After hearing what Zhang Qiang said, one of them immediately said.
"This... Mr. Zhang, it's not that there is nothing. In June last year, a sum of 300,000 taels of silver was detained in our Hubu Yamen. This sum of money belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
Hearing this sentence immediately made Zhang Qiang slap his head.
He finally understood why Liu Dehai targeted his Hubu Yamen in such a way.
"Damn Liu Dehai, he must be trying to get this money back now. After all, he has just become the chief manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and now is the best time to establish his prestige."
"Master Zhang, our Hubu Yamen has always been tough. If we surrender to Liu Dehai this time, he will go even further in the future!"
Just after he finished speaking, several other ministers nodded.
After Zhang Qiang heard these words, he nodded slightly and said in approval.
"You are right."
"Of course Liu Dehai deserves to die, even if he has just become the General Manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he will not even think about taking a penny from us, and send a few people to do it to make them climb over the wall!"
"Our Hubu Yamen is so big, we should be able to find a few holes in the wall. When the time comes, we can bring some food and water in. We won't starve to death!"
After hearing his words, several ministers nodded quickly and then went about their own business.
At this time, at the gate of the Yamen, Qian Ruoyu was also discussing matters with Liu Dehai.
"It has been so long. It seems that the people inside will not give in casually. If this is the case, we must prevent them from sneaking out."
After hearing Qian Ruoyu's words, Liu Dehai quickly agreed.
"My dear, if this is the case, how should we prevent it?"
Qian Ruoyu said calmly: "It's very simple. If they don't compromise, they will obviously come out and find a way to catch their people to threaten Zhang Qiang!"
"Now they can indeed be tough, but once we get caught, they won't have the chance to be tough!"
Qian Ruoyu's words instantly made Liu Dehai feel a little excited.
After all, he was really the one who took over the Hubu Yamen before this, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Liu Dehai even walked to the soldiers and said to several of them.
"You pass the order down. In order to prevent people from the Hubu Yamen from climbing over the wall, you must carefully watch every place in the Hubu Yamen. Ignore the process of someone trying to escape for the time being, and wait until they have completely escaped.
Caught in one fell swoop!”
Listening to Liu Dehai's words, everyone nodded.
Then, in less than half an hour, three people were caught in front of Liu Dehai.
"Manager Liu, these three people got out of a hole in the wall of the Hubu Yamen and were caught by us! But how to deal with them?"
Seeing that three people had been arrested as expected, Liu Dehai smiled like a flower.
In this way, he had completely caught the shortcomings of the Hubu Yamen, and it made Liu Dehai feel that Qian Ruoyu and his plan this time were already certain to win.
Although the three people were not wearing official uniforms at this time, they were directly recognized by Liu Dehai.
"Master Wang from the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Zhou from the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Wu Hai from the Ministry of Agriculture, why did you three come out?"
After all, he has been in the palace all year round and can walk in the court all year round. Naturally, he recognized these three people very quickly.
The three of them looked begging for mercy at this time.
After all, they felt that Liu Dehai would be merciful if he knew them, so the three of them quickly begged for mercy.
"Oh, Mr. Liu, here... there is no food in the yamen, so we had no choice but to climb over the wall and run out..."
"That's right, Mr. Liu, if you don't even give us a mouthful of food, it's really frustrating us brothers. Why don't you apply to the emperor so that we can have food to eat?"
"Manager Liu, you can't just let us starve like this. We are here just for the sake of the people in the Hubu Yamen, so let's let us in!"
But at this time Liu Dehai was direct and serious and said coldly.
"It seems that you don't know what it means to disobey the emperor's order. What you are doing now is to disobey the emperor's order! Disobey the imperial edict!"
"Someone is coming!"
Following Liu Dehai's order, several people around him directly pressed the three ministers to the ground.
At this time, Zhang Qiang's voice came from inside the Yamen.
"stop!"
Zhang Qiang led dozens of ministers from the Hubu Yamen to appear at the gate one after another.
"Manager Liu, what you did is going too far!"
"His Majesty's decree is only to close our Hubu Yamen. He did not say that we are not allowed to drink water and eat. Now we only have a bucket of water and no food. Aren't you going to force us to die here!"
When he heard these words, Liu Dehai was already feeling a little guilty, but he remembered what Qian Ruoyu said to him.
Therefore, he still seemed calm.
"So, you instigated them to disobey the imperial edict?"
Zhang Qiang was also stunned when he suddenly heard these words.
The truth is the truth, but disobeying the imperial edict is unreasonable!
He thought for a while and then said: "This... is not that I instruct them to disobey the imperial edict, it's just..."
"Just what?" Liu Dehai asked forcefully, "You disobeyed the emperor's order first, and now you still say such things. It seems that you, Mr. Zhang, want to rebel?"
"Now three people have disobeyed the imperial edict and escaped from the Hubu Yamen. What should we do?"
Zhang Qiang was stunned for a moment. He had never encountered such a thing in his decades of service as an official, and now he was being questioned like this again.
If Liu Dehai is just allowed to deal with his three subordinates, his prestige in the Hubu Yamen will be wiped out in an instant because of this.
In addition, the old-timers behind him will also look down on him very much.
After thinking of this, Zhang Qiang was extremely helpless. At this time, he immediately thought of a way to pull Liu Dehai aside.
After pulling Liu Dehai aside, he said this.
"Mr. Liu, don't push people too hard... I will help you solve the problem if you take the money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. First, help me solve the affairs of the Hubu Yamen. For the 300,000 taels, I will help you within three days at most.
Find a way to get it all together!”
But at this time Liu Dehai sneered.
If it was just for his Ministry of Internal Affairs, maybe he would have agreed long ago, but the person who helped him come up with a solution was Qian Ruoyu!
Qian Ruoyu still has a million taels of silver.
So he said directly: "Three days? Your people will starve to death in three days, right?"
"By the way, I'd like to remind you that the people in the military camp don't have enough food to eat. If you are determined to deal with it, think of a way to let the people under you eat together!"