From eunuch to emperor

The second princess, Di Xing, entered the dormitory at night, and said: "I pay homage to my mother."

The Empress motioned for her to sit down and talk.

"Your eldest sister checked the accounts of the household department and found a huge deficit, which involved the drought in Caozhou last year, which caused 12 people to starve to death. Zhao Min, the governor of Caozhou, has already been sent to Daughter City. You will judge this case."

The empress spoke very lightly, and Di Xingwan was not surprised at all, as if all this had been expected.

"What kind of result does the queen mother hope to find out?"

Di Xingwan said lightly.

The empress sighed helplessly: "Let's examine the matter clearly first, and let's talk about other things."

Di Xingwan got up and said, "I understand."

Yingfeng immediately handed over Zhao Min to Di Xingwan.

...

Daming Palace.

The empress sat on the phoenix chair, and the ministers below stood in two groups, civil and military.

Long Chen stood in the sequence of civil servants, and Jing Heng was in front, because the Ministry of Households was in front of the Ministry of Industry.

The eldest princess stood at the front, followed by Di Xingwan, and Di Luoxi stood at the top of the generals.

The ministers looked strange, and no one said a word. They more or less knew some news. The arrest of Zhao Min, the governor of Caozhou, involved the disaster relief funds of the Ministry of Households.

Jing Heng is in charge of the household department. The Jing family has controlled the household department for so many years. If there is a problem with the household department, it means that there is a problem with the Jing family.

There is a conflict between the imperial court and the General's Mansion.

Everyone felt that the mountain and rain were about to come and the wind filled the building, and the court suddenly became unstable.

Hubu Shangshu Jing Heng's face was flat and he didn't take it seriously at all, but the Hubu servant Chen Hanying was trembling, as if he was afraid that he might accidentally lose his life.

The Empress looked a little unhappy, her tone was a little cold, and she said: "If there is something to do, I will leave the court if there is nothing to do."

Di Yuwei came out from the train, and said: "Mother, the account of the household department has been checked."

After Di Yuwei finished speaking, the whispers in the court stopped abruptly, the air suddenly froze, and needles could be heard around.

"Tell me."

The Empress spoke lightly.

Di Yu said in a faint voice: "After investigation, the household department is short of 700 million taels."

hum...

Chaotang immediately fried the pot!

The ministers knew that the national treasury would definitely be short in the hands of Jing Heng, but they didn't expect it to be so short.

"700 taels? How come there are so many?"

"It doesn't make sense. Isn't the revenue and expenditure of our treasury surplus every year?"

"This...how did the management of the Ministry of Household Affairs come to this point?"

"Speak carefully! Speak carefully!"

The ministers couldn't help but cast their eyes on Jing Heng.

At this moment, Jing Heng was also dumbfounded, and the amount of this shortfall also exceeded his estimation.

He remembered that he only got 200 million taels from the Ministry of Household Affairs, so what about the remaining 500 million taels?

Jing Heng turned his head and glanced at Chen Hanying who bowed his head.

The empress looked gloomy, looked at the ministers in the court, especially Jing Heng, and said coldly: "Shangshu Hubu, tell me, what's going on? Why is there such a huge deficit?"

Jing Heng stepped out bravely, and said: "My lord, it's because of my mismanagement. I didn't check clearly what my subordinates did, which led to a huge deficit in the treasury. I can't absolve myself of the blame."

This Jing Heng only said that he had poor management, not that he made money.

Di Luoxi sneered and said, "Is it just Jing Shangshu's poor management?"

Jing Heng said angrily: "Could it be that the fourth princess wants to say that I was greedy for money from the household department?"

Di Luoxi sneered, but did not answer.

Di Yu continued slightly: "I still have something to report."

The Empress said: "Say!"

Di Yuwei continued to play: "When checking the accounts of the household department, I found that the 10 taels of transportation and horses used for the disaster relief in Caozhou last year were not true. Zhao Min, the governor of Caozhou, sold the officials of Caozhou in the name of disaster relief and embezzled the relief food for himself, causing Caozhou to starve. 12 people died."

boom...

The ministers in the DPRK and China are not whispering this time, but frying the pot.

"This is too courageous!"

"12 people starved to death!"

"Selling food for officials does not provide disaster relief, how dare you collect transportation expenses from the Ministry of Households?"

Almost all the officials in the court have corruption problems, but such unconscionable corruption makes these people dumbfounded, and they can't believe it.

boom!

"Bastard!"

The empress slapped the armrest of the phoenix chair to pieces, stood up abruptly, and shouted, "Where is Zhao Min!"

Di Xingwan came out and said: "Your minister Qi Zuo, Zhao Min has already been thrown into the prison. After interrogation, Zhao Min confessed and confessed to his accomplices. This is the interrogation document."

Di Xingwan presented the written document.

The court ministers had heard that Zhao Min had been arrested, and this time the court was just dealing with it.

The empress read the document and said angrily: "Look at it! People like Zhao Min dare to be greedy for food for disaster relief!"

"12 people were starved to death. If such a dog official is not killed, it will not be enough for the people to be angry! Zheng Gangji!"

"According to the documents Zhao Min confessed, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will arrest all of them and kill them all!"

Bai Anning, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, said: "This humble minister leads the decree!"

Yingfeng gave Bai Anning the drawing paperwork.

The empress sat back on the smashed phoenix chair, looked at Jing Heng, and said coldly, "Does the Minister of the Household Department have anything to say?"

Jing Heng stepped out bravely, and said: "Weichen is not good at managing the household department, please punish."

The empress said coldly: "That's how the accounts are. I'll let you find out how the 700 million taels are in shortfall. Especially the transportation expenses for the disaster relief in Caozhou. You have to find out who paid for it!"

The stone in Jing Heng's heart fell to the ground.

Letting Jing Heng investigate by himself is to give him a chance to find a scapegoat. After all, the Empress dare not confront the General's Mansion.

The ministers in the court also felt the same way, the empress needed Jing Tianlie to sit in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and would not turn against the Jing family.

"My humble minister thanked the Holy Lord for his grace."

Jing Heng bowed deeply.

The empress got up and retreated.

From the beginning to the end, Long Chen didn't say a word, just watched coldly.

After the court was over, Long Chen and Di Luoxi returned to the West Palace together.

Jing Heng left the Daming Palace and returned to the household department. Chen Hanying, the servant of the household department, stood in front of him, his face was pale and he was sweating all over.

"700 million taels? I only took 200 million taels. Where did the remaining 500 million taels go?"

Jing Heng squinted his eyes, his chubby face was half a smile, like a smiling tiger.

"My lord, there are so many people in the household department. They don't take advantage of it. We can't hide it."

"The household department of our imperial court has to reconcile accounts with the local household department. They don't take benefits, and they don't know how to sign."

"A lot of money went here, both inside and out."

The household department has a requirement for reconciliation, that is, how much money has been handed over by the local government, and how much is finally approved by the household department.

How much the Ministry of Households has allocated to the local government, the local government has to approve how much it has received.

There must be a full set of fraudulent accounts, and everyone up and down will benefit.

Snapped!

Jing Heng crawled out from behind the desk, stepped forward and slapped Chen Hanying on the face, cursing: "Fart! Do you need so much money for the inside and outside? You are an idiot!"

"Just give me back how much money you took! After all, you are just my slave!"

"This time there is such a big problem, you can't survive, go back and say goodbye to your wife and children, and go to confess the crime yourself tomorrow!"

"Don't think about anything else, or your parents and children will go on the road together!"

Chen Hanying's heart tightened, this is the end of the game.

Parents and children go on the road together, but the wife stays?

Jing Heng is a lustful guy, and he has long coveted Chen Hanying's wife, but he didn't do it because of face.

Now, after Chen Hanying's death, his wife was put to sleep, the child was beaten, and the house became someone else's.

"My lord, please forgive me..."

Chen Hanying knelt on the ground begging for mercy.