Chapter 34: The Yamen of the Household Department is on Fire
"Bai Xue, escort Song Mingyuan to the Criminal Department."
The princess walked out quickly with the verification results, and said loudly: "Drive back to the palace!" ”
As soon as one problem arises, her purpose has been achieved.
If there is a problem in the household, Song Siyuan is the first responsibility.
Su Xuan had been following behind the princess's car, and his expression was extremely solemn.
These people were all found by Song Mingyuan, he must have colluded with these people, how could they find out the problem?
Could it be that Song Mingyuan would be stupid enough to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot?
Su Xuan always felt that the whole thing was wrong.
When things happen, there must be demons!
So, Su Xuan turned his head and went to the household again.
The account books in the lobby of the household department were not moved, so Su Xuan picked up the problematic account books and looked at them carefully.
500,000 taels of disaster relief silver is not a small amount!
No matter how stupid Song Siyuan is, it is impossible for him to transfer the 500,000 taels of silver to his pocket.
On the one hand, it is disaster relief, and on the other hand, it is to repair the palace. Both of these things are big deals.
If there is a gap of 350,000 taels of silver, it is normal, just fool around and pass.
But 500,000 taels of silver, how can it be deducted?
Su Xuan quickly sorted out the basic account books, listed the data one by one, and carefully checked them.
Later, he transferred the household registration in the disaster area and checked it carefully.
Last year, 80,000 people starved to death due to drought in the northwest!
At this time, Su Xuan discovered the problem.
The 500,000 taels of silver were indeed not used for disaster relief, nor were they privately swallowed by Song Mingyuan, but were really used to repair the palace!
How much silver was spent on repairing the palace last year, didn't the emperor count it in his heart?
The money for disaster relief did not reach the disaster area, and the disaster area was full of hunger, did it not be reported?
So these two things, the emperor is very clear in his heart!
In this way, the transfer of this disaster relief money for other purposes was tacitly approved by the emperor!
And it is no accident that the princess failed to find out other problems, but she did find out this problem! It must be a conspiracy of the Song family!
The princess is not checking the household, but the emperor!
As long as the princess makes the results of the verification public, doesn't that mean that the emperor used the disaster relief money to repair the palace for himself, disregarding the lives in the disaster area, and disregarding people's lives?
This will definitely provoke the emperor's monstrous wrath.
In this way, not only will the Song family not be punished, but the princess will be condemned by the emperor!
Song Siyuan, the old fox's scheme, is really insidious!
Su Xuan has been checking here for a long time, and now the princess may have been in the palace for a long time, and she wants to stop the princess to explain the reason, but obviously she has no time.
How can I keep the princess?
Su Xuan's brain began to run rapidly, and he must not let the treacherous plan of the Song family's father and son succeed!
After thinking about it, there is only one way.
At this time, Princess Wushuang had already come to the imperial study with the verification results.
"The son visits his father."
"Flatten. I heard from the officials of the household department that you should check your accounts day and night, and pay attention to rest. The Emperor said with concern.
"Thank you for your care. Father, son, and son thoroughly investigated overnight for eight days, and finally got the result, please ask your father to take a look. ”
The eunuch solemnly announced the verification results in the princess's hands and sent them to the desk.
The emperor put down the fold in his hand, picked it up and looked at it, and the green tendons on both sides of his forehead suddenly twitched.
"Is this the result of your investigation?" The Emperor asked.
"Exactly! Last year, there was a great drought in the northwest, and the household department moved the disaster relief silver to repair the palace, but in fact, the whereabouts are unknown, and it must have been swallowed by Song Siyuan privately! Father, this is 500,000 taels of disaster relief silver, and Song Siyuan must not be spared! The princess said aloud.
The emperor's expression was extremely gloomy, and the entire imperial study was like falling into an ice cellar.
"Bang~"
The emperor slapped the results of the verification on the desk and said angrily: "What nonsense! ”
"Last year, there was a great drought in the northwest, and I personally ordered disaster relief, but you said that the money was transferred to repair the palace? Why don't you say that I swallowed this money? ”
The Son of Heaven was angry, and the princess was like a mountain of ten thousand mountains.
"Father's anger!" Princess Musou knelt on the ground, and her body began to tremble.
The Emperor slowly got up and walked over to Princess Wushuang.
"I ordered you to go to the household department to check the accounts, but you found out about my head?" The emperor's voice was extremely intimidating.
"Father, the son and grandson dare not check their father if they die. The result of the verification is so, if this money is not used for disaster relief and the palace is not repaired, it must have gone into someone else's pocket! The princess said under great pressure.
"What if the money is used to renovate the palace?" The Emperor asked.
"It's disaster relief silver, so it should be disaster relief. If it is used to repair the palace, it is not the problem of the father, but the problem of the household! Father, son-in-law asked father to issue an edict to severely punish Song Siyuan! The princess fell to her knees and said in a deep voice.
"Anti-!!"
The emperor roared, and the imperial study seemed to be about to collapse.
As Su Xuan expected, no one dared to touch this money, and the emperor knew where it was used.
It was precisely because of his negligence that 80,000 people died of starvation in the disaster area, and no one dared to mention this matter, let alone investigate the details.
That's because everyone in the Manchu Dynasty knew that this matter could not be mentioned or investigated.
If you really want to get to the bottom of it at this time, the two Shangshu of the Ministry of Household and Industry will not escape their responsibility, involving hundreds of officials of all sizes, and the acquiescence of the emperor is the source of this matter.
Could it be that the Ninety-Five Emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty would admit his mistakes, wouldn't that be admitting to the whole world that he was mediocre?
No way!
It was a thing that couldn't surface, but Princess Wushuang found out about it.
Isn't this touching the emperor's scales?
Princess Wushuang didn't know about the situation in the disaster area last year, she only felt that it was not easy to find out a problem, and it was such a big problem, Song Siyuan must not be allowed to go unpunished.
"Father, the son of the emperor is dead, and I ask my father to severely punish Song Siyuan!"
The emperor trembled with rage, and his face was extremely ugly.
He has been driven to a dead end in this matter, and there is no way back.
"Xiao Jinghan is disobedient, stripped of his princess title, and sent him into the cold palace, without my will, you can't get out of the cold palace for half a step!"
Jin Xuan next to him was terrified, it was the first time he had seen the emperor move so much anger.
But he felt that the punishment of Princess Wushuang was too much.
After all, the princess has dozens of large and small military exploits, and she has just taken back Moon Lake not long ago, so it may not be appropriate to punish her like this.
"The emperor thinks twice, the princess ......"
"Do you dare to disobey me?"
"Damn it!"
When the emperor was about to ask the imperial guards to drag Princess Wushuang out, a little eunuch ran in in a panic and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, it's a big deal, it's a big deal...... The Yamen of the Household Department, on, on! The little eunuch was out of breath.
Jin Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground, quickly glared at the little eunuch and whispered, "What's wrong, tell me clearly!" ”
"The Yamen of the Household Department is on fire!"
"Swing, I'm going to leave the palace!"
The Emperor strode out of the Imperial Study.