Chapter 126 The traitor jumps out (Subscribe please)

Imprisonment.

There is always constant wailing.

Zhu Qi, who was kept in the imperial prison, increased the torture in order to get to the bottom of all the accounts of embezzlement of military supplies as soon as possible.

Just listening to the sounds coming from inside is enough to make people shudder.

perhaps.

The imperial court should arrest a few corrupt officials from time to time and put them in the imperial prison to torture them severely.

Then he summoned court officials to observe the interrogation process in the imperial prison.

It would be best to let these officials clean up the broken limbs and the sticky flesh and blood on the ground in the imperial prison afterwards.

in this way.

It can probably stop many people from having the idea of ​​corruption and fraud.

However, this beautiful vision does not seem to be realized.

And at this moment, outside the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei prison.

Lu Yi's face was filled with horror.

His eyes widened.

"Brother-in-law, you want to rebel!
Privately intercepting the censor's memorial is a capital crime!

This is not a good thing to do!"

Bang.

There was a muffled sound from the head of a Jinyiwei commander named Lu.

Lu Yi covered his head with his hands in pain, looking at his brother-in-law who was rubbing his fists with a wronged look.

Yan Shaoting glared at his brother-in-law: "Are you expecting me to be beheaded for treason?"

Lu Yi pursed his lips and whispered, "Then you want me to take him to intercept the 32 memorials from Hai Rui..."

As he spoke, Lu Yi moved his mouth towards Qi Dazhu who was looking at him curiously from a distance.

Yan Shaoting said in a deep voice: "I didn't ask you to do anything. Just stop those memorials from entering the city for two hours. You don't need to worry about the rest."

Two hours is almost enough time for me to finish all my things, Yan Shaoting thought silently.

Lu Yi asked again with some uncertainty: "Were you really only blocking them outside the city for two hours?"

It's just blocking the memorial outside the city and preventing it from entering the city so early. It's not a big deal.

You can find any excuse and do something that no one can criticize you for.

but……

Lu Yi still spoke in a low voice: "But if you really want to prevent these memorials from entering the city, there is a way."

Yan Shaoting stared at Lu's brother-in-law with a gloomy look.

He always felt that this kid had some rebellious intentions.

Lu Yi continued to whisper stealthily: "It's extremely hot right now, it's not impossible that a post station might burn down accidentally..."

Yan Shaoting immediately glared at him fiercely.

I knew this guy had no good intentions.

They even dared to burn the post station and destroy the memorial submitted to the capital by the Censor-in-Chief.

Yan Shaoting immediately said sternly: "Put aside your thoughts, just stop him outside the city for two hours."

Lu Yi nodded and took two steps towards Qi Dazhu at the courtyard gate.

Then he turned around and said, "Really? Actually, the method I mentioned is really feasible."

"roll!"

Yan Shaoting roared.

Lu Yi ran as fast as he could and reached the gate of the courtyard. Before Qi Dazhu could react, he pulled him and disappeared from Yan Shaoting's sight.

The courtyard was silent.

Yan Shaoting looked up at the huge, towering locust tree outside the imperial prison.

I don't know who proposed it.

There was actually a locust tree planted in the courtyard of the imperial prison.

However, the leaves of the locust tree are dense at this time, and a few clusters of locust flowers left over from the spring can still be seen sporadically.

The tree is lush and leafy, but it doesn't feel gloomy.

However, the constant screams coming from the imperial prison made people feel chilling, eerie and terrifying.

Yan Shaoting shook his head, noted the time, and walked out of the prison.

After leaving the Jinyiwei Yamen, Yan Shaoting found his way to the imperial city.

Calculating the time, two hours later, it was time for all the government offices to close.

According to the convention, the memorials of a small censor like Hai Rui would be sent to the Tongzhengshi Yamen first. And then, because he was a censor, the thirty-two memorials would be placed on top of all the memorials received today.

Tomorrow morning, when the various ministries and offices go to the yamen, the documents will be sent to Wenyuan Pavilion and handed over to the cabinet ministers for review and approval.

If it is delivered before the court today, it will still be copied and archived according to convention and then sent directly to Wenyuan Pavilion, where the cabinet ministers will review and draft it on the same day.

Of course, this is the current administrative process of the Ming Dynasty.

If it were in the early days of the country, all memorials from the censors would be sent directly to the emperor for review regardless of time.

After entering the imperial city, he walked along the familiar road to the classroom outside Wenyuan Pavilion.

Yan Shaoting has been busy investigating corruption in military supplies outside the palace these days and has not come to Wenyuan Pavilion for several days.

On the small table outside the classroom, there were several memorials piled up, one could not tell whether they came from Changping or the southeast.

They are just small things.

Yan Shaoting didn't care. Instead, he took the paper given by Lu Yi, which contained the summaries of Hai Rui's thirty-two memorials, put it into his sleeve, and then walked into the classroom.

"Your humble servant, I pay my respects to Lord Yan, Lord Xu, Lord Gao, and Lord Yuan."

Not seen for a few days.

Yan Shaoting came suddenly.

This immediately attracted the attention of the four people in the classroom.

The four people had different expressions and naturally had different thoughts.

Yan Song still had a smile on his face. The more he looked at his eldest grandson, the more he liked him.

He probably couldn't wait to give up the chair under his butt to his eldest grandson.

Xu Jie remained silent, just glanced at him with a forced smile on his face.

The newly appointed cabinet minister Yuan Wei was quite enthusiastic. He greeted him and began to think about when he could get together with Yan Shaoting in private.

On the contrary it is high and arched.

A different smile from the past.

"Runwu is here, but is there any progress on the military supply case?"

Gao Gong was very enthusiastic. Recently, he was quietly promoted to a new height by the civil officials because he once again stopped the emperor from interfering with military power. He seemed to be the pioneer and role model of limiting the imperial power.

Gao Gong's clear-cut attitude in checking military supplies won him praise from officials in the court, including but not limited to the censors.

privately.

Although officials did not dare to talk about the imperial power and military power, words praising Gao Gong for his virtue as a prime minister spread among many people.

Yan Shaoting nodded and said, "Reporting to Lord Gao, it is indeed a case of corruption in military supplies in various ministries and offices in Beijing."

Gao Gong's face was full of curiosity, and he had already regarded himself as the leader of the investigation into military supply corruption in various government offices in the capital.

He asked, "How far have you investigated the case? Do you know how the corruption happened and who was involved?"

Yan Shaoting replied: "In reply to the elder, I have been investigating the corruption of military supplies in various departments and offices in Beijing all night. Now we know that the root cause of this is the financial deficit of the court.

Because the court's finances have been tight in recent years, the people below have not been able to get enough money and food, which has led to the regular production of military equipment and weapons being almost halved compared to the past.

However, even if the court is short of money and grain, it cannot conceal the fact that these people continue to take advantage of it and commit corruption. The Jinyiwei has already sorted out the confessions of the officials involved in the case. They will be sorted out soon and handed over to the cabinet for review and then presented to Your Majesty. "

Gao Gong smiled with satisfaction in his eyes.

As he was in the cabinet and in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, he naturally did not want to see that during the current difficult situation of the court, there were still people secretly engaging in corruption.

A bunch of good-for-nothings!
The court had only a few cents of money and grain, but they still dared to embezzle it.

Extremely stupid!

Gao Gong cursed inwardly and said, "It's been a long time since you investigated the case so quickly."

Xu Jie, who was above him, silently glanced sideways at Gao Gong.

Xu Jie's eyes moved around and he silently complained in his heart.

That’s not what you, Gao Suqing, said a few days ago.

At that time, you, Gao Suqing, wished you could kill all the members of the Yan family on the spot.

Now he is praising her.

But Yan Shaoting changed the subject: "However... before I came to Wenyuan Pavilion today, the ambassador of the Ministry of Revenue's Yi Zi Ku died during the interrogation because he could not bear the torture..."

The atmosphere in the classroom became heavy.

The expressions of several people changed, but no one said much.

After all, once they were sent to the Jinyiwei prison, the fate of those criminals was already determined.

Yan Song said silently: "It is not a pity for this man to die, but can the case of the Yi character library be investigated?"

Yan Shaoting nodded.

His eyes wandered around the classroom and glanced at Xu, who had been silent the whole time.

Xu Jie seemed to sense something and met Yan Shaoting's gaze.

Then Xu Jie asked, "Did the prisoner confess anything?"

Yan Shaoting hummed, and said with a smile: "This fellow is really stubborn. He never admitted his crimes until his death. Before he died, he even said that the crime was not his, but the crime was committed in the court of the Ming Dynasty, in this Wenyuan Pavilion.

"I think this guy was crazy before his death and wanted to make random accusations. Now that he is dead, it is what he deserves. He deserves it."

Hear what Yan Shaoting said.

Xu Jie's expression indeed relaxed slightly.

But the next second.

Yan Shaoting said: "But..."

Xu Jie, who had just felt relieved, felt nervous again.

The ambassador of the Yi Zi Ku of the Ministry of Revenue is dead, so why is this matter still not over?

Yan Shaoting continued, "Before he died, this fellow said that the Yizi Warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue used to be responsible for storing the court's cotton military uniforms, cotton armor, and paper for memorials. But now, less than one-tenth of the materials are stored in the Yizi Warehouse.

According to past practice, the cotton military uniforms and cotton armor needed by Yi Zi Ku were all woven from cotton produced in various places last year, and were transported to Beijing at the end of the year or the beginning of the year and stored in Yi Zi Ku.

The number is clear, and once the court decides where the military forces will send them, they can be transported there throughout the year for use by the soldiers.

The accounts of the Yizi Library have been slower than usual since a few years ago, and today, less than one-tenth of the accounts in the library are complete.

I checked the accounts of other warehouses and found similar problems, but the problem in the Yizi warehouse was the most obvious and the most daring! "

In the classroom, Yan Shaoting explained silently.

Yan Song and the other three had solemn expressions on their faces.

By now, this matter has become very obvious.

Regardless of whether there is enough storage in the Yi warehouse now, it is against past practice to store the military uniforms and cotton armor made of cotton produced locally in the previous year in the warehouse in Beijing, which results in delayed storage.

There was at least a whole year's gap in between, which was completely embezzled.

However, considering that the current inventory of the Yi character library is less than one tenth.

obviously.

These people didn't just embezzle one year's share.

Xu Jie immediately reached out and slammed the table.

"How audacious!"

"The country is in such a difficult situation, and these black sheep dare to be so bold as to embezzle the country's money and military supplies!"

"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly and thoroughly. No one involved in the case will be spared."

"Call the Royal Guards to investigate carefully!"

No one was surprised by Xu Jie's anger.

Most of the officials in the court are corrupt, but there are very few who are so brazen in their corruption.

And now that it has been discovered again, we naturally have to investigate it thoroughly.

Yan Shaoting sneered in his heart, bowed his head and said: "In this case, I will go to the Western Garden again, report to the emperor, and then leave the palace to continue investigating this matter."

Gao Gong waved his hand and said, "If there are people in the court who dare to slander, just tell me and I will punish those who dare to make false accusations on your behalf."

Yan Shaoting bowed and quietly left the Wenyuan Pavilion classroom.

He walked out of Wenyuan Pavilion and stopped between Wenhua Hall and Wenyuan Pavilion, under the Dongzhi Gate leading to the three main halls.

Not long after.

Footsteps were heard coming from the direction of Wenyuan Pavilion behind me.

His footsteps were somewhat hurried, as if he was chasing something.

A smile appeared on Yan Shaoting's face.

The treacherous minister just jumped out.

He immediately turned around and bowed.

"Lord, where are you going?"

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