This is the third time Chu Qing has gone to the palace, but it is the first time he has been impeached.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report, impeachment, impeachment of merchants, yes, impeachment of merchants."
As soon as Chu Qing finished speaking, many officials secretly laughed.
Impeachment of merchants, merchants are not courtiers, so they are stupid.
Zhang Songling, who was still a little flustered, looked playful.
I thought Chu Qing was going to do something fancy, but it turned out that it was because of businessmen.
Sun An was also a little confused and looked at Huang Laosi, who also couldn't laugh or cry.
If the merchant doesn't like it, just seal it off and say something to the court.
Chu Qing turned a blind eye to the reactions of the ministers and continued: "After Qianqiying's investigation yesterday, we found that there is another shop in Beijing that has defaulted on tax arrears and failed to pay commercial taxes."
Huang Laosi looked uninterested.
If there are more than a dozen merchants, they can squeeze out a few thousand guan, but just one merchant, how about bringing it to court?
After whispering a few words to Sun An, the old eunuch said loudly: "All the merchant affairs can be left to Jingzhao Mansion for investigation and handling."
Ma Rui left the mission: "Deputy Commander Chu, just tell me which merchant you are from. After you go to court, I will send someone to ask for it."
"There was a family yesterday..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Songling sneered and said: "Since it was yesterday, why did you mention the arrears? At the beginning of yesterday, according to Chang's law, you can just pay the tax back money that month. Deputy Commander Chu, you must be too impatient."
Many ministers secretly despised this mockery.
It's just a merchant, and it was discovered yesterday. He has to ask others to make up for it today, and he also brought it to the court to show his presence.
"Can you please stop interrupting me when I'm talking? Does it have anything to do with your etiquette department?"
Chu Qing retorted, then looked at Ma Rui and raised his voice: "Master Ma, it's not that I'm impatient, but there's something weird about this shop."
"eccentric?"
"That's right, there is a shop in Nanshi that is missing 50,000 guan for no reason. The whereabouts of these 50,000 guan are unknown."
Zhang Songling's expression changed slightly: "The shop is called Zhou Ji."
"Zhou Ji, stone shop."
Zhang Songling's face was dull. At this moment, he wondered if Chu Qing had been knocked unconscious by the Supreme Emperor before.
If you don't know where to go, nonsense, and send it to the palace, then you don't know where to go.
"Deputy Commander Chu." Zhang Songling said with a proud look on his face: "That Zhou Ji shop is under the name of my relatives. Since you mentioned it, I will naturally have to explain it carefully. Yes, 50,000 yuan has been taken away from the account.
, but this money was sent to the palace. At that time, Concubine Hua and Gui Lan advanced some money for my official and relatives to open the shop and wrote a letter. If they make money in the future, it will be divided into 50 and 50."
Zhang Songling originally wanted the whole world to know that he was "partnering" in business with the palace, but now that Chu Qing mentioned it, how could he not explain it clearly?
As expected, many courtiers looked at Zhang Songling with a somewhat flattering look.
Even Huang Laosi began to wonder if Chu Qing's mind was funny. He and the Supreme Emperor didn't care. The problem was that Chu Qing clearly wanted to mess with Zhang Songling, so why did he take the initiative to bring it up? He was afraid that the courtiers would not help Zhang Songling.
Songling?
Chu Qing looked like he suddenly realized: "It turned out that he was sent to the palace."
"good."
"Then if you send it to the palace, you have to pay taxes."
"Taxes..." Zhang Songling looked at Chu Qing, as if he were looking at a rich fool: "Vice Commander Chu, when you mentioned this matter in court, could it be that you want the palace to make up for the tax amount?"
Having said this, Zhang Songling subconsciously looked at Huang Laosi.
Because what Chu Qing said clearly made it difficult for the emperor to come to Taiwan.
Unexpectedly, Chu Qing suddenly spoke again: "That's not right. You said it's a 50-50 split, right?"
"So what."
"The Zhou Ji Shop has taken away nearly 300,000 guan this month. Why did you only send 50,000 guan to the palace? Shouldn't it be 150,000 guan?"
There was a "buzz" sound, and the meeting hall was in chaos.
Huang Laosi almost stood up: "Three hundred thousand yuan?!"
The eyes of the emperor and his ministers looking at Zhang Songling changed again.
Among the rites department, a person walked out, it was Qiu Wanshan.
Zhang Songling finally understood what Chu Qing had planned.
At this moment, he suddenly knew that he had been tricked again.
After clearly earning 300,000 guan, he only gave 50,000 guan to the palace. This is tantamount to... deceiving the emperor and the supreme emperor, and defrauding others of 100,000 guan!
If you even dare to hack the money of the Emperor and the Supreme Emperor, the consequences... will be serious!
In an instant, cold sweat started to flow from Zhang Songling's forehead, and he quickly knelt down on the ground and argued: "Your Majesty, this is not the case. Although it is recorded in Shipuzi's books, what is being sold is..."
Before he finished speaking, Chu Qing shouted in the direction of the dragon chair and interrupted: "Your Majesty, I have one more matter to report, which concerns the south of Weijiang River."
As soon as the four words "south of Weijiang" came out, the attention of the emperor and his ministers was attracted again.
The area south of Weijiang represents King Wu!
As for King Wu, everyone knows very well that this guy is now on the verge of rebelling and not rebelling.
Chu Qing said loudly: "According to Qianqiying's investigation, twenty days later, on the birthday of King Wu's son Chang Yi, many Weijiang merchants came to the capital and spent huge sums of money to buy gifts for the son of King Wu. Logically speaking, this is normal, but
Those merchants were just buying rare and rare treasures to please the King of Wu, but I asked people to inquire about them secretly. Many merchants spent tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of coins, and what they bought were worthless things. I also asked people to inquire about them secretly.
I don’t know what happened, so I’m here to report it.”
In the court hall, chaos broke out again.
A person came out of the Ministry of Rites, it was Qiu Wanshan. Lao Qiu frowned and reprimanded: "Vice Commander Chu, please don't talk nonsense in the court. Could it be that you are saying that those merchants were sent by the King of Wu in the name of buying gifts? In fact,
But he is secretly giving money to the ministers of the DPRK and China to win them over!"
Chu Qing didn't expect Qiu Wanshan to jump out. He was stunned for a moment, and then said quickly: "I didn't say that, it was just a guess."
Qiu Wanshan said nothing and returned to class.
Lao Qiu usually opened his mouth by pointing out the topic, so that some people with weak brains would not understand what Chu Qing was saying. Of course, he just said one sentence and completely shocked all the courtiers.
The meeting hall was eerily silent.
Kneeling in the hall, Zhang Songling, who had only half spoken just now, felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
He finally, finally knew what Chu Qing was up to, and he finally knew that he had been tricked again, thoroughly and to the point of no return.
Yes, Chu Qing closed the net, and the final blow was completed.
Now Zhang Songling is left with only two options.
First, by not explaining the matter of money, the emperor, the emperor, the courtiers, and the people of the world were misunderstood. He gave the one hundred thousand guan that should have been given to the palace, and pocketed the money in his own pocket.
Second, explain clearly that this money is not for the palace, but for him to sell the treasures in the palace.
But once he explains it like this, it is tantamount to admitting in disguise that he has received "money" from King Wu, and he will be suspected. He will be suspected of being a member of King Wu like Li Wenli!
Zhang Songling's heart was very cold, and his body was also very cold.
Choose one of the two, no matter which one he chooses, he will die!
Originally, he should choose the second option, but how to say it?
Did he say that he didn’t know that the person trading with his eldest wife was from the King of Wu?
Emperor, will you believe it?
Even if the emperor doesn't believe it, Qianqiying can still find a way to make the emperor believe it.
Turning his head numbly, he looked at Chu Qing who had retreated behind the pillar at some point. Zhang Songling saw that expression.
Chu Qing raised one palm again, touched his neck, and stuck out his tongue.
Zhang Songling finally understood the meaning of this gesture.
It was not that Chu Qing wanted to hang himself from the beam, but that he had already tied a noose around his neck, a noose that he could not break free of no matter what.
