Zhu Yili ran to the gate of the Ganqing Palace and saw five big boxes in front of the door.

The leader in charge of escort was nothing but Zhang Siwei's son Zhang Taizheng.

"I bow to your Majesty!"

Seeing that Zhu Yiliu was trotting all the way, Zhang Taizheng hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

"No gifts, no gifts. Have you ever seen your father?" Zhu Yili asked straight to the point.

"Go back to your Majesty, I've seen it."

"What is this?" Zhu Yiliu pointed at several large boxes.

"I beg you to speak with Your Majesty alone."

"Okay, go to Donghunting Pavilion." Zhu Yiliu knew that this matter must be privately chatted, but he was more interested in the five boxes in front of him.

"Your Majesty, carry this to the East Warehouse?" Zhang Taizheng asked for instructions.

"Yeah." Zhu Yiliu nodded in agreement. He felt that there was something in the box.

...

East Warm Pavilion.

Zhu Yili sat behind the imperial case.

Zhang Taizheng insisted on kneeling beside the five boxes.

Because he knew what Zhang Taizheng was going to say next, he did not let other idle people come in.

There are two types of Dongnuan Pavilion: Zhu Yiliu and Zhang Taizheng.

"This is my father's confession to His Majesty." Zhang Taizheng knelt down again after handing the confession to Zhu Yiliu.

"Let's talk about these five boxes first?" Zhu Yiliu said. He was not very interested in self-examination, thinking that it was nothing more than Zhang Siwei's confession to his father's corruption, and he didn't plan to expose it anyway.

The only point of interest is that Zhang Siwei's family is great and has great business. Why did his father accept Xiong Qing's bribes and then Zhang Siwei promoted him to be the prefect?

"Your Majesty, this is all the property of my family."

"Why are you carrying it here?" Zhu Yiliu couldn't help but feel happy when he heard the word "property".

"My father wants to donate all the property in his family to the court." Zhang Taizheng replied.

What were you thinking about? Oh, gold, silver, gold and silver...

"Open it for me to see." Zhu Yiliu raised his hand.

"I obey the order." Zhang Taizheng opened the five boxes one by one.

Zhu Yili felt so dazzling...

Two boxes of gold bars, one box of silver notes, and two boxes of antique calligraphy and paintings.

"Your Majesty, the total gold and silver is 2 million taels, as well as antique calligraphy and paintings, which cannot be priced for sale for a while, so I have to donate them to the court."

"Damn, how could your dad be so great?"

Zhu Yili hurriedly got off the imperial throne, so happy that he couldn't stop. He really wanted to do whatever he wanted... This thing is the thing that he lacks the most now.

It turns out that any world will make people see money.

"My father wrote down why his grandfather accepted Xiong Qing's gift and his repentance in his own statement. He also asked His Majesty to read it and ask His Majesty to be kind!"

Zhang Taizheng still said on his knees.

"Get up, I don't plan on what to do. Haven't my partner explained everything to you?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Taizheng then stood up.

"Is your father in good health?" Zhu Yiliu was not in a hurry to see the self-examination.

"I dare not deceive Your Majesty. It's not very good. I feel that after two years of seeing you, my father has grown much older."

"Then you should spend more time with your father at home."

Thinking that Zhang Siwei wouldn't live long, Zhu Yili couldn't help but sigh slightly.

Unexpectedly, before he died, he made such a shocking decision.

Zhu Yiliu also returned to the imperial throne and began to carefully read the self-explanation written by Zhang Siwei.

From Chenli, Zhang Siwei explained the reason why his father accepted Xiong Qing's gift.

Yes, it is written as "gifts", not "bribery".

It seems that Zhang Taizheng used this wording just now.

Because Zhang Siwei's father is a famous big salt merchant in Shanxi, his business is not limited to Shanxi.

There are business in his family all over the country.

Bosses who have grown their business like to do some charity to improve their taste and reputation, and at the same time gain more resources.

Zhang Siwei's father is also good at this.

Xiong Qing is from Shandong. His family was in poor condition in his early years and he could not even afford to practice training at one time. However, he was smart since childhood and had a strong learning ability.

Once, Zhang Siwei's father went to Shandong and happened to pass by Xiong Qing's house. Xiong Qing was still a scholar at that time. Because his father was seriously ill, he spent all his savings at home and no longer had the ability to support Xiong Qing in school.

I happened to meet Zhang Siwei's father. He was rich and liked to do some good deeds. Xiong Qing, a child, was smart and gave him a good impression. So he generously donated money and gave Xiong Qing some money to take the provincial examination and did not give up studying no matter what.

Xiong Qing was so grateful that he didn't know that Zhang Siwei's father had such a big background. However, Zhang Siwei was not so glorious at that time.

Later, Xiong Qing was really successful and made great progress. He participated in the provincial examination and passed the imperial examination. He went to Beijing to participate in the palace examination and then passed the high school Jinshi, and successfully entered the official career.

I have always been thinking about the great benefactor who funded him and encouraged him to study.

After inquiring, I confirmed that the great benefactor was Zhang Siwei's father.

Xiong Qing remembered this path.

Perhaps because I was afraid of being poor in my early years, I became an official and fell in love with money without knowing how to be careful, so I gradually developed the habit of being greedy.

Seeing that Zhang Siwei's official position was getting bigger and bigger, Xiong Qing gradually developed bad habits and refused to go to the original position, which made him very depressed.

So he thought of respecting Zhang Siwei. However, with his position at that time, this path was not easy to reach, so Xiong Qing thought of starting from Zhang Siwei's father.

But the reason given is: to repay Zhang Siwei's father's gift to him back then.

In this way, he spent money to buy some real estate in Shanxi and gave it to Zhang Siwei's father.

Xiong Qing was full of sincerity, which really touched Zhang Siwei's father. He thought Xiong Qing was just to repay his kindness, and even more thought Xiong Qing was as ambitious as he was back then.

In addition, the gifts were all in Shanxi, Zhang Siwei's father accepted it in a daze, thinking about going to Xiong Qing to be an official in the future and making up for it in another way, and more of the gifts were regarded as a relationship conveyed between the two.

However, Zhang Siwei's father regarded Xiong Qing as a lover, but Xiong Qing actually had other intentions and his purpose was not so simple.

Because Zhang Siwei's father thought Xiong Qing was still the same Xiong Qing as he was back then, he wrote a letter to tell Zhang Siwei, urging his son to regard Xiong Qing as a brother.

Since his father said so, Zhang Siwei naturally believed in his father. After all, his father has seen countless people throughout his life, so he should not misread them.

After a few moments, when Zhang Siwei entered the cabinet, he promoted Xiong Qing to the prefect of Baoding Prefecture. The bigger reason for this move was that Zhang Siwei actually did not know Xiong Qing himself out of trust in his father.

That's why Zhang Siwei said that this incident was a stain on his and his father's life.

His father didn't know who Xiong Qing was until his death, and he didn't know that he had misunderstood. His impression of Xiong Qing was still on the young man who wanted to study and had ambition back then.

Who knew that when people grew up, everything changed. Xiong Qingzao was no longer the young man back then.

This is the process of "taking bribes".

Although Zhang Siwei would rather say this as a "gift", he did not shirk his responsibilities with his father and admitted that he and his father were both wrong in this matter.

In order to thank Zhu Yili for not delving into this matter, Zhang Siwei decided to donate all the property he inherited from his father to the court.

Zhu Yili was very moved after watching it. It turned out that Zhang Siwei also had highlight moments under his "training", and Xiong Qing was such a person.

"Your father did something amazing!"

Zhu Yiliu said to Zhang Taizheng with emotion.

"It should be, it should be. My father said that money is something that cannot be brought by life and death. In fact, too much is like paper and is useless."

Zhang Taizheng said with emotion.

"Don't you feel sorry for me?"

"Your Majesty, this money is not originally a minister. Besides, it is used by the people for the people. My grandfather's money is easy to earn because of national policies. Now that my grandfather has passed away, he should donate it to the court."

"I feel very relieved when you think so!" Zhu Yili murmured, "Oh, by the way, you, Zhang Jingxiu, Zhang Maoxiu, Xu Bingzheng and others are the same Jinshi, right?"

"Yes, your Majesty."

"Now that all of them are reused, do you feel that you are inferior?" Zhu Yili asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I have no such intention!" Zhang Taizheng said confidently, thinking that he would not be able to betray him, but does Your Majesty have such a slight prejudice against him?

"If I let you serve as the governor, do you think you have the confidence to do it?" Zhu Yili asked again.

"this……"
Chapter completed!