As everyone discussed, the execution supervisor Di Renjie took out the name list and said expressionlessly,"Qian Huan, assistant minister of the Ministry of War, confiscated his family property due to corruption. He found more than 100,000 taels of gold, 3,000 boxes of silver, and 2,500 jade belts."
Wow!
Everyone exclaimed.
One hundred thousand taels of gold, what kind of concept was that?
One bun was worth two copper coins. One tael of silver was enough for a family to live for three months. One hundred thousand taels of gold was equivalent to one million taels of silver. It was enough to feed ten thousand people for a month, not counting the three thousand boxes of silver.
"He deserves to be killed! Good kill!"
"Lord Di is mighty!"
"Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Zhen. Serious corruption, disregard for human lives, conniving at the butler to snatch other people's property, harming 12 innocent lives. His crime is not to be punished.
The house was raided, and "more than 60 treasuries of gold and silver, 100 jade plates, and more than 20 corals six or seven feet high were found in the house."
The corruption index was ten times that of the Minister of War Qian Huan. When the officials came to pay their respects, they had to give at least one thousand taels of silver.
"Zhou Zhi, Assistant Minister Wang Zhen of the Ministry of Personnel…Death penalty!"
After he finished reading the five prisoners, Di Renjie threw down the wooden token and said,""It's already a quarter past noon, behead!"
Kacha!
Blood flowed like a river, but countless people cheered.
In the court, all the officials forced him to abdicate.
"Emperor, please retract your order. Great Zhou's Law and Justice Board's Senior Physician."
"Emperor, please take back your fame and spare Prime Minister Han Xiao and Grand Preceptor Wang Yuanming."
"If not, we will all retire and return to our hometown."
All the ministers felt indignant.
Of the three ministers, one had been angered to death, and two had their houses confiscated. Now, they were all locked up in prison. They were all worried and scared.
This new emperor did not play by the rules at all. He ignored all the officials and killed them as he pleased.
They were afraid that Shen Hao would kill them too.
Shen Hao looked at the officials who were trying to force him to abdicate and smiled coldly."Hmph, punishment is not superior to a doctor, but etiquette is inferior to a commoner?
That was to give you some dignity and let you die with dignity.
I am an emperor and I eat two dishes a day, but you so-called officials are all so rich that you deserve to be killed."
" There are rumors about the Prime Minister of the Ten Cellars, Han Xiao. I never understood what it meant. After raiding Han Xiao's house, I finally understand what the Prime Minister of the Ten Cellars is."
"The great Prime Minister Han Xiao is actually so poor that he's digging a cellar at home.
According to Butler Han Xiao, the Prime Minister's house was really dug up and buried for three days that night. What gratitude?
"Dig ten feet deep, five feet square, all around to the bottom, build patterned stones, transport silver into it, and fill it up after three days and three nights."
You know better than I do what this means.
The Han family was known as 'one cellar for every million taels of silver'. It took them three days and three nights to fill up the cellar.
This one has made a simple estimation. This silver storage cellar is about ten cubic meters. If silver ingots are stored, it can store at least a million taels.
However, Han Xiao had more than one cellar of silver. The butler said that he had more than ten cellars.
Han Xiao's hometown was Fenyi County, and he had dug an even bigger silver cellar.
'Han Xiao's silver collection in Fenyi is also like the capital's residence, but twice as deep and wide. The soil is about ten feet high, covered with Chinese toon trees, and the stones of Taihu Lake are piled up into mountains. The empty places are planted with flowers and trees, and there are no gaps left. There are no less than one million.'
In order to hide it, Han Xiao had piled up soil more than ten feet high above the cellar, planted Chinese toon trees, and bought Taihu Lake rocks to build a fake mountain, decorating it as a garden.
Do you think this Prime Minister Shijiao should be killed?”
The ministers were so frightened that they trembled. Cold sweat covered their foreheads and they did not dare to raise their heads.
In the hall, it was so quiet that it could be described as a pin drop.
Shen Hao said," Hmph, the national treasury was originally empty. This time, we actually managed to find out about the military pay case. 50 million taels of silver is a huge sum. This is the tax of the Great Zhou Dynasty for three years. What kind of concept is this?”
"I hereby announce that from today onwards, the law of not being able to punish a doctor shall be abolished. A prince who breaks the law shall be punished as a commoner. There is no special case."
The ministers hurriedly said,"Please retract your order, Your Majesty!"”
Shen Hao looked at all the ministers and wished he could kill them all. However, this way, the imperial court would be crippled. Now, one-third of the ministers were gone.
If they continued to kill, the imperial court would be useless.
Shen Hao took out dozens of memorials and walked in front of everyone.
"There is still evidence of corruption here. Do you think I should continue to investigate?
Censor Fu, Commandant Zheng? Do you think we should investigate?"
The two of them were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They trembled and did not dare to speak.
Shen Hao pursed his lips in disdain when he saw the cowardly looks of the ministers. However, he was still in a good mood.
Sure enough, looting was the secret to getting rich. He instantly became fat.
"Someone come!" Shen Hao said.
The ministers were so frightened that they quivered and lowered their heads.
"That brazier, come here!"
"It's the Emperor," the two guards said.
He saw a guard carrying a brazier and placing it on the main hall.
"Stand up, all of you!" Shen Hao said.
"We dare not."
"It's fine if you don't stand up. Then zhen will continue to investigate."
Hearing this, all the ministers stood up in fear.
Seeing this, Shen Hao said calmly,"I believe that all the ministers here are good people. They were just framed."
Shen Hao threw all the memorials into the brazier.
"In comparison, I believe in the loyalty of the ministers.”
Seeing Shen Hao burn the memorial, the ministers heaved a sigh of relief. It was obvious that Shen Hao's anti-corruption had come to an end. The knife hanging over their heads had also fallen.
Looking at the raging fire, Shen Hao said again,""I hope that all the ministers can consciously account for his matter and return the embezzled finances. I hereby declare that I will let bygones be bygones."
Hearing this, the other ministers heaved a sigh of relief. They were planning to spend money to avoid disaster. They were really afraid of being killed by Shen Hao.
"Tomorrow noon, I invite all ministers to watch the execution of Prime Minister Han Xiao, Grand Preceptor Wang Yuanming, and First Prince Ji Hao."
All the officials felt their breathing become heavy. This time, not only did he kill the officials, but he also did not let the First Prince off. This made them feel once again the ruthlessness of the new Emperor.
"Retreat!"
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