Chapter 198: Elder Ge personally asks for silver coins! [For the leader of the alliance, Xin Yuhua Y
If this were the past, it would definitely be deposited directly into the treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and no one would come to ask the emperor for instructions. Today is different from the past, the emperor's power is growing day by day, not to mention Han Kun is Chu Yi's valued subordinate, naturally he knows
What to do yourself.
Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi and said, "Big companion, it's up to you to welcome Commander Han as he enters the city, and then take the gold and silver property into the treasury and the palace respectively."
Chu Yi knew that this matter would eventually fall on him, not even Gu Dayong. Maybe there would be no problem in supervising the entry of jewelry, jade and other property into the Forbidden City, but Gu Dayong might not be able to restrain all civil and military officials.
With so much property entering the capital, given how well-informed the civil and military officials are, they might have gotten the news by now.
If an official comes out with a hot head and shouts for the emperor to transfer all the property into the treasury, Gu Dayong may not be able to suppress the situation.
Therefore, it is most appropriate for Chu Yi to go there.
Chu Yi stood up, bowed to the emperor, and said, "I accept the decree."
Looking at Han Yu, Chu Yi chuckled and said: "General Han, let's go, take this governor to see Commander Han!"
At the Grand Canal ferry outside the capital, several official ships were docked there. They were surrounded by soldiers who were heavily guarded. They isolated many of the surrounding ships, which naturally attracted a lot of people to peep at them.
Obviously, as soon as Han Kun's ship docked, he immediately sent Han Yu to ask for an audience with the emperor, but he sat in person, just waiting for the emperor's will.
Chu Yi learned from Han Yu that Han Kun and others were still at the ferry, especially the boxes of heavy gold and silver belongings. Han Kun and others couldn't carry them into the city with a bunch of people.
Following Chu Yi's order, with just a stick of incense, Dongchang Fanzi raised hundreds of carriages and followed Chu Yi out of the capital, heading straight for the ferry.
Naturally, Chu Yi's big commotion could not be hidden from the civil and military officials in the capital, because whenever Chu Yi made a big commotion, something big would definitely happen.
This time Chu Yi brought hundreds of carriages out of the city. Everyone was stunned at first, but they quickly realized it. Someone exclaimed: "I know, Mr. Chu brought so many carriages out of the city, if he didn't
If anything unexpected happens, the men who captured Lu Wenyang have returned!"
Many people were shocked at first when they heard this, and then some people exclaimed: "It's really incredible. It is said that Lu Wenyang embezzled countless amounts of property. Looking at this situation, I'm afraid it is just like the rumors. Lu Wenyang embezzled at least tens of millions of taels of silver.
ah."
Someone ridiculed: "How is this possible? Even if Lu Wenyang has many means, how can he be so greedy?"
The amount of tens of millions of taels of silver is really too huge. Many people simply cannot believe it or accept it, so they selectively disbelieve the rumors.
I heard someone say: "I don't know whether the confiscated Lu Wenyang's property will be put into the national treasury or into His Majesty's private treasury?"
Many people were naturally stunned, and many looked at each other. It was different now than before. When encountering this kind of thing before, some people would have jumped out immediately and insisted on adding money to the national treasury. If they said that they would not add money to the national treasury, they would definitely say that the emperor was stupid and immoral.
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But now, no one dares to run out and ask for trouble. Who knows if there are manpower from Dongchang, Xichang or even Jinyiwei around.
Who doesn't know that Jin Yiwei's people are almost everywhere. If Jin Yiwei notes this because of his quick words, it might lead to disaster in the future.
Not to mention how these people talked a lot when they saw Chu Yi leaving the city with hundreds of carriages, but for people in the officialdom, they naturally had the best information.
Not long ago, a group of ministers in the cabinet received news. This news was also reported to the Ming cabinet by Han Kun. After all, according to the procedures, Han Kun should also report it to the Ming court, but Han Kun
Kun obviously postponed the time to report to the Ming Cabinet, so when Chu Yi took the carriage out of the city, several cabinet ministers received the news.
Looking at the report submitted by Han Kun, the faces of several pavilion elders were full of surprise.
Mr. Chen Ge, who was in charge of the household department, said with a happy face: "Tens of millions of taels of silver. After being charged into the national treasury, the national treasury will be abundant. During the period, we can provide relief to the victims, repair canals and other things, and build soldiers' armor. Then we will have sufficient funds."
Got it!"
An elder glanced at Mr. Chen and said, "Brother Chen, I'm afraid you're thinking too much. Don't forget, it's a matter of debate whether these properties can be put into the national treasury!"
When Chen Ding heard this, he couldn't help but said angrily: "If the confiscated property is not put into the national treasury, how can it be put into the inner treasury? If the emperor dares to do this, I will definitely go to see the emperor and directly remonstrate with him!"
Chen Ding was a veteran of three dynasties. He had an aloof temperament and did not form any political affiliations for personal gain. He was a stubborn man with a stubborn temper. He had no flaws in his conduct, but he was a rare honest and wise minister.
That's why Zhu Houzhao promoted him to the cabinet and made him in charge of the household department.
Everyone knew Chen Ding's temper very well. After listening to Chen Ding's words, everyone smiled bitterly. Among everyone present, except for the chief assistant Jiao Fang, Chen Ding was probably the only one who dared to say such a thing.
Chen Ding's eyes fell on Jiao Fang, staring at Jiao Fang and saying: "Master Chief Assistant, as the head of a hundred officials, the confiscated silver must be charged into the national treasury. You must insist on this, even if it is
I am going together with the elder to meet the emperor!"
Jiao Fang stroking his beard and pondering for a while looked at everyone and said: "Everyone, this matter is of great importance and it is not for us to decide. Your Majesty will also consider the needs of the imperial court, so how to distribute the confiscated silver?
, I think it’s best to wait for His Majesty to get the results..."
Although he said so, it is obvious that Jiao Fang still favors the emperor. After all, Jiao Fang himself belongs to the emperor. If the people promoted by Chu Yi and the others do not favor the emperor, then his position as the chief minister of the cabinet will be limited.
It's unstable.
After all, Jiao Fang could not compare with the connections that Yang Tinghe, the former chief minister of the cabinet, had accumulated over the years. Therefore, even if Yang Tinghe was against the emperor, in order to stabilize the overall situation of the imperial court, Zhu Houzhao had to make him the chief minister of the cabinet.
When Chen Ding heard Jiao Fang's warm words, he couldn't help but stepped forward and said to Jiao Fang: "Mr. Jiao Ge, if you do this, don't you know that you are harming the emperor?"
Jiao Fang knows very well that Chen Ding's reaction is due to his nature, and he has no evil intentions. Otherwise, the emperor would not have promoted him to the cabinet, and would have given you such an important department as the Ministry of Revenue.
With a sigh, Jiao Fang said to Chen Ding: "In that case, Mr. Chen might as well go with me to meet with Mr. Chu."
If ordinary officials heard Chu Yi's name, they would definitely be frightened, but Chen Ding said calmly: "Then go see Manager Chu."
The two sedans quickly rushed out of the city.
When Chu Yi appeared at the crossing with hundreds of carriages, it naturally caused quite a stir. It was Chu Yi's big movement that made the ships parked in the distance look at him.
Han Kun personally sat on the boat and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the group of carriages and horses coming. After talking to his confidants, he got off the boat immediately.
When Chu Yi and Han Yu arrived, Han Kun immediately rushed up to greet Chu Yi, bowed to Chu Yi and said: "General Han Kun pays his respects to the governor!"
Chu Yi stretched out his hand to help Han Kun up and said with a smile, "General Han is tired of the journey. You have worked hard on this journey!"
Han Kun said: "It's not hard at all for the general, thank you, the governor, for caring about me!"
Chu Yi looked at the big ship and said, "All the belongings are on the big ship?"
Han Kun nodded and said: "The general will put the belongings on two large ships and guard them all the way. Finally, he arrived in the capital in an instant and can start unloading the ships at any time."
Chu Yi stepped forward, took a look at the large ships, smiled slightly and said: "In this case, the commander will give the order to start unloading the ships!"
Following Han Kun's order, the soldiers on the ship began to unload box after box of extremely heavy gold and silver from the ship with the help of sliding rods, and then loaded these boxes on the carriage.
Many people in the distance looked at it from a distance. Most of them were businessmen, who were most sensitive to gold and silver. Just by looking at the size of the boxes and the difficulty the soldiers had when unloading the boxes, we could roughly deduce this.
The contents of the box are most likely to be gold and silver.
The section of the canal from the capital to Tianjin Wei was blocked. Now everyone looking at these unloaded boxes can vaguely guess where the gold and silver contained in these boxes came from.
It is precisely because of this that many people had a look of horror on their faces as they watched the boxes of gold and silver being unloaded.
Everyone only knows that Lu Wende, as the governor of water transportation, must have embezzled a lot of property, but no one really knows how much exactly. Now seeing so many boxes being unloaded, everyone is naturally extremely surprised.
On a cargo ship, an old businessman said in surprise: "Oh my God, there are so many big boxes, I'm afraid the gold and silver will be no less than tens of millions of taels!"
"I really didn't expect Lu Wenyang to be able to embezzle so much property. It's a pity that he embezzled so much, and he will be punished after all. No matter how much property he has, it won't be confiscated by the imperial court and his family will be exterminated!"
Lu Wenyang exploited passing merchants, so it was impossible for the merchants to like him. Seeing Lu Wenyang's unlucky situation, nine out of ten merchants who made their living on the Grand Canal would probably applaud.
At this moment, two sedan chairs came rushing over, weren't they Jiao Fang and Chen Ding, the two pavilion elders?
The sedan was stopped from a distance. After all, gold and silver were being loaded and unloaded here, and no idlers were allowed to approach. It was not surprising that it was stopped by the soldiers guarding the surrounding areas.
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