Zhao Yun looked at the five people standing below with a gloomy face: Prime Minister Zheng Qingzhi of the Left, Cheng Bi, the envoy of the third department, Fan Chu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zhen Dexiu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhao Miao, the envoy of the Cangbu.
The disappearance of military pay has something to do with them, because their departments are all involved.
But it can be said that it has nothing to do with them, because they all did their part and there were no problems with the procedures. This gave Zhao Yun nowhere to vent his anger.
Zhao Yun asked: "Two million yuan was piled as high as a mountain. It would take at least a thousand horse-drawn carriages to transport it. Did it just disappear out of thin air? I don't believe it. Check it out for me. Shi Miyuan fell, and Hu Jie
, Liang Chengda and the others were also arrested, isn’t this matter easy to investigate?”
Zheng Qingzhi looked embarrassed and ashamed, raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is very strange. I ordered people to investigate, but they couldn't find any information about Li He, Wang Cheng, and Ge Tianqi.
Even how they transported the money out at that time and whether they left Lin'an City cannot be determined. There is no record of their entry and exit on the palace gate and city gate on that day. As for Shi Miyuan's party, I and Zhu Shijun
The interrogation did not yield any clues."
"How much money is left in the treasury?"
Zhao Yun is really one head and two big ones, but finding out the facts will not be a matter of time, and Sichuan is still waiting for military pay.
If the military pay is not sent in time, there will probably be a big mess.
Cheng Bi said: "Back to Your Majesty, the national treasury has completed the payment of all kinds of pay and silver seven days ago. Now there is only 530,000 yuan. If Your Majesty wants to allocate military pay to Sichuan, he will have to wait for taxes from various places to arrive in Beijing before he can make the trip.
I think I’ll have money in two months.”
"Two months?"
Zhao Yun was surprised. He didn't expect to have to wait another two months. Is it worth the wait?
Zhao Yun waved his hand and said: "I will find a way to pay for the military. In three days, the money will be shipped to Sichuan. You all can go down."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, wondering where Zhao Yun could raise two million yuan in three days? Could it be that he used his own private treasury?
That should be the case. State affairs are family affairs. Zhao Yun is able to take the overall situation into consideration and pay for it personally. His magnanimity and magnanimity cannot but be admired.
But they thought wrong. Zhao Yun did not intend to pay for it himself.
If a majestic emperor really wants to go so far as to donate money to the treasury, he might as well kill him with a piece of tofu;
After they left, Zhao Yun ordered someone to summon Zhu Zhu, the Minister of Punishment, and soon Zhu Zhu came.
Zhu Zhu raised his hand to salute, and Zhao Yun asked: "How is the trial of Shi Miyuan's party's case going?"
Zhu Zhu said, "Returning to Your Majesty, Shi Miyuan's party conspired to dethrone the king. This matter is conclusive and the evidence is sufficient. However, there is no evidence for the assassination of Your Majesty in Chui Gong Hall. However, I have been doing my best to trace it. I believe it will be found soon."
There are results.”
Zhao Yun nodded with satisfaction and said: "It was done well. Since the conspiracy to abolish the establishment is conclusive, it is enough. After all, no matter how many cases there are, you can only kill once, but you can't kill a hundred times a thousand times.
This matter should be settled as soon as possible to calm people's hearts, and the case should be closed tomorrow."
"This, this,,, so quickly? Your Majesty, this matter concerns the dynasty and the country. Isn't there something wrong with closing the case in a hurry?"
"There's nothing wrong with it. Special cases are handled specially. This has been the case since ancient times."
"Then how will the case of assassinating His Majesty be resolved?"
"It's easy to handle. It will be included in Shi Miyuan's personal crimes. He dared to conspire to dethrone Li. There is no need to ask about the assassination. He did it. I am both a victim and a witness. With my guarantee, no one will Not convinced."
Zhao Yun has said this, so what else does Zhu Zhu have to say? He can only do as he is told.
"Tomorrow I will send Xia Gui and Gao Shi together with the Ministry of Punishment to search the home of Zhu Qing. You will be hurt."
"I don't dare. It's my duty to serve His Majesty. I don't dare to say I'm tired."
Zhu Zhu's heart suddenly dawned on him. He knew that Zhao Yun had sent Xia Gui and Gao Shi to participate in the house raid. This was to monitor the Ministry of Punishment to prevent the Ministry of Punishment from enriching their own pockets.
As usual, for a good thing like a house raid, half of the money should be withheld. But this time, it would be difficult to even withhold half of the money.
It's hard to be an official anymore.
After all, Zhu Zhu was not a man who had been in officialdom for a long time, and could not express his emotions and anger. Even if he was upright and loyal to Zhao Yun, the dirty deeds of the Song Dynasty officialdom had formed a habit, which made Zhu Zhu It also feels natural.
Knowing that the money could not be withheld, Zhu Zhu's face inevitably showed a look of disappointment. As luck would have it, Zhao Yun noticed this look.
Zhao Yun waved Zhu Zhu to retreat. Zhao Yun shook his head and sighed: "Even a loyal minister will inevitably be tainted by this dirty environment."
"Password to Xia Gui."
Zhao Yun stood up, walked back to the study, and once again picked up the book introducing Wang Anshi's reform.
Reform is now inevitable.
Soon, Xia Gui came.
"Xia Gui, tomorrow the Ministry of Punishment will inspect the mansion of Shi Miyuan's party. You and Gao Shi will go together. From the proceeds of the inspection, two million yuan will be sent to Sichuan to be used as military pay. It is a troubled time now, and nothing should happen on the road. You ask Xia You to take two thousand elites and escort them to Sichuan the day after tomorrow."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will make arrangements now."
"Well, let's go down."
After Xia Gui left, Zhao Yun continued to read the book and studied it carefully. When he was tired, he walked around, but soon resumed reading, not daring to slack off for a moment.
Through book records, Zhao Yun's biggest feeling is how dangerous and difficult it is to implement reforms in an era when ideological patterns and interest classes are solidified.
The biggest problem within the Song Dynasty today is the corruption of the officialdom. Even when the salary is extremely high, corruption can still be seen everywhere, and it seems to have become a default and reasonable existence.
If you don't talk about it far away, let's talk about Gaozong Zhaogou. He was worried about Han Shizhong, one of the four generals of the ZTE, and was worried that he would rebel.
In order to save his life, Han Shizhong began to take corruption and bribes, and even deliberately raped civilian girls. Zhao Gou was relieved and not only did not blame him, but also rewarded him.
The minister was dedicated to his work, but the emperor was worried that he would rebel if his prestige became too great.
When ministers engaged in corruption, bribery, and plunder, the emperor liked and felt relieved. Didn't this encourage all officials to commit corruption and plunder?
You said once such an atmosphere is formed, how do you break it?
Recalling Zhu Zhu's disappointed expression because there was no interception, Zhao Yun sighed: "Zhu Zhu, Zhu Zhu, I guess I copied you, you are also a fat pig."
Zhao Yun also thought of Zheng Qing, who was an official and had hundreds of servants at home. He was probably also very greedy.
I also think of Xia Gui. Their Xia family has hundreds of people, more than ten thousand acres of land, countless private properties, and is a big fat pig. Who do you think would believe that the Xia family is not corrupt? This chapter has been completed!