Guan Xiaoda was stunned when he heard this, as if he didn't expect Wen Chen to admit it so happily, "Grandpa Wen is really a happy person!" ”

"Your Majesty, since Gong Wen has confessed his guilt, this minister thinks that this case should be transferred to the Three Law Divisions for handling, and the stolen money should be recovered as soon as possible!"

Guan Xiaoda turned around and bowed towards Emperor Jingren.

The little emperor looked at Wen Chen, who had a calm face, and sighed slightly, "Gong Wen, don't sell it, hurry up and explain the matter to the prime minister." ”

Wen Chen nodded slightly, "Yuan Qingshan's stolen silver, our family did take it, but we only took 100,000 taels to buy the mountain bandits near Lucheng and let them provide armed support, otherwise our family alone would not be able to deal with the thousands of Lucheng defenders under Yuan Qingshan!" ”

"What?!"

Guan Xiaoda turned his head violently, "Ridiculous, ridiculous!" Gong Wen used the silver of the imperial court to hire mountain bandits to fight the local defenders of my Dasheng, if this matter spreads, how will the people of the world think of Your Majesty?! ”

"What kind of system does the collusion between officials and bandits become?!"

Wen Chen waved his hand impatiently, "Don't talk to our family about those useless things, just say that this method is good or not." ”

"Nonsense! It's just a bunch of mountain bandits, it's their honor to be able to assist the court in handling the case, where did they have the courage to collect cash?! Guan Xiaoda bowed to Emperor Jingren:

"Your Majesty, I beg you to dispatch troops and horses to set off from Shangjing City immediately, go to Qingzhou to exterminate this gang of bandits, recover the stolen silver, and set up a positive dynasty!"

Wen Chen sneered, "Guan Xiang, is your brain funny?" Those mountain bandits are very powerful, if you want to transfer troops to suppress the bandits, at least more than 30,000 horses must be sent from Shangjing City, and these people will not spend money on food and drink travel expenses to and from Qingzhou, military wear and tear, and casualties? For the sake of a mere 100,000 taels of silver, is it too unworthy for the prime minister to exterminate the heroes who have contributed to my great prosperity at such a cost? ”

"Humph!" Guan Xiaoda said with a serious face, "It's just money, how can my Dasheng's face be important?!" ”

"What's more, these mountain bandits will only agree to Gonggong Wen to help arrest Yuan Qingshan because of the 100,000 taels of silver, how can they say that they are heroes?!"

Yoh? What a mess!

Wen Chen hooked the corners of his mouth, hugged his fist towards the little emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen listens to the meaning of Guan Xiang, as long as the people who take the silver to do things for the court are impure-hearted, Weichen thinks that the Guan Xiang should call on the ministers of the court to voluntarily give up their monthly income and pay selflessly, so as to reflect their loyal and patriotic hearts, otherwise they have other plans, no different from those mountain bandits!" ”

When Guan Xiaoda heard this, his face suddenly changed.

"Gong Wen wants to talk nonsense, this is not what he meant!"

"What does that mean? People do things for you, and you are not allowed to get paid, is it difficult to achieve it because you are a mountain bandit, you have to work hard and complain for love? "Wen Chen Deli is not forgiving.

"You're ......!"

"That's it!" The little emperor just wanted to laugh when he heard it, Wen Chen's mouth can really turn black into white, and even Guan Xiaoda, who speaks sharply in the court on weekdays, is not his opponent.

If ordinary people look at this matter, it must be that the mountain bandits took advantage of the fire to rob and extort the court, but in Wen Chen's mouth, these mountain bandits have become a vulnerable group who have been wronged, which is incredible......

"Whether it is an official or a bandit, they are all my people, since they have a heart of repentance and help me get rid of the great harm in Qingzhou, I naturally can't fall into the well and turn my face and deny people."

"Guan Xiang, these silver flowers are spent, and I think it is worth it for a victory with 100,000 taels of silver, and you don't have to worry about it."

As soon as these words came out, Guan Xiaoda was also quite helpless, knowing that His Majesty was towards Wen Chen, but he had already fallen into the trap of the eunuch.

Otherwise, let him take the lead in calling on the ministers to give up Yulu, those old things who look at only promises on weekdays must dig up his ancestral grave!

"Then listen to Your Majesty's ......"

"But the stolen silver involved in Yuan Qingshan's case is more than 100,000 taels, and in addition to the silver that Gonggong Wen took away, there are also 3 million taels of silver that have not been handed over to the national treasury, how should Gonggong Wen explain this?!"

It's all about money.

Three million taels of silver, that's one-third of the annual expenses of the imperial court, you Wen Chen don't explain this matter, you have to move your head!

The little emperor also looked at Wen Chen at this time.

"On the way." Wen Chen spread his hands casually.

"What?"

"Our family is saying that most of the stolen silver seized from Yuan Qingshan is on the way back to Shangjing!"

"Nonsense!" Guan Xiaoda frowned and said, "The people and horses sent by Eldest Sun Tianlu to escort the prisoners in Qingzhou have already arrived in Shangjing City, who is still on the way?!" ”

"Silver!" Wen Chen smiled, "Prime Minister Guan wouldn't think that Yuan Qingshan would pile up a mountain of ink-greedy silver for our family to pull, right?" ”

"The account that Han Rishan brought back from Qingzhou is right, but Yuan Qingshan has already converted most of the embezzlement income into real estate, fields, antiques and other property, these things can't be moved back to our family, we need to find someone to convert them into silver taels and then hand them over to the national treasury, so naturally we have to wait for a while!"

"Huh?"

The angry expression on Guan Xiaoda's face gradually converged, and he looked at Wen Chen with some suspicion, "Is Grandpa Wen saying that the remaining three million taels of silver are not missing, but are being converted?" ”

Wen Chen nodded, "That's true." ”

"Then when Han Rishan came back a few days ago, why didn't he explain the truth to His Majesty?"

Why do you say?

Because it's all made up by Lao Tzu!

Wen Chen pretended to sigh helplessly, "Yuan Qingshan's case involves a lot of stolen goods, if you let others know that the imperial court needs to discount the stolen goods as soon as possible, it is inevitable that someone will deliberately lower the price, resulting in damage to the interests of the imperial court, so in order to prevent leakage, our family did not inform others of this matter, and prepared to return to Shangjing City, and then pass the matter through Your Majesty, but I didn't expect that before I entered the city, I was surrounded and intercepted by the minister!" ”

Guan Xiaoda's mouth opened slightly, and he hung up a question mark face.

"Who can prove that Grandpa Wen is telling the truth?"

Wen Chen smiled slightly, "The Xue family's business name, Xue Ding's father and daughter, our family handed over the matter of handling Yuan Qingshan's stolen goods to them in order to make them guilty and make meritorious contributions. ”

Hiss –

Listening to Wen Chen's words, his expression was genuine, and Guan Xiaoda couldn't help but doubt his previous judgment.

Is it really the old man's clumsiness?

Because Xue Ding's father and daughter made meritorious contributions in the case of Yuan Qingshan, and subsequently returned all the imperial court relief grain purchased from Yuan Qingshan to the Qingzhou grain depot, Emperor Jingren only punished them with some silver taels and pardoned most of their crimes.

In the past few days that Xue Ding's father and daughter were escorted to Shangjing City, there were few arraignments, after all, everything that should be said had already been explained to the eldest grandson Tianlu, and they were in the holy pardon list, so Guan Xiaoda did not embarrass the father and daughter too much.

"Your Majesty, Rong Laochen will go to the Criminal Department first, and I will interrogate Xue Ding's father and daughter tonight to clarify the matter!"

Guan Xiaoda bowed towards Emperor Jingren.

"Go ahead, ask clear." The little emperor said lightly.

"Just in case, Gonggong Wen should also go with the old minister!"

"We're not going!" Wen Chen glanced at him, "Our family has been on the road for more than ten days, and our body is sore, but we don't have the energy to toss with each other!" ”

Guan Xiaoda still wanted to fight for it, but was interrupted by Emperor Jingren raising his hand, "Guan Xiang rest assured, Wen Chen Youzhen looked at him, there will be no accidents, besides, in the past two months, the Queen Mother's condition has improved, I just want Gonggong Wen to see if he should reduce the medication as appropriate, he will not be so easy to find someone in the palace!" ”