Chapter 817
The King of Wei was very angry and resentful towards the Yang family. They dared to collaborate with the enemy and treason, and did such things that harmed their reputation in their own name.
After the King of Wei reported Yang Shangzhi, he also reported to Emperor Wu'an a lot of evidence that Yang Shangzhi searched for people's wealth and people's anointing.
And "filled with righteous indignation", he proposed to go to Junzhou in person to arrest Yang Shangzhi and bring him to justice.
Just when Emperor Wu'an was hesitating whether to send him to capture Yang Shangzhi, Xiao Lintian's memorial was sent back.
Emperor Wu'an became furious when he saw that Yang Shangzhi's family was selling weapons, food, and medicinal materials to Dong Qi.
At this time, Zhao Zhenzhen's father, Zhao Hui, took the opportunity to add insult to injury and spoke to Emperor Wu'an.
"Your Majesty, both Yang Shangzhi and General Xia are close associates of King Wei! Didn't it be discovered last time in the mine that King Wei's people were secretly making weapons?"
"The whereabouts of a large part of these weapons are unknown. It turned out that Yang Shangzhi and General Xia smuggled them out and sold them to Dong Qi!"
"Although the four countries have a truce now, war will break out at any time. Food, medicinal materials, and weapons are all necessary for war. What's the difference between selling it to Dong Qi and giving Western Qin to Dong Qi!"
"Your Majesty, how could these weapons be transported all the way to the border smoothly? There are so many officials who are involved in this and they must be severely investigated and punished..."
Emperor Wu'an's face turned dark when he heard this. He understood what Zhao Hui said, but he just didn't expect that King Wei would dare to do such a thing!
This country in the Western Qin Dynasty was named Xiao, and the king of Wei was also named Xiao. In order to collect money, he actually built the Xiao family's country under the mast.
Emperor Wu'an carefully read the evidence presented by Xiao Lintian, although King Wei reported Yang Shangzhi first and swore that he knew nothing about what the Yang family and General Xia had done.
But we don’t need to know about food and medicinal materials, but what about weapons?
The weapons were transported out of the mines, and King Wei's explanation seemed feeble and weak in the eyes of Emperor Wu'an.
After seeing the private letters between Magistrate Yang and Emperor Yannan of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Wu'an was ready to kill King Wei.
Magistrate Yang and General Xia imprisoned Ling Xiang, the imperial general stationed on the border, and tortured the imperial officials. This was a bold move. Without the support of King Wei, how dare they!
There is also the crime of Vice Commander Wu. There is such a treasonous general stationed on the border. If the war goes on, wouldn't they be able to hand over the towns of Western Qin to others?
When Xiao Lintian's second memorial was delivered, Emperor Wu'an's heart dropped.
Four of the eight treasury granaries guarded by General Xia were empty.
The imperial court sends inspection commissioners to inspect the granaries in various places every year. On the surface, the eight granaries guarded by General Xia are full.
But the memorial sent by Xiao Lintian said that there were fish in the eight granaries. The top one was grain, and the bottom ones were filled with sand in sacks.
When the two armies are fighting, food and grass go first. If there is no food, it will be a rough battle!
"Both...Bore!"
Emperor Wu'an was furious. In order to let the people recuperate, he wanted to repair the palace or summer palace in the past two years. He used the money to fill granaries everywhere.
Unexpectedly, my frugality allowed Yang Shangzhi and the King of Wei to enrich their own pockets.
The commissioner who inspected General Xia's residence was on record. It turned out that this commissioner was the nephew of Queen Wei's family.
The memorial sent by Prince Cheng came with the receipts for various goods shipped to Weizhou with the approval of the King of Wei over the years.
There are no weapons in these orders, but there are huge amounts of food and medicinal materials.
Prince Cheng also captured several officials who were inspecting checkpoints in various places and obtained their confessions.
The weapons were shipped out in the cargo. These officials accepted bribes from the Yang family, and the inspection was just a formality...
