The next day.
There was indeed a pile of memorials on Zhao Zheng's table.
" Emperor, these are the memorials that were sent yesterday…" Feng Zhong hesitated.
Zhao Zheng waved his hand and Feng Zhong left.
Then, Zhao Zheng started to read the memorial…
As expected, these memorials were all about yesterday's matter.
Most of the memorials were pleading on behalf of those officials. There were also a small number of memorials that actually asked him, the emperor, to retract his order and disagree with Yu Qian being the Minister of Personnel.
There was nothing else!
Zhao Zheng was very angry.
Could it be that these were the only two matters left in a great country?
As expected, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty said before he died that " civil officials can be killed ", and Zhu Yuanzhang even killed the civil officials until their blood flowed like a river.
This bunch of dogs had nothing in their eyes other than profit.
Zhao Zheng kept all these memorials.
"Big partner!"
"This old servant is here!"
"Where are those kneeling outside?" Zhao Zheng asked.”
"They're all here!" " Emperor," Feng Zhong continued," some of the ministers are quite old. It's freezing cold. They can't hold on any longer. Emperor…"
"Why? Are you going to plead for them?”Zhao Zheng asked coldly.
"This old servant does not dare!"
" These people should die for opposing the Emperor," Feng Zhong said." But I'm worried that if these people really freeze to death outside the palace, it will attract criticism…"
"So what if it's a criticism?" Zhao Zheng sneered. Wasn't the so-called criticism just the discussion between the civil officials behind their backs? I only want the hearts of the people. I don't care about these civil officials!”
Hearing this, Feng Zhong quickly lowered his head. At the same time, he swept his gaze around to make sure that there was no one around. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief.
If the Emperor's words were to spread, there would be trouble.
Seeing Feng Zhong's nervous expression, Zhao Zheng smiled. He was very satisfied with Feng Zhong's loyalty and caution.
Zhao Zheng was not lying. If the civil officials called him a tyrant, he really did not care. Moreover, what he needed was a system of obedient civil officials so that it would be convenient for him to carry out his dictatorship!!
"Big partner, did the imperial edict reach Yu Qian's family?”
"Minister Yu has already received the edict," Feng Zhong quickly replied.”
"Alright, send someone to inform Yu Qian to go to court on time tomorrow morning.”
"This old servant obeys."
Zhao Zheng thought for a moment and said,"Call Gu Dayou over."”
"This old servant will go now."
……
A moment later.
Gu Dayou came in a hurry.
"This old servant greets the Emperor."
"Get up!"
"Thank you, Emperor."
When Gu Dayou stood up, Zhao Zheng looked at Gu Dayou and found that Gu Dayou's complexion was still not good.
Not only was she haggard, but she seemed to have lost some weight after not seeing her for a few days.
However, he was still full of energy and seemed very excited.
Just like those scientists who spent a long time in research institutes in the future.
It seemed that Gu Dayou was very fond of the profession of the supervisor of the East Chamber!
"Dayou, I asked you to investigate those civil officials. How is it going?”
" Your Majesty, I have found some clues. Prime Minister Li Yan has about 800,000 taels of silver in his house. He still has 10 million taels of silver in Desheng Bank. If we calculate the value of the valuables, there are about 20 million taels of silver. I also found out that there is a small vault in Li Yan's house that is buried deep underground. There is a lot of gold in there. I'm afraid no one knows the exact value except Li Yan…"
When Zhao Zheng heard this, he took a deep breath.
Motherf * cker!
An official actually had several times the wealth of the national treasury?
Li Yan was not at his peak yet. According to the original novel, Li Yan had embezzled a lot later on. The main character of the original novel entered the capital and raided Li Yan's house. He actually found valuable items and gold bars worth more than 100 million silver.
Thinking of this, Zhao Zheng's eyes turned cold.
Li Yan was already on his death list.
Such a person was too greedy. Even if he had the ability, Zhao Zheng could not use him.
If it was Little Greed, as long as he was loyal to Zhao Zheng and knew how to do things, Zhao Zheng could turn a blind eye. For someone as greedy as Li Yan, if he continued to use him, he would only cause trouble.
Of course, now was not the time to make a move on Li Yan. He would let him run around for a few more days.
"What else?" Zhao Zheng asked.
Gu Dayou continued," There's also Minister of Revenue Yu, Minister of Revenue Zheng, and others. They all have a lot of silver in Desheng Bank. Desheng Bank was established by the eight Huai merchants. Li Yan and the other ministers all have shares in it and can get a lot of dividends every year. Each of them has tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of taels. This old servant has already compiled a memorial for the emperor to decide!”
"Alright, Dayou, you've worked hard!"
Zhao Zheng praised Gu Dayou and took the booklet from him.
To be able to find out all this in such a short period of time, Gu Dayou had already done a good job.
Gu Dayou, who was praised by Zhao Zheng, suddenly smiled."Emperor, it's good that you're satisfied. It's this old servant's fortune to be able to serve the emperor.”
Zhao Zheng smiled and casually flipped through the booklet. When he saw the numbers inside, he was shocked.
These officials had dug out the foundation of the Great Xia Dynasty in just over a year!!
In the original novel, the main reason why the Great Xia Dynasty could fall so quickly was because of these dogs!
Zhao Zheng had originally wanted to release some of the officials kneeling outside and only kill a few to warn the others.
Zhao Zheng immediately changed his mind when he saw the booklet.
This bunch of dogs, they all deserve to die!
"Dayou, I still have an urgent matter that I need you to do!”
"Your Majesty, please give me your orders. This old servant will definitely sacrifice his life.”
"You just entered the palace. Did you see those people kneeling outside?" Zhao Zheng asked Gu Dayou.”
"I saw it." Gu Dayou nodded.”
"Go and investigate their background. Zhen wants all their evidence of breaking the law and discipline to be sent to the palace before tomorrow morning's court session, understand?”
"This old servant understands!" Gu Dayou nodded heavily.
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