: The Case of Fu Gui’s Mishandling of Wealth and Banknotes

Author: Holding Hairpin Star

: The Case of Fu Gui’s Mishandling of Wealth and Banknotes

Three days later, at the Qiling tail-burning banquet, ministers from the DPRK and China sent congratulatory gifts. What was rare was Zhou Yishui, who had always been averse to socializing. In addition to acquaintances who were present to celebrate, it was also a rare gift and camaraderie.

Guo Zikun couldn't help but provoke him, "In the past, you were always very generous with your gifts, but now you have done all the rare things. How many valuable treasures do you need to deliver in person?"

Zhou Yishui hurriedly took the gift and laughed, "Knowing that Fang Shangshu was promoted, he specially carved a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva out of Hotan red jade. Isn't this precious?"

Fang Qiling said politely: "Things are precious, and Mr. Zhou's heart is even more precious."

Guo Zikun grabbed his arm and said, "Since it's so good, just open it for everyone to see and open our eyes."

Someone was lighting the fire, and naturally someone was adding firewood. Seeing that he couldn't get past it, Zhou Yishui finally opened the box. Who would have thought that at that moment, the right hand of the red jade Bodhisattva statue was opened by the edge of the cover, and fell to the ground with a clatter.

On the ground.

Immediately, half of the people who shared the anger wilt, looking at each other and smacking their mouths.

Zhou Yishui hurriedly smiled and said, "The broken peace is a good sign. The Bodhisattva has prevented disaster for you."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Guo Zikun also hurriedly joined in the conversation, "Quickly, don't let him be slippery and drink him wine. What disaster can happen to Fang Shangshu's new official taking office? Hurry and drink him wine!"

So we laughed and drank, and after a few rounds, everyone at the table was drunk. When the party was over, everyone was being helped out.

After all the fuss, the banquet was finished with great care. After all, in view of Chao Chengyou's incident, Fang Qiling had to remind herself that today's gifts must be registered one by one. You won't know if you don't check, but there are really a lot of things you can find if you check.

It's a big item, it's a box without a signature.

The housekeeper asked the master, but Fang Qiling was also confused. He opened it with his own hands and took a look. It was a plate of accounts, with word after code, which shocked people.

Fang Qiling's fingers trembled, and after hurriedly driving the servant out, he lit the lamp and looked at the receipts in the box one by one. It was really a receipt for the land tax collection in Qinzhou! The words on it were much better than the receipts he had received from Qinzhou.

The state land tax is 50% more!

But why did this order appear at his tail-burning banquet?

With palpitations in my heart, I couldn't help but think about it carefully. Today, only Tian Cao Shangshu Ji Huaichun is in charge of reporting land taxes. It was Ji Huaichun's son Ji Minshan who went to Qinzhou to collect land taxes. If it was really a big tax evasion case involving officials from the DPRK and the Central Government.

The case, even if it is implicated, will not be underestimated.

What's more, the two parties of King Nanyang and King Shen are currently fighting endlessly, and Tian Cao Shangshu Ji Huaichun is a member of King Nanyang's party. If it is really a frame-up between the party and the government, it would be reckless for him to go out and act as a swordsman.

So what to do is a difficult problem.

However, while he was struggling to think, the wind had already blown into the ears of Cao Tian Shangshu Ji Huaichun. Just when he was panicking and preparing to confess to King Nanyang for help, a piece of news almost exploded like thunder.

There was a report from the Yushitai, which pointed out that Fang Qiling had embezzled Chao Chengyou's private treasury. The crime was not punishable and he was immediately detained and tortured.

The reason for this is that Chao Chengyou once repaired a private vault for the rare treasures he collected. However, this private vault was not disclosed until Chao Chengyou's death. Instead, it fell apart after Chao Chengyou's death, leaving no evidence at all.

, it was just a matter of treasury funds, so the court could not help but discuss it, and even the emperor privately instructed Fang Qiling to pay more attention to this matter.

Suddenly, in addition to Ji Huaichun who stared at Fang Qiling because of a guilty conscience, the eyes of King Nanyang and Prince Shen also pounced on him early. Now that something like this happens, some people are naturally happy and others are worried.

The emperor's suspicion grew and he ordered the imperial officer to search the palace. As expected, more than a dozen rare treasures were found with the character "Chao" printed on the base.

However, Fang Qiling claimed that she had never had these treasures in her home, and expressed ignorance about their appearance. She bluntly said that someone was framing the fault, and knowing that she could not defend herself against the situation, she had no choice but to do the next best thing and ask herself to be imprisoned.

, cooperated with the interrogation to show his innocence, and personally handed the receipt of Qinzhou land tax collection to Guo Xuan, the official official of Tingwei Division, admonishing Tian Cao Shangshu Ji Huaichun and his son for being suspected of embezzling land tax, and hoped to imprison them together pending investigation.

At this point, two officials and two corruption cases were brought to the table at the same time. For a time, Nanyang King was extremely happy and became sad, and Prince Shen County was extremely happy and burst into tears. He was furious about the place where the two cases were being tried.

The two kings were fighting. If you wanted to suppress the two kings, you must be a person of equal dignity. Therefore, Liu Wenyu was an outsider and naturally attracted the attention of the emperor again.

Prince Shen's reaction to this decision was average. After all, as long as he didn't fall into the hands of King Nanyang, he would be happy. On the contrary, King Nanyang learned about the emperor's decision early in the morning. He couldn't sit still or stand still. When he was anxious, he didn't come to inform him.

Ji Minyan, the second son of Tian Cao Shangshu Ji Huaichun, asked for an audience.

Before the announcement could be made, people were already lying down in the outer room crying, "Your Highness, please save my father and brother, please save my life!"

The King of Nanyang was so angry that he immediately put on his clothes and went out. He was very mean to everyone, "You are so good, who asked you to bribe officials to frame Fang Qiling for embezzling private property, otherwise he would jump over the wall and bite your family.

Huh! Huh?”

Ji Minyan quickly threw herself on the ground and shouted, "Your Highness, you are wronged. My father and brother have never asked anyone to report Fang Qiling. This has never happened before. My father knew early on that Fang Qiling was secretly investigating Qinzhou's land taxes, so he secretly

The people who sent people to intercept and kill his men never thought of tearing up the truth. You all know the consequences of jumping over the wall in a hurry. How could my father not know that? How could he be stupid enough to shoot himself in the foot!"

He exclaimed: "There must be something fishy in this!"

The King of Nanyang stared at him, "You mean... someone deliberately reported Fang Qiling, just to get Ji Huaichun into the water..."

As he spoke, his eyes rolled, "It's... Prince Shen. He wants to take revenge on me for telling my father to severely punish him."

Ji Minyan insisted, "That's right. Otherwise, my father had already settled the matter in Qinzhou. How could it be leaked for no reason? Prince Shen must have done it intentionally."

King Nanyang glanced at him coldly, feeling very bored in his heart, "In the final analysis, Ji Huaichun's methods are not clean, and now he has been dismissed, and he has fallen into this position, which is useless!"

Ji Minyan banged her head on the ground, "But the situation has come to this, and there is no way to make amends. I hope Your Highness, in consideration of my father's hard work, can save the lives of my whole family."

King Nanyang immediately waved his hand, pinched his waist and sat on the chair, "Now the chief judge is King Jiyin. I can't get along with him. He doesn't even say hello on weekdays. How can I plead for you."

Ji Minyan's heart ached, "But after all, if he is not in the hands of Prince Shen, he may not be able to recover."

King Nanyang immediately crushed a tea cup and his veins popped out with anger, "It's easy for you to say, but you can do it if you do it!"

After losing his temper, Ji Minyan was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe. But in the end, Nanyang King had nothing to do. They were all chips. Losing any one would give others a chance.

He held his head and said, "That's all...just go back and wait for the news. Let me think about it...think about it."

Ji Minyan was overjoyed when she saw King Nanyang's soft tone, and hurriedly thanked him and went back to wait for the news. This was a perfunctory thing, but he still couldn't think of a way. After about a cup of tea, Buwei let out a long breath.

"Now Ji Huaichun and his son are in jail awaiting trial. If it is true as Fang Qiling said, he has secretly discovered the key evidence and will return to Beijing to hand it over soon, then the Tiancao Department will be finished." He stretched out his hand to pour another cup of tea for his master.

, "So...if there are no witnesses or physical evidence, then this case will not be established."

King Nanyang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slowly smoothed the tassels on the bead string, "I can only keep this matter under wraps first, and then send an imperial envoy to Qinzhou to show off. Gradually, the big thing will become a trivial matter."

He patted his thigh and said, "Isn't it true that Fang Qiling is guilty of all sorts of crimes? Let's find a way to make him commit suicide in fear of the crime."
Chapter completed!