Chapter 164 Liver pain

Entering July, the heat in Shengjing subsides, and the weather gradually becomes cooler.

However, the situation between North Korea and China is not like the weather. On the contrary, it is getting worse.

The Ministry of Revenue's finances were stretched thin, and it was difficult to raise money to repair frontline fortifications. Gu Shihai would ask for money every month when he was in court, and Chen Yuansi would cry out for money every month when he was in court.

As time passed, some strange comments started to appear.

Some of the officials wondered whether the impeachment front was deliberately delayed and wasted without fighting in order to defraud the imperial court of food and salary.

What's more, they suspected Gu Haiwang of being a collaborator with the enemy.

Gu Shihai made insinuating remarks, saying that the Ministry of Revenue was negligent in its duties and that the military rations sent to the front lines were not well controlled.

Although he was ordered by Ye Qinghuai to investigate the matter in Cangchang and seek to keep it secret, he could not help but feel strange in the court. Chen Yuansi had a few words with Hu Bu.

Ye Qinghuai was so noisy by the courtiers that every month he went to court felt like he was on a battlefield.

The only good thing is that the investigation into the problem of Fukuangchang is progressing very quickly.

The Ministry of Punishment changed its previous procrastinating style, and within a month the matter was clearly investigated and reported.

But the person who came to the palace to report the case was unexpected by Ye Qinghuai.

"Am I responsible for this case?" Ye Qinghuai asked Lin Yuxiu.

Lin Yuxiu bowed and replied: "This case is important, so Mr. Gu Ge is personally responsible for it, and Wei Chen is responsible for the collection of evidence and the compilation of the case."

"Then why don't I come to see the saint? Didn't Gu Shihai come?" Ye Qinghuai was a little unhappy. So she didn't want to involve Lin Yuxiu in the matter between Gu Shihai and Chen Yuansi.

"Mr. Gu Ge believes that it is more fair and objective for the ministers to report, and it will not affect Bidong's judgment." Lin Yuxiu replied.

Ye Qinghuai's anger was half gone. Is Gu Shihai's words right? If he were to report it, thinking of his personal grudge with Chen Yuansi, Ye Qinghuai would inevitably misunderstand the seriousness of the case.

But if Lin Yuxiu is involved in this case, he will definitely offend Chen Yuansi.

Ye Qinghuai didn't want to see that. His article when he was selected was already high-profile enough and offended many people in the court. He couldn't make any more enemies at this time.

But that could very well be Gu Shihai's original intention.

If there were two factions in the Ming Dynasty, he and Chen Yuansi. If he cut off Lin Yuxiu's retreat from Chen Yuansi, Lin Yuxiu could rely on him.

Ye Qinghuai frowned for a long time and said, "Tell me, what did the Criminal Department find out?"

Lin Yuxiu gave another half salute and said: "Bidong, the case is complicated, let me talk about the conclusion first. This investigation is about the adulteration of military grain in the warehouse, the arson case in the warehouse, the murder of Wang Yunzhong and others, the murder of Wu Gang, and the murder of Nie Zhuochen. There were five murder cases in total. The principal culprit was Xue Song, the former governor of Cangchang, and Wu Gang, the former governor of Cangchang. The accomplices were Cangchang inspector Yu Haoming and others, and the mastermind behind the scenes was Chen Xueshen, director of the Agriculture Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

His last words shocked Ye Qinghuai's heart.

Do you really deny what Chen Yuansi’s son committed?

When the Ministry of Justice reported his name before, Ye Qinghuai had made a private trip to learn about his resume and personality. From many aspects, Chen Xueshen could be regarded as a down-to-earth, diligent and low-key court official who had done many errands.

All have achieved good results, and have a good reputation both in the government and among the people.

Ye Qinghuai even doubted whether his speculation was too arbitrary, or whether Gu Shihai deliberately asked Chen Yuansi to ask the question.

However, if the Ministry of Punishment can conduct a file review, it must have obtained conclusive evidence to prove whether Chen Xueshen is the mastermind behind the series of cases, otherwise it would not dare to defame the speculation in front of the emperor.

Seeing Ye Qinghuai's surprised expression, Lin Yuxiu stopped talking. He unfolded the file he was holding in his hands, turned to the place for a confession, and then placed it respectfully in front of Ye Qinghuai in the first two steps.

"Xue Song has recruited them all. During the year when he was the governor of the warehouse, between the first and fifth day of each month, the warehouse would be opened once, and the people of the grain team would replace the new grain with sand, gravel and chaff, which would be recorded in the accounts.

It is recorded as old grain being replaced with new. The grain leaving the warehouse will be transported to the black market and converted into money. Before he became the governor of the warehouse, his predecessor Wu Gang was doing those things. Later, he was murdered because he tried to betray the government.

Xue Song asked whether he was coerced into doing what he did, and Chen Xueshen threatened him with the lives of his family members."

Ye Qinghuai frowned and slowly turned over the confession.

Even though the recorded documents had simplified Xue Song's answers, Ye Qinghuai seemed to see Xue Song's cry of injustice from those handwritings.

"Why did Chen Xueshen ask to do that?" Ye Qinghuai asked with a frown.

"He owed a lot of debt on the black market." Lin Yuxiu said, turning to the back of the case file to find another confession and several IOUs for security deposits.

"This is not the creditor's confession. Chen Xueshen owed at least two million taels of red silver on the black market. According to the black market's interest calculation, it should be more than 3.2 million taels by now." Lin Yuxiu said.

That number was already enough to cover the expenses of three years at Eagle Guard. Ye Qinghuai was dumbfounded as he looked at the loan entries.

"How could he borrow so much money?"

"According to the confession from the black market, Chen Xueshen was gambling in the tellurium salt, iron and grain market, and he lost a lot in those years."

"So he used the military rations from Cangchang to supplement his military rations?" Ye Qinghuai's voice was filled with anger.

"According to the current investigation, there have been grains shipped out of the original warehouse, Yifengcangchang and Gyeonggi Warehouse. However, we cannot rely on the grain shipped out from the original warehouse every month.

The black market resale is based on the monthly interest of the month." Lin Yuxiu's voice was not calm.

Ye Qinghuai's face turned red, and Dong consciously raised his leg to touch his right abdomen.

She felt like her liver hurt from being so angry.

Seeing Ye Qinghuai's ugly expression, Lin Yuxiu couldn't help but took half a step forward to help her, but his legs stopped halfway in mid-air. He could neither advance nor retreat.

Ye Qinghuai didn't care. She swung her legs and asked, suppressing her anger, "Where is Chen Xueshen now?"

Lin Yuxiu retracted his legs, crossed his legs and replied: "It should be in Chen's house. The Ministry of Punishment sent people to follow him secretly. Does Mr. Gu Ge mean anything? He has a special status. Touching him will definitely alarm Mr. Chen. He needs to be interrogated.

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Gu Shihai was right. Ye Qinghuai sighed softly and calmed down Dong's mind.

Not to mention whether Chen Xueshen was Chen Yuansi's eldest son or Chen Julian's father, Chen Yuansi would never mistake him for refusing to save him. There was even a possibility that the things Chen Xueshen did were not directed by Chen Yuansi.

Perhaps, being in the warehouse was not in Chen Yuansi's pocket.

Ye Qinghuai began to remember.

She began to recall Chen Yuansi's reaction when she saw the rations for soldiers in Cangchang that month.

She was indeed surprised that month.

Because that was the first time she saw Chen Yuansi kneeling eastward outside the festival.

At this moment, Ye Qinghuai suddenly felt that he might not kneel as a minister, but as a father.
Chapter completed!