Facing Dongfang Yu's sudden anger, Han Datong knelt on the ground, trembling all over.
He knew that if he didn't handle it well today, his head would have to be moved.
"Your Majesty, a group of unruly people..."
Snapped!
Dongfang Yu's fist hit the desk directly.
"What a courage!"
In a country, the people are the foundation that supports the country. Water can carry a boat or capsize it. Without the support of the people, a country will definitely not survive for long.
Just like the Dawu Dynasty, in the end, the Huangpao uprising and the princes rose up together. Wasn't it caused by the common people?
At this time, Zhuge Xuanyu was in the county study room, looking through the accounts. He found that almost all the account books here were forgeries.
The secret guard held a large pile of ledgers and threw them directly in the front hall.
"Your Majesty, the accounts here are all forged accounts."
In Zhuge Xuanyu's mind, he imagined how much income Yuzhou could earn in a year, how much it would hand over to the court, and how much officials would corrupt. Although he couldn't accurately estimate it, if he could make a rough estimate, it would be more than enough.
"The taxes collected by Yuzhou are not equal to the accounts submitted to the court."
"The imperial court is recruiting troops, but it reduces taxes by half for local governments. So! Where did all this money go?"
"Where are the original ledgers? Han Datong, don't you give His Majesty an explanation?" Zhuge Xuanyu asked.
"Could it be that the Han, Mo, and Guo families secretly divided all the money and food equally? Is there a small treasury at home?"
This this…
Everyone can see that Han Datong is extremely nervous now.
But as long as Han Datong bites him to death, this is the real account, and he will not die today.
After all, even if the emperor comes in person, evidence must be found to convict him of a serious crime.
At this moment, there was a commotion outside the house.
It turned out that it was the secret guards who were escorting the two masters Guo and Mo.
The condition of the two of them was no worse than that of Han Datong. They were pale and helpless!
He was directly and violently escorted into the government office lobby, "Kneel down!"
The two of them did not dare to resist and quickly knelt down.
He kowtowed and shouted, "Your Majesty, the common people have been wronged!"
hehe!
The three biggest masterminds in Yuzhou have finally gathered together.
The corners of Dongfang Yu's mouth opened slightly, with a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, when I went to the Guo Mansion just now, I saw that the head of the Guo family had packed up his gifts, dragged his family with him, and was preparing to leave."
Oh~
"Master Guo, where are you going? It's so urgent!" Dongfang Yu asked calmly.
Guo Tianyuan's heart skipped a beat, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I am bored at home and want to go out for a walk with my family!"
"Is it!"
"You've done so many bad things and you want to escape? Are you acting as my secret guard just for show?" Dongfang Yu's tone was cold and stern, and every word was like a sword, piercing into the hearts of the three of them.
"It's best to reveal the truth, otherwise...I don't mind the methods of the Dark Palace, let you all have a taste!"
"Your Majesty, I know... where those account books are!" At this time, a lame scribe came in.
"Who are you?"
Dongfang Yu saw the latter wearing official uniform, but the official uniform was extremely tattered.
"I am the former Yuzhou Mu Mu Cheng Shi Jie. I offended Yuzhou Mu and blocked Yuzhou Mu's financial path, so! I was demoted to a commoner!" Shi Jie knelt on the ground and said.
And most common people had a very profound influence on Shi Jie.
"Lord Shi Jie!"
Because Shi Jie is the first high-ranking official in Yuzhou, the one who speaks for the common people like them.
But later, high-ranking officials like Shi Jie were directly dismissed from their posts by certain people in the court.
Han Datong and others became extremely nervous.
"Your Majesty, this person is a lunatic and talks nonsense. Your Majesty, please do not listen to this person!" Han Datong said quickly.
Dongfang Yu glared at Han Datong with cold eyes, "What do I want to do that I need you to teach me?"
"Your Majesty, Master Shi Jie is a good official! He is a good official who truly governs benevolently and serves the people!" All the people knelt down.
Yu Qian, who was under Dongfang Yu, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Shi Jie is a good official who is benevolent to the people, and... he is a truly talented person. I, Yu Qian, can be your guarantee."
Yu Qian is the greatest talent in Yuzhou, but there are not many people who can praise him from the latter's mouth.
After all, this guy was drunk, but he was so happy that he scolded the emperor to death.
Shi Jie raised his head slightly and finally saw Yu Qian's face clearly, "It turns out to be Yu Qian, the number one talent in Yuzhou!"
"I heard that you won the top prize in high school. I'm really happy and congratulated!"
Yu Qian bowed his hand towards the latter!
"Shi Jie..."
"Yin Su, take him to get the real account book and bring more people." Dongfang Yu said.
"promise!"
Yin Su takes orders.
Then, he took the limping Shi Jie to the room where Han Datong lived.
There is actually a secret door here.
The secret door opened, and it was pitch dark inside, but! There is a different world underneath this tunnel.
"Sir, all the account books of Yuzhou are hidden here, as well as all the treasures that Han Datong has collected in recent years."
As soon as Yin Su entered, he was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him. The treasures were piled up like mountains, worth millions of taels of silver.
The entire Yuzhou Mansion seemed to be hollowed out.
"snort!"
"Now that the evidence is conclusive, let's see what Han Datong has to say."
"Come here, take all the accounts back. Everyone else, stay here. No one is allowed to enter."
Yin Su ordered.
"promise!"
Forty or fifty secret guards stayed here.
And along with the books of accounts, they were carried to the main hall.
Han Datong was finally frightened and collapsed to the ground. The ledgers have been taken out, then! His inventory can no longer be hidden.
"Your Majesty, not only did I find these account books, I also found treasure worth nearly one million taels." Yin Suhui reported.
Hearing this, Dongfang Yu's eyes had closed slightly.
Everyone can feel that Dongfang Yu is angry. It is no joke that the emperor is angry and his body is floating thousands of miles away.
A Yuzhou governor had a stockpile of one million taels of silver, not counting the money embezzled by Guo and Mo.
If this were really calculated, it would be close to three million.
three million? This is incredible, Da Qin's current total fiscal revenue is only 90 million.
No wonder there are so many refugees in Yuzhou.
"Han Datong!"
"Even if you have ten heads now, it's not enough for me to chop off!"
"There are also account books here. I'm afraid the Guo and Mo families also have a lot of corrupt accounts!"
"I will investigate carefully."
"They will be put into prison first. At noon tomorrow, I will interrogate and kill these three people in front of the people of Yuzhou!"
"No! It's three families who are all being executed!" Dongfang Yu said directly.
The irrefutable evidence is here, and the three families cannot escape.
The people of Yuzhou were extremely excited and said, "Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"
