As soon as Yan Song finished speaking, the Taicang officials under trial, the Chaku censor, the Ku soldiers, accountants, cooks and others who were kneeling on the ground all shouted that they were wronged.
"Unjust?! You still have the nerve to cry out! I'm really angry! According to the records in Taicang's big account, there should be 2,127,200 taels of silver in Taicang's bank now, and seven gold taels in total.
One hundred and twenty thousand taels. Why did the Taicang bank store only 1,237,250 taels of silver and 316,500 taels of gold during the inventory yesterday? How to store silver and gold?
Can’t reconcile with the big account? Where did the 889,950 taels of silver and 400,000 taels of gold go?! It’s not you. Could it be that they ran away on their own?!”
Yan Song's face was livid, his face was stern, and he stared angrily at the officials in the hall. He looked more majestic, and his voice was cold, and every word seemed to turn into a flying knife with cold light, which was thrust into the hall.
human heart.
"That's Zhu Ping'an deliberately using a small amount of gold and silver to frame us." Taicang Langzhong Zhao said with a smile on his face.
"Ming Ge, you see, it was Zhu Ping'an who framed us." Several people in the hall followed suit.
"Unbridled!" Yan Song became even more angry when he heard this. He was furious, pointed at Zhao Langzhong and others, and shouted angrily, "You still want to quibble at this point! You really don't know how to live or die! At that time, not only were there people who followed the inspection envoy Zhu Ping'an to take inventory,
You, Taicang officials, and people from the East Factory are supervising. Every box of gold and silver has been verified and recorded. In the final statistics, your Taicang accountant also participated in the statistics. Such facts
, How can you trust your mouth to be so mouth-watering!"
"Lao Ge, calm down."
Zhao Langzhong and others felt as if they heard thunder and thunder, and they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Please calm down, sir. There may be something hidden in this inventory. Please give me one day. I will immediately send someone to check again. I believe we will be able to find out the reason." Taicang Zhang Guanku lifted up his official trousers.
Zhui knelt on the ground, raised his hands and begged.
"What are you doing so early?! We already took inventory yesterday, and the evidence of the deficit is conclusive. There's no need to take off your pants and fart in vain." Yan Song glanced at Zhang Guangku, and sneered sarcastically.
"This official is scared." Zhang Guanku and others lowered their heads and said.
"Afraid?! Oh, you should be afraid, you can't escape this blame! Think of me, the Ming Dynasty, how difficult these years have been, with natural and man-made disasters, one after another, today there will be floods in the south, tomorrow there will be drought in the north, and the day after tomorrow the barbarians from the north will invade.
On our border, the Japanese pirates from the southeast the day after tomorrow came to attack again. One by one, they provided relief to the people, resisted the barbarians, and exterminated the Japanese pirates. All of this did not require money! As for my Ming Dynasty, how can there be anything big in these years?
The income has been stretched for a long time, and we have been unable to make ends meet. We rely on the wealth accumulated in Taicang over the years. As a result, you have ruined the wealth that I, Ming, used to save my life! Even if you grow ten heads, it is not enough to chop off!!!"
Yan Song pointed at Zhang Guanku and others in the hall, gritted his teeth and said sadly.
Zhang Guanku and others knelt on the ground with their heads lowered, saying nothing.
"Not only that, there is still gold and silver in Taicang. Among them, 903,800 taels of silver are not pure silver, and 125,500 taels of gold are not pure gold. I have already asked the craftsmen of the silver building to get them.
One thousand taels of silver and one thousand taels of gold were extracted and inspected. They probably contained silver and less than 90% of the gold content. The remaining 10% was either lead or copper. In this way, there were nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver and ten thousand taels of gold.
Fly away! You are so brave!" Yan Song was so angry that his whole body trembled.
"Sir, please calm down!"
Zhang Guanku and others knelt on the ground, bowed their heads and said.
"How do you ask me to calm down my anger!" Yan Song almost spat in their faces. After saying this, he reached out and tapped Liu Yushi in the hall and asked, "Liu Yushi, an inspection of Taicang's bank must be carried out every year. Last year.
At that time, I remembered that you were responsible for the inspection of Taicang, what? Could it be that you, Liu Yushi, did not conduct the inspection? Why didn't you find that the bank was short of money? "
Liu Yushi knelt on the ground, raised his head and glanced at Yan Song, as if he was observing his words, but he did not see what he wanted to see on Yan Song's face. He only saw anger and accountability, so he quickly lowered his head and reported back.
: "Reporting to your lord, when I took stock of the bank account, I actually found a deficit."
"That's nonsense. Since you discovered the deficit, why didn't you report it to the court?" Yan Song asked.
"Yes...it's like this. Although the lower official discovered the deficit, it was not big, just a small loss. Moreover, Zhang Guanku has been looking for the reason. It was the lower official who did not report it." Liu Yushi
He lowered his head and replied.
"Haha, a small loss? In one year, a small loss turned into a huge loss? In addition, how do you explain the deficit and false accounts in Taicang's account? This is not just one or two years, it has been happening every year for three years.
!" Yan Song slammed the table hard and asked loudly.
Liu Yushi was kneeling on the ground, his head almost hanging to the ground.
"As a censor, your crime is particularly serious! I have a law in the Ming Dynasty that says, 'Any censor who commits a crime will be punished by three levels of punishment, and if there is stolen goods, the punishment will be more serious.' Liu Censor, you should know this law, right?" Yan Song looked directly at Liu
The censor asked coldly.
"I understand." Liu Yushi tapped his head on the ground.
"Humph, it's good to understand. You are the same. "Shang Shu Kanghao": If there is a serious crime, it is not the end, but a green disaster. It is appropriate. Since the way is extremely wrong, it is not possible to kill at this time. My "Da Ming Law" - "Name"
It is also stipulated in the "Regulations" that "Anyone who surrenders before the crime is committed shall be exempted from the crime. He will send someone to serve as the surrender. If the person is compatible with the law, the leader and the minister will listen to the law as if the criminal has surrendered."
For example, if a treason, treason, or rebellion has not yet been committed, and if a relative first files a complaint or is arrested and sent to an official, the principal offenders will be exempted from the crime.
Now that the matter has come to this, you should surrender as soon as possible and return the gold and silver you have embezzled. I will also ask the Holy One to give you a lenient sentence." Yan Song snorted coldly, and his eyes wandered around the people in the hall.
Once, and then sighed, as if he had aged dozens of years, "As the first assistant, I did not discover the problem in time... I am also responsible... I am ashamed of myself
Your Majesty, after this case, I will ask your Majesty to resign from the position of chief minister."
"You can't do it, Mr. Ge."
"No, adults."
As soon as Yan Song finished speaking, many civil and military officials who were watching stood up one after another and tried to persuade him.
Xu Jie, who was next to Yan Song, was even more "excited" and pulled Yan Song's sleeves, and he tried to persuade him, "Sir Yan, why are you doing this? It's not your fault. Our six departments and six subjects of Ming Dynasty are all
The Procuratorate, the Hanlin Academy, whatever the local government fails to do, are you always responsible for it? In our Ming Dynasty, you are the only one who can always help the Holy One to support the government. If you keep resigning, wouldn't it be adding trouble to the Holy One?"
Li Mo, who was in the presiding chair, heard Yan Song's words of resignation. He glanced at Yan Song with a sarcastic expression, glanced at Xu Jie with a disdainful expression, and then glanced at the numerous officials who had stood up to listen with disdain.