Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 80 The Guo Huan case breaks out!
Zhu Yuanzhang became impatient and summoned Fu Youwen (Fu Youde's cousin), the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and asked why no victims came. Fu Youde hesitated for a long time without explaining the reason, but Guo Huan, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who was summoned later, did The answer was given to Zhu Yuanzhang, that is, "according to the applications of each household, each person does not have much land. They are not landless households. They are property-owning families and do not dare to receive relief." This means that although these people do not have much land, they There are still some who dare not come because they do not meet the disaster relief standards.

Zhu Yuanzhang was keenly aware that there must be something wrong here.

There is a high probability that the local gentry colluded with the officials and embezzled the disaster relief money and grain that should have been distributed to tenants or the poor. However, the grain chiefs did not dare to let these people who did not receive the disaster relief money and grain come to Beijing, and they had no way to let those who were not affected by the disaster. People pretended to be disaster victims and came to Beijing, so they had to find excuses to delay.

In order to verify his idea, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Jin Yiwei to investigate. However, what Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect was that he originally thought that this was just a case of embezzlement of money and food for disaster relief that would happen every time a disaster occurred, but it actually involved a bigger case.

What the Jinyiwei initially discovered was a case of false reporting of disasters by a grain chief named Tang Qian in collusion with officials. Because local people who were affected by the disaster reported the disaster to the government, they were arrested by the government. The clans of the arrested people refused to accept it and came to the government. When he complained, he happened to meet Jin Yiwei who came to investigate.

After a detailed investigation, Jinyiwei discovered that Tang Qian, the grain chief, and others had spent money to bribe minor officials, servants, and grain supervisors in the county government, telling them not to report the disasters reported by the people. These county officials accepted Tang Qian's The money for others was delayed on the grounds of busy farming, until Tang Qian and others heard that the disaster reports of grain chiefs from other prefectures and counties, such as Ge Derun, Gu Chang, Lu Zhonghe and others, had been approved, and the tax grains were also obtained. After being exempted, the county government followed up and submitted disaster reporting documents to the government.

Originally, the grain chief Tang Qian and others reported that out of the 10,000 dan that should be taxed, 6,000 dan could not be paid due to the disaster. But when they arrived at the county, it became 7,000 dan. When they arrived at the government, with a stroke of a pen, Nine thousand stones directly.

So Jinyiwei followed the clues and directly dug up the Songjiang Mansion.

However, after digging around, Jin Yiwei discovered that something was wrong, because the tax and grain that had been concealed actually involved several court officials.

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Beijing, Hubu Yamen.

The quiet atmosphere in the yamen was broken by a sudden noise.

Dozens of Jin Yiwei dressed in Feiyu uniforms and with embroidered spring knives on their waists rushed into the lobby. Their steps were vigorous, their eyes were cold, and they exuded a chilling aura of chilling.

Several officials on duty in the hall were frightened by this sudden turn of events, but a doctor still stood up and shouted: "The important place of the Hubu Yamen, what are you doing here?"

The leading Jinyiwei just waved his hand coldly, and the Jinyiwei on both sides lined up.

"Jin Yiwei is on an errand, and everyone else is waiting to get out of the way."

Immediately afterwards, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, Mao Xiang, strode into the lobby. With a burning gaze, he glanced around the people in the hall. Seeing that the target was not there, he asked the Jin Yiwei to go in and search.

"Take down Guo Huan, the left minister of the household department!"

Guo Huan was reviewing documents in front of the case. When he heard the shouts of the Jinyi guards, he felt dizzy and his mind went blank.

He subconsciously wanted to escape, but as a scholar, how could he outrun the Jin Yiwei?
After climbing out of the room through the window, he was pushed to the ground by three or four Jinyi guards within a few steps.

Guo Huan raised his head, and what he saw was the stern faces of the Jinyi guards and the shining Xiuchun sword that had been unsheathed.

There was a panic in his heart. The Jin Yiwei's action meant that the matter had alarmed the emperor. This time, he might be in danger. At this time, Guo Huan was filled with regret, and he hated why he indulged his greed so much.

In fact, Guo Huan was once an upright and honest official, and was deeply appreciated by Zhu Yuanzhang. With his talent and hard work, he climbed step by step to the high position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Revenue. He still has the final say.

Before today, it can be said that Guo Huan had a bright future. In time, he would definitely be able to reach the top position of Qingyun.

Unfortunately, he failed to resist the erosion of greed and gradually embarked on a path of no return.

Facing the tight formation of the Jin Yiwei, Guo Huan knew that he had no chance of winning, so he simply stopped struggling and let the Jin Yiwei take off his black gauze and official robe like a puddle of mud and arrest him on the spot.

Fu Youwen, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, had been standing aside with a group of officials from the Ministry of Revenue who were not involved in the case, watching all this with cold eyes.

Although he and Guo Huan were both ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, the relationship between them was not harmonious. Fu Youwen was a standard member of the Huaixi Group and a rare civil servant in the Huaixi Group. How could he be willing to be subordinate to others?

Now seeing Guo Huan being escorted away by the Jinyi Guards, Fu Youwen lowered his head and couldn't help but reveal a meaningful smile.

Fu Youwen knew that he could finally get rid of this strong opponent. Soon, he would have the opportunity to replace Guo Huan's position and even become the real leader of the household department.

Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to the famous cruel officials, and Wu Yong, the right judge of the Criminal Division, took charge of the case. Wu Yong understood and began to torture Guo Huan and those involved in the case.

Not long after, Guo Huan and others couldn't stand the torture and confessed to embezzling disaster relief food and stealing official food.

After trial, it was found that Guo Huan and his party members had embezzled and stolen as much as 7 million shi, and the tax revenue for the summer and autumn of the Ming Dynasty was only 28 million shi. Although there were also cases of subjugation and taking the blame for others. The moisture in my body can also be said to be an insect among insects.

Based on the instinct of cruelty, Wu Yong began to hint that Guo Huan wanted to bite more people. Officials at the ministerial and ministerial levels such as Zhao Mao, the Minister of Rites, Wang Huidi, the Minister of Punishments, Wang Zhi, the Minister of War, and Mai Zhide, the Minister of Industry, were involved.

Zhu Yuanzhang rarely ordered the killing, but the thorough investigation of the case did not stop.

Soon, it was discovered that the Ministry of Revenue, local chief envoys, and officials at the prefectural and county levels had colluded with grassroots grain chiefs and warehouse officials to make false accounts, embezzle money and grain, and even add water to the grain to increase its weight to evade inspection and escape. However, the fire dragon directly burned the warehouse, resulting in the terrible situation of destroying all the stored grain.

The scale of Guo Huan's case further expanded and began to affect the grassroots, and the grain chiefs responsible for local tax collection and storage were the first to bear the brunt.

As for the grain chiefs in Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places, as the richest people in the area, eight out of ten were convicted and imprisoned for this. Coupled with local subordinates and servants, the number of people involved in the Guo Huan case increased to an astonishing number. Tens of thousands of people.

The officials of the Ministry of Education also reached a rare agreement and jointly sent a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, frankly saying that the public resentment was boiling and the world was uneasy, and they implored the case to be closed.

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