Chapter 40: Scholar of the East Court University

Above the Golden Palace, after Yue Su finished reading a stack of anonymous letters, the officials of the eunuch party who were called knelt down one after another to shout grievances.

This is Yue Su's strategy, don't you follow me with anonymous letters, then I will treat others in the same way, it is not easy to send a few anonymous letters, what will you do then.

She didn't tell anyone about this plan, but when Wei Guangwei, Feng Quan and other officials knelt down, Fang Congzhe finally came out without saying anything.

"Your Majesty Chenqi, just now Wei Cifu and Feng Shangshu have all of them, let Yue Shangshu publish the names of the people on the report letter in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military affairs, and if there are their names on it, I am willing to open the house and let Yue Shangshu go to investigate thoroughly. The so-called justice is at ease in the hearts of the people, they have a clear conscience, and it is also the most, the minister thinks that it is better to send someone to their house to take a look, and point out the silver on the house, whether it is innocent or not. ”

After Fang Congzhe finished, Qi Shijiao came out the second and said: "Your Majesty, what Fang Ge Lao said is reasonable, Wei Cifu and Feng Shangshu are both frank people, and they were all like that just now, Your Majesty might as well send someone to go, and you will know it." If you can't find anything, you can just pay a few justices. ”

"Yes......" ...... Immediately, the hardcore members of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang came out one by one, expressing their hope to comply with Wei Guangwei's opinion just now, send people to go, and give them justice.

Wei Guangwei and Feng Quan are in such a hurry, the income from the Huan Hai over the years is all at home, and the filial piety from all over the nine sides has just been sent, if the emperor sends someone to search now, then he must not turn everything out. But the words have already gone out, if the anonymous letter is written about himself, he is willing to be investigated, and now he wants to justify himself, but he can't.

The tall carpenter Zhu nodded, and said: "Several Aiqing, you and others are all pillars of the imperial court, and it stands to reason that it is inconvenient to send someone to search your mansion without sufficient evidence." However, if the anonymous letter in the hands of Yue Qing's family has your name on it, you will be willing to open it and accept a thorough investigation. Well, I'll send someone to take a look......"

At this point, Zhu Youxiao suddenly shouted loudly: "Pass the Imperial Horse Supervisor Zou Yi to the palace!" ”

"Your Majesty has a decree to pass on the Imperial Horse Supervisor Zou Yi to the Palace!" "Your Majesty has a decree to pass on the Imperial Horse Supervisor Zou Yi to the Palace!" ……

The emperor gave an order, and the eunuchs in the palace shouted loudly. Subsequently, someone outside rushed to the Imperial Horse Prison to summon Zou Yi, the eunuch of the palm print.

It is obviously inappropriate to search the mansions of high-ranking officials like this, and let the criminal department come out, after all, among those officials, there are cabinet bachelors, and almost Shangshu, so they have to use the emperor's personal soldiers. Such as Jinyiwei, Dongchang or the forbidden army.

The kneeling positions below were all promoted by Father-in-law Wei, how could Carpenter Zhu not know that if he sent people from Dongchang, it would be equivalent to releasing water, and it would be a big event. Let the forbidden army go, it is a business matter.

This point is clear to Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian, and the hundred officials below who are beside the emperor. Wei Zhongxian was so anxious in his heart, he gritted his teeth and whispered: "Your Majesty, this matter, the old slave thinks, there is no need to alarm the forbidden army, let the old slave send the people from Dongchang to take a trip, that is." ”

Carpenter Zhu patted his forehead and said, "Alas...... I'm confused, but now it's been passed on to Zou Qing. Anyway, you're all the people I trust the most, and who to send is different. ”

This sentence is neither soft nor hard, Wei Zhongxian has no temper at all, and he doesn't know if the carpenter emperor was really confused or fake just now. Then, Carpenter Zhu glanced at the kneeling people below, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that you are all innocent, but you were all like that before, which makes me very embarrassed. I will send someone to take a look, and after finding out, I will return your innocence. Get up. ”

"Your Majesty." …… Wei Guangwei and the others already had sweat on their heads. They also heard Wei Zhongxian's suggestion just now, but unfortunately they were blocked by the emperor. Now I can only say, what does Grandpa Zou mean. Old man Zou is an old fox, and he is very cautious in doing things, so he doesn't dare to openly offend Gonggong Wei right now.

After a while, an old eunuch walked up to the hall, took a few steps to the bottom of the steps, knelt down and kowtowed, "Old slave Zou Yi knocks to see Your Majesty." I don't know what His Majesty summoned and ordered. ”

"Zou Qing is flat." Carpenter Zhu raised his hand lightly and motioned for Zou Yi to get up.

"Your Majesty." Zou Yi shouted and got up.

When the decree was passed on just now, how could Zou Yi not inquire why the emperor passed him on so that he could prepare for it. Because this time period is when the emperor is in power, there is no major event, and it is impossible for the emperor to pass on the palm print eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch.

When he learned the general situation of the palace from the mouth of the eunuch, he immediately knew in his heart that this was Gonggong Wei and Yue Su pinching each other. The emperor asked the forbidden army to conduct a thorough investigation, but did not send Dongchang and Jinyi Guard, obviously favoring Yue Su. As an old fox in the Forbidden City, who is older than Wei Zhongxian's qualifications, how could he not understand this truth.

"Zou Qing, just now the Yue Su family took out some anonymous letters, all of which reported that some important ministers in the DPRK and China were corrupt and lawless. It stands to reason that I shouldn't have made a big fuss about a letter that wasn't signed, but several of the secretaries asked me to send someone to investigate thoroughly. In this way, if you send the forbidden army to go on a trip, how much wealth will you have in their house. When Carpenter Zhu arrived, he turned his head to Yue Su and said, "Yue Qing, you can give Zou Qing the anonymous letter in your hand, and let him check the letter thoroughly." ”

"Minister, obey the order." Yue Su gave all the letters in his hand to Zou Yi.

After Gonggong Zou took it, he posted his name one by one, and then bowed down and rushed forward: "The old slave has the order." ”

What to do, Zou Yi has already made up his mind on the road, and now when he arrives at the name of the letter, he knows it in his heart. Do business, never leave the slightest handle. I don't care if you Gu Bingqian are the second assistant, whether you Ruan Zhenmei is Yue Su's father-in-law or not, they all treat everyone equally, I am partial to one side of the province, and the other party hates me. In front of the emperor, I am also poor, and the two of you will only be more ruthless to each other, and it has nothing to do with me.

Zou Yi ordered the order to retreat, immediately mobilized the forbidden army, and according to the name on the letter, commanded the forbidden army to search together.

This kind of thing, and don't find out how much money it is, but as long as the forbidden army goes, until the second decree is issued, it will be ***mén household, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave again.

The forbidden army went to the homes of various officials, blocked all the mén households, and directly broke in and searched. This is a forbidden army, no matter how big an official you are, if you come by order, whoever dares to stop you will be killed, including your second assistant's home.

The people who were searched were all first-class officials, the most important one was Yue Su's father-in-law Ruan Zhenmei, and the others were at least deputy ministerial-level cadres. Cabinet Vice-Assistant, University Scholar, Shangshu, Metropolitan Procuratorate Zuodu Yushi, shìlang.

The official is so big, how can there be no money in the family, looking at the Ming Dynasty, in addition to Hai Rui Haigangfeng, including Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng, these outstanding officials who have made great achievements, which of the family is not rich and flowing.

It is not too easy to find gold, silver and jewelry in the homes of these officials, but if you only find 50,000 taels, you are considered incorruptible.

All the property found out was put on the book, and the account books on the house had to be taken out and compared, and finally Jiāo was checked by Zou Yi. Zou Yi finished counting before returning to the Forbidden City.

Don't just do a random inventory, it's not really a raid, but you've been busy for more than an hour, which is also because you have too much property in your family.

Zou Yi walked into the Imperial Palace and bowed down to pay the order. Carpenter Zhu said: "Zou Qing, how is the situation going?" How much property do the officials who have been thoroughly investigated have? Just take it in public. ”

"The old slave obeys." Zou Yi flipped through the booklet and read it aloud, "Wei Guangwei, the second assistant of the cabinet, after a thorough investigation, found out that there are 1.3 million taels of silver, more than 50,000 taels of gold, and 160 boxes of jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings. Zhu Yanxi, a scholar of the cabinet and a secretary of the ministry, has 700,000 taels of silver, more than 25,000 taels of gold, and 1003 boxes of jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings. Ding Shaoshi, a cabinet university scholar, has 640,000 taels of silver, more than 27,000 taels of gold, and 110 boxes of jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings. Feng Quan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, has 3 million taels of silver, 140,000 taels of gold, and 250 boxes of jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. Cui Chengxiu, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, has 450,000 taels of silver, more than 30,000 taels of gold, and 120 boxes of jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. The criminal department shì Lang Pan Song, there are 520,000 taels of silver in the house, more than 50,000 taels of grain for the emperor, and more than 80 boxes of jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings......"

Every time Zou Yi finished reading an official's property, the official was so frightened that he quickly fell to his knees, trembling all over. Originally, he was still lucky, hoping that Zou Yi would be able to open up on the face of Father-in-law Wei, who wants to do business, this will not cost the life of the big guy.

“…… Ruan Zhenmei, the right deputy of the Imperial Palace, now has more than 50,000 taels of silver, 8,000 taels of gold, and 11 boxes of jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings. ”

The last place is Ruan Zhenmei, how many days has Ruan been working in Beijing, and he has run to Jizhen, and his family has so much money. Where does the money come from, no, the big guys know it in their hearts.

After listening to the account of his property, the old man staggered to his knees in fright, and did not rush up and kowtow.

Carpenter Zhu sat on it, and suddenly laughed loudly, his laughter continued to be good, and finally he said indignantly: "Ah! You are doing this thing, on the surface you are honest and self-controlled, but secretly you are doing dirty things. Just now, you also mean that in front of me, your name is on the anonymous letter, and you will open your account to be thoroughly investigated! Now that I've checked, how are you, who else dares to be upright and not afraid of the shadow, give me up! ”

"The emperor is angry, and the minister should be damned...... "...... The kneeling officials were about to cry, just now they just wanted the emperor to search Ruan Zhenmei's mansion, they didn't really plan for the emperor to search their own, who knows, Yue Su was so cunning and made up so many anonymous letters.

"You deserve to die!" Carpenter Zhu shouted angrily: "You are in front of me at every turn, the treasury has no silver, the court has no money now, and the silver has run into your house, how can the treasury still have it!" Last time Yue Qing's family went to Henan for disaster relief, the household department only allocated a total of 50,000 taels of silver, what is this silver enough for? But you, how did Yue Qing use this silver for disaster relief, not only appeased the people on both sides of the Yellow River, but also redressed grievances, filed complaints, and exterminated the thieves, what a merit these are! Your Yue Qing's fame is not right and you are in a high position, so what about you? Your fame is very right, but in a high position, what have you done for me and the court? You didn't do anything but put money in your pocket! ”

"The emperor is angry ......"......

Seeing that Carpenter Zhu was really furious, the civil and military officials in the hall knelt on the ground one after another, not only all the officials here, but even Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian also knelt on the ground, trembling and shouting.

Zhu You gritted his teeth angrily, looked up at the roof of the shed, and after taking a few long breaths, he suddenly lowered his head and said loudly to Yue Su: "Yue Su listens to the order!" ”

"Chen Yue Su takes the order!" Yue Su hurriedly replied loudly.

"I will crown you as a scholar of the East Pavilion University now, and you will enter the cabinet on the same day, and you will still be the secretary of the Criminal Department and the Shun Heavenly Mansion. Wei Guangwei and others were all sent to the prison of the Criminal Department, and the case of the origin of the family property was unknown, and the three legal divisions of the Jiāo Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were tried. Retreat! After Carpenter Zhu finished, he got up, flicked the sleeves of his robe, and left his seat. Wang Tiqian followed behind, and Gonggong Wei seemed a little wooden, but he really didn't expect that he would lose so badly.

"Thank you, Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Yue Su received the order and shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live, long live ...... "...... This is when the emperor is angry, his will, who dares to disobey it, and dares to openly confront it at this moment, it is a dead end. So, I can only listen honestly.

Usually, if you want to enter the cabinet, you must be a gentleman, and you must have entered the Hanlin Academy, otherwise it will never be possible. Like Yue Su, fame is not based on real things, and if you want to enter the cabinet, it is simply a dream. But now, which of the hundreds of officials in the court dares to contradict, Carpenter Zhu said very well, 'Your fame is very right, but above the high position, what have you done for me and the court'. It is estimated that whoever dares to talk more, the emperor is very likely to come and check it at your house, how much money there is, it will not be ruined. You must know that those who can usually go to court are all big officials, and who doesn't have a little gray "sè" income.

Although many officials are very dissatisfied with the entry of a Shilin scum like Yue Su into the cabinet, they will never come out at this juncture. Perhaps, this is also the most important time for Carpenter Zhu to enter the pavilion for Yue Su and find it.

The emperor is gone, and the officials are gone, so let's do whatever you have to do. Wei Guangwei and Feng Quan, these unlucky eggs, were all stripped of their black veils one by one, set up by the forbidden army, and went to the criminal department with Lord Yue.

Wei Zhongxian, who was in Yue Su, looked at Yue Su's back, and his teeth were almost crushed, "Yue Su, let's see!" ”

When Tsubasa is out of shape, thank you for your support. Here, Tsubasa shouted "Thank you, I love you guys."

Tsubasa admits that he has made money again, and when he has so many reminder votes, Tsubasaki's eyes are green, and he must eat them all if he fights today. Hee-hee......

Chapter 40: Scholar of the East Court University

Chapter 40 Scholar of the East Court University, Arrival