Chapter 321 Confessions
The Ministry of Revenue Office was in the document warehouse, Yang Guozhong was sitting in front of the case, but his mind was not on those accounts. Long Wu army had already controlled the Ministry of Revenue, and all the officials on duty were arrested. At this time, no one cared whether they were wronged.
"Master, Mr. Chen is here."
Just as Yang Guozhong was calm and was about to get up and sit down several times, the gentle call from the servants in the mansion made him suddenly raise his head, and his face showed joy, "Chen Lang, where is the person?"
After hurriedly getting up from the front of the desk, Yang Guozhong saw Shen Guang who had changed into clean clothes, his originally somewhat impetuous mood suddenly calmed down, "Chen Lang, that thief Wang Hui?"
"Wang Hui is dead, this is his confession, but even though this person knows that he will die, he will inevitably slander others. Brother Yang can only look at it."
The handwritten confession that Chen Guang forced from Wang Hui was not intended to be made public, because just like Li Guangbi was worried, if he really arrested people according to the list provided by Wang Hui, it would be a real prison. The entire court officials would be empty, and the Guanzhong area would not be much better.
When Li Longji worked hard to govern, Xingda Prison was the same. Even if the court was empty, there were still enough talents to fill the gap. However, now that Xiao Bolu and Shibaocheng are going to fight, they will naturally focus on maintaining stability.
After taking the thick stack of confessions, Yang Guozhong immediately started to read it. After reading it for a few pages, he felt cold sweat. Wang Hui wanted to drag the entire court officials into the water and buried him with him.
"Wang Hui is so vicious!"
Yang Guozhong took this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a prison and establish authority, but Wang Hui's confession was too wide, which immediately gave up his idea.
"Where is the saint?"
Yang Guozhong asked Chen Guang that he really had no idea. Who knew that the saint was angry now. After reading this confession, he would be in a state of great priest. But they could not deceive the confession and not report it.
"Brother Yang should quickly enter the palace to face the saint and present the confession to the saint. If the saint asks Brother Yang, Brother Yang will just reply that he must not believe it, but he must not believe it all. The Ministry of Revenue Account Book Check and Verification will be based on the verification of the Ministry of Revenue Account Book."
Chen Guang said at the end, but he leaned over and whispered a few times in Yang Guozhong's ear. After hearing this, Yang Guozhong was stunned and then said seriously, "Chen Lang told me, I understand. I will come to the palace to meet the saint. Please Chen Lang watch it here."
"Brother Yang, but go, I'm here."
After Chen Guang sent Yang Guozhong away, he immediately looked through the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue for the past three years. The records of the account books in the Ministry of Revenue’s document warehouse were as vast as a sea of smoke. Even in the past three years, there were nearly a thousand copies. But on the way they came, the staff of those who checked the accounts also lost more than ten people under the assassination of the deadly soldiers sent by Wang Hui, and the staff were seriously insufficient.
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In the Daming Palace, Yang Guozhong, covered in dust, met Li Longji who had not slept all night. He looked at the saint with a calm face, but he was inevitably nervous for a moment.
"Chen Lang is back."
"Here I'm back."
"Wang Yi died?"
"Dead."
"This is the confession of Wang Hui before his death brought back by Chen Lang. I dare not be good at it. I also ask Your Majesty to judge."
Yang Guozhong raised the stack of confessions and said carefully. When Li Longji saw it, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and then said to Gao Lishi, "Take it with me?"
Gao Lishi hurriedly stepped forward to take the stack of confessions. Li Longji took it and read it. Gao Lishi saw that his master's face became increasingly ugly, and he also raised his heart.
"This is what you showed me. The whole court is full of Wang Hui's followers..."
Li Longji suddenly stood up, threw the stack of confessions in his hand to the ground, and shouted at Yang Guozhong who was crawling on the ground.
"Your Majesty, Wang Hui knew that he would die and was randomly accusing the ministers. However, this confession is mostly half true and half false. You must believe it, but you cannot believe it all. I think you still have to wait for the Ministry of Revenue to check the account book clearly before you can..."
"This is what Chen Lang taught you again."
Li Longji interrupted Yang Guozhong. He knew Yang Guozhong's abilities very well. This man was smart but not very wise. If he had seen this list of confessions, he would probably have used it to create power in the court.
"What I see with Shen Lang is similar, but it is not Shen Lang's counselor."
Yang Guozhong replied, Chen Lang had instructed that the saint should not pay too much attention to him.
"I have been studying at home and closed these days, so can't I make any progress?"
"Okay, everyone is very brave."
Looking at Yang Guozhong who was pushing back to him, Li Longji shouted angrily, and then saw this cheap uncle kowtowed on the ground without saying a word.
"As soon as Wang Hui died, you check the account books of the Ministry of Revenue. Do you really think that everyone else is a fool?"
"Stand up and reply, what are you going to do next?"
Li Longji no longer intends to deal with Wang Hui's case openly. First, he is unable to deal with it in his face, and second, Wang Hui is dead, he does not want to implicate too much, which will shake the court. The war between Xiao Bolu and Shibao City is the most important.
"When you go back to your Majesty, I plan to set fire in the Ministry of Revenue Documents later. That is to say, Wang Hui's party members did it. Wang Hui sent assassins to assassinate me, and he committed suicide fearlessly after the incident."
Yang Guozhong stood up and replied that the fire document warehouse was the idea that Chen Guang gave him. If Wang Hui's confession was hidden, the matter would be covered up. Even if someone in the court suspected it, there would be no evidence of death, at least it would stabilize the court and the local government.
"Then what?"
"The account book of the Ministry of Revenue will be transported back to the mansion to verify it and then go to the place to check it in accordance with the warehouses in various places. I will definitely give your Majesty an explanation."
Yang Guozhong straightened his chest and said, "This is something he and Shen Lang had discussed before, especially the local treasury, so he could only investigate it secretly, otherwise he would wait for the Fire Dragon to burn the warehouse. At that time, the entire Guanzhong official grain reserve might have problems."
Li Longji didn't say anything, just nodded, then waved, "Just do it, you go down."
Yang Guozhong slowly withdrew from the palace. It was not until outside the palace that he realized that his back was wet. He almost couldn't stand up just now. Fortunately, Shen Lang guessed correctly, and the saint finally chose to take into account the overall situation.
As for Wang Hui's confession, Yang Guozhong no longer let himself think about it. Maybe the saint would burn it directly after seeing it!
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"Lishi, am I old?"
Li Longji suddenly lost his energy, as if he was over ten years old. Ten years ago, he would have been in prison and asked Yang Guozhong and Dali Temple to investigate the case together, but now he did not dare because he was afraid that the Kaiyuan prosperous era and the romantic love in his hands would become a complete joke.
"Where is Your Majesty old?"
"You old guy."
Li Longji cursed with a smile, then looked at the confession who was thrown to the ground and said, "Take it to Li Linfu, then burn it in front of him and tell him not to be an example."
"Yes, your Majesty."
Gao Lishi picked up the confession on the ground, but thought about what the saint said. Speaking of which, they and Shen Lang went to the Ministry of Revenue to check the accounts, it was extremely secret, and few people knew about it. Could it be that Li Linfu revealed it to Wang Hui?
Chapter completed!