Chapter five hundred and seventy fifth filling the treasury
Wei Changqing was so frightened by Mao Bijiang's malicious tone that he couldn't sleep well for several days. He quickly asked someone to dig out all his recent accounts and check them again to make sure that there were no problems that could be found out.
He then went to bed with peace of mind.
In the past few years, Zheng Ying has appeared to be a bitch on the surface and is very honest in business. In fact, behind the scenes, he has done a lot of things like passing off quality goods, stealing and evading taxes, so of course there is no need to mention it again.
Presumably he did not expect that the investigation would be so intense this time. Almost all his property was turned upside down, and all the stores under his name were also thoroughly investigated. Anyone who has committed tax evasion in recent years will be punished.
He had to pay it back. Not only that, but he was also fined a large sum of money.
Lin Chong couldn't help but was speechless after seeing the taxes and fines collected: "Mother, no wonder people used to say that Heshen fell and Jiaqing was full. Just this small businessman can find so much money, and even more
Not to mention the first-rate corrupt officials."
Zheng Ying had lost a large amount of money in vain, so her heart was naturally distressed. Not only did she have to give her money to others, but she also had to apologize to them in kind words and admit her mistake, promising not to do it next time.
He made the same mistake again. After this sequence, he hated Mao Bijiang even more.
But in Mao Bijiang's own words, there were so many people in the whole court who hated him. He really didn't take Zheng Ying to heart. When Lin Chong heard what he said, he couldn't help but think about it.
He applauded. Look at this person’s magnanimity. It’s like no one else!
After catching Zheng Ying out, he also followed a bunch of other small businessmen. However, these people's business was small, and even if they were greedy, they couldn't be greedy, so they were not severely punished. At most
It was just a fine of some money and a few warnings.
Under Mao Pijiang's meticulous supervision throughout the entire process, this huge windfall was transferred into the national treasury, which greatly replenished the national treasury that had been in deficit since the war and made the entire court excited.
With the impetus of Mao Pijiang and this huge achievement, this trend has really been popular for a lifetime. Immediately, many ministers said that not only among the people, but also in the court, those corrupt officials and the worms of the country should be eradicated.
A Qingming court in the Ming Dynasty.
Lin Chong originally didn't care much about these things. Since he is an official, no matter whether he is a big official or a small official, he will be a little greedy to some extent. This is human nature. You cannot generalize all people and then make no distinction just because of this.
It's all black and white, and they're all pulled off the horse.
However, this trend did not slowly dissipate because of his non-committal. For several days, ministers wrote letters and kept talking about this matter. Lin Chong had to take it up and seriously consider it.
One day when he went to court, he left behind Mao Bijiang and Jonathan, as well as Feng Ying from the Ministry of Punishment and Ling Yiqu from Dali Temple. He wanted to communicate with them and discuss whether this matter should be done.
In fact, he also noticed that most of the people who wrote the letter were poor children from poor backgrounds. They worked hard for decades before they obtained official positions by relying on their true talents and learning.
However, the children of those wealthy families can easily obtain high-ranking officials and generous salaries without any effort. Not only that, after receiving these high-ranking officials and generous salaries, they not only did not think about how to use them to better benefit the people, but instead
He always regards these official positions as a tool to make money, and he indulges in them endlessly.
These two groups of people were born to be sworn enemies, and there were many irreconcilable conflicts among them. Of course, Lin Chong had to admit that some of the children of the aristocratic families were indeed mediocre and incompetent.
But in his opinion, most children from aristocratic families have been influenced by a good family education atmosphere since childhood, and the impact of wealth on them is actually far less than that of children who have not had enough to eat since childhood.
It's like children raised by nouveau riche and truly wealthy families. When facing wealth, their attitudes are actually different. But in general, Lin Chong feels that both in terms of education and habits, aristocratic families have different attitudes.
The disciples all have their merits and are not worthless as those people said in their letters.
"Look here, it not only writes about those uneducated and ignorant dandies, but also mentions your family Guan Ying and Guan Qu." Lin Chong pointed to a memorial and smiled at Ling Yiqu.
Ling Yiqu himself was surprised when he heard this: "What? I mentioned them two, why did I mention them? Are they comparing them with those dandy boys? They are indeed of the same age."
Lin Chong glanced at him: "You are very confident. How do you know that you are praising them? On the contrary, you are criticizing them fiercely here."
"Really? Your Majesty, let me take a closer look."
This memorial does not praise Guan Ying and Guan Qu. In it, this person describes Guan Ying as a useless person who relied on his own master to become the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. He describes Guan Qu as a ruthless person.
He was a cunning and insidious person, and said that a large part of the reason why there were so many unjust, false and wrongful cases was because of the presence of this young minister from Dali Temple who had been beaten into submission.
It is no exaggeration to say that after reading this memorial that made no distinction between right and wrong, Ling Yiqu almost became angry: "What nonsense are these talking about? Qu'er did grow up beside me.
Fake, but he entered Dali Temple on his own merit, and I didn’t find anyone to say a good word to him."
"And Xiaoying, his article at that time was seen by everyone. Over the years, he has vindicated many wrongful cases, and he never took any case lightly!
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No wonder Master Ling was angry. What was written in the memorial was so outrageous that Lin Chong would feel angry after reading it, not to mention Ling Yiqu, who had been taking them with him and treating them as his own children.
"Master Ling, please don't be angry. Is there any misunderstanding? Guan Ying and Guan Qu have always had a good reputation in the court. How come someone suddenly has such a big prejudice against them?" Feng Ying
He quickly stood up to comfort Ling Yiqu, who was about to fly into a rage.
"Your Majesty, who wrote this memorial? I am willing to let two young ministers from Dali Temple argue with him face to face!" Ling Yiqu calmed down his emotions, but still felt angry.
Lin Chong threw the memorial aside casually: "For a small official from the seventh rank, even if you let Guan Ying and Guan Qu confront him, it can't explain anything. What's more, Guan Qu is easy to say, just Guan Yingna
Can you persuade him to come out and confront someone because of his temper?"