Qin Lin waited for about a stick of incense, and the fire trees and silver flowers set off by a few little girls in the Prime Minister's Mansion shone his face flickering.

Zhang Zixuan hurriedly walked back in the brilliance, different from the heart when she went, at this time the daughter of the Prime Minister was pursing her lips and smiling, looking relieved.

She held an old account book with yellowed pages in her hand, and stuffed it into Qin Lin's hand straightforwardly: "My father was bribed by Yang Zhao, and my little sister may not believe it when she says Brother Qin, so you can see for yourself." ”

"What is this?" Qin Lin took over the account.

Zhang Zixuan's eyes narrowed, and she said lightly: "Of course it's my father's yellow and white album." ”

Li Guang, the eunuch of the Ming Xiaozong Dynasty, accepted a huge amount of bribes, and the account book that recorded the bribes used yellow rice to refer to gold, and white rice to refer to silver.

The case spread so widely that later officials called the account recommendations that recorded the money transactions in the officialdom as the Yellow and White Album.

"This、This is Ling Zun's yellow and white album?" Qin Lin was extremely surprised, and learned from Zhang Zixuan that the inconspicuous old account book in his hand was actually the yellow and white album of the Prime Minister's Mansion in and out of the officialdom.

If this thin album falls into the hands of Zhang Juzheng's opposition, it will definitely make the first assistant emperor disgraced, and it can even be used as a sky-shaking account for the liquidation of the "Jiangling Party" in the future.

As Zhang Juzheng's only daughter, the scheming Zhang Zixuan would not be unaware of the importance of the yellow and white album, but she did not hesitate to take it out, and this rare trust weighed heavily on Qin Lin's heart.

It's the hardest thing to be graced by a beauty!

Zhang Zixuan noticed a trace of gratitude in Qin Lin's eyes, she smiled, and rarely brought three points of naughtiness: "What, is Brother Qin still going to take this album to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to accuse his father?" ”

Ahem, Qin Lin touched his chin: "When, of course not, I'm just surprised how you took out this album......"

Zhang Zixuan pouted proudly, it is always more convenient for a father to hide something than others.

"Look, you know that my father is definitely not the kind of person you imagined" Zhang Zixuan urged, she had seen it first on the way here, so at this time she was in a hurry to call Qin Lin to know that her father, who was as great as Taiyue, the first auxiliary emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was not very honest and honest in terms of ethics, but he was definitely not a corrupt official who was mad.

Qin Lin opened the yellow and white album and saw that it was densely packed with entry and exit accounts, and the handwriting did not look like Zhang Juzheng, I don't know if it was written by You Qi or Yao Ba, the paragraphs were arranged vertically from right to left, the top half of each page listed the date, the middle line was the names of many officials, and the lower part was marked with the corresponding number of gold and silver and the names of gifts under the names.

A few of these officials were known to Qin Lin, and the new Hubu Shangshu Wang Guoguang in July of the sixth year of Longqing gave 800 taels of silver, oh it turned out that Wang Guoguang was still in the Hubu at that time; In July of the third year of Wanli, the military department had given me a pair of gold ingots, twenty ends of the superior Shu brocade, and four copper kettles from Miao Fan, if Qin Lin was not mistaken, Zeng Province had just returned to Beijing from the governor of Sichuan and was promoted to the military department.

Qi Jiguang's name is also on it, and Agul and Briya were indeed given to Zhang Juzheng by this handsome.

Soon, the name of Yang Zhao, the governor of Xinliao, also appeared in the account book, and Qin Lin's pupils suddenly widened: there was a number every year under this name, but from the first year of Wanli, it was only five hundred taels of silver at first, and when the governor of Jiliao took office, it increased to eight hundred, which belonged to the normal courtesy in the officialdom.

According to rough estimates, the income of various items recorded in the entire account book has lasted more than ten years since Zhang Juzheng entered the cabinet during the Longqing period, and the total amount is about 500,000 taels.

"Lingzun Zhang Taiyue, worthy of being the first capable minister of the Ming Dynasty" Qin Lin took a long breath, a big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and slowly returned this yellow and white album that was enough to affect the situation of the Ming Dynasty and even the fortunes of the country, and solemnly returned it to Zhang Zixuan.

Zhang Zixuan smiled cutely, tilted her head slightly like a waterfall, and the fairy beauty under the lamp and candle made Qin Lin's heart differentiated, and she said with a smile: "How about it, the little sister said that my father is not a corrupt official, right?" ”,

500,000 taels, on the surface, is a terrifying amount, in the era of Hong Wuye Zhu Yuanzhang, 10,000 heads is not enough to cut off.

But the reality is that Yan Song, the treacherous minister before Zhang Juzheng, only exceeded 300,000 taels of gold and silver when he raided his house, and there were thousands of acres of fertile land, countless shops, thousands of antique jade and ancient calligraphy and paintings, and the total value of it was estimated at the time to be more than 5 million taels!

And Xu Jie, a loyal minister who overthrew the treacherous minister Yan Song, actually occupied 400,000 acres of fertile land in the fertile Jiangnan region, which made people stunned!

Don't be afraid of not knowing the goods, just afraid of comparing goods, Wanli Dynasty Zhang Juzheng's power is greater than that of Yan and Xu combined, and the gold and silver gifts received are less than one-tenth of the first two, in a specific period of time in the Ming Dynasty, in a specific position, he can even be regarded as a "Qing official".

Of course, to catch up with real clean officials, such as people like Hai Ruihai pen holder, Zhang Juzheng is still far from being honest, is it possible to let Hai Rui be the first assistant? Even Emperor Jiajing said, "Hai Rui is a person like him, it's good to use today's moral benchmark, really ask him to do things, hehe, let's go."

Even the brocade captains and yamen scribes at the bottom have bad rules and regular income, and they expect the first assistant master of the official residence to have a clean breeze on his sleeves, which is obviously just a spring fairy tale.

Moreover, in addition to maintaining the expenses of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhang Juzheng also had to give gifts to the greedy Feng Bao, and the Empress Dowager Li gave a golden birthday star on her birthday, if he didn't collect money, how would this account be spent? What is really left in his hands is only more than 100,000 taels of silver, which is only a few tenths compared to Yan Song and Xu Jie.

With Qin Lin's shrewdness, he not only noticed that the entry and exit of each silver coin was less than 1,000 taels, which was basically a courtesy exchange in the current officialdom, but also noticed that the relationship between the time of receiving money and the promotion and appointment of officials was not determined by the amount of gifts given.

Zeng Xingwu, Wang Guoguang, and Qi Jiguang all gave gifts to Zhang Juzheng, and facts have proved that Zeng Shilang, who quelled the rebellion of the servants, Wang Tianguan, who wrote the "Wanli Accounting Record", and Qi Dashuai, who trained troops in Jizhen, are all famous ministers who govern the world and the dry city of the country.

Just as Qi Jiguang said yesterday that he is not in charge of the army, and he is not good at being an official, Zhang Juzheng's yellow and white album is certainly evidence of his acceptance of bribes, but from another direction, it is ironclad evidence that he is self-reliant and self-reliant, and he is enough to become a generation of famous ministers and virtuous ministers!

Qin Lin and Zhang Zixuan smiled heartily, they were well versed in the inherent situation of Ming officialdom, and knew that Zhang Juzheng was not insatiable and did not accept a huge bribe from Yang Zhao, the governor of Jiliao, which was enough.

Zhang Zixuan quietly put the account book back to its original hiding place.

Poor Emperor Shoufu Zhang Juzheng didn't know from beginning to end that the yellow and white album he hid in the secret place was taken by his daughter to Qin Lin to read carefully......

"Yang Zhao, that guy is really greedy to the point of madness?" Zhang Zixuan's eyebrows that flew obliquely into her temples furrowed slightly, and a jade hand supported her chin.

Qin Lin betrayed Qi Jiguang without hesitation, and told him what this old brother Qi said.

Zhang Zixuan was shocked when she heard this, and said, "Why is this Qi Dashuai so cautious? I only heard that he swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger on the battlefield, but grovelled in our prime minister's mansion, my father was so trusted, he didn't dare to speak directly about Yang Zhao's matter, find a little bit for my father to know, it's good to ......"

Qin Lin rolled his eyes, and said in his heart, "Do you think anyone can be as open-mouthed as between us?" If Qi Jiguang hadn't been cautious, placing low stakes everywhere, pretending to be his grandson, and pulling relationships, I'm afraid he would have followed in the footsteps of Hu Zongxian and Yu Dayou, and if he hadn't died unjustly in prison, he would have to be depressed for the rest of his life!

"Yang Zhao's crime of embezzlement of huge amounts has yet to be verified and confirmed, but the foolish brother has something to ask the little sister for help" Qin Lin said, and the thief gestured to Zhang Zixuan to come over with his ear.

Zhang Zixuan glanced at him, and finally turned lightly sideways, turned his left face towards Qin Lin, and listened to him whisper in his ear.

Qin Lin said a few words in a low voice, Zhang Zixuan kept nodding or shaking her head, her expression was sometimes solemn and sometimes smiling, as the saying goes, looking at a beauty under the lamp is three points better than daytime, the light and candle reflect her face as pink and lovely as snow jade, and her ears half-covered by green silk are even more moist. ,

I didn't know which string I had put on wrong, Qin Lin was stunned after speaking, and then pecked lightly on her pink pretty face.

The beauty's deep eyes widened suddenly, and she quickly dodged away like an electric shock, her face was already red, and she looked at Qin Lin with shame and disgust: "Begging, hating!" I shouldn't have believed you just now! ”

Qin Lin laughed, and quickly slipped away with oil on the soles of his feet.

There is a thief's heart, but there is no thief's courage! The daughter of the Prime Minister looked at Qin Lin's distant back, and the corners of her mouth turned up mischievously.

The next morning, Qin Lin went to the Imperial Palace of the Imperial Palace.

Looking forward to Dongshan and Qingliu famous residences, Mr. Geng Er and his eldest brother Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate Deputy Capital Yu Shi Geng Direction and called Er Geng, not only known as the name of incorruptibility, but also learned to inherit Zhu Zi, under the Yangming, is really the world's example, whether it is the six departments in the matter or the many imperial history of the Imperial Academy, speaking of Mr. Geng Er, it is full of admiration.

When he was at home, he was dressed in a swallow suit, wearing a crown of loyalty, and his expression was awe-inspiring and inviolable, like a Taoist gentleman who could not be bent, rich and noble, and poor and untouchable.

But in the secret room, in front of Qin Lin, Mr. Geng Er turned over and bowed down, and that solemn expression was replaced by a flattering smile that was rarely seen on his face:

"Chief Qin is here, you can miss the distance, forgive your sins! My brother is in Nanjing, and he is under the care of Chief Qin, and he can bow down here! ”。 ）