Peach Fortune Ring

The chief officer in charge of delivering the grain this time is Shen Tianyou, the head of the household department.

What the emperor pulled out from the inner treasury was indeed 200 million taels of silver.

But after the hands of the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the 200 million taels of silver are only 150 million taels.

Then it passed the hands of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, and only 100 million was left.

In the end, after being exploited heavily, what was actually used to buy grain was only a mere 20 taels of silver.

The five northern provinces were breached, causing the price of grain in the capital to soar. 20 taels of silver, let alone a million shi of grain, would not be able to buy even 20 shi.

Therefore, the grain that actually fell into Shen Tianyou's hands was only about 15 shi, but the request from above asked him to escort a million shi to Yunhuang State.

then.

So, he conveniently gave [-] shi of grain to *, bought another [-] shi of moldy old grain, and finally mixed it with gravel and sand and sent it to Yunhuang Province.

At first he thought it was a very easy task.

Unexpectedly, Song Yan dared not accept the grain sent by the household department.

For a while, Shen Tianyou rushed to Anxi and asked to see Song Yan, but was rejected.

After being rejected, he became even more flustered, and simply planned to run away. As long as he returned to the capital, the newly promoted governor of this place would have nothing to do with him.

However, Song Yan sent troops to detain him.

Then, Xuan Yiwei came.

This time it was a thousand households from Xuanyiwei who came to Yunhuang Province to do business. After ordering people to check the grain trucks, he knew it in his heart, and directly ordered people to arrest Shen Tianyou.

Just when Xuanyiwei Qianhu was about to leave, Song Yan arrived.

"See Your Excellency the Governor!"

Xuanyiwei Qianhu Liu Zhen bowed and saluted.

"Liu Qianhu doesn't need to be too polite!"

Song Yan waved his hand, and invited Liu Zhen to a room.

"Who does Liu Qianhu think did this?" Song Yan looked at him and asked.

"This matter still needs to be investigated!" Liu Zhen said.

"Does Liu Qianhu think that Shen Tianyou will confess to those behind him?" Song Yan asked again.

"This?" Liu Zhen looked embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

"It's the so-called mutual protection between officials and officials. If Shen Tianyou doesn't confess the person behind him, his family will be supported. If he confesses, not only he will die, but his family will not get a good death, right?" Song Yan asked bluntly.

How could Liu Zhen not know about the devious ways of civil servants.

He could even predict that even if he brought Shen Tianyou back to the capital, he would not be able to find out why, at most he would make Shen Tianyou a scapegoat.

"Does Liu Qianhu want to make meritorious service?" Song Yan asked again.

Hearing this, Liu Zhen couldn't help showing tangled and hesitant expressions on his face.

"Xuanyiwei serves His Majesty, not a civil servant. Even if you sell it to them, they will not promote you, and they will not welcome you either!" Song Yan said with a smile.

"Also ask the adults to give pointers!"

Liu Zhen suddenly stood up and bowed to Song Yan.

"Let someone escort Liu Zhen in!"

Song Yan smiled mysteriously.

Soon, Shen Tianyou, who had already put on prison clothes, was escorted in, and he looked very quiet.

"Shen Tianyou, don't you have anything to say?"

Song Yan asked.

The other party did not speak.

"It seems that you are going to fight to the end!" Song Yan shook his head, then pointed at Shen Tianyou's eyebrows, and then he got up and walked outside: "Liu Qianhu, if you have any questions, just ask !"

With doubts, Liu Zhen asked Shen Tianyou a question, but found that the other party cooperated abnormally.

For a while, he was a little excited, and immediately asked a few more questions, and the other party was very cooperative.

Two days later.

Xuan Yiwei escorted Shen Tianyou back to the capital, and sent a statement to Emperor Wei.

After reading Shen Tianyou's confession, Emperor Wei's face was almost livid with anger.

Immediately summoned Liu Zhen in person.

That night, Xuan Yiwei broke into the homes of the Household Minister, the Household Minister, and a group of Household officials. In just one night, the 36-year-old from the Household Department was taken to prison.

For a time, all the court officials were in danger.

The next morning, Emperor Wei directly dropped dozens of confessions.

After reading this confession, the faces of the ministers became extremely ugly, and they hated Xuan Yiwei even more in their hearts.

Because in Shen Tianyou's confession, both the Minister of the Household Department and the Minister of the Household Department have confessed.

In particular, during the years when the Minister of the Household Department was the Minister, he actually embezzled more than 500 million taels of silver, and the two servants were not much different, one was greedy for 300 million, and the other was greedy for 400 million.

The remaining household officials range from as many as 100 million to as few as hundreds of thousands.

That's why Emperor Wei was so angry, Nuo Da's household department was almost emptied by them.

After the court meeting.

Xuan Yiwei started ransacking his home and found out more than 2000 million taels of silver in total.

a few days later.

Cai Zixiao was named Minister of the Household Department, and ordered him to buy a million shi of military rations and send them to Yunhuang Prefecture.

At the same time, Liu Zhen was also promoted, and was promoted to the deputy commander of Xuanyiwei.

a few days later.