Originally, after the King An Rebellion subsided, the officials in the capital thought they could at least get a period of respite. Unexpectedly, less than half a month later, another shocking case suddenly occurred, which occurred in Yancheng and implicated as many as thirty officials.
Even Beijing officials were vaguely involved in the case, and the matter exploded like a bomb in the court.
Speaking of which, Yancheng is not far from the capital. It has an excellent geographical location and is connected in all directions. Water transportation is very convenient. Shipping is second to none in the entire Ling Kingdom. Yancheng is really no worse than the capital. Who could have imagined that a city could develop so well?
In this place, such a corruption case unexpectedly broke out. I heard that the most serious case was that the amount of corruption committed by one person in three years reached one million taels of silver. It was considered the largest case in the history of Ling Kingdom.
The emperor was furious and sent Dongfang Lin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Xu Cang, the minister of the Ministry of Punishments, to Yancheng to investigate.
Previously, because the walls of Yancheng were in disrepair for many years, the imperial court specially allocated money to Yancheng to repair the walls. Yancheng was regarded as a face of the Ling Kingdom. Most people who came to the capital had to pass through Yancheng.
Shangyan City's waterways are well developed. If the enemy invaded through the Yancheng waterways during a war that day, it would be completely impossible to stop Yancheng's current city defenses. Therefore, the imperial court would increase its efforts to have Yancheng repair the city wall.
Then who would have thought that the officials on this side actually swallowed the money secretly and built a city wall that was of no use. The imperial court sent Dongfang Lin to see for himself what they had done under the supervision of the Ministry of Works.
What does it look like? Of course, this is also an opportunity for the emperor to set fire to the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Industry and establish his prestige in the Ministry of Industry.
Regarding the jerry-built materials on the city wall, the Yancheng administrator kept silent and even secretly arrested the two people he found. He thought the matter would be suppressed like this, but who knew that only two days later, the court knew about it. This made
The officials in Yancheng were really puzzled. Could someone have foresight? Otherwise, how would they know that the city wall of Yancheng was basically a "dirty project". They swallowed millions of taels of silver from the court and rebuilt it with bricks and stones covered with earth.
The price difference for the city wall fell into the pockets of Yancheng officials.
Dongfang Lin is a talented person in engineering construction. He can tell the secrets at a glance. The emperor sent him down to Yancheng mainly to find out the officials involved. In the emperor's opinion, building the city wall was a top priority.
Just like the cities in the north are not big, there is no doubt about the solidity of the city walls. This is one of the reasons why the Liang Kingdom was unable to capture it several times. The towns in the north are difficult to attack and easy to defend, so when building the city, they were adapted to local conditions.
The city defense was built taking into account the local geographical location.
With the emperor's delegation of authority, Dongfang Lin and Mr. Xu uncovered a series of officials in the city wall collapse case. Although the officials involved in the case in the capital were not recorded in the case, they heard that a list had been written down and ready to be submitted to the emperor.
At this time, Ji Boping became anxious. Although he was not involved in the city wall collapse case, the person most involved in the case was his. He did not want to rescue the person, but was afraid that he would be implicated.
Within it, it will be found out that the people most involved in the case are his people. No matter how powerful he is, he will not be able to escape the involvement. He knows these aristocratic families in the capital the best. He has done a lot of things that have been blamed by everyone, so
This case must be resolved quickly and cannot be investigated any further.
At this time, he thought of Dongfang Ye. Dongfang Lin was responsible for this case. Coupled with recent events, he couldn't help but wonder if Dongfang Ye had done this. After discussing with his elder brother Ji Donglin, he sent someone to go
Dongfang Ye was invited to come to the house, and after the three of them discussed it all night, Dongfang Ye finally left with a smile on his face.
No one knew what they were discussing, but Dongfang Ye's victorious attitude was unmistakable. I am afraid that the Ji family had compromised something in this matter, and it must have made Dongfang Ye gain enough before he could let him go.
After Dongfang Ye left, the case of the city wall collapse was settled. What people didn't expect was that people under the Yang family were also involved in the case. Fortunately, no one from the direct family of the Yang family was involved, but in the eyes of the court, the Yang family was probably also involved.
There is no connection, and although there is no evidence, the good impression of the Yang family in front of the emperor is gone.
Unexpectedly, the two powerful officials of the Ji family leaned towards Dongfang Ye. This gave the court a slight reminder of the direction of the trend. More and more people leaned towards Dongfang Ye. This cabinet bachelor who was originally no one cared about suddenly
It's so hot that it burns your hands.
At this moment, when Dongfang Lin's place was also bustling with people, Dongfang Ye sat on the carriage and rushed to the palace. He just wanted to see Liuyun now and didn't want to worry about anything else.
"Master, Yancheng's case seems a bit strange." Luochen frowned slightly, always feeling that this matter was going strangely smoothly.
Dongfang Ye nodded. Not only was Yancheng's case strange, but the Ji family's attitude was also strange. Even if the second master of the Ji family had a deep entanglement with Yancheng's case, they would not give in indefinitely. Dongfang Ye tried it out,
It seems that they are quite afraid of themselves, as if they still hold something in their hands that can threaten them.
Although Dongfang Ye didn't know what was going on with the Ji family at all, he would not miss the climb. Since they thought he had something that could affect the overall situation, they thought so. Anyway,
It didn't have much impact on him. It would be good if the Ji family could shut up about this incident and stop mentioning Liuyun and the secret.
"My subordinates have secretly investigated, and it seems that someone is involved." Luochen said very cryptically. After all, at this point, it is still difficult to distinguish whether it is an enemy or a friend.
This has always been the case in official circles. If there is an interest, we will cooperate. If there is a conflict of interest, we will break up. No one needs to be polite.
"Continue to investigate." Dongfang Ye pursed his lips, secretly wondering if it might be the emperor's handiwork. However, based on his understanding of the emperor, he was not such a boring person and should not interfere with the things below.
"Yes." Luochen responded.
The carriage heard outside the palace gate. Unexpectedly, the emperor's confidant father-in-law was already waiting at the palace gate. When he saw him, he immediately came up to him, which made Dongfang Ye frown slightly. This feeling of being controlled by someone was very uncomfortable.
"My servant has been waiting here for the young prince for a long time. Your Majesty invites the young prince to come over." This father-in-law is the emperor's confidant, and everyone in the palace treats him with respect.
"Let's go." Although I really want to see Liuyun, since the emperor has invited me, it's not easy to refute the emperor's face.
However, along the way, Dongfang Ye kept thinking about what the emperor would do to him. Of course, the most important thing was that if he designed him like this, he should let him get some interest back.
[Author's digression]: It's weekend, let's all sleep in... There are still two chapters in the afternoon, 5e__5e hehe...