The search of Ye Mansion lasted from late at night to dawn. Judging from what has been found so far, the value of the property stored in Ye Lansheng's home is probably comparable to the entire net worth of a wealthy businessman.
In fact, there are not many "vulgar things" such as silver coins in the Ye Mansion, less than 300,000 taels in total. This amount can be obtained by some wealthy families from small and medium-sized local families, let alone the "upper class" from high-ranking families. As a leading civil servant, the money in his family is really not worth it.
But money is not the main thing. What is important is the various cultural toys, jades, and seafood in the three secret rooms and one public exhibition hall. Shen Hao, who claims to have seen the world, can't help but be dazzled by the dazzling array.
Shen Hao, a layman, didn't know the exact value of these collections in Ye Mansion, but Wang Yiming, who knew a little about it, made a quick calculation and said that it would definitely not be less than 40 million silver coins. If some of these treasures were auctioned It is not impossible for the price to double or triple, so he can only estimate a minimum value.
The old Jing Dynasty had always been very vocal about corruption, but as long as you didn't go too far and didn't cause public dissatisfaction, generally speaking, few people would come to "meddle in other people's business."
Moreover, in addition to various rare treasures other than money, these also have "elegance" as a high-sounding guise in the literati circle.
The so-called "elegant interest" ranges from fishing and leisure to reading and playing antiques. As long as it feels like "elegant interest", it is elegant interest. For example, there are a large number of rare and rare seafood in Ye Mansion. In Shen Hao's opinion, these things are rare. The monks can actually make the best use of them. People like Ye Lansheng who don't even know how to buy them are completely It's just a matter of plundering natural resources. But there is no way to stop people from being so powerful and having people who respect them.
The most important thing is that Ye Lansheng really dares to accept it!
In addition to property, the items collected by the Ye Mansion also included a large number of copper bars, documents, letters and account books. Some of the categories are normal exchanges, and some are clearly communicated in secret. The above content contains many aspects. Shen Hao just picked up some and looked at it. There is no secret in it. The article about forming parties and private interests is absolutely solid. As for how many secrets there are, these will only become clear after careful screening.
After taking a few glances, Shen Hao temporarily lost interest in these things from the Ye family. Sitting in the main room of Ye Mansion, holding a cup of tea, I was thinking about the things behind the case.
In fact, when he was in command of the yamen last night, Pang Dian said to Shen Hao, "We will investigate according to the thirty-seven crimes formulated by Cao Guobang." This sentence has actually reduced the difficulty of the investigation by more than 30%.
Why do you say that? In fact, this was also the reason why Shen Hao thought this order was weird before.
Because there will be various unexpected situations and discoveries in the process of investigating a case, generally speaking, a criminal cannot only commit one crime. After investigation, not only must the truth of the crime be revealed, but also the truth of the crime must be revealed. Dig out other crimes from this criminal.
This is like asking you to draw a painting. It is obviously a landscape, but you are asked to create it based on a figure painting.
What's the meaning?
This means that "facts" are no longer important. What is important is the "Thirty-seven Sins Book" written by Cao Guobang, which requires Xuan Qingwei to turn as many of the thirty-seven capital crimes into ironclad cases as possible!
This absolutely cannot be what Pang Ban means, it can only be what the emperor means. What he wanted was not only Ye Lansheng's head, but also Ye Lansheng being convicted according to his wishes.
In Shen Hao's opinion, this was completely unnecessary, but perhaps this was the emperor's quirk. Even if he wanted to kill anyone, he would die within his idea.
Of course, there might be some intention that Shen Hao hadn't thought of yet.
So if you really want to count it out, Ye Lansheng's case seems to be a rare major case, but in fact it is not very difficult to investigate, and it is not a difficult case at all.
But you can’t just look at the surface. Pang Ban had warned Shen Hao before, saying that his horizons were too small, so he also paid more attention to himself and looked far away when encountering problems.
The downfall of Ye Lansheng's side is not a trivial matter. It would be an understatement to say that it would shock both the government and the public. Even compared to the previous capture and execution of Yang Yansi, Minister of War, it was even more frightening.
After all, when Yang Yansi was killed, it was because the late emperor had cooled down for a long time as a foreshadowing, which caused Yang Yansi's influence in the court to weaken. At the same time, it coincided with the war in the south and a series of nest cases in the army, which made everyone in the army feel insecure and worried about being pulled out and killed as chickens. After the attention was divided in many ways, the impact of Yang Yansi's death was minimized. But even so, many people were implicated by Yang Yansi afterwards. According to the number that Shen Hao heard later, there were no less than a thousand people implicated.
With the late emperor's many preparations and the war in the south taking most of the attention, Yang Yansi's death still involved so many people. How will Ye Lansheng end up now?
Yang Yansi was the head of the military service at the beginning, but why was Ye Lansheng not the head of the civil service?
And compared with the military, which has been weak all year round, the civil servants have been able to call the shots for decades. If we extend the time horizon and look back, for most of the history of the Jing Dynasty, the temples and various places were dominated by the strong civilized and weak military. . Even if the army wins consecutive battles with foreign countries, after all, the time of war is too short, and in peacetime, it is the world of civilian officials.
There is also a direct relationship between the relationship network and the strength of the power. The civil servants are strong, and their connections in all aspects are naturally more inclined to the civil servant group, because even if the military rises, it will not last long. It is better to follow the footsteps of the civil servant group, there is always something to gain.
In the "Thirty-seven Sins" written by Cao Guobang, "forming a party for private purposes" is the third most serious crime, second only to "deceiving the emperor and neglecting superiors" and "capitalizing the enemy and betraying the country".
The four words "forming a party to privately own the country" may seem straightforward and easy to understand, but the implications are definitely much more complicated than "deceiving the emperor and neglecting superiors" and "capitalizing the enemy and betraying the country."
How to define which ones are normal transactions and which ones are "party-related private transactions"? Are there any standards here? How to prove it with evidence?
Perhaps it is because the four words "forming parties and private interests" have too deep connotations and cover too wide a range. Even Cao Guobang did not elaborate on it in the "Thirty-seven Sins Book", but only used the general term "the evil spirits and monsters in the court cling to it". Those who form cliques, collude with each other for their own selfish desires, disregard the laws and etiquette of the country, wantonly trample on the dignity of the law and destroy the foundation of the country, and they deserve to be punished!" To explain this crime, it seems very empty, and even A very empty feeling.
Perhaps Cao Guobang also wanted to leave some leeway for himself, or perhaps the emperor deliberately wanted to obscure the details of this "party formation and private enterprise". Does this require Shen Hao to act on his own, or does it require him to figure out his ideas from thousands of miles away?
