Chapter 846: The Three-Day Covenant The Night Trial
Jiang Yihuai's return to Beijing touched the interests of many people, but at the same time it attracted the attention of many people, after the news of Jiang Yihuai's assassination was transmitted back to Jiuli City, the originally calm Jiuli City suddenly undercurrent, the atmosphere in the city became strange for a while, and even ordinary people felt this stormy atmosphere, unless it was necessary, they all chose to reduce going out, and there were not many people on the street in the daytime, even if they went to the street, they were in a hurry, and under this atmosphere, Jiang Yihuai and Xuan Xuan and his party finally returned to Jiuli City。
"It seems that these days, Jiuli City is not very peaceful!" Xuan Xuan looked at the sparse pedestrians and said, when he set off, Jiuli City was still a prosperous scene, and now it has become this kind of scene in just two or three days, this huge contrast can't help but make Xuan Xuan sigh in his heart, this is really 'immortals fight, mortals suffer', the power struggle between the big people has not yet begun, the lives of ordinary people have been greatly affected, if the competition starts, it may not become what it will become!
"Don't worry, at most three ri, Jiuli City will be restored to its original state!" Jiang Yihuai said indifferently, as if he had expected the scene in front of him, in fact, it was exactly the same, on the night when Jiang Yihuai was assassinated, and it was also the night when Jiang Yihuai decided to return to Beijing, he had already made all kinds of assumptions about the possible situation, and the kind in front of him was also in his imagination, so Jiang Yihuai was not so surprised.
"Sanri?so sure?" Xuan Xuan asked with a smile, Jiang Yihuai nodded, Xuan Xuan could see that Jiang Yihuai was not bragging, but because he had enough confidence to solve the chaos in Jiuli City within three ri, so that Yi Qiqi would return to a calm state, although Jiang Yihuai had left the position of emperor for twenty years, but at this time, Xuan Xuan was full of confidence in Jiang Yihuai for some reason, he smiled lightly: "Since that's the case, I'll wait and see!"
Jiang Yihuai didn't do anything after returning to Jiuli City, just flipped through the official information of the current Great Xia Dynasty in his room, as the so-called 'knowing oneself and knowing the other is invincible', the easiest way to eliminate the enemy is to understand the enemy first, after a day of flipping through Jiang Yihuai narrowed the number of officials in the officialdom who may be involved in this corruption case to less than five, and he listed a list of more than 20 suspects, and the four of them were impressively listed!
The second morning, Jiang Yihuai asked Xuan Xuan to go to the treasury together, when they came to the gate of the treasury, the temporary news of the husband also happened to rush here, Jiang Yihuai saw the arrival of the husband and his heart moved, he said quietly: "Lord Chef's news is really well-informed, I haven't sent someone to invite it, you just came by yourself, you won't ...... Keep an eye on my whereabouts!"
"How is it possible, the emperor said with a smile, I just routinely counted the treasury money, and I happened to meet the emperor and the great master here. Shen Fu hurriedly explained, don't look at what he said as if it was like that, but Xuan Xuan and Jiang Yihuai didn't believe it in their hearts, but instead thought that this was a thief, but at this time they didn't have any evidence, so they could only assume that what he said was true, so Jiang Yihuai smiled lightly: "In this case, Lord Yan Fu opened the door!"
"Please wait a moment for the emperor and the great master, and I will open the door. As he spoke, he took out a bronze key and ran to open the door of the treasury, and at the moment he turned around, a smile appeared on his face, and he opened the door of the treasury at an agile speed that was very different from his extremely plump body, but he was shocked to see the mysterious side of the situation in the treasury, but Jiang Yihuai still maintained that indifferent look, as if everything he expected.
The treasury that should have been empty placed a lot of large boxes at this time, one of which was not closed, Xuan Xuan and Jiang Yihuai could see the shell coins (Xia Dynasty coins) placed inside at a glance, after carefully estimating the number of shell coins that these big boxes could store, Xuan Xuan couldn't help but be secretly shocked in his heart, at this time Xuan Fantasy also had an understanding of the price of the dynasty, although the money in the treasury is not very much, but it is equivalent to half a year's tax payment by the dynasty, could it be that their information is wrong, and no one steals the treasury money?
“...... Let's go. Jiang Yihuai looked at it for a while and then said to Xuan Huan, and then he turned around and left the treasury without looking back, Xuan Xuan saw this and hurriedly followed, after seeing the two leaving, Xuan Fu looked at the money in the treasury and couldn't help laughing, but he didn't know that Xuan Xuan, who had not gone very far, sneered at the corner of his mouth at this time, not that Xuan Xuan heard Xuan Fu's laughter, but because Xuan Xuan understood why Jiang Yihuai left suddenly, the reason was that the amount of money in the treasury was above.
It's not that the amount of money in the treasury is too small, but because there are too many, the Great Xia Dynasty is the first dynasty of the human race, although the human race at this time has the concept of money, out of the level of barter, but because the output of gold, silver, and copper is generally not high at this time, so the shell coin is mainly used after processing, and the dynasty will not only collect shell coins when collecting taxes, but also collect grain of the same value. Cloth and other things, so it stands to reason that there should not only be boxes of shell coins in the treasury, but also piles of grain and cloth, but at this time they saw that there was nothing in the treasury except shell coins, which is only one explanation, the treasury was empty before, and those shell coins were sent into the treasury in a hurry!
I don't know if it was the negligence of the other party in a hurry or some other reason, all in all, it caused the situation that there were only shell coins in the treasury, if it was replaced by other more careless officials to check, it was very likely to be deceived after seeing a large number of shell coins in the treasury, but it was the cautious Xuan Xuan and Jiang Yihuai who came to check, Jiang Yihuai, who has rich experience in government affairs, saw the flaws on the spot, and Xuan Xuan also saw the problem after a little thought, but neither of them showed it, so that the man thought that both of them were deceived by him, and laughed there。
Xuan Xuan also understands why Jiang Yihuai did not expose this illusion on the spot, if Xuan Xuan did not guess wrong, Jiang Yihuai is planning to show weakness to the enemy, so that the other party thinks that the two of them have been fooled by them, so as to make the other party take it lightly and expose the flaw, the number of shell coins in this treasury is more than the two expected, this huge amount of money is definitely not something that ordinary people can have, not to mention that it has only taken a few years since the emperor decided to invite Jiang Yihuai to return to Beijing, and such a huge amount of money can be raised and transported into the treasury within a few ri, it seems that there are other forces behind the help of the people, before figuring out the true face of this force, Jiang Yihuai does not intend to expose the truth of the corruption of the emperor。
That night, Xuan Xuan and Jiang Yihuai entered the palace to meet the emperor, the three of them discussed in the palace for about half an hour, and then the emperor ordered someone to invite the general Dingyuan who was ready to return to the Central Plains Army, and the four of them discussed the time for an hour, about one hour in the night, Dingyuan left the palace first, he did not return to the mansion, but went to the city guard of Jiuli City, and then Xuan Xuan also quietly left the palace, about half an hour later, Xuan Xuan returned to the palace, bringing a news that was not surprising, and then the emperor suddenly convened the ministers at night!
The emperor beckoned the ministers to obey even if they were dissatisfied, so the sleepy-eyed and resentful ministers reluctantly put on their official uniforms and guarded the palace Escort' to the palace to discuss, when the ministers came to the palace it was equivalent to three o'clock in the morning in the future, although it was the middle of the night, but the ministers found that the palace was brightly lit, the palace guards were waiting at this time, they couldn't help but secretly say that the emperor was summoned late at night, it seems that something important must have happened, and the four of them who were thieves couldn't help but glance at each other, they clearly saw the uneasiness in each other's eyes, but at this time the palace guards had blocked the palace gate, even if they wanted to go, they couldn't go, and the four had no choice but to follow the ministers into the palace to meet the emperor。
"All Aiqing have worked hard!" The emperor looked at the sleepy-eyed ministers below and smiled lightly, but then the emperor's face suddenly became stern, and the ministers couldn't help but get up when they saw the emperor's face, they knew that the emperor was a relatively peaceful king, if nothing big happened, he would definitely not summon the ministers into the palace in the middle of the night, and put on such a strict expression, only to hear the emperor say slowly:" Recruiting the ministers to come tonight is really a last resort, just because the biggest corruption case since the establishment of our Great Xia Dynasty has occurred, and the treasury is ...... It's all emptied!"
"How is it possible that the treasury is emptied!"
"Who has such guts!"
"It must be strictly investigated!"
For a while, the ministers were furious, although the four of them also responded casually, but the panic in their eyes was difficult to hide no matter what, they looked at the emperor in disbelief, not to mention how strong the horror in their hearts was, after Jiang Yihuai and Xuan Xuan left from the treasury during the day, they thought that there would be nothing to do, but they didn't expect such a thing to happen at night, could it be that Jiang Yihuai saw something during the day? Mu Zheng and the other three couldn't help but look at the husband.
Mu Zheng and the three of them didn't know that their actions had been taken into the eyes of the emperor who was sitting on the throne, the emperor saw this and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, and after Jiang Yihuai and Xuan Xuan returned during the day, they told the emperor what they had seen, and the emperor immediately decided that the other accomplices were involved in this corruption case, but they didn't know who the other accomplices were, so the three of them decided to play a game after a little discussion.
At night, the emperor first recruited the general Dingyuan into the palace, and after explaining the reason to Dingyuan, the emperor ordered Dingyuan to go to the city guard mansion immediately to strengthen the inspection in Jiuli City, so as not to let some young people jump over the wall in a hurry, and do something to disturb the people in order to get out, and then the emperor handed over another key to the treasury to Xuan Xuan, who got the key, took advantage of the night sè cover to sneak into the treasury, and the result was not as expected by the three of them, a large amount of money in the treasury during the day has now disappeared.
Such a huge amount of wealth is definitely not something that anyone can take out casually, not to mention that it is still collected within a few ri, even if the power behind the people is extremely huge, they will definitely not rest assured that so much money will be placed in the treasury of the Great Xia Dynasty, so after deceiving Jiang Yihuai and Xuan Fantasy, the husband will definitely return the money as soon as possible, so it is normal for the treasury to be very stocked during the day and empty at night.
When Xuan Xuan reported this situation to the emperor, the emperor who knew that he had caught the handle of the other party immediately convened the ministers to discuss the matter, the reason why he did not wait for the daytime court meeting to act, was afraid that something would happen to the night long dream, so while he was in control, the emperor decided to cut through the chaos quickly, and the matter was closed tonight, he announced the corruption case in front of the ministers, just to make the people involved in the case panic, at this time, as long as he looked at the officials of the husband, he was an accomplice。
"The four of you have something to say?" the emperor suddenly shouted, and he didn't know if the emperor had formed a domineering spirit, or the four of them were thieves, except for the three people who heard the emperor's shout, they immediately knelt down with weak legs, and the ministers saw the desperate look on their faces and knew that they were the criminals of the embezzlement case that the emperor said, but to everyone's expectation, the emperor said that he said that the minister said: "Your Highness, the minister is not guilty!"
"Bold!" The ministers were immediately indignant, although His Majesty and His Royal Highness are both titles for the royal family, but His Royal Highness is the title of the king, and His Royal Highness is generally used for princes and princes.
Although facing the accusations of the ministers, but the husband was not impressed, he glanced at the ministers quite contemptuously, and then said to the emperor: "I am not wrong, what I am loyal to is the father of His Royal Highness Zhong Kang, before His Royal Highness Zhong Kang Xià abdicated, His Royal Highness can only be His Royal Highness!"
"You...... even took refuge in Youdu!" The emperor said without changing his face, and he nodded with a light smile, and suddenly the faces of the ministers changed greatly, they didn't expect that the officialdom of the dynasty had been infiltrated into this kind of Cheng dù, except for Wu Zhongxian, who was in the position of prime minister, the husband who was in charge of taxes and the treasury had also taken refuge in Youdu, but he didn't want to say lightly: "The minister is not to take refuge in the Youdu, the minister's allegiance has always been to Zhongkang Majesty!"
Xuan Xuan, who was standing next to the emperor, heard what the emperor said, and his heart moved, he remembered that Nangong Tianming had told him before that there were three henchmen under Zhong Kang's command, namely Wu Zhongxian who helped him contact the hidden capital, Nangong Tianming who was in charge of the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and an official who was in charge of officialdom, could it be that this official was the husband!