Four hundred and seventeenth chapter national law is ruthless
Faced with the gold and silver in front of him, Zheng Shiyuan completely lost his defense. He knelt on the ground, cried bitterly, and collapsed emotionally... Faced with this situation, Jiang Nan did not dare to have any mercy. As the saying goes, striking while the iron is hot, if you don't seize the time, Zheng Shiyuan will be killed.
Take out all the things in his stomach. When he regains his composure, he will inevitably break the jar or find a way to protect those behind him.
In this case, the case will undoubtedly be difficult to handle.
"Nonsense! Do you know that Ruan Shangshu is an old man from Chuzhou. He followed the superior before he crossed the river. He is in a high position and controls financial power. How can you be the one who can arbitrarily interfere with it? You should be severely punished for taking bribes and bending the law!
With so much gold and silver, even if your nine tribes are wiped out, it won’t be enough to pay for your sins!”
Zheng Shiyuan was shocked, and he wanted to destroy the nine tribes?
"I'm wronged! I'm really wronged! I didn't even spend a tael of silver... This, this is all to plug the hole in the household department!"
"Nonsense! Why is there a hole in the household?"
"Yes! Yes! There was a hole when Li Menggeng was the Minister of Household Affairs!"
Jiang Nan immediately said: "After recovering hundreds of thousands of stolen money and allocating a batch of grain, the hole in the Ministry of Household Affairs has long since been filled."
Zheng Shiyuan sneered contemptuously, with disdain on his face, "Fill it in? Why fill it in? Li Menggeng's case was never investigated to the end. Later, he led troops to deal with Chen Youliang. Ruan Hongdao was also responsible for co-organizing military supplies. Not only was this hole not filled, but it became even bigger.
Yes. He planned to smooth out the accounts in the name of military expenditure... But who knew that the Taxation Department would be established later, and the shortfall in the commercial tax revenue of the Household Department would be thoroughly investigated. Ruan Hongdao really couldn't fill it up, so he forced us to think about it.
Way. He still, still..."
At this point, Zheng Shiyuan paused and did not continue. He was obviously scared and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Jiang Nan gave Guo Ying a wink, and Guo Ying immediately asked someone to break open more of the wall, and the gold and silver inside kept flowing out.
Every piece of gold ingot hit Zheng Shiyuan's fragile heartstrings.
It’s over!
It’s hopeless!
It's completely dead now.
"Do you still want to fight stubbornly? Just these gold and silver are enough to bring disaster to your whole family and make you infamy for thousands of years. If you take the blame for others, who can save you?"
Facing Jiang Nan's offensive, Zheng Shiyuan couldn't bear it anymore and could only say: "Ruan Hongdao hinted us to use our superior position to ascend the throne to make up for the shortfall. He said that he said that the enthronement ceremony would be about watching the excitement. There were many expenses, such as setting off fireworks.
I don’t know how much I put away. I just took advantage of this opportunity to even out all the shortfalls, so it’s easy to explain!”
When Jiang Nan heard this, she almost wanted to laugh.
This may sound reasonable at first, but in fact it is just to deceive the uninitiated. Zhu Yuanzhang was spending this money very carefully, and Zhang Ximeng was even more careful with his budget. He was not willing to waste it at all.
Everyone is watching. If you want to make money from the enthronement ceremony, it will be really difficult to make up for the shortfall.
However, Zheng Shiyuan could not withstand the pressure from Ruan Hongdao, so he came up with the idea of issuing a false official document. Normally, this would not work, but the enthronement ceremony was in a hurry and could not be delayed at all.
Under Zheng Shiyuan's instruction, someone in charge of purchasing official documents took out five or six blank sheets.
The Ministry of Revenue claims to the outside world that it is trying its best to purchase. After all, the consumption is huge, and the more things, the better.
When I got to the local government, I told the local officials that the road was very expensive, so I followed the previous method and issued blank official documents.
When things get to this point, they are completely out of control.
The Ministry of Works was empty, and the lower levels were also empty. There was still pressure to fill the shortfall, and everyone from top to bottom of the Household Department was mobilizing. Some wanted to fill the hole, while others wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make huge profits and line their own pockets.
Zhu Yuanzhang has been too strict in his management these years. Apart from working hard, there is nothing left for everyone. It is better to take advantage of this God-given opportunity and make a fortune. I don’t know if there will be a chance in the future!
"You said everyone has a share. Why do you have so much gold and silver here? Do they also have so much? Where is Ruan Shangshu?"
Jiang Nan stared at Zheng Shiyuan, "If things have reached this point, if you still take chances, I'm afraid the end will not be good!"
Zheng Shiyuan gritted his teeth and had no choice but to continue: "The official document coming from below needs my approval... Originally I wanted to find Ruan Hongdao, but that old bastard said that there were many things to do on the grounds of paying taxes and paying taxes.
He wanted to do it, especially with the tax department, and he, he asked me to be responsible for these things full-time...I, I think it was this old bastard who deliberately wanted to harm me, but he avoided it because of his fault!"
Jiang Nan sneered, "You said it all. Ruan Shangshu didn't actually participate. It was all you who did it. When it comes to investigation, you are also the main culprit!"
Zheng Shiyuan looked embarrassed. He naturally knew that since this matter had been exposed and the evidence of his crime had been found, there was absolutely no reason for luck.
If I can't get better, none of you can even think about it.
Zheng Shiyuan gritted his teeth and said: "The old bastard thinks he is smart, but there is a sum of money that I cannot touch. That is the money donated by various places to the superiors to prepare for the ceremony... Among them, Timur and others donated almost three
Wan Guan, and Fang Guozhen, not only donated a large amount, but also donated the money used by Shandong Maogui to purchase ordnance and equipment. The ordnance went to the Ministry of War's account... But, Ruan Hongdao...
The old bastard actually used tattered weapons to deal with the problem and kept all the extra money!"
Jiang Nan was shocked, she couldn't help but be surprised.
This is a major matter involving the life and death of the Central Northern Expedition Army, and it also involves whether the two powerful generals Mao Gui and Guan Duo can be successfully conquered!
Do you dare to take action on this?
In terms of not being a good person, Ruan Hongdao really does not disappoint!
"Zheng Shiyuan, do you have any evidence for what you said?"
"Evidence? There is evidence in Taicang, the Ministry of Finance. Also, those tattered weapons and armors have been put on the ship. You can go check it out and you will know at a glance!" Gu Zao
"Of course we will investigate!" Jiang Nan sneered: "Zheng Shiyuan, I would like to advise you, think about yourself and your family. Only by fully cooperating can you have hope and not harm your family. If you repay your kindness,
Take chances at your own risk!"
After Jiang Nan finished speaking, he hurriedly exited, followed by Guo Ying.
"What should we do now? Those ships may leave at any time. Once they leave, it will be difficult."
Guo Yingdao: "I will request an order now to detain the ship."
"Wait a minute." Jiang Nan said: "There are people from Mao Gui and Guan Duo keeping an eye on the docks where these ships dock. We detain the ships at will. What if we cause them to misunderstand us? Do we want them to know that we
There is a huge corruption here, how dare you attack these weapons?"
Guo Ying was startled, it was indeed easy to say but not nice!
"Then, what should we do?"
Jiang Nan pondered for a while and finally came up with a solution.
"Send someone over immediately and tell them that there is still a batch of gifted warm clothes. Ask the ship to stop for a while. Then take advantage of the opportunity to allocate cotton-padded clothes to replace the tattered ordnance. Then let Guan Duo's people check and accept it, so as not to leak the news."
Guo Ying is simply in utter admiration. Who dares to underestimate this woman? She is so considerate!
Guo Ying naturally acted according to his plan, arresting people and seizing ships, and was very busy.
Finally, their work was not in vain, and the situation was finally under control.
And this big case involving multiple yamen, from top to bottom, was clearly presented in front of all civil and military officials.
The mountains of gold and silver shimmered with metallic luster.
It's a travesty to have so much money in a shabby little house.
Zhu Yuanzhang walked to the front of a box with heavy steps, stretched out his hand and grabbed a piece of silver. It was so heavy that it weighed at least one hundred taels.
"It's just such a thing. It can't be eaten or worn, but it can move people's hearts!" Zhu Yuanzhang stood up suddenly and roared at the officials: "Look at it? How much is this? A full one hundred taels! According to the past rules
, just this ingot of silver is enough to peel off two layers of Zheng Shiyuan’s skin! Open your eyes and see, how much is this, and how many layers of skin does he have?”
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and roared fiercely.
Facing the furious Lao Zhu, the ministers were horrified. Even Li Shanchang, the left prime minister, bowed his head deeply and did not dare to face the emperor directly.
Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of calming down, but instead became even more angry!
"A few days after I ascended the throne, at the enthronement ceremony, so many people came from thousands of miles away, from Lingnan, from Hainan, from Wuxi, from Gaoli... They came to support me as the emperor and let me rule the world. They are
I think we are different from the emperors of Dadu! As a result, such a big case happened under our rule!"
"How do you want us to face the people of the world? How do you want us to talk about China's ZTE? You slapped me so hard!" Zhu Yuanzhang was like a wounded dragon, roaring, choosing people to devour.
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that even the people closest to him had not seen him a few times.
Li Shanchang's forehead was sweating, and he knelt down in a hurry. The other ministers also followed, and they knelt down in a dark atmosphere.
"I am guilty!"
"No need to apologize!"
Lao Zhu sneered and said: "If you all plead guilty, you are all innocent. We still understand this truth. Don't worry, as long as we are not involved, we will not kill innocent people indiscriminately!"
These words made everyone even more frightened and uneasy. If you are not involved, you will be fine. But if you are involved, don't even think about escaping!
Zhu Yuanzhang is finally going on a killing spree!
This time, even Zhang Ximeng didn’t want to stop him. Different from the past cases, Han Xiuniang’s case involved the issue of the treatment of men and women, and the Wang family’s case involved the collusion between businessmen and scholars... There is no doubt that these cases have conflicts of ideas.
There are also established bad habits in it.
It is not only necessary to take over the prison officials, but also to change the customs.
But the Kongyin case, although it is also an old practice of the Yuan Dynasty, but to put it bluntly, it is a corruption of ink that harms the people and practices favoritism and malpractice.
The facts of the case are clear and clear, and there is nothing to say.
If you want to alert the world at this time, you have to kill enough people!
Zhu Yuanzhang said to Guo Ying: "Go and bring Ruan Hongdao!"
Guo Ying quickly agreed, and not long after, two soldiers from the Guards Department dragged Ruan Hongdao up. Behind him, there were also the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and hundreds of officials involved, kneeling in the dark.
!
"Ruan Hongdao, do you know your guilt?"
Ruan Hongdao was stunned and cried in a sad voice, "Sir, I beg you, please spare my family!"
Zhu Yuanzhang sullenly glared at the minister who had followed him for many years, and squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "No mercy!"