1096. Fifteen horses of silk, i.e., hanged to death

Hearing Li Pojun's voice, Yang Gongcheng was stunned, and then hurriedly said: "Caohu don't need to farm, there is a salary issued by the imperial court, and the days are beautiful. said that he looked quite excited and moved, and those who didn't know really thought that he was a rare good official.

"How much does Caohu pay each month?"

"There are four or five runs through".

"How many times?"

"Uh, four-through".

"How many registered Caoyun households are there in Yangzhou Caoyun Yamen?" Li Pojun stepped out of his seat and walked towards Yang Gongcheng and asked.

"There should be more than 3,000 people."

"As a transshipment envoy, you are in charge of Cao Yun affairs, and you don't even have an accurate number of Cao households under your command?"

"Well, Your Highness Mingjian, because Cao Hu is passed down from generation to generation, there are many births, old age, sickness and death, or some quit Cao, or there are new joiners, the number of people often fluctuates, roughly around three thousand, and the specific number is really unknown." Yang Gongcheng's face was anxious, and he wiped his forehead with a slight sweat and said straight.

"Okay, there are 3,000 people in Caohu, and each person has four guan per month, so every month is 12,000 guan, one year is 144,000 guan, and two years is 288,000 guan, Ambassador Yang, am I right?" Li Pojun walked towards Yang Gongcheng and said expressionlessly, and even Li Pojun's teeth rattling could be heard when he was close.

Yang Gongcheng was really stunned at this time, although he didn't think much about the matter of greedy ink and protecting salaries, but when the real thing came to an end, when he felt Li Pojun's momentum, he was a little flustered, and said bluntly: "Yes, yes, His Royal Highness counts."

"Lu Sima, according to the laws of the dynasty, how much silver can be punished by embezzlement?" Li Pojun's words changed, and he looked at Yangzhou Sima Luliang, who was unconscious on the other side, and asked.

Lu Liang was stunned for a moment, and then he also worshipped and said: "According to the new revision of the "Wude Law" in the first year of Zhenguan, "fifteen horses of silk will be hanged to death".

Listening to Lu Liang's words, Li Pojun didn't feel a sigh of cold air, although he knew that the criminal law for corruption was very heavy now, but he didn't expect that embezzlement of fifteen pieces of silk could be sentenced to death, which is a bit terrible, you must know that in the market, "one horse of silk, one bucket of rice", and "bucket rice is only three or four dollars", according to the price of rice, one penny is equivalent to about five or six yuan in later generations, that is to say, one horse of silk is equivalent to about thirty yuan in later generations, and fifteen horses of silk are about four hundred and fifty yuan. Embezzling 450 yuan can be sentenced to death, a bit scary, you must know that the minimum nine-grade official's salary is about 6,000 yuan.

However, Datang's efforts to fight corruption and promote clean government are so great, Li Pojun is naturally happy, in that case, wouldn't it be easier to punish this huge corrupt envoy.

Li Pojun's face turned, and he pointed at Yang Gongcheng's nose and shouted: "Then Yang Gongcheng embezzled more than 200,000 yuan, what crime should he be guilty of?" ”

Lu Liang was stunned, Zhang Song was stunned, Yang Gongcheng was even more stunned, and everyone in the audience was stunned......

I could only hear Yang Gongcheng's heavy breathing, his face was full of disbelief, Li Pojun stared at Lu Liang, whether it was out of the mud and not stained, or it was in the same stream, now I have to see you clearly.

When Lu Liang saw Li Pojun's eyes, he was also a little flustered for a while, but soon, the square face finally replied respectfully: "Capital crime!" ”

"No, no, Your Highness, the minister didn't, I didn't embezzle, absolutely not, you must be mistaken." Yang Gongcheng also reacted at this time, and retorted with his teeth and claws.

"Yes, Your Highness, Ambassador Yang has always been known for being honest and thrifty in office, and it is impossible for him to be corrupt." Zhang Song also said anxiously, he and Yang Gongcheng are grasshoppers on the same rope, if Yang Gongcheng is convicted of the crime, then he will definitely not be able to get good fruits to eat.

"Heh, incorruptible? Zhang Tingshi is afraid that he was deceived by this traitor, I have full evidence, there are several other witnesses, human and physical evidence, Yang Gongcheng, what else do you have to say? Li Pojun glared at Zhang Song and shouted, unfolding the booklet in his arms, which was full of Yang Gongcheng's crimes.

I can't remember the purging of Jiangnan officials, as the last chief, Zhang Song is not easy to move for the time being, and he has to come step by step, so now Li Pojun is also stabilizing Zhang Song.

As soon as everyone looked at the contents of the booklet, their faces changed suddenly, there were a lot of officials involved, and suddenly, a large number of voices shouted injustice, and Yang Gongcheng even exposed his nature of not reading much, and couldn't help jumping to his feet like a market splasher: "This is fake, it must be fake, I have wronged Your Highness, I have not done these things, absolutely not."

"Heh, is it not you who have the final say? Zhigui, the people present, one counts as one, and all of them are registered. Regularly, surround the office, and don't think about leaving without permission. Chen Kang, quickly bring Lu Lao Er from Donggou Village, let's sit here and wait." Li Pojun returned to his seat, sat down and shouted.

Chen Kang went as ordered, and Li Pojun sneered: "I'm going to Donggou Village, Anyi, dozens of miles, wait a while, come here, give you all the best of your efforts, honest and upright adults lick tea and pour water, don't let them be thirsty."

A group of Yangzhou officials were really panicked at this time, looking left and right, uneasy, Yang Gongcheng got up and walked out of the door, Liu Renliang speared, his face was cold.

"Get out of the way, this official is a five-grade transfer envoy, and he is an official of the imperial court." Yang Gongcheng was furious, and scolded with his teeth and claws.

Liu Renliang's face was as usual, Yang Gongcheng's face turned red when he heard this, he looked at his colleagues who were uneasy on the left and right, rolled up his sleeves and raised his hands and shouted: "Everyone, we are court officials, and we are not prisoners of the ranks, how can we suffer such humiliation, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is bullying others, and we are going to jointly write to the saints and make decisions for us." It looked like he was going to order everyone to rush out.

Li Pojun took a sip of tea, and slapped the golden sword and gold medal on the table, "The imperial sword gold medal is here, those who dare to collide will be killed."

Li Pojun's voice fell, and the soldiers who surrounded the office stopped shouting, Liu Renliang waved his spear, and the tip of the spear was shining in front of Yang Gongcheng.

Yang Gongcheng gritted his teeth when he saw this, Zhang Song hurriedly pulled him back when he saw this, and said straightly: "Your Highness is also for my sake in Yangzhou, don't be surprised to clear yourself, sit down and obey His Highness's orders."

The boss of Yangzhou spoke, it is indeed much more effective than Li Pojun, and the restless officials are a lot more relieved, Li Pojun saw this, his eyes became more gloomy, Yangzhou ...... The officials are really rotten.

Zhang Song tilted his head and looked at Yang Gongcheng, his eyes were inexplicable, as if he was asking something, but Yang Gongcheng was also up and down in his heart now: I hope Chen will not harm that guy and not do bad things......

Time passed little by little, and the longer the time passed, the more those officials who had ghosts in their hearts couldn't sit still, including Zhang Song, Zhang Song was also restless, got up and looked at Changshi Qiu Wenzhong, frowned, and skimmed out of the door, as if expressing something.

Qiu Wenzhong deserves to be an old partner of dogs for many years, and immediately understood, straightened up and accused: "Your Highness, forgive the ministers for being rude, and the ministers want to be respectful."

"Come on, move the toilet to the next door". Li Pojun's eyes moved from the book in his hand and said straight.

Qiu Wenzhong rolled his eyes and almost didn't turn his back.