Emperor Sui Yang

The death of Yang Zhiji had a considerable impact.

After all, this person has never been here since the founding of the country. He has always been entrusted with important tasks. He is also known as a good old man in the clan and has a wide network of contacts.

At the first court meeting after the Chinese New Year, Yang Ming wept in the court hall, lamenting and lamenting constantly, leaving the cat to cry over the mouse.

His acting skills are so perfect now that he can cry whenever he wants. He has mastered the word "hypocrisy" and "hypocrisy".

"In the Guangtongcang case, a group of key criminals confessed that King Cai was the leader. The queen just ordered him to go to the palace to make a statement, but she committed suicide. Why bother? Why should it be like this?" Yang Ming sighed sadly.

He had to show it to others to show that he was willing to let Yang Zhiji go, but Yang Zhiji couldn't figure it out himself.

Pei Ju also helped: "If you make a mistake, just explain it clearly. King Cai is not like this when discussing marriage and honor. Are you forcing him?"

The pressure instantly fell on Xiao Jun and Wei Yunqi. Li Mi was fine, but Li Mi acted in secret.

Xiao Jun said quickly: "No, no, so many people are watching? How dare I force King Cai?"

Wei Yunqi also said: "We just sent an order for King Cai to take the crown prince into the palace to report the details. He told us to wait outside the door, but we heard crying inside. When we went in, we found that he was already dead. "

"You didn't ask any questions, so why did you commit suicide? How strange," Yang Xuan sighed.

Wei Zhendao, the governor of Menxia, ​​said: "It's not surprising. In the past ten years, Guangtongcang has lost up to 2000 million shi from the national grain reserves. King Qi has 600 million, followed by King Cai's 500 million. With such a large amount, how can he ask for it?" The queen will explain to the prince?"

Yang Hao was frightened when he heard this, knowing that the debt was all settled on the two dead men. In fact, the two of them were not greedy at all, because the real boss of Guangtongcang was Yang Guang.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs knew better than anyone else, and Chu Liang had also found out, but no one dared to tell. Chu Liang didn't even have the guts to sue Yang Hao, so he dared to involve Yang Guang?

The emperor himself used the treasury to replenish the internal treasury, which amounted to more than 600 million shi. Others were just a drizzle, but there were too many people to handle. He could only pick two culprits to calm down the incident.

According to the laws of the Sui Dynasty, the emperor could not touch the treasury. The treasury belonged to the country and was allocated to the whole country. Yang Guang had to follow due procedures when he wanted to spend money, such as when he built Jinyang Palace.

If Yang Guang has no legitimate excuse to spend money, he will have no choice but to use illegal methods to touch the treasury.

This is not new. In history, there have been many emperors who spent money on the treasury. This is called treating the treasury as private property.

So the final result of this case was that a total of 2000 million shi of official grain was lost from Guangtong warehouse, and Yang Jian and Yang Zhiji, plus Yang Daoming and a group of officials in charge, took the blame.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs re-established the files based on the current actual number of grain reserves.

"Oh, he is such a person. He has been very cautious and cautious all his life. He actually did such a ridiculous thing and corrupted the national wealth. He shouldn't have done it. He just left without saying a word. He was also confused." Empress Xiao also acted and said: "I, this palace Didn't you want to do something to him? Now it's better, it's as if people thought I was going to embarrass him. "

"No, no," Yang Xiu said hurriedly: "He just can't think about it, and he also feels guilty. After all, the amount of corruption is too big. Now that he commits suicide to apologize, he has brought it on himself. Let me see, he deserves it."

Now Empress Xiao and Yang Xiu must stand up to be the villain and clear Yang Ming's name, which will help stabilize the clan.

After all, the clan is the foundation of imperial power. Except for serious crimes of disobedience, others will generally be spared.

Yang Lun also said quickly: "The incident with King Cai has also given us a blow. In the future, whoever dares to break the law will be the best example."

"Yang Hao!" Yang Ming raised his sleeves to wipe away the few tears left on his face, then angrily shouted downwards.

Yang Hao quickly stood up: "I'm here."

"You knew it but didn't report it, so that the matter has developed to this point, and you are inevitably involved," Yang Ming snorted coldly.

Yang Hao has been cleansed now. It was just a cover-up crime. Corruption has nothing to do with him. After all, he spent money to avoid disaster.

"I am willing to let the prince deal with my fault," Yang Hao lowered his head and said.

Tathagata Protector Yu Zhongwen and other big bosses present here all know what is going on. Although they don’t know the details, they can make a rough guess. After all, no one in this court is hypocritical. Where are the faces?
Next, a group of people interceded for Yang Hao, which meant that he was also thinking about the clan friendship, so he ignored what Yang Zhiji and others did. Although it was suspected of dereliction of duty, the most he could do was fine him a salary.

Yang Ming also borrowed the donkey from Poxia and was fined three years' salary.

In the end, Yang Zhiji was given a posthumous title: Jing, and the matter was over after he was granted the title of Situ, a vain person.

Yang Ming was actually very lucky. He was still worried about how to deal with the other party in the end, and ended up committing suicide?
So decent.

In this way, the descendants of Yang Zhiji will not have to think about going up, but they will live a peaceful life without running away.

Sacrificing yourself to save your family is always the best option.

Then there is another problem. On the surface, Yang Zhiji is dead, but his family has to pay back the 500 million stone debt.The principal wife has long since passed away, and the concubines have no rights, so the person in charge of Prince Cai's palace now is Li, the mother of the young Prince Cai, Yang Ji.

Two of the breadwinners of the family have died, and they also owe a huge debt. How can they pay it back?

He couldn't pay it back. After all, Yang Zhiji was not greedy so much. If he was greedy, he would have spent almost all of it.

So Li took Yang Ji to the palace and cried.

She was completely unaware of the incident in Ziwei Palace. Women would generally not know about such a big thing. After all, women don't keep their mouths shut, and it would be fatal if it leaked out.

This was the case in ancient times. Women were in charge of the home and would not be allowed to interfere with outside affairs.

Yang Daoxuan, the daughter-in-law, had no idea how much money her husband and father-in-law had embezzled, and she was not in charge of the warehouse.

Empress Xiao was also in trouble. This number was too big. Even if she stole all of Yang Zhiji's property, she wouldn't be able to make it up. It was unrealistic to expect orphans and widowers to repay this debt.

"It is your own fault. You have lived a comfortable life these past few years. You have lived a life of luxury and luxury. In the end, all you have spent is money from the treasury." Empress Xiao said, "Now that there is such a big hole, the Ministry of Civil Affairs is watching you." Even if you pay back the money, I can’t protect you.”

Mrs. Li kept crying and said: "God is merciful. The family's internal treasury really has no money. If all the properties are sold, according to the current market price, we can get more than 100 million, and there is no more than one stone."

One million shi of grain and one million guan of money are two concepts. Today's grain prices have been forcibly suppressed. The price is cheap, five hundred yuan, but you often can't buy grain.

The court is controlling prices, but grain is limited. Except for government-run grain stores, private grain stores have no grain to sell every day, so they secretly sell it at high prices.

However, the government-run grain stores have sales restrictions, so you can’t just buy as much as you want. To ensure supply, there is a standard purchase amount for each household.

What Yang Zhiji owes is grain, so he has to pay back the grain. His money has to be bought as grain to compensate the court. In the current situation, you can't buy it.

It's not that Empress Xiao doesn't know, but the case has been closed, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs is waiting to collect the grain and put it into the warehouse.

"I can't help you with this. Don't you still have food towns for [-] households? I can ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to help you delay it. You can use the food collected from the food towns every year to pay back," Queen Xiao said.

Mrs. Li suddenly collapsed: "Without the food and property, the household has no income, and it will be even more difficult to survive in the future. The queen is considerate of us orphans and widowed mothers, so please help us talk to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to reduce or reduce the amount." ."

Xiao Yu on the side frowned and said: "The Ministry of Civil Affairs has already accounted for it. If we cannot raise this amount of food, we will not be able to settle this account. State affairs are not a piece of cake. It is already a favor for the Queen to delay the repayment deadline for you. Don't be dissatisfied." .”

Li didn't agree, but kept making jokes. This trick is a woman's unique trick. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, depending on the person it's used on.

Empress Xiao is soft-hearted. Seeing the Li family, they are indeed pitiful. Nuo Da's palace has to support a lot of people. Without income, it is really impossible to survive.

"Let the prince come over," Queen Xiao had already felt pity and planned to help Li speak in front of Yang Ming.

Does Yang Ming care about this account?I don't care, after all, Yang Zhiji is actually greedy for about 150 million, and it costs money to manage everything up and down. Not much can really be put into his pocket.

The bulk of it has long been lost to Yang Guanghua.

"Let's count as much as we can. After all, all the officials in the court are watching, and I don't like to show favoritism. Now the country is short of food, and King Cai happened to be hit at this juncture." Yang Ming frowned and said, "What do you think he got?" If money is not good, it must come from the national treasury.”

"I don't know, I don't know. I have never been in charge of the family's money. Prince, please save us two," Mrs. Li kept wiping her tears and crying.

Yang Ming knew very well that the woman in front of him definitely didn't know the family's accounts, because this was the case in every family. Yang Zhiji was the head of the family. How could he let his daughter-in-law take care of money when he was alive, not even his son.

Did Li Yuan let Li Jiancheng manage money?No.

When I die, it's all yours, but when I'm alive, it's all mine.

The same is true for the prince Yang Ming. The prince does not have a salary. His main income comes from tribute sharing, the emperor's rewards and titles, and the filial piety of his subordinates.

He has never opened the two large inner warehouses, namely Zuozang and Youzang. They are Yang Guang's money. If Yang Guang dies, Taifu Temple, which is in charge of the keys, will not open this warehouse for him.

"Okay, okay, don't cry," Yang Ming said: "The matter has come to this, and I can't let you lose your way of living. I will collect 100 million dan and tell the Ministry of Civil Affairs the rest. No matter who asks in the future, you will Is it clear that it’s all over?”

"It's clear, it's clear," Ms. Li quickly wiped away her tears and said, "Thank you, Prince, for leaving a way for us two to survive."

From now on, people will ask her, has the money been paid back?She said it was all repaid, which actually confirmed that her family owed the treasury 500 million yuan.

Li was so confused that she fell into the trap again.

Yang Zhiji’s back is strong. (End of chapter)