Forbidden City.
Golden Water Bridge!
Embroidered Uniform Guards holding Autumn Water Goose Plume Saber dragged boxes of sealed silver into White Jade Square!
Carriages passed by the Golden Water Bridge.
There were a total of thirteen carriages, and each carriage had two sealed boxes.
There were a total of 26 sealed boxes.
Inside the Xuanzheng Hall.
The Minister of Justice, Liu Jing, walked into the main hall and cupped his hands."Your Majesty, the property of Liu Jin that the Ministry of Justice confiscated has been transported out of the hall.”
"Bring it in. I want to see how huge a million taels is!”
"Yes!"
Liu Jing walked out of the main hall and ordered the Brocade Guard to carry the sealed box containing the silver into the main hall.
There were 50 taels of horse's hoof official silver, 20 taels of medium ingot silver, 10 taels of full silver, and 5 taels of corner silver.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards placed one million taels of silver neatly in the main hall, which was a spectacular sight.
One million taels of silver were arranged in the hall into six silver mountains that were 1.5 meters long, 1.5 meters wide, and 1.5 meters tall.
If these silvers were placed together, a hundred official silvers could be stacked up to twenty meters high!
Zhu Houzhao stood up and walked around the six piles of silver.
"Only today did I know that one million taels of silver was so much and so generous!”
Zhu Houzhao walked in the main hall and talked as he walked. The more he talked, the angrier he got!
The voice grew louder and harsher!
"A little eunuch with a seal can covet so much of Great Ming's money. It really has opened my eyes!”
"If we don't use the heavy punishment! How can the world be clear?"
In the imperial court, all the civil and military officials said in unison,""Your Majesty, please investigate the corruption case of the Imperial Attendant Supervisor!”
"Your Majesty, please investigate the corruption case of the Imperial Attendant Supervisor!”
Zhu Houzhao suddenly turned around and returned to the dragon throne in big strides. He ordered with a livid face,""Xuan Yu Hua Tian enters the hall!"
"Yes!"
The eunuchs left the Forbidden City and transferred the rain into the palace.
Five minutes later, Yu Huatian entered the hall.
"Minister Yu Huatian greets Your Majesty!"
"Yu Huatian!"
Yu Huatian bowed.”
"Immediately mobilize the West Hall to capture Shi Wenyi, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, and Zhang Cai, the deputy! If anyone dares to resist, exterminate the three clans!"
"Immediately capture Imperial Attendant Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng, Qiu Ju, Luo Xiang, Wei Bin, and Gao Feng! Thoroughly investigate the mansion, embezzling 1,000 taels, cut at the waist! If he embezzled 10,000 taels of silver, he would be cut into pieces. If he embezzled 100,000 taels of silver, his entire family would be executed! Greed a million taels and exterminate three clans!"
Zhu Houzhao was furious!
Emperor Zheng De's voice reverberated in the hall, shocking everyone!
The civil and military officials in the court were so frightened that their bodies trembled!
Yu Huatian's voice was like a great bell as he said,"Yes!"”
Zhu Houzhao suddenly stood up and waved his sleeves."Liu Jin is greedy for money and has harmed the country. He has committed a heinous crime.”
All the civil and military officials in the court were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
This great purge would kill tens of thousands of people!
Countless eunuchs couldn't even protect themselves!
Zhu Houzhao was furious. He waved his sleeves and said,""Retreat!"
Zhu Houzhao suddenly turned around and left the hall, leaving the civil and military officials looking at each other in dismay!
After a long while, the officials of Great Ming left the Hall of Political Announcement. Many of the officials had their legs go limp, and when they left the Hall of Political Announcement, they almost collapsed to the ground.
Emperor Zheng De had killed eunuchs, but they had been frightened to death.
Especially that sentence,'One thousand taels of silver, cut at the waist!' If he embezzled 10,000 taels of silver, he would be cut into pieces. If he embezzled 100,000 taels of silver, his entire family would be executed! Greed a million taels and exterminate three clans!
……
After Zhu Houzhao returned to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, he privately summoned Yu Huatian.
In the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Yu Huatian stood in front of Zhu Houzhao.
Although Zhu Houzhao's thunderous anger had dissipated, his face was still gloomy!
Everyone said that one had to be shrewd and endure. Even if the sky collapsed in front of them, they would not change their expressions. The prime minister's stomach could support a boat!
However, some people couldn't tolerate it!
Especially the emperor. The emperor did not need to endure. The emperor's anger had to make the officials afraid! Panic!
If the Emperor had no dignity, if the Emperor was not feared, if the Emperor was weak and did not dare to kill, who would fear the Imperial Power?
A weak emperor could not sit firmly on the throne!
Inside the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Zhu Houzhao wiped the Son of Heaven Sword.
Yu Huatian stood in front of Emperor Zheng De and felt as if he was facing a weapon.
Zhu Houzhao wiped the scabbard of the Emperor's Sword with silk.
Clang!
Zhu Houzhao unsheathed the Emperor's Sword and began to wipe the blade.
Zhu Houzhao wiped the Emperor's Sword and asked casually,""Yu Huatian, how many years have you been in West Hall?”
"Your Majesty, I have been in the West Hall for thirteen years…"
"How much silver have you embezzled all these years?”
Zhu Houzhao casually asked these questions, but he did not look at Yu Huatian, as if he was chatting about a family matter.
"Your Majesty, although I am in charge of the West Hall, I also yearn for nobility! I will never be greedy for any money!"
Zhu Houzhao looked up at Yu Huatian and continued to wipe the Emperor's Sword.
"Cao Zhengchun went to the Empress Dowager's palace. Take a look at this. It was handed over by a eunuch of the Cining Palace.”
Zhu Houzhao threw a list in front of Yu Huatian. Yu Huatian squatted down and picked it up.
Cao Zhengchun offered 350,000 taels of silver, three white jade glass vases, and hundreds of jade artifacts…
"If some people are still useful, I will keep them. If they are useless, they are useless by my side!”
Clang!
The Son of Heaven's Sword returned to its sheath!
"Yu Huatian, today is the first time this one is asking you, and also the last time this one is asking you. This one believes in your words, and also believes that you can keep yourself clean!”
"Go, the sword is used up. Wipe the blood off and return it to me!”
Zhu Houzhao handed the Emperor's Sword to Yu Huatian.
"I, Yu Huatian, swear my loyalty to Your Majesty and sacrifice my life for Your Majesty!”Yu Huatian knelt on one knee and raised his hands above his head, holding the Emperor's Sword in his hands!
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