Emperor Chongzhen thought for a moment, had an idea in his heart, and said with majesty: "Hou Aiqing! Aiqing impeached Liu Fan for the eight major crimes, where did these eight crimes come from, I am still in a mist now! Compared with the ministers who also have similar doubts, Hou Aiqing, you can tell you the specific reason. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and you help the people, don't worry, listen to what Hou Aiqing said, it's not too late for you to justify. I believe that Hou Aiqing, as one of the six Shangshu, will not be untargeted, right? Hou Aiqing!? ”

Chongzhen's words were quite fair, the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers, including Liu Fan, were very much in their hearts, and Hou Sui could also explain when he saw this, "The minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's will, and the impeachment of the minister is naturally not untargeted, Liu Fan served as the Jiaozhou garrison and concurrently served as the deputy envoy of the Jiaolai Salt Transportation Division, and took advantage of his position to sell illicit salt and seek huge profits, and it is reported that in Liu Fan's service as the deputy envoy, his profit was not less than five million taels in just two years!" ”

"Five million taels!?" Hou Sui's words caused a burst of exclamations from the top and bottom of the court. What is the concept of five million taels, which is almost equivalent to the total financial revenue of Daming in a year and a half! With such a large amount of money being collected in the arms of a person, wouldn't you not have to worry about money for the rest of your life? And how much silver does he have? It's not an exaggeration to say that it is a sea of gold and silver! Thinking of this, almost everyone was a little short of breath, and their eyes were full of heat when they looked at Liu Fan standing in the field!

Without giving everyone time to react, Hou Sui continued, "This is just the beginning, since then, Liu Fan has expanded the army without filing with the Ministry of War, recruiting an army of nearly 20,000 people for a garrison position, Liu Fan will also extend his claws to the gentry in Jiaozhou, the gentry led by the Yan family in Jiaoxi were tragically poisoned by Liu Fan, and the hundreds of years of continuous being swept away, Jiaozhou was empty!" In addition, Liu Fan also started a war with Liu Zeqing, the chief military officer of Shandong, slaughtered the officers and soldiers of the imperial court for no reason, and took advantage of his position to set up the prefect of Jiaozhou, and privately appointed officials to control the Jiaozhou regime, almost becoming a country within a country! This one by one, one by one, one by one, has not been seen in the two hundred years since the founding of the country! The sin is heinous! The minister implores His Majesty to punish his crimes and revitalize the dynasty! After that, he knelt on the ground with a "poof" and cried out!

With a "hum", the hall resounded with the sound of discussion, and Hou Sui's words surprised many ministers, and they speculated about the authenticity of it, and all kinds of discussions were endless! Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, also set off a monstrous wave in his heart, he knew what Hou Sui said, Liu Fan also reported to him, and the upper-level officials in the court also knew the inside story, and this matter has been circulating within the high-level, but he knows that this matter is not glorious! Not to mention discussing it in the DPRK and China! At first glance, he heard that Hou Sui actually made this matter public, which made Chongzhen instantly angry, and secretly regretted that he should not have given Hou Sui a chance to speak!

As the defendant, Liu Fan was also stunned, he didn't expect Hou Sui to dare to go against the anger of the public, didn't he know that he was cutting off everyone's wealth by doing this? The two million taels of silver per year are ostensibly given to Chongzhen, but in essence, it has not fallen into the hands of the bigwigs of the DPRK and the Central Ministry? Liu Fan had already done an investigation into the whereabouts of the silver, so he dared to act unscrupulously in Jiaozhou, because he knew that for the silver in his hands, no matter what the reason, the bigwigs in the court would not do anything to him in the open! Unexpectedly, at this moment, Hou Sui broke this convention! At this point, Liu Fan is not a person who sits still, bowed his head and pondered for a moment, and immediately retorted loudly, "Ridiculous! Lord Hou, as a scholar of the household department and an important minister of the imperial court, how can he be honest and slander others! I, Liu Fan, am also the deputy envoy of the Jiaolai Salt Transportation Division, and naturally have the responsibility of reforming the salt administration, increasing the tax revenue of the imperial court, and sharing worries for the country! As we all know, since the implementation of the opening of the law in the Ming Dynasty, most of the salt tax revenue of the imperial court has been lost, and the annual salt tax is only one million taels! Dare to ask Lord Hou, how did you calculate the five million taels of silver? Could it be that the small Shandong branch of the Jiaolai Salt Transportation Division alone is more than the entire fifteen provinces of Daming combined? ”

Liu Fan's words made the minds of the ministers of the court clear, yes, the Jiaolai Salt Transportation Division is just a small branch in Shandong, and the annual salt tax is only about 10,000 taels, even if Liu Fan has great skills, he can't make five million taels of silver in a year, if Liu Fan really has this ability, he can still be a small military attache now? I'm afraid that even Wen Tiren will have to abdicate to make way for Xian! Knowing the context clearly, everyone looked at Hou Sui's eyes full of contempt, this Hou Sui wants to go crazy for money! Five million taels of losses he came up with!

Liu Fan was overjoyed when he saw that his words had worked, and then said, "As for the heinous crime that Lord Hou said, Liu Fan doesn't dare to admit that his position is humble!" As we all know, the Broken Army is a pro-army given by His Majesty personally, and it is directly under the jurisdiction of His Majesty, and Liu Fan was entrusted by His Majesty to form a large army that can fight well, and with His Majesty's Shang Fang Sword in hand, how can it be said that he expanded the army privately! As for the matter of Liu Zeqing and the Yan family, Liu Fan has already reported to His Majesty, and the court has also finalized the case, why did it become a different appearance in the mouth of Lord Hou? Isn't it that Lord Hou thinks that he is a household secretary and can open his mouth! Didn't Lord Hou know that Liu Zeqing had betrayed the imperial court and fled overseas? On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Liu Zeqing also teamed up with the pirate Wang Zhi to attack Shandong and kill and injure tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Shandong. ”

Liu Fan asked questions again and again, so that Hou Sui was speechless, and he had the heart to refute but didn't know where to start, his face turned red, and he yelled angrily in his heart, "Liu Jimin! Don't quibble anymore, the things you have done are clear to the whole court, which of the elders' ministers here is not clear? Your Majesty, you have to believe in the old minister! ”

Liu Fan sneered, "Lord Hou is really good at laughing, what did I do?" You said that the elder of the pavilion and all the books are clear, so I will ask now, which elder monk can testify for you! ”

"Your Majesty! Hou Sui opened his mouth, the minister, as the first assistant of the cabinet, had never heard of this, His Majesty knew about it! Wen Tiren was secretly happy in his heart, Hou Sui first wanted to cut off everyone's financial route, and then wanted to pull them into the water, this abacus was too loud, do you really think everyone is a fool! This pot, he doesn't carry it!

As soon as Wen Tiren's words came out, the cabinet assistant and the various ministers were not fools, they naturally knew Hou Sui's thoughts, Hou Sui was obviously aimed at Liu Fan, but in fact, he had touched the emperor's bottom limit, who didn't know that Liu Fan was sent by Chongzhen to collect money! They were not willing to be a backing for Hou Xun's own selfishness, and immediately came out and said, "The minister has never heard of it!" (To be continued.) )