That's right.
The location of Li Yan's treasury was exactly what Shangguan Wan 'er had told Zhao Zheng.
In the original plot, the main character later invaded the capital and raided Li Yan's house. From Li Yan's house, he plundered a total of hundreds of millions of yuan worth of property.
Zhao Zheng knew this.
However, the original plot did not specify where Li Yan's treasury was hidden.
Zhao Zheng had spent the night at Consort Xian's Shangguan Wan 'er's place. After his exercise, he had mentioned that he wanted to teach Li Yan a lesson. Shangguan Wan' er had taken the initiative to tell him where Li Yan had hidden the gold.
Otherwise, Zhao Zheng would not have known that the place where Li Yan hid the gold was so unexpected.
When others hid their valuables, they would definitely choose a place that was as secretive as possible.
This was the thinking of a normal person.
However, Li Yan did the opposite and hid in the front yard!
Li Yan was indeed an old fox. He knew that the more dangerous the place, the safer it was.
If Shangguan Wan 'er didn't say it, Zhao Zheng would never have thought that Li Yan would hide the gold under the entrance.
Gu
Dayou, who received Zhao Zheng's order, personally selected a few experts and dug three feet into the ground.
Experts who were skilled in martial arts could dig much faster than ordinary people.
He saw soil flying everywhere. Not long after, he heard a "dong" sound as if he had dug up something foreign.
"Emperor, we found something…It's a big box.”
Zhao Zheng's spirit was lifted, and he immediately said,"Move it up carefully."
He also wanted to know how much money Li Yan had stolen.
A huge box that was as tall as his waist was carried up.
"There are more boxes down there!"
In the end, they dug out four large boxes.
The moment the chests were opened, the golden light instantly illuminated everything in the surroundings. The eyes of the officials were almost blinded by the light... The
four large chests were all filled with gold ingots!
The initial estimate was at least 300,000 taels!
If converted to silver, that would be thirty million taels. (The exchange ratio between silver and gold in the Great Xia Dynasty was usually 100:1.)
The visual impact of the gold that was piled up into a small mountain was undoubtedly very shocking.
Almost all the officials stared at the "gold mountain" with wide eyes, wishing they could take it for themselves.
Even the current emperor, Zhao Zheng, had greed in his eyes.
Soon after.
The expressions of the ministers who had spoken up for Li Yan changed.
When Li Yan suddenly fainted, they realized that the situation was not good.
He did not expect to dig out so many gold ingots!!
"Reporting to the emperor, I have finished counting. There is a total of three hundred and fifty thousand gold ingots!”Gu Dayou reported.
Zhao Zheng nodded and suppressed the greed in his eyes. He swept his gaze over the officials who had "spoken up for justice" just now.
"Is this what you call Minister Li's frugal life? The residence is simple and crude?"
Zhao Zheng's voice wasn't loud, but anyone could hear the coldness in it.
The officials felt their scalps go numb and did not dare to refute.
Li Yan had hidden so much gold, who would dare to absolve him?
Not to mention the crime of treason, even the crime of corruption was enough to kill Li Yan's entire family.
"Yu Aiqing, you are the Minister of Revenue. Let me ask you, how much is the national treasury earning this year? How much is the balance?"
Hearing Zhao Zheng's name, the Minister of Revenue, Yu Cheng, could only step forward and say helplessly,""Replying to the emperor, this year's national treasury has a total income of 6.2 million taels. After all the expenses, the balance…the balance…the balance was less than one million taels!”
"Alright! The annual income of the Great Xia Dynasty's national treasury was only six million taels, but the family of the guilty minister, Li Yan, had 35 million taels of gold ingots. They were really rich! Dear ministers, who can tell me where Li Yan's money came from?”
Facing Zhao Zheng's question, none of the officials dared to speak!
Who would still dare to spout nonsense at a time like this?
"Isn't the person who helped Li Yan just now very eloquent?" Zhao Zheng said coldly. Why? Now you are mute?
Hearing that Zhao Zheng had the intention of settling scores, those officials were all panic-stricken.
The imperial censor was the first to admit defeat and quickly knelt down."Emperor, this lowly official's judgment of people is not clear. I was deceived by Li…Li Yan's appearance and was momentarily negligent.”
The other officials also knelt down and said,""We were all deceived by Li Yan's appearance, please investigate!”
Zhao Zheng sneered.
Did this bunch of dogs think that they could fool him just like that? How naive!
"Was it an oversight or intentional cover-up? We have to interrogate him properly before we know, Dayou! Lock them all up and investigate if they were colluding with Li Yan!”
Hearing this, Gu Dayou felt extremely relieved and quickly said,"This old servant obeys."
In his heart, he was thinking,"If you fall into my hands, I won't be surnamed Gu if I don't skin you alive!"
Those ministers knew that they would not have a good ending if they fell into the hands of the factory guards, so they hurriedly pleaded for mercy.
The Imperial Censor loudly said,"Your Majesty, it is the power of all officials to report on the matter. We were only careless for a moment. How can Your Majesty punish us for this?”
Minister of War Tan Zong also said,""That's right, emperor. The great ancestor once said that one would not be punished for speaking. Is the emperor going to abandon the ancestral system?”
The other officials also spoke up one after another, wanting to use the ancestral system to pressure Zhao Zheng and force him to give in.
Zhao Zheng was determined to eliminate the Yan Party, the country's vermin. He had even sent out the Tiger Division of Great Qin, so how could he stop so easily?
"Talking about the ancestral system with me?"
"Taizu also said that anyone who embezzles more than a hundred taels of silver will be executed! Have you ever remembered this ancestral system in your hearts? Don't think that I don't know that all of you are wealthy. Your family assets are all above a million taels! Tell me, where did this money come from?”
Facing Zhao Zheng's question, the officials were speechless.
Here it comes again!
It was this move again!
Last time, Zhao Zheng had used this move to kill more than 40 officials.
Although it was an old trick, the ministers were really confused about it.
Who told them to be dirty?
It was fine if he was corrupt, but he even deposited his money in a bank. He either bought houses and properties everywhere without hiding anything. Wasn't it normal for the emperor to have something on him?
Seeing that these people had nothing to say, Zhao Zheng continued to turn on his troll mode
. This was a rule set by the previous emperor, right? You guys are using the system of the previous dynasty, and it seems like you're using it with ease? Since they liked the previous dynasty so much, they might as well go to the underworld to find the previous dynasty's fatuous ruler!”
"I want to re-establish the rules here: In the future, if anyone dares to speak nonsense without any evidence, I will cut off their tongue!!”
Hearing Zhao Zheng's overbearing words, a word popped up in the minds of all the officials-
Tyrant!
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