With Xiang Nan's account and Wang Zhanzhu's assistance, the case would be tried much faster.
In less than two days, the case had come to light.
"Your Majesty, Chen Huizu has confessed that during the search of the palace, he, together with officials at all levels who participated in the search, enriched his own pockets. This is the list of people involved in the case, please see it before the Emperor!" Xiang Nan reported the results of the case trial.
"How brave you are! I just beheaded dozens of people in Ganzhou, and there are actually such a group of people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang!" Qianlong saw that there were more than thirty people on the list.
There are more than ten officials above the Taoist government alone, and there are also important officials such as the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang and the Inspector of Jiangsu and Zhejiang among them, which is simply shocking.
"Your Majesty, it seems to me that not all of the officials involved in the case are greedy. They may also be involved in Chen Huizu's power and dare not disobey them." When He Shen saw them, he quickly advised.
He didn't receive any news about this matter in advance. Unexpectedly, Xiang Nan had just finished investigating the case in Ganzhou, and now he was also investigating the officialdom of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. And the decision was finalized so quickly that he didn't even have time to raise money.
"Your Majesty, your words may seem reasonable, but in fact they are completely absurd!" Xiang Nan sneered, "As far as I know, these officials involved in the case actively participated in it.
For example, Xie Ruowen, the prefect of Hangzhou, paid Wang Danwang a bribe of five thousand taels of silver in order to participate in the inspection. Later, when searching the palace, three pieces of Yushanzi were hidden, worth twenty thousand taels of silver.
After the incident, they confessed to each other in unison, insisting that they did not know. If Shiyewang hadn't been careful and left behind a record in advance, this case would have been a mess in the end.
Therefore, I believe that these officials are not innocent. They formed a clique beforehand for personal gain, sharing the wealth among themselves, and afterwards the officials protected each other and concealed the crime.
If we do not severely punish them, it will be difficult to uphold the law and order, and it will also be difficult for those who come after us to learn from them! "
Qianlong nodded.
"Chen Huizu, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Xu Chengwen, the inspector-general of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, committed suicide and deceived the emperor. They were sentenced to death! Other officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who embezzled more than 10,000 taels were sentenced to death!
Those with more than 5,000 taels will be sent to the northwest for military confinement, but will not be pardoned! Those with more than 1,000 yuan will be given twenty pieces of silverware to serve as a warning to others if they hand over the proceeds of corruption. "Qianlong immediately made the decision, "The king has performed meritorious service in investigating the case, and he has been specially promoted to the rank of sixth-grade general judge. If there is a vacancy, he will fill it in!" "
"Your Majesty is wise!" Xiang Nan and He Shen bowed together.
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"Okay, Master Ji, another dozen heads fell to the ground." After the emperor came out, He Shen smiled at Xiang Nan, "You are really the reincarnation of a killer!"
"Master He put the blame on me again." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "If they were not greedy, no matter how murderous Ji was, the knife would not fall on their heads.
The only blame is that they are too greedy. As far as the prefect is concerned, the annual official salary and the maintenance of clean silver are a small amount of 20,000 taels of silver, which is enough to spend. However, they still use tricks to steal and break the law. Who is to blame for being in this situation today? "
"Huh!" He Shen was a little unhappy.
"Master, I really want to ask you, why do you think you are greedy for so much money?" Xiang Nan said with a smile, "There are thousands of mansions, but only seven feet of sleep; thousands of hectares of fertile land, but only three meals a day. . You still have to worry, lest something comes out. What do you want?"
"Then Ji Xiaolan, why are you so troubled?" He Shen also asked, "Does your life have meaning? What benefits have you fallen into?"
"Sir, you don't understand that people's needs are divided into five levels." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "The first level is physiological needs; the second level is safety needs; the third level is social needs; the fourth level is respect needs; The fifth level is self-actualization needs.
Sir, you only care about making money and not caring about your reputation. You are still only on the first level. No matter how high your official position is and how much money you make, you are no different from the ordinary people who work hard and live in poverty just for three meals a day.
Ji Xiaolan is now on the fifth level, and I want to realize my ideals. My ideal is that the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there are no more corrupt officials in the world. So every time I kill a corrupt official, it is a happy event for me. do you understand? "
"Ji Xiaolan, you are arrogant, you are rude, and you are only on the first floor!" After hearing what Xiang Nan said, He Shen, although he could not fully understand it, knew that he looked down upon her, and he suddenly became angry and said.
Xiang Nan laughed and ignored him.
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As Wang Danwang and other officials from Jiangsu and Zhejiang dismounted, Qianlong's southern tour officially came to an end and he set off back to Beijing.
The boat went north along the canal.
We arrived in Huzhou that day. After the boat stopped, Du Xiaoyue took Su Qinglian to go shopping.
After Wang Danwang's death, Su Qinglian had been in a bad mood and depressed, so Du Xiaoyue and Xiang Nan tried their best to make her happy.
After the two went shopping for a while, they returned to the boat.
"Sir, I just heard that someone in Jiaxing Mansion is making trouble, saying they want to resist the transfer of imperial grain." Du Xiaoyue reported to Xiang Nanhui.
Upon hearing this, Xiang Nan nodded, "The common people have always been timid and afraid of trouble. As long as there is a way to survive, they will not get up and make trouble. Now they dare to resist the payment of imperial food. They must have been forced into desperation."
"Yes, sir, you have to help them." Du Xiaoyue quickly advised, "Why don't you tell the emperor about this."
"Hey, I've been a corrupt official these days. The emperor starts to have a headache when he sees me. It may not be effective for me to report this matter." Xiang Nan waved his hand.
During this period, officialdoms in Ganzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang were in turmoil one after another, and hundreds of officials were beheaded. For the common people, the death of these corrupt officials is certainly a good thing.
But for Qianlong, it was a big blow. Most of these officials were promoted by him. But now, so many major crimes have been committed and his trust has been betrayed, so how can he not feel sad.
By the way, even Xiang Nan, who discovered and raised questions, actually didn't like him very much.
Otherwise, if Chen Huizu supervises the self-theft case this time and Xiang Nan investigates it so cleanly, Qianlong should give him another reward. In the end, only one person, Wang Zhan, was rewarded.
"Then what should we do, sir? Don't you care?" Du Xiaoyue asked quickly when she saw what Xiang Nan said.
"You still have to take care of it. So, Xiaoyue, you do this..." Xiang Nan whispered for a while.
Xiaoyue nodded after hearing this.
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The next day, the imperial boat sailed from Huzhou to Jiaxing Prefecture.
Xiang Nan was playing chess with Qianlong in the cabin. At the critical moment of the game, he suddenly heard a noise outside the window, which filled the sky.
"Shunxi, what are you doing outside? It's so noisy?" Qianlong said displeased.
"Your Majesty, there seems to be a group of villagers, armed with rakes, wooden forks, shovels, etc., in groups. I don't know what they are doing." Shunxi went out to take a look, and then came back to report.
"The villagers gathered together, is something going to happen?" Qianlong frowned when he heard this.
"Your Majesty, please go take a look." Xiang Nan said immediately.
Qianlong nodded.
