"The emperor demanded a thorough investigation in court today!" The voice was unfamiliar. It must be the Lord Lu who had just taken office.
"Third brother, has your Black Dragon Guard taken over the Empty Seal case?"
"Second brother just returned to the capital, and he's so well-informed."
Empty seal case?
Shen Yuyao remembered.
Some time ago, Prince Ning asked someone to bring a letter to the palace, in which he mentioned this case.
In the letter, Prince Ning said that the emperor accidentally discovered that officials from various counties who came to Beijing to pay taxes to the Ministry of Revenue actually carried blank documents with seals on them.
How could a seal representing authority be placed on a blank document? Wouldn't that allow the data in the document to be falsified at will?
The emperor was furious and ordered the Ministry of Revenue to investigate the matter thoroughly.
The civil and military officials in the court did not take it seriously, as previous emperors had all done the same. Officials used blank documents simply for convenience.
Because the Great Xia Dynasty had a vast territory, the distance between each prefecture and county and the capital was long, making transportation inconvenient. Taxes were all paid in kind, and there were often various losses along the way. When the taxes were transported to the capital and it was discovered that the accounts were not correct, they had to return to the prefecture and county to re-register.
Therefore, officials from all levels of the Ministry of Revenue used this blank seal method, that is, they brought blank documents and filled them in according to the actual numbers checked by the Ministry of Revenue after arriving in the capital.
When the emperor demanded a thorough investigation in the court, the officials thought that it was just a momentary anger of the emperor and he would not really investigate the officials.
Prince Ning's letter also asked the princess if she had any news about the case in the palace.
I think Prince Ning was not sure how big an impact this case would have, so he wrote a letter to the princess to find out.
And now, according to what is said next door, the Black Dragon Guards, whom the emperor relies on as his arms, have already joined in.
Then it will be just as Xiaoxianbao said, who knows how many officials will lose their heads because of this!
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