Chapter Seventy-Six: His Royal Highness the Prince, I want to live
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all knelt on the ground.
Only Chen Changfeng and Yao Xiaoren stood there, looking a little out of place.
"Your Majesty, corruption is a big deal, Your Majesty is not the time to be angry, you should still think about how to solve this matter......"
"Solve what?"
"I can't wait to kill all these bastards now, and then I peeled them off, filled them with straw, and hung them at the gates of the yamen everywhere." The Emperor was furious.
At first, the emperor thought that Chen Changfeng would not be able to find out the situation of the account book of the household department.
Unexpectedly, now I dare not accept the truth of corruption.
Shocking!
Yao Xiaoren didn't speak, he knew that what the emperor said was all angry words.
There are so many people's names on the ledger, if they really want to kill them all, just these civil and military officials, at least two-thirds less.
At that time, the Ming court will be paralyzed in an instant.
The Emperor will take this into account.
Baiguan knelt on the ground at this moment, and many people felt a chill down their spines.
It's only been five days since they found out how much money they embezzled?
Can you even tell the day?
The emperor wouldn't really want to cut all of his own people, would he?
The ministers were uneasy in their hearts, and they didn't dare to open their mouths to beg for mercy, so they knelt on the ground at this moment, and they didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
The emperor looked at the ledger in his hand and clenched his fists again.
To be honest, he can tolerate some people being corrupt, but he is definitely not so vicious.
even gnawed at the foundation of his Ming Dynasty.
"Prince, you have checked the account, do you think, how should this matter be handled?"
"I want to kill them all!" The emperor's voice suddenly sounded.
"Your Majesty spares your life!"
"Your Majesty spares your life, and the ministers will never dare again!"
Immediately, there was a cry for mercy among the hundred officials.
The emperor stared at Chen Changfeng with his eyes, he wanted to know what kind of decision Chen Changfeng would make in the face of such a situation.
The rest of the officials kneeling on the ground turned their eyes to Chen Changfeng at this moment.
It is very likely that Chen Changfeng's current words can determine the life and death of many of them.
The second prince's face was tense, and he didn't know if there was his name on the account book.
If there is, Chen Changfeng will definitely not let himself go.
Chen Changfeng glanced at the civil and military ministers who were kneeling on the ground, and then his eyes fell on the second prince again, with a playful smile on his face.
Chen Changfeng: What does this smile mean?
The second prince trembled, and a cold sweat broke out instantly.
"Father, the sons feel that it is normal to be corrupt, if they see boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, the sons will also be itching in their hearts......"
"What do you mean?" The Emperor frowned.
"Father, corruption is normal, but they are too greedy, and the sons believe that the most important thing is not to dispose of them, but to get their corrupt money back first."
"Corrupt officials, big and small, this prince is asking you now, do you want to continue to be an official for your life, or are you going to be beheaded by your father?" Chen Changfeng's eyes fell on the kneeling officials.
Do you still need to think about it?
Who doesn't want to live and continue to be an official.
Raiding the family and asking, isn't that a bubble in the brain?
"Father, they don't speak, it looks like they are all ready to be beheaded by the raid ......"
"His Royal Highness the Prince, I want to live!" Chen Changfeng's words startled everyone.
That's not!
They didn't speak, of course they wanted to live, why were they ready to be beheaded by the raiders?
"Since you want to live, it's easy to do, you can go back now, and send all the silver taels you have been corrupt all these years to the square outside the Taiji Hall before sunrise tomorrow."
"Don't worry, no one will stop you, the silver has been delivered, and this matter will end here."
"What does Father think?" After Chen Changfeng finished speaking, he looked at the emperor.
The Emperor nodded inwardly.
Of course, he can't really kill all the corrupt officials.
Otherwise, wouldn't his court be in chaos in an instant?
Chen Changfeng's method can not only give himself a reason to save the lives of these people, but also let them spit out the corrupt silver.
Naturally, it's a double win.
The excitement in the hearts of the hundred officials.
This is really a tiger's mouth.
Rather than throwing their lives here, they certainly want to exchange money for their lives.
The only thing that scared them was how much they had been corrupted in the ledger.
If you send less, you will be found by then, and it is estimated that you will have to plant it.
That's it, you can send as much as you can, and if you leave enough for daily expenses, send it all.
The officials thought to themselves.
"Just do as the prince wants." The Emperor nodded, this was what he could accept.
The officials breathed a long sigh of relief in their hearts, and secretly said that their fate had been saved.
"Father, wait a minute, the matter is not finished yet." The emperor is ready to retire from the court, and the hundred officials are also ready to go home to pay for it, Chen Changfeng's words once again made them worry about it.
"What's the matter?" The emperor glanced at Chen Changfeng.
Baiguan also looked at Chen Changfeng, with a thick fear on his face.
They were afraid that Chen Changfeng would come up with some poisonous trick to get them now.
"Father, didn't the head of the household department insist that all the account books of the household department are normal, and all the money and property in the household department are based on evidence?"
"But as far as the retainers know, the head of the household will always take thirty percent of the money from the outflow as his own hard work."
"Erchen thinks that the head of the household is in a high position, and he is so full of private pockets, not to kill the people, not to kill the anger of the people, not to kill not to deter the officials."
"The son asked his father to order the execution of the ...... of the head of the household."
"Father can't, Hubu Shangshu is a veteran of the three dynasties, and he works hard for my Daming Society, even if he makes some mistakes, it is worth the merits."
"Besides, everyone else can put it, why can't the Hubu Shangshu, isn't this a difference between words and deeds?" As soon as the second prince heard that Chen Changfeng wanted the emperor to execute the Hubu Shangshu, his heart immediately became anxious.
The household department is in charge of the money and grain of the Ming Empire.
The key is that this household secretary is the person of his second prince.
If he is killed by the emperor now, his second prince will lose the help of the household department.
This is absolutely not a no-go!
"Second brother, in fact, I don't just want to kill the head of the household, the second brother's name is ...... in the account book."
"Enough, pass on my will, and the head of the household department will be guarded and stolen, causing me to become corrupt and unforgivable, and the crime is unforgivable, so I will immediately push him down and behead him." The emperor suddenly interrupted Chen Changfeng's words.
The second prince's face turned white with fright.
Sure enough, his own affairs were also investigated.
He really ......
The second prince was trembling all over.
I thought that today was a good show to watch Chen Changfeng being cleaned up, but I didn't expect it to almost become my own memorial service.
Gotta kill him!
Be sure to let the Seven Kills kill him!
The second prince lowered his head and swore in his heart.
Tobe Shangshu had already been frightened and fainted, but he didn't have to hear his plea for mercy.
The emperor was in no mood at all at the moment, threw the account book back to Chen Changfeng, explained a sentence to let Chen Changfeng dispose of the account book by himself, turned around and left.
The officials looked at the account book in Chen Changfeng's hand, and their faces were shocked.
Thinking that Chen Changfeng took this account book, wouldn't he be able to threaten them at any time in the future.
"Prince, this ledger ......"
"Ladies and gentlemen, today's matter, this prince is also on order, and this prince doesn't want to get along with you."
"But since this matter has been resolved, then this is the end of it, and this account book, this prince will not keep it."
"Please don't do this again in the future."
"So be it." Chen Changfeng said, and threw the account book into the small brazier on the side.
The flames instantly engulfed the ledger, and a complicated look appeared on the faces of the hundred officials.