzhen said slightly angrily: "Just because Zheng Youyuan's father once funded you, do you want to bend the law for personal gain, help him make false accounts, and help him hide the evidence of the crime of embezzling ink taxes?" ”

When Bi Ziyan heard this, he was shocked: "No, the emperor, what Weichen said about taking care of his life during his stay in Beijing, Weichen didn't help him make fake accounts, and he didn't be greedy for ink taxes and silver!" ”

Chongzhen couldn't help but say angrily: "I still want to quibble, do you take a good look at the income and expenditure records of the Tai Warehouse, is there the two thousand nine hundred and thirty-one taels you said on it?" ”

Bi Ziyan hurriedly picked up the account book of the Tai Warehouse, quickly flipped it over, and soon, he turned to the page of Qingpu County, Songjiang Prefecture, Chongzhen, Qingpu County, Songjiang Prefecture, Nanzhili, paid taxes and silver for six years, no!

How can it be!

He was instantly dumbfounded, he really hadn't seen the two thousand nine hundred and thirty-one taels of tax silver paid by Qingpu County last year, but many household officials had gone to count and check, it was possible for a state capital's tax silver to be tens of taels or even hundreds of taels of silver, but it was absolutely impossible for a few thousand taels to go in and out, and if there was such a big discrepancy, the officials below him would have reported it a long time ago, how could no one report to him!

Bi Ziyan said in disbelief: "Impossible, this is impossible, the tax silver received by the household department has been counted layer by layer, and it is absolutely impossible to count nearly three thousand taels of silver, the emperor is clear!" ”

Where did Chongzhen listen to Bi Ziyan's "quibble" at this time, he only felt dizzy for a while, this is his most trusted Hubu Shangshu!

What else do I want to do with you?

I gave you the crown prince and the crown prince, and made you a very popular minister, you dare to cheat for personal gain, and shield your relatives and friends who are greedy for ink and taxes!

Is this how you repay me?

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, the more dizzy he became, and finally, he forgot all of Bi Ziyan's exploits, and forgot that Bi Ziyan would do his best for dozens of days in order to allocate grain and grass, his tired head was swollen like a fight, and he vomited blood.

Ahh ”

Luo Yanghe and Bi Ziyan were stunned at the same time, the emperor is not crazy!

This is not over, and immediately after, Chongzhen roared angrily: "Also, Zheng Youyuan, the inspector of the Imperial Procuratorate, also sent me to prison, interrogate him well, and see how he is greedy for ink tax silver!" ”

What a mess this is, not to mention others, even Luo Yangxing, the second ancestor who does not learn and has no skills, knows that it is impossible for Bi Ziyan to cheat for personal gain for such a trivial matter, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if he wants to cheat for personal gain, he will not use such a clumsy method to leave such a big loophole for people to check!

The emperor is afraid that he is a little delirious, this is the common idea of Luo Yanghe and Bi Ziyan.

However, they didn't dare to say anything in front of Chongzhen, Luo Yangxing was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Bi Ziyan, and then said solemnly: "Master Bi, let's go." ”

Bi Ziyan still has the heart to look at Luo Yangxing's eyes at this time, he only feels that the world in front of him has become extremely dark, the emperor, he is going to send him to the edict for interrogation, if he really cheats for personal gain, he has not done anything at all!

What kind of world is this, he did his best, forgot to sleep and eat, and tried his best to support the crumbling finances of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor actually listened to slander and sent himself to prison!

He had already vaguely understood that this must be Wen Tiren's ghost, but at this time, no matter how he explained it, the emperor would not believe it, because the emperor had been completely bewitched by Wen Tiren!

He stood up in despair, and walked out with heavy steps, his eyes full of despair.

Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi Edict Prison, there, may be the final destination of these loyal ministers, the Apocalypse Dynasty is like this, and the Chongzhen Dynasty is still like this!

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