And even if Zhu Di knows the truth, it doesn't matter, Emperor Yongle can't be shallow enough to reveal the truth to others. In other words, Qin Yu pointed out the truth to him, and he would keep his mouth shut.

will even take the initiative to cooperate with Zhu Yuanzhang to play this big game of chess.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang is playing the chess game, Qin Yu is the creator of this chess game, and it stands to reason that the fewer people who know the truth, the better the chess game. The fewer people who know the truth, the easier it is to succeed.

But anyone who knows the truth is not good for the overall situation of the whole game.

But Qin Yu believed in the Yongle Emperor.

……

"Your Majesty, Huang Lun, a waiter of the Ministry of Commerce, impeached Zhang Zhong, a weaver of the Jiangnan Provincial Weaving Bureau, saying that he had been in office for half a year and had embezzled and accepted bribes of 20 million taels of silver." In the imperial study, Yang Xian took out a letter and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang, saying, "In the book, Zhang Zhong has collected all the evidence, and His Majesty can interrogate witnesses at any time if he wants to verify it." ”

Wow! Zhu Yuanzhang thought coldly, now that they are starting to bite it, they are really impatient.

And he also extracted a lot of information from this impeachment letter.

First: The impeacher is Huang Lun, the squire of the Ministry of Commerce, that is to say, the power of the feudal aristocracy has infiltrated Shen Wansan's Ministry of Commerce. There were also people of the feudal aristocracy in the Ministry of Commerce.

This is also easy to understand, after all, the Ministry of Commerce is now in short supply. They will not let go of any department that can get money. Not all feudal aristocrats were so stupid that they would cling to their one-third of an acre of fertile land.

Now the new aristocracy, Li Shanchang, they have also joined the ranks of the competition for the commercial cake. Is there any collusion between them and Huang Lun? The involvement of the new and old aristocrats further complicates the situation.

Second, since the large-scale use of the steam wheel spinning machine, the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau has become a proper gold-absorbing department, and it is the object they desperately want to grab.

It is no wonder that the earliest impeachment took place in the weaving bureau of the textile industry.

Third, Zhang Zhong was greedy for 20 million taels in half a year, which is an incredible number. In the past, those corrupt officials were basically greedy for tens of taels and hundreds of taels, and tens of thousands of them were up to the sky.

And Zhang Zhong was actually greedy for 20 million!!

The amount has become larger, indicating that the productivity of the Ming Dynasty has really stepped up to a new level.

Fourth: The whistleblower is a member of the Huang family, and the Huang family recently wanted to contact King Yan and show favor to King Yan, but they were closed.

They were so eager to take down Zhang Zhong because they wanted to take this matter and make a name for King Yan. Prove that they have the ability and strength to help King Yan grab the crown prince.

Because Zhang Zhong is a loyal supporter of the crown prince.

Biao'er used to be too stable as the crown prince, so he didn't deliberately manage his own forces. But since he was deposed, some people have stood up to support the prince and formed his power.

It's just an impeachment note, and it contains so much information. However, Zhu Yuanzhang saw all these things clearly and knew everything well.

"Good guy, he embezzled 20 million taels in half a year, and even we admire him a little!" Zhu Yuanzhang said. At the same time, I also knew very well in my heart that it was absolutely impossible for such a huge sum of money of 20 million taels to fall into Zhang Zhong's pocket, and most of it was probably given to the Lu family who supported the prince, and the officialdom ate meat and drank soup below.

Huang Lun reported that he was greedy for 20 million taels, and there was also a doorway, which was to let the emperor follow the vine and find out about the Lu family. These two forces are biting to the death!

said: "Since the evidence is conclusive, then do him." ”

"Two Tigers!"

"The last general!" The two tigers flashed out.

"Send someone to raid Zhang Zhong's home, and all the property in his name will be confiscated." Zhu Yuanzhang instructed, "In addition, Zhang Zhong must be tortured and recovered from the accounts." ”

"After the recovery, Ling Chi was executed, and the three tribes were killed."

"Yes!" Two Tiger Commands.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the 20 million taels of silver might not be recovered. Because it was not in his hands in the first place, but in the hands of those behind him.

Zhang Zhong definitely didn't dare to confess the people behind him, and his family was probably still in the hands of others.

Therefore, even if he was tortured, he would keep his mouth shut, and even commit suicide in prison.

But it should be chased.

Seeing the back of the two tigers leaving, the corners of Yang Xian's mouth twitched. The emperor actually sent Jinyi Wei to raid the house!?

Raiding homes is a fat mess, and there are many officials in charge of raiding - they can all benefit from it. For example, if the actual seizure is 10 million taels of silver, the official can report that it is only 100,000 taels.

The emperor generally knew about this, so he usually gave such an errand as a raid to his close ministers.

However, Emperor Zhu gave Jinyiwei to raid the house, not to other ministers.

In other words, all the wealth obtained by the raid will go to the treasury or the emperor's inner treasury.

As we all know, the second tiger is a loyal dog by the emperor's side.

He won't be greedy.

If other officials were sent to copy it, the wealth of society would actually be transferred from the hands of one feudal nobleman to another. But now it is falling into the treasury.

Seeing Yang Xian's expression, Emperor Zhu wanted to say: Let's raid the house in the future, and we will all send Erhu to go in person.

It's about money!

Money is the root of everything.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yan and the people of the Huang family have met." At this time, a secret agent stepped forward and whispered in Zhu Yuanzhang's ear, "His Royal Highness King Yan has a wife and concubine to celebrate his birthday the day before yesterday, and the Huang family sent someone to send a congratulatory gift." ”

"King Yan and the man talked secretly in the garden for half an hour."

Di'er, do you finally want to be the crown prince? Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart: Once you express your position, there will be more people who are attached to you, and there will be more henchmen, so it is convenient for us to clean them up.

But, I hope you don't do anything stupid.

"Yang Xian, you should step back first." Zhu Yuanzhang said to Yang Xian. looked at Yang Xian with burning eyes, this person is a high-ranking minister in Zhongshu Province, and those feudal nobles want to use their skills to help the princes win the heirs, and he is an important object to win over. It is estimated that many people are already courting him, so he is also very important in this game.

This person is a capable minister, and it is estimated that he should know the truth that he can protect himself if he does not stand in line on the cusp of this storm.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang boldly guessed that Yang Xian had not clearly expressed to them so far which prince he supported as the crown prince. Although Yang Xian is eager for quick success, he is also a good person.

"Minister, obey!" Yang Xian respectfully withdrew.

"Your Majesty, those ministers of the DPRK and China have been moving around each other a lot recently." At this time, Mao Yan walked in again and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang, "It's all walking on the bright side, especially those who are in the court." ”

"For example, Li Shanchang, Song Lian, Gao Qi, Feng Sheng, Geng Bingwen, Tang Shengzhong......"

(End of chapter)