Han Fei hadn't appeared yet, but his house had already been raided. Two million taels of silver were found in his house.
Yuan Keli and Sun Chengzong were stunned. A cabinet boss had only been in the cabinet for two to three years, but his corruption had already reached two million taels of silver.
This made the two old men who were fighting for the revival of the Ming Dynasty angry. They really did not expect these officials to be so unambitious and corrupt.
No wonder the emperor wanted to purge the courtiers. If the situation continued to develop like this, the Ming Dynasty could forget about reviving.
No matter how much money was allocated, it would be divided up by these vermin, and Ming would also die in the hands of these corrupt elements.
Han Fei's official reputation was quite good in the society. Even such a cabinet big shot with a good official reputation was able to embezzle two million yuan.
It could be seen that other officials with extremely bad reputations would receive even more bribes!
It wasn't that the Ming Dynasty wasn't rich, but the real wealth was in the hands of the officials. They finally understood why Donglin wanted to stop the tax reform!
It turned out that these so-called officials of the empire had been using the public wealth to privately swallow the wealth of the empire.
Yuan Keli was more radical than Sun Chengzong!
Especially when he saw that Han Xiong, who had always had a good official reputation, had two million taels of silver, he was completely furious.
"This old master has always felt that the eunuchs are hateful and their actions are too rough.
Who would have thought that this old man, who had been an official all his life, would never have realized that these so-called good officials of the intellectual circle were actually corrupt tycoons…"
Yuan Keli and Sun Chengzong were both honest officials and had never been greedy for a single cent of silver.
They thought that the officials with good reputations in the world should live a poor life like them, but now they changed their minds.
They couldn't believe the words of these worms. The more reputable the officials were and the more they had factions, the more greedy the empire was.
Qian Longxi came to Han Cui's mansion, intending to stop Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli from seizing the house.
After all, they had to get the approval of the cabinet. Why did they confiscate the home of a cabinet official without the approval of the cabinet?
He was originally doubting them, but when he saw Yuan Keli and Sun Chengzong's furious expressions, his heart couldn't help but thump!
He knew very well that all the officials in the court were greedy.
However, Qian Longxi also knew that Yuan Keli and Sun Chengzong were not corrupt people. The two of them personally supervised the matter, which showed that the matter was extremely serious.
Clearly, Han Xiong must have done something to provoke the wrath of the emperor.
They even sent two stubborn old men from the imperial court to supervise the looting.
If she fell into Sun Chengzong's hands, she might still have a chance to live as long as she played the emotional and sad cards.
However, if they fell into the hands of the Hawk Faction lunatic Yuan Keli, they would definitely die. No one had the ability to convince this old man.
Don't look down on him as the assistant minister of the cabinet. Once he incurred Old Man Yuan's wrath, he would definitely force his way in and would never lower his head to any powerful minister.
Dong Lin had once thought of teaching Old Yuan a lesson, but Old Yuan had never embezzled a single cent of the country's money in his life, and his family was very poor.
Moreover, Yuan Keli was already old, and in less than a year or two, he should retire and return home to support his old age, so he gave up the idea.
Unexpectedly, after the new emperor ascended the throne, although he did not make any moves, he did not intend to let Yuan Keli, this old man who would not die, retire and return to his hometown.
The strange thing was that Chongzhen actually let the inner officials go to Yuan Fu to give a reward of 5,000 taels.
At that time, everyone thought that the new emperor valued these old officials and was mainly pacifying them to increase the emperor's prestige among the officials.
It was obvious that since the emperor ascended the throne, he had been planning to fight corruption. This was the first of the three fires the emperor had set.
Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli were the anti-corruption pioneers that Chongzhen wanted to establish.
With two incorruptible big shots with high prestige in charge, at least it would not cause any unrest among the courtiers.
"Milords, why didn't you get the approval of the cabinet to remove a cabinet member?”
Qian Longxi looked sharply at Yuan Keli and Sun Chengzong. After all, he was the assistant minister of the cabinet, and his status was above Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli.
"Grand Secretary Qian, I have been ordered by the Emperor to seal up the Han Residence. As the leader of Donglin, you must avoid suspicion.”
Sun Chengzong responded to Qian Longxi indifferently!
Although Qian Longxi was the second assistant of the current dynasty, Sun Chengzong was not afraid.
Qian Longxi was extremely anxious. He was the assistant minister of the court, but he was not qualified to ask. Was this still the era of justice?
From the start of Taichang, Donglin had already set the goal of having a full court, to control the government and become the leader of the empire.
As for the new emperor, he was just a puppet they supported.
"Lord Sun, as a secondary assistant, can't this old master understand the inner workings? Aren't you afraid of accidentally killing a minister of the country?"
"Hahaha, this old man is dying of laughter. Dong Lin still has the face to call himself a minister of the country.”
Yuan Keli threw the list of confiscated properties on Qian Longxi's face and scolded,""Open your eyes wide and see what Dong Lin has done! Using public office for personal gain, nibbling away at the country's wealth, shouting loud slogans, but in reality, they were a group of greedy rats.”
Sun Chengzong looked at Qian Longxi coldly and said mockingly,""This old man must have been blind to think that Donglin's ideals are good.
Who would have thought that they were all a group of greedy and ambitious people who could even plot against him? If he did not kill such a traitor, would he let them go home for the new year?”
"Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli, just because I'm giving you face doesn't mean that I can allow you to act presumptuously and slander a member of the Empire's cabinet.”
"What a big official label. Slander, we still want to slander; Hehe, your Donglin is the best in the world at lying through your teeth!”
Yuan Keli was not as modest as Sun Chengzong. He immediately ordered,"Capture this bastard and wait for the emperor's judgment!”
"Yuan Keli, are you crazy? Are you trying to rebel?”
"Rebellion? I'm afraid it's you. In terms of courage, who dares to compare to Donglin…to dare to murder the late emperor?
Now, he was plotting to poison the current emperor. He was waiting for the result.
All officials of Donglin in the capital will be imprisoned. After we investigate them thoroughly, we will naturally release them.”
Yuan Keli didn't care if Qian Longxi was the assistant minister of the cabinet or not. He had already made up his mind to arrest all the officials of Donglin and investigate them one by one.
Since Qian Longxi was the leader of Dong Lin, he had reason to suspect that he was involved.
At the same time, Yuan Keli was also worried that the Donglin Party would stir up trouble and cause even greater chaos. He directly cut off the contact between Donglin and Xun Gui.
After all, the nobles were a force that the empire could not ignore and posed a great threat to the empire.
By clearing Donglin first, then dealing with the nobles, the chaos in the empire would be controlled to a certain extent.
Sun Chengzong could only sigh when he saw that Yuan Keli had taken down Qian Longxi.
He didn't approve of Yuan Keli taking Qian Longxi down. After all, Qian Longxi was the current leader of Dong Lin.
As long as he wasn't involved, Donglin's headquarters in Jiangnan wouldn't be in trouble. It was still within the rules.
Now that Yuan Keli had taken Qian Longxi down, Jiangnan would definitely jump out and cause trouble. There was no doubt about this.
Although Tian Zi had limited the scope of the situation, what Dong Lin had done this time was too shocking.
Murdering the late emperor! If Qian Longxi, the leader of Donglin, was not arrested, it would not be in line with the proper procedure of an empire.
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