Zhao Kun handed over his hand and reported: "Your Majesty, my Da'an has a vast territory, and the annual tax revenue is only 20 million taels, and Chu Junyi has just been promoted to a first-class official position, and he has an income of nearly two million taels of silver, which is really appalling." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, how did you get so much silver? It is impossible for the wind to blow out of thin air, I don't know how many people have been swept away because of this, and they have to endure the pain of hunger. ”

When Shen Ninghua heard this, he lowered his head to hide the mockery in his eyes, it was really high-sounding, when Jiangnan was hit by the disaster, these people received bribes as high as hundreds of thousands of taels, and that was really like a locust crossing the border, and there were no particles left everywhere they went. At this time, accusing others of coming, they are all righteous.

Baili Qingcang couldn't see any expression on his face, and looked at Chu Junyi, who was kneeling on the ground and not moving: "Chu Junyi, how do you explain?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Wei Chen is very puzzled, since Lord Zhao also said just now, I have only been promoted to a rank and an official position not long ago, unlike Lord Lin and Lord Zhao, who have been officials in the court for many years, how can I be a new officer, how can I have the ability to scavenge silver from Jiangnan?"

Lin Yue sneered coldly: "This is due to Lord Chu's good means, I think you have threatened Jiangnan officials." Do you dare to say that you don't have a large amount of silver taels at home? ”

Chu Junyi looked ahead, and didn't even give Lin Yue a look: "I do have a lot of silver taels in my mansion." ”

"Then how should Lord Chu explain the origin of these silver taels?"

"From Jiangnan."

"Heh, then you still don't admit it? The emperor, Chu Junyi colluded with the officials in Jiangnan to loot the people's fat and ointment, trapping the people in fire and water, and asked the emperor to uphold justice for the people. ”

The muscles in the corners of Lin Yue's eyes were beating, and his mood was tense like a string, things were going too smoothly, but he felt uneasy in his heart, Chu Junyi didn't refute it at all? Is he so confident that the emperor will trust him?

Chu Junyi finally turned his head to look at Lin Yue: "Lord Lin, haven't you finished speaking?" ”

"What?"

"Shouldn't you bite Princess Zhaohua into it? After all, I am a quasi-concubine, and I have a close relationship with the princess, what if the princess takes revenge on you for framing me? ”

Lin Yue's eyebrows jumped: "Lord Chu, as an official of the imperial court, you really shouldn't be so frivolous, Princess Zhaohua has contributed medicine to the country and the people many times, and she is a meritorious person for the country and the people." ”

Chu Junyi was surprised: "Oh, Lord Lin said this, do you mean that the princess doesn't know about this matter?" ”

"It's not clear to the next official."

Lin Yue was silent, but Zhao Kun jumped out: "Your Majesty, Lord Lin doesn't know clearly, but Weichen knows a little bit about it, according to Weichen, there is also a huge amount of silver in Princess Zhaohua's mansion of unknown origin." ”

Shen Ninghua looked at Lin Yue and Zhao Kun with a mocking smile on her lips: "It seems that Lord Lin and Lord Zhao have divided the work in advance, Lord Lin is responsible for bringing down Chu Junyi, and Lord Zhao is responsible for entrusting me to go into the water, otherwise how can the two adults who have always been at odds work together so much today?" ”

"Princess, your status is noble, but you can't frame the court officials like this!" Some officials couldn't look past it and made accusations with righteous indignation.

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes: "Then the princess will ask this lord, what is the crime of framing the court officials?" ”

"The minor ones are demoted to the knighthood, the heavy ones are exiled for thousands of miles, and the serious ones are directly beheaded to show the public!"

"Oh? It turns out that the crime is so big, so let me ask this lord again, what is the crime of framing the royal princess? ”

"What...... What the? ”

Shen Ninghua looked cold: "I don't know? Then let me tell you, frame the royal princess, behead the public at the lightest, and kill the nine clans at the worst! ”

"What does the princess mean by this, is she saying that Weichen and others have framed you?" Zhao Kun looked at Shen Ninghua with blazing eyes.

Shen Ninghua turned his head to look at Chu Junyi: "Lord Chu, it's time to go, you still don't plan to tell the truth?" ”

Chu Junyi paused for a moment, and finally raised his head: "Return to the emperor, Weichen is guilty, please ask the emperor to surrender." ”

Baili Qingcang frowned: "So, do you admit to embezzling a huge amount of silver?" ”

"No, Wechen is not corrupt, but it is true that he has a huge amount of silver taels in his hands."

"And where does the money come from?"

"The emperor should have heard of the Huajun medicine store that rose from after the plague? That's Wechen's industry. ”

"What?" Lin Yue and Zhao Kun exclaimed in disbelief at the same time, no one knows Huajun Pharmacy, it is the largest medicine store in Jiangnan, almost monopolizing all the medicine exchanges in Jiangnan, where there is no less than hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every day. Such a big industry, it turned out to be Chu Junyi's?

Baili Qingcang was also shocked, and then looked at Shen Ninghua: "Ninghua, do you know this matter too?" ”

"Back to my father, my sons and ministers are also clear."

"So, those silver taels were earned by Huajun Pharmacy?"

"Yes and no." Shen Ninghua replied.

Baili Qingcang frowned: "What does this mean?" ”

Shen Ninghua walked to the center of the hall and knelt on the ground side by side with Chu Junyi: "Back to my father, when Erchen went to Jiangnan for disaster relief, he saw that the people were displaced and hungry, waiting for medicinal materials to save their lives, but many medicine stores hoarded medicinal materials and raised prices. ”

"So, Huajun Pharmacy is what you want to establish, so how can it have anything to do with Chu Junyi?"

"After all, Erchen is just a boudoir woman, many things are inconvenient to come forward, at that time, General Xiao was also in Jiangnan for disaster relief, Erchen felt that the old general cared about the people, and originally wanted to inform him of the idea of the medicine store, but General Xiao was already a very human minister, after all, many people would look down on him in business, so he didn't speak, and then he met Lord Chu by chance, so he told him the idea of the medicine store, but he didn't expect Lord Chu to carry out the medicine store vividly."

Shen Ninghua turned his head to look at Chu Junyi.

Chu Junyi nodded slightly, and continued: "Originally, the purpose of starting a medicine business was to help the people, and I didn't think about making a fortune at all, so the medicinal materials of Huajun Pharmaceutical Store were almost only one layer higher than the cost price, in order to maintain the normal operation of Huajun Pharmaceutical Store. ”

Lin Yue frowned and sneered: "Lord Chu's words are not right, since the medicinal materials of Huajun Pharmacy are so cheap, how can they earn millions of taels of silver?" ”

"Lord Lin doesn't understand, Jiangnan is not the only one that opens a medicine store in Huajun Pharmacy, the medicinal materials I sell here are so cheap, other merchants can't continue to operate at all, and many people began to make trouble in Huajun Pharmacy, although it was quelled later, but Xiaguan found that many medicine farmers were unwilling to continue to grow medicinal materials because the purchase of medicinal materials was too cheap, there was no way, Huajun Pharmacy further increased the price of medicinal materials, and the market price was consistent, fortunately, the people were reasonable, and they accepted it very well, and no one was dissatisfied."

"Oh, speaking of which, hasn't the silver earned in your pocket? has earned the hard-earned money of the people, and is looking for high-sounding excuses, which is simply black-hearted! ”

"Definitely," Chu Jun smiled with a smile in his eyes, contemplating to inflict a heavy blow on the enemy.

"Lord Lin, you can go to Jiangnan and ask, find a random person, and see if anyone will say that Huajun Pharmacy is black-hearted! I made a lot of silver, but I returned almost all of that silver to the people, after Huajun Pharmacy began to make a profit, I took out nine layers of profits to help the people of Jiangnan build roads, build embankments and dams, and provide disaster relief, as for the silver in my house that you found, it was because I heard that there was a drought in the northwest, and I specially transferred silver taels from Jiangnan to prepare to send it to the northwest! ”

"What? Sent to the Northwest? ”

Shen Ninghua spoke: "Yes, because I know medical skills, Lord Chu specially sent me a part of silver, let me buy medicinal materials nearby, and send them to the northwest together, I didn't expect the news of the two adults to be well-informed, and I found it so quickly, the front foot of the silver entered my house, and you will know the back foot." ”

At this time, Lin Yue, Zhao Kun and the others still don't understand something, this matter is obviously a trick specially placed by Chu Junyi and Shen Ninghua against them!

And not only did they not see through it, but they also took the initiative to jump in proudly, and now they want to jump out, but it is absolutely impossible!

Baili Qingcang was stunned for a moment: "Ning Hua, do you mean that the people who have been mysteriously appearing in the Jiangnan officials to help rebuild many disaster-stricken towns in Jiangnan are you and Chu Junyi?" ”

Shen Ninghua leaned over and kowtowed: "Father, the opening of Huajun Medicine Store was originally intended to benefit the people, but then under pressure, I had to balance the price of medicinal materials, and it was no different from ordinary merchants. ”

Baili Qingcang was in a complicated mood: "You kid, why didn't you tell your father earlier, and your father could still punish you?" Hurry up, your knees should hurt after kneeling for a long time, your body has not yet recovered, and you must not hurt again. It's a good thing that you think about the people, and you should have told your father earlier. ”

"The son has been hiding from his father for a long time, and he asks his father not to blame."

Chu Junyi also confessed: "Your Majesty, although this matter was originally the princess's idea, but the person who executed it was Weichen, Weichen did something to compete with the people, and he was very ashamed in his heart, if the emperor wants to punish him, he will punish Weichen, the princess is weak, and Weichen is willing to accept the punishment for the princess." ”

Lin Yue and Zhao Kun knelt on the ground and almost crushed their back molars.

Zhao Kun had dealt with Shen Ninghua before, and his bearing capacity was slightly better, but Lin Yue was different. His face turned purple, and he could hardly help but roar:

Chu Junyi and Shen Ninghua are really shameless, they want fame and fortune!

Keep saying that let the emperor punish you, you have handled everything seamlessly, the emperor can punish it, is it to blame you for still benefiting the people and doing things for the people?

But these two people said as if they were guilty, such a cheeky person, it is really unparalleled!

Lin Yue's expression fell out of the corner of his eyes, and a sneer appeared on Chu Junyi's lips.

Huajun Medicine Store is developing so rapidly, even if the emperor can't notice it now, he will definitely be taboo later, and if he wants to investigate clearly, how could he not prepare in advance?

This huge amount of silver taels was originally his deliberately exposed feet, these people are really tricked, and they came to the emperor so quickly, that's it, Huajun Medicine has passed the famous road, and it is the beginning of making real money!