Before I knew it, it has been almost half a month since Liu Mingqi came back.

In this half month, the boy witnessed too many things he had never seen before.

Or to be clear, even the people of Dakang have never seen such a thrilling situation.

The most conspicuous thing is naturally the execution of Caishikou every day.

Since the Yulin Guard raided the warehouses in Kao County and Qiu County, and since Guan Haixing, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was executed on the first day of the first day, what day did not many corrupt officials in Caishikou be sentenced to death?

Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of War, Ministry of Justice, Capital Government, Grain Transport Government, River Government, Northern Naval Army Government, Leopard Cavalry Guard... A large number of officials were directly executed, and the number had already exceeded 3,000.

Such a large-scale execution of officials was the first time in the entire Dakang Dynasty.

The ground at Caishikou was already stained with scarlet smears at this time, and people passing by would smell a strong and undispersed smell of blood.

Execution is one aspect, and the court is also very decisive and resolute in response to local actions.

For example, the grain reselling in the Kao County warehouse was severely severe, and all the officials of the corresponding grade were confiscated and exiled to Hainan for feeding mosquitoes.

The warehouse supervisor, Dong Ying, the Ministry of Revenue, and other five others were all executed.

Kaoxian is still relatively light.

A big fire actually appeared in the granary storage warehouse in Qiu County. General Cheng Qishan, the Yulin Guard, had no time to put out the fire, and "burned" three million stones of grain in one breath.

This made the imperial court angry.

Because the emperor had issued an imperial edict before, "Once a granary burning occurs, all the officials in charge of the prefectures and counties where the granary is involved, the top ten officials will be stripped of their official positions and will never rise again."

And "All officials involved, the descendants of the three generations of descendants, are not allowed to participate in the scientific examination! Nowadays, those who have passed the scientific examination status and those who are officials will be stripped of their official positions and will not be able to rise again in their lives!"

But even such a harsh imperial edict could not stop the crazy guys.

This proves that they do not take the imperial court or the emperor seriously.

Therefore, all the officials above the seventh rank led by the granary storage warehouse in Qiu County were executed, including the official Li Jiapeng, the chief officer Hao Chunzheng, the garrison leader Ren Bo and others, involving more than 300 families. Not only did the property be confiscated, the three tribes in the family could not be exempted from being punished and were exiled to the coldest and remote suburbs of Jinzhou.

All the minor officials under the seventh rank, guards, office staff, etc. in the other Qiuxian Grain Storage Warehouse were also escorted to the outskirts of Jinzhou City with their families.

The entire grain storage warehouse in Erqiu County was equivalent to thousands of people, plus their families, and they were almost 20,000 to 30,000, all of which were taken down.

Ordinary people say that feeding mosquitoes in Hainan is an extremely miserable thing, but when it comes to Jinzhou in the northeast, it is not a miserable thing. The temperature in winter can kill people directly.

Usually, those who survived within three years were those with strong physical fitness, and few of the rest could survive the same age, young, women and children.

That's not all, all the officials of the county government where Qiu County is located are exiled from the county magistrate to the chief clerk, county magistrate, etc.

Even if the local officials in Kao County performed slightly better, they were only exempted from the disaster of exile, but they could never take office again and could only be an ordinary person.

The court did not wrongly accuse these people. Can the secret transportation of food be hidden from these local snakes?

Their failure to report to the court was the biggest dereliction of duty. And don’t even think about it, they must have been fed by the rats in the granary.

Even Xiong Wenqing, the Gyeonggi Governor of Qiu County and Kao County, was reprimanded and condemned by the imperial edict, removed him from his post as Gyeonggi Governor, and then made him guilty and continued to act as Gyeonggi Governor.

Although at first glance, this treatment seems a bit formalistic, after all, you will be reinstated immediately after being removed. The so-called temporary resignation is just an excuse, and it will not take long to restore the position.

Miao Yan was punished like this when he burned the prince's favorite concubine's younger brother in a fire.

But smart people know that the experiences between the two are absolutely different.

Miao Yan was punished for being too strong and his behavior was not wrong. Therefore, this kind of dismissal after the temporary resignation is really just a form, destined to be reinstated and does not harm his reputation at all.

But Xiong Wenqing is different. He really has a responsibility, and he doesn't manage his subordinates well.

Even though most of the authority of the two major warehouses is directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue, the place is in your Gyeonggi area, and the Gyeonggi Governor cannot escape the relationship.

This is a big stain.

After Emperor Jinghe's imperial edict, Xiong Wenqing's "ranking in the cabinet" immediately dropped several places, all of which were behind Miao Yan.

It’s not that Xiong Wenqing has dropped too much, but at the same time, Miao Yan’s ranking has also risen.

In this case of handling grain and treasury silver, Miao Yan was very popular.

He is basically the final judge of the trial.

With the help of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he peeled off all the way and used various methods to capture all the prisoners.

Especially the "defying interrogation method" taught by Liu Mingqi was well developed by Miao Yan. Basically, there was no need for interrogation costs. He came directly, sat down, put on the lamp... and confessed after insisting for one or two days at most.

Who can understand the dark side better than your own?

No.

Based on the confessions of these people, the facts of the crime are very clear, and they are not afraid of arresting the wrong person. The punishment for the trial is irrelevant.

That is, the emperor told not to expand the scope of the attack, otherwise the Imperial Court Police Office, the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple Cell, the Embroidered Uniform Guard Cell, and other places would be crowded and too many human traffickers would not be detained.

Miao Yan not only used the method of Liu Mingqi teaching to interrogate confessions, but also used this method to recover the stolen goods.

Dakang has no bank, and many people don’t believe in money banks at all.

Therefore, the money of these corrupt officials is kept by themselves, or they have bought land, shops, etc.

For example, the land and shop contract is just a piece of paper. As long as they explain less themselves, these things are likely to become fish that miss the net.

However, after passing the "Lights Impression Examination Law", the corrupt officials who were broken into pieces all explained clearly without any concealment.

Because whenever the interrogator feels that they don't tell the truth, they will do it again, which is even more uncomfortable than killing them.

After some pursuit, the amount of money handed over surprised Jing and the imperial capital.

"The Ministry of Revenue recovered the property, and the amount was equivalent to 5.23,100 taels."

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs recovered the property, and the amount was equivalent to 4.87,500 taels."

Looking at this number, not only the emperor was amazed, but even the prime ministers and officials next to him showed a smile on their faces.

Except for Nangong Ji.

Nangong Ji's face was ugly.

Because Gao Jing, the General of the Embroidered Guard, mentioned him directly, "Reporting to the emperor, this does not include the property of several court ministers. Among them, the property of the Nangong Xiangye's house was 13.9 million taels, the family of Zhang, the family of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zhu Kun, the family of Zhu Kun, the family of the Leopard Cavalry, was 3.1 million taels, and the family of Wang Feiteng, the family of the Minister of Revenue, was 1.88 million taels."

Jing Hedi took a breath of air conditioning.

He couldn't help but look at Nangong Ji.

He knew that Nangong Ji had been an official for decades and must have made a lot of money, but he didn't expect that he would have so much!

More than 10 million taels of silver are equivalent to one-seventh of the tax silver income of the imperial court.

Nangong Ji quickly knelt down and kowtowed suddenly, "Your Majesty, I deserve to die! But I ask Your Majesty to spare the descendants of the old minister for his willingness to atone for his sins, and give them a decent life!"

Nangong Ji was not locked up, so he could still receive information from outside.

Although the property of several ministers from the second rank and above, including him, had been confiscated, the people had not moved yet and still lived at home, but they were not allowed to enter and exit.

It is said that there are crying loudly in the Nangong Prime Minister's Mansion and are in panic all day long.

Nangong Ji is already 61 years old. At this age, don’t you just hope to have a family of children and grandchildren and live a prosperous and stable life?

Unexpectedly, such a sudden storm was thoroughly investigated under the Ministry of Revenue and dragged him in.

Now his official position will be no longer guaranteed. If the emperor had not needed him to rebuild the Ministry of Revenue, he might have to go to the prison cell for the rest of his life.

I can't even keep it myself, let alone his family and descendants.

So now, taking advantage of this opportunity, he did not ask for this old face, and kowtowed and begged for mercy.

After a few "dongdongdongdongdong", Emperor Jing He quickly asked the eunuch to help him up, but saw that Nangong Ji's forehead was covered with blood.

“It’s bright…”

The emperor felt unbearable, thinking that over the years, Nangong Ji had made great contributions to the management of the Ministry of Revenue, especially when Jinghe was in a bad mood in the early years, Nangong Ji took out money and grain to support the emperor in doing things.

This is why Emperor Jinghe went smoothly and maintained the country's stability.

Just as he wanted to speak again, Miao Yan next to him flashed out, "Miao Yan advised Your Majesty, please do not abolish the public for personal gain! Nangong Ji's serious corruption and abuse of power is far beyond all corrupt officials. For such a person, the emperor, you have not destroyed his three clans and saved the lives of their family. It is a heinous kindness. How can you have any more forgiveness?"

Miao Heizi is worthy of being a child of the Legal family who is disgusted by everyone.

In this scenario, the Confucian rule is to be forgiven, but the Legalists have always killed them all.

With his disturbance, Jing Hedi couldn't say anything he wanted to say.

"Then let's do it first, let's do it first!" Jing Hedi coughed lightly, "Bright, next is your good opportunity to atone for your sins! If the reconstruction of the Ministry of Revenue can be done well, maybe I can give you some gifts... Do you understand?"

With the emperor's personality and Nangong Ji's understanding of him, these words naturally have profound meanings.

Nangong Ji was happy and quickly struggled to kneel down again, kowtowed again, and said, "The old minister must devote himself to his work and serve His Majesty!"

Miao Yan frowned and was about to speak, but the emperor quickly changed the topic to him: "Taisheng, look at the money from the house search. I will allocate one million taels to the Imperial Palace to purchase grain at a high price in order to actively support the people in the Two Lakes area. What do you think?"

Miao Yan was stunned for a moment and then said, "Your Majesty, what we are talking about now is not this matter..."

"It's all the same, it's all the same." Jing Hedi waved his hand, "Okay, I know you're also thinking about the whole world, thank you for your hard work! Now they have already searched their houses, so they can't do things too well, right?"

Miao Yan has nothing to say.

This emperor has a double standard.

For his confidants, especially those who work hard and make great contributions, he has to open a secret, and all the ministers who are not familiar with him will be killed.
To be continued...