"Forgery?"

Gao Jie sneered: "Qian Qianyi, the accounts can be forged, so the master in charge of the accounts of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites can't forge them, right?" Lao Tzu already knew that you would deny it, but fortunately, I had already prepared a hand! Your Majesty, the witnesses in this case, the masters of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, Kong Qishan, Liu Fang, Du Hongcheng, and Shi Xiu are already waiting outside the palace gate, and the emperor will edict them into the palace, and you will know as soon as you ask! ”

Zhu Jie shouted: "Someone comes, summon the witness into the hall!" ”

After a short time, four witnesses were brought into the Qianqing Palace, these four people are all subordinates of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, although there is no rank, but the position is quite important, and most of the accounts of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites have to pass through their hands.

Poof!

Dong Qichang sat on the ground with his buttocks, he was already like a puddle of mud, and there were all human and material evidence, what else could he say?

As for Qian Qianyi, the situation is not much better than Dong Qichang, his face is pale, his lips tremble, he didn't expect that Gao Jie would be so meticulous in doing things, it was simply leaky, dead, dead! This time it's a dead end! If Dong Qichang is just greedy for ink and silver, and there is a glimmer of life, then Qian Qianyi used the wood used to build the emperor's mausoleum to build a hibiscus boat for himself, that is the death of thorough, if you want to live, it is impossible, greedy for ink, overstepping, each of the two is enough for Qian Qianyi's head to land!

"The criminals Kong Qishan, Liu Fang, Du Hongcheng, and Shi Xiu see the emperor!"

Several people fell to their knees, their faces pale and their eyes full of fear, their legs already soft into noodles in front of this Yama king.

"Qian Qianyi, Dong Qichang, you can see clearly, are these four people from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry? Don't say that this official slanders you, right? They don't have the slightest scar on their bodies, you don't say that this official has bent them down, right? ”

Gao Jie sneered, "You say! What the hell is going on! said it in front of the emperor, maybe you can leave a whole corpse! ”

"Qi Huang Huang, in the process of holding a state funeral and building a mausoleum, Lord Qian and Lord Dong ordered us to make false accounts, deduct wages, and reduce the money and grain of the Ministry of Household Affairs totaling 100,000 and 5,000 taels, we are just subordinates in the ministry, and we dare not resist, and after that, in order to keep our secrets, the two adults also gave each of us five hundred taels of silver, so that we should not publicize it, and there are also other officials involved in the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, and each person gets as little as 100 taels and as much as 1,000 taels......

Kong Qishan replied in a trembling voice, and the other three people also echoed.

"Qian Qianyi, Dong Qichang, what else do you two have to say?"

Zhu Jie shouted coldly.

The faces of the two people are like ashes, they can't say a word, the evidence is like a mountain, these four witnesses are dying, they are all members of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, and they have a record in the ministry, but their identities cannot be faked.

The whole court was silent, originally Qian Qianyi's prestige and qualifications in the court were first-class, and he was the leader of the Donglin party, which was higher than Shi Kefa's status, and he was well-connected in the court, but at this time, the evidence was conclusive, involving the theft of the imperial tomb wood, the royal majesty, who dared to come up to plead for Qian Qianyi? You must know that the emperor hates corrupt officials the most on weekdays, and I don't know how many nobles and powerful ministers have died in his hands, and now they are still colliding with this taboo, which is self-destruction!

There are even many people who look at Qian Qianyi with disdain, and the huge leader of the Donglin Party has driven out such a despicable thing, which is really innocent.

As for Dong Qichang, there is no need to mention it, although his guilt is much lighter, but embezzling 30,000 taels of silver is also a capital crime, the Ming Dynasty's laws, greedy for ink more than 100 taels, is to kill the head, although the emperors behind are not as jealous as Emperor Taizu, but the number of silver taels that Dong Qichang is greedy for ink is not a hundred taels that can be covered, 30,000 taels of silver! He doesn't have the powerful energy of Qian Qianyi in the court!

"Your Majesty, the ministers, the ministers are guilty......"

After all, Qian Qianyi spat out a few words and was paralyzed on the ground, motionless.

"Your Majesty, the emperor spares your life, the emperor spares your life!"

Dong Qichang screamed desperately, I don't want to die, I don't want to die, my family has a lot of money, there are groups of beautiful wives and concubines, and I haven't enjoyed it enough!

"This ...... Your Majesty, although Qian Qianyi and Dong Qichang are to blame for their own crimes, please see that they have served the country for many years and worked hard, and they have ...... lightly."

As the first assistant of the current dynasty, Jiang Dejing had to stand up and intercede for the two of them, and Jiang Dejing and Qian Qianyi have been friends for many years and have a close relationship, Ya doesn't want to watch Qian Qianyi's head fall to the ground, but if you want to keep Qian Qianyi, you have to keep Dong Qichang, you can't Qian Qianyi not die, Dong Qichang, who is much less guilty, lost his head first, right?

Zhu Jie glanced at Jiang Dejing coldly, and said lightly: "Jiang Gong, you are the chief assistant of the imperial court, and the governance of the court is naturally to be fair and honest. Dismissed? Or exile? ”

"This ......"

Jiang Dejing was speechless, it seems that the emperor does not plan to be soft, too, since the emperor entered Beijing City, he has not shown any mercy to the corrupt magnates, and he has always killed if he can, and never showed mercy!

"That's it, Gong Jiang, I'll leave you some mercy today!"

Zhu Jie shouted coldly: "Passing the decree, Qian Qianyi and Dong Qichang's greed for money and food from the imperial court, the evidence is conclusive, and Qian Qianyi's theft of the wood of the royal mausoleum is really unforgivable, Gu Nian and the two of them have served the imperial court for many years, as important ministers of the imperial court, I specially gave him the exemption of the sword and axe, allowed him to commit suicide, came to someone, gave white silk, poisonous wine, Qian Qianyi, Dong Qichang's greedy money, all recovered, confiscated 30,000 taels of family property, and his family was exiled for 4,000 miles, and he was never allowed to return to Beijing; In the state funeral, all those involved in the case will be exiled for 3,000 miles! What kind of Xiyun Pavilion was sealed by me, all the personnel were dismissed, and the decree was issued to severely reprimand Zhu Youke, the king of Wu, so that he thought about it behind closed doors, and was fined for a year. ”

"Minister, minister, thank you, Lord Longen!"

Qian Qianyi's face was ashen, and he kowtowed tremblingly to thank him, this is already considered a grace, after all, it is such a serious crime, avoid the sword and axe, and leave a whole corpse, compared to those nobles who turned around, it is much stronger, and even a part of the family property can be saved, you must know that whether it is Dong Qichang or Qian Qianyi, the net worth of each of the two people has exceeded 100,000 taels, and the members of the court are only fined 30,000 taels, which is considered an extraordinary grace.

(End of chapter)