During the morning court, after Luo Ningxin discussed and handled several matters with the ministers, Luo Ningxin said: "If you have something to report, please leave the court if there is nothing."
At this time, Wu Xuan stepped forward, saluted, and said with great respect: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Luo Ning thought: "Please speak."
Wu Xuan had already thought of his words: "Our Lord Zhang from the Household Department has been recuperating in the Imperial Hospital, and I will handle the affairs of the Household Department on my behalf. Recently, when I was handling a sum of money, I discovered some problems, and I asked Your Majesty to make the final decision.
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Luo Ningxin didn't know what the other party wanted to do, so she followed his words and said, "What kind of money is it? Tell me carefully!"
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I want to ask for an imperial edict so that His Majesty can give me enough rights to trace the source with all my strength."
After Luo Ningxin heard about the 400,000 yuan, she had a bad feeling in her heart.
All the civil and military officials at the scene were shocked when they heard such a large sum of money.
The official next to him said hurriedly: "Master Wu, tell me the whole story. Whose hand did these 400,000 taels of silver come from?"
Another official said: "Who took out these 400,000 taels? What was the money used for? Mr. Wu, please stop being so secretive and tell me quickly."
Wu Xuan deliberately whetted everyone's appetite, explained the matter step by step, and then pointed the finger at Fang Chen.
"My lords, this is how it is. This 400,000 taels of silver is the money of the Shangshu family. Zhang Fengwu, the second son of the Shangshu, gave it to me and said that the money should be handled by the Ministry of Household Affairs to help the victims of the disaster in the south."
"These silver coins are all banknotes from Wancai Bank. I personally went to Wancai Bank to check, but Wancai Bank has a confidentiality agreement on the source of the money. I can't find the real source at all, and I don't know the money.
, whether it is clean or unclean.”
"That's why I asked Your Majesty to ask for an imperial edict to let me investigate this matter."
All the officials present were shocked.
"Oh my God! Master Shangshu actually has 400,000 taels of silver. I have never seen so much silver!"
"With this much silver, I'm afraid I can buy several streets in the imperial capital. Is the salary of Master Shangshu so high? Where do you get hundreds of thousands of silver from?"
"Besides, isn't Lord Wu a disciple of Lord Shangshu? Why did you find out about Lord Shangshu's family background?"
Everyone at the scene knew that Wu Xuan was Zhang Yu’s right-hand man, and now Wu Xuan wanted to check whether the source of the money in the Shangshu Mansion was clean?
There is obviously something wrong here!
Luo Ningxin didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Wu Xuan's gourd.
Wu Xuan said with an upright face: "I am from the Ministry of Husbandry, and I am also a disciple of Master Shangshu!"
"But with so much money, I must find out where it came from. We officials cannot do anything for personal gain or malpractice because of personal friendships."
Wu Yuxuan spoke with great righteousness and had the attitude of exterminating relatives for righteousness.
Many people can see that there is something fishy in these things.
Even if the Zhang family is rich, it would be terrifying to suddenly spend 400,000 taels.
Many people will think of Zhang Yu who has corrupted the law and stolen a lot of money over the years.
But why take out the money?
Luo Ningxin said: "Master Wu is really selfless. Since you want to check the money, then we will check everything!"
Wu Xuan had achieved his goal and said: "I asked Zhang Fengwu before, and he said that all the money was given to him by Lord Fang Chenfang. What is going on? Your Majesty, please announce that Zhang Fengwu has entered the palace and tell everything."
clear."
Luo Ningxin snorted coldly in her heart. The fox's tail was indeed exposed. This incident was aimed at Fang Chen.
The other officials also looked as if they were suddenly enlightened. They now understood that what Wu Xuan said just now was not to investigate the Zhang family, but to investigate Fang Chen.
And everyone couldn't figure out this matter, why did Fang Chen get involved again?
Smart people have already thought that this must be an internal fight between Hu Bu and Fang Chen.
Luo Ningxin ordered: "Pass Fang Chen and tell Zhang Fengwu to enter the palace!"
Zhang Fengwu had been waiting outside the palace for a long time. This was their plan.
At this moment, Fang Chen was still hiding in bed.
Because so many things happened yesterday and he drank so much wine, he wanted to have a good sleep today.
But suddenly, I was awakened by the sound of autumn outside.
"My lord, my lord, the steward! His Majesty announces your entry into the palace!"
Fang Chen rubbed his groggy eyes. He really didn't want to get up. Why did His Majesty announce his entry into the palace at this time?
Could it be that something happened again?
Fang Chen got dressed and just opened the door when he saw Feng Gao outside.
This time, Feng Gao came personally to send a message and let Fang Chen pass.
Fang Chen asked: "Brother Feng, what exactly happened in the hall now?"
Feng Gao had received a lot of benefits from Fang Chen before, and the reason why he came here was to tell Fang Chen everything.
"Zhang Yu was beaten to the hospital by you. Now Wu Xuan from the Ministry of Revenue is causing trouble again. He said that there is something wrong with the 400,000 taels of silver notes. He is pointing the finger at you. The other party came prepared. There is still some time to go to the main hall now.
You should think carefully about how to deal with it along the way."
Fang Chen couldn't help but cursed: "This damn household department is really endless, coming to provoke me again and again!"
The two of them hurried to the main hall.
As soon as Fang Chen entered the palace, he saw Zhang Fengwu here, explaining to everyone the origin of the four hundred thousand taels of silver.
"This money is the money saved by the hard work of generations of our Zhang family. Since more than ten years ago, a lot of money has been used for the operation and construction of merchants in the Imperial City. In order to develop the Imperial City and make the Imperial City prosperous, our Zhang family has given the Imperial City
The merchants all borrowed some money to open stores and do business. We don’t ask them to pay back the money we borrowed at once. We let them pay it back in five to ten years, and there is no need for interest at all. We are completely doing it.
Good deeds.”
"And this time there was a disaster in the south. My father lost a lot of money during the last disaster relief. Also, during the last competition between Liu Yuanqing and Mr. Fang, there were many mistakes in city management decisions, which resulted in many casualties and serious property losses.
After all, Liu Yuanqing is a member of our household department. Although he has been punished, those who died and the lost property require a large amount of funds to deal with, and our Zhang family has come up with these 400,000 just to solve all the problems.
question."
"Because money is urgently needed, I informed all merchants that all those who owe me money should pay off the money as soon as possible and use it for disaster relief."
"But many merchants could not afford so much money at once, and they had no way to repay the money. Then Mr. Fang stood up and promised all merchants to repay the money for them. I am very grateful to Mr. Fang for his efforts and for his help.
The merchants also helped our Zhang family. Mr. Fang is so generous, and he really benefits the country and the people."
"So when Mr. Fang brought over the four hundred thousand taels yesterday, I immediately handed the money over to the Ministry of Accounts and asked Mr. Wu to handle it and distribute it to those in need."
Zhang Fengwu's explanation completely stunned Fang Chen, and even made many civil and military officials present dumbfounded and speechless.