I'm afraid that Peng Yuhao has a lot of benefits for Xia Qing, after all, Jiangnan is still the Xia family's territory.

The Xia clan is deeply rooted in Jiangnan, and these officials dare not sell Xia Shoufu face?

Qian Huichun, who committed suicide in fear of sin, is afraid that it will be too late to tie the knot, and the filial piety that should be there will not be less at all.

Xia Qing's eyes were slight, and he was extremely disgusted with Qian Licong in his heart.

Qian Licong is a close confidant of the prince, and he has to say a few words every time he discusses the matter, so as to be known that the prince values him.

He did collect a lot of silver for the reinforcement of the river embankment this time, but it was all filial piety from the bottom, so it's no wonder that he, right?

The prince's face sank like water, and several officials of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household were imprisoned by their father. Because no evidence of the incriminating case had been found at that time, the matter was delayed.

A few days ago, Gu Chengyu had already explained the situation of the Changtianfu embankment in his letter, but he did not explain in much detail to the officials involved.

However, there are many officials mentioned in it, and Qian Huichun is the first to bear it. But the river flooded most of the Yamen of Changtian Mansion, so it is difficult to find evidence of this crime.

And Qian Huichun has committed suicide, so this clue is broken.

In fact, this matter has become very clear, and now it is only necessary for Dali Temple to interrogate those officials. I believe that under torture, few people can survive.

Peng Yuhao's face froze, this time Jiangnan strengthened the embankment, and all the flow of money was reviewed and approved by him.

There is also his official seal on the official document declared to the imperial court, which is impossible for him to deny even if he wants to.

In fact, he didn't get much benefit, and those benefits were all given to Xia Qing by him. There were 20,000 taels of silver, all of which were given to Xia Qing, and he himself only kept 5,000 taels.

"His Royal Highness the Prince! The lower officials were also blinded by the greedy officials below, and it was impossible for the lower officials to stretch out their hands to the silver two that reinforced the river embankment. ”

Peng Yuhao was apprehensive in his heart, and hurriedly came out to clarify himself.

"Humph! But are these materials that require silver taels to be approved by you? What about the officials of the household department? Have you done a good job of auditing? The palace has asked the Ministry of Industry to archive and point out the files and account books of the reinforcement of the river embankment at the beginning of the year, and the total amount of Changtianfu is 120,000 taels. And the palace asked the officials of the household department to re-check the accounts and found several suspicious places. ”

The prince's expression was extremely grim at the moment, which was very different from the simple image of the past, and he actually had the majesty of an emperor.

Shen Shikang, the head of the household department, had a slightly ugly face, and when the prince said this just now, he brought them in as well.

At the beginning of the year, the reinforcement of the river embankment was the responsibility of Deng Wenshang, the left attendant of the household department, if there was a problem with the account book, then Deng Wenshang must have made a lot of money in it.

Deng Wenshang is an official he trusts, and he has long been under the prince's door. Now he is in cahoots with Peng Yuhao, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, and finally the East Window incident, is it because the prince will clean up the mess for him?

Since the prince entered the East Palace, the officials of the prince's line have all been wanton, and the previous caution has been left behind, and it seems that they have to be beaten well.

Moreover, Deng Wenshang seems to have been quite close to Xia Qing recently, and the prince knocked on the side twice in front of him.

If people don't know, unless they don't do anything, the court is full of people, who doesn't have a spy in other officials' mansions?

This time, Deng Wenshang was unlucky, and it happened that the emperor ordered the prince to supervise the disaster relief, and the prince naturally would not show mercy to the officials who were greedy for ink for the sake of performance.

Deng Wenshang hit the knife edge, and he will definitely become the chicken that the prince kills and sets an example for.

"Deng Shilang, the reinforcement of the river embankment at the beginning of the year was your prime minister's, how do you explain?"

Shen Shikang first challenged Deng Wenshang, and knew the elegance when he heard the strings. As the prince's uncle, he can only be tied to the prince in the same boat for the rest of his life, of course, only the prince is the head of the horse.

The prince's gaze fell on Deng Wenshang's body, and the coldness in his eyes made Deng Wenshang's heart stir.

"Your Highness! How dare a subordinate do such a thing? This time to strengthen the embankment, the officials may have been a little negligent, but they will never be greedy for ink and silver, and please let His Highness be aware of it! ”

Deng Wenshang already had beads of sweat on his head, he was not Peng Yuhao's guy, and he still had some eyesight.

The prince's words and expression just now made it clear that he was going to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys to establish his authority. Although he is an official of the prince's lineage, he is not guaranteed that the prince will push him out in order to avoid suspicion.

The most important point is that he has colluded with Xia Qing. At this time, he suspected that the prince already had evidence of their collusion, otherwise the prince and Shen Shikang would not be so ruthless.

"After the investigation, whether you are innocent or true will be determined." The prince closed his eyes slightly, and did not show the slightest mercy to Deng Wenshang.

"Come on, detain Deng Wenshang, the left attendant of the household department, and Peng Yuhao, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, into Dali Temple, and send people to surround the mansions of the two families, and wait for the investigation to come."

The prince shouted outside the hall, and several guards immediately entered.

"Your Highness! You have no evidence that Xia Guan is related to this ink corruption case, and Xia Guan is not convinced! When Deng Wenshang saw that the prince was really coming, he immediately panicked.

Peng Yuhao didn't understand why the prince had to arrest someone when he talked about it just now?

He didn't come back to his senses until now, and hurriedly defended: "Your Highness! It doesn't make sense for you to arbitrarily detain an official of the imperial court without evidence. ”

Hearing this, the prince sneered, "Reasonably? Why, do you think Hongu can't find evidence? You know how much money you have coveted. Let's tell you the truth! This palace has found evidence of your corruption of ink, and is now reviewing the amount of silver taels for embezzlement. After consulting your father, I will make you pay the price. ”

The prince's face was calm, and the anger in his chest was bursting out. These officials who are vegetarian in the corpse position have nothing to do on weekdays!

The silver taels issued by the imperial court to strengthen the river embankment also dare to be greedy for ink, are their hearts all black?

How many people died in this flood? Most of the Changtian Mansion was submerged, how much money would be needed for post-disaster reconstruction?

The imperial court also issued 50,000 taels of disaster relief silver, which were all losses.

If these officials are not broken into pieces, it will be difficult to calm the anger in his heart.

Ignoring the howls of the two, the guards immediately dragged them out.

The prince suddenly felt a panache in his chest, as if he couldn't hold his breath. He sat down slowly, settling down for a moment. After a while, I felt a little better than before.

I thought it was because the old injury had not healed before, and I was depressed in my heart, so I felt uncomfortable, and the prince didn't care too much.

"Where is Kuang Zhaoying of Dali Temple?" After relieving himself, the prince shouted to the officials below.

"The lower official is here!" Kuang Zhaoying came out of the column, knowing that the DPRK and China were going to purge again this time.

"Detain all the officials on this list in Dali Temple, and wait for the investigation to be completed, and then they will be released!" The prince handed a list in his hand to the chamberlain who was waiting.