Thinking about this, he suddenly saw feedback from the eavesdropping seeds on Cao Huachun, so he checked it. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, as soon as you look at it, you feel a little angry.
Originally, he didn't have much hope about the quality of the goods in Dongchang. He thought that they would be upright and loyal to the emperor and serve the country. He never thought about it at all. If it were really good, the officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty would not be so corrupt.
However, they dared to attack their colleagues unscrupulously, which was beyond Emperor Chongzhen's expectation and made him angry.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe that Cao Huachun couldn't see through such things as lining his own pockets and impairing innocent people. However, judging from the feedback from the eavesdropping seeds, Cao Huachun did not check on the spot at all. Instead, he imprisoned Jiang Dong and the relevant people! This made him have opinions on Cao Huachun, and he sneered in his heart. It seemed that he had not beaten the old fox Cao Huachun enough!
Previously, the reason why Cao Huachun was retained and allowed to continue to be the admiral of the Dongchang was to let him become a villain! Now that he is doing well, he still wants to continue to do things smoothly and do well in all aspects. How can this not be what he wants!
Thinking like this, he had a calculation in his mind!
Before long, it was already evening. After Cao Huachun got angry, his subordinates did not neglect and sent the results to him. He immediately compiled the information and rushed to report to Emperor Chongzhen.
After seeing the ceremony, Cao Huachun immediately reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, this is a detailed memorial on the Imperial Horse Prison case, including the seizure proceeds. Your Majesty, please read it!"
He knew that Emperor Chongzhen, or the court, was in urgent need of money. Now that the inspection results were given, the emperor would be very happy. In this way, his favor could be consolidated.
Haha, thanks to the Jiang Dong incident, his subordinates obviously restrained themselves a lot, otherwise, this money would not be so much!
Just as he was thinking about it, when Chen Baoting turned around to present the memorial, Emperor Chongzhen did not smile, but asked coldly: "Cao Daban, did the inspection go smoothly?"
Upon hearing this, Cao Huachun's heart suddenly trembled for no reason. He quickly raised his head slightly to secretly observe the emperor's face, but found that the emperor was staring at him coldly. He was suddenly startled again, and his thoughts suddenly changed. decision.
Because he knew that looking at the emperor like this, he must know something. As an emperor, what he hates most is being deceived. For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen would be very angry when he found out that Yuan Chonghuan, whom he trusted, had lied to him.
"Your Majesty, some small things did happen." Cao Huachun immediately bowed and said, "I am anxious to check the results, so I will put them aside for a while. I will deal with them when I get back. Once there are results, I will report to Your Majesty!"
As expected of an old fox who only acts according to his own circumstances, when he heard that his tone of voice was wrong, he immediately followed his own tone of voice. Emperor Chongzhen commented in his mind, but still had a bad look. He even raised his voice a little and hit Cao Huachun: "Dongchang is my most trusted eyes and ears, and the power I give is great. There is no small matter!"
Having said this, he paused, stared at Cao Huachun and then said: "The previous performance of Dongchang made me very disappointed. You are an old man beside me. I have given you a chance. I hope you will not let me down again." Something disappointing happened to me!"
Hearing this, Cao Huachun could conclude that the emperor must have known something. Maybe the emperor's eyes and ears were inside Dongchang and had already revealed the matter.
Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on his back, and he quickly replied: "Your Majesty is kind, if I don't change my ways, I won't be able to manage the East Factory well, and if I can't be your Majesty's eyes and ears, I won't have the shame to see you again!"
When he said this, the memorial had already arrived in front of the emperor, and Emperor Chongzhen started to read it. At first glance, he focused on how much money there was.
The relevant personnel of the Royal Horse Supervisor and others confiscated a total of more than 353,800 taels of silver. The rest were mostly shops, properties and other real estate, as well as some silks and satins, gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., as stated in the memorial. It is estimated to be worth about 1.5 million taels.
Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Wang Zhixin and other eunuchs were very corrupt, which should be enough for Lu Xiangsheng to deal with emergencies for the time being.
But on the surface, after seeing the results, he became furious and said: "So many! Come, bring Wang Zhixin and other relevant people to see me!"
When Long Yan was furious, Cao Huachun did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly went to Dongchang to bring the relevant people over.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw them, he didn't recognize Wang Zhixin and the others. Obviously, none of them suffered less in Dongchang. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he couldn't even walk on his own.
They knelt on the ground one by one, not daring to move.
Emperor Chongzhen smashed the memorial and shouted angrily: "I miss you as an old man next to me. I gave you a chance to confess to me, and I will forget about it! But how did you repay me? You yourself Look, has Dongchang wronged you? The amount of corruption is so huge that I am shocked. No wonder five of the six armies under the Yuma Supervisor are just decorations! The world is already in such chaos, don’t you think Do you see? You still dare to treat me like this, and your conscience has been eaten by dogs? "
Wang Zhixin naturally knew that the situation was over, and originally wanted to use the Yongwei Camp to save himself something. But when he heard the emperor's serious words, he knew that the emperor had already taken the Yongwei Camp into consideration. There will be no forgiveness.
And all this was given by Cao Huachun standing beside him. This mad dog bit him for no reason, and even dared to beat Zhu Bajie up, saying that he was the first to be unjust! It seems that Dongchang was reprimanded by the emperor and handed over too much dirty money. He wanted to get money from his own side. He was really crazy!
At this moment, Wang Zhixin hated Cao Huachun extremely. With a thought in his heart, he endured the pain and picked up the memorial on the ground.
This action of his made Cao Huachun stunned. He knew that Wang Zhixin was definitely unreasonable this time and was not afraid of his revenge, but at this time, what else did he want to do, struggling to his death, denying these inspections?
Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything when he saw this, he just looked at it coldly.
Wang Zhixin worked hard to pick up the memorial and unfolded it to read. After a while, I saw him grinning. This smile was a bit weird, and Cao Huachun on the side was a little frightened.
What is he going to do?
I saw Wang Zhixin looking at Emperor Chongzhen and saying with a wry smile: "I have failed your majesty's kindness. I have nothing to say about how your majesty will deal with it. However, I can't bear that your majesty will be deceived by Dongchang again. This memorial is not true." , please give your Majesty a clear warning!"
Hearing this, Cao Huachun's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly resented that Wang Zhixin wanted to bite him before he died. He immediately became anxious and shouted sternly: "Wang Zhixin, how dare you deny that corruption is so huge and you still have the shame?" Speaking in front of His Majesty?"
After hearing this, Wang Zhixin raised his head and glanced at him coldly, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I dare not deny it. But after I read this memorial, I found that the property that Dongchang had confiscated from various slaves' houses was missing. About a third.”
