What Li Qiao, Yao Sunju and other officials did at this time was just to make amends, but sometimes it was not too late to make amends.

At this moment, when Li Qiao and other officials realized that Ying Tianxun Governor Qu Shiyun had made a mistake in this link and wanted to make up for it, Dongchang had already begun to strictly interrogate Zuo Shilang and Dang Chongya and others for a long time.

Even, Wang Chengen, the governor of Dongchang, had already entered the palace with the latest interrogation confession and presented it to the emperor: "Back to Your Majesty, Huang Jiayan, the imperial historian of the city, confessed, he did levy taxes according to tax stamps, but the tax bills paid by many powerful families did not conform to reality, and he didn't want to offend these magnates, so he turned a blind eye." ”

"What are the powerful houses he confessed?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

"There is a town far away Marquis Gu Mingjiao", Wang Chengen replied.

"Caught!" Zhu Youzhen didn't think about it, and replied directly.

"There is Qi Xieyuan, the commander of the horses", Wang Chengen continued to reply.

"Caught!" Zhu Youzhen continued to say so.

"Li Qiao, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry", Wang Chengen replied.

"Caught!" Zhu Youzhen is still like this.

"Yes!"

Wang Chengen took the order and left.

Ying Tianfu Governor Chengde was summoned into the palace by Zhu Youzhen again, Zhu Youzhen looked at him coldly: "You are the one I have promoted from the imperial history to Ying Tianfu Yin, and I appointed you as Ying Tianfu Yin, so I want to control this Nanjing City in my hands, you tell me the truth, have you participated in this tax stamp cheating?" Otherwise, why would Huang Jiamo only collect 100,000 silver dollars. ”

Ying Tianfu Governor Chengde was busy prostrate on the ground: "Your Majesty, Wechen doesn't know why Xicheng District is only 100,000 silver dollars according to the tax stamps, when Wechen drafted the tax stamps, the total value of the tax stamps in Xicheng District has reached 2.36 million silver dollars, when the lower officials returned to the house last night to check the bottom case, they found that the total tax stamps have been reduced to 100,000, but the lower officials left a base case in their own back office, please check your Majesty!" ”

Ying Tianfu Governor Chengde said that he handed the thick pile of registration books to Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen took it and looked at it, and couldn't help laughing: "You recorded that Gu Mingjiao, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, needed to pay 120,000 silver dollars in taxes, but the tax stamps were only 1,000 silver dollars. ”

"Ying Tianfu and the governor's yamen and the household department each kept a copy, and the Tongzhi of Ying Tianfu was directly responsible, but when the tax stamps were drawn up, Weichen and Liu Wandou, the then governor of Yingtianfu, handed over the tax stamps to Yao Sunju, the governor of Yingtianfu, and then Yao Sunju, the governor of Yingtianfu, handed over a copy to the household department."

After Ying Tianfu Governor Chengde answered, Zhu Youzhen fell into deep thought, and called Shi Kefa over: "Chuan I have an edict to go to Dongchang, and be sure to arrest Yao Sunju, the former governor of Yingtian, and Liu Wandou, the former governor of Yingtianfu, in the shortest possible time, and interrogate them strictly!" ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Chengde after speaking: "You can also go to Wusha to stay in the edict prison, and after the truth is revealed, I will make a decision." ”

"Yes!"

Cheng De put down the black veil on his head, and then silently left the Forbidden City.

Not long after, Wang Chengen came again: "Your Majesty, Ying Tianfu Tongzhi Chen Xi Chen and Ying Tianfu Yin Chengde and Ying Tianfu Governor Qu Shiqi and others are the same, it is indeed he who first discovered the clues of the tax stamps, and immediately reported to the household yamen, but was intercepted by the left servant of the household department, Dang Chongya, which Dang Chongya has confessed;

In addition, Dang Chongya has confessed to Gu Mingjiao, Marquis of Zhenyuan, Zhao Zhilong, Bo Zhao Zhilong, Zhang Zuochen, Secretary of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, Li Qiao, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, Yao Sunju, the Imperial History of the Left Deputy Capital, Liu Wandou, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, etc., during the period when Yao Sunju was appointed as the governor of Yingtian and Liu Wandou was appointed as the governor of Yingtian and the same governor of Yingtianfu, Dang Chongya united them to change the tax stamps, including the tax stamps of Xicheng District, which Yin Chengde was responsible for by Yingtianfu, were also secretly exchanged by Liu Wandou. But Dang Chongya's gamble is that His Majesty would not dare to punish so many officials even if he knew about this disadvantage, and it seemed that he would also hurt the face of the court. ”

"In addition to this case, were there other conflicts in yesterday's tax collection work?" Zhu Youzhen was very calm at the moment.

"There are two trivial things, Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong's Huitong Building was seized by Wu Jiayin, a member of the household department, for refusing to pay taxes, but Wu Jiayin was later punched by Liu Shaozong, Marquis of Anyuan! Lingbi Marquis Tang Guozuo killed one of the officials of Ying Tianfu. ”

Wang Chengen replied.

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and said: "Wu Jiayin, a member of the household department, was simply promoted to the household department, and ordered Fan Jingwen, the first assistant of the cabinet, to quickly recommend a cadre to fill the post of the left attendant of the household department. ”

……

Wang Chengen was a little stunned, and couldn't help but ask confirmatively: "Your Majesty, the ancestor of Gu Mingjiao, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, is the founder of the Taizu Dynasty!" ”

"Chop!"

"Your Majesty, this Lingbi Marquis Tang Guozuo is in the same vein as the King of Dongou and is also going to be executed?"

"Chop!"

"Your Majesty, Marquis An Yuan just punched Wu Jiayin, a member of the household department, and is he going to be executed?"

"Interfere with the collection of taxes by the imperial court, cut it!"

"Your Majesty", Wang Chengen still wants to ask again, Zhu Youzhen shouted: "You don't need to ask again, cut it together, cut it, I want to say it a few times!" ”

"Yes!"

At this time, Wang Chengen also discovered that the case of cheating on tax stamps and the case of tax resistance had touched His Majesty's scales, and he could only obey orders as a minister.

But Wang Chengen thought that he was about to arrest several marquis and several counts, as well as a concubine and a lieutenant and countless dignitaries, he also felt a little worried, he didn't expect that after the Qian Qianyi case and Zhang Shenyan's case, it was only less than half a year, and he had to set off another big case in his own hands.

……

In addition to the direct participants in the tax stamp cheating case, most of the high-ranking officials in Nanjing City did not know that the danger was approaching.

Gu Mingjiao, Marquis of Zhenyuan, was still drinking happily with his Qing guests in the mansion, while Liu Shaozong, Marquis of Anyuan, was still lingering on the banks of the Qinhuai River, telling a fox friend how he punched Wu Jiayin, a member of the household department.

Zhang Zuochen, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, was still holding his concubine to do some unsightly things in his own house, while Qi Xieyuan, the commander of the horses, looked at his room full of gold and jade jewels like a miser.

Ma Jixiang led people to Gu Mingjiao's Hou Mansion first and lifted Gu Mingjiao out of the wine table, and Liu Shaozong also arrogantly instructed the slaves to fight when he met the people from Dongchang, but he was killed by the people of Dongchang on the spot, and even his hands were cut off.

When the Nanjing Ministry of Rites Shangshu was arrested, he was already dying because of excessive sexual affairs, and Qi Xieyuan, the captain of the horse, did not forget to hold a bunch of gold and jade jewelry when he was arrested.

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