Shanyin Mansion, in the warehouse.

Di Zhiyuan, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, was in a daze looking at the boxes in front of him. What was piled in front of him were the boxes that had previously contained salary, and there were thousands of them.

After several days of interrogation, Di Zhiyuan obtained a lot of information.

For example, Cheng Lixue, the general who was responsible for escorting the payment of silver, saw the silver before the seal was affixed. Although he did not check it carefully, it was definitely not stone bricks and sand at that time.

After experiencing the Yinbing Pass incident, the Liberation Army discovered that their wages were missing only after they arrived in Songyang County.

Although Cheng Lixue is not a Yin Cao who specializes in dealing with silver, he should be able to distinguish between silver ingots and stone bricks.

Di Zhiyuan looked at these boxes again. Although they had been soaked by rain and had been transported for a long distance, even though they were bumped along the way, these boxes were too badly damaged!

Di Zhiyuan squatted on the ground. The patent leather on it had fallen off, and the tops of the silver boxes were covered with cracks. Then Di Zhiyuan discovered that this was not an accidental phenomenon, but that the tops of each box were covered with cracks.

, and there are also small cracks on the sides of the box.

If there are two of them, it is reasonable. After all, the box may be damaged over time, but if every box is like this, it is impossible. How can a box of this quality be used to transport payment?

!

Such a box will seep water during heavy rain, and then the silver in the box will be soaked in the water.

There must be something wrong with this batch of boxes!

"Here comes! Immediately take my official order arrow and send word to Yin Cao from Yuezhou Governor's Office to see you!" Di Zhiyuan immediately stood up and said to the policeman on duty outside the door.

"yes!"

The arresters from Dali Temple immediately filed out, and two-quarters of an hour later, they brought Yin Cao from Yuezhou Governor's Office to the warehouse.

"My subordinate, Yincao Wang, the governor of Yuezhou, has met Mr. Di!"

Naturally, those who were most responsible for the loss of salary were Cheng Lixue and Qinglong, who were responsible for escorting the salary.

Although Wang Li has not yet been held accountable, if the case becomes difficult to solve in the future and the court pursues accountability, he, as the Yincao of Yuezhou Governor's Office, will definitely be on the court's list of liquidators.

These days, Wang Li was not eating well and sleeping restlessly. When he heard the summons from Dali Temple Prime Minister and Yuezhou Deputy Inspector Di Zhiyuan, who was responsible for the case, Wang Li immediately followed the police officers.

"Wang Yincao, you are in charge of the treasury of Yuezhou Governor's Mansion, right?"

"It's the official job!"

Di Zhiyuan nodded, "Wang Yincao, I have something to ask you! I hope Wang Yincao will give you some advice!"

"Sir, please tell me. I will tell you everything I know!"

The Prime Minister of Dali Temple was originally two ranks higher than Yuezhou Yincao, and Di Zhiyuan was currently the deputy envoy of the Yuezhou Capital Inspector sent by the imperial court. The Yuezhou Capital Inspector was Li Xunhuan.

Therefore, Wang Yincao was respectful in front of Di Zhiyuan and did not dare to be disrespectful in the slightest.

"Wang Yincao, I want to know whether the boxes used to escort the salary to the Shenwu Army were brought by the Shenwu Army or provided by the Yuezhou Bank!"

Hearing Di Zhiyuan's question, Yincao Wangli's expression changed obviously!

"Back to my lord, these silver boxes are all... provided by Yuezhou Bank!"

"oh?!"

What kind of person is Di Zhiyuan? When he was serving as a legal officer in Bingzhou, he was known as a great detective. After entering Dali Temple, he was exposed to various major and strange cases.

I also analyzed and exchanged micro-expression studies with Yang Qingyuan during the interrogation, and I could tell at a glance that Yin Cao had something up his sleeve.

It seems that there is indeed something wrong with these silver boxes containing paychecks!

Di Zhiyuan did not ask further questions, but under the gaze of Di Zhiyuan, King Yin Cao couldn't stand it any longer!

"My lord, forgive me! I really didn't use these boxes on purpose! I was entrusted by others and had no choice but to use these boxes!"

Wang Li kneeled on the ground as he spoke. The poor quality of the silver box used was not a big deal at first!

But at this time, this is the basis for being punished.

"Tell me carefully. If there is any untruth, I will hand you over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate immediately!"

"yes!"

King Yincao stood up tremblingly, and then said, "Master Di may not know that these silver boxes are actually made by the Yuezhou Bank. Originally, the previous boxes could be used to transfer silver in the state, but this

The treasury silver was shipped to the Shenwu Army, so the Yuezhou Bank specially made a batch of new silver boxes!"

"Your Excellency may also know that a silver box like this is not a valuable item, and it is not difficult to make, so it is usually made by craftsmen designated by the Yuezhou Bank. After receiving the operation order that day, the official

I planned to find some carpenters to make these silver boxes as usual, but Li Da, the treasurer in charge of the Yuezhou Bank, found me!"

Di Zhiyuan had already guessed what was going on.

"He invited Xiaguan to have a drink. One of Li's sisters married a carpenter, but the family's business was sluggish. He hoped that Xiaguan could hand over the production of these silver boxes to his brother-in-law. By giving us Yuezhou Silver

Ku made the silver box to increase his reputation! Li Zhangku and Xiaguan worked together, and besides, the making of the silver box was not important, so Xianguan thought about it and handed over the job to Li Zhangku's brother-in-law.

"

Di Zhiyuan smiled when he heard this and only asked, "How much money did you receive from him!?"

Wang Li, who had just stood up, knelt on the ground again, "Your Excellency, the official was also confused for a moment. Zhang Ku gave the villain ten taels of silver as a mediation, and the official agreed to hand over the carpentry work to him!"

The purchasing power of twelve taels of grain silver is equivalent to 12,000 yuan.

To be honest, these ten taels are a lot less, but they are really not much! For ordinary people, ten taels is indeed not a small amount, but for Wang Li, the head of the Yuezhou Finance Department, it is really not a big amount.

According to the criminal law of later generations of Blue Stars, anyone who accepts a relatively large amount of bribes shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined.

The larger amount here is limited to NT$30,000.

Putting aside various special circumstances, accepting a bribe of 12,000 yuan, although it meets the standards for filing a case, if the suspect has a good attitude of pleading guilty and actively returns the stolen goods, the final result will most likely be based on guilt without prosecution.

.(ps: Almost no one has been investigated for embezzling 1,000 yuan.)

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In today's big week, this cannot actually be regarded as corruption.

During the Taizu period, anyone who embezzled more than twenty taels of silver would be immediately beheaded!

However, after I ascended the throne, I felt that officials' salaries were low, so I raised them a lot. At the same time, I also felt that the laws enacted by Taizu were too strict, making it impossible for officials to live.

So this was revised again.

Twenty taels of silver with corruption marks and thirty taels of staff; one hundred taels of silver with corruption marks will flow for three thousand miles; those with more than five hundred taels of silver with corruption marks will be beheaded without mercy!

The starting point for punishment for corruption has been greatly relaxed. For the ten taels of Yin Cao Wangli, it did not even reach the starting point for the crime of corruption.

Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan also discussed this issue. Yang Qingyuan's final conclusion was: "Today's greedy trend has entrenched people's hearts and cannot be removed. The salary is too small to support their families."

The scholars of the Great Zhou Dynasty lived in poverty for ten years and were named on the gold medal list. If they excel in their studies, they will become officials.

After going through various examinations and selections, I finally got the qualifications to be an official. I thought that even if I couldn't make a fortune, I would still be able to live without worries, but I didn't expect that my life would be in straits.

It doesn't matter if your family is rich, but if you come from a poor family in Guizhou, you really can't make it.

Those who have a high level of self-morality are considered to be poor men. Anyone whose thoughts are a little wavering will naturally find ways to be greedy.

Yang Qingyuan once said that if you want to purge people who have committed corrupt acts in the Zhou Dynasty, if you say that everyone has committed corrupt acts, then you will definitely wrongly accuse good people.

But how to arrest every other official? There must be only those who are let go and no one who is wrongly arrested.

The root cause is that the salary is not enough to support a family, let alone live a decent life.

In Maslow's need theory, the most basic one is physiological security, that is, food, clothing, housing and transportation.

As the scholar-bureaucrat class in the Great Zhou Dynasty, they had to struggle to support even the most basic survival. How can we expect them to realize their original values?!

That's why Dazhou had all kinds of ways to make money, such as using color to make money, and kicking dendrobium with its tip, so the court turned a blind eye.

Therefore, there is no way to eradicate corruption by simply relying on the deterrence of severe punishments!

Di Zhiyuan looked at Yincao Wangli's trousers. They were covered by his official robe when he stood up, but now they were exposed when he knelt down. Yincao Wangli, an official of the seventh rank of the imperial court, actually had a patch on his trousers.

Today, Di Zhiyuan called Wang Li of Yincao to come. The incident happened suddenly. Wang Li could not have known about it beforehand. Since the field police officers from Dali Temple brought him here, he must not have had time to change clothes, so this should be his usual routine.

Dress.

"Master Wang, please get up first! These ten taels of silver are not yet the starting point of my punishment in Dazhou Law. I will not punish you right now. However, I will tell the truth to the deposed envoy and the inspector about this matter."

Report! It’s up to two adults to decide whether to punish or not!”

"Thank you, Master Di, for being considerate of your subordinates! I am so grateful that I shed tears of gratitude!"

"Keep talking about the silver box!"

"Yes!" Wang Li then stood up and continued, "After the official accepted the silver pattern, he handed over the making of the silver box to Li Zhangkui's brother-in-law. Not only did the price of the silver box made by his brother-in-law not increase, but the price was lower than that of the silver box.

On the contrary, it is 50% lower than before! Now I feel relieved!"

"Then after these boxes were made, did you check and accept them?!"

Di Zhiyuan continued to ask.

"The official inspected it, but although the wood used at that time was not as good as the quality used on weekdays, for the Yuezhou Bank, after all, it was a disposable silver box. After it was transported to the Shenwu Army in the south and distributed, these

The silver box is useless, so I think it doesn't need to be too durable."

When Di Zhiyuan heard this, he actually agreed with this statement. For Yuezhou, it was a loss for Yuezhou to take out silver taels from the state's treasury to subsidize the Shenwu Army. From the governor down, they would definitely not be happy.

It is understandable that a disposable silver box like this is made of cheaper materials.
To be continued...