Time has been the hardest to find since ancient times.
My head is covered with silver frost.
Love Youyou,
Hate Youyou,
The setting sun refuses to rest.
The hero is a little sad.
Within the palace wall, in the Changchun Palace, Zhu Hengjia wrote this sad poem, and suddenly felt that his back was even more bent.
"Your Majesty, you are an unparalleled hero, but you are not old at all." Huang Guifei quickly comforted him.
"Wan'er, please don't comfort me. Life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are in heaven, it's no big deal. You are helping me write ink, and there are a large number of memorials waiting for me to review. Hahaha!"
"I will be grinding ink for you now. Please don't sing sad songs again, which will hurt your body with sorrow," Huang Wan advised again.
"Don't worry Wan'er. I feel that I'm in good spirits. It won't be a problem to stay with Wan'er for another ten years." Seeing that the beloved concubine was worried, Zhu Hengjia laughed again, "China has many generous and tragic people since ancient times.
.I am just a pre-schooler’s sentiments!”
After laughing, he picked up his ink pen and started reviewing memorials.
"Li Guo must die! I am so angry!" Suddenly, the old emperor jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
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Chen Bangyan, a scholar of Dongge University, Xiao Qi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhang Cheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, jointly write this memorial: In order to express gratitude to God, he sacrificed his life to repay the truth and exposed the thief Li Guoxiang's fraud in building the imperial mausoleum.
In the past, Liu Zongyuan said: "To stir up turmoil and promote purity, to abolish corruption and establish integrity." Since ancient times, all wise kings have attached great importance to integrity and punished corruption. I have been blessed by the Holy Spirit to be in charge of the Ministry of Industry. Everything is beneficial to the country.
He did not care about death. He worked for the Ministry of Industry to eradicate corruption, clarify the official style, rectify the people's hearts, and fulfill the duties of loyal ministers and others.
Nineteen officials including Li Guoxiang, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, Shenyuan, the minister of the camp and repair department, Zhongliang Zhixin, the doctor of the Dushui Division, and Liu Bing, the foreign minister of the Yuheng Division, were found to have accepted bribes from unscrupulous businessmen, misused construction projects, and cut corners. Li Guoxiang was especially the most thief.
In a frenzy, he received thirty thousand taels of stolen silver from Liu Zhongmu, a wealthy businessman from Gaoling, and allowed him to undertake the construction of the embankment of the Yan'an section of the Yellow River; he also received one hundred thousand taels of stolen silver from Liu Xinxuan, a wealthy merchant from Sanyuan, and allowed him to supply stones, flowers and trees needed for the imperial mausoleum.
Woohoo! The construction of the imperial mausoleum is so important that it cannot be done by non-confidential ministers. Your Majesty ordered Prime Minister Li Guo to supervise the construction of this matter, which is a great kindness from the heavens and the earth. However, since ancient times, treacherous and sycophantic people have been good at grooming and decoration. The emperor's kindness is so great that it is difficult to lead evildoers to return to justice.
.Li Guoxiang received stolen silver from the unscrupulous businessman Liu Xinxuan, so he replaced the precious marble with cheap granite. The other flowers and trees were also shoddy and cut corners.
Alas! The majestic imperial mausoleum has turned into a humble place. How can your majesty survive a hundred years later? The treacherous minister Li Guoxiang has wronged the country, the emperor, and the world!
If you are brave enough, please punish the traitors and set the course for the government. I hope that your majesty will accept the loyal advice, investigate the traitors of Prime Minister Li, and clarify the punishments, so as to please people's hearts. For this reason, I would like to report to you."
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Li Guoxiang dared to commit fraud in the construction of my imperial mausoleum? Does he really have such courage?
That flattering face appeared in Zhu Hengjia's mind. This person gave him the impression that he was always respectful and understanding. I remember back then, when I thought the democratic newspapers were detrimental to the autocratic imperial power, it was Li Guoxiang who was the first to observe the holy will.
, proposed the establishment of a press censorship section to suppress freedom of speech, which led to a group of scholars attacking him. Although he temporarily dismissed him and returned home in order to calm the public anger, he was in the heart of the emperor from then on. After the incident subsided, he was promoted step by step to the right wing of the Ministry of Industry
The high position of minister.
It was precisely because he felt that Li Guoxiang was loyal to him that he gave him and Ma Huanxi the important task of supervising the construction of the imperial mausoleum. However, Chen Bangyan, Xiao Qi, and Zhang Cheng jointly sent a letter saying that Li Guoxiang had accepted bribes from profiteers and used cheap money.
Granite instead of marble, flowers and trees, etc., are all shoddy. How will I rest in peace after a hundred years?
The three people who exposed Li Guoxiang were all Conglong heroes, and their intuition told the old emperor that most of what they said was true!
"How dare Prime Minister Li bully me, I will punish his nine tribes!"
A surge of anger surged into the heart of the old emperor, which made his back that was a little bent due to old age unbent. His eyes were bright and his waist was straight. He took out a small book and wrote down the name of Li Guoxiang with a red pen.
"The commander of the Xuan Jin Yiwei Commander sent Ma Jixiang into the palace," Zhu Hengjia suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice.
As soon as the emperor summoned him to the palace, the loyal minister Ma Jixiang rushed there in a hurry. He always rushed to see the emperor as soon as he was summoned.
"Your Majesty, Ma Jixiang, is here to see you," he bowed and stood in awe after saluting in a proper manner.
Zhu Hengjia was very satisfied with his respectfulness and gave him the memorials of Chen Bangyan and others. "Ma Qing, Chen Bangyan, Xiao Qi, and Zhang Cheng jointly submitted a memorial saying that Li Guoxiang had accepted bribes from profiteers and used inferior methods in the construction of the imperial mausoleum."
Good job. You will investigate carefully for me to see whether this matter is true or not. If it is true, how many officials are involved. You must investigate it for me and get to the bottom of it."
"I will obey the holy order." Ma Jixiang knew that this matter was not a trivial matter, so he bowed down to accept the order.
"All the officials responsible for supervising the construction of the imperial mausoleum should be checked by me. No one should be missed. Do you understand?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will do my best!"
"Well, please step back, I'm a little tired."
"Yes!"
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When it came to the major case of the imperial mausoleum, Ma Jixiang did not dare to neglect, and all his subordinates were mobilized, and soon Li Guoxiang, the right minister of the Ministry of Works, Shen Yuan, the lieutenant of the Camping Department, Zhongliang Zhixin, the doctor of the Dushui Department, and Liu, the foreign minister of the Yu Heng Department, were involved.
Nineteen officials including Bing, and ten wealthy businessmen including Liu Xinxuan and Liu Zhongmu were invited to prison.
The results of the investigation show that shoddy quality is indeed common in the construction of imperial tombs; and the confessions of Shen Yuan, Liu Xinxuan and others all prove that Li Guoxiang received 100,000 taels of stolen silver from Liu Xinxuan.
"What a pity for Prime Minister Li!"
Ma Jixiang sighed and shouted: "Bring Li Guoxiang up."
Li Guoxiang was escorted up, and the five evil spirits, Ma Jixiang, Zhao Daxi, Guo Lin, Zhang Bin, and Luo Hu, were sitting at attention.
"Who are you?"
"Li Guoxiang".
"What is the official position?"
"The right minister of the Ministry of Industry"??
After a routine question, Ma Jixiang smiled and got to the point, "Shao Sikong is a smart man. You should know very well what kind of place this is. Tell me, who else has taken bribes like you and is working in the construction industry?"
Is there fraud in the imperial mausoleum? Please tell me more details to save me the trouble."
Li Guoxiang remembered the words on the cloth, "You are not allowed to confess in the Ministry of Works; when you go to prison, you will blame Ma Huanxi." He immediately requested: "I am willing to confess, please bring me a pen and paper."
"Give him paper and pen," Ma Jixiang shouted.
Li Guoxiang's pen moved like flying, and he quickly finished writing the letter.
"You know how to recognize faces," Ma Jixiang praised, and looked at the offering book. After just one glance, his expression changed drastically.
"Zhangyin, what's wrong with you? What did this guy write in his confession?" Seeing his change of expression, the other four people asked curiously.
Ma Jixiang calmed down and said: "This matter is too important to show to you. Come, please take Li Guoxiang into custody first. The trial will end here today, please withdraw."
When everyone dispersed, Ma Jixiang read the confession letter again, and one line in it was clearly visible: "The matter of passing it off as good quality was done by the criminal at the instigation of the eunuch Ma Huanxi, the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies. The criminal once gave Eunuch Ma Huanxi 50,000 taels of silver."
