It took Zheng Shiyuan a little longer, and after Mao Xiang came to converge, he grasped the general context of the incident.

Liu Qian, as the squire of the Ministry of War, is the mastermind, using the power in his hands, and the scope of his responsibility is in the Ministry of War, with the Driving Department as the main body, mainly profiting from the war horses in charge of the Driving Department, and there are many other illegal acts, but there are not as many benefits as obtained from the Driving Department.

The director of the driving department of the military department was also the main culprit, either for coercion or for inducement, under the guidance of Liu Qian, he exchanged the inferior for the good from the driving department, and also sought a lot of benefits from it.

In the case of someone reporting it, the secretary of the military department died down because of Liu Qian's generous gifts, neglected management, was suspected of dereliction of duty, and was also suspected of taking bribes, but these were for Lao Zhu to decide.

And the entire military department, in addition to the personnel directly related to the inverted war horse, there are also a large number of personnel in the list of Liu Qian's gifts, more or less, like the military department Shangshu, either knowing or not knowing, and turning a blind eye to this matter.

It can be said that the entire Ministry of Industry has been bribed by Liu Qian directly or indirectly.

The scope of involvement made Zheng Shiyuan and Mao Xiang dare not slack off, and hurriedly sealed Liu Qian's mansion and arrested the relevant personnel directly involved.

Among them, there are also relevant people who have been testified by the Liufu government.

After that, the two hurried to the palace with the prisoners and evidence, and rushed back to the court at noon.

In the morning court, Wenwu was already hungry and dizzy.

I got up early, ate less, and spent a long time, and I couldn't bear it anymore after standing all morning.

But Lao Zhu didn't mean to disperse at all, he thought that he had survived the report, and Lao Zhu could let everyone get off work.

As a result, with the passage of time, more and more details in Zheng Shiyuan and Mao Xiang's handling of the case appeared in front of Lao Zhu, and Lao Zhu's expression also changed.

From a serious expression to a frosty face.

Until now, even if there is no report to work, there is no business that needs to be dealt with, and no one dares to mention the matter of leaving work.

I don't know what time it was, Zheng Shiyuan and Mao Xiang finally arrived at the court and saluted Lao Zhu.

"Your Majesty, the officials directly involved in this case have all been arrested and brought to justice, and there are many people who have been given a lot of money by Liu Shilang and others in various red and white matters, and this is obviously higher than the property of normal human exchanges, which is extremely unusual, so it still needs to be decided by Your Majesty."

Lao Zhu asked in a deep voice.

"Who are they? How many were sent? Can it be returned? You can tell us all of this, and let everyone listen to it, and see if it's reasonable?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Since Lao Zhu asked about this first, Zheng Shiyuan also told Lao Zhu the list of gifts first.

"On the eighth day of the second month of the fifth year, the secretary of the military department accepted a concubine and gave a gift of 500 yuan, and the secretary of the military department gladly accepted it."

"In August of the fourth year, the left attendant of the military department was happy to have the eldest grandson, and the right attendant Liu Qian congratulated him and gave him a gift of 100 yuan, and the second son of the right attendant Lang's family married and returned to 50 yuan."

"The same is true for the other three directors, who gave dozens of gifts, but they were all gifts given in five years, and there was no happy event in the waiter's family, so they were not returned."

After Zheng Shiyuan finished speaking, Lao Zhu's gaze looked directly at the military department Shangshu, his gaze at the moment was as calm as water, but it was more terrifying than the frosty expression on his face.

"Our military department secretary, did you hear that? 500 yuan of gift money! What a big deal, is there anything you'd like to tell us?"

The secretary of the military department was already confused by the news announced by Zheng Shiyuan, and he was uneasy, but now he was asked by Lao Zhu directly, but the secretary of the military department pounced, knelt down, and defended to Lao Zhu.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged! The minister did not know about Liu Qian's use of power for personal gain, and the amount of gift money sent was huge, and the minister did not want to accept it, but the family was strapped for money, so the minister wanted to collect the money first, and when the family was better in the future, he would take the money with him."

"But I didn't expect that the right attendant Liu Qian would be bold enough to commit such an illegal thing, if the minister had known that this was the case, he would not have dared to collect the gift money, and please let Your Majesty know it."

Gift-giving in officialdom

It's an unspoken rule, although the words of the Ministry of War Shangshu can't stand scrutiny, but if you can return the gift money, it will not be the slightest difference, at most it can be regarded as a human relationship.

Now it's just a little bigger, and there are no happy events in Liu Qian's family to return the gift money, so this defense is reasonable.

But Zheng Shiyuan didn't give the military department a chance, but threw out another thing.

"What Lord Shangshu said may be true, Xiaguan has a doubt here, and he still needs Lord Shangshu to give an answer."

"According to the people in Liu's mansion, before giving the gift, someone had reported Liu Qian's illegal affairs, and Lord Shangshu also thought about investigating the matter thoroughly."

"It's just that it coincided with the happy event of Lord Shangshu, so Liu Qian gave him a gift money, and then Lord Shangshu died down and never mentioned the matter of inquiry again."

"And the person who reported it has since been reduced to a marginal figure in the military department, but why?"

As long as things have been done, there are traces to follow, and the question thrown by Zheng Shiyuan directly shows the causal relationship, so that the behavior of receiving a large amount of gift money has another view.

The military department is still in a cold sweat, if it is not clear to explain, then what he said just now is nonsense, and it also indirectly proves that these gifts are suspected of accepting bribes.

In a hurry, the military department Shangshu didn't know how to defend for a while, but if he could do this position, he still had the ability to open his eyes and tell nonsense.

"Your Majesty, since the minister became an official, he is innocent, and his life is tight for all to see."

"The house doesn't say that it is poor and white, but it is almost the same, and the act of receiving gift money is also an expedient measure, and it is by no means the original intention of the minister."

"As for what Zheng Yushi said, the minister really doesn't know about the report, and please ask Your Majesty to learn about it!"

The words are sincere, the feelings are sincere, and everyone feels the same way.

It is certainly no problem for Lao Zhu to provide food and clothing for everyone, but it is impossible to live a high-quality life.

The military department is still a concubine, then there is one more person, and the cost is quite large, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an expedient measure.

pushing oneself and others, everyone still wants to say two words for them.

However, Zheng Shiyuan immediately threw out the evidence.

"Lord Shangshu, is this really the case? When Xia Guan was outside the palace, he had already found this person, and he was also brought over by Xia Guan."

"It just so happened that the subordinate officer found this report in the military headquarters, and it was found in your administrative office."

"Both of these can be used as supporting evidence, I don't know if adults dare to confront them face to face."

Now, there is only one way left for the military department to be hard-mouthed, and he said immediately.

"This official is innocent, why don't you dare?"