After going to court, Zhang Songling was a little panicked.
He suddenly wondered if he was being too wishful thinking.
Every month, he delivered the money to the palace on time, which was in the hands of Zhang Muling and Zhang Yaoniang, one was the woman of the Supreme Emperor, and the other was the woman of the Emperor.
Fortunately for the Supreme Emperor, banquets would be arranged in the palace on important festivals such as New Year's Day and birthdays, and he would be invited to the palace for banquets.
But the emperor, holding the money, never showed anything.
According to a normal person's thinking, if you take my money, you should be protecting me or paying filial piety. After taking all the money, you must take care of me.
But actually, it doesn’t!
The attitude shown by the emperor today is almost like a rogue, I charge you money, okay, I will do things for you, no, no, no, that's nice.
The emperor actually nodded in agreement in front of the ministers and agreed to investigate him.
You must know that Zhang Songling's biggest reliance to survive today is to send money to the palace every month.
There were many ministers who wanted to send money to the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor, but only he, Zhang Songling, did so. This was what enabled him to become the head of the Zhang family and to remain in the capital to this day. It was also because of this that no one dared to provoke him.
Instead of going back to the government office, he returned to the mansion and found several housekeepers. After Zhang Songling explained each of them, he began to recall every detail of today's court session.
For a moment, it was difficult for Zhang Songling to judge.
In fact, it was originally a very easy thing to judge, and it was nothing more than two things: the attitude of the emperor, and who was checking him.
Mainly because Tao Shaozhang was so coquettish that he confused everyone, including Zhang Songling.
If the emperor wanted to investigate him, why did he follow Tao Shaozhang's suggestion and involve Cao Wu, the Minister of Rites?
But if the emperor didn't want to investigate him, why... followed Tao Shaozhang's suggestion and let Cao Wu, the Minister of Rites, also participate?
After thinking about it, Zhang Songling came up with a guess.
Could it be that the emperor felt that he was underpaid and deliberately beat himself up?
Thinking of this, Zhang Songling called his cronies: "Go to the Qianqiying Yamen Office and inform the deputy commander Chu Qing, and ask him to transport the Xiaoxian stone into the capital and sell the shop as soon as possible."
The confidant responded and ran to the Qianqiying Yamen Office.
At the same time, Chu Qing had just come out of the palace and chatted with Huang Laosi for a long time, without asking for any valuable information.
As soon as he returned to the Qianqiying Yamen Office, Zhang Songling's cronies also arrived. After passing the news, they left.
Chu Qing smiled.
The development of things is finally back on track.
After Fu San called Jiang Yuesheng into the house, Chu Qing said sternly: "Deploy some more people to protect Tao Weiran and tell him that not a single piece of stone or stone will be allowed to leave Xiao County without my handwritten letter!"
Jiang Yuesheng looked excited: "Are you finally going to fall out with Zhang Songling?"
"Yes, soon."
Leaning over the desk again, Chu Qing started writing a letter again.
As a letter is sent out, the days pass by.
Starting from the next day, Zhang Songling sent people to the Qianqiying Yamen Office every day to urge Chu Qing to send the Xiaoxian stones to the capital. He came every day to urge Chu Qing for five days.
In these short five days, many things happened both in the court and among the people.
Let's talk about the people first. There are two people who have been taken advantage of in Beijing. They go to gambling stalls during the day and spend a lot of money, and go to flower boats at night. They still spend a lot of money and spend the money like water.
In addition, many shops were closed down in the northern and southern cities. The Jingzhao Prefecture closed down the shops on the grounds that the previous taxes had not been paid, and the owners of these shops were all businessmen in Zhang Songling's small circle.
As for the court, Tao Yao acted like he had taken gunpowder. He sprayed Songling every day and presented some specious evidence. He could not decide whether it was true or false for a while, but they were all insignificant things. How much land had been occupied, how much land had been occupied in his hometown.
How many private slaves were raised, how domineering his relatives were, etc. At the same time, he gave Cao Wu eye drops every day and asked the three yamen to jointly investigate whether they could find out anything.
If Zhang Songling was criticized, Tao Shaozhang's status would be compromised. The people in the Ministry of Rites would be angry, but they would not want to offend Tao Shaozhang.
But after insulting Cao Wu, the Minister of Rites, the people in the Ministry of Etiquette were not happy, so they stood up and began to insult each other.
The title of Prince's Young Master is a false one. He has no younger brothers, but he can't handle foreign aid. The first foreign aid is his own son Tao Shaozhang, who came out to stand.
But Tao Shaozhang's health is still low despite his low attack.
It turned out that this guy was useless. Two people from the Household Department came out. They were veterans of three dynasties, Zhong Yu, and Gongsun Tang. They had not criticized anyone for a long time. As soon as they appeared on the stage, they immediately returned to the defeat. It can be said that they were on par with the Etiquette Department.
When it comes to talking nonsense, the supervisory officer is definitely the best at it, followed by the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is not ranked at all, at most it is better than the Ministry of Works.
But in fact this is not the case. The Ministry of Household Affairs does not complain in the court, but in the government offices. Anyone who asks for money or gives money is sprayed, and their talk is not inferior to that of the people of the Ministry of Rites.
Zhang Songling, who was at the forefront of the storm, finally realized the seriousness of the problem.
Four things. First, Tao Shaozhang helped Tao Yao, which naturally means that Tao Shaozhang and Zhang Songling are not the same group. There must be some misunderstanding when he asked Cao Wu, the Minister of Rites, to check him.
Second, it has been so long, and the stone from Xiao County has not been delivered to the capital. Every time he sends someone to urge him, Chu Qing can't even find a reason now.
Third, the people from Hu Bu came out. Who didn’t know that Hu Bu and Chu Qing were wearing a pair of Langsha clothes? Hu Bu and the Tao family were not related, so they came out to scold him together. It must have been Chu Qing’s instruction.
Fourth, those who originally purchased large quantities of materials began to urge and turned against each other. Some people even started to go to Jingzhao Mansion to "report" him with their previous guarantee certificates!
Through these four things, Zhang Songling can be extremely sure that he was tricked by Chu Qing!
Zhang Songling couldn't figure it out, couldn't figure out why Chu Qing wanted to play tricks on him, because he had completely forgotten that the moment he thought he had Chu Qing's clue, he also wanted to get rid of Chu Qing for no reason.
On this day, the court was still quarreling fiercely. More and more officials from the Ministry of Revenue came to the battle. Even Wei Changfeng was out of work, saying that the Ministry of Revenue was going to inspect taxes. Many merchants revealed in words that they were
Being "covered" by Zhang Songling.
Zhang Songling in the class finally made up his mind. He wanted to drag both Chu Qing and Hu Bu into the mud!
Originally, Zhang Songling didn't have to be so anxious. The reason why he wanted to come up with his trump card was not because Lian Wei Changfeng was evenly matched with the members of the Ministry of Rites after he left work, but because there was one person in the Ministry of Household who never took action——Qiu Wanshan!
Zhang Songling knew very well that the most powerful person in the Household Department must be Wei Changfeng, the Minister, but the one with the strongest fighting ability was definitely Qiu Wanshan, the right servant. Compared to Qiu Wanshan, Wei Changfeng was at least ten Tao father and son behind!
After arguing for so long, Qiu Wanshan still looked like he couldn't wake up and punched him. Zhang Songling was very panicked because Qiu Wanshan almost didn't take any action, and he killed him with one knife.
"His Majesty!"
Zhang Songling came out and said to the emperor on the dragon throne: "The Hubu spurted people with blood. It was clear that he was not upright, but he framed the minister."
Wei Changfeng sneered and said, "Who are you saying is not upright?"
"Master Wei, I heard that the merchant tax money collected by the Jingzhao Mansion a few days ago was used secretly by Chu Qing, the deputy commander of the Qianqi Battalion. Is there something wrong?"
Wei Changfeng's complexion changed slightly.
Only a few people knew about this matter. Where did Zhang Songling learn about it?
The ministers were in an uproar. More than 100,000 yuan were actually used secretly?
Zhang Songling turned back and looked at Ma Rui: "Master Ma, this money was originally stored in your Jingzhao Mansion. After it was sent to the Ministry of Revenue, it was taken away by Chu Qing, the deputy commander of the Qianqi Battalion, yes or no."
Ma Rui left work, expressionless: "How could I know?"
"you…"
Ma Rui snorted slightly: "The money was sent to the Ministry of Revenue, what does it have to do with my official Jingzhao Mansion?"
Seeing that Ma Rui refused to admit it, Zhang Songling looked at the emperor again: "Your Majesty, the merchant tax money should be deposited into the national treasury, but the Ministry of Household Affairs allowed the deputy commander of Qianqiying to use it for private purposes. I impeach the Ministry of Household Affairs for using public weapons for private purposes, in violation of national laws."
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Wei Changfeng was really caught off guard. He turned around and looked at the officials. His first thought was that someone had secretly informed Zhang Songling of the news.
The Ministry of Rites became more energetic now, and finally found an opportunity to accuse the Ministry of Husband.
Huang Laosi also frowned. Why did Zhang Songling know about this matter?
At this moment, a man from Hubu walked out, stood in the hall, put his hand into his sleeves, and spoke with a smile.
"Master Zhang, I don't know what you're talking about about merchant tax, but this is it."
Qiu Wanshan smiled and took out a banknote certificate worth more than 100,000 yuan.
Zhang Songling's complexion changed drastically. He ignored the court etiquette and ran quickly to Qiu Wanshan. He stared at the banknote certificate and counted the interest. He subconsciously shouted: "Impossible. I sent someone to the bank to ask questions before.
, that Chu Qing clearly took the money away!"
"Yes, Deputy Commander Chu took the money away, but it was just an inspection. Ten days later, he sent the money back to the Household Department without missing a penny. I appointed Wu Kan, the head of the Household Department.
I deposited the money in the banker’s name. If you don’t believe me, Mr. Zhang, just go to the banker and ask.”
"You..." Zhang Songling's expression changed drastically: "You did this on purpose!"
Zhang Songling said nothing and returned to the class, again looking like he had not woken up.
Zhang Songling was like falling into an ice cave, and the only handle in his hand turned out to be a laughing stock.
Even Chu Qing, who originally wanted to kill everything, didn't know about this beforehand. No, it should be said that no one knew about it. Even Chu Qing thought that Qiu Wanshan recognized his godson in order to seize the wax family's property.
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Chu Qing took the money, and Qiu Wanshan confirmed that his godson "borrowed" cash from the wax family. Then, Lao Qiu used the money he got from the wax family to make up for Chu Qing's hole.
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Yes, just like last time, Qiu Wanshan once again secretly made up for Chu Qing's last shortcoming, impeccably.