Hearing this, the officials made a commotion, and everyone became excited, as if they had finally caught Jin Yiwei's handle! Many people even showed admiration for Hu Bin! Because they didn't expect to verify the amount of money coming and going, they all felt that Jin Yiwei would not cheat on such a big matter! According to Jin Yiwei's past style, they would have made enough money when they ransacked the house!
At this time, Hu Bin said loudly: "This money was all remitted through Liansheng Bank! And Liansheng Bank promised that all accounts involving the government have the right to verify, so I checked Liansheng Bank accounts! What can be confirmed is that the banknotes sent to the capital from various places are definitely more than 3.4 million taels,3 and the people in Jinyiwei have signed for them normally! But when the money was transferred to the Account Department, it was only There are 2.6 million left! The official repeatedly questioned the Qianhu who sent the banknote, and he assured that it was all the dirty silver and left a signature! I don’t know how Mr. Liu can explain this!"
When the officials heard this, they immediately made a commotion, and then many people immediately loudly denounced Liu Haojia! In their opinion, Liu Haojia finally had a loophole, so they must make this happen, thereby breaking all Liu Haojia's plans in a point-to-point manner!
As for where the money went, Liu Haojia really knew, it was given out as a reward! Because as the saying goes, the emperor has no shortage of hungry soldiers, so his royal guards should also be given some benefits! But where does this money come from? He can't do it on his own, then he can only do it from Dirty Silver!
So when Liu Haojia arranged to arrest people, he repeatedly emphasized that all money must be accounted for truthfully, and then it will be distributed uniformly after arriving in the capital! Now there are people within Jinyiwei who are doing the accounting, and they will be given out silver rewards according to the contribution of each person!
But amidst all the noise, Zhang Juzheng and the other elders looked at each other helplessly! Unlike the excited officials below, they simply did not believe that Liu Haojia would leave such a big loophole for people to catch, and he would definitely have a sufficient explanation!
Sure enough, after the officials calmed down, Liu Haojia said, "Master Hu wants me to explain the whereabouts of these more than 800,000 taels of silver, right?"
Hu Bin nodded and said, "Yes, this matter must be explained to the court!"
Liu Haojia nodded and said, "Okay! In that case, I will explain it clearly to you!"
At this point, everyone pricked up their ears, wanting to hear Liu Haojia's explanation? And many people have already made up their minds. No matter how he explains it, he can't escape the charge of embezzling public funds! If you extend it further, a bigger crime will appear! So each of them is full of expectations!
But at this moment, they only heard Liu Haojia spit out three words from his mouth: "It's gone!"
The word "drift" originally refers to the loss of goods due to some reasons during water transportation. After all, in ancient times, ships and navigation technology were not particularly developed, so it is understandable that there would be losses! However, many officials focused on floating!
As a result, many officials deliberately attributed all the withheld money to their superiors when transporting money and supplies, and then openly divided the money and supplies privately! Nowadays, fraud has become the most common corruption method used by civil servants!
After Zhang Juzheng and others heard Liu Haojia say these three words, they immediately knew what would happen next, and immediately thought of stopping everyone who was preparing to refute! But the several pavilion elders were generally a little older and their movements were a bit slower. In addition, they all expected other pavilion elders to come forward, so by the time they looked at each other and stood up, it was already too late!
While they were thinking, they heard a huge roar in the hall! All officials are loudly denouncing Liu Haojia's strong rhetoric! In particular, Hu Bin scolded him loudly and then waved his hands desperately to signal everyone to quiet down!
Just before the elders got up, they heard Hu Bin say loudly: "Is it floating? Mr. Liu's words are too ridiculous! It's only a dozen blocks from Liansheng Bank to Beizhen Fusi. How is it possible that hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can float away on the road? During this period, not even a drop of water was touched. This is clearly corruption! It was you, Jin Yiwei, who embezzled more than 800,000 taels of silver!"
At this moment, Hu Bin was excited and high-spirited! He feels that he has become a wise man who holds the truth, a hero who challenges the dragon! For a moment, his face was flushed with excitement and his eyes were bright! Especially when the officials praised him loudly, he was even more confused and confused!
He seemed to see himself becoming a great hero of the civil service class, knocking Jin Yiwei to the ground again, and then stepping on thousands of feet, making him unable to stand up forever!
Just after the roaring of the civil servants stopped, Liu Haojia said: "If you float, you will float. What's so strange about this?"
After speaking, Liu Haojia turned around and started rummaging through the files in Qianqian's arms. But Hu Bin felt that this person was indifferent to him. He stepped forward angrily and said loudly: "Piao does not refer to river and sea transportation, but where among the dozen or so streets involves river and sea transportation? Master Liu's words are unavoidable. It’s so confusing, are you treating His Majesty and all the officials as three-year-old children?”
His righteous words won another round of applause from the officials! But while they were cheering, they heard Liu Haojia holding a dossier and seemed to be reciting something, so everyone calmed down and looked at Liu Haojia with wide eyes, trying to hear clearly what he was reciting?
Just listen to Liu Haojia read loudly: "...the Ministry of Household Affairs allocated Liaodong Town 40,000 taels of silver and 60,000 shi of grain! Liaodong Town actually received 30,000 taels of silver and 42,000 shi of grain... The reason for the shortfall is that it was lost! The issuer... …”
"...the Ministry of Household Affairs allocated Datong Town 60,000 taels of silver, 60,000 shi of grain, and 6,000 jins of iron materials... Datong Town actually received 42,000 taels of silver, 35,000 shi of grain, and 4,000 jins of iron materials... ..., the reason for the shortage is that the issuer of..."
Liu Haojia recited more than a dozen items at once, and according to what he recited, each one was about the situation when the Ministry of Revenue allocates wages and supplies to the outside world! Unsurprisingly, all the money and materials allocated were reduced by about 30%, and the reason was very similar: they disappeared!
As Liu Haojia chanted, the hall became quieter and quieter, you could almost hear a pin drop! His voice seems to be getting louder and louder! The sound echoed back and forth in the hall like thunder! And all the officials have faces as pale as earth! Especially the officials from the Ministry of Revenue are almost going crazy!
