Chapter 687 The cat cries the mouse
Yang Zhiji's death has a lot of impact.
After all, this person has never come down since the founding of the country, and he has always been entrusted with important tasks, and he has a reputation as a good man in the clan, and he has a wide range of contacts.
At the first court meeting after the Chinese New Year, Yang Ming wept in the court, kept regretting and lamenting, and put aside the cat crying mouse.
His current acting skills are perfect, and he can cry when he says he cries, and he has grasped the words of hypocrisy and hypocrisy.
"In the Guangtong Cang case, a criminal confessed that King Cai was the leader, and the queen just ordered someone to invite him into the palace to make a statement, but he committed suicide, why bother? Why bother? Yang Ming sighed for a while.
He has to do it for others to see, showing that he has the heart to let Yang Zhiji go, but Yang Zhiji himself can't figure it out.
Pei Ju also helped: "If you make a mistake, it's good to explain it clearly, discuss your relatives and nobles, and King Cai won't be like this, are you persecuting him?" ”
The pressure instantly gave Xiao Jun and Wei Yunqi, Li Mi was fine, Li Mi was acting in secret.
Xiao Jun hurriedly said: "No, no, so many people are watching?" How dare the minister persecute King Cai? ”
Wei Yunqi also said: "We just sent an order to let King Cai take the prince into the palace to tell the details, he said let us wait outside the door for a while, but we heard crying inside, and when we went in, we saw that people were no longer good." ”
"I didn't ask any questions, why did I kill myself? It's weird," Yang Xuan sighed.
Wei Zhen of Menxia Province said: "It's not surprising, in the past ten years of Guangtong Cang, the loss of national grain reserves has been as high as 20 million stones, and King Qi has 6 million, followed by King Cai's 5 million, such a large amount, how can he explain to the queen and the prince?" ”
Yang Hao was terrified when he heard it below, knowing that this account was all counted on the heads of the two dead people, but in fact, the two of them were not so greedy at all, because the real boss of Guangtong Cang was Yang Guang.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs knows better than anyone else, and Chu Liang has also found out, but no one dares to say that Chu Liang doesn't even have the courage to sue Yang Hao, he dares to involve Yang Guang?
The emperor himself used the treasury to fill the treasury of the Inner Mansion, which was as high as more than 6 million stones, and the others were all drizzling, but there were too many people to do, so he could only pick two guilty ones to quell the incident.
Great Sui law, the emperor is also not able to move the treasury, the treasury is the state, it is uniformly allocated to the whole country, Yang Guang wants to spend money also has to go through due process, such as repairing Jinyang Palace back then.
If Yang Guang does not have a legitimate excuse to spend money, then he can only take the improper way to move the treasury.
This is not new, there have been more emperors who have spent the treasury in history, which is called treating the treasury as private property.
Then the final result of this case is that Guangtong Cang lost a total of 20 million stone of official food, and Yang Jian and Yang Zhiji, plus Yang Daoming and a number of officials in charge, took the blame.
According to the current actual number of grain stocks, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has rebuilt the reserve file.
"Alas, he's a person, he's been scared and cautious all his life, and he actually did such a ridiculous thing, corrupting national wealth, he shouldn't be foolish if he left without saying a word," Queen Xiao also acted: "This palace doesn't want to do anything to him?" It's okay now, it's like everyone thinks that this palace is going to embarrass him. ”
"No, no," Yang Xiu hurriedly said: "He just can't think about it, and he is also weak-hearted, after all, the amount of greedy ink is too big, and now he commits suicide to apologize, which can be regarded as self-inflicted, if you want me to see, he deserves it." ”
Now Empress Xiao and Yang Xiu must stand up to be this wicked person and whitewash Yang Ming, which is conducive to stabilizing the clan.
After all, the clan is the basic plate of imperial power, and except for the great crime of disobedience, the others will generally be let go.
Yang Lun also hurriedly said: "King Cai's matter has also given us a blow to the head, and in the future, whoever in the clan will dare to know the law and break the law, King Cai is the best example." ”
"Yang Hao!" Yang Ming raised his sleeves to wipe the few tears left on his face, and after wiping them away, he scolded angrily downward.
Yang Hao hurriedly stood up: "The minister is here." ”
"You didn't report it, so that things have developed to this point, and you can't avoid it," Yang Ming snorted coldly.
Yang Hao is also very whitewashed now, it is a crime of cover-up, corruption has nothing to do with him, after all, people spend money to avoid disasters.
"The minister's fault, I am willing to deal with it by the prince," Yang Hao bowed his head and said.
The bigwigs such as Yu Zhongwen and others here all know what is going on, although they don't know the details, they can guess a rough idea, after all, who doesn't have a hypocritical face in this court?
Next, a group of people pleaded with Yang Hao, which means that he is also thinking about the friendship of the clan, so he sees what Yang Zhiji and others are doing without asking, although there is a suspicion of dereliction of duty, but at most he can be fined.
Yang Ming also borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and was fined for three years.
In the end, Yang Zhiji was given a nickname: Jing, chasing a vain Situ, this matter is over.
Yang Ming was actually very lucky, he was still worried about how to clean up the other party in the end, and he committed suicide?
Really decent.
In this way, Yang Zhiji's descendants should not think about going up, but they will be safe and secure for the rest of their lives, and they will not run.
Sacrificing oneself to save one's family is always the best choice.
Then there is another problem, on the surface, Yang Zhiji is dead, but his family has to pay off the debt of five million stones.
The wife has long since passed away, and the concubine has no rights, so the current manager of King Cai's mansion is Xiao Caiwang Yang Ji's mother Li.
Two pillars of the family died, and a huge amount of arrears were back, how can I pay it back?
can't pay it back, after all, Yang Zhiji is not so greedy, and the greed has already been spent.
So Li took Yang Ji into the palace to cry.
She is completely unclear about the change in Ziwei Palace, such a big thing is generally not known to women, after all, women's mouths don't open the door, and it is too bad if it leaks out.
In ancient times, this was the case, a woman was in charge of the house, and she would not be allowed to get involved in outside affairs.
Yang Daoxuan, the daughter-in-law, didn't know how much money her husband and father-in-law were greedy for, and she was not in charge of the treasury.
Empress Xiao is also in trouble, this number is too big, even if she copied all of Yang Zhiji's properties, she can't make it up, and it is unrealistic to expect orphans and widows to repay this debt.
"You can't live by yourself, you have lived a comfortable life over the years, you are drunk with money, you have good clothes and food, and in the end you spend all the money from the treasury," Queen Xiao said: "Now that there is such a big hole, the Ministry of Civil Affairs is staring at you to repay the money, and I can't protect you." ”
Li kept crying: "God can see mercy, there is really no money in the inner treasury of the house, all the properties are sold, according to the current market price, you can make up more than one million, and there is no more stone." ”
One million stone of grain and one million yuan of money, these are two concepts, today's grain prices have been forcibly suppressed, the price is cheap, five hundred yuan, but you often can't buy grain.
The imperial court is controlling prices, but the grain is limited, in addition to the government-run grain stores, the private grain stores have no grain to sell at both ends for three days, so they still sell secretly at high prices behind their backs.
However, the government-run grain stores are restricted from being sold, and it is not that you can buy as much as you want, because the supply must be guaranteed, so there is a standard for the amount of purchase per household.
Yang Zhiji owes grain, so he has to pay back the grain, and his money has to be bought into grain to compensate the imperial court, and in the current situation, you can't buy it.
It's not that Queen Xiao doesn't know, but the case has been closed, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs is waiting to collect the grain and put it into storage.
"I can't help you with this, don't you still have 7,000 households? This palace can find the Ministry of Civil Affairs to help you delay, and you can use the grain collected every year in the food town to pay it back," Empress Xiao said.
Li suddenly collapsed: "There is no food, the house is up and down, there is no income, and there will be no way to live this day in the future, the queen is considerate of our orphans and widows, so she will help us talk to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and reduce some of it." ”
Xiao Yu on the side frowned and said: "The Ministry of Civil Affairs has already entered the account, if you can't raise this food, you won't be able to draw this account, state affairs are not child's play, the queen helps you delay the repayment deadline, it's already a grace, don't be dissatisfied." ”
Li Shi didn't agree, he still made a strong joke, this trick is a woman's trick, this trick is timed, sometimes it is useful, sometimes it is useless, it depends on who uses it.
Empress Xiao is soft-hearted, looking at the Li family, they are indeed pitiful, the palace of Nuoda has to feed a lot of people, and there is no income, so it is really impossible to survive.
"Let the prince come over," Empress Xiao had already taken pity on her, and planned to help the Li family talk in front of Yang Ming.
Does Yang Ming care about this account? I don't care, after all, Yang Zhiji is actually greedy for about 1.5 million, and it costs money to put it up and down, and there are not many that really fit it into his pocket.
The big head has long been lost by Yang Guanghua.
"Count as much as you can, after all, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty are watching it, and I don't want to show favoritism, and now that the country is short of food, King Cai just hit this juncture," Yang Ming frowned and said: "You said that it is not good for him to take any money, he has to take the treasury." ”
"The concubine doesn't know either, the family's money has never been in my hands, the prince should save our mother," Li wiped his tears and cried.
Yang Ming knew very well that the woman in front of him definitely didn't know the family's accounts, because every family was like this, and it was Yang Zhiji who was in charge, and when the family was alive, how could he let his daughter-in-law take care of the money, and it was impossible for his son.
Did Li Yuan let Li Jiancheng manage the money? No.
When I die, it's all yours, but while I'm alive, it's all mine.
The same is true for Yang Ming, the crown prince, who has no money, and his main income comes from the sharing of tribute, the emperor's reward, and the filial piety of his subordinates.
He has not opened two large internal warehouses until now, that is, the left and right treasures, which are the money of Yang Guang, Yang Guang is not dead, and the Taifu Temple, which is in charge of the key, will not open this warehouse for him.
"Okay, okay, don't cry," Yang Ming said: "The matter has come to this, I can't let you have no way to live, make up a million stones, and I'll tell the Ministry of Civil Affairs about the rest, no matter who asks in the future, you have to say it's over, is it clear?" ”
"It's clear," Li quickly wiped away his tears and said, "Thank you to the prince for leaving a way for us to live." ”
In the future, others will ask her, has the money been returned? She said that she was done, which was actually equivalent to confirming that their family owed 5 million to the treasury.
Li was stunned and fell into the trap again.
Yang Zhiji's pot is sturdy. (End of chapter)