Seeing Pan Fengsheng's hesitant appearance, the anger in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Renxi was even stronger.

"Don't talk about it yet!"

"Back to the Queen Mother, Dingshang...... Indeed, there is this inscription...... It's just ......" Pan Fengsheng muttered, and the Empress Dowager Renxi snorted heavily, telling Pan Fengsheng "enough", and returned to the throne and sat down. "Lin Yizhe, you go on."

"Back to the Queen Mother, this 'Da Keding' was originally a national weapon, but it was reduced to Zuo Jigao's thank you gift to repay his favors, and Zuo's private gift was given by the state with a heavy weapon, in order to cover up an illegal thing in his year!"

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Go on—"

Back to the Queen Mother, this Zuo Jigao presented a big Keding to Pan Fengsheng, in order to thank Pan Fengsheng for saving his life that year. The incident originated in the ninth year of Xianfeng, when Zuo Jigao was not yet developed, and he was a master in the shogunate of Luo Wenzhong, the governor of Hunan. Zuo Jigao is a proud person, Luo Gong loves talents and obeys his words. The supervisor reported to Luo Gong on official affairs, and Luo Gong asked them to ask Zuo Jigao for instructions, and he also took it seriously, concealed the political authority of Hunan, and even sent the proposed memorabilia directly to the court without Luo Gong's eyes. And Zuo's fame is just a lifter. From time to time, Fan Xie, the acting commander of Yongzhou Town, told Luo Gong, Luo Gong ordered him to see Zuo Jigao, Fan Xie saw Zuo because he did not ask Zuo Jigao for peace, Zuo Jigao actually scolded him, Fan Xie was not convinced, with the imperial court system, the military attache did not decide to see the master to ask for peace The case returned, Zuo Jigao was extremely domineering, and he actually got up and scolded 'forget the bastard and get out', and wanted to kick it. Fan Xie retreated in a daze. Before long, there was a decree for Fan Xie to resign and return to his hometown. ”

Hearing Lin Yizhe say Zuo Jigao's sentence scolding Fan Xie for "forgetting the bastard and getting out", the court immediately became in an uproar.

"Hmph, the left phase really deserves to be the left phase. When I was a master. The majesty is greater than that of the second and third rank members of the imperial court! Empress Dowager Renxi sneered.

The Queen Mother listened to this person's nonsense. Fan Xie refused to salute the old minister in the past! The old minister scolded him a few words, there is no humiliation, please ask the Queen Mother to investigate! Zuo Jigao screamed.

"Shut up! Left Ji Gao! Now, in front of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, you still dare to force your resignation! You must know the rules of my court, which has never been a second-grade military attache to the master! Fan Xie does not bow to you, although it is unreasonable, but it will never break the law of the court! How dare you speak ill of him? The words of 'forget the bastard and get out' are what a master should say to the court officials? Lin Yizhe glared at Zuo Jigao angrily, "Fan Xie was greatly humiliated by the Zuo family. After returning home, he wrote a six-character wooden plaque at home, "forget the bastards and get out", placed it under the ancestral shrine, and invited a famous teacher for his son, stipulating that his son should wear women's clothes and trousers, and take off women's clothes in the examination. Zhongjin Shi pointed to Hanlin, and burned the six-character shuffle card of the tree and sued the ancestors for innocence. It is also the heavens who feel his ambition, and his son Fan Zengxiang studied hard, and in the three years of Guangxu, he entered the Hanlin and awarded the Jishi. ”

"What?" Empress Dowager Renxi heard this. He stood up from his throne with a look of shock on his face. "Is there such a thing?"

"Queen Mother Mingjian, if Fan Xie hadn't been deeply remembered for Zuo Jigao's humiliation, how could he have made his beloved son do such a difficult thing?" Lin Yizhe said again, "Fan Zengxiang is now in the Hanlin Academy, and the Queen Mother wants to know the details of this matter, and it will be known that he went to the palace to confront Zuo Jigao." ”

"Chuan Fan Zengxiang!" Empress Dowager Renxi shouted, Li Jintai immediately stepped forward, shook off the dust in his hand, and sang loudly: "Chuan Fan Zengxiang-"

"Zuo Jigao is so domineering, that is, someone plays impeachment and orders a secret investigation, if Zuo Jigao does have illegal affairs, he can correct the law on the spot. Zuo Jigao was very panicked when he heard the news, so he begged Yu Chengwei for help. Cheng Wei said that this matter must be sponsored by internal and external ministers before he can speak, Pan Fengsheng learned about it, and actually joined Zeng Bohan, Hu Linyi and others to jointly sponsor, Cheng Wei took the opportunity to excuse Zuo Jigao on the grounds of 'talent is rare, and he should cherish it', and even the saint was confused, and finally ordered Zuo Jigao to be a candidate in Sipin Jingtang to run the military affairs of the Hunan army. There is the foundation of Zuo's development. ”

Hearing Lin Yizhe say the word "Chengwei", many of the ministers in the court were violently excited.

After a short but suffocating silence, the Empress Dowager Renxi, who was already angry, suddenly lifted the curtain, walked quickly to the Jinshui Bridge, pointed at Pan Fengsheng, who was still kneeling at His Highness at this time, and shouted angrily: "Pan Fengsheng! Are you guilty? ”

The only person who can make the Empress Dowager Renxi so angry is the one who fought for power with the two palaces back then.

"The minister is guilty, and the minister deserves death. The minister is guilty - "Pan Fengsheng, who was terrified to the extreme, could only kowtow and accuse him.

"If you accept a state weapon privately, you should be punished heavily; Collusion with rebels is a capital crime, but the rebellion has been ambushed, I can't bear to involve others, read you work hard for the country, quite a small merit, and within three days, the 'Da Keding' will be handed over to the treasury, there must be no mistakes! I heard that your father is seriously ill, and this dynasty rules the world with filial piety, and An Neng, who is seriously ill and is a son, does he serve in front of the bed? I will allow you to return to your hometown to take care of you, so that I can teach you to do your best as a son of man and set an example for the people of the world. Pan Fengsheng, I don't know what you think? ”

"Minister--Empress Dowager Xie, Emperor Xie's grace of unpunished-"

"Rank ministers, if there is a national weapon of Zhong Ding hidden at home, it will be handed over within a limited time, and those who fail to pay it within the time limit will be severely punished, and there is no room for leniency.

The Empress Dowager Renxi returned to the throne and sat down, and the ministers of the two classes were all silent, saying "obey the order".

At this moment, the eunuch led a Hanlin to the main hall, Zuo Jigao saw that this person's face was familiar, and immediately remembered who he was, and his heart was cold.

"Fan Zengxiang, the minister of the Hanlin Academy, knocks to see the Queen Mother, the emperor."

Hearing the name of the visitor, Zuo Jigao's body began to shake, as if he was about to collapse.

"Flat." Empress Dowager Renxi looked at the young Hanlin who was standing with his head hanging down at the bottom of the stairs, and said, "Fan Zengxiang, let me ask you, do you know the details of your father's tree shuffling the cards back then?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother...... Minister...... The father of the minister erected this shuffling card back then, but it was...... Because of the great humiliation of Zuo Jigao...... Fan Zengxiang heard that the Empress Dowager Renxi mentioned that his father was humiliated back then, he was slightly stunned at first, and when he saw Zuo Jigao who was sweating profusely and crumbling. I suddenly understood two or three points in my heart. At this time, the humiliation of my father came back to my heart. He turned his head to Zuo Jigao and glared angrily, his face full of humiliation and resentment, as if he was going to pounce on Zuo Jigao and tear Zuo Jigao apart.

"Fan Zeng, if you talk about it carefully, there are many grievances, and I will make the decision for you." When Empress Dowager Renxi saw Fan Zengxiang's gritted teeth and wanted to swallow Zuo Jigao alive, she understood that what Lin Yizhe said was true, and she looked coldly at Zuo Jigao who was standing there. Said in a deep voice.

"Obey the order!" In front of the ministers, Fan Zengxiang explained in detail how his father was humiliated for no reason and how he endured the humiliation, and the details were exactly what Lin Yizhe said, as if this incident happened yesterday.

At this time, Zuo Jigao, listening to Fan Zengxiang's narration, was full of horror in his heart.

This public case that happened in the ninth year of Xianfeng, what Lin Yizhe said, turned out to be exactly the same as Fan Zengxiang! How could he have known so clearly? Could it be that he had ...... Couldn't you experience this firsthand?

Zuo Jigao's thought flashed, and he realized the absurdity in it. That's the ninth year of Xianfeng! He Lin Yizhe was afraid that he had just been born at that time, how could he know?

Could it be Luo Wenzhong?

"Humph! That's true! Left phase. I can't imagine that you said back then, I have one more Hanlin, which is really gratifying! Empress Dowager Renxi's sneer interrupted Li Shaoquan's thoughts again.

"The minister's father suffered this great humiliation for no reason, but he hated Zuo Jigao to cover the sky with one hand, and the minister's father did not get the snow until he died...... Ask the Queen Mother to be the minister! Fan Zengxiang cried and bowed to the ground.

"Fan Zengxiang, you are flat, I will be the master for you." Empress Dowager Renxi's sharp gaze fell on Zuo Jigao's body again, like two sharp swords, firmly fixing him there.

At this time, cold sweat was pouring down Zuo Jigao's forehead, and he wanted to wait to say a few words for himself, but Lin Yizhe didn't give him the slightest chance.

It was Pan Fengsheng's sponsorship and Chengwei's concealment and blinding the Holy Hearing that Zuo Jigao escaped with his life and was able to soar. It is because Zuo Jigao never forgets Pan Fengsheng's affection. At the end of the twelfth year of Tongzhi, Pan Fengsheng was dismissed from the left servant of the household department. Zuo Jigao, who was the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu at the time, knew that Pan Fengsheng was fond of bronzes, so he ordered Yuan Baoheng, who was in charge of the Western Expedition to the Grain Stage, to buy Da Keding and give it to Pan Fengsheng as a thank you gift. Lin Yizhe said, and when he talked about the "Western Expedition to the Grain Table", he intentionally or unintentionally aggravated his tone.

Hearing the sentence "Western Expedition to the Grain Table", Zuo Jigao suddenly understood the purpose of Lin Yizhe's "Da Keding", and his heart was even more shocked.

"Grain Terrace in the West? Lin Yizhe, what do you mean, could it be that the money to buy Ding was not paid by him Zuo Jigao himself? Empress Dowager Renxi immediately noticed the "subtext" in Lin Yizhe's words and immediately asked.

When Zuo Jigao heard the Empress Dowager Renxi ask like this, he was simply cooperating with Lin Yizhe in playing "Double Reed", and felt dizzy, and almost didn't fall to the ground.

He could already hear the killing here.

"The Queen Mother Shengming!" Da Keding's value is very high, how can Zuo Jigao bear it by himself? This amount came from the Western Expedition Grain Station, that is, the food and salary of the soldiers of the Western Expedition. Zuo Jigao actually used this money to buy the country's important weapons, regarded the soldiers' salaries as their personal savings, and regarded the brave soldiers as grass mustard, which is really hateful! According to the minister's secret investigation this year, when Zuo Jigao went west, the illegal thing was definitely not a big thing! Lin Yizhe turned his head to look at Zuo Jigao, who was almost unable to stand, and his eyes turned cold, as if he was looking at a dead man.

"Oh? What is lawlessness? Empress Dowager Renxi asked.

Zuo Jigao seemed to know what he was going to say, his face turned hideous, he easily stood firm, and was about to speak, but he heard Lin Yizhe say sharply:

"The minister found out that when Zuo Jigao went west, he colluded with the profiteer Hu Yulin to embezzle a huge amount of money from the treasury!"

It was like a thunderclap on a sunny day, and the whole hall immediately became silent.

All the eyes were on Lin Yizhe.

"The minister found out that when Zuo Jigao was in the westward expedition to Xinjiang, he used the profiteer Hu Yulin to assist in the military quarters, colluded with both inside and outside, and embezzled a total of more than 5 million taels of military expenses for the western expedition to Mexico!" Lin Yizhe said loudly.

"Nonsense! Nonsense! When Gansu and Shaanxi suppressed the rebellion, Hu Yulin donated the flywheel flower cannon, went west to Xinjiang Agubai, and donated pills such as the Flying Dragon Killing Pill to help the flood in Shandong, and advanced 200,000 taels of silver, Ding Xuqi famine, donated 50,000 taels of silver in Shaanxi, 15,000 taels in Henan, 15,000 taels in Shanxi, 20,000 taels in Shandong, 3,100 strings of money, and 30,000 pieces of cotton clothes. He is really a model for my business community! Zuo Jigao pointed at Lin Yizhe angrily. A hiss screamed. "Hu Yulin's military expenses for the Western Expedition, every one of them has real evidence, and the household department has a record, you dare to make something out of nothing, slander ...... it."

"What is slandered against you out of nothing? Left Ji Gao! You open your eyes and see! Here's the evidence! Lin Yizhe shouted violently and interrupted Zuo Jigao's words again, maybe his voice was too loud, and Zuo Jigao only felt a buzzing sound in his ears. The old earwax was shaken.

Lin Yizhe took out a stack of documents from his sleeve, took it in his hand and raised it, Zuo Jigao saw the slightly yellowed pages covered with large and small vermilion seals and Western-style letters and monograms, his eyes were black, and he stumbled and almost fell.

"Qi Qi Empress Dowager, Emperor, this is the IOU for Zuo Ji Gao's military expedition to the west that was found by the British HSBC Bank." Lin Yizhe said loudly, "It's ironclad evidence of Hu Yulin's greed for ink!" ”

"The queen mother, the emperor, that Hu Yulin bought military supplies for the shipmaster back then, and he was full of corruption. Because Hu is Zuo Jigao's personal person, Shen Wenzhong takes care of Zuo Jigao's face. Forbearance did not occur. Since then, the minister has paid attention to Hu Zhi's actions. According to the minister's detailed investigation, every time Hu Yulin donates a sum of money, it must be related to Zuo Jigao, the west levies donates 200,000 taels of flowering bombers, Shandong floods, and 'Ding Xuqihuang' pledges 200,000 taels, all from Zuo Jigao's request. The minister thought that the money donated by Hu was not bathed in the emperor's grace, but felt the grace of Zuo Jigao and Hu Yulin; Hu Zuo's income from the donation is not stingy, and its income is the silver of the treasury, Hu Zuo and the two of them take the silver of the treasury as their own private plot 'good man' false reputation, and fight the vanity of 'loving the people' with the silver of the treasury, it is really embarrassing and colluding, and the minister asks the queen mother and the emperor to strictly investigate Hu Yulin's greed for ink. ”

After Lin Yizhe finished speaking, his eyes were fixed on Zuo Jigao again, and his eyes were full of disdain.

"Zuo Ji Gao! Since you can remember Hu Yulin's merits so clearly, you won't remember how much benefit he Hu Yulin got in the loan for the Western Expedition, right?! ”

Hearing Lin Yizhe's sharp question, Zuo Jigao's heart was broken, he trembled and was about to say more, but Lin Yizhe turned around and bowed to Emperor Guangxu on the throne and the Empress Dowager Renxi behind the bead curtain.

"The Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and the ministers found out that during Zuo Jigao's expedition to the west, he entrusted Hu Yulin to come forward and borrow a total of 15.95 million taels, and the interest paid on these payments was as high as 10.368 thousand taels! What kind of interest is that?! The world is like a loan?! Is it a serious loan, or is it a blatant plunder?! ”

Hearing the figures reported by Lin Yizhe, there was an uproar in the hall.

"What?" Empress Dowager Renxi was furious, stood up from the throne suddenly, lifted the bead curtain, and walked to the emperor's side.

When Zuo Ji Gaoxi borrowed foreign money on a large scale, the Empress Dowager Renxi felt that there was a problem with this money at that time, and she was not very happy to give it, but now when she heard the sky-high interest amount quoted by Lin Yizhe, it confirmed her judgment back then, how could she not be angry.

Li Jintai on the side hurriedly stepped forward and held one of the hands of the Empress Dowager Renxi, Zuo Jigao saw that her pair of blazing phoenix eyes were shining, between her eyebrows, the green tendons were exposed, and the cheeks were protruding, and she actually gritted her teeth loudly!

"Lin Yizhe, you go on." What surprised Li Jintai was that the Empress Dowager Renxi, who was furious, spoke in a surprisingly calm voice.

"The Empress Dowager, the minister found out that Zuo Jigao had a total of six military loans from HSBC through Hu Yulin's hands." Lin Yizhe's voice also slowed down, but it was still very loud, so that everyone in the hall could hear it clearly.

"The first of them, the amount is 1.2 million taels, the term is half a year, this document clearly says that the annual interest rate is 8 percent, but when Zuo Jigao reported to the imperial court, the annual interest rate is 1 cent and 8 percent! As a result, the imperial court paid 60,000 taels of silver with more interest! ”

"This second loan, the amount is one million taels, the term is ten months, and the actual annual interest rate written on the document is still eight percent, but Zuo Jigao still reports it at one cent and eight percent per year, and as a result, the imperial court paid 83,300 taels of silver more interest!"

"This third loan has an amount of three million taels, a term of three years, and an actual annual interest rate of one cent, while the annual interest reported by Zuo Jigao is one and a half cents, and the imperial court has paid an extra 45,000 taels of silver."

"This fourth loan, the amount is five million taels, the term is seven years, and the actual annual interest is one cent, and the annual interest reported by Zuo Jigao is one and a half cents, and the imperial court has paid one or seven hundred thousand taels of interest!"

"This fifth loan has an amount of 1,750,000 taels, a term of six years, and an actual annual interest rate of one cent, while the annual interest reported by Zuo Jigao is one and a half cents, and the imperial court has paid an extra 525,000 taels of interest."

"This sixth loan has an amount of five million taels, a term of six years, and an actual annual interest rate of eight percent, while the annual interest reported by Zuo Jigao is nine percent and seven and a half cents, and the imperial court has paid an extra interest of 420,000 taels of silver."

"In this way, the total of these six sums of money is 2,883,000 taels of extra interest paid by the imperial court, and all the overpaid interest silver goes into his Hu Yulin's private pocket! In addition, HSBC made a total of 7,484,700 taels of profits, of which one-third was given to Hu Yulin by the bank as a reward, so that Hu Yulin received a total of 5,378,200 taels of silver! (To be continued......)

PS: The earthworm family was very bored this day, and the little earthworm cut himself into two pieces to play badminton, and the earthworm mother thought that this method was good, so she cut herself into four pieces to play mahjong, and the earthworm father thought about it and cut himself into minced meat. Mother Earthworm cried and said, "Why are you so stupid? You'll die if you chop it so hard!" Father Earthworm said weakly, "...... Suddenly I want to play football. ”

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