Wu Huaiyu did not know Pang Xiangshou and had no contact with him.
But Qin Qiong and Pang Xiangshou were very familiar with each other. They were both old colleagues in Prince Qin's palace. They had fought side by side on the battlefield and had gone through life and death together, so they also had some feelings for each other.
But they are not from the same hilltop.
Strictly speaking, Pang Xiangshou is from the same family as Yuchi Laohei.
Even though Lao Hei seemed to have joined halfway, coming from Liu Wuzhou's camp, he also had his own hilltop in Prince Qin's palace. Many people, such as Xun Xiang, Liang Jianfang, Gao Zhensheng, Pang Xiangtai, etc., all belonged to this hilltop.
Not all of these people are from Liu Wuzhou's side, but they had a close relationship when they were in Prince Qin's Mansion.
What kind of generals there are, there are what kind of soldiers.
Yuchi Laohei has a bad temper. Although he is brave and brave, he is very brainless. Moreover, this guy likes ostentation and luxury. Almost all of his subordinates are like this.
Wu Huaiyu first went to Qin Qiong's house, drank a pot of tea and found out the details about Pang Xiangshou, and then told Qin Qiong that something was going to happen to this guy.
"Sooner or later this day will come," Qin Qiong was not surprised at all.
There are not many generals who don't love money, whether they are really greedy for money, or they are a bit unreasonable because of their high merit.
But Pang Xiangshou went too far.
"If you don't know how to restrain yourself, you will bring it upon yourself."
Qin Qiong said bluntly.
After leaving the Duke's Mansion of Qi, Wu Huaiyu went directly back to Yongyefang. He first went home to see Lao Wu and Liu, and then went to the greenhouse to get two big handfuls of spinach and celery to find Lao Wei next door.
Chill celery, add fried peanuts, and drink with a pot of sake.
When he was almost done drinking, Huaiyu showed him the information about Pang Xiangshou's uncle and nephew.
After Wei Zheng finished reading, he was no longer drunk.
"A history of a small money-catching order involves such huge amounts of corruption?"
"There is evidence for everything."
"Erlang wants me to come forward to report?"
"No, I will present these to Your Majesty tomorrow and show them to Prime Minister Wei. It's just because Pang Xiangshou is your Majesty's old servant. It is estimated that Your Majesty will still be nostalgic and refuse to deal with it. Then Prime Minister Wei will have to come forward to advise."
Wei Zheng did not hesitate, "Don't worry, I will take action."
"I didn't expect there to be such a big rat in Yushitai." Wei Zheng sighed.
"Actually, what's the difference?"
A money-grabbing official from the Yushitai apparently lent out loans with a capital of fifty guan, but in fact he was involved in tens of thousands of guan. The various fields, houses, and shops under his name were even more astonishing. It seems that Wei Zheng, the dignified prime minister, originally wanted to borrow a thousand guan. , they all had to mortgage their houses to mortgage their collection of books, and they had to write epitaphs for merchants to earn writing fees.
So irritating.
The next day.
Facing the interrogation report submitted by Wu Huaiyu, it was also co-signed by the Ministry of Punishment. It was a money-grabbing order, and the embezzlement was so huge. What was even more terrifying was that a small money-grabbing order could cause such a big thing.
For fifty guan, he can release tens of thousands of guan.
And this case also involves Pang Xiangshou.
This is an old subordinate who has saved him several times.
Wei Zheng said bluntly, "Your Majesty, I request a thorough investigation of Pang Xiangshou."
Li Shimin was really hesitant.
But Wei Zheng was determined not to give in. In the face of the evidence that had been presented, Li Shimin finally had no choice but to agree to a thorough investigation.
There is no suspense about this matter at all.
Just waiting for the emperor's decree.
Yushitai, Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and six gates were dispatched together with Yongzhou to conduct a joint investigation. Pang Xiangshou was still in Beijing and had not returned to his place. He was immediately controlled and brought back to Yushitai for interrogation by the three divisions.
The case went so smoothly that it was unbelievable, with all the witnesses and material evidence, and Pang Xiangshou could not quibble.
"I want to meet His Majesty."
Pang Xiangshou made a final request.
After hearing this, Li Shimin asked him to enter the palace to meet the saint.
However, the emperor did not see him alone. Several prime ministers and people from the Three Law Departments were present.
The emperor must personally hold him accountable.
Faced with the emperor's interrogation, Pang Xiangshou did not deny it, but he only said one sentence. He had followed your majesty as the emperor Yuancong when he was in the palace of Prince Qin. He had followed the emperor through life and death many times, and even rescued the king several times and protected the emperor loyally. Now, now
I still have those scars on my body.
He was embezzled, but compared to these achievements, he felt it was nothing.
He hoped that the emperor would remember his old friendship and his past achievements and forgive him this time. He was willing to return the stolen goods, but he hoped that the emperor could retain his title, which he had risked his life for.
After saying that, he took off his clothes, revealing scars all over his body.
It's really shocking.
When Li Shimin saw this, his eyes were filled with tears and he felt very sad.
My heart softened.
So he planned to let Pang Xiangshou go, let him withdraw his bribes and remove him from office, but he would still retain casual officials and knighted officers, just like Yuchi Laohei, and reflect on it at home, and then use him again in the future.
Wu Huaiyu had expected all this.
However, he had already been prepared and had visited Wei Zheng long ago. He asked him to charge into the battle today, but he did not intend to go there himself.
As expected, Wei Zheng did not flinch.
Advise directly.
"Your Majesty, the former members of the Qin Palace are now all over the government and the public. If every former member of the Qin Palace makes a mistake and your Majesty shows favoritism, then this is undoubtedly an injustice to other officials with good conduct and disrespect for the laws of the country."
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"This is not a personal matter, but the majesty of national law."
Li Shimin thought for a while and regained some composure.
Yes, if every former member of Prince Qin's palace behaves like this and can be forgiven, then wouldn't it be chaotic if they behave like this in the future?
On the contrary, this will only pamper them and will eventually harm them.
Qiu Xinggong, Wei Chigong, Lu Zushang, and now Pang Xiangshou, one after another.
"What Xiang Wei said makes sense. I used to be the king of Qin and the master of a palace. Now that I am in a high position, I am the master of the four seas. I cannot be a private friend."
“The state has national laws, and families have family rules. How can we violate the law for personal gain?”
"Pang Xiangshou, as a Qiandi Yuancong, should be more disciplined and law-abiding, but he is lawless, corrupt and perverts the law. There is a mountain of gold, silver, money and silk at home. He bullies the people wherever he goes, and seizes fields. His deeds are notorious. He is also unable to discipline the children at home.
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The more the emperor talked, the angrier he became.
"The Secretary of the Central Committee ordered Prime Minister Wen to draw up an edict, and Prime Minister Pang Shou deprived him of his title, removed his position, removed his citizenship, and confiscated his family property. In memory of his past achievements, he was spared death and exiled to Lingnan."
Pang Xiangshou's nephew Pang Yongye was not so lucky. The emperor ordered that his family property and population be confiscated, and he was delivered to Yongzhou and sentenced to death in the Yamen!
Pang Xiangshou was deprived of the crown of virtue and the purple robe and goldfish bag by the palace.
The uncles and nephews of the Pang family had all their original ancestral property, salary, business income, reward income, corruption, and illegal business income all confiscated.
Yongzhou Yamen is responsible for checking.
The property that was confiscated was quite astonishing. There were a lot of fields, and there was a lot of land in Gyeonggi, Puzhou, Puzhou and other places. In addition, there were many shops that were confiscated, and there were many illegal industries.
A lot of money was also copied.
There is also a large population of slaves and concubines.
Anyway, this time the emperor was furious. Although Pang Xiangshou spared his life, he could only take his wife, concubines with children, and children into exile in Lingnan. The rest of the concubines, maids, and servants were all confiscated.
All his family property, including his wife's and concubine's jewelry, etc. were gone.
Each person is given one set of clothes for the journey.
And it must be on the road immediately without any delay.
Fortunately, the emperor remembered his old friendship, so before they set off, he sent a eunuch to give them 100,000 yuan, which was used to pay for their travel expenses and for their settlement when they arrived at Danzhou Island in Lingnan.
This incident still caused great shock in the DPRK and China.
I thought that Pang Xiangshou, an old minister of the Emperor, was also guilty of embezzlement, and there should be no harsh punishment. After all, there are many ministers who have committed embezzlement crimes, such as Changsun Shunde, Liu Hongji, Yuchigong, Li Daozong, Li Xiaogong, Li Shentong, etc.
All ministers have problems with corruption.
Even the emperor's trusted generals Duan Zhixuan, Zhang Shigui, Zhang Gongjin, Zhang Liang, Hou Junji, etc. were often reported for their illegal behavior of occupying local people's fields.
Faced with these problems, the previous treatment was usually a reprimand, ranging from suspension of salary and copper fine to serious demotion and suspension, which were mostly temporary.
Even Chen Wanfu, the right-guard general, secretly took a few stones of wheat bran to feed his horses on his way to Beijing. He was impeached for violating the law. The emperor did not punish him much. He just asked someone to take a few stones of wheat bran and put it on the palace.
, and then rewarded him in front of all the officials and asked him to carry it home.
The emperor also handled a previous corruption case involving Changsun Shunde in the same way. He placed dozens of pieces of silk that he had bribed in the palace, rewarded him in public, and asked him to carry it back in front of all the officials.
Although this kind of punishment is embarrassing, it is not serious in consequences.
I thought Pang Xiangshou would be handled in the same way this time, and at most he would be dismissed from his post and reflect at home.
Who knew that his home would be confiscated and he would be exiled to Lingnan?
People in the Tang Dynasty in Lingnan were frightened when they heard about it. Previously, Lu Zushang was unwilling to go to Jiaozhou to be the governor, so he was killed. Now that he was exiled, the conditions were even worse, and it was really difficult to come back.
This treatment is not ordinary harsh.
Yushitai made an unexpected fortune.
Pang Yongye alone had tens of thousands of money copied for him. Although he was not allowed to be an official, some of it, Wu Huaiyu said, was embezzled from the public servants of Yushitai, so now it is found out that it must be paid back.
These uncles and nephews are quite capable of corruption, and they are not just ordinary people who take bribes. What makes them special is that they are very good at making money.
Not only did they accept gifts and embezzle, they also started playing with capital, absorbing savings, and then lending money. After making money, they ran pawn shops, gold and silver shops, etc., and then bought land and opened grain shops. This Pang Yongye was a little crazy, but
This money-making brain is very good.
Of course, his industry is not healthy.
For example, he has been defrauding people of their capital through high interest rates, but he has collected the money through various channels and cannot truly fulfill his promises. Therefore, every plate is a pig-killing plate, and the money from these small plates is finally collected into his large plate.
Zili.
Behind him are countless defrauded people, even some business and landlords. This guy knows how to split the market, so ordinary people who don't have strong connections can't do anything against him.
Another thing is that the money he got was lent out at very high interest rates, and he especially liked to make short-term loans. Such short-term loan sharks were often difficult to recover. He relied on illegal and violent collections. If he had no money to repay, he would pay off the debts of his wife and daughter or even sell them himself.
slave,
Relying on these methods of eating people without spitting out the bones, a large amount of money was quickly extracted.
It's just that he fattened himself by killing pigs, and in the end he turned into a big fat pig and was killed.
Although Wu Huaiyu also requested an order from the emperor to deal with the aftermath, and the funds absorbed by Pang Yongye's uncle and nephew through various channels were to be withdrawn, the most the court could do was refund the principal, and not a penny of interest would be paid, so in the end the advantage was still the court's.
Earn.
Even many people whose families were ruined could no longer get their money back, and it still belonged to the imperial court.
Pang Yongan, Pang Xiangshou’s uncle and nephew fell down.
There were more than 600 people who had compiled the money-catching orders in Chang'an, and thousands of people who had not been compiled. They were all trembling, and they all cooperated honestly and actively to take stock of the public money.
Withdraw what should be withdrawn, and make up for what should be supplemented, all in an honest manner.
Of course, some people who go too far cannot escape the fate of being killed as a pig like Pang Yongan.
Wu Huaiyu, who judged the expenditure, saw that the national financial ledger was originally full of deficits, but the money coming in one after another has gradually accumulated into a very considerable amount of money.
