After speaking, Liu Qing bowed piously to Song Huan.
In his hand, there was a neat stack of banknotes.
Looking at the sincere filial son in front of him and the banknote in his hand, Song Huan almost guessed what was going on.
"So after you went back that day, you conveyed what I said to your father."
"Your father plans to use your mouth to get some inside information from this king, so as to know what my father's plan is."
"Yeah?"
Liu Qing's heart trembled and he almost knelt down under Song Huan's sharp gaze!
"No no no!"
"I know that Your Highness has a sensitive identity, so I will never dare to tell my father anything like this!"
"I just told my dad that the eminent monk from Xiangguo Temple did a fortune-telling for him and calculated that his official fortune was not going well, so he made the previous remarks!"
It's hard to tell, but this little chubby guy has some sense.
Song Huan nodded with satisfaction: "So your father listened to your words and asked you to find an eminent monk and do another fortune telling to see if you can figure out any way to resolve the disaster!"
As he spoke, Song Huan pointed at the stack of silver notes held in Liu Qing's hand.
"If I guess correctly, this is the incense money your father asked you to donate to the temple!"
Liu Qing broke into cold sweat.
Is this fourth prince a pervert?
Can you guess this?
"Your Highness, you are so good at predicting things!"
"You are right, this is indeed incense money."
Song Huan nodded: "How much?"
Liu Qing felt a little guilty: "Three thousand taels!"
I will take 70% of the "incense money" given by my father and give 30% to the fourth prince. Isn't that generous enough?
"Oh..." Song Huan was thoughtful.
Looking at the entire Liang Dynasty, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue is the most lucrative official position.
In order to keep his official position, Liu Delin would be so stingy that he only gave out a mere three thousand taels of silver?
Eighty percent of it was because this fat boy got a kickback.
"It seems that your father's official fortune is only worth three thousand taels."
"I have already said a lot of what needs to be said, and the rest depends on your father's own destiny."
"Bless yourself!"
"No, no, no!"
Seeing that Song Huan was about to leave, Liu Qing became anxious and quickly blocked his way.
Why is it that every time in front of the fourth prince, he seems to have been seen through by him, and he can't hide any secrets!
Although Liu Qing finally got such a large amount of pocket money, he was really happy from the bottom of his heart.
But if my father has no official position or is even punished by the emperor, let alone pocket money from now on, whether he can survive or not is another question!
Liu Qing was frightened when he thought of this.
"Okay, Your Highness, to show your sincerity, I will add two thousand taels more!"
"The five thousand taels are all to honor you. Look..."
Song Huan still stared straight ahead: "I really can't help you."
"...Seven thousand taels!"
"It's not a matter of money."
"...Ten thousand taels!"
Liu Qing gritted his teeth and barely choked out these words.
Dad, dad, for your sake, my son will not show any selfishness at all!
After hearing this, Song Huan turned his head and looked at Liu Qing.
"I have said that this is not a matter of money."
"Over the years, your father and the Grand Master have been working together in a den of snakes and rats, and they have indeed embezzled a lot of taxes!"
"If nothing else, this alone is enough to make your father lose his head."
Liu Qing was stunned and was stunned on the spot for a moment!
Although I know that my father has been an official for many years, he is indeed not an honest official with clean hands and feet.
Moreover, by clinging to the big tree of Taishi, one should be able to sit back and relax and live a life of glory and wealth.
Unexpectedly, when it entered the fourth prince's mouth, it was only one step away from losing his head!
"this……"
"Your Highness, is my father really hopeless?"
When he spoke again, Liu Qing still sounded a bit crying.
Song Huan sighed: "If you want your father to save himself, it's not impossible."
"Let your father surrender to the emperor. If he can be turned into a tainted witness, he should still be able to save his life!"
The Ministry of Revenue is an important department for the Grand Master to make money. Once there is a major change of officials, the Grand Master will inevitably suffer heavy losses.
But how could he, Shangguan Yi, be someone who would give up easily? Since there was a new person in the Ministry of Household Affairs, he would continue to corrupt the Ministry of Household Affairs.
There will always be someone who can be used by him, and one day, his minions will be all over the household again.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to let Liu Delin continue to sit in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and continue to collect evidence that the grand master amassed money.
In this way, departments gradually broke through, until Shangguan Yi's original subordinates were no longer useful to him, making him a real loner.
At that time, what difference would it make if we could not get rid of this once powerful Grand Master?
Song Huan's words made Liu Qing fall into confusion.
"Surrender yourself?"
"Taint...tail the witness?"
"what does this mean?"
"Your Highness, my father has been helping the Grand Master, but it's not all stained..."
Song Huan was a little amused: "You go back and tell your father to sort out the family property and go to the palace to meet the saint."
"Tell my father that he is willing to donate all these ill-gotten gains to the national treasury."
"Records of dealings with all merchants over the years must also be fully disclosed, without any concealment!"
"My father is too magnanimous to not give your father a chance to change his ways."
"However, when your father does these things, he must keep a low profile and not let anyone know!"
When he heard that he was going to donate all his family property, Liu Qing immediately turned pale, as if he were mourning for an heir.
but……
If doing this can save my father's life, then there's nothing wrong with it!
As the saying goes, spending money to eliminate disasters probably means this.
Liu Qing looked sad, but still bowed to Song Huan respectfully.
"I understand!"
"Thank you for your advice, Your Highness. I'll go back right away and tell my father everything!"
Staring at Liu Qing's disappearing back, Song Huan raised his head and looked at the cloudy sky.
The heavy rain that has been brewing for a long time is about to fall.
…
In the morning of the next day, Emperor Liang acted vigorously and issued two imperial edicts.
First, a total of eight people, including the Minister of Household Affairs, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, were strictly investigated. Anyone involved in the merchant's tax case would be executed immediately!
The inspectors and supervisors of the Household Department of each state and those involved in the incident do not need to be escorted to the capital to be executed immediately!
Liu Delin, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, did not manage well and was fined 86,430,000 taels of silver, all of which was included in the national treasury.
Second, the Fu family, a grain merchant in the capital, bribed Zhou Quanan, the Minister of Household Affairs, for many years, evading taxes in total of 30,480,000 taels.
All of Fu's family property was confiscated, and the head of Fu's family was thrown into a prison to be executed on a certain day.
Once the two imperial edicts were issued, the government and the public were shocked!
Emperor Liang always acted in a moderate way and rarely made such big moves.
But now, for the sake of the national treasury, they are obviously determined to thoroughly investigate the bad debts of the household department, and have carried out a complete overhaul of the household department!
But the most unexpected thing is that Liu Delin, as the Minister of Household Affairs, actually avoided this tough sanction.
This made everyone couldn't help but gather together and start talking after going to court.
