Chapter 189 Murong Yi's Second Move
Everyone said that the prince was not very smart, but now it seems that is not necessarily the case. Everyone sighed in their hearts. How many people from the royal family have simple minds? They all have tricks up their sleeves.
But it's too late to regret now, they can't get off the prince's ship.
"Qin Zhengan's case will be immediately handed over to the Ministry of Justice for investigation and prosecution."
The emperor glanced at the ministers who were silent as a mouse and said in a cold voice, "Looking at them like this, I'm afraid everyone's in trouble is serious."
"I obey your order." The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice followed the precedent and accepted the order.
"If you have something to report, please report it. If not, please dismiss the court." The eunuch sang immediately. After singing, the emperor left the court, leaving all the ministers sighing.
"snort!"
As soon as the emperor retired from court, the prince snorted coldly at Murong Yi and turned to leave the court.
Murong Yi looked at the departing prince coldly, snorted coldly and left the court, and told him to watch another big show tomorrow.
Sure enough, another memorial was submitted to the court the next day. This time it was from a fourth-rank official in the History Department. This official did not hold a high position, but he was very annoying and hated to see anyone say something bad about the prince.
Every time someone came out to criticize the prince, that official would jump out to oppose it, as if he was criticizing his own father. His arguments about the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues made others question their lives. Many ministers were defeated by him and could do nothing about him.
This time, it just so happened that his wife got into an argument with someone in a jewelry store while buying jewelry. His wife spent 12,000 taels of silver to buy the set of jewelry.
Just imagine how rich the family must be if the wife of a fourth-rank official in the Ministry of Personnel can casually spend 10,000 taels of silver.
Sure enough, the next day, all the conspiracy and corruption committed by this official were recorded in a memorial and placed in front of the emperor's dragon desk.
The prince gritted his teeth and stared at Murong Yi fiercely, thinking that this was another of his doing.
Last night, he and his people gathered secretly, and wanted to come up with a foolproof plan to deal with Murong Yi, but he didn't expect him to act so quickly.
The prince really couldn't imagine how Murong Yi found out all this?
His people never left any traces when doing anything and were very cautious. Even his father's secret guards couldn't find him. Could it be that Murong Yi had planted spies among his people?
In fact, he still overestimated Murong Yi. It was almost impossible to arrange spies in front of the prince.
Murong Yi comes from the modern era. With his experience and the Mingming Pavilion, the prince's methods are not difficult in his eyes.
No matter what you do, there will always be traces left behind. As long as you check carefully, you can find out the trick, especially the trick in the account book. Can you hide it from others, and can you fool Murong Yi?
It's not difficult to find out if we follow the clues.
Actually, what happened today was not entirely Murong Yi's doing. It can only be said that the official from the Ministry of Personnel had bad luck. It was not originally the turn of a small official like him, but he was just unlucky and fell into his trap.
Murong Yi happened to be seen by someone in charge, so he asked for all the information of the official and found out it was him. Don't blame him then, he just took his list and had his people report it to the emperor.
Murong Yi curled his lips, not caring about the prince's threat at all.
This is unbearable, and this has just begun. I hope the prince doesn’t faint from anger in the court.
After the emperor became furious again, the official from the Ministry of Personnel naturally suffered a very bad fate and his house was confiscated.
After the house was searched, everyone realized that this small official from the Ministry of Personnel could embezzle so much money. The silver alone amounted to more than one million taels in cash, and many of the notes had the words "such and such bank" or "national treasury" written on them.
Not to mention the precious gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, each of which is worth a fortune. In the end, they are priceless.
When the copied list was handed to the emperor, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot when he saw it.
All his ministers were good people, no less greedy than his sons, and some were even more greedy.
Each of his sons has a lot of property under their names, but these four minor officials, who receive salaries from him, actually dare to do so.
The emperor snorted angrily.
A small fourth-rank official in the Ministry of Personnel, who did not have real power like others, was just a censor, but he was so corrupt.
If every one of the officials in his court, including the first-rank officials, the second-rank officials, and the third-rank officials, were to be confiscated in this way, his treasury would not be able to accommodate even two more.
The emperor really didn't dare to think too deeply about it. There were at least two or three thousand officials, big and small, in the capital alone. And in the counties and prefectures, the officials added up to at least more than ten thousand.
It is said that a clean magistrate can earn 100,000 silver coins in three years. Thinking of the wealth of those people, the emperor felt a pang of twitching in his heart. Those should all be his.
The emperor immediately ordered the Ministry of Justice to deposit all the wealth seized from the confiscation into the national treasury. The official and his entire family were exiled to the most difficult place in Xifeng Kingdom, where they lived a life that was like falling from heaven to hell.
Then he began to look forward to who he would receive in the memorial after attending court tomorrow.
On the third day, the emperor finally saw the memorial on the dragon table as he wished. This time the accusation was against a second-rank official in the Ministry of War. After reading the memorial, the emperor calmly confiscated the property of the official and his family, including his relatives, and exiled them.
As he thought, the amount of gold, silver and treasures that this official had embezzled was simply innumerable, twice as much as that of the official from the Ministry of Personnel.
The emperor couldn't believe that this official, who usually kept a low profile, had actually embezzled so much.
On the fourth day, it turned out to be a first-rank official.
The emperor could no longer remain calm. He was furious in the court and waved his hand. Instead of exiling the official, he executed the entire family of this high-ranking official.
As a result, four high-ranking officials of the imperial court have fallen, and the other civil and military officials are trembling with fear every day, fearing that one day they will be investigated and the heads of their entire families will be chopped off.
It was easy to deal with before, the whole family could be exiled without being beheaded, but now it’s no longer possible.
So that afternoon, many officials donated their family property to the court for various reasons, filling the national treasury.
The emperor couldn't believe that his officials could do this. It completely overturned his three views and he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
He used to worry about the empty treasury, but now he is worried about having no place to store the treasures.
Moreover, in the court, all officials perform their duties conscientiously every day. No one dares to slack off, and no one dares to act recklessly. They are afraid that it will be their turn next. They try to do things as perfectly as possible and dare not be greedy or take things as they did before. Now that they have nothing, they dare not take them even if they are given the money.
The atmosphere in the capital has also improved a lot. It is rare to hear about cases of bullying or lavish celebrations to make money.
In short, the capital city looks calm, but it is actually turbulent.
The instigator was currently humming modern pop songs in his mansion, flipping through a list in his hand to see who he would impeach in court tomorrow, or if he would wait a few days.
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