After rebirth, I kidnapped the future powerful official

Chu Yingying nodded, and went back to the Chang Mansion with Fu and Lao three. No one spoke along the way.

Seeing that the Chang Mansion was about to arrive, Mr. Fu sighed: "What kind of troubled world is this? It's already not easy, but another natural disaster will make things worse."

However, Mr. Zhang snorted softly: "Is it a natural disaster? I'm afraid not necessarily."

……

Jindu.

The memorial was thrown on the imperial case, and an angry voice said: "The natural disasters in Chizhou are really serious, and the 300 million taels of white money can't block the embankment of Baisong River!" .”

The few officials below immediately knelt down on the ground, trembling and afraid to speak. Prince Duan Geng at the side glanced at the memorial.

He hesitated, and then slowly knelt down: "Father calm down, take care of the dragon's body."

Emperor Yongtai snorted coldly: "Even if I'm lying down, I can still be woken up by these people."

As soon as these words came out, several officials became more cautious and kowtowed one after another: "The minister is guilty."

Emperor Yongtai sneered and said, "It's a crime, but where is the crime?"

Everyone stopped talking, Emperor Yongtai stared at them with a pair of eyes, swept over slowly, and finally turned into a cold snort, and said: "Pang Zhengyan, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, come and tell me, last year the court dialed I paid 300 million taels of silver to build river embankments for you, where did all the repairs go?"

Hearing this, Prince Duan Geng's heart subconsciously tightened, and then slowly relaxed, turning to look at Pang Zhengyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, who was suddenly named.

Sweat appeared on Pang Zhengyan's forehead, but he was calm anyway, and replied: "If you return to the emperor, the money for repairing the embankment of Baisong River was allocated by the Ministry of Households, and the detailed accounts for repairing the embankment were also handed over to Mr. I went to the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Households investigated at that time."

Emperor Yongtai glanced at him, sat down behind the case, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, then the matter has come to the Ministry of Households, King Yong."

"My son is here." King Yong Duan Ce replied respectfully.

Emperor Yongtai said: "You are the servant of the household department, tell me, how was the account for the construction of the embankment on the Baisong River originally calculated?"

This time, King Yong's heart tightened. He knew that Emperor Yongtai's short question was not that simple. On the surface, he was asking about the account of the Ministry of Households, but in fact he was asking about the 300 yuan that was allocated to repair the embankment. Where did the ten thousand taels of snowflake silver go?

With so many officials in the imperial court, even a fool would know that if a river was built with 300 million taels, it would not be easy to break the hole even if the flood flooded the sky.

Not to mention the several prefectures and counties around Chizhou City, the Baisong River had a dozen big openings, and they didn't even notice it beforehand.

This shows that there is something in it.

What King Yong is not sure about now is whether the emperor throws this question to him, whether he wants to find out this matter, or what to do...

The emperor sharpened a knife, but is this knife going to kill people today?No one knows.

King Yong's thoughts changed, he felt sweat on his forehead, and he replied cautiously: "Returning to the emperor, I have re-read the accounts for the repair of the Baisong River embankment last year."

When he said this, he paused subtly, so most of the people present felt their hearts aroused. The next moment, King Yong continued: "Only from the book, the 300 million taels are indeed used. There is no other use for building embankments."

Emperor Yongtai smiled shortly, and said with unclear meaning: "It seems that everyone has their own reasons."

Everyone immediately kowtowed and said, "I dare not."

Emperor Yongtai was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked: "The magistrates and magistrates of the disaster-stricken counties, and the few people who supervise the river, have they all been sent back to Jindu?"

One person replied: "Going back to the emperor, except for the prefect of Chizhou who committed suicide in fear of crime, the others are all on their way back to Beijing."

"Huh?" Emperor Yongtai stood up, as if with a special meaning: "Did you commit suicide?"

"Yes."

Emperor Yongtai frowned, and his voice was neither happy nor angry: "Didn't the memorial just mention natural disasters? The procuratorate committed suicide before he was tried by the procuratorate?"

Now everyone stopped talking, and the air was uncomfortably quiet. After a long time, Emperor Yongtai glanced at them, and suddenly said: "Okay!"

Everyone's heart skipped a beat. Emperor Yongtai turned to the eunuch on duty and asked loudly, "Have Liu Yuxi and He Yinguang come yet?"

The eunuch on duty immediately replied: "If you go back to the emperor, Mr. Liu Ge and Mr. He Ge have already entered the palace, and they will arrive soon."

Emperor Yongtai suppressed his anger and said: "Okay, then I will wait."

……

After coming out of the palace, the few officials lost their minds about chatting and left in a hurry. King Yong got into the car and said, "Go forward."

The coachman agreed, and drove the carriage forward along the long street, but it was not in the direction of the palace. After a while, a man stood at the intersection in front of him, holding a lantern in his hand, as if he was waiting for someone .

The carriage stopped, and the driver whispered: "My lord, it's Mr. Xu."

King Yong immediately said: "Let him come up."

Not long after, Xu Jiajing got into the carriage, King Yong ordered the carriage to go back to the palace, Xu Jiajing lowered his voice and said, "My lord, how is it?"

King Yong said simply: "Order a thorough investigation."

Xu Jiajing took a breath, and his voice was light and joyful: "Then, if you continue to investigate, pull out the radish and bring out the mud, that person may be involved."

However, King Yong shook his head: "Not necessarily, it's not the first time he has done this kind of thing."

Xu Jiajing hesitated and said, "My lord means..."

King Yong sneered: "I'm afraid you don't know. I estimate that at least 300 million taels of the 250 million taels allocated for the construction of the embankment of the Baisong River last year went into other people's pockets. Most of them went to that palace, and the rest Officials, big and small, divide it up and build embankments? I’m afraid it’s their official roads.”

Xu Jiajing gasped: "What can you do with 50 taels? Not to mention the harsh terrain in Chizhou, these people are too courageous."

King Yong said: "Anyway, this matter needs to be investigated, but I don't know how to investigate and whether the investigation will continue."

There was silence in the carriage for a while, and Xu Jiajing suddenly said, "My lord, this is your chance."

In the dim light, there was a gleam of light in King Yong's eyes, and he said slowly: "Speak carefully."

Xu Jiajing suddenly said in awe: "Yes."

Hanlin Academy.

"Cui Xiuzhuan, I'm leaving first."

A colleague put away his pen and ink, and blew out the candle on his desk. Cui Yunhao said, "Go slowly."

The pen in his hand didn't stop, and he continued to write quickly, and glanced at the books spread out on the left from time to time, which were those few national histories.

It has been less than half a month since Cui Yunhao was arranged by He Yinguang to compile the history of the country.

The Imperial Academy is a somewhat magical place, the longer Cui Yunhao stays, the more calm he becomes, the air is filled with the smell of new ink, which makes people calm down quickly.

After he wrote the last word, he put down his pen, arranged all the papers that had been written and dried, and put them in the cabinet. After tidying up, he blew out the candle and left the Imperial Academy.

It was night, and there was usually no one on the road, so today there was a person standing by the gate with a lantern in front of him. Cui Yunhao still felt a little strange, and stared at that person.

But he saw that person coming towards him: "But Cui Yunhao, Mr. Cui?"