Zhu Houzhao turned through the confession of Chen Tai handed over by Mao Yuyu page by page, and asked at the same time: "What about the 300,000 taels of silver, have you found it?" ”

Mao Yuyu bowed his head and replied: "According to the location given by His Majesty, it has been dug up, and Jinyiwei has also sealed the mansion." ”

"Don't you understand, how did I know?"

Mao Wenyu knelt on one knee, "Jinyiwei is His Majesty's eyes and ears, but he didn't notice it in advance, this is a dereliction of duty on behalf of Weichen, please punish Your Majesty." ”

"Get up. Chen Tai is an old fox, don't talk about his reputation as a clean official, even I have hidden it from him for a few years. Zhu Houzhao threw aside those confessions of denying guilt, in fact, he was a little annoyed, and he was still stubborn to this extent.

"You Ji, you go and bring him here. Didn't he want to see me? See what birds he can name! ”

"Yes."

After the palace people left, Zhu Houzhao went to help Mao Wenyu up and said: "This matter originally came from Zhejiang. Gu Dayong called me to throw him in Zhejiang for several years, it is rare for him to have filial piety, and two months ago he played a case of land invasion. However, this case is not an ordinary case of land invasion.

It is said that a wealthy local family, Xu, was imprisoned for violating the laws of the imperial court, leaving a hundred hectares of fertile land at home. Another local pride named Li Ci saw that the Xu family was no longer good, so he gradually took this hundred hectares of fertile land for himself. The Xu family had a son, and when he saw that the family property could not be obtained, he simply did not do anything, and found out the land deed and dedicated it all to the sons of several officials. ”

Speaking of this, Mao Yu understood, "This is a preference for breaking wealth and revenge." ”

"Yes, just such a plan to kill people with a knife, these children of the official family all took it, because they felt that Li Ci was just a strong man, and he had no official background at all. But they didn't expect Li Ci to have a strong backer, this person was Chen Tai, or Chen Tai, the governor of Fengyang and the governor of Caoyun.

The two powerhouses fought each other, and no one let anyone, and finally developed into a mutual fight, taking more than 20 lives. At this point, everyone has to find a backer, otherwise no one will be able to escape. In fact, I didn't particularly care about it originally, but Chen Tai's name suddenly appeared in Gu Dayong's report, which did not match my impression of him, so I asked Li Ci to be arrested and interrogated. ”

After hearing this, Mao Wenyu suddenly realized, "Then this matter is thanks to Father-in-law Gu." ”

Zhu Houzhao naturally knows it.

After Liu Jin left, these old people had a hard time. Although You Ji was also reminded by him, once the two sides of the political struggle are opposed, it cannot be resolved with a single sentence.

Even if they weren't targeted, they wouldn't be able to mix in the existing system.

No one cares about you, because no one wants to offend Gonggong You because of this, is there a way for this as an emperor? No way. Moreover, Gu Dayong did not reach the point where he, the emperor, was required to spend so much effort to maintain.

It's still good to ignore it, and sometimes it will bully you as a vote.

However, Zhu Houzhao left a few of them, Gu Dayong and Zhang Yong.

He found that there was a miraculous effect after staying, and now Gu Dayong is more intimate to the emperor than before, he must compete for favor with the emperor, otherwise it is not a question of whether he lives well or not, but whether he can live or not.

Gu Dayong also knew what the Son of Heaven cared about, so he frequently played his observations to the emperor. This has been going on for a while.

Zhu Houzhao thought it was quite good, so he encouraged him to continue, until he saw Chen Tai's name this time.

“…… At that time, I wondered if someone was deliberately under the banner of the imperial court official, for the sake of his reputation, so I did not immediately let the cabinet handle this matter, but let Gu Dayong handle it. Unexpectedly, after checking and checking, there were still 300,000 taels of silver. ”

"That's why Your Majesty ordered Weichen to chase Chen Tai back."

"Not bad. With you, I can talk about what is in my heart, this matter, what annoys me is that Chen Tai bullied the king, followed by the officials in Zhejiang, Gu Dayong all know to report to me, but the local prefect and prefect hide it! ”

The second point is that there is actually nothing that can be done, because those surnamed Xu are the sons of local officials who dedicated Tian Tou to the local officials, and those who become fathers when something happens must have concealed it and not reported it. The son is the heart of the inheritance, and there should be few people who are righteous to this point in these years.

So he can understand, but only understand, this time he still has to settle accounts with those people.

After a while, Chen Tai, who was wearing a prison uniform, was taken outside the Fengtian Temple, he was wearing iron chains on his hands and feet, and he was embarrassed, but since the twelfth year of Hongzhi, the torture in the imperial prison has been greatly restricted, so Chen Tai has no wounds on his body.

Seeing the emperor and the commander of the Jinyi Guard gradually approaching from a distance, Chen Tai knelt on the ground in a proper manner.

"Sinner Chen Tai, knock on the saint."

Behind Zhu Houzhao, the inner supervisor quickly moved a chair over, and under the sun, the Son of Heaven sat and interrogated him.

"I heard that you kept clamoring to see me in prison. Is it trying to say something? ”

"Yes, the criminal wants to avenge his majesty! The criminal minister appointed himself as the governor of Fengyang, diligent and conscientious, loyal to the king, and there will never be anything like greed and deception! Your Majesty, please be clear! ”

After saying this, he prostrated again.

Faced with such a brazen person who did not admit his guilt, Zhu Houzhao really had an annoyance rushing to his head, "Not guilty?!" Do you dare to say that Li Ci is not your person? Do you dare to say that the 300,000 taels of silver are your official income over the years? When you arrived at the Fengtian Palace, in front of me, you still dared to open your eyes and say nonsense, which shows that you are bold and do everything! ”

Chen Tai didn't know what was going on in his heart, but on the surface, he was still not surprised.

It's a real thing.

Zhu Houzhao laughed angrily, "You don't admit it yet, do you?" It doesn't matter, I've found your silver, and now that it's there, I can justifiably condemn you! If I blame you by mistake, it is I, the emperor, who has no eyes and has killed the pillars of the court by mistake! ”

Chen Tai clenched his fists slightly, and his lips trembled slightly.

"What else do you have to say?!"

"Jun, if you want the minister to die, the minister has to die." The old guy propped his palms on the ground and knocked again.

"Take it down and give me a thorough investigation! What illegal things the Chen family and their relatives have done, one by one, I will find out clearly! I don't believe it, your mouth is harder than the truth! ”

Zhu Houzhao wants to turn this case into an iron case and a big case in the Zhengde period, but he wants to see how iron this guy is!

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Huai'an House.

Jin Yiwei found something interesting.

"In the third year of Zhengde, Huai'an Mansion has 280,000 mu of paddy fields and 160,000 mu of dry land, which is the data left by the attendant's room. Why is it different from what Huai'an Mansion itself recorded? ”

Lin Ting was very nervous, he quickly got up to look, it was really strange to see, there was an account book in the Huai'an prefect, which clearly said 240,000 mu of paddy fields and 140,000 mu of dry land.

"Yes...... Is there an official document at that time? Xiaguan was transferred to Huai'an Mansion in Zhengde for four years, and Xiaguan really didn't know about the previous year. ”

"I don't know?" Jin Yiwei sneered, and took out an official document from the side, "In the fourth year of Zhengde, you also reported it like this!" ”

Outside, Fei Hong also walked in quickly, and he corresponded the materials mentioned by Jin Yiwei one by one, and found that there was indeed a problem of inconsistency.

Looking at Lin Ting's face again, his face was a little pale.

Fei Hong knew that he was the son of Lin Han, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, so there should be no need to talk to Chen Tai on this issue, so he asked: "Li Zhan, don't you approve the number you reported yourself?!" ”

As soon as he asked this, he fought for him a little.

The Jinyi guards on the side are also experienced, and they can understand it. Lin Ting's identity has been checked by them a long time ago.

However, in the middle of the game, Lin Ting was actually short of breath, "...... Shangcha, the ministry, this, this number is submitted by Zhao Tongzhi, and the lower official asked if he checked with the counties, and he said that they were all ...... It's all right. In previous years, it was also reported like this, so the lower officials agreed! ”

"Zhao Tongzhi?" Jin Yiwei asked, "It should be there, right?" ”

"Yes, yes."

Fei Hong asked people to find it.

After a while, a middle-aged man with a mustache came over and knelt down in a panic, "Xiaguan Zhao Yu, I've seen the top business, I've seen the department!" ”

Jin Yiwei sent someone to repeat the matter, and then asked, "You have been in this position for a few years, you should know about this, right?" ”

"Yes...... Be! This number was set by the former prefect Tian Ruofu! ”

As soon as Lin Ting heard that he was still saved, he asked urgently: "Since you know, why don't you talk to this official?" And why did Tian Ruofu make a false report?! ”

Zhao Yu shrank in the corner, his grievances reaching the peak, "This matter is all because of the former governor Chen Tai, not only Huai'an, he also hinted that other prefectures and states reported more." Tian Ruofu has been looking for an opportunity to slap him, and he will not disobey in this matter. Thinking that 240,000 mu is changed to 280,000 mu, there is not much difference, and there should be no one to measure such a large field. And so it ...... And so it ......

Errand, Ministry! What the subordinate said is true, this matter is all requested by Chen Tai, he is the boss, how dare we as subordinates disobey his will? Please also ask the higher authorities to investigate this matter. ”

Lin Ting couldn't look past this kind of plea.

"But you have been virtuous for four years, and you still report like this!"

Zhao Yu cried, "Xia Guan thinks that the sudden drop in numbers is too obvious, it is better to write the same as last year, it is not easy to see, and it can save a troublesome matter......

"But now it's even more troublesome!"

Jin Yiwei didn't care about this, he was tired of listening to them play for so long, "Fei Butang, lying about the people's data is the most unbearable for His Majesty, we have to take this person away." As for the prefect of Lin......"

Jin Yiwei didn't dare to arrest people, but Lin Ting was Lin Han's son, and if he really wanted to stab him, they didn't know if it would embarrass the emperor, because if he stabbed it, there was a feeling that the emperor had to deal with it.

And Fei Hong's opinion can also be heard, so he asked.

Fei Hong said: "Today's matter, this official will truthfully state it in the recital to His Majesty." Even if the prefect Lin does not know, he has the responsibility of not being meticulous and too negligent, and as the prefect, he does not have the heart of being the king and the people. As for the specific conviction, the court has its own opinion. ”

"Yes, yes. Just listen to Fei Butang. ”

The two parties tacitly agreed to give the choice to the emperor. If the Son of Heaven thinks that Lin Ting is unforgivable, then they can't help it, the risk of covering up any detail of this case to this extent is very high, if the Son of Heaven feels that he is just being deceived by the officials below, then they also give the emperor room to choose.

That is, no matter how it is handled, the emperor has enough reasons to do so, and it is called smart when he does this.

(End of chapter)