Chapter 193

Yan Song sat there, watching the three of them asking, who was going to investigate the case, whether they were going to investigate or ask Zhang Hao to investigate.

When Xu Jie and the other two heard this, they also looked at each other, and then Xu Jie said, "Gei Master Yan, you should just say it directly!"

"If the Ministry of Revenue went to investigate, of course the money would be given to the Ministry of Revenue, but Zhang Hao would definitely not give up. Their corruption was the emperor's money, which was distributed by Zhang Hao. In other words, Zhang Hao would think that our Ministry of Revenue cheated him, but did our Ministry of Revenue cheat?

Who knew that the prefect below was so bold and dared to report the victims in a false way? Zhang Hao must go back to this money! If Zhang Hao went to investigate, then there was no need to mention the money? So, now I want to ask everyone, is it we who will lead the case or Zhang Hao?” Yan Song looked at them and asked,

Lu Ben hesitated at this moment. If the Ministry of Revenue went to investigate, he would not know what would happen at that time. The officials below probably would have any objections. Even said that the doctors of the Ministry of Revenue might have participated. Once the investigation was conducted, the civil officials below might target them. After all, the three of them did not help the officials below. However, if the cabinet shielded them, could Zhang Hao let them go easily?

Of course, you can also ask Zhang Hao to investigate and let Zhang Hao offend those people, but the money will enter the treasury by then. Now the emperor is gradually controlling some ministers. The Ming Dynasty is not without honest officials, nor is it without officials loyal to the emperor. If they are allowed to occupy the top, it means that they are dead, so now Lu Ben is hesitating.

"That's how it's not easy to do this!" Xu Jie also touched his beard and said.

"These bastards are just going to ask us questions. Isn't this a difficult situation for us?" Sun Yingkui also said worriedly.

"Inquiry, it's simple. It's going to be troublesome after the investigation. In addition, if those prefects are replaced, you can tell me that the emperor will definitely consider choosing a person at that time. Just like now, many positions have not been settled. Those prefects will most likely be the emperor personally selecting the person!" Yan Song sat there, still said angrily.

"What should I do about this matter? I need to investigate it. Zhang Hao is there. If we don't investigate, he will investigate it by himself!" Xu Jie looked at them and continued to ask.

"We check. Since we want to check, let's check. In addition, they dare to reach out and die, aren't they looking for death?" Lu Ben sat there and stared at the three of them and said.

"We can check it, how far we can find it? These are seven or eight prefectures, dozens of counties and dozens of counties. If you take it in one go, I guess no one is wronged, but what after it is taken? Besides, can you really take it in one go? But if it is not done, what will happen to Zhang Hao? Can he let it go?" Yan Song continued to look at them and asked.

"Investigate the prefect, not the county magistrate!" Lu Ben thought for a while and spoke.

"Can Zhang Hao agree?" Yan Song stared at Lu Ben and asked, Lu Ben was looking at Xu Jie.

"What are you doing?" Xu Jie didn't react at once and looked at him.

"You go to Guangping Prefecture with Sun Yingkui tomorrow. You convince Zhang Hao that we will investigate the prefect, but we will not investigate the county magistrate for the time being. Now we need to rescue disasters and cannot be treated in one pot. If we take it in one pot, how can we comfort the people at that time? So let him hold it back first.

In addition, as long as the money from this corruption is found, we will return it all, hand it over to the treasury, and hand it over to the Ministry of Revenue, so that Zhang Hao will not care about this matter, of course he can supervise it!" Lu Ben said to Xu Jie.

"I'll go?" Xu Jie heard this and looked at the three of them in shock. The three of them also looked at Xu Jie, thinking to themselves, it's not that you go, who dares to go, that is, you can rely on your daughter to say a few words from Zhang Hao.

"This is not suitable, right?" Xu Jie asked at the three of them.

"Can I go? What should I do if he hammers me to death? This kid is thinking about hammering me to death, it's not been a day or two!" Yan Song looked at Xu Jie and asked back, and Xu Jie looked at Lu Ben.

"I can't tell him together. Besides, there are so many things in the cabinet, I can't leave!" Lu Ben also looked at Xu Jie and said.

"Can't you go if you don't go? Let Shangshu Sun tell him!" Xu Jie didn't want to go, he was also afraid that this son-in-law would be afraid. Once this son-in-law doesn't turn his head, it would really kill people.

"No, Master Xu, you can't go if you don't go. This time our Ministry of Revenue has not done it well. I went there, and I don't know if I will be dealt with. You can go there!" Sun Yingkui immediately said to Xu Jie, hoping that Xu Jie would go.

"this!"

"Go, if you don't go, who can handle him?" Yan Song saw that Xu Jie was still hesitating and immediately spoke.

"Okay!" Xu Jie had no choice but to agree,

Then they continued to discuss the details. They went back very late and went home for less than an hour to sleep. They set off. They could only take a carriage and quickly walked towards Guangping Mansion.

Zhang Hao has sent people to investigate how many people in Guangping Prefecture were affected and how much supplies were distributed, how much supplies the county magistrates below took and how much supplies they sent. By noon, Zhang Hao also received news one after another.

The entire Guangping Prefecture reported more and unspent materials this time. If it was calculated as money, it would be 220,000 taels. A natural disaster. The prefecture could actually be corrupted by 220,000 taels. Zhang Hao was so angry that he felt uncomfortable. If he had not waited for the people from the Ministry of Revenue to come, Zhang Hao would have wished to catch the prefect and hammer him to death now.

In the afternoon, Shen Lian came in and said to Zhang Hao: "Sir, Master Xu and the Left Minister of the Ministry of Revenue have arrived!"

"It's time to arrive. Let them come in. I'll go and pick them up. Do they have this face?" Zhang Hao said unhappily. After a while, Xu Jie and the others came in. They saw Zhang Hao sitting in front of the desk with a dark face and didn't come to pick them up. At this moment, they didn't dare to care about this matter.

"Come on, look, two lords, two common people's parents, and two ministers whom the emperor relied on, come on, look!" Zhang Hao sat there, patted the evidence on the table, and looked at them with a sneer.

"Zhang Hao, we really don't know about this!" Sun Yingkui stood there and said to Zhang Hao.

"What do you know about the Ministry of Revenue? Ah? What do you know? The Emperor's feet, you don't know about such a thing, and the Censorate has not responded. Isn't it nonsense?" Zhang Hao stood there and shouted at the two of them.

"Zhang Hao, don't be excited. We feel incredible when we hear this news." Xu Jie looked at Zhang Hao and persuaded him.

"Don't be excited, come, my father-in-law, come, Guangping Mansion, just this natural disaster, you can make 220,000 taels of money. This is the money. This is the head of the common people. Do you know the head?" Zhang Hao took the evidence and said excitedly, then threw the evidence in front of them and scattered all over the ground.

Xu Jie was also stupid. He didn't expect that Zhang Hao would be so excited.

"Come here, bring me Neng Hepan and the entire government here. Have you brought all the county magistrates here?" Zhang Hao stood there and shouted loudly.

"Yes, sir, those county magistrates have come here!" Chen Lian immediately bowed and said.

"Let them get in!" Zhang Hao shouted in a blazing voice.

"Yes!" Chen Lian was out, and Xu Jie and the others were embarrassed. A first-rank official and a third-rank official were scolded by Zhang Hao, a man under the age of eighteen.

But there is no way Zhang Hao is the marquis, the person appointed by the emperor to be responsible for the review of the disaster relief money.

Soon, all nine county magistrates arrived in the court and knelt down below. Then the prefect, the prefect, the prefect, the magistrate, and the magistrate were all suppressed.

"You ask!" Zhang Hao sat on it, without any intention of giving way.

Chen Hepan, who was kneeling on the ground, saw that one was a civil servant wearing a first-rank official uniform and the other was a civil servant wearing a third-rank official uniform. He was so scared.

At this moment, Sun Yingkui squatted down, picked up the evidence, and handed it to Xu Jie to see. Xu Jie also frowned and picked it up carefully. He became more and more angry as he looked at the evidence Zhang Hao got. He actually detained the official seal of the county magistrate below, so that they could report the number of false information.

"You are so brave!" Xu Jie gritted his teeth and stared at Chen Hepan and said.

"Sir, please spare me!" Chen Hepan knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

"Give me your life? Ha, let me go!" After hearing this, Xu Jie also looked at Chen Hepan with a sneer, and then continued to watch with Sun Yingkui.

After reading it, the two of them didn't want to say anything, so what else did they say? They have found out that they have not found out how much they had corruption before.

"Zhang Hao, let's not ask about it. Leave this case to our cabinet to handle!" Xu Jie sat there and said.

"Okay, within seven days, 4 million yuan of silver will be sent to the emperor!" Zhang Hao said as he stood up and prepared to go down.

"4 million?" Xu Jie and the others also stood up in shock and looked at Zhang Hao.

"The emperor paid 2 million taels for disaster relief. How did you agree? I estimate that the amount of corruption this time will not be less than 60% or 1.2 million taels! The least! Your cabinet will pay back the emperor's money, and you will fine it another 2 million taels!" Zhang Hao stared at Xu Jie and explained.

"We understand that 200 taels are returned to the emperor, but we have fined them. This is true, let's go there!" Xu Jie stared at Zhang Hao and said anxiously.

"That's your business, not mine. Otherwise, I will investigate, your cabinet, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Justice, and Dali Temple, get out of the way!" Zhang Hao stood there, staring at Xu Jie and said.

"This, this, I won't talk about this for now, can I not talk about it?" Xu Jie couldn't agree, and it was impossible. How dare he make decisions alone in such a thing?
Chapter completed!