The next day, the emperor went to the court and summoned Hou Zhengxiong, and when Hou Zhengxiong heard it, he was going to investigate the case secretly for the emperor, and a big stone fell to the ground in his heart. Their factory guards should have been the emperor's confidants, but I am afraid that the emperor will not use them. The new emperor has never used them, and several people are up and down in their hearts.

This time, the emperor gave them an errand for the first time, and he ordered him to be a brocade guard, obviously treating him differently from the east and west factories. Hou Zhengxiong happily went to the hall with Shen Congxi.

The emperor pointed to the stack of reports from the household department and said, "I only know now that the book of the household department is so difficult. Pei Shangshu is really hard, and the use of the Heavenly Empire is in your hands. I appointed Shen Congxi, a scholar of the cabinet, as the minister of the Qin Mission, and went to verify these old accounts, which can be cleared and cannot be cleared, and the imperial court has done its best! ”

Seeing the emperor's helpless face, Pei Shiyan and Ye Ji looked at each other and smiled tacitly.

Shen received the official letter of the treasure seal from the Xi Palace, and Chang Le presented the stack of newspapers to him again. A four-grade young James made up for the cabinet scholar, but Pei Shiyan didn't take him seriously.

Shen Congxi took a deputy and four guards to investigate with great fanfare. Secretly, Cen Hai and Fei Yi of Jinyiwei also set off to Yongqing County at the same time.

And Hou Zhengxiong and Sun Yanxi were secretly in the capital, turning up the old accounts of King Kang and the king of Xian.

The guards brought by Shen Congxi are not simple, one of them is the imperial guard with a knife in front of the guard, Dark Qing has a royal pattern dragon goose feather knife hanging on his waist, which represents the emperor and has the right to cut first and then play.

Several people arrived in Yongqing County, and the county commander Liu Baoshan and the county Cheng Tang Ping respectfully greeted the minister at the gate of the county ya.

Liu Baoshan was a little uneasy, he reported to the household department last year, asking for some tax reductions for the county, but the household department has not heard from it. At the end of this year, a minister came to the ministry and said that he would investigate the fact that the tax could not be collected for two years.

dared to report last year, Liu Baoshan had the bottom in his heart, and he was not afraid of his investigation. So the account books that had been moved for two or three years came out and piled up in front of Lord Shen. Who knew that Lord Shen did not look at these account books, but started a family routine with Liu Zhixian.

"Lord Liu, where are you from? How much do you do at home? How many years have you been in office with Yongqing? Shen Congxi asked casually.

"Xiaguan Henan people, it has been five years since he arrived in Yongqing, although he is the second line, but last year the eldest brother died suddenly, and his parents are still in his hometown in Henan, and Xiaguan wants to go back in his dreams." Liu Baoshan shook his head and said.

"If you have a request, you can mention it, filial piety comes first, and the emperor will also understand your filial piety." Shen Congxi said again: "It's a pity, your political performance in the past two years has been slightly poor, even if the emperor understands you, I'm afraid you won't be able to pass the level of the ministry." ”

Liu Baoshan knew that this Lord Shen was born in the James Mansion, and he was close to the new emperor, and when he heard Lord Shen take the initiative to mention the emperor, his heart was just lively, and when he heard the word "political achievements", the small fire that had just been lit in the depths of his heart was extinguished by cold water.

He hesitated and said: "Lord Shen doesn't know, the lower official has been the official of Yongqing's parents for five years, and his political performance in the first three years is still good, but in the past two years, there are some gaps......

"If you have a gap, why don't you want to fill it?" Shen Congxi stared at Liu Baoshan's eyes and asked, "Could it be that the gap is too big to make up for it?" ”

Liu Baoshan felt "groan" in his heart, no, it seems that this Lord Shen is not good!

Shen Congxi didn't force him, pointed to the account book with a smile and said, "These will stay here, let's go to the county town to look around first." If Lord Liu thinks of something, you can come to the official at any time, and the official will report to the officials for you as appropriate...... Complaint. ”

As soon as Shen Congxi and the others left, the county Cheng Tang Ping said angrily: "Lord Liu, we have been cheated by Li Gang!" It was he who asked us to apply to the household department for a tax reduction, saying that he was King Kang's person, and that Pei Shangshu of the household department was King Kang's father-in-law, and we only needed to report it and approve it. It's okay now, not only did the excerpt not be approved, but it was also stabbed to the emperor, waiting for the emperor to blame. ”

"Usually he eats meat, and we just drink soup," Liu Baoshan also said angrily: "Now I am still involved in applying to be transferred back to Henan." Pity my seventy-year-old parents, who still look forward to me going back every day! ”

"But we can't be enemies with King Kang and Pei Shangshu?" Tang Ping thought about it and said, "Why don't you wait any longer and see what Lord Shen can find out?" ”

Lord Shen's investigation method is very strange. He visited farmers, merchants, and wealthy households in the county every day, and soon came up with some estimation data, which was indeed very different from the data provided by the county government.

At the same time, Cen Hai and Fei Yi also found out the data of Li Gang's interception of taxes and public grain, but there is still a lack of evidence. Shen Congcao saw that Liu Baoshan received less than one-tenth of the benefits, mainly because Li Gang took it himself, and there was also a New Year's festival to send filial piety to King Kang's mansion.

What Li Gang took away was the real gap in the county government's taxes. This is the reason why the taxes paid by the common people are far heavier than the requirements of the imperial court, but the imperial court has not yet received the taxes.

"Jin Yiwei has never needed evidence to handle the case, and now the emperor has given us a problem." Cen Hai said with a smile.

"People always have to change! You see, you brocade guards are now laughing. Shen Congxi quipped, he shook the list in his hand, and said, "It seems that Liu Baoshan's mouth still needs to be pried open!" ”

Liu Baoshan's mouth was much easier to pry than he imagined, and as soon as he heard Shen Congxiao report the data from Jinyiwei, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed. Lord Dark's Imperial Goose Ling Knife is not a vegetarian, it's a big deal not to be an official, go home to support his father and mother to the end, he can't afford to lose his life for Li Gang.

So, Liu Baoshan 1510 revealed what Li Gang had done, and Tang Ping brought another set of account books, which recorded ironclad evidence that Li Gang collected more and earned less, and intercepted taxes and public grain.

"Qingping County is also under the emperor's nose, Li Gang dares to act so boldly, he can't run away. Lord Liu, if you make meritorious service this time, the official will apply for atonement for your sin. Shen Congxi smiled: "I hope you can reunite with your family as soon as possible." ”

Shen Congxi and his entourage returned to Beijing, and when they saw the list of buyers found by Hou Zhengxiong and Sun Yanxi, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat: Xiao Li Gang has just got something, he is just a microcosm of them.

The rest is much easier. According to the list, Jin Yiwei has never been so proud to catch people. The emperor justifiably cut the knife sent by Pei Shangshu to themselves one by one.

King Kang, who was still in the capital, was so angry that he smoked and scolded his old father-in-law: Are you stupid? Good and dignified, why are you going to provoke the emperor?

The emperor didn't want to treat his fifth brother well, and his fifth brother didn't die well in his previous life, and in this life, they are far from being forced to die.

But Pei Shiyan couldn't let it go. Hou Zhengxiong is good at this, so Pei Shiyan blocked the knife for King Kang. King Kang knew it, and he didn't care about going to see his father-in-law in the prison, so he took Pei Zhixuan, who knew nothing, back to the fiefdom.

All the officials involved in the case of buying official positions were dismissed from their posts and were never hired.

As soon as Yu Minglang's Admiral Jiumen became addicted, he was beaten back to his original form, and even his father, who didn't report it, was demoted by him, and only kept an official position.

The emperor took this opportunity to promote a group of ministers who dared to think and dare to do in one go, and also included several ministers with good reputations into the cabinet, and the environment of the previous dynasty began to slowly become clearer. Take a look at the latest chapter of "Fengqi Begonia Claw Book House" and read it for free for the first time.