The princess couldn't help but speak, "Horse, if it is undecided today, the suppression of corruption cannot be so harsh!" Otherwise, I am afraid that it will cause political turmoil, and the imperial brother can take advantage of it! ”

Fang Yuan felt deeply fooled this time, and seeing that she was still speaking for the corrupt officials, he scolded angrily, "Princess, you don't need to be severely punished, you don't have to be connected, how can you deter these corrupt officials who are bold and dare to collectively make fake accounts?!" ”

The princess still didn't give in and argued with him, "Donkey, this fake account is left over from history, and it is customary, even me and the prince are always staring at it, and we don't notice the inappropriateness in it." It is conceivable that the officials of other government offices may be corrupt, but there must be some who do not know and act according to customs and rules. ”

For example, in the empty seal case, Fang Xiaoru's father, Fang Keqin, a clean official with clean sleeves, was also executed. Such a blanket conviction regardless of corruption is too wide-ranging. ”

Fang Yuan was so stunned by her rebuttal that he sat on the big chair angrily, and said angrily, "How does the princess think she should be punished?!" ”

The princess said unhurriedly, "If there is no explicit prohibition in the Ming law, you can't be convicted, this time it should be a matter of facts, it is a Juntian corruption case, and we will try the Juntian corruption case." As for the empty seal case, it is obviously the first crime of the independent accounting team of the royal government, and the accomplice of the local government. The royal government can immediately order that in the future, reconciliation must not bring blank account books stamped with official seals to reconcile, but must register the account books in the local area, and after the seal is completed, then send them to the palace for reconciliation. As for the consumption along the way, it will be corrected and marked according to the method of the horse, and then stamped for confirmation. ”

Fang Yuan stared silently at the confession on the table, neither agreeing nor opposing the princess's suggestion of a lighter punishment.

Seeing that he did not deny that he was acquiescing, the princess issued an order for him, "The third uncle and Commander Hu have released all the officials of Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and Zhaoqing, and informed them of the mistakes they have committed this time, and made them confess their guilt in the recital, and take the initiative to propose in the recital to correct the omission of the empty seal reconciliation." Then convey to each state, prefecture, and county, that the past empty printing is not to blame, and from next year, the account books must be compiled in accordance with the new regulations. ”

Jing Jie and Hu Qi looked at Fang Yuan again, and when they saw that he still didn't open his mouth to object, they knew that he really acquiesced, and hurriedly gave up his orders.

After everyone left, the princess saw that Fang Yuan was still angry, so she changed her face to a pleasant face, and said softly, "Don Ma, I gave an order on your behalf, but it was a woman who interfered in politics, and I was willing to be punished." ”

Fang Yuan had actually agreed with the princess's statement in his heart.

The territory under his jurisdiction is getting bigger and bigger, with at least seventy or eighty state capitals and nearly eight or nine hundred counties. If you want to rule such a large territory, you must not learn to do whatever you want.

Running a company depends on wisdom, and running a country depends on rules. There are no rules, there are no rules.

Even if these corrupt officials are negligent, they are also taking advantage of the loopholes of the government's laws. If we cannot find real evidence of their violations of law and discipline, we must not kill indiscriminately by virtue of their temperament, otherwise everyone will inevitably be in danger and the undercurrent will surge, which will not be conducive to the stability of the political power.

Fang Yuan didn't open his mouth before because he couldn't get off the stage, it was him who shouted and shouted to kill, and it was him who wanted to release people in the blink of an eye, he was so willful and reckless, how could it end in front of everyone's eyes? Fortunately, the princess stood up in time and resolved the embarrassment for him, and he was actually grateful to the princess from the bottom of his heart, not annoyed.

Fang Yuan gently squeezed her hand and said, "Jiao'er, from today onwards, you and the princess will take the brocade guards of the palace to thoroughly investigate the independent accounting team. All the people involved in the accounting group should be caught, and they should be closed, and no fish should slip through the net. ”

The princess saw that he was finally going to strike a heavy blow to the independent accounting group, which meant that Xiao Yuan was completely out of power in his mind, and he was also happy in his heart, but Hua Rong still maintained his usual calmness, and said lightly, "It's okay to rectify the independent accounting team, but it's about Mrs. Yuan, as well as the king of Anguo County, it's better to go out in person, otherwise I think I'm taking the opportunity to retaliate." ”

Fang Yuan also agreed with the princess's statement, Xiao Yuan didn't take the princess in his eyes at all, Fang Yuan didn't go out in person, how could he deter this lawless Yuan lady.

In the early morning of the next day, Fang Yuan and the princess returned to Suzhou Mansion with five hundred brocade guards.

Fang Yuan entered the palace with a gloomy face, and went directly to the courtyard where Xiaoyuan lived, and with a gloomy expression, he ordered his subordinates to take Fang He and Fang Lin out.

Ma Yishan took the brocade guards to guard strictly outside the dormitory, and only he, the princess, and Xiaoyuan were left in the dormitory.

Xiao Yuan saw that Fang Yuan returned violently, and came with the princess. Although there was no joy or anger on the princess's face, there was an inscrutable hint of joy in her eyes.

She was slightly stunned in her heart, and she had a faint sense of crisis, but she still looked at Fang Yuan calmly as usual, "Childe, why did you suddenly return to the house?" ”

Fang Yuan sat at the table, stared at her coldly and asked, "Mrs. Yuan, the granary of Zhejiang Juntian is burning, what do you say?!" ”

Xiao Yuan's heart sank, and sure enough, it was the matter of Juntian.

She lowered her gaze and pretended to be weak, silent in thought, but her inner thoughts were flying, thinking about countermeasures. In front of her, there are actually only three choices, one is to deny it directly and deny it to death; the second is to avoid the important and trivialize; The third is to plant blame for others, and others will bear the blame.

Among these three strategies, since the matter of military rations has been exposed, whether it is Ma Lin or Qiu Lin of the Independent Accounting Group, she must be the object of Fang Yuan's strict interrogation, and she will definitely not be able to pass the test if she blindly denies it, and this choice can be directly abandoned.

If it is Qiu Lin who is planted to the independent accounting team, looking at the posture of Fang Yuan and the princess, it is obviously not possible to launch a Qiu Lin. And Qiu Lin knows too much of her insider, if she can't endure the punishment of Jinyiwei's prison, it will be equally difficult for her to get rid of the crime, and this choice will obviously not work.

This incident is too serious, involving the lives of tens of thousands of people, and the consequences are far more serious than the consequences of Xu Hua's case. Xiao Yuan wants to get away with it easily, and it is absolutely impossible to defend his innocence. The only way is to avoid the important and make a guilty defense, but win Fang Yuan's sympathy and strive for leniency.

Xiao Yuan's plan had been decided, so he looked up at Fang Yuan and replied, "Childe, the burning of the military granary is too coincidental, and it must be to cover up corruption. Ma Zongbing, who guards the military field, has the biggest suspicion. ”

Fang Yuan saw that she launched Ma Lin as a shield, which was also expected. At least she had also launched Qin Zhan and Xu Hua to take the blame before, and she was already familiar with it.

Fang Yuan asked lightly, "Does Mrs. Yuan think that General Ma's burning of military fields is covering up corruption?" Before that, the independent accounting team went to inspect the military granary, and also stamped to confirm that the accounting was true, how can this be explained?! ”

Xiao Yuan met his gaze and said calmly, "Childe, after the accident, I have already checked myself in the independent accounting team, and it is true that there was an omission when I inspected the granary on the spot before. This is the dereliction of duty of the independent accounting team, and all the handling personnel who went to the scene for investigation, Qiu Lin, the head of the independent accounting team, and me, who is in charge of the independent accounting team, are all to blame. ”

She knelt down to Fang Yuan and said softly, "Childe, I am willing to be punished, and the regent seal will be handed over to the princess to control!" ”

Xiao Yuan readily admitted that there was dereliction of duty in the on-site investigation work, which was to avoid the important and trivialize. Compared to the sensitivity of the Inner Court to collude with military forces, dereliction of duty is the least offence. If Fang Yuan found out that it was the inner court colluding with the military forces, Fang He's position would also be in jeopardy. Just admitting dereliction of duty may lose control of the independent accounting team, and even she herself will be put into the cold palace by Fang Yuan, but at least she can keep Fang He's position and will not waver.

Xiao Yuan wasn't worried that Qiu Lin and Ma Lin would show their stuffing. What are the crimes of corruption and dereliction of duty? What is the crime of colluding with internal and external parties, forming parties for personal gain, and having bad intentions? Qiu Lin and Ma Lin are fools, and they also know how to choose a lesser crime to confess.