"By God's will, the emperor issued an edict: Prime Minister Su Yunqi of the Left colluded with officials to plan a plot to slander the Crown Prince Chen Jinghuai, the Prime Minister Sun Zhicai and others, and forged various evidences, resulting in the execution of the Crown Prince Chen Jinghuai, the Governor-General Hanze and others. He deceived the King of Han to seize the throne. For many years, the lives of the people of Damo have been miserable. It is decided that Su Yunqi will be removed from the post of Prime Minister Zuo, his various titles will be withdrawn, and he will be paraded through the streets before beheading him in public."
"Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, Xu Yushan, the Minister of Industry, Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, and Xu Yongning, the Minister of Dali Temple, etc., removed their official positions, took back their titles, paraded in the streets, and then beheaded in public!"
"Cen Anze, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Du Antong, the Grand Governor, Ding Yongchang, a doctor in the Qingli Division of Dushui, the Ministry of Industry, and others thought that the crime he had committed was relatively minor, so they were dismissed from their official positions, never to be used again, their titles were taken back, and they were exiled to Qiongzhou, where they would never be allowed to enter. Capital City!”
"Liu Zhengping, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, thinks that the crime he committed is relatively minor. He should be dismissed from his official position, his title should be taken back, and he will never be used again. He will be the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs..."
This imperial edict is indeed a bit long, after all, many officials have been punished.
After soaking up the sun, Su Yunqi and the others were able to really go shopping.
Look!
The officials who were about to be executed all wore bracelets and anklets and were forced into the prison car by the officers and soldiers.
These prison vans stopped one after another on this busy street.
Both sides of the prison car were filled with people eating melons.
They felt very comfortable as they watched these bad officials get into the prison car, and the voices of discussion started from one end to the other.
After the prison car drove away, these people watching the excitement followed closely on both sides of the prison car.
Those who had money threw eggs, vegetables, etc., while those who had no money spat and cursed at the prison car.
Seeing the people like this, and looking at the chains on his hands and feet, Su Yunqi never thought that he would end up like this.
At this time, he felt regretful in his heart.
But regret is useless, and there is no medicine for regret in this world.
The officials on one side were being tortured, and the houses of the officials on the other side were being ransacked.
"Boss, only thirteen taels of silver were found."
Upon hearing this, the leader of the secret guard team was a little shocked. Thirteen taels of silver were found in the residence of Su Yunqi, the dignified first-class Prime Minister of the Left. This is really impossible.
"Have you searched carefully?" the leader asked in disbelief.
Seeing this, the secret guard who reported this nodded repeatedly:
"Search carefully. We've searched inside and outside this place."
"Boss, you said... only thirteen taels of silver were found in the residence of Prime Minister Zuo, a dignified first-class official. Is it possible?"
The leader looked at him with firm eyes: "Impossible."
"I don't think it's possible at all. Could it be that Su Yunqi hid the money somewhere else that we don't know about?"
Listening to what the subordinate said, the leader nodded slightly: "It's possible."
Then, after thinking for a while, he said:
"go."
"Go and bring back the ladies from the Su Mansion, and I'll ask them myself."
After listening, this subordinate responded:
"good."
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"Young man, go right here."
Seeing this, the men immediately ran out of Su Mansion and headed towards the direction where they had just escorted the Su Mansion people.
Fortunately, they finally chased them back and successfully brought the three ladies of the Su Mansion to the leader of the secret guard who was responsible for searching the Su Mansion.
"Kneel down!"
With a cry, the three ladies were forced to kneel in front of the leader of the secret guard.
The leader lingered in front of these three people.
Then, a pair of sharp eyes looked at the three of them.
"explain!"
"Where is the other money hidden?!"
After hearing these words, the three ladies looked at each other.
"What money?" asked the second lady, Lan.
"All the belongings of your Su family."
After listening, the second lady Lan answered. Although her face was a bit nervous, she still had a bit of courage without fear in her heart.
"All the money in our Su Mansion is in the Su Mansion. You have found what you can find. How can there be any other money?"
Listening to this sound, the subordinate standing next to the leader said bluntly:
"Tough mouth!"
"The Su Mansion is as big as yours, and the only silver found is thirteen taels?"
"Who believes it?"
Upon hearing this, the three ladies did not believe it in their hearts.
But they don't know why this happened.
"If you want to ask about this, you have to ask our master." Second Lady Lan said.
"Ask your master?"
"You women housekeepers, don't you know?"
The subordinate next to the leader asked.
Several ladies shook their heads.
At this moment, Mrs. Fan, the principal wife of the Su family, said something: "The money is all in the hands of the master. If you ask us, we don't know."
Seeing the determined looks on the faces of the ladies of the Su Mansion, the men beside the leader didn't know what to ask.
"Send them wherever they need to be, I'll go talk to the boss."
"good."
In this way, the leader of the group responsible for searching the Su Mansion reported it to their superiors.
Problems arose not only in the Su Mansion, but also in the Cen Mansion and several other mansions.
This series of questions were reported to their superior, Gu Yong, the commander of the Eastern Dark Guard.
Speaking of this commander, he was somewhat lucky.
He is the successor of Lu Geng, the former commander of the Eastern Secret Guard.
Without his sacrifice, it would be difficult for him to be in this position.
Ever since he got this position, Gu Yong, the commander of the Eastern Secret Guards, cherished it very much and accomplished many things with splendor.
He is in pretty good shape and is in his early twenties. He is currently rushing towards the palace where Emperor Chen Ziyuan is.
"emperor."
"Commander Gu has something important to ask you."
Upon hearing this, Chen Ziyuan raised his immature face and looked at Eunuch Cen.
"Let him in."
Eunuch Cen responded: "Yes."
Shortly afterwards, Gu Yong, the commander of the Eastern Dark Guard, hurried in.
"I pay my respects
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See the emperor. "Commander Gu bowed.
"Without courtesy, just tell me what you have to say."
After hearing this, Commander Gu spoke bluntly: "Your Majesty, when we raided the Su Mansion and other houses, only thirteen silver taels were found in the Su Mansion, only twenty-one in the Cen Mansion, and more in the Ding Mansion, two hundred and seventy. Two taels, the rest are all small.”
"Are you sure you haven't checked everything carefully?" Chen Ziyuan asked.
Commander Gu nodded: "We have checked carefully and asked the family members. The family members of Su Mansion said that the money is under the control of Su Yun. They don't know the details. In short, they said that the money is under the control of the master, and they also said that the money earned by the family is under the control of the master. The amount of money is already small."
After hearing this, Emperor Chen Ziyuan frowned slightly: "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, I think there are two points. Either these officials took the money to reward or bribe, or they used most of it to fill the national treasury."
The Emperor: "Okay. I understand. In this case, the family members will not move for the time being and keep an eye on them. I will think of a way."
Commander Gu:
"good."
"Then I will go down first."
Chen Ziyuan nodded slightly: "Okay."
After watching Gu Yong, the commander of the Eastern Dark Guard, leave, Emperor Chen Ziyuan hurriedly gave instructions:
"Eunuch Cen."
"Send Prime Minister Sun to come over."
Eunuch Cen: "Yes."
After a while, Sun Zhicai, the left prime minister, hurriedly walked over.
Before Sun Zhicai, the left prime minister, could salute, Chen Ziyuan said: "No need to be polite, just sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After finding a seat and sitting down, Emperor Chen Ziyuan just said:
"Commander Gu Yong came to see me just now."
"He said that when he searched the residences of those officials, he found that the amount of silver confiscated was very small, most of them did not exceed thirty taels. Only the Ding Mansion found more than one hundred taels."
"What does grandpa think about this?"
After listening, Sun Zhi, the left prime minister, thought about it and asked: "Have they checked carefully?"
Chen Ziyuan nodded slightly: "We checked everything carefully."
"I think there are only two points. Either these officials use the money to reward or bribe others. The other point is that the country's income is meager, and this official's salary has been deducted."
At this time, Emperor Chen Ziyuan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and guessed something:
"Grandpa."
"When we arrived in the capital, we captured my uncle, but not his personal servant."
"They have been able to keep my uncle unaware of the court's movements and the country's situation over the years. It is very likely that they relied on this slave."
After listening, Sun Zhicai, the left prime minister, nodded slightly:
"Probably."
"I believe that the top priority is to interrogate those officials about this matter, and it will not be too late to execute them after they are probably informed."
After hearing what his grandfather said, the emperor agreed.
"Now that the emperor's confusion has been answered, will you please retire first?"
"good."
Not long after Sun Zhicai, the left prime minister, left, a decree hurried towards the execution ground.
(End of chapter)
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