After Chongzhen was silent for a moment, his anger finally subsided.
He suddenly felt that this was a good thing.
The more other parties fight back against the Prime Minister at this time, the more it proves that he was right in using Li Banghua!
Factional strife is a disease for the court.
When people are sick, they take medicine; when the court is sick, it eats people!
but.
Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, it is not the time to treat the court's illness.
Thinking of this, Chongzhen nodded and said, "Then do as Li Gelao says! However... the Jiannu are causing chaos in the interior, and the bandits are looting everywhere. The court needs people right now. There is no rush for this matter. Let's wait until the Jiannu leave the interior before making a conclusion."
All the civil and military officials in the court were relieved to see that the emperor was not angry but even compromised with them.
If nothing unexpected happens, there will be no caning session today.
Chongzhen agreed to the joint trial of the three courts to give face to his ministers, and the ministers had to give face to the emperor in return.
Then, led by several ministers, all the officials kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise and wise. We will obey your Majesty's command."
Li Banghua continued, "Your Majesty, Huang Degong captured Li Chuang's general Liu Fangliang alive. I don't know what to do with him."
"I have transferred Li Xingzhong to the capital. He will take Liu Fangliang back to the capital."
Next, the emperor and his ministers discussed some daily state affairs.
Seeing that time was almost up, Li Banghua asked one last question.
"Your Majesty, the case of Yangwu Marquis Xue Lian occupying civilian land and slaughtering civilians has been almost ready. All the people who should be arrested have been brought to justice, and the evidence that should be collected has been compiled."
"After consultation between the three judicial departments and the pacification department, it is tentatively decided that the trial will be held in public at the Shuntian prefectural government office on July 15. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Xue Lian!
This man who dared to challenge the emperor's bottom line is finally going to be publicly tried.
Chongzhen wants to take this opportunity to give the nobles a chance!
Let them recognize themselves and face the reality.
"Let's change it to July 16! July 15 is the Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival, a day to worship ancestors. Yangwu Hou Xue Lian's ancestors made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. Let him burn paper for his ancestors before going to trial."
Amid the astonished looks of all the civil and military officials in the court, Chongzhen waved his sleeves and left the Huangji Hall.
"Your Majesty is wise! Long live the emperor..." The ministers knelt on the ground with mixed feelings, watching the emperor leave.
After the meeting.
The nobles received the news that Xue Lian was about to stand trial.
As if they had discussed it in advance, they stayed indoors the moment they received the news and hid at home preparing something.
Unlike other nobles who kept a low profile, Duke Yingguo Zhang Shize, contrary to his usual practice, opened his door to welcome guests.
He ate and drank as usual and lived a very comfortable life.
But no one dared to set foot in his mansion.
Two days later, Zhang Shize suddenly appeared in the Shuntian government office.
"Britain..."
When Wang Tingmei, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, saw Zhang Shize appear at the gate of the yamen, he thought he was seeing things.
He took two quick steps towards Zhang Shize, and when he confirmed that this man was the Duke of England, he was immediately overwhelmed.
Zhang Shize has been at the center of controversy recently.
I didn't even have time to hide from him, but I didn't expect that the other party would come to me on his own initiative.
"Duke Ying...Duke Ying, how are you?" Wang Tingmei glanced at the servants on both sides and said cautiously.
Li Ruolian has been very active recently, and he cannot guarantee that there are no Jinyiwei members among his men.
"Brother Wang, I hope you are well!" Zhang Shize said as he walked in.
Wang Tingmei turned pale and cursed in her heart: Zhang Shize, you better behave like a human being! Who is your brother? Are we familiar with each other?
"Ahem, is there anything I can do for you, Lord Yingguo? Shuntian Prefecture has been very busy with official business recently. If there is nothing else, I have to go to the Ministry of Revenue." Wang Tingmei said something that sounded true and false.
"What are you doing at the Ministry of Revenue?" Zhang Shize asked with concern.
"Cough, cough, cough!" Wang Tingmei choked on her own saliva and coughed for a while before she recovered. "Go to the Ministry of Revenue to check... This matter is of great importance, so it is inconvenient to explain it clearly."
Zhang Shize smiled faintly: "Brother Wang, don't worry, finish my business first."
Speaking of.
Duke of England Zhang Shize took out a piece of paper full of words from his arms and handed it to Wang Tingmei.
"This is the total amount of taxes evaded by the Duke of Ying since the first year of my dynasty. Since the tax standards are different each year, the amount paid each year is also different."
"According to the calculation of the best farmland near the capital, in the first year of our dynasty, the tax on each acre of land was 9 cents; in the fourth year of our dynasty, the Liao tax was increased to 1.2 cents per acre; in the tenth year of our dynasty, the suppression tax was increased to 2.6 cents per acre; in the eleventh year of our dynasty, the training tax was increased to 3.6 cents per acre."
"In the seventeenth year of our reign, Your Majesty exempted the whole country from taxes for one year."
"The amount of land tax evaded by the Duke of Ying is 1,120 hectares, which is equivalent to 112,000 acres."
"From the first year of my reign to the sixteenth year of my reign, the Duke of Ying evaded a total of 38,192 taels of land tax, plus corvée labor of about 40,000 taels."
"Please check. If the amount is correct, I will have someone send the silver over right away."
Wang Tingmei was completely dumbfounded.
I thought Zhang Shize was here to gather information, but unexpectedly he was here to give me some money.
What to do? Accept or not?
The case of Yangwu Hou Xue Lian has not yet been concluded. If he collected the taxes that Zhang Shize evaded in advance, there is suspicion that he helped him clear his name in advance.
If you don't collect...
That doesn't make sense!
The most important job of Shuntian Prefecture is to collect taxes, although Your Majesty has exempted the entire country from taxes for one year.
But the silver that Zhang Shize paid was the silver that he had smuggled out of arrears, and he personally delivered the silver to his door. How could he not accept it?
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