After all, the Minister of Hubu was a third-rank official in the imperial court and was in charge of the Hubu among the six ministries.
Before Xiao Di's restructuring, Daqian's finances were managed by the Third Division. Later, the Third Division was abolished after the restructuring, and financial power returned to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Therefore, Wang Hao, the Minister of Household Affairs, can be regarded as a Minister of Household Affairs with real power.
Now, Xiao Yi ordered him to be chopped down with a knife.
Because he didn't want to let such a corrupt official go.
At the same time, it is also to establish prestige.
Imperial power is about balance, but that is based on the concentration of imperial power.
But now, he is just a supervising prince, with great or small power in his hands.
If we go to the Political Affairs Hall with this account book showing the deficit in the household department and his own account book that can directly prove Wang Hao's corruption, and have the three departments interrogate and convict him, I am afraid that in the end he will only stay at the prosecution stage.
It may also give Li Linfu a chance to fight back and use Wang Hao's exoneration as an opportunity to completely suppress him.
Xiao Yi would naturally not give Li Linfu such a chance.
The prince ordered a corrupt official to be killed on the spot, and the impact was either great or small.
At that time, many ministers will definitely be dissatisfied.
Xiao Yi was not worried. He asked Huaiji to do one thing to completely silence the ministers.
Just a moment.
Dai Guang, the left minister of the household department, strode out breathlessly, entered the room, bowed and saluted: "My lord, I pay homage to your highness. Your highness is in peace."
Compared with Wang Hao, Dai Guang's gift seemed much more sincere.
Maybe it was because when he just entered the house, he saw the headless body being carried by the guards outside.
Looking at the robe, it was obviously the body of his superior, the Minister of Revenue, Wang Hao.
It is rumored that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince killed the imperial physician Zhang Hong with a single knife outside the Manlu Palace last night. It seems to be true.
This also made Dai Guang cautious and bowed relatively low.
"No gifts."
Xiao Yi said calmly: "Wang Hao is dead."
Dai Guang could only bend his body as low as possible, and at the same time, he did not dare to let out his breath.
His mind was beating rapidly. Why did His Highness want to kill Wang Hao?
It was because Wang Hao belonged to Gongxiang Li, so he killed Wang Hao directly. But in this way, wouldn't it be killing the ministers without authorization? It is completely the behavior of a tyrant. It is easy for the ministers to resist and cause trouble to His Majesty. I'm afraid Will he take back the prince's power to supervise the country?
wrong.
For the prince to be so calm, he must have been prepared for it.
So, His Highness the Crown Prince asked him to come... In just this moment, Dai Guang figured it out.
He is not a stupid person when he is in the court and has the position of Tobe Zuoshilang.
Dai Guang immediately said: "I don't know what crime Wang Hao committed, but since His Highness the Crown Prince is so angry, he must be worthy of death."
Xiao Yi looked at Dai Guang with a hint of admiration. This person had good reflexes and thought quickly. He was not a simple person.
"Yes, he does deserve death."
"It's just that Gu Gang was so angry that he had someone kill him directly. I'm afraid he will be known as a cruel person."
Dai Guang said quickly: "Your Majesty, your Majesty's dragon body is not in good condition now and he is unable to handle the affairs of the country. Your Majesty is given the power to supervise the country. If Wang Hao can commit something that makes His Majesty so angry, it may not be wrong to kill him directly. It is wrong to say that it is wrong. Wang Hao."
Xiao Yi was even more satisfied with Dai Guang's performance. He didn't even know what Wang Hao's crime was or what mistakes he had committed, so he stood firmly on his side and slapped Wang Hao with a big hat.
This is already obvious that they are on the side of the East Palace.
Xiao Yi wants to build his own team. For the selection of these teams, the first thing is to be smart and ambitious enough, and the second is ability.
If you don't have ambition, you won't have the motivation to do things. If you don't have intelligence, you won't be able to do it. It will be easy for others to take advantage of you, and you won't be comfortable using it yourself. As for whether you are strong or not, it doesn't matter now, because you can choose the people who stand on Dong Palace's side. , not many, it would be nice to pick some.
"Look at this."
Xiao Yi then handed the account books that Wang Hao had used to make false accounts in the household department, as well as his own account books, to Dai Guang for him to take a look at.
As soon as he read the content, he knew why the prince was so angry.
The drought in Shaanxi Road is so severe that the refugees have come to the capital to beg for food, and starvation is everywhere in Longxi.
However, the Secretary of the Department of Household Affairs also enriched his own pockets. He embezzled 100,000 yuan out of the 1.3 million yuan in disaster relief money, and then went down one level at a time. By the time he reached Shaanxi Road, he only had 700,000 yuan.
This is pretty good.
He was the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he was more aware of the things Wang Hao had done before. In order to please Li Gongxiang, in order to please Xiao Di, he promoted Huashi Gang, and even sold his official position to get rich. The amount of money he was greedy for was much more than this time.
Dai Guangyi shouted angrily: "Wang Hao deserves to be killed!"
Xiao Yi folded his hands and said calmly: "So Gu directly ordered people to chop him down, and also ordered people to go to the Yi Tribe and collect the crimes Wang Hao had committed before and then expose them to the world."
"The most intolerable thing is this kind of corrupt officials. Due to the drought in Shaanxi Province, the people were displaced, their wives and children were separated, their families were broken up, people were starved to death, and their children were eaten. However, dog officials like Wang Hao enriched their own pockets and embezzled disaster relief money. .”
“There are countless gangsters and disaster victims on Shaanxi Road now, and it’s all caused by this thief!”
Dai Guang quickly bowed and said: "Your Highness loves the people like a son and hates evil like an enemy. I admire you."
He felt that His Highness the Crown Prince was trying to scare the monkeys, and at the same time, he also wanted Wang Hao to take the blame for the failure of the Shaanxi Road disaster relief effort.
In this way, killing a minister of household affairs should calm down the anger of the victims of the Shaanxi Road disaster and gain a good reputation.
This kill really killed three birds with one stone.
Xiao Yi asked: "Dai Qing, I have summoned you here because I want to know about the current disaster relief situation on Shaanxi Road."
Dai Guang smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve good results this time. Last year, there was a serious disaster on Shaanxi Road, and we also provided disaster relief once. This year, the disaster is even worse. In addition, Yuanren and Jin The people and the Yan Kingdom in the north often invaded the borders, and Daqian stationed troops in the north. The military expenditures gradually increased, and the floods in the south were more severe than before, and, and..."
Naturally, the emperor was seriously ill, the prince was supervising the country, the government was unstable, and the vassal princes had not paid their annual tributes for several years. There were still several local governors who supported their troops and respected themselves.
But it is not easy to say this directly in front of His Highness the Crown Prince.
Seeing Dai Guang hesitate to speak, Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes slightly.
Although the original owner was confused by Li Qiuya, he was not completely ignorant of government affairs. There were some things that even the incompetent original owner could see.
For example, the five powerful princes, King Ning, King Qi, King Kang, King Jin, and King Liao, had different intentions, cut off their annual contributions, and began to recruit troops and support themselves.
After Emperor Taizu of Daqian came to the throne, he originally wanted to let these princes guard the border, become border guard princes, and protect Daqian.
Now it has become a big problem that cannot be shaken off, and it may become a cancer that brings disaster to the whole country.
Xiao Di really wanted to cut down the vassal, and he already had many countermeasures. However, at the beginning, he only cut off the princes of four princes. Now there are five left, who are also the strongest and have no fault of their own. and handles are among the most difficult to deal with.
Before Xiao Di had even completed the task of cutting down the vassal vassal, he slowly began to enjoy the many benefits brought by imperial power and began to indulge himself, so much so that he fell seriously ill in bed before he was even sixty years old.
Xiao Yi also knew that now was not the time to talk about the issue of vassal kings. He didn't even take back the imperial power, he didn't even have his own team, and he didn't even fight Li Linfu. He still wanted to fight those vassal kings who held real power. It was completely It's like hitting an egg against a stone.
"The disasters have been going on for years, so the Zhengshitang should have allocated a lot of disaster relief money, right? However, the Ministry of Household officials will deduct 10%, the transfer envoys will deduct 10%, the local prefect will deduct another 10%, and the magistrates and county magistrates will deduct 10%. When it comes to the common people, In my hands, it may only be consistent, or even not available at all.”
"This time, Gu has given an order to let Cai Jin take full responsibility for disaster relief."
"And the thief Wang Hao was also beheaded by Gu."
"I'll give you a chance. Write down whoever enriches your own pockets and embezzles money for disaster relief. If you can get the evidence, that would be great."
"I am going to take a look at how many ministers in the government and the public have dark hearts!"
Dai Guang understood in his heart that His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to use himself as a knife in his hand to target Cai Jin.
This is a very dangerous mission, but it is also a great opportunity.
