Chapter 48 Your Highness, Thank You County Magistrate Guo!
Chapter 48 Your Highness would like to thank Magistrate Guo!
Author: tree on tree
Chapter 48 Your Highness would like to thank Magistrate Guo!
As for the Lord, Bo Xiekuan, his face turned pale with fright, and he kept saying: "No, His Highness must have made a mistake. The minister is not corrupt, there is no corruption..."
The voice was so soft that no one could hear it clearly.
Zhu Di ignored it and shouted to the officials below: "Where is the treasure?"
Among the crowd below, a chubby official trembled and ran out quickly. With a pop, he knelt on the ground and said, "Report to Your Highness, I have the Dian Bao Pang Le to see Your Highness!"
"Can you tell me, the king, that you guarded all the warehouses in my palace and how much you took?"
Pang Le's eyes darkened, and his whole body suddenly became weak, "Your Highness, Your Highness, I am loyal to Your Highness and have never been greedy..."
Zhu Di still ignored Pang Le and shouted again: "Who is in charge of these farms of this king?"
From the crowd, an official ran out again and knelt on the ground tremblingly.
Zhu Di shouted again: "Who purchased the iron catalpas, iron bars and other agricultural tools brought by the wealthy merchants from Jiangnan a few days ago?"
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I am a humble minister..."
Another official knelt in front of him tremblingly, his body shaking like chaff, and cold sweat dripping from his forehead.
Zhu Di snorted lightly, looked at all the officials in the palace coldly, and said coldly.
"Anyone else who has been greedy for my money should stand up to me and tell the truth. Since you have been following me for so long, I thought of some friendship and let you live.
Otherwise, I can move all the items from Jinyiwei's imperial prison to the palace prison!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a bunch of officials started to cry and knelt tremblingly in front of the hall.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I was confused for a moment!"
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I was unwilling to do so at first, but I was coerced by them..."
Zhu Fu and other officials who were still standing on the side couldn't help but widen their eyes when they saw such a scene, full of disbelief.
Where do these bastards get the courage to commit corruption? And they need so many people?
"Your Highness, the humble minister is guilty!"
Thinking about it, Zhu Fu also took two steps forward and apologized helplessly.
Zhu Di's expression condensed and he stared at Zhu Fu: "Why, Zhu Changshi is also greedy?"
Zhu Fu's expression changed and he shook his head repeatedly: "Your Highness, forgive me, I will never dare to be corrupt in the slightest. However, there are so many officials under the Chief Minister Shi who dare to be corrupt. It is because of my incompetence in discipline, and I am guilty of neglecting the investigation!"
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"Humph, you are indeed guilty of neglecting the investigation!"
Zhu Di snorted coldly and looked at the officials below with serious eyes, "Since you have made your choice, don't blame me for being unkind!"
"He Zhong, where is Li Wang?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, the old slave is here!"
"The end is here!"
"I order you and two others to take this account book and interrogate me one by one. Anyone who has come forward on his own before and recovers the money may be given a lighter sentence as appropriate.
As for the remaining ones who are still trying to muddle through, I will capture them all. I will definitely kill them, ransack their homes, and kill their whole family, leaving no one behind!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
With that said, Zhu Di handed the account book in his hand to the palace manager He Zhong!
Before He Zhong could open the account book, among the officials below, several more officials stood up with pale faces, knelt in front of Zhu Di, and shouted in horror.
"Your Highness, please calm down. I am guilty. I am not as good as a pig or a dog. You deserve death!"
Zhu Di was furious and said, "You, these thieves, have deceived the emperor and ignored your superiors. This is a heinous crime.
At this point, I feel like I can't get through it, so I want to ask for mercy? How can such a great thing happen?
You will make some money for me in every account book, even the tenants of my farm.
All of them are worse than pigs and dogs. They are wolves by nature. In order to find you, the king and the princess have spent so much effort. Now the princess is still lying on the bed...recuperating!
All of you talk about benevolence, justice and morality all day long, sing praises to me, and say all kinds of flattery, but in the end you do such things behind my back!
They are really a bunch of treacherous ministers who deceive me as a fool. How can I feel at ease if I don't kill you?"
With that said, Zhu Di shouted angrily: "Why are you still standing there, why don't you let me investigate? No one is allowed to be merciful, otherwise you let me know, don't blame me for being merciless!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
He Zhong, Li Wang and others quickly saluted with solemn faces, then summoned a group of guards from outside the palace and carried out all the kneeling officials in the palace.
Then, following the account books again, a few officials were picked out from among the officials who were still standing.
No matter how these officials struggled and shouted, Zhu Di didn't even look at them and walked angrily to the harem.
His face was full of sadness.
Before, he just looked at the account books and didn't feel much about it, but when he saw so many officials kneeling down in front of the hall, he could name them by name.
Later, He Zhong and Li Wang uncovered so many traitors from among the officials!
Zhu Di was so angry that his whole body was trembling. He never thought that there would be so many officials in the palace secretly embezzling his money.
And these officials remained loyal and conscientious to him every day.
"What a shame and shame, what a shame and shame.
After this incident, how will my father and several royal brothers view me? How will the officials and people of the entire Beiping Mansion view me?..."
The more he thought about it, the angrier Zhu Di became.
Fortunately, the traitor officer Guo An found out all these traitors for him in advance.
Otherwise, in a few years, how much money will these traitors steal from his palace?
Suddenly, a maid ran towards Zhu Di with a happy face.
"Your Highness, the princess is awake!"
"The princess is awake? Go find the imperial doctor quickly!"
"Yes, Your Highness!..."
Zhu Di's pace suddenly quickened.
When Zhu Di entered the room, he saw that Princess Xu Miaoyun had sat up and was talking about something with a few kids.
"Dad, are you back?"
"Your Highness..."
"Girl, don't move. Is it better?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. It's my concubine who is too weak!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? It's my fault. I knew she was pregnant, but I let her review the account books for so many days. Fortunately, she is fine, otherwise I will regret it for the rest of my life!"
"My concubine has made His Highness worried! I wonder about those thieves?..."
"Don't worry, sister, I just summoned all my subordinates, and Ling Hezhong and Li Wang worked together to interrogate those thieves!
I will definitely not let any of the thieves escape, nor will I let these thieves take away a penny from my palace!"
"This will make me feel at ease!"
Xu Miaoyun nodded slightly.
Zhu Di said: "The imperial doctor said that my sister is overworked and needs a good rest, so please don't think too much. During this period of time, just leave all the affairs in the palace to me!"
"Listen to His Highness!"
Xu Miaoyun nodded, then thought of something, and quickly said again: "Your Highness was able to find those traitors this time, thanks to Magistrate Guo. Your Highness will definitely give Magistrate Guo some rewards and thank him very much!"
"Don't worry, sister, I will send someone to reward Guo An with some silver coins tomorrow!"
"Silver?"
Xu Miaoyun looked surprised.
Zhu Di said with a look of disgust, "Exactly, I don't know, but the thief officer Guo An likes money the most..."