In the past, the impeachment of a censor was enough to make all the officials in the court feel upset. When the censor heard about the impeachment, even for some trivial matters, it could make hundreds of officials disgraced, and many officials were fined for this.
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When the two censor colleagues reported something, it was minimal, because this meant that what they reported was not hearsay, but had solid evidence.
"Quickly played." The old eunuch shouted loudly at Lao Zhu's signal.
"My ministers Yu Min and Ding Ting exposed Guo Huan, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who took advantage of his power to collude with Li Yu, the envoy of Chengxuan in Beiping, Zhao Quande, Hu Yi, Wang Daoheng, the envoy of punishment and inspection, and others, and colluded with officials in various provinces to cheat.
, stealing and selling official rations. The amount is shocking and large. Please take a closer look, Your Majesty."
A huge storm erupted from Yu Min and the two of them, shocking all the officials present like clay sculptures and stone sculptures.
Even the old eunuch standing next to Lao Zhu was dumbfounded for a while, not knowing what to do. Under Lao Zhu's successive gestures, the old eunuch suddenly came to his senses, walked down quickly, and took Yu Min and Ding Ting away.
I brought the memorial from others and presented it to Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu opened the memorial and saw that Yu Min and Ding Ting had three crimes against Guo Huan. The first was to embezzle taxes from Taiping Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture and other prefectures to reduce the court's tax revenue. The second was to embezzle the autumn grain of western Zhejiang, which should have been
He turned over 4.5 million shi, but Guo Huan only turned over more than 2 million shi. Thirdly, when collecting taxes, he used clever names to collect various kinds of taxes including water money, food money, treasury money, god and Buddha money, etc., so as to line his own pockets.
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After Lao Zhu finished reading it, he suddenly slapped it on the imperial desk, making a loud noise that echoed in the extremely silent hall.
All the officials lowered their heads one by one, not even daring to express their anger. People with ghosts in their hearts kept praying to gods and Buddhas in their hearts, eager to overcome this difficulty. Even people with open hearts, under the power of Lao Zhu
, also trembling like a frightened quail. .??.
"Where is Guo Huan?" Lao Zhu asked angrily.
Guo Huan bravely stood up from the civil service, bowed his hands and said, "I am here."
Lao Zhu directly threw the memorial to Guo Huan and asked: "How do you explain it?"
Guo Huan picked up the memorial with a normal expression and opened it. It was full of evidence about his various crimes of stealing and selling official rations. Guo Huan was flustered when he saw it. He didn't know how such a secret thing was exposed by Yu Min and Ding.
Ting, these two seventh-rank officials, knew about it.
Although he was panicking, Guo Huan knew that he could not admit his decision, otherwise he would die without a burial place.
"Your Majesty, this is slander, Your Majesty." Guo Huan's expression suddenly became excited, and his hands holding the memorial were trembling greatly.
Lao Zhu glanced at Guo Huan and asked Yu Min and others: "He said you were slandering. I ask you, is it slander?"
When Yu Min and Ding Ting heard this, they bowed again and said, "Everything that I have reported is true. Please give your Majesty a clear view."
"Nonsense," Guo Huan couldn't care about anything else and hurriedly retorted: "When have I ever offended you? Do you want the two of you to deliberately plot against me like this? What are your intentions?"
Faced with Guo Huan's sophistry, Yu Min sneered and said: "Of course Guo Shilang has not offended us, and we have never had any dealings with Guo Shilang before. But what Guo Shilang did himself, don't he know it in his heart?
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> "What do I know? I don't know anything, and I have never done anything." Guo Huan immediately turned around, bowed to Lao Zhu, and said, "I have been wronged. These two people have collaborated to falsely accuse me with ulterior motives. Please be aware of it, Your Majesty."
.”
The atmosphere in Fengtian Hall was audibly quiet. Lao Zhu did not speak, and no one dared to speak.
After a while, Lao Zhu suddenly smiled and said: "Yu Min and the other two want me to investigate clearly, and you also want me to investigate clearly. In this case, let's investigate. Come and bring someone to commit the crime."
"Bring someone to convict Li Yu, Zhao Quande goes to the palace."
Two people wearing white prison uniforms were dragged into the main hall by the guards and thrown next to Guo Huan.
The huge fear instantly pinched Guo Huan's heart like a ghost's claws. Guo Huan was so frightened that he had no choice but to whisper to Li Yu and Zhao Quande: "I will treat you very well. Please don't bite me randomly."
Li Yu and Zhao Quande were dejected. At this point, what hope could they have? Li Yu pointed at Guo Huan with his shackled hands and said, "You treat us well, but you also said that nothing will happen to you."
.”
Li Yu's expression of regret was beyond words, and he almost jumped up and scolded Guo Huan. If he still had the strength, he might actually want to jump up and scold Guo Huan. He was screwed by Guo Huan.
, now not only is the head of the family in danger, but the family is also in trouble.
"Guo Huan, what else do you have to say?" Lao Zhu's face was dripping with water and he looked at Guo Huan with cold eyes.
Guo Huan knew that the big thing was over, his legs went weak and he knelt down on the ground in vain.
Lao Zhu couldn't help but shook his head in disappointment and sighed: "Guo Huan, I treat you well."
Looking at the Emperor Dan, Guo Huan couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, it's too hard to be an upright official. The guilty ministers are from the second rank and have a monthly salary of fifteen dan. If they want to buy land, there will never be any hope. Your Majesty, what have you done for us?
Have you ever thought about being a minister?"
Lao Zhu closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them suddenly, as if two butcher knives were shooting out of his eyes. He gritted his teeth and said, "I was thinking just now, do you have to be rich if you are an official?"
As soon as Lao Zhu finished speaking, the entire hall fell silent.
When no one spoke, Lao Zhu continued: "I tell you, I have thought about it for you. With today's national power, what I can give you is only a farm of thirty to forty acres or forty to fifty acres."
There is no way to increase income no matter how much you want. There is no way, the national power is limited. Therefore, I ask you to be diligent and thrifty, to live within your means, and not to waste. It is better to have a surplus than to have a shortage. Is this the first time I have said this to you since the founding of the country?
?”
"Your Majesty, who has been an official for thousands of years since ancient times, not for the purpose of making a fortune?" By now, Guo Huan was already broken. There was nothing he dared not say, "May I ask these people standing in this hall?
, is half of it clean?”
As soon as these words came out, the entire Fengtian Hall was shaken. All the officials looked left and right, trying to see if they could see anything strange in the other person's expression. But who can stand here who is not a human spirit? Even if there is something wrong in his heart,
It's not easy for people to spot the clues. No matter what kind of official he is, he looks at others with an innocent face, as if there is something wrong with others.
Lao Zhu was also shocked by Guo Huan's words, and anger suddenly emerged in his heart. Guo Huan was the only corrupt official in Fengtian Hall, and the others were all upright officials. Even Lao Zhu didn't believe this. In the past,
The impeachment of one censor is enough to make all the officials in the court feel upset. When the censor hears about something, even trivial matters can make hundreds of officials disgraced, and many officials have been fined for this.
When the two censor colleagues reported something, it was minimal, because this meant that what they reported was not hearsay, but had solid evidence.
"Quickly played." The old eunuch shouted loudly at Lao Zhu's signal.
"My ministers Yu Min and Ding Ting exposed Guo Huan, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who took advantage of his power to collude with Li Yu, the envoy of Chengxuan in Beiping, Zhao Quande, Hu Yi, Wang Daoheng, the envoy of punishment and inspection, and others, and colluded with officials in various provinces to cheat.
, stealing and selling official rations. The amount is shocking and large. Please take a closer look, Your Majesty."
A huge storm erupted from Yu Min and the two of them, shocking all the officials present like clay sculptures and stone sculptures.
Even the old eunuch standing next to Lao Zhu was dumbfounded for a while, not knowing what to do. Under Lao Zhu's successive gestures, the old eunuch suddenly came to his senses, walked down quickly, and took Yu Min and Ding Ting away.
I brought the memorial from others and presented it to Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu opened the memorial and saw that Yu Min and Ding Ting had three crimes against Guo Huan. The first was to embezzle taxes from Taiping Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture and other prefectures to reduce the court's tax revenue. The second was to embezzle the autumn grain of western Zhejiang, which should have been
He turned over 4.5 million shi, but Guo Huan only turned over more than 2 million shi. Thirdly, when collecting taxes, he used clever names to collect various kinds of taxes including water money, food money, treasury money, god and Buddha money, etc., so as to line his own pockets.
.
After Lao Zhu finished reading it, he suddenly slapped it on the imperial desk, making a loud noise that echoed in the extremely silent hall.
All the officials lowered their heads one by one, not even daring to express their anger. People with ghosts in their hearts kept praying to God and Buddha in their hearts, eager to overcome this difficulty. Even those with an open heart, under the power of Lao Zhu
, also shivering like a frightened quail.
"Where is Guo Huan?" Lao Zhu asked angrily. .???.
Guo Huan bravely stood up from the civil service, bowed his hands and said, "I am here."
Lao Zhu directly threw the memorial to Guo Huan and asked: "How do you explain it?"
Guo Huan picked up the memorial with a normal expression and opened it. It was full of evidence about his various crimes of stealing and selling official rations. Guo Huan was flustered when he saw it. He didn't know how such a secret thing was exposed by Yu Min and Ding.
Ting, these two seventh-rank officials, knew about it.
Although he was panicking, Guo Huan knew that he could not admit his decision, otherwise he would die without a burial place.
"Your Majesty, this is slander, Your Majesty." Guo Huan's expression suddenly became excited, and his hands holding the memorial were trembling greatly.
Lao Zhu glanced at Guo Huan and asked Yu Min and others: "He said you were slandering. I ask you, is it slander?"
When Yu Min and Ding Ting heard this, they bowed again and said, "Everything that I have reported is true. Please give your Majesty a clear view."
"Nonsense," Guo Huan couldn't care about anything else and hurriedly retorted: "When have I ever offended you? Do you want the two of you to deliberately plot against me like this? What are your intentions?"
Faced with Guo Huan's sophistry, Yu Min sneered and said: "Of course Guo Shilang has not offended us, and we have never had any dealings with Guo Shilang before. But what Guo Shilang did himself, don't he know it in his heart?
?”
> "What do I know? I don't know anything, and I have never done anything." Guo Huan immediately turned around, bowed to Lao Zhu, and said, "I have been wronged. These two people have collaborated to falsely accuse me with ulterior motives. Please be aware of it, Your Majesty."
.”
The atmosphere in Fengtian Hall was audibly quiet. Lao Zhu did not speak, and no one dared to speak.
After a while, Lao Zhu suddenly smiled and said: "Yu Min and the other two want me to investigate clearly, and you also want me to investigate clearly. In this case, let's investigate. Come and bring someone to commit the crime."
"Bring someone to convict Li Yu, Zhao Quande goes to the palace."
Two people wearing white prison uniforms were dragged into the main hall by the guards and thrown next to Guo Huan.
The huge fear instantly pinched Guo Huan's heart like a ghost's claws. Guo Huan was so frightened that he had no choice but to whisper to Li Yu and Zhao Quande: "I will treat you very well. Please don't bite me randomly."
Li Yu and Zhao Quande were dejected. At this point, what hope could they have? Li Yu pointed at Guo Huan with his shackled hands and said, "You treat us well, but you also said that nothing will happen to you."
.”
Li Yu's expression of regret was beyond words, and he almost jumped up and scolded Guo Huan. If he still had the strength, he might actually want to jump up and scold Guo Huan. He was screwed by Guo Huan.
, now not only is the head of the family in danger, but the family is also in trouble.
"Guo Huan, what else do you have to say?" Lao Zhu's face was dripping with water and he looked at Guo Huan with cold eyes.
Guo Huan knew that the big thing was over, his legs went weak and he knelt down on the ground in vain.
Lao Zhu couldn't help but shook his head in disappointment and sighed: "Guo Huan, I treat you well."
Looking at the Emperor Dan, Guo Huan couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, it's too hard to be an upright official. The guilty ministers are from the second rank and have a monthly salary of fifteen dan. If they want to buy land, there will never be any hope. Your Majesty, what have you done for us?
Have you ever thought about being a minister?"
Lao Zhu closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them suddenly, as if two butcher knives were shooting out of his eyes. He gritted his teeth and said, "I was thinking just now, do you have to be rich if you are an official?"
As soon as Lao Zhu finished speaking, the entire hall fell silent.
When no one spoke, Lao Zhu continued: "I tell you, I have thought about it for you. With today's national power, what I can give you is only a farm of thirty to forty acres or forty to fifty acres."
There is no way to increase income no matter how much you want. There is no way, the national power is limited. Therefore, I ask you to be diligent and thrifty, to live within your means, and not to waste. It is better to have a surplus than to have a shortage. Is this the first time I have said this to you since the founding of the country?
?”
"Your Majesty, who has been an official for thousands of years since ancient times, not for the purpose of making a fortune?" By now, Guo Huan was already broken. There was nothing he dared not say, "May I ask these people standing in this hall?
, is half of it clean?”
As soon as these words came out, the entire Fengtian Hall was shaken. All the officials looked left and right, trying to see if they could see anything strange in the other person's expression. But who can stand here who is not a human spirit? Even if there is something wrong in his heart,
It's not easy for people to spot the clues. No matter what kind of official he is, he looks at others with an innocent face, as if there is something wrong with others.
Lao Zhu was also startled by Guo Huan's words, and a surge of anger suddenly emerged in his heart. To say that Guo Huan is the only corrupt official in Fengtian Hall, and the others are all upright officials, even Lao Zhu didn't believe it.