Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 88

In the evening of autumn, people are panic-stricken.

Facts have proved that the science and technology they rely on is nothing more than a mantis' arms in front of the imperial power.Xie's house was searched by Jinyiwei, this is another failure of their civil official group, this time it is very likely that their underpants to hide their shame will be ripped off.

Xie Yikui was born as an out-and-out poet, so he is naturally a member of Qingliu, and his reputation is naturally excellent.It's just that no one dares to underestimate the greed of human nature easily. Even Lu Wenhuan, a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty, finally chose to surrender to the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Now whether Xie Yikui is as clean as water, the officials who were officials in the same dynasty naturally already know it well, and now they can only hope that Xie Yikui can do things beautifully.

As the time for the next yamen approached, officials in the capital left their yamen in twos and threes. Even Liu Zhong, the Guangxi Secretary of the Ministry of Households, and Wai Lang, the new Tuntian Division of the Ministry of Industry, were discussing this matter.

Ordinarily, the fancier should be most afraid of such a thing as the emperor's house raid, but at the moment, it is the self-absurd and clean officials who are as clean as water.

In the bleak autumn wind, a sedan chair returned from the direction of the official office.

Xu Pu, who was wearing a second-rank official uniform, was sitting in the sedan chair with his eyes slightly closed. Hearing the intermittent conversations outside, he felt an inexplicable irritability in his heart.

Back then, I clearly taught the young prince of the closet to "knowledge books and be courteous". like a person.

After ten years of careful teaching, I finally taught such a thing.

This time, when faced with the big case of Chen Zhun's corruption of ink by the ministers, Bu Chengxiang did not let the emperor back down. Instead, the emperor slammed the big stick of anti-corruption on them, a group of clean and honest civil servants.

After walking through the streets and alleys, the sedan chair returned to the front yard of Xu's house.

As soon as the sedan chair fell behind, the butler stepped forward and carefully raised the curtain of the sedan chair, saying, "Master, you're home!"

Looking at the carved blue bricks in front of him, Xu Pu couldn't help sighing secretly.

Originally, he always thought that the mansion he built was a wise move. After all, a place where he had to live for more than ten years, naturally, the more comfortable the better.

Just thinking about the cost of this house, and thinking about what happened to Xie Yikui, I couldn't help but feel uneasy, and I couldn't help but secretly feel a headache.

Ordinarily, it is time for him to retreat bravely now, but he has worked so hard to reach his current position, it is really not an easy thing to give up.

Even if it is not for his own future, how many people below rely on his backing, and he is the teacher of more than 600 people and the leader of thousands of officials after all.

"My concubine welcomes the master back!" Mrs. Xu led her family and waited here first, saluting politely.

Seeing that his son Xu Yuangai hadn't returned yet, Xu Pu was very helpless towards this promiscuous son, and asked as usual: "Is the family safe and well!"

"Everything is safe at home, Mr. Lao is concerned about it!" Mrs. Xu replied as usual.

The housekeeper helped Xu Pu out of the sedan chair, and reported to Xu Puhui: "Master, Li Yu just visited from the back door, and this old slave has arranged him to wait for you in the warm pavilion!"

Xu Pu's brows could not help but slightly frowned. If Li Yu had left the capital earlier, it would have been good for everyone, but now he is just a pile of cow dung, and he just went to his own home.

"Brother Shi Yong, you must save me!" Seeing Xu Pu coming in, Li Min stepped forward and hugged Xu Pu's cold hands tightly and said.

Xu Pu is actually three years younger than Li Min, but his temperament is very calm.First, he comforted Li Min to sit down, and then he ordered the servants to bring tea, and then he took his seat at the main seat.

"Brother Shi Yong, this is a deposit ticket stored in the Xinyi Money Store in the north of the city. I have already said hello and don't need to claim it myself. Please accept it!" Li Min took out the deposit ticket from his sleeve, and immediately handed it to Xu Pudao.

Xu Pu frowned slightly, but he said with a straight face: "Master Li, what do you mean? His Majesty is staring at us today, aren't you messing with yourself?"

"Brother Shi Yong, Jin Yiwei moved five carts of things from Xie's mansion today, it must be impossible to hide the matter!" Seeing Xu Pu's refusal to accept his money, Li Min immediately said bitterly.

Although everything that was moved had to be covered tightly with a black cloth, even if there was no such a big movement, 50 taels would still be a considerable amount.

You know, the annual salary of their second-rank officials is only 732 shi. Even if Xie Yikui received a double salary with the prince and grand teacher, it is only 1462 shi.

Even with all kinds of hidden benefits, the Xie family couldn't explain the origin of such a large sum of money at all, and the clean and honest chastity workshop they had always been proud of was about to collapse.

"So what? Your Majesty can't just ransack your house for no reason. I'm afraid your money is not in the treasury?" Xu Pu realized that Xie Yikui was really killed, but he held up the teacup and said calmly.

Seeing that Xu Pu was completely unaware of the approaching crisis, Li Min lowered his voice and said, "Xie Yikui has eye problems!"

"Who doesn't know about this?" Xu Pu took a sip of his tea, looked sullenly at Li Min and said.

Li Min knew that Xu Pu still didn't understand what he meant, so he simply pointed it out directly: "After Xie Yikui's eye disease became more and more serious, he got into the habit of keeping accounts. This is not such a secret thing!"

As soon as these words came out, Xu Pu's eyes widened, and he looked in the direction of Xie Zhai in horror.

Forbidden City, Dongnuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youtang was reviewing the results of today's inspection. Although he already had psychological expectations, he was even more convinced that this gang of clean and honest people was a big joke.

Perhaps when they first entered the officialdom, many of them had great ambitions, but after decades of official career, it is like eggs that have been put for a long time have already deteriorated.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have searched Xie's house carefully, and found no suspicious account books!" Wang Xiang is now wholeheartedly working for Zhu Youtang, reporting the report in frustration.

"Your Majesty, if the news is true, then the ledger should be in Xie's house! As far as I know, Xie Yikui could no longer see things when he left Beijing. Such important things may be left to Xie Ke or others to keep, or maybe It's temporarily hidden somewhere in Xie's house, and no one knows about it!" Song Cheng reasoned solemnly, still without a trace of emotion on his face.

Wang Xiang frowned slightly, but he said with certainty: "It's just that I have searched the entire house carefully today, and let Xie's family go through a careful search, and I haven't seen any books or anything like that!"

No?

Zhu Youtang put down the booklet in his hand, feeling disappointed in his heart.

He also heard Xie Qian's reminder today, and only then did he know that there was an account book.It's just that there are too many variables in the account book. Whether Xie Yikui brought it back to Jiangxi or burned it already, it would be useless for him to pursue it any further.

Now that Xie's house has been carefully searched and no account book has been found, there is a high probability that this account book is not in the house, or has even been destroyed.

"Your Majesty, there was no warning in advance for the ransacking of the house, and Xie Ke has no reason to destroy the account books when disaster strikes, so I think that the possibility of the account books being hidden in Xie's house is the highest, but we didn't find it!" Song Cheng said. Trust your intuition and judgment, and be sure of it right away.

Wang Xiang turned his head to look at Song Cheng, but he frowned slightly and said, "There are not many books in the study of Xie's house. I took my brother and I have searched carefully three times. If the account book is really in Xie's house, it must have been Found it!"

"Your Majesty, please give me three days, I will definitely find the trace of the account book!" Song Cheng chose to trust his intuition and judgment, appearing full of enthusiasm and authenticity.

Wang Xiang knew that what happened now had disturbed Li Min, but he said unwillingly, "Three days? Li Min has already disappeared without a trace!"

"Okay, I'll give you three days!" Zhu Youtang hesitated for a moment, then Dang even agreed.

He naturally hopes to catch Li Min's real big fish as soon as possible, but it's useless to worry now, only by finding enough evidence can he catch Li Min and others in one go.

Although there is the case of the Baihe River embankment, Li Min can completely push these matters to the officials below, and the officials below are originally responsible for the job.

This has been the case since ancient times. Some people do dirty and tiring work, while others play the role of towering trees growing in the sun.

"Minister leads the decree!" Song Cheng enjoyed the state of being an official who was really doing things, so he saluted respectfully.

Zhu Youtang looked through the inspection list of Xie's house, and then told Wang Xiang: "If there are too many stones in Xie's house, you can transport a few more cars to the East Factory, and let them get into trouble first! By the way, you can send more stones to the East Factory!" People keep an eye on Xie Ke, maybe he will know the whereabouts of the account book!"

"Obey!" Wang Xiang also saluted authentically.

Zhu Youtang watched Song Cheng and Wang Xiang leave, but noticed that the court lady who was fiddling with the sandalwood seemed to be eavesdropping on their conversation, looking at this figure thoughtfully.

After all, it has only been more than a month since I have been in charge of the Forbidden City, but some people have been in charge of this place for decades.

(End of this chapter)