"The lower officials are wronged."

"I'm wronged."

As soon as Yan Song's words fell, the former officials of Taicang who were interrogated under the lobby, the imperial history of Chaku, and the treasury soldiers, account offices, and men who were kneeling on the ground shouted that they were wronged.

"Wronged?! You still have the face to shout wronged! It's really annoying old man! According to the records in the Taicang account, there should be 2,127,200 taels of silver and 720,000 taels of gold in the Taicang treasury now; Why was there only 1,237,250 taels of silver and 316,500 taels of gold in the Taicang Treasury yesterday. Why can't the deposit of silver, deposit gold and the big account match? Where did the 889,950 taels of silver and 400,000 taels of gold go?! It's not you, could it be that they ran away on their own long legs?! ”

Yan Song's face was pale, his face was grim, he looked at the officials under the hall angrily, his body was more majestic, his voice was cold and penetrating, and every word seemed to turn into a flying knife with a cold handle, which pierced the hearts of the people under the court.

"That's Zhu Ping'an deliberately a small amount of gold and silver to frame us and others." Taicang Zhao Langzhong said with a stiff neck.

"Ge Lao Ming sees that it was Zhu Ping'an who framed us." Several people in the hall followed closely.

"Presumptuous!" Yan Song became even more angry when he heard this, and he was furious, stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhao Lang and others and scolded angrily, "I still want to quibble at this point!" I really don't know whether to live or die! At that time, Zhu Ping'an, who was accompanied by the inspector, not only the officials of Ru Taicang, but also the people of the East Factory were supervising on the side, and each box of gold and silver was verified and recorded. When the final statistics are made, your account office in Taicang also participates in the statistics. This kind of truth is not credible! ”

"The elder is angry."

Zhao Lang and the others heard the thunder, poofed, and knelt on the ground one after another, kowtowing.

"Please calm your anger, there may be a hidden situation in the inventory this time, please give the lower official a day, and the lower official will immediately ask someone to check again, I believe that the reason will be found." Taicang Zhang Guanku knelt on the ground with his official uniform and pants, and pleaded.

"What did you do earlier?! Yesterday, the inventory was exhausted, and the deficit has been conclusively proven, so there is no need to wait for you to take off your pants and fart. Yan Song glanced at Zhang Guanku and sneered sarcastically.

"The lower officials are terrified." Zhang Guanku and the others bowed their heads and said.

"Panic?! Oh, you should be afraid, you will not escape the blame! Think of me Daming, how difficult it has been these years, natural disasters and man-made disasters, endless, today's floods in the south, tomorrow's drought in the north, the day after tomorrow in the north of the Hulu to invade my border, the day after tomorrow in the southeast of the Japanese invaders and jumped to attack, this pile one by one, disaster relief, resist the Hulu, exterminate the Japanese invaders, that is not to use money! What about my Daming, how can there be any big income over the years, I have long been stretched and unable to make ends meet, relying on the family funds accumulated in Taicang over the years. As a result, you guys are good, and all the money I used to save my life has been ruined! Even if you have ten heads, you won't be able to cut them off!! Yan Song pointed to Zhang Guanku and the others in the hall, gritting his teeth and saying in pain.

Zhang Guanku and the others knelt on the ground with their heads bowed and did not say a word.

"Not only that, but there is still gold and silver in Taicang, of which 903,800 taels of silver are not pure silver, and 125,500 taels of gold are not pure gold. The old man has already taken a thousand taels of silver and a thousand taels of gold from the craftsman of the silver building for inspection, probably containing less than ninety percent of silver and gold, and the remaining one percent is either lead or copper, so that nearly 100,000 taels of silver and 10,000 taels of gold are missing! You're so daring! Yan Song's whole body trembled.

"Your Excellency!"

Zhang Guanku and the others knelt on the ground and bowed their heads.

"How do you let the old man calm his anger!" Yan Song almost smacked them in the face, and when he said this, he stretched out his hand and nodded at Liu Yushi in the hall and asked, "Liu Yushi, the inventory of the Taicang Treasury must be carried out once a year." Last year, the old man remembered that you were in charge of checking Taicang, why? Could it be that Liu Yushi, you didn't check it? Why didn't you find out that the bank was empty? ”

Liu Yushi knelt on the ground and glanced up at Yan Song, as if he was observing his words, but he didn't get what he wanted to see on Yan Song's face, only saw anger and accountability, so he quickly lowered his head and replied: "Lord Hui, when the officials took inventory of the treasury, they actually found a deficit. ”

"It's nonsense, since you found out about the deficit, why didn't you report it to the court?" Yan Song asked.

"Yes...... That's the case, although the lower officials found the deficit, but the deficit is not big, it is just a small loss, and Zhang Guanku has also been looking for the reason, but the following officials did not report it. Liu Yushi bowed his head and replied.

"Hehe, a small loss? In a year, a small loss has turned into a huge loss? In addition, how do you explain the deficit and false accounts in Taicang's account, this is not a year or two, a full three years, every year!" Yan Song slapped the table vigorously and asked loudly.

Liu Yushi, who was kneeling on the ground, was about to drop his head to the ground.

"As a royal historian, your sin is especially serious! I have a law in the Ming Dynasty first, 'all crimes committed by the imperial history will be added to the third degree, and the stolen goods will be dealt with seriously', Liu Yushi, you should know this law, right? Yan Song looked directly at Liu Yushi and asked in a cold voice.

"Xia Guan understands." Liu Yushi's head knocked on the ground.

"Hmph, it's good to understand. So do you. "Shangshu Kanghao": There is a big crime, not the end, but only the green disaster, suitable, even if the Tao is extremely innocent, it is not to be killed. There is also a provision in my "Da Ming Law" - "Famous Laws" that 'anyone who surrenders himself before committing a crime shall be exempted from his crime, and he will send someone to act as the head of the law, and if the law is compatible with the hermit." The chief and the one who speaks, every one hears the law of surrender as a sinner. If the rebellion, rebellion, or rebellion fails, if the relatives sue or arrest the official, the principal offender shall be exempted from the crime in accordance with the law of voluntary surrender. If he who has done it, he is not exempt from the crime, and the rest of the people who should sit down shall also surrender themselves to the law.'" At this point, you still quickly surrender yourself and return the gold and silver you have embezzled, and the official will also ask the Holy Lord to give you a light sentence. Yan Song snorted coldly, his eyes wandered over the people in the hall, and then sighed, as if he had aged dozens of years all of a sudden, "The old man, as the first assistant, didn't find out the problem in time...... The old man also has a responsibility...... The old man is ashamed of the saint, after this case, the old man will ask the saint to resign from the post of first assistant. ”

"You can't be old."

"Adults, no."

As soon as Yan Song's words fell, many civil and military officials who were listening stood up one after another and persuaded hard.

Xu Jie, who was on Yan Song's side, was even more "excited" and pulled Yan Song's sleeve, bitterly persuading him, "Lord Yan, why are you suffering, it's not your old fault." Which of our six departments, six departments, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Hanlin Academy, and the local government is not doing well, do you always have to take responsibility? In our Daming, you can always help the saint support the court. Your resignation is not a source of trouble for the Holy One. ”

Li Mo, who was on the presiding judge's seat, listened to Yan Song's resignation, glanced at Yan Song with sarcasm, glanced at Xu Jie with contempt, and swept at the many officials who stood up with a sneer, and made a nasal voice with disdain.