The fourteenth year of Zhiping, a year destined to go down in history.

King Qin's proud disciple, Tongping Zhangshi, Minister of Finance, and Household Department Shangshu Zeng Bu was thrown into prison for serious corruption and illegality.

As soon as this news came out, it was called an earth-shattering shock, which was extraordinary.

Although the previous rectification of the government was round after round, as King Qin's confidant and disciple, there were several people, including Lu Huiqing, Zhang Dan, Su Zhe, Zeng Bu, etc., who always sat back and relaxed, and no one was worried that they would fall.

Now there is a person involved in the big case of embezzlement of ink, and he was decisively taken down, and the thunder exploded, which made people feel panic and shock.

What is frightened is the resolute attitude of King Qin, even if it is his own people, there is no luck at all.

As for the shock, it is the Six Arts and One Department, these people from the New Deal Society.

They looked at each other, it turned out that corrupt officials and corrupt officials existed by their side, or maybe they were their own bosses, who talked loudly on the stage yesterday, and their righteousness and words were strict, but in the blink of an eye, they became prisoners, ruined and reviled.

In addition to lamenting the drastic gap, there is also a trembling of the power of money!!

In this round of chaos, four ministers fell.

They all have their own merits, but without exception, they are not easy to mess with.

First of all, Zhang Fangping, he is honest and honest, he has been an official all his life, and he seems to have no flaws, but because he is unwilling, greedy for fame and fortune, he likes to be praised by the crowd, and as a result, he is shouting for the financial forces, and he is even involved in overseas rebellions, and all the names of the first generation are ruined.

Zhang Fangping's situation has been clarified, his second son and nephew received 3 million yuan from two financial families, in addition to publishing books and articles for Zhang Fangping, 1 million yuan was used to buy mansions and singers, and indulge in indulgence.

In addition, there are 860,000 donations from various places, including money from overseas colonies, although Zhang Fangping claims that he does not know, but Zhang Fangping spoke for overseas colonies several times in his secret recital to the emperor, which is ironclad evidence.

Even if you don't admit it, you won't change anything.

After the Criminal Department had compiled all the case files, he was interrogated.

The interrogation was open to the public, and the newspaper could send someone to interview it.

Of course, given that too many newspapers are controlled by financial conglomerates, the newspapers approved this time were all approved by the New Politics Institute, and they truthfully recorded the facts of the case.

Gray hair, wrinkled face, age spots all over the ...... Zhang Fangping was interrogated, recounted the situation, and debated and refuted in court.

Three days later, the result finally came out, Zhang Fangping was greedy for a huge amount of money, and was willing to act as a thug of financial forces, disrupting the court situation, sabotaging national affairs, conniving at and fueling rebellion, conspiring to abolish the emperor, with sinister intentions, and the crime cannot be punished.

In accordance with national law, the death penalty is imposed, which is immediately executed.

Three years ago, the parliamentary council successively revised some decrees, the original death penalty included exterminating the nine tribes, beheading, car splitting, beheading, etc., it was too cruel, so it was changed to two, one was to shoot and the other was to take poison.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhang Fangping took the crane top red, and he was really in prison.

As for Wen Yanbo, the old fox for many years, he didn't escape this time.

Although he was sent to the Ryukyus, as the main initiator of the petition group, he openly disrupted the situation of the court, and the matter was very important and could not be punished severely.

Recover the prince, recover all rewards, remove the status of Jinshi, reduce his nationality to the people, imprison Ryukyu, and never return to the Great Song Dynasty...... In addition to saving his life, Lao Wen was admitted to the Jinshi and stepped into the officialdom, all the glory of honor was taken away, and many people were shocked and shuddered, of course, this result is already the best among the four ministers.

Sima Guang committed suicide by hanging the beam, although the person is gone, but he has been an official for many years, and there are so many protégés and former officials, and he has always sheltered the financial forces, made huge profits for them, and escorted them.

Sima Kang took advantage of his father's banner to wantonly embezzle ink and embezzle urban native products, and in Kaifeng alone, there was land worth 50 million, and the sum of the rest of the various assets exceeded 200 million.

Sima Guang was not unaware of his son's corruption, on the contrary, he also adopted an attitude of connivance and help, without Sima Guang's protection, where could Sima Kang gather such a big fortune in a short period of time?

Sima Guang derelicted his duties and seized power, corrupted the law of the imperial court, appointed private individuals, and granted and accepted private ...... All kinds of crimes added up, and the court decided to recover all his rewards and honors as a model of corruption, showing the world.

Not only him, but also the entire Sima family, his elder brother, nephews, relatives and friends, all of them are within the scope of the investigation, and they will all be severely punished.

The last one left is Zeng Bu.

Locked in a prison, facing the empty and gloomy walls, Zeng Bu is also not a taste.

His family is not trivial, Nanfeng Zeng's family is extremely prominent, and in their generation, there are seven brothers who have shown their talents, including Xuan Ma Bai Xiang, Zeng Bu, who is in charge of financial power, and Zeng Gong, who is outstanding in literature and famous in the world.

In comparison, the momentum of the Zeng family is not even worse than that of the Han family back then!

Wang Ningan once swept the family in the south of the Yangtze River, and the traditional gentry and wealthy families were exiled overseas.

The Zeng family saw the opportunity early, and they voluntarily abandoned the land in exchange for a ransom and used their wealth for investment. Zeng Bu felt that forcing his family to hand over the land was unkind and indebted.

Moreover, there are many Zeng family members, and without land, they have lost their source of livelihood, and it is difficult to support so many children and grandchildren.

He instructed the Zeng family to invest money in finance.

With his intelligence and power, he gave convenience to the Zeng family.

Originally, Zeng Bu wanted his family to earn some money so that his children could live a better life.

But he didn't expect that once this opening was opened, it was not something he could control.

The Zeng family is like taking a strong pill, all of them are financial wizards, making money quickly, and it didn't take long for them to make tens of millions of dollars, which is 30 times more than the previous family business!

Fortunately, Zeng's family is in Jiangnan, if it was in the capital, Wang Ningan would have smelled the smell a long time ago, and he would definitely warn this disciple to avoid him going down the evil path.

For example, the Lu family and the Zhang family are all big families, and they are also Wang Ning'an's key care, the children of the Lu family were sent to Annan, and the children of the Zhang family went to the Wa Kingdom.

But Zeng Bu is different, he first discovered the situation at home, and also understood that someone deliberately gave the Zeng family news to help them make a fortune, and invested such a big money, of course, to earn more.

There is no doubt that the final target must be him!

Zeng Bu tried to persuade his family to give up, anyway, if he has enough wealth, why do he need so much?

This time he couldn't persuade him, what do you kid want to do, we farm well, don't let us farm, do business and invest well, don't let us invest...... Are you the Zeng family, or the enemy of the Zeng family?

When his family questioned him like this, Zeng Bu was embarrassed.

Of course, he can also go to the teacher, find the same door, find out the situation at home, and kill his relatives with righteousness, but he doesn't have the courage.

In addition to worrying about the teacher's anger, it is also because the Zeng family is too greedy, once he is poked out, even the teacher can't protect him!

It was the most painful period for Zeng Bu, and he was reluctant to give up his family or his official position...... Between the two, he was constantly entangled, and finally Zeng Bu decided that he wanted to take care of both!

How to take care of two seemingly contradictory things?

Zeng Bu knew that his family's practices were too high-profile, and sooner or later he would give someone a handle, and perhaps someone would have reported it to the authorities. Zeng Buming warned his family on his face that he should restrain his edge and be honest.

Secretly, he made the business bigger and bigger, and relied on his financial strength to help the family and other financial forces to obtain rich returns.

Thanks to Sima Guang, when he was still in the court, Zeng Buming opposed Sima Guang's strategy on the surface, secretly released water, and the two sang and harmonized, which allowed the financial power to grow smoothly.

Strictly speaking, Zeng Bu's contribution is even more than Sima Guang's.

He thought that he had calculated Sima Junshi, but he didn't expect that after Sima Junshi died, he came with a fatal blow and pulled Zeng Bu off the horse...... One return and one report, if you come out to mix, you will have to pay it back sooner or later!

The more Zeng Bu thought about these things, the more unpleasant he felt in his heart.

I can't figure out a clue about the mixed tastes......

With a bang, the cell door opened, and a person walked in from the outside, Zeng Bu quickly looked up, but after seeing it clearly, he became lost again.

The person who came was not tall, but he had a strong aura, shrewd and capable, it was Lu Huiqing.

He smiled faintly, "Seeing that I'm disappointed?" Are you still looking forward to Master coming to see you? ”

Zeng Bu was entangled for a while, and laughed at himself, "I don't deserve to come to see Master, I have come to this point, I am to blame, I have nothing to say about what will happen!" ”

Lu Huiqing's face suddenly became gloomy, and he sneered: "Fortunately, you have nothing to say, if you still want to quibble, then I will look down on you too much!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zeng Bu was furious!

"Lu Jifu!" He looked like a demon, roaring fiercely, "What are you pretending to be high, your Lu family is in Annan, how many hurtful things have you done, don't think I don't know, I deserve to die, you deserve to die even more!" ”

Lu Huiqing said disdainfully: "Our family has done a lot of evil things overseas, but we always remember that we are from the Great Song Dynasty!" If anyone in my family dares to endanger the Great Song Dynasty for half a point, without the imperial court's action, I will severely punish it! Zeng Bu, can you do it? ”

"Me!"

Zeng Bu was speechless again.

After a long time, he shook his head, "I am indeed inferior to Brother Jifu...... Please also tell the master that you are a teacher for one day and a father for life, and the teacher's kindness is like heaven, and there is no way to repay it. Over the years, including me, Sima Junshi, and Wen Yanbo, we have promoted too many officials, from top to bottom, layer by layer, and there are few clean ones. Zeng Bu said, raised his head, and said helplessly: "The officials are not strict in governance, and the greed for ink is rampant, which has always been a harbinger of prosperity and decline, and it has to be prevented." Just disposing of a few of us is only a symptom, but it cannot cure the root cause. Only by scraping the bones to cure the poison, the strong man breaking the wrist, from top to bottom, cleaning up, can the world be restored to peace, and the prosperity can be continued! Master's decades of hard work will not be in vain. ”

These words really came from the bottom of her heart, and Lu Huiqing bowed slightly.

"Don't worry, Master and we have already investigated thoroughly, this time...... Eliminate corruption! After finishing speaking, Lu Huiqing turned around and left, leaving Zeng Bu with a bottle of Heding Red, which was night, Zeng Bu died in prison......