Zeng Xingwu and Qin Lin jointly wrote an abridged abridgement of the case ascertained by the Jiliao Governor's Mansion in Miyun County and sent it back to Beijing.

Yang Zhao, the governor of Jiliao, embezzled a large number of border army rations, set fire to Liu Liangfu, the master of money and grain, and besieged the minister of Qincha!

This news was like a bombshell, which made the government and the opposition stunned: Yang Zhaonai is a civil official from the right path of the two Jinshi, although he is not a person in the clear stream, he is also known as a capable minister, he has been in the border for a long time, and he has led three governors, four general soldiers, and more than 100,000 troops, and was leaned on by the imperial court as the Great Wall in the north, how could he be so greedy?

But this time the situation is very strange, and the previous Geng Dingli instructed the officials of the public science and Taoism to besiege Yang Zhao, the overwhelming bombardment situation in turn, from the celebrant supervisor, Dongchang, to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the six departments to the middle of the matter, and the criminal department, all of them were quiet, as if nothing had happened.

Is there really nothing?

The celebrant supervisor is in charge of the seal and the commander of the Dongchang Feng Bao, the celebrant is in charge of Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale, the supervisor of the left capital is in charge of the brocade clothes Liu Shouyou, the criminal department is still in charge of Yan Qing, and the left capital of the Imperial Court Chen Wei and other bigwigs of all parties all restrain the protégés and officials not to act rashly, and at the same time watch and probe from various channels, trying to protect themselves in the coming storm, and then obtain benefits.

The fat shortage of the governor of Jiliao is like a piece of delicious meat, attracting many pretenders, not to mention that because of Yang Zhao's fall, will it set off a new court dispute?

Located in the center of the whirlpool, the Prime Minister of Dengshikou is in the prime minister's mansion of the head of the emperor, and the actions of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the emperor, are undoubtedly the vane in the eyes of all factions.

In the palatial main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Shen Shixing, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, Wenyuan Pavilion, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Guoguang, a scholar of the Ministry of Households, Zhang Xueyan, and a scholar of the Ministry of War, sit on the chairs on the left and right sides at the right time, and on the chair of the Taishi with scarlet velvet cushions in the middle of the rosewood, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the emperor, sits high.

Wang Guoguang and Zhang Xueyan are the descendants of the Jiangling Party, and Fang Fengshi and Shen Shixing are also figures that Zhang Juzheng admires and promotes.

Yang Zhaonai, the governor of Jiliao, was a figure that Zhang Juzheng picked up with one hand, and suddenly broke out the fraud case of embezzlement of military rations and salaries in Mobian, how did the Jiangling Party respond? The officials all secretly watched Zhang Xiangye's face.

Of course, Zhang Juzheng's face will not be good-looking, as the first assistant of the emperor, he pays attention to joy and anger, and there are also sycophants in the government and the opposition who call him "Jiangling Sage", but Zhang Juzheng is not a saint after all, and when he heard that Yang Zhao's corruption may be quite huge, he was angry, hateful and annoyed, and his face was gloomy and terrifying.

was angry that he didn't know anyone, so he put Yang Zhao, a greedy dog, in the position of the governor of Jiliao; What he hated was that Yang Zhao lived up to the trust so much, he worked hard to clean up the arrears, complained about the discounts made by hundreds of officials, and did everything possible to raise the food and salary, he dared to fill his own pockets in a big way, and he was really wolf-hearted!

Two points of anger, three points of hatred, but five points of chagrin, as soon as Yang Zhao's corruption and ink fraud case is discovered, the government and the opposition will inevitably give birth to discussions that Zhang Juzheng does not know anyone, and the opposition will definitely use this as an excuse to attack him and his new policy.

Even if he has great control over the imperial court, but this time Yang Zhao is really bad, Feng Bao, Chen Ji, Yan Qing and these people will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity, I am afraid that Zhang Xiangye will also be overwhelmed, and even have to give up some political interests.

And what made Zhang Juzheng even more unhappy was that Zhang Siwei, who had always followed him along, actually said that he was sick and did not come to the discussion this time.

"Is he really sick, or is he making excuses and preparing to take a stand on the matter?" Zhang Juzheng relied on his usual feelings, thinking that the former's possible surname was still relatively large, and he felt that Zhang Siwei was not so bold.

However, the good old man Shen Shixing was still very obedient, came honestly, and once again reaffirmed his loyalty to the emperor's first assistant - this cabinet minister had a thin face and two deep laugh lines on his mouth, so that at any time and in the face of anyone, he seemed to have a bit of a flattering taste.

Seeing Shen Shixing's gaze, Zhang Juzheng slowly skimmed the foam with the lid of the tea bowl, and said unhurriedly: "Brother Ru Mo, this Yang is too much, in your opinion, what should be done?" ”

Shen Shixing thought for a while, and arched his hand: "Although Yang is hateful, he is always a member of the imperial court, in order to take care of the dignity of the imperial court, if he is greedy for one or two hundred thousand silver, he will be dismissed and returned to pay for the shortfall." As for arson and murder, Yang was born in two lists of Jinshi and read sage books, where did he do it? Presumably, the master surnamed Zhao made his own opinion, but it was not good to plant it on Yang's head, spread it, and lost the dignity of the court. ”

This is a way to raise it high and put it down gently, Wang Guoguang, Zhang Xueyan, and Fang Fengshi all nodded yes.

It's not that Shen Shixing blindly mixes up as a good person, and it's not all for the sake of taking care of the dignity of the Jiangling Party, it is true that there are no officials and no greed at this time, and it is normal to get seventy or eighty thousand silver in Yang Zhao's position.

The reason why Shen Shixing guessed that the amount was one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand was only because seventy or eighty thousand was not greedy at all, and Yang Zhao was promoted by Zhang Juzheng, if he was only greedy for tens of thousands, Zeng Xingwu would not have checked it at all!

Zhang Juzheng is very satisfied with Shen Shixing's performance, the secret old Shen is still good, I am afraid that he will be more reliable than Zhang Siwei in the future, after this matter is over, I will have to find a way to give him some benefits, but why did Zeng Shengwu rashly pierce the matter? No matter how bad Yang is, it's enough to ask him to quietly return the greedy silver, making such a big fuss that the government and the opposition are boiling...... The report of the housekeeper You Qi interrupted Zhang Juzheng's thoughts, and when he raised his eyes, Zeng Xingwu and Qin Lin had already walked to the hall with You Qi.

"Look, serve tea!" Zhang Juzheng's voice was calm as usual, but only he knew the anxiety in his heart.

Yang Zhao is the person promoted by Zhang Juzheng, he is not good to ask himself, and the good man Shen Shixing asked for him: "Zeng Shilang and General Qin, the two envoys have really worked this trip, but I don't know how much money Yang is greedy for?" ”

As soon as Zeng Xingwu came in, he found that Zhang Juzheng's expression was not very good, and he was still surprised, and he didn't react to Shen Shixing's question for a while.

Qin Lin replied and raised a finger: "According to rough statistics, the total value of Yang Zhao's greedy food and salary is about one million taels of silver. ”

One, one million taels!

cough cough cough cough ~~ Zhang Xueyan, who was drinking tea, was choked by the tea and coughed continuously, and the mouth of the official Shangshu Wang Guoguang was open enough to swallow the whole egg, and the military department Shangshu stood up at the right time and knocked the tea bowl on the ground.

Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the emperor, covered his heart even more, only to feel a throbbing pain in his chest.

Shen Shixing didn't deal with Qin Lin before, he only said that he was joking, and laughed dryly: "General Qin is really funny, even the old man has to joke...... Zeng Shilang? Hey, is it, is it really a million? ”

Seeing Zeng Xingwu's solemn expression, Shen Shixing finally knew that this was not a joke, his mouth was wide open, his throat was groaning, and he couldn't speak.

Embezzling 50,000 or 60,000 and embezzling 1 million are absolutely two very different concepts.

Because of the shortcomings of the system, at this time, it can be said that there are no officials and no greed, and on the yellow and white album of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the emperor, I am afraid that the total number of people who have received it over the years is probably 400,000 or 500,000.

However, the scope of Zhang Juzheng's acceptance of ice and charcoal was the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty and all parts of the country, and he promoted hundreds of officials, each of whom gave him a gift of a few hundred taels of silver, adding up to a total of more, in fact, the number of each stroke was not much, and it was a normal "human exchange" in the officialdom during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Zhang Juzheng mainly accepted gifts for the purpose of consolidating power and implementing the new policy, and he transferred most of the silver to Feng Bao, who was greedy for money, and the money left in his hands was only about 100,000 taels.

Yang Zhao, as the governor of Jiliao, only the money and grain in and out of his hands were only the food and salary of the border army, and he was actually greedy for millions of dollars, and the scope of the loot was less than one-tenth of Zhang Juzheng's, and the total was dozens of times that of him, which can be imagined as a disaster.

Wang Guoguang is lustful, Fang Fengshi's family is a big salt merchant, Zhang Xueyan and Shen Shixing both accept the filial piety of their protégés like Zhang Juzheng, no one is really as clear as water, but each filial piety is only a hundred hundred taels, adding up to only tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Suddenly I heard that Yang Zhao, the governor of Jiliao, had made a million, which was half of the annual balance of the Ming Dynasty's treasury - it was said that Zhang Juzheng vigorously implemented the new policy to have so much surplus, and in the years when Jiajing fought a large sum of money, Yang Zhao's embezzlement was more than the amount of silver in the treasury!

Fang Cai also said that as long as Shen Shixing, who was dismissed and returned the stolen goods, he couldn't say a word at this time, and only looked at Zhang Juzheng with his eyes.

Emperor Shoufu tried his best to maintain his composure, but everyone could see that his face was really not very good.

"The old man, the old man doesn't know anyone, and he was deceived by Yang Zhao's ......" Zhang Juzheng said word by word, very sad.

"What Uncle Shi said, the little nephew doesn't dare to agree!" Suddenly, Qin Lin opened his mouth and interrupted Zhang Juzheng's words.

Shen Shixing looked at this young man in surprise, although he knew that he had some way, but now was when Zhang Juzheng was annoyed, how could he dare to interrupt?

Sure enough, Zhang Ju's front was red, only to say that Qin Lin was going to take the opportunity to make a moth and make sarcastic remarks or something, so he was so annoyed.

Qin Lin solemnly bowed his hand as a courtesy: "Xiangye promoted Yang Zhao, that was a few years ago, how did he know that he was going to fill his own pockets at that time?"

Later, Xiang Ye found out in time that Yang was greedy for ink, which can be described as a torch, and immediately sent Zeng Shilang and Xia Guan to send out of Beijing to investigate, which can be described as vigorous and resolute, and it is appropriate to teach Zeng Shilang and Xia Guan the method of handling cases, which can be described as commanding Ruoding, so that Yang will thoroughly investigate the huge case of Yang Mou's greed for ink, and get rid of silverfish for the imperial court. ”

Zhang Juzheng stared at him in confusion, and was inexplicable for a while, and said in his heart, when will I give you and Zeng Xingwu a face-to-face lecture? Isn't this nonsense!

Zeng Xingwu was reminded, suddenly came to his senses, took out the letter forged by Zhang Zixuan from his arms, and spread it out in front of Zhang Juzheng!

(To be continued)