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Chapter 346: Search the household department for the property ransacked!

Zhu Aao asked the two of them to report the case again in person, mainly to prevent Ma Shiying from deceiving the matter. After all, Xie Xuelong was not qualified to use the radio to report.

In fact, she already knew something about the trial process of this case, so her attention at this time was actually on the record of property obtained during the house raid that she had just seen.

Zhu Guobi and Zhao Zhilong are nobles who have been passed down in Nanjing for many generations, so they are naturally very wealthy.

Even Gao Qiqian was the great eunuch of the Chongzhen Dynasty and the admiral of the capital camp in the Hongguang Dynasty. His net worth was equally rich.

Among them, 17,000 taels of gold and 890,000 taels of silver were obtained from Zhu Guobi's property.

There are 150,000 acres of land, 32 shops, mansions, nine villas, and a number of properties such as jewelry, calligraphy and paintings that are difficult to estimate at the moment.

Perhaps because unlike Zhu Guobi, who had been actively involved in government affairs over the past few decades and had gone through several ups and downs, Zhao Zhilong, who had always been stable, had more of his family property confiscated.

Among them were 33,000 taels of gold and 1,950,000 taels of silver.

There are also 210,000 acres of land, 37 shops, mansions, 13 villas, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, etc.

As for Gao Qiqian, 5,300 taels of gold and 500,000 taels of silver were confiscated.

There are 17,000 acres of land, 19 shops, a mansion, three villas, and a number of jewelry, calligraphy, paintings and other property.

For Zhu Yurao, only gold and silver can be used now, while real estate, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, etc. will take time to be realized.

Zhu Ainao planned to keep the land and reward it to meritorious soldiers in the future.

Of course, the properties seized were not in one place - most of them were in Yingtianfu, and most of the rest were in the southern Zhili area, but there were also a few in Zhejiang and Jiangxi.

Counting the 200,000 taels of silver fined from Liu Kongzhao and Tang Guozuo, this time through the Beijing corruption case, a total of 55,300 taels of gold and 3.54 million taels of silver were confiscated.

After Zhu Ailao finished thinking about this, Ma Shiying and Xie Xuelong also finished their reports.

There is no problem.

However, Xie Xuelong later said: "I would like to report to the Supervisor State that Ruan Dayue was previously the Minister of the Ministry of War. During his tenure as Minister of the Ministry of War, he had made various accusations and arrested members of the Donglin Party on a large scale. This is really inappropriate. We also ask the Supervisor State to issue an edict for this.

The Donglin Party members have redressed their injustice."

Zhu Yucao said: "This matter can be handled by the Ministry of Punishment, and those who have been wronged can be rehabilitated according to the Ming Dynasty Code. However, if the person is really guilty, he will not be let off.

I hope that Qing Jie will not bend the law for personal gain or favor Donglin Party members, but handle all cases impartially. If there are unjust, false or wrongful cases, I will strictly hold them accountable."

Jie Xue Long Zuo bowed and said: "I will enforce the law impartially!"

Ma Shiying on the side looked a little ugly.

Because Jie Xuelong got along very well with him when he was handling the Beijing corruption case, but today's incident happened without any information being revealed to him in advance.

Although Ruan Dayue was mainly responsible for Luo Zhi's crimes and the attack on the Donglin Party members, Ruan Dayue had a close relationship with him before. If Jie Xuelong was serious, it would not be difficult to implicate him by rehabilitating those cases.

At this time, Zhu Aonao said: "How much money does the Ministry of Household Affairs have now for the imperial court to send envoys to?"

Ma Shiying said: "At this time, we must ask Wang Duo, the Minister of Household Affairs."

"Then let Wang Duo come to Jinshen Hall."

Because Zhu Yuyao entered Nanjing today, everyone in the imperial court was nervous. Wang Duo, as the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the elder of Hongguang Chaoge, naturally "handled official business" in Wuying Hall.

So he was brought over quickly.

Wang Duo's already nervous expression became even more tense when he heard Zhu A'ao asking about the situation in the household department.

He hesitated and said: "Now the Ministry of Household Affairs has 653,000 taels of silver, but it still owes two months of official salary and at least one million taels of military pay."

Although Zhu Yushuo expected that the Nanjing household department would not have much money, she still couldn't help but get angry after hearing this.

She frowned and said, "As far as I know, the Nanjing imperial court was still collecting the three rates of suppression, practice, and Liaoxiang, right?

In addition, the autumn tax has just been collected and paid in February, which is only three months ago. How did you manage to have only a few hundred thousand taels of money in the household department?"

Wang Duo began to complain.

"Reporting to the Supervisor, although the imperial court has been collecting three taxes, grain tax and commercial tax, the local government is unable to collect the full amount, and secondly, it is unable to deliver them all to Nanjing, and most of them are retained for their own use.

In addition, since the puppet emperor succeeded to the throne last year, he has been repairing the Nanjing Imperial Palace, and more than three million taels have been spent.

In addition, the armies in the north and south of the Yangtze River were like vassal towns, but if they were mobilized, they would have to ask the court for expenses such as the amount of silver and other expenses for the Dabi expedition. Among them, Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo were the most important.

Previously, when Superintendent Shi planned to resist the Qing army's southward march in Jiangbei and transferred Jingnan to the west, the imperial court also allocated a lot of military expenditures..."

The more Zhu Yasuo listened, the more her brows furrowed.

Hao Guangming on the other side was speechless.

He said through a Bluetooth headset: "Wang Duo's remarks are not only shirking the responsibility of the Ministry of Revenue, but also a big problem.

Regardless of other things, he said that Huang Degong was transferred to the west to intercept you. The Nanjing court also allocated a lot of military expenses, so why did Huang Degong still owe one month of military pay?

I think the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War are both terrible. Of course, the former generals of Huang Degong’s Ministry must also have embezzled military pay and military expenses."

Next, after Wang Duo finished speaking, he secretly glanced at the throne. Seeing Zhu's eyebrows furrowed and an unhappy look on his face, he felt relieved and even secretly proud of himself.

I thought to myself: There are rumors that the princess is a fairy who descended to earth, and she has all kinds of magical qualities. Isn't the word "money" troubled now?

This word "money" involves many departments and groups in the imperial court. Even if Taizu is resurrected, it may be difficult to clarify it. And since this person is only a teenager, it is even more impossible to figure it out.

And if this person doesn't have a solution, he will probably push the problem to him first and let him continue to be in charge of the household department.

In other words, Wang Duo still has the final say in the household department.

Just when Wang Duo was thinking this, he heard Zhu Aao say: "Ma Shiying."

"I'm here!" Ma Shiying responded loudly, trembling.

"I order you to be transferred from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel to Minister of the Ministry of Finance, and to establish the Ministry of Finance from reliable personnel from various yamen and candidate officials in Nanjing."

Hearing this, Ma Shiying, Wang Duo, and Jie Xuelong were all shocked.

They never expected that Zhu Yuyao would open a new department outside the Sixth Department after a disagreement.

Especially Wang Duo, he immediately broke into a cold sweat.

Ma Shiying came to his senses and asked: "Supervise the country, what does the Ministry of Finance manage?"

Zhu Yucao said: "The Ministry of Finance was formed by stripping away the financial power of the Ministry of Household Affairs and expanding its financial power. As for its specific affairs, I will tell you slowly in the future.

At the moment, in addition to selecting reliable personnel to form a department, you need to hand over to the household department immediately.

In order to prove the innocence of the officials at the Ministry of Revenue, Jie Qing needs to lead the team of officials who previously investigated the corruption case in Beijing and follow Ma Qing to investigate the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue and related warehouses.

As for Wang Shangshu, just rest at home for a while, I will send guards to protect you and your family, so don’t worry."

Don't worry~

Wang Duo wailed in his heart, couldn't stand any longer, and suddenly fell down in the Jinshen Hall.

If it was said that Zhu Aona was only involved in the corruption of the Ministry of Household Affairs and Wang Duo, seeing his reaction was absolutely certain.

So he snorted coldly and said: "Come here, send Wang Shangshu back to his house, and send an imperial doctor over to nurse him back to health.

There are still many things that need to be handled by Wang Shangshu in the future for this household affairs."

Zhu Aelao's words were kind, but everyone could hear the coldness in them.

Seeing two Huben battalion soldiers coming in and roughly "helping" Wang Duo out, Ma Shiying and Jie Xuelong all had the same thought in their minds: Wang Duo is finished!

After coming back to his senses, Ma Shiying looked sad again.

After hesitating for a moment, he still said: "Qi Jianguo, the accounts of the Household Department are the most difficult to check among the six departments.

Moreover, most of the people in the Nanjing court who are proficient in calculating accounts are officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Even if I recruit people from other ministries to investigate, I am afraid that it will not be possible to find out everything in a short time."

Zhu Yurao did not expect that there would be difficulties, so she said: "Then how long will it take you to find out?"

Ma Shiying wanted to say at least three months when he opened his mouth, but when he saw Zhu Yucao's unkind expression and thought of the last trial, his heart suddenly shuddered and he said: "At least a month."

"One month?" Zhu Ailao looked unhappy, "It's too slow!"

Ma Shiying said: "It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. With the manpower currently available to the court, it will indeed take such a long time..."

Zhu Yurao didn't want to listen to Ma Shiying's excuses and nonsense, so she said directly: "Husband, do you have a way to solve this matter?"

This is asking Hao Guangming for advice.

Although Ma Shiying and Jie Xuelong had heard about the existence of Hao Guangming, this was the first time they saw Zhu Auao talking to the fairy prince consort in front of them. They couldn't help being surprised, thinking: The princess did not shy away from talking to that person.

Ours?

Just when they were thinking this, they saw Zhu Yasuo take something out of her ear, and then took out her mobile phone to operate it.

Then a strange man's voice came out.
Chapter completed!
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