Zhang Shoufu looked at his second assistant Fan Song.
A little surprised but expected.
The emperor's money is not the money of the eunuchs. He wants to empty out the emperor's private treasury. The eunuchs, who are also not good things, must want to do the same!
"Fan Cifu also said that?"
"But I remember that when he came to the throne, Zhang Shouxu said that in addition to being weak externally, the country was at peace all over the world. How could the country be subjugated in a sudden turn? Or could it be subjugated due to mutiny from within?"
"Zhang Shoufu, you are so inconsistent, are you kidding me?"
The emperor looked confused.
Zhang Shoufu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
Sure enough, this alternative plan was still too imperfect, and it really caused the emperor's trust in him to waver.
But there is no way.
He had seen how quickly the emperor wasted money. If he didn't cheat the emperor out of his private treasury as soon as possible, he was afraid that he would not be able to cheat again in the future.
Thinking of this, Zhang Shoufu quickly knelt down.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty! I was confused before, thinking that even if I die, I will help your Majesty take care of the important things, so that your Majesty will be worry-free every day."
"But now I realize that when manpower is limited, I have failed to live up to the high expectations of the late Emperor and His Majesty!"
"The current situation of Daliang is really worrying!"
"The external borders are unstable. Internally, there are either floods or droughts. Due to poor harvests, banditry has spread in various places. Now there may be mutiny... I am guilty and shall be punished with death!"
After listening to Zhang Shoufu's long speech.
The loyal ministers were shocked.
Zhang Laoer is really trying his best. In order to scare the emperor to get money from the emperor's private treasury, he exposed all the secrets of the Liang Kingdom!
The emperor also looked shocked.
It seemed that he was really frightened by Zhang Shoufu's words.
"This...this is why I am going to perish soon? Zhang Shoufu, are you kidding me?"
"I don't dare to..."
"Your Majesty, Zhang Shoufu's words are just evasive and trivial. They are nonsense!"
Fan Cifu took a step forward and interrupted Zhang Shoufu loudly.
"Zhang Shoufu attributed all the reasons for the worrying situation in Daliang to external causes, either foreign enemies or natural disasters. But he left the most important point unsaid!"
"The key to internal troubles in Daliang lies in the corruption of officialdom!"
"Zhang Shoufu is also the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and does not want to expose his own scandal. But today I am willing to be retaliated to death by Zhang Shoufu in the future, and I also want to tell His Majesty what is the real situation in Daliang."
All civil and military officials listened to Fan Cifu's words.
Startled again.
This is when the knife is revealed, and I want to completely confront Zhang Shouxu!
Who doesn’t know that the Daliang court was full of chaos and chaos?
The officialdom is extremely corrupt!
When Fan Cifu lifted the table, did he think everyone would have a hard time?
Zhang Shoufu looked at Fan Cifu in shock.
Little brother, are you crazy?
Party struggles are just party struggles. If you slap someone with such a big label as corrupt officials, do you think there are still people in your eunuch party who have clean butts?
You have injured Zhang eight hundred times and castrated yourself a thousand times!
Royalists such as Luo Shangshu and non-factional officials such as Feng Shangshu.
He is trying his best to control his expression.
Can't laugh!
Fan Cifu, rush!
Today you must be determined to attack Zhang Dang with "corrupt officials"!
It’s best to fight until both sides lose!
Give the Liang court a bright future!
As they expected, Fan Cifu took out a memorial from Lao Hou Lao Hou.
"Your Majesty, I agree with what Zhang Shoufu said. The frequent mutinies among the defenders of various cities are indeed due to insufficient military pay."
"But Zhang Shoufu did not say that last year, part of the more than 20 million taels of silver from the national treasury had been allocated to the Ministry of War for military pay! The reason why it has not been fully paid is because some people are greedy and enriching their own pockets!"
"Ignore the dangers of the great beams and only focus on fattening your own pockets!"
"The people in this memorial are all guilty of serious corruption of the treasury money collected by me. Your Majesty, take a look, it is shocking!"
"Ten taels of silver were originally scheduled to be distributed to the local military, but a head of the household department actually embezzled nine taels of silver!"
"Such a heinous act is outrageous!"
Later.
Fan Song called the names one by one, and the faces of ministers in Fengtian Palace turned as pale as death.
Zhang Shoufu's face was also extremely ugly.
Most of them are members of the Zhang Party, and what seems to be a coincidence is that they are basically the kind of Zhang Party members who only know how to make money but do not do practical things.
But it is this kind of person who is most loyal to Party Zhang!
There are many capable people who are unruly and unruly. Even if they are recruited to join the Zhang Party, they will have their own little ideas. There are not many capable people in the Zhang Party who are still die-hard loyalists.
Therefore, Zhang Shoufu must protect this group of people!
Their jobs must be kept!
"Fan Cifu, you read more than 20 names, and they are all in the central and local areas. Even if there are really corrupt people in there, it's not like they are all there, right?"
"You say they are corrupt, do you have evidence?"
"Your Majesty, I feel that Fan Cifu is trying to please others by grandstanding, exaggerating, and making things out of nothing!"
Zhu Youde said nothing.
Watch quietly as the two perform below.
Fan Cifu sneered.
"Zhang Shoufu, these people have all handled the more than 20 million taels of silver from the national treasury! If you ask me for evidence, I will give you the evidence!"
"Eunuch Wang, please!"
The emperor looked at Wang Zhonghou with a puzzled look.
The expression on his face seems to say, why does this matter to you, an old guy?
Wang Zhonghou’s face was expressionless.
Your Majesty, you wrote the script, and your performance in this play is really meticulous about details!
"Your Majesty, there is a batch of account books that I need to ask you to review."
Zhu Youde nodded.
"Bring it up!"
Two young eunuchs carried a pile of thick account books to the center of Fengtian Hall.
Wang Zhonghou knelt in front of the emperor and started playing.
"Your Majesty, you previously asked the West Factory to supervise the use of money. The old slave spent a lot of effort and finally selected a group of eunuchs who have been trained since childhood to supervise the use of money!"
"But who knows, these idiots are short-sighted!"
Wang Zhonghou looked sad.
Zhu Youde tried hard not to show appreciation. Wang Banpan is so good at singing and reading. It would be a pity not to sing in the Nanqu Troupe!
"The corrupt officials only agreed to give them a 50-50 deal, but these idiots have become greedy one by one!"
“Not only did they fail to perform their supervisory duties, but they also helped to make false accounts!”
"After getting greedy for money, of course you spend it lavishly."
"But they were all brought up by an old slave. How could the old slave know how much their family's wealth is? At that time, I saw something was wrong. I have been investigating until today, and finally found out everything."
"Half of these account books are evidence of corruption by the gangsters in Xichang."
"The other half is what they confessed. The evidence of corruption of the officials they supervised has specific numbers and details. It is absolutely irrefutable!"
"With such a major corruption case, Xichang is indebted to the emperor!"
"The old slave is guilty of death!"
Wang Zhonghou spoke very quickly and explained the matter clearly.
Luo Shangshu, Feng Shangshu and others laughed again.
All witnesses and evidence are available!
Zhang Dang will definitely suffer this big loss!
These corrupt officials have always kept good accounts, but they have been looking for evidence but can't find it. They can only look at it with hatred.
But who would have expected that no matter how good the accounts are, you can't rely on pig teammates!
Zhang Shoufu almost wanted to vomit blood!
He never imagined that letting his subordinates and eunuchs embezzle together could lead to such a thing?
But Zhang Shoufu didn't understand.
Does the old castrated dog not love money?
Obviously, you can keep the money of the young eunuchs you found, and then use this batch of evidence to threaten Zhang Dang for benefits.
But he just did the opposite.
Reveal these on the spot?
Even if the Eunuch Party takes down Zhang Dang and others, there is no guarantee that all the Eunuch Party members will be in power, right?