This matter is like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger.
Emperor Longqing didn't know about this at first, but when he found out, he was furious.
Such a large amount of silver is equivalent to the entire annual income of the national treasury. With so many natural disasters, silver is needed everywhere every year. He wishes he could dig out endless silver mines by himself.
But even though it was so difficult, that villain dared to do such evil things right under his nose!
This amount of silver is more than what he has in his private treasury.
He could not bear this humiliation at all, and changed four chief judges within a month. He was only satisfied when Qian Shiyun was appointed as the last one.
Qian Shiyun was a wise man. He was promoted by Emperor Longqing himself. Since Emperor Longqing promoted him so high, he would be a loyal minister. If Emperor Longqing wanted him to be tried, he would be tried. The previous few people who were not dared to be investigated in depth all failed. After all, the matter was done well. Emperor Longqing would have an explanation. As for whether he offended anyone or not...
If you can’t take care of it now, how can you take care of it in the future
I simply applied to Emperor Longqing and borrowed Young Master Lin to serve.
With the help of Young Master Lin as a co-judge, the trial went much faster.
After the New Year, more and more people were arrested. All the former salt administrators such as Huang Bingqing, Qian Kun, Ai Qi and others were arrested. People in the court and the country were in panic, even worse than when the King of Chu was plotting rebellion.
One bites another, and more and more people are implicated. Prince Duan finally can't sit still anymore - with Young Master Lin around, what can't be dug out
He discussed with his trusted aide-de-camp, Chief Shi, for a while, and finally sorted out the family belongings, and asked Princess Duan to put them in the dowry for the daughter of the Fang family and take them over together.
The Fang family didn't take it seriously at first, but when Miss Fang opened the box, they were stunned and didn't know what to do - inside was silver notes totaling more than two million taels, and countless farm deeds and house deeds.
She took a deep breath, not daring to show it on the spot, but immediately waved her hand and asked the maid to call her mother, Madam Fang, and then whispered a few words in Madam Fang's ear.
Madam Fang was also so shocked that she couldn't recover for a long time. She immediately sent the servants away. She opened the box with trembling hands and immediately closed it again. It took her a long time to breathe a sigh of relief. She closed her eyes and personally took the box and put it under the quilt of her daughter's bed with a pattern of Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea carved on it. She squeezed her daughter's hand tightly and said, "Hold on! If there is anything else, wait until the makeup people who came this morning have finished the banquet before you can talk about it."
He then quickly warned: "Don't let anyone touch your bed, and you are not allowed to go anywhere!"
Miss Fang nodded quickly, gritted her teeth and managed to hold back her shock and confusion, and sat upright to continue receiving the guests from outside.
On this day, Chen Mianmian also went to help Fang's cousin with her makeup. She was the granddaughter of the Fang family and had always been favored. She was very compatible with Fang's cousin. As soon as she got off the sedan chair, she said excitedly, "I forgot to bring a flower-leaf tassel hairpin for my cousin."
It is a new fashion in the capital, a row of hairpins in the shape of flowers and leaves, with thin silver or gold chains underneath, or tassels made of finer rice-sized pearls. They are inserted on the sides of the hair, and the tassels hang down to the ears, making the person look more gentle and graceful.
She was talking to Wei An.
After Wei An was named Princess, her mother tried to get her closer to Wei An. She met Wei An twice at the banquets of the Peng family and went to the Wei family several times. Her relationship with Wei An became much better than before and they could talk to each other. Whenever she saw Wei An, she would hold her hand and whisper in her ear, "My cousin is so impressive that even Princess Duan and the others came."
Isn't it majestic
Not to mention that Empress Fang has now given birth to a legitimate son and His Majesty loves them both like treasures, let's just talk about the family that the Sixth Miss Fang is about to marry into, the Zeng family, which is now the thorn in the investigation of the salt administration deficit case.
No matter what the reason is, who wouldn't give the Fang family some face
Wei An nodded. As soon as he entered the inner courtyard, he knew that one of the princesses must have arrived. There were ceremonial guards, so naturally there would be more people. The Fang family had spent countless manpower to entertain these people.
As soon as she entered the room and heard that Princess Duan had come, Chen Mianmian smiled and congratulated Miss Fangliu: "Except for my cousin, no one else has such a big face." She also smiled and congratulated her: "Congratulations to my cousin."
Miss Fang Liu was smiling but seemed a little absent-minded. When she saw Wei An, she quickly stood up and bowed with a blushing face.
Wei An is a princess. Although she has no fiefdom, she still receives a salary. Even if she is a princess in name only, she is still a princess after all. The officials of lower rank than her still have to pay their respects when they see her.
She reached out and held Miss Fang Liu's hand, smiling gently and cutely: "Today is Miss Liu's great day, why are you still bowing? You should sit down, congratulations."
After saying this, she gave the gift for the bride's dowry and followed the young lady of the Fang family who was entertaining the guests out.
Wei An knew that Prince Duan's family was involved in the salt administration deficit case.
I just don't know for sure.
At this time in her previous life, she was still in Nanchang and knew very little. It was only when Princess Changning mentioned it at that time that she learned that bloody storm had broken out in the capital again and Prince Duan was in trouble.
It was precisely because the vassal kings fell one after another that one or two of them rebelled.
Now when she heard about the salt administration deficit case, she knew even more.
Shen Chen had revealed before that Chu Jingxing was also retiring.
It can be seen that he heard some rumors.
She sat in the open hall where the Fang family entertained guests, listening to the sound of firecrackers and congratulations outside, thinking about the cause and effect, and then thinking hard about Zeng Yao and Zheng Zhe, and gradually came to a rough guess.
She was lost in thought, but others were looking at her.
Mrs. Peng looked at her and saw that she was sitting upright and her manners were as if measured with a ruler, exactly right. The last trace of dissatisfaction in her heart turned into satisfaction, and she coughed gently at her daughter.
Peng Lingwei immediately understood the situation, smiled and walked forward, called Wei An, and saluted her.
Things are different now. Wei An is already a princess personally appointed by the emperor, and etiquette cannot be abolished.
Wei An would naturally not accept this: "That's unacceptable. We should remain the same as we were before. Otherwise, people will say I'm frivolous."
When she said this, the wife of the Earl of Qinghe and others who had just entered the room all looked at her.
Recently, I've only heard about how powerful and ruthless she is, but I didn't know that she is actually someone who knows what's going on, and not at all as domineering as people say.
Mrs. Peng's smile deepened, and she pursed her lips and nodded at her daughter.