(Thanks to the monthly ticket of the Xiaobai Xiaotian brothers) Chapter 195

"Get up and speak." Zhengde Road.

"The emperor is not allowed to play, and the ministers will not get up." Qunchen said.

"If you don't get up, I won't be allowed to play." Zhengde Road.

“……”

I don't know when the chicken-and-egg and egg-and-chicken ruffle will come to an end, Li Dongyang took the lead in getting up, and everyone also got up one after another to wait for what kind of answer Zhengde gave.

"You are all for the country, I understand, I am not protecting Liu Jin, but the matter of Liu Jin and others is not a top priority, there is a major matter that needs to be solved urgently, Liu Jinzhi will discuss it after pressing it in advance, and ask the secretaries to decide this matter for me first."

Zhengde felt that it was time to throw a bombshell to divert the target, although according to the agreement, he had to wait for Song Nan to bring all the evidence of the crime into the palace before he could launch it, but Zhengde couldn't wait, the ministers were aggressive, and he couldn't wait anymore.

"Your Majesty, one thing is one thing, the emperor has not yet agreed on the ministers' recital, so how can I discuss other matters." Hangul is not relenting.

Zhengde's face turned pale, and he finally said angrily: "Do I even have to ask for your consent to discuss what to discuss first and what to discuss later?" You are holding on to these trivial things all day long, but you are unaware of the major events in the palace, Liu Jin may have misbehaved, but there are people in the internal affairs office who are more hateful than Liu Jin, how much do you know about it? ”

The faces of the ministers changed greatly, Han Wen glanced at Li Dongyang, saw Li Dongyang slowly shook his head, and knew that Li Dongyang didn't want to push too hard, so he bowed down and said: "The emperor is angry, but I don't know what happened in the palace?" ”

Zhengde said: "Liu Jin, tell you about the deficit of the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

"Shortfall in internal carriers?"

The ministers were in an uproar, the day before yesterday the cabinet was still discussing the matter of reducing the annual appropriation in the palace, that is, it felt that the household department allocated one million taels of money every year into the inner transport warehouse The amount of expenditure was huge, during the Hongzhi period, the annual use of the palace was less than 400,000, and the rest were all lying in the carrier warehouse to sleep, and the money was scarce everywhere, and they also wanted to move some out of the palace appropriation for other purposes, but I didn't expect the emperor to say that the inner carrier library was empty, how could this be?

Liu Jin bowed to Zhengde and said, "The slave obeys the order." After that, he took a few steps forward proudly with his head held high and said loudly: "Your lords are worried about the country and the people, Liu Jin admires it very much, Liu Jin only knows that the emperor can be happy after hard work, but I didn't expect you to be so angry, but I didn't expect it." ”

Xie Qian shouted: "The emperor wants you to state the deficit of the internal transportation warehouse, but he didn't ask you to justify your mistakes, what you did has been decided, and you can't refute it." ”

Liu Jin sneered: "The emperor is not allowed to play, but Scholar Xie has said that it is conclusive, so why do you want the emperor to play?" What a joke. ”

Xie Qian felt speechless, and snorted coldly and did not answer.

Liu Jin arched his hand and said: "Okay, now is not the time to talk about whether I am guilty or not, the emperor just said that the internal carrier warehouse is empty, it seems that you adults don't believe it, right?" ”

Han Wen frowned and said: "The household department allocates millions of silver into the treasury every year, the emperor has always been thrifty, and the palace has never overspended, and I have made statistics after taking office, and the internal carrier library has accumulated more than 10 million taels in the Hongzhi period, and the expenditure is less than 50%, that is, there should be about 5 million taels of silver in the treasury, that is, if there is no appropriation for several years, it will not be a deficit of silver taels." ”

Liu Jin said with a smile: "Our family is just a slave and maid serving by the emperor's side, I don't understand what you said, but there is one thing that our family knows, you say that I use the treasury silver to build a leopard house, I can admit it, but our family just asked the emperor to agree to allocate 500,000 taels to repair the Guanghan Palace and the road facilities on Qionghua Island, but so far, our family has not received a tael of the 500,000 taels of silver; Later, our family learned that the 500,000 taels of silver could not be given in the internal transportation warehouse, and it turned out that someone in our palace and the internal affairs office had emptied all the millions of taels of silver. ”

"What?"

"How is that possible?"

"Can't get 500,000 taels?"

"Anyone dares to embezzle the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

The ministers were amazed and discussed.

Li Dongyang said slowly: "Gonggong Liu, who is bold enough to dare to stretch out his hand in the Internal Affairs Office?" ”

Liu Jin sneered: "Li Shoufu, what you are asking, is it difficult or is it impossible for us to serve people?" You should ask about this matter The person who holds the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the person, why did you ask me? ”

Everyone's eyes brushed on Wang Yue and Fan Heng who were standing beside Zhengde, Wang Yue Fan Heng's face was pale, and he couldn't wait to rush up and tear Liu Jin apart.

"Father-in-law, is Liu Jin's words true? How to explain the matter of the inner carrier? Li Dongyang asked in a deep voice, although the civil officials decided to secretly support Wang Yue and others, but if Wang Yue and others had something to do with the deficit of the Internal Affairs Office, Li Dongyang would never go to this troubled water, the alliance between him and Wang Yue had already violated the arrogant code of conduct of the civil officials, if it were not for this to suppress the new emperor, win the first victory in the game with the new emperor, and lay the foundation for the future right to speak, he would never insert a lever in the affairs of the inner court.

Wang Yue sighed, calmed down, and slowly stepped forward and said: "Since Gonggong Liu said this, our family must also clarify that the Internal Affairs Office is not in deficit, as far as I know, the Internal Affairs Office currently has nearly 800,000 taels of silver, and it is not that it is unable to allocate the 500,000 taels of silver; It's just that our family can't bear to see the treasury silver being squandered by some people at will, and the emperor is deceived by the courtiers, and those of us who are courtiers have the responsibility to check it. ”

Li Dongyang said: "800,000 taels? This seems to be quite different from the estimates of the household department. ”

Wang Yue said: "The household department is just an estimate, and the annual imperial court uses the household department to estimate the accuracy and geometry?" Isn't it a lot of overspending every year? Our family is not saying that the household department is ineffective, but there are thousands of items in and out of the palace, and it is often the silver of white flowers that go out, and the silver that is out of sight is silver, which seems to be unsurprising, but it is always appalling when summed up. With the pollen money of the concubines and palace maids in the palace, it has reached more than 400,000 taels in the eight years of Hongzhi to today, who would have thought that it would cost 30,000 taels of silver on this item every year? ”

The ministers silently calculated in their hearts, the number of harem concubines and palace maids reached two or three thousand, although the emperor did not care much about women, but according to the regulations, the female officials were full of money, and the old people of the previous dynasty had been kept in the palace, and the number of people had not been reduced much.

Wang Yue said again: "Food, clothing, sitting, traveling, monthly salary, where does it not cost money?" Some people insist that the deficit of the Internal Affairs Office is that someone is greedy for ink, and we can only say that this is a framing with ulterior motives, and its purpose is just to divert the attention of your adults and confuse the public. ”

The ministers were buzzing, and there was a mess in the court, Wang Yue's words were already very clear and direct, Liu Jin mentioned this matter just to pull his back on the verge of death, and the emperor must have been bewitched by Liu Jin.

Liu Jin glanced at the ministers with a fierce look, and everyone felt a chill from his gaze, although he was just a servant of the emperor's side, but Liu Jin's momentum was like a powerful minister.

"Have you talked enough, what do the accounts say? In such a big matter, how can I, Liu Jin, open my mouth? I have someone to testify, Gonggong Xu, tell all the lords and the emperor, what do you know? ”

Liu Jin pointed to the corner, Xu Zhi, who was hiding behind more than a dozen Han generals, was exposed to everyone's gaze, Xu Zhi's face was pale, and he had no way to hide, so he had to bow down and come to the hall under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, and knelt down to kowtow to Zhengde.

"Slave Xu Zhi knocks on the emperor."

Zhengde said: "Xu Zhi, tell everything you see and hear, you must know everything and say everything." ”

Xu Zhi shuddered for a moment and said in a low voice, "The slave obeys the order." ”

The eyes of the ministers were focused on Xu Zhi, as the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, Xu Zhi was the third person in the inner court, if there was really corruption in the internal affairs office, Xu Zhi would of course know about it, if Xu Zhi had evidence in hand, then the matter would be cleared.

There was silence in the hall, Fan Heng coughed abruptly, and suddenly said lightly: "Gonggong Xu, if you speak out boldly, no matter who it is, my Inner Court East Factory will arrest him for rectification, but if you have no evidence and make false accusations, you will die; The emperor will not tolerate you slandering others without evidence, you have to think about it. ”

Xu Zhi's face was gloomy, Fan Heng was warning himself not to talk nonsense, as far as the current situation is concerned, Xu Zhi is indeed very hesitant, the goal of the ministers is aimed at Liu Jin, Liu Jin sees that he is not safe, although he was restrained by Song Nan and confessed to the emperor, but Song Nan is just a small thousand households, he is not present in the palace today, and the emperor is obviously powerless in Liu Jin's affairs, if the emperor can't even keep Liu Jin, how can he save his life?

Besides, Wang Yue and Fan Heng are as stable as Mount Tai, maybe they have made some arrangements in secret, although they know about their affairs, but they don't have the slightest evidence in hand, Wang Yue and Fan Heng will deny them all, and the account books of the Internal Affairs Office are not leaky, so what should they do, but they should think about it.

"Father-in-law Xu, someone in the treasury of the Internal Affairs Office has privately swallowed the treasury silver to fill his pockets?" Liu Jin asked in a deep voice.

Xu Zhi's face was entangled, and he kept assessing the current situation in his heart, saying that there was no evidence to prove the truth, if he couldn't defeat Wang Yue Fan Heng, he would definitely die, but if he retracted his confession, it was the emperor and Liu Jin who would be offended, and he would inevitably die, and both sides would die, how to choose?

Wang Yue spoke again: "Father-in-law Xu, our family also reminds you, our family has heard that your father-in-law Xu has been greedy for 300,000 taels of silver in the name of the 3,000 battalions of soldiers and horses of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but our family has never done anything to catch the wind and catch shadows, and secretly checked the accounts of your Imperial Horse Supervisor, and found that there is no such thing, which shows that rumors are harmful, if I am indiscriminate, you Father-in-law Xu may have been ruined long ago." ”

Xu Zhi's heart lit up, Wang Yue reminded himself that his 300,000 taels of silver had been put into the warehouse, and there was no need to worry about it, Song Nan had confiscated his own silver, which was just an opportunity for himself to get out, even if there was a deviation of tens of thousands of taels of silver, it could be said that it was a mistake in the accounts for a long time, and the crime would be much lighter, at this time, why bother to fight with Fan Heng Wang Yue and them?

Xu Zhi made up his mind and said dumbly: "I have nothing to ...... about the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Xu Zhi wanted to say four words that he didn't know anything, how smart Liu Jin was, as soon as Wang Yue spoke, he shouted that it was not good, his eyes looked outside the hall, and suddenly Gao Feng's figure flashed outside the hall, Liu Jin suddenly interrupted Xu Zhi's words loudly and shouted: "Your Majesty, before Xu Zhi tells the truth, the slave maid wants to ask the emperor to ask the emperor to allow Song Nan, a thousand households in Jinyi Wei, who is involved in this case, to go to the palace to intercede." ”