Zhu Ji pressed the handle of the knife on his waist, came to Zhu Qiyu, and said, "Your Highness, please look, the layout of these two mansions is very strange, especially the back house. ”

"Here...... It's really strange, but what does it have to do with the Gao family's house? ”

Of course it's strange, where is this house, it's clearly a warehouse!

Zhu Ji came to the courtyard wall and said, "Has Your Highness noticed that this wall is very low?" ”

Zhu Qiyu looked at the courtyard wall, nodded and said, "It's shorter, but what?" ”

Zhu Ji continued: "This is the back house, and generally speaking, all the people who live in the back house are women, so the walls of the back house are often heightened, in order to prevent someone from climbing over the wall and disturbing the women's roll. However, this wall is not only very low, but the materials are also very simple, it seems that a flower wall is built in the yard of his house, and there is no ability to prevent it. ”

Steward Li's face was like ashes at this time, and he looked like he had nothing to love.

Zhu Qiyu seemed to understand and said, "You mean, these two houses are originally connected?" ”

Zhu Ji said: "Xia Guan boldly asserted that in fact, this mansion was also purchased by the Gao family, or the Gao family borrowed someone else's name to buy it, specifically to hide the silver, as the silver increased, the Gao family came up with this method, in order to one day, if the matter is revealed, you can refuse to admit it, leaving a way back for yourself." ”

"You...... It's just nonsense! ”

Gao Zidong rushed forward, hugged Zhu Qiyu's thighs, and cried: "Your Highness must not believe the slander of the Jinyi Guard, the courtier's father has been conscientious all his life, you are all obvious to all, please Your Highness is the master of the minister's father!" ”

Zhu Qiyu was unmoved, just nodded at Zhu Ji.

Zhu Ji understood and ordered: "Smash!" ”

The lieutenants immediately became energetic and swarmed up, and a group of people began to break through the wall.

Soon it was said: "There is a ...... here False door ......"

The wall was rather unsolid, it opened when it was smashed, and there was no mud between the bricks, just the bricks were pulled out one by one.

When someone kicks hard, it's a hole.

After a little cleaning, the outline of an arch is seen.

Gao Zidong's brothers' faces changed suddenly, but they shouted again: "Wait for the eagle dog, do you still want to pollute my father's innocence?" ”

Zhu Ji sneered: "You two might as well talk about it, what's going on with this gate?" ”

"How do we know that this wall has been there since I can remember, presumably left by the previous owner, maybe ......"

I saw Zhu Ji pick up a brick and walk forward.

Gao Zidong was so frightened that he retreated again and again, and said in a panic: "You...... You...... What to do? ”

Zhu Ji brought the brick to Zhu Qiyu and said, "Your Highness, please look, there is a payment on this green brick!" ”

Zhu Qiyu took it and looked carefully, and sure enough, the corner of the blue brick was engraved with the words "Dongcheng Sun Ji Workshop Ming Orthodoxy 11 Years".

Speaking of carving on bricks, it must be traced back to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of the Nanjing City Wall.

The city wall is the most important defense project in ancient times, and the quality of a city wall directly affects the safety of a dynasty. Therefore, in order to ensure the quality of the city bricks and put an end to corruption and cutting corners, Zhu Yuanzhang demanded that the names of the responsible officials and manufacturers at all levels be engraved on the city bricks, and the system of assigning responsibility to the people should be implemented.

If something goes wrong with any brick, everyone from the brick burner to the relevant officials will be held accountable.

Sure enough, this measure greatly increased the quality of the work.

Since then, the habit of carving on bricks has become popular all over the country, also to facilitate the search for problems and the division of responsibilities.

And the inscription of this brick shows that it was fired in the eleventh year of orthodoxy, that is to say, it is impossible for the Gao brothers to have seen this wall since childhood.

The facts were in front of them, and the Gao brothers glanced at each other, and their faces were so pale that they couldn't see a trace of blood.

At this time, Steward Li, who was sitting on the ground, smiled bitterly and said: "This lord, what you said is right, the two houses were originally opened, but later in order to cover people's eyes and ears, a wall was built, leaving only one door, and then later, this door was also built. ”

With the courtyard walls being torn down, the situation is already clear.

Zhu Ji's main job in Fuzhou was to investigate corrupt officials (this chapter is not finished!). )

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These people hide money, all kinds of means.

However, the vast majority of people are reluctant to leave this kind of greedy money.

To put it bluntly, there is no sense of security, so the money is often at ease when it is closer to oneself.

Zhu Qiyu was already furious, looked at the Gao brothers on the ground, and said sarcastically: "The matter has come to this, what else do you have to say?" ”

The brothers of the Gao family immediately bowed down and kowtowed: "Your Highness Mingjian, maybe this wall was rebuilt by Jinyiwei arranged by people, and the minister's father has been conscientious and diligent in the king's order all his life, and has never made any mistakes......"

Now, it seems that they have no other way than to deny death.

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Your housekeeper has admitted it, what else is there to quibble?" Could it be that this silver was also planted by Jinyiwei to your family? ”

Gao Zidong looked at the full warehouses, and had to bite the bullet and said: "Steward Li must have been bought by Jinyiwei, or threatened, these silver...... The ministers really don't know, Jin Yiwei ...... It must be Jinyiwei who planted the minister's father, wronged, wronged! ”

Zhu Qiyu didn't speak with a cold face, but Zhu Ji smiled and said: "This is easy, whether it is framed or not, everyone will know at a glance, you must know that silver can speak." ”

Everyone looked at Zhu Ji puzzled, how could Yinzi speak?

Zhu Ji beckoned and ordered someone to take a whole box of neat silver ingots to the courtyard.

"Your Highness, please see, this silver is made into silver ingots and then stored, and the silver in this treasury looks like it is some years old, and the dust on it is proof. The officials have only carefully observed that there are many treasury silver, and there may not be any traces of human movement in the past year or two. Gao Zidong, let's talk about it, didn't Jinyi Wei start framing you a year ago, and stored these gold and silver here in advance? ”

Gao Zidong was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to do.

Zhu Qiyu's eyes were full of contempt, and he said: "The pillar of the country, it's really ridiculous!" ”

Seeing that the matter was revealed and there was no possibility of turning around, Gao Zidong's eyes suddenly turned red, and he yelled: "That's right, the house belongs to my family, and the silver is also my family, and it is all mine!" ”

Gao Ziliang is still persuading: "Big brother, be cautious!" ”

Gao Zidong was like crazy, yelling and roaring, he had already swept the floor, and seemed to be venting his emotions.

"My father is a cabinet scholar, shouldn't he have some savings? You don't have to count it, the silver here is three million and seven thousand taels, but what can you do? How many people are clean in this Manchu Dynasty? If you really want to check, who dares to say that you are innocent? In that case, why do you have to target my Gao family? ”

Gao Ziliang was still tugging at him: "Big brother, don't say it!" ”

"Second brother, can't you see it, whether it is the emperor or the king of Yu, it is the same, there is no difference, they only think that the wealth of the whole world belongs to the Zhu family, and if they take it from the Zhu family, it is justified, and if our Gao family takes it, it is corrupt and perverted the law, haha, ridiculous, ridiculous!"

Seeing this, Cao Nai was about to step forward, but was stopped by Zhu Qiyu.

"Let him go on!"

Gao Zidong had already opened up at this time, with a look of disdain, and continued: "I have seen a lot of officialdom, I have seen people fighting for power and profit, and I have seen people corrupt and pervert the law, but I have never seen anything to benefit the common people, what is to be the master of the people, it is just a joke, it is precisely because everyone is not clean, it is necessary to cover up the shame under the guise of benevolence and righteousness, isn't it?" ”

The implication of these words seems to be justifying his own crimes.

At first, he refused to admit it, but now he wants to find a righteous and bright excuse for these silvers.

"Shut up!"

Cao Nai couldn't hold back any longer, and said angrily: "Lord Gao is an important minister of the court, I can't imagine that there is a descendant like you?" ”

Gao Zidong sneered: "Now that the matter is revealed, I have nothing to say, what I have gained in my father's life is all here, but no one wants to look at my Gao family's jokes, isn't Jinyiwei investigating corruption, okay, all the officials in the world, one counts as one, go door to door to check, I don't believe it, the officials of the Ming Dynasty, who doesn't have tens of thousands of taels of silver at home?" ”

Zhu Qiyu's face was like frost, and he said to Zhu Ji: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty (this chapter is not finished!) )

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, strictly investigate this! ”

After saying that, he walked out without looking back.

Cao Nai and the others shook their heads again, sighed again, and turned around to follow.

Zhu Ji instructed: "Bring all the suspects involved back to Zhao Prison, and the rest will stay to count the stolen silver!" ”

Counting money is not an easy task, after all, the amount is too large.

Jinyiwei gathered all the scribes and scribes here, and it took three days to complete the count.

Gao Zidong is right, the silver here is a total of 3.7 million taels.

In addition to this, there are more than 200,000 taels of gold, which if all converted into silver, it is about two million taels.

In addition, there are a large number of jewelry, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and real estate title deeds, which cannot be valued for the time being.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of large trucks began to march towards the treasury.

The carts were full of gold and silver.

These gold and silver, at least for ordinary people, are almost unthinkable.

After a lifetime of hard work, the family's savings are only a few taels of silver.

But here, the gold and silver were loaded in carts.

Looking at the long queue of carriages, many people's eyes were straight.

From the initial righteous indignation, they became dazed and dazed...... Until anger!

The captain who escorted the car along the way looked very nervous, and seemed to look like someone who wanted to hijack gold and silver.

Finally, someone began to curse: "Pigs and dogs are not as good as things, greedy for so much silver!" ”

Unexpectedly, a scholar immediately stood up and retorted: "Don't believe it, Gao Ge Lao is usually reluctant to even change the sedan chair to a new one, all year round, but four regular clothes, how can there be so much gold and silver, this must be a frame by Jinyiwei!" ”

"I also want to be planted by Jinyiwei, so much silver, even if it is put at home for a day, let me take a look at it, and I am willing to die!"

"Hahaha........."

Everyone immediately burst into laughter, as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.

Immediately afterwards, someone shouted: "It's all like this, and you still help him speak, is it also your share?" ”

"You ...... Hmph, the erector is not enough and conspiracy! ”

"What did he say?"

"He seems to be scolding us ......"

"Uncle you, who are you scolding?"

Those who read the book saw that the situation was not good, and they were already in trouble.

Zhu Ji handed over all the gold and silver to the treasury, and then sorted out a note, and before sending it to Nanjing, he first came to the Wenhua Hall and presented it to Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu was also embarrassed, he saw with his own eyes that Gao Hub's home was very simple, and all the furniture looked shabby.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say: "How did he do it, with a clean breeze on his sleeves and a clean breeze on the other, and countless belongings on the other?" ”

Zhu Ji thought for a while and said slowly: "Come to think of it, the more greedy people are, the more they care about these false names." ”

Zhu Qiyu couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, and said: "This king almost misunderstood Jinyiwei, I really didn't expect that the dignified cabinet scholar is such a person, could it be that my Ming officialdom is really as the Gao family brothers said, no official and no greed?" ”

Zhu Ji replied: "Has Your Highness ever thought about why Gao Hub is so greedy, why no one has found out?" Over the years, everyone has praised him for his clean sleeves, what is the reason for this? ”

Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Isn't he hiding deep enough?" ”

Zhu Ji shook his head and said: "No matter how deep he hides, for decades, he will always be noticed, but if there are some clues, Jinyiwei and Dongchang will intervene, so Xia Guan thinks that most of the time on weekdays, he is indeed a clean sleeve." ”

Zhu Qiyu was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Xia Guan thought that he didn't accept almost the vast majority of the people who came to give silver on weekdays, maybe ...... He received only a small number of gifts. ”

Zhu Qiyu was surprised: "More than five million taels, is it just a small part?" ”

Zhu Ji continued: "This is just the inference of the lower officials, since the factory guard has not been aware of it, then the only possibility is that he is incorruptible most of the time. There must be very few people who really give him benefits and are willing to accept them. ”

Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but gasp.

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If this high hub is greedy and excessive, he will not be shocked when he sees the money.

Because, the truth is right in front of you, there is indeed so much gold and silver piled up here.

Even if he received a benefit of 1,000 people or 10,000 people, it makes sense.

But if it is, if only a few people are charged, you can get more than 5 million taels of silver, which is really terrifying!

Since these people are willing to give more than 5 million taels as gifts, you can imagine how much interest is involved behind this?

Zhu Qiyu stood up, frowned, put his hands behind his back, and paced back and forth.

"Who has so much silver? And for what are they willing to pay such a big price? ”

Zhu Ji replied: "These people can't afford to make a profit, and the benefits they want to make must be far more than a few million taels of silver, or even ...... They may not be the only one who has bought it! ”

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