Wen Yao didn't expect that because of her assassination, the entire capital was in turmoil. Dali Temple and the Military and Horse Division teamed up to catch many spies. The government and the public were extremely shocked. They didn't expect that there were so many foreign spies hiding under their noses.
Emperor Xianqing was also very angry. What did these ministers do for food?
Because of this, Yuan Rui gained his respect. Originally, he just appeased him and casually gave him the deputy position of the Military and Horse Division, but unexpectedly he gave him an unexpected surprise.
Yuan Rui has real power, so he can also go to the early court. He is young and even has a green face, which makes him stand out among the middle-aged and elderly officials.
Emperor Xianqing looked very comfortable. This child is good-looking and has good abilities. He deserves to be trained well and will be a pillar of the government in the future.
The great eunuch Zhou Liangyu sang: "If you have a foundation, you can start playing, but if you don't have a foundation, you can retreat from the court!"
Yuan Rui was the first to stand up: "I have this memorial."
Emperor Xianqing looked kindly and said: "Hengyu, what do you have to report?"
Yuan Rui took out the memorial and said, "I searched the whole city and found 538 foreign spies. The identities of these spies were well hidden. Most of them were in gambling houses, brothels, boats, Goulan tile shops, docks and other places. Some even
After hiding for more than ten years, I dare not think that if these spies cause trouble, the safety of the capital will be in danger."
Emperor Xianqing nodded: "Hengyu is right. There are so many spies under my nose, and they even dare to assassinate passers-by on the street. Will they dare to assassinate me one day?
Hengyu, if you do well, I will reward you well."
King Xuan curled his lips, thinking that he was going to say something, but he was actually here to take credit, and to show off when he did something, Yuan Rui was also a vain guy.
Yuan Rui added: "What I should do, what I want to say is, if there are so many spies at the bottom, are there also those in the harem? There has been a case of catching the crown prince's concubine before. I request the emperor to conduct a thorough investigation of the harem.
The families of all the ministers in the court must catch all the foreign spies."
The ministers were panicked. What did Prince Yuan mean? Did this make them all suspicious?
They couldn't help but whisper, they were all dissatisfied with Yuan Rui's inspection of their home.
Emperor Xianqing frowned, looked at the calm and fearless Yuan Rui, was silent for a while, and asked the Prime Minister Yi Wenfu: "Yi Aiqing, what do you think?"
Yi Zaifu said: "I think what the Prince of Yuan Dynasty said is right. The world has been at peace for a long time, and the foreigners are ready to make trouble. They must have deployed a lot of people in these years.
Of course, the old minister is not saying that your colleagues are spies, but it does not rule out that foreigners are working hard on your slaves, staff, and even concubines. The old minister thinks that you can investigate yourself first and forget about it. After all, your colleagues were also deceived and suffered the consequences.
By."
If we conduct a thorough investigation of all the officials in the city, there will be no chaos in the capital. Moreover, this task is also offensive to others. It is tantamount to going against all the officials. Who can do it?
Therefore, for the sake of stability, Yi Zaifu suggested self-examination first.
Emperor Xianqing also understood his painstaking efforts and said: "What Ai Qing said makes sense, so let's investigate ourselves first. As long as there are suspicions, hand them over to Dali Temple and Jingzhao Mansion for interrogation to check for omissions. If we can't find out now, wait.
If I find out, you will have to take responsibility."
The courtiers thought this was acceptable and knelt down to thank him, and the matter was settled.
Yuan Rui did not retreat and continued: "I still have this report. The Ministry of Industry used the excuse of mining iron ore to collect large bribes. The amount is huge and the impression is bad. Please investigate thoroughly, Your Majesty."
The Minister of Industry was startled: "Prince Yuan, do you have any evidence? All the iron mines in the world are owned by the imperial court. How can they be mined by individuals? It's impossible."
Yuan Rui: "Really? Then your people from the Ministry of Industry took millions of taels of silver from my fiancée's family, but they swore that they would be mined by her family, and there were documents from the Ministry of Industry as proof. Now you are saying that you can't contract the mine personally.
, isn’t this a slap in the face?”
King Xuan's heart skipped a beat and he glared at Yuan Rui. How dare he impeach the Ministry of Industry?
Yuan Rui glanced at him with a half-smile, then chopped off his dog's paws first. Was he able to defraud the Wen family's money if he wanted to?
Wen Yu is stupid, but he is not stupid. Although Wen Yu is incompetent, he doesn't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face. Bullying Wen Yu means he doesn't give himself face.
What about his prince? The prince can defraud people of money?
Emperor Xianqing's face darkened. He had also heard about this matter. He glanced at King Xuan and saw that the people from the Ministry of Industry were helping him. Yuan Rui did not impeach him, just to save face for him.
The Minister of Industry was so frightened that he knelt down and apologized: "I didn't know that this happened. Your Majesty, I will investigate thoroughly. Please give me some time."
Emperor Xianqing nodded: "Okay, I'll give you seven days. Millions of taels of silver is not a small amount. Your Ministry of Industry has a big appetite!"
The Minister of the Ministry of Industry broke out in a cold sweat, but he was not satisfied with the Ministry of Industry.
Yuan Rui alone made everyone in the court panic and the atmosphere tense.
Finally it was time to retire. After Emperor Xianqing left, the courtiers were quiet for a while. Most of them looked at Yuan Rui. This prince of Yuan Dynasty was incredible.
Yuan Rui calmly let them watch, and anyone who was dissatisfied could come.
King Xuan attacked first: "Yuan Rui, you are really capable. You can be a big official and look so majestic. You dare to investigate the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty. Why don't you go to heaven!"
Yuan Rui bowed his head humbly: "His Royal Highness King Xuan is right. Yuan Rui knows he is wrong. How can Yuan Rui be as majestic as His Highness King Xuan? God has never thought of it. I can only look up to King Xuan and you are flying in the sky."
King Xuan: "..."
What did he mean? He said he went to heaven?
The minister of the Ministry of Industry looked unhappy and said to him: "Prince Yuan, I have offended one of my men. Please tell me in private. Can I not give you face?"
You have already impeached me, it’s over!”
Yuan Rui nodded: "Sir, Yuan Rui is not blaming you. I will forgive you if I have offended you, but there are some things that I still need to check carefully. How many things have been done behind your back that are invisible to the public?
, after all, it is ultimately your responsibility, sir.”
The Minister of Industry's eyes were dark, showing a trace of anger. Yuan Rui was right, the people below were getting more and more excessive.
"Thank you for reminding."
After the Minister of Industry and Industry left, Yi Zaifu extended his hand to invite him: "Prince Yuan, will you come with us for a walk?"
"It is better to obey orders than to be respectful!"
Yuan Rui followed Yi Zaifu, two steps behind, like a junior. Yi Zaifu was very satisfied with his humility, intelligence, courage and resourcefulness, neither arrogance nor impetuosity, and he would train him well to become another pillar of the government in the future.
What the two said was unknown to outsiders. After chatting for more than an hour, Yuan Rui went to the Wen family to visit Wen Yao after leaving the court.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw a very unexpected person waiting in the living room. He turned out to be the prince-in-law.
Cui Han saw him coming, nodded and said: "Hello, Prince Yuan."
Yuan Rui put away the surprise in his heart and returned the greeting: "Consort, are you here to visit Yaoyao?"