Chapter 466: Empty warehouse

The soldiers knelt in front of the three of them: "Report to Mr. Yang, Lord Sun, Lord Lu, Wang Shu's property has been checked, and the gentlemen in the accounting room have calculated the number."

"Okay, okay." Yang Yiqing stroked his beard and smiled, "Although 300,000 taels are not much, it is enough for tens of thousands of people who have suffered disasters to buy seeds and grain. Although it is early summer, it is still time to sow seeds, and people should not starve to death this year."

Lu Bing also said to himself: "Now that the treasury is empty, even the hidden mansion of Long Sui is so empty that it can run. Last month, the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were still owed monthly money. The dignified emperor could not afford this expense. How could it not be sad to think about it? Also, the rainy season is coming soon. Yuxi Palace is dilapidated and leaking. Although Your Majesty is already a semi-immortal body, such a cave cannot be lived in. It is time to repair it."

Yang Yiqing laughed and nodded to the soldier: "So, how many total amounts are? It must be more accurate and not vague." In fact, it is really difficult to count an accurate number in a short time to calculate an accurate number. Generally speaking, the property of a criminal includes two parts: movable property and real estate. Real estate refers to houses, shops and land. Wang Shu is not from Huai'an. He only has a yard here, no shops or fields, which can be ignored.

Movable property includes cash silver, and money is already jewelry and satin. Among them, the value of jewelry and other types is greatly affected by the market, so you can only estimate it and get a rough figure.

The soldier looked up and replied, "Reported to the three lords, there are no jewelry and jade artifacts in Wang Shu's mansion, only 1,123 taels of silver."

"What, only one thousand taels!" Yang Yiqing and Lu Bing shouted at the same time.

Among them, Lu Bing's face was even pale and his body shook unconsciously.

At this moment, Zhang Cong hurriedly ran over and shouted: "Such Yang, Lord Lu, Lord Sun, Gan Bida's copying has been completed." He looked quite strange, his face was pale, and his expression was extremely panicked.

Yang Yiqing's eyes were already starting to burst into tears: "How many have you copied?"

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Zhang Cong's forehead: "It's only about one hundred and thirty taels."

"What!" Yang Yiqing and Lu Bing shouted again.

There was a "buzzing!" sound in Lu Bing's head, and his eyes went dark. He hurriedly reached out to hold Sun Dan's shoulder, and then he stabilized his body.

Lu Bing's voice was filled with crying voice: "Lu Bing received the imperial edict and came to Huai'an to interrogate Wang Shu, Gan Bida's case of greed for Mohe Industrial Bank. When he came, although His Majesty said nothing, Lu Bing knew that His Majesty had great expectations for the investigation of the king and Gan. Now the court has to use money everywhere, and there are holes of leaking air everywhere. The month in the palace is still counting on me, which is only more than one thousand taels. How can I explain to Your Majesty and how to face more than ten thousand palace servants in the team?"

In fact, all this was long ago as Sun Dan expected, and this was the reason why he had previously promised Lu Bing to conclude the case. When he first came to Huai'an, he had already touched the secrets of Han Yue as Wang Shu and Gan Bida. In fact, the two of them had made a lot of money in office. However, they reached out everywhere, and they didn't leave much.

As for Wang Shu, his clothes, shoes and hats are still full of patches. It would be strange if such a person is rich.

So, where did you go to so much money?

The answer is about to come out.

This case cannot be concluded just like this, so I will wait for a big storm to come.

More than one million taels of silver, this is more than one million taels of silver. Will the emperor not care about such a large sum of money?

Emperor Jiajing has a very unique personality. He is a person who does not rub sand in his eyes. He has a love for money that ordinary people cannot understand. In fact, none of the kings in the middle and late Ming dynasties did not love money. This has a lot to do with the deterioration of the central government's finances, and the emperor's family did not have much surplus food!

In recent years, Jiajing's authoritarianism has become increasingly important, and the imperial power has gradually been consolidated. So much money has disappeared from Hecao. Isn't this robbing money from the emperor?

According to his personality, he will never forgive him, and will definitely dig out all the people he handles.

This is also Sun Dan’s overall plan.

Yang Yiqing was fine. He didn't see the expected 300,000 taels of silver. At worst, he could go back to the capital to argue with the people from the Ministry of Revenue and reach out to the emperor. But Lu Bing was in big trouble. In fact, he didn't have to come here in person. At worst, he could just find his subordinates to arrest a group of criminals.

The reason why the emperor asked him to come and search the house and rob the money was that he had found nothing now and was just going back in shame. How could he explain to Jiajing?

In an instant, Lu Bing burst into cold sweat all over his body. His eyes turned red and he kicked the soldier kneeling on the ground, making his mouth full of blood: "Impossible, Impossible, it must be Wang Shu, the dog thief, who hid the silver. Yes, yes, there must be a cellar. Don't the old Xi'ans in Shanxi do this? Take me to the warehouse, even if I dig three feet into the ground, I have to find the silver."

Most Shanxi merchants in Shanxi have cellars to store silver in their shops and homes. When they are hiding silver, they are accustomed to turning all the silver into juice and pouring them into the cellar. When the silver is condensed, even if they encounter thieves, they will have nothing to do with the condensed silver.

"Yes, yes, yes, please come with the villain, three lords." The soldier stood up, wiped the blood from his mouth, and hurriedly took Sun Dan, Yang Yiqing, Zhang Cong and Lu Bing to the warehouse.

"Bang!" Lu Bing kicked open the warehouse door, but there was nothing in front of him.

"Little Luzi, it seems that there is nothing." Sun Dan said softly.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Lu Bing shouted loudly: "Come here, bring a bucket of water!"

The two Jinyiwei each brought a bucket of water and poured it onto the floor of the warehouse.

The water flowed freely on the ground. In just a moment, it gathered in one direction, drilled into the gap at the corner of the wall, and disappeared in an instant.

Lu Bing shouted excitedly: "It's this."

He reached out his hand and groped in the crack of the wall for a long time, then suddenly pulled out an iron chain and pulled it hard.

"Boom!" With a sound, the walls facing west suddenly separated from each other, revealing a secret room of about ten square meters behind.

"It's true here." The two Jinyiwei shouted happily.

However, after seeing the situation inside clearly, the two of them quickly closed their mouths.

The expected silver did not appear, and it was still empty inside, with only an unpainted wooden box placed on the ground in the middle of the house. The box was not big, only one foot high and two feet long.

At this time, Lu Bing finally calmed down. He had a strong premonition that this box had a lot to do with Hejingyin Bank: "Yang Xiang, Lu Bing dared not open this box without authorization. Should he be sealed immediately and sent back to the capital?"

Yang Yiqing snorted: "What seal is it? Take it out and open it."

Zhang Cong also said: "Yang Xiang is right. The whereabouts of so much money in the Hecao Yamen are unknown. If you don't find out, how can we explain to Your Majesty and the court?"

"Yes." Lu Bing had no choice but to nod helplessly.

The box was quickly carried out and everyone returned to the hall.

Lu Bing opened the box with his trembling hands, and only a dozen accounts were placed inside.

Yang Yiqing didn't talk nonsense, picked up one of them and started reading it.

Sun Dan and Zhang Cong also picked up one and read it. They were shocked when they saw it.

I remember this account that I can remember very clearly, even a three-year-old child can see it clearly.

Among them, each account transaction is recorded, for example, a person sent a thousand pieces of silk to Huang Jin on a certain month, which cost a lot; for example, when and when, a pair of jade lions were sent to Wuding Marquis Guo Xun, with a lot of materials and artificial materials; during the Spring Festival, there were so many charcoal fires in major yamen in Nanjing and Beijing...

There are many, so detailed that it is outrageous. It can be said that everyone in the six ministries and the Sili Supervisor has a share.

"Abacus!" Yang Yiqing shouted: "Don't leave today, check the accounts. Don't tell me that I won't reconcile them."

Soon, the abacus sounded, from noon to night, and as for late night, the numbers finally came out.

Lu Bing's voice was hoarse: "Old Yang Ge, I have calculated it, a total of 1.863,421 taels... All the money was sent out by Wang Shu to win people's hearts for him and to open the way for him to serve as the governor of the river in the future."

After swallowing a saliva, a kind of unhealthy red appeared on Lu Bing's face: "Of course, Huang Jin won 800,000 taels, Zhang Guifei won 500,000, and other departments and yamen were divided."

"It's tolerant!" Yang Yiqing slapped the table with one palm: "Who is unbearable!"

Yang Yiqing's eyes burst into tears: "The six ministries in Nanjing, Beijing, except for a few ministers, everyone has a share. The Silijian also involved an eunuch holding the seal. Now, he has led Concubine Zhang out. We have done a great job this time!"

Lu Bing said hurriedly: "Xing Yang, this matter has been implicated in too many people. Otherwise... just... just..."

"Just what?" Zhang Cong knew that Sun Dan was going to use this account book as a big article, so he naturally refused to let Lu Bing go and sneered: "Can Lord Lu destroy the evidence? Yes, Lord Lu is the most important thing to do this, for the stability of the court. However, Zhang Cong would like to ask you, "So much money, Your Majesty will ask you in the future, where will we do it? Should Lord Lu pay for the king out of his own pocket and the greedy memorial account of Gan and the two thieves?"

Lu Bing's eyes turned red with anger, and glared at Zhang Cong, and after a long time he cursed: "Little Man!"

Zhang Cong was used to being scolded in this life, and he didn't care about it. He simply ignored Lu Bing and looked at Yang Yiqing with his eyes.

Then Sun Dan said, "Xing Yang, you have to ask you to make the decision on this matter."

Yang Yiqing was originally a hot-stricken person: "What else can you say nonsense? I will immediately send this box to the capital for a case for review. At that time, I will instruct the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and the Inspectorate to follow the map and catch the case according to the list."

He slapped the table again: "You must not be lenient with these traitors. What is the overall situation and what is the stability of the court? With these borers in the court, can this political situation be stable? No one can be let go."
Chapter completed!