Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

"Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with the cabinet!"

Seeing that the emperor was pointing the finger at the cabinet, and that it also involved major matters such as customs duties and floating, Gu Bingqian, as the chief minister of the cabinet, immediately stepped forward to bow to him.

"I second the proposal!"

Wei Guangwei, who was the second assistant, followed closely and said: "Shuntian Prefecture has jurisdiction over the National Tax Administration Department. Even if something is really found, the Hexi Affairs, Tianjin and other places found are all directly related to the Ministry of Revenue. Your Majesty wants to When asked about this matter, the cabinet may be responsible for oversight, but the problem lies with the Ministry of Household Affairs!"

All the ministers standing in the hall looked at Li Qiyuan, the Minister of Household Affairs.

The atmosphere became subtle.

"minister…"

Under this situation, Li Qiyuan's expression was a bit complicated. He walked a few steps towards the emperor and raised his hand to bow to the emperor to apologize. However, before he could say anything, he was interrupted directly.

"you shut up."

Zhu Youxiao pointed at Li Qiyuan and then took action to express his dissatisfaction. He looked at Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei in a cold tone, "It has nothing to do with the cabinet? Maybe the cabinet is responsible for oversight? I really didn't expect that such words could come from you! !”

"Both of you are bachelors of the Dongge University in the second year of Tianqi. You joined the military service. You have been in the government for almost three years now, right? Where is Li Qiyuan? He has been appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue for less than a year!!"

When he reached this point, Zhu Youxiao couldn't talk any more. When he thought about the follow-up of the customs case that he had read, Zhu Youxiao couldn't suppress his anger.

After calming down, he looked at Han Yiliang standing in the crowd and shouted in a deep voice.

"Han Yiliang!!"

"Chen is here!"

Han Yiliang immediately stepped forward, glanced at Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei, and then bowed to the emperor.

"Tell me everything you find out and tell them."

Zhu Youxiao's eyes were sharp and he looked at Gu Bingqian and the others coldly.

"The minister obeys the order."

Han Yiliang bowed in response, and then looked at Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei. At this moment, the two of them became inexplicably panicked.

"Gu Yuanfu, Mr. Wei Ge, please mention a few people to see if you two understand each other."

Han Yiliang looked calm, stared at Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei and said: "Zhang Guangmei, Su Zechuan, Li Yizhong, Zhao Nanzhe, Chen Zhiyi..."

Ok?

After hearing the above names, the expressions of Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan, and Huang Liji changed slightly, and they looked at each other. These are all Zhongshushe people who are on duty in the cabinet!

Li Changgeng, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Li Qiyuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, Yuan Keli, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Bi Ziyan, the left minister of the Ministry of Hubu, Dong Yingju, the minister of Qian Fa, Chen Qiyu, the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, and others showed different expressions.

"No... don't understand."

Gu Bingqian broke into cold sweat, his eyes became a little evasive, and he did not dare to look directly into Han Yiliang's eyes.

"I don't know."

On the other hand, Wei Guangwei was much calmer, but those who were more attentive found that Wei Guangwei's hanging hand began to tremble slightly.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand."

Han Yiliang lifted the sleeves of his robe, then bent down to pick up the memorial on the ground, "You two can first take a look at the memorial submitted to His Majesty by the official. When the Zhili Department of National Taxation was investigating the customs case, it was found Hexi Wu, Tianjin and other places have received a number of official transfer orders directly from the cabinet since the third year of Tianqi."

"Speaking of which, I would also like to thank the Disaster Relief Office. When I sent people to conduct a secret investigation, if it hadn't been for a group of brave men secretly dispatched by the Disaster Relief Office, it would have been very difficult to go to Hexi Wu, Tianjin and other places to seize these documents. The matter of ascending to heaven, haha... Under the glorious Ming Dynasty, there are actually people who dare to openly violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Not only do they dare to secretly hide prohibited items such as crossbows and firearms, but they even dare to resist stubbornly!!"

At this time, Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei's bodies trembled slightly.

No wonder they didn't know anything about it before. It turned out that when Han Yiliang was investigating these matters, he didn't mobilize the taxmen under the State Administration of Taxation at all.

Previously, the Zhili Department of National Taxation investigated Chongwenmen Customs and made such a big noise in Beijing, which made many people pay attention to the armed tax collectors.

These recruited armed tax soldiers do not listen to the dispatches of Shuntian Fu Yamen, nor do they listen to the dispatches of the department of household affairs. They only listen to the dispatches of the National Taxation Zhili Department, and if you want to mobilize them, you must have someone with the National Taxation Zhili Department. The transfer letter printed by the chief of staff, otherwise they would not dispatch at all.

"As for those arrested in Hexiwu, Tianjin and other places, all of them were very tough at first. No matter what they were interrogated, every one of them said they had no knowledge."

Seeing that Gu Bingqian and the others did not accept the memorial, Han Yiliang continued: "However, the official was quite patient. He drank tea and talked with them one by one. Maybe they were influenced by the official, and finally they all confessed, and the above These people mentioned are only the ones involved in customs duties!!”

"What does this have to do with Bensuke?"

Gu Bingqian suppressed his fear, faced Han Yiliang's gaze, and said in a cold tone.

"That's right!"

Wei Guangwei followed closely and said: "Even if something is really found, I am serving in Beijing and assisting in government affairs. Are these related to me?"

"What about the gunpowder smuggling case supervised by the Criminal Department!?"

Seeing the two of them like this, Zhu Youxiao grabbed a memorial and threw it on Gu Bingqian's face, "The farce caused by Xuanfu Town is closely related to smuggling, and the people involved are Cao Qincheng and Wu Chunfu. .”

"Such a traitor who despises the laws of the Ming Dynasty actually has the nerve to sign a petition with you to urge me to take back my duty to protect my land."

hum.

Neither Gu Bingqian nor Wei Guangwei thought that Wu Chunfu and the others would be involved in smuggling!

"Are you thinking that since I live deep in the Qianqing Palace and don't come to court, you don't know anything?"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't hide his murderous intent and stared directly at Gu Bingqian and the others, "In addition to this matter, the Ministry of War has been investigating Yi Chuan. I really didn't expect that the cabinet would be so rotten."

At this moment, many people's eyes turned to the silent Yuan Keli.

"Both of you, Chen Liangbin, Wu Kai, Fan Jiahui, and Li Bing who serve in the Ministry of War are all familiar to you, right?" Yuan Keli walked out of the crowd and looked at Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei.

"unfamiliar."

"I don't understand."

Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei's expressions changed slightly.

"Not familiar? Don't understand? Not sure?"

Zhu Youxiao laughed angrily, and the way he looked at the two of them changed completely, "Okay, since you don't know anything after asking, then go to the Da Nai Xing Factory and think about it carefully!!"

"Come here, arrest these two thieves!!"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Han Zanzhou, who had been waiting outside the palace for a long time, responded quickly and walked into the Dongnuan Pavilion. Behind Han Zanzhou were several martial eunuchs.

"Your Majesty! I am wronged!"

"Your Majesty! You can't listen to slander!"

Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei, who were directly lifted up, struggled hard, but they could not break free from Wu Yi's control. Although they desperately cried out for injustice, Zhu Youxiao remained indifferent.

When a cockroach is found, there are already swarms of cockroaches in invisible places. Nowadays, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has been completely corrupted from top to bottom! !