I'm really not doing business

Chapter 928 No one is optimistic, but they are still not motivated
"Submit a memorial to the Censorate and let Xu Chengchu, the Suyi Censor, handle the case of the Baochao Bureau. Chen Mo must cooperate carefully." Zhu Yijun issued another imperial decree, assigning a task to Xu Chengchu.

Xu Chengchu was previously ostracized because of a large tumor on his neck. Through surgery, he cured his illness. If the tumor had been cured, it would have been natural for Xu Chengchu to choose to live in harmony with others and endure for the sake of the country.

After all, they have already broken away from their original class and become the ruling class, so it is natural for them to establish a new class identity.

But Xu Chengchu still refused to be a hero and insisted on lighting the firecrackers of the Baochao Bureau. Since he wanted to be a hero, Zhu Yijun gave him the opportunity to be a hero.

Xu Chengchu criticized the shortcomings of the Dinghai school system. Zhang Juzheng was so angry that he even took away Xu Chengchu's Quanchu Guild Hall badge and drove Xu Chengchu and his wife out of the guild hall. They had nowhere to live, but Xu Chengchu still had to submit memorials.

Xu Chengchu's original courage is still there.

Xu Chengchu was not the only one who knew about the chaos in the official shop of the Baochao Bureau. The corruption in the Baochao Bureau had even spread to the Wenhua Palace. In fact, most of the ministers already had an idea of ​​how rotten it was.

No one dares to light the firecracker, but Xu Chengchu dares to do so, so let him be the hero.

After receiving the imperial order, Xu Chengchu went to the Northern Pacification Office and began to supervise the case together with Chen Mo. However, they could not proceed with the case any further.

"Should we investigate or not?" Chen Mo looked at the case files and physical evidence in front of him and asked Xu Chengchu's opinion with a serious expression.

"The facts of the case are clear and the evidence is conclusive. We have not made any false accusations and we are not ungrateful for the emperor's grace. We must investigate it to the end!" Xu Chengchu's face changed several times, and he finally chose to continue.

"Let's pause for now." Chen Mo sighed, picked up all the case files, stood up and said, "I'd better report to His Majesty and ask for clarification."

Chen Mo entered Tonghe Palace and reported to His Majesty that the case was very easy to investigate. As a Duntai Yuanhou for five years and a criminal officer for seventeen years, Chen Mo was very good at investigating such cases.

But the problem is that the investigation was carried out on someone who should not be investigated.

"So, is it the royal family, or the royal clan? Or the general, or the prime minister?" Zhu Yijun asked with some confusion. Normally, as long as it did not involve the cabinet and the royal clan, Chen Mo would not ask in this way.

Chen Mo bowed his head and said, "It's Wu Qingbo."

There was nothing special about Wuqing Earl Li Wei. He was the emperor's maternal grandfather and Empress Dowager Li's biological father.

"Asshole!" Zhu Yijun clenched his fists and said sternly, "I have told him many times that if he needs money, he can ask me for it. In the seventh year of Wanli, he built the Qinghua Garden, and I gave him 70,000 silver coins at once! How stingy I am, doesn't he know?"

"Why do you have to do this? Do you really think I dare not take him?!"

Zhu Yijun read the case file carefully for a long time, and then looked at the documentary evidence and physical evidence, and then said to Zhao Mengyou: "General Zhao Ti, order two hundred Ti cavalrymen to confiscate Qinghua Garden for me, and imprison all the criminals and wait for their punishment!"

"It just so happens that the Polytechnic University is going to be expanded, and Tsinghua Park will be converted into a school!"

There was no problem in seeking wealth, and Li Wei often asked the emperor for money. He asked for money several times to build a house, that is, Tsinghua Garden. Zhu Yijun even sent people to plan it for him and gave him some royal items to make him look good.

When Li Wei's mansion was completed and he hosted a banquet for people from all over the country, Zhu Yijun also sent eunuchs to congratulate him.

He had only one request for these military honors, clan members, and royal relatives who did not lead troops: they could spend money, because he had the money to support them; they could also have pomp and show, because Zhu Yijun could help him to save the situation, but they must not cause trouble and must not submit impeachment memorials to the censor.

If the emperor is disgraced, how can Li Wei be decent?

Zhu Yijun closed the case file, pushed it aside, and said viciously: "No wonder you said you are out of ideas. You have been in power for more than 30 years, how could you ever be out of ideas? Even if the sky falls, he can find a way! When it comes to this matter, you still say you are out of ideas. I am surprised. It feels like it's not that you have no way, but that you can't have a way!"

Chen Mo was hesitant to talk. Li Wei had actually become honest. The one who did this was his eldest son Li Wenquan. According to the investigation by the Imperial Guards, there was a 99% chance that Li Wenquan did it without telling Li Wei.

Li Wei is old, the emperor has warned him twice, and the emperor has also rewarded him, so Li Wei has no motivation to cause trouble.

Li Wenquan, as the emperor's uncle, had people block the door of the treasure bank, and the clerks of the treasure bank couldn't even file a complaint. He was the emperor's uncle, so who knows if the emperor acquiesced? Who knows what the result will be if this abscess is exposed?
"I obey your command." Zhao Mengyou immediately bowed his head and accepted the order. He searched the mansion of the empress dowager's father. The empress dowager blamed him for this matter, and Zhao Mengyou had no choice but to hope that the emperor would come forward to protect him.

Zhao Mengyou ordered two hundred Ti cavalrymen and headed straight for Tsinghua University.

The northwest suburbs of the capital, from Xizhimen to Kunming Lake, is a famous royal garden resort in history. From the reign of Emperor Zhangzong of Jin to the reign of Emperor Wanli, successive royal families and wealthy people built palaces, gardens and villas here. There are more than a hundred luxurious gardens here.

It is for this reason that there is the famous Xiu Jin Street, which is known as the Wai Shi Street.

Inside Tsinghua University, Li Wei had received news from the palace that the emperor had ordered the imperial guards to search the house!
Li Wei was shocked. He asked himself that he had never caused any trouble since the fourth year of Wanli. Li Wei was very clear about the emperor's intention to build a school in his Tsinghua Garden. How could he dare to make this master angry?

If he really offends His Majesty, the daughters in the palace will not protect him at all!

The reason why Li Wei was able to receive the news can be traced back to the Jiajing period. Li Wei fled from Shanxi to Yongledian in Tongzhou, the capital. He was extremely poor at that time.

Li Wei himself worked as a helper in Tonghui River. His eldest son Li Wenquan followed him as a boatman at the dock. His second son Li Wengui was an apprentice in a dyeing workshop. The girl in the family, now Empress Dowager Li, was sold to the Chen Mansion in Yongledian and worked as a maid in Miss Chen's family.

The youngest son, Li Wenjin, could not be supported anymore, so he was sent directly to the cleansing room and became a eunuch by being cut with a knife. That year, Li Wenjin was only seven years old.

In the 37th year of Jiajing's reign, Miss Chen was chosen as a concubine and entered Prince Yu's mansion. However, as her belly showed no signs of pregnancy, she became more and more anxious. Princess Chen knew that her husband liked beautiful women, so she let the beautiful Miss Li be seen by Prince Yu.

Prince Yu was not polite either. Miss Li, who was still a maid at that time, entered Prince Yu's mansion and gave birth to two sons. Because of her sons' status, she became an imperial concubine. Later, in the sixth year of Longqing's reign, she became one of the two empress dowagers.

Empress Dowager Li's younger brother Li Wenjin was a eunuch in the palace. Even with the support of Empress Dowager Li, Li Wenjin still could not climb to the high position of eunuch. This old ancestor in the palace really could not climb up without some ability.

Li Wenjin is the eunuch of the Imperial Stables in the palace, which is the second most powerful department in the palace. The Governor of the Eastern Depot should be headed by the eunuch of the Imperial Stables.

But in recent years, Feng Bao, the eunuch of Silijian, has been concurrently in charge of Dongchang. There are historical reasons for this. After the fall of Emperor Liu Jin during the Zhengde period, it became a rule for Silijian to be concurrently in charge of Dongchang. It also has a lot to do with Li Wenjin's incompetence.

Li Wenjin and Empress Dowager Li are siblings. Despite his strong background, Li Wenjin still cannot defeat Feng Bao. Empress Dowager Li also knows that her brother's abilities are not up to par.

In the early years of the Wanli reign, the ruler was young and the country was in doubt. Let Li Wenjin fight against Wang Chonggu and his gang? It would be strange if Li Wenjin was not eaten alive by Wang Chonggu!
Although Li Wenjin had no business in the East Factory, he was aware of what was happening in the palace. When he learned that the emperor had sent troops to Tsinghua Garden, he immediately sent someone to tell his father.

Li Wei looked at the news from the palace. The emperor had already sent out his troops. It was too late to say anything. He looked at his two sons and asked sternly, "What did you do? The emperor is coming to confiscate our property!"

Li Wenquan and Li Wengui looked at each other, both of them with horror in their eyes.

No one knows a son better than his father. With just this one look, Li Wei knew it was all over, all over!
It would have been bad enough that the Tsinghua University, which he had worked so hard to build all his life, was taken away, and his property was confiscated, but it would have been difficult for him to survive this disaster. You know, when he entered the palace to see his daughter, the emperor shot an arrow at his ear!
At that time, he took over the business of winter coats for the Beijing army and made some money by selling inferior products as good ones. He was reported to the emperor by the censor. The emperor was practicing martial arts at the time and an arrow shot at him, which hit his ear and nailed him to the pillar.

And his daughter, Empress Dowager Li, did not even reprimand the emperor, but instead reprimanded Li Wei and criticized him severely.

Empress Dowager Li warned Li Wei not to cause trouble. Revitalizing the military was a matter of national importance. If Li Wei relied on his royal relationship to make money from the Beijing army, then she could not be blamed for being ruthless.

"What on earth did you do?" Li Wei asked angrily, leaning on a crutch, his face flushed.

"Baochao." Li Wenquan picked out the key points and told his father what the two brothers had done.

Li Wei's eyes darkened after hearing this. This was exactly the same as before!
The Ming Dynasty had been planning to issue banknotes for fifteen years. All the civil and military officials in the court and many newspapers were discussing the harm caused by the money shortage. The Ming Dynasty was so huge that no amount of silver or copper could satisfy the demand.

The currency system is the only way to solve the money shortage, which is the consensus of all civil and military officials in the court.

Issuing gold banknotes is a national affair. Even if the emperor sends troops to confiscate property, Empress Dowager Li will not interfere too much in state affairs.

The emperor is a killer!
"I'm the emperor's uncle, and I don't believe that the emperor can do it! I want to see how he is going to kill me!" Li Wenquan looked at his father's panic-stricken look with a little disdain, disdain for his father's cowardice.

My father is so noble, but for so many years he has never made money by relying on his royal family background. Every year he begs the emperor for some money to build a garden. It's simply a joke among jokes.

No matter how crazy the emperor is, can he still kill his relatives for the sake of justice? Such nonsense as killing relatives for the sake of justice is just to deceive the poor and coolies.

The second son, Li Wengui, also recovered from his initial shock and said without any worry, "That's right, eldest brother is right. The emperor has no one in his family. If he doesn't rely on us, who can he rely on? We are just pretending."

"Is this why you are so fearless? There is no one in the emperor's house?!" Wuqingbo Li Wei asked tremblingly, holding up his crutches.

Li Wenquan nodded confidently and said, "Isn't it? Besides our relatives, does the emperor have other relatives? The emperor's uncle, the dean of the Institute of Gewu, doesn't count. He is a master of Gewu."

Daoye's side branch entered the main family and gave birth to eight sons, leaving only one Prince Yu. When Prince Yu ascended the throne, he left only two sons and four daughters. What Li Wenquan and Li Wengui said was correct, the only relatives that His Majesty the Emperor could interact with were their Li family.

Li Wei leaned back in his chair, looked up at the beams, his face ashen, and muttered to himself, "Stupid, stupid! Stupid!"

"Father? Should we go into the palace to meet the Queen Mother now?" Li Wenquan and Li Wengui hurried over. Their father was too timid. With the Queen Mother Li in the palace, what could go wrong?
Even if he was sent to the execution ground, everything could be solved with just an imperial decree.

"You two are so stupid!"

Li Wei looked at the beams and said, "In the fifth year of Wanli, there was an attack on Xishan. In order to protect Zhang Juzheng, the emperor personally put on armor and took up arms, killing several of the rebels. In the thirteenth year of Wanli, when the Reform Movement was at its most dangerous, the emperor went on a tour to the south and was nearly burned to death in Renhe. This year, the Southern Court selected tributes, and the emperor stayed in Yangzhou. He did not avoid the selection and went directly to the Southern Court."

"Your Majesty, in order to revive the country, he is willing to sacrifice even himself!"

"It's stupid, stupid."

Li Wei leaned back on the chair, propped himself up and sat up, saying loudly: "Come here, bring the white silk. My son, your father will protect you one last time. It was my instruction to bite the treasure banknotes to death. As for what you will do after I die? That will depend on God's will."

Li Wei did not choose to enter the palace to meet Empress Dowager Li. His daughter would not protect him, absolutely not. It was not that his daughter was heartless, but that the law was not enforced and he had to violate it.

If Empress Dowager Li went to plead for mercy, this banknote system would never be truly implemented.

On the two ends of the scale, one side is the country and her daughter's own family, and the other side is Li Wei's family. Which is more important? My daughter is not a confused person, how could she not tell the difference? If she couldn't tell the difference, when the emperor shot that arrow, Empress Dowager Li would have been angry and scolded the emperor instead of Li Wei.

"Dad! Dad, you absolutely can't do this." Li Wenquan and Li Wengui stopped their father. The servants were also frightened and did not dare to take the white silk.

As a result of the commotion, the Imperial Guards arrived. Zhao Mengyou personally led people to search the house. They did not dig deep into the ground, but took the people away and sealed all the doors of the house. They did not take anything away.

After all, Li Wei is the emperor's maternal grandfather. If there are any twists and turns in the case, there is room for advancement and retreat. Zhao Mengyou is qualified to participate in the court discussion. He knows very well that His Majesty and Empress Dowager Li have been arguing recently over the issue of Prince Lu's enfeoffment.

Politics is actually an exchange. In the first year of the Wanli reign, when Wang Jinglong assassinated the king, Your Majesty used him as an exchange.

On this side, Zhao Mengyou carried out the most lenient house search in history and took all the people to the Zhenfu Division for further interrogation. On the other side, in Tonghe Palace, Li Wenjin hid in a pagoda and asked Empress Dowager Li for protection.

Empress Dowager Li didn't know what happened. When Li Wenjin told her everything, Empress Dowager Li looked at him in confusion. Even after hearing these things from Li Wenjin's mouth, she still couldn't be sure. "Did the eldest and second brothers do it?" Empress Dowager Li asked dully.

A eunuch hurried in, bowed his head and said, "Long live the Holy Mother, Queen Mother Chen is here."

"Sister, something happened in your family." Queen Mother Chen came in a hurry and didn't care about etiquette. She spoke directly. Seeing Li Wenjin kneeling on the ground, she knew that Queen Mother Li knew the whole story.

“Who gave them the courage?!” Empress Dowager Li looked at Empress Dowager Chen, then at Li Wenjin, and finally came to her senses. Her expression changed from dull to angry as she said, “Are you crazy?”

"The Wanli Treasure Notes are the result of my son's seventeen years of planning!! Seventeen years! It took my son seventeen years to accumulate this momentum. Even so, he was very careful and did not dare to make any mistakes!"

"You guys, are you crazy!"

Empress Dowager Li was extremely angry! Her voice was almost broken, her face was red, and she was extremely angry.

The ones who made mistakes were the father and the eldest and second brothers, but they destroyed the national policy that their son had spent 17 years to build up and implement.

In order to carry out the Wanli Reform, the emperor reviewed the troops and horses every day. Prince Lu even said that his brother was more diligent than the donkey at the mill.

The entire court, the civil and military officials, and the common people all knew exactly what the emperor had paid for this day.

Because of the failure of the Baochao policy in the early years of Hongwu, everyone was watching how the Wanli Baochao would be implemented. At this time, the Wuqing Earl's Mansion jumped out and demonstrated to the entire Ming Dynasty, both inside and outside, how to destroy the Baochao!

"Sister, anger is harmful to your health. Don't be anxious. I am an outsider. I will go to His Majesty to ask for mercy. Please be patient." Queen Mother Chen hurriedly advised her sister not to be so angry.

Indeed, she was a lady and Empress Dowager Li was a maid, but Empress Dowager Li had two sons, while Empress Dowager Chen had none. Empress Dowager Li was the actual person in charge of the palace. Who made Empress Dowager Li's own son the emperor?

Over the years, they have been calling each other sisters.

In this matter, only Empress Dowager Chen could come forward to persuade, and Empress Dowager Li had no way to ask her son to forgive the Wuqing Marquis' Mansion.

"No need to persuade them! Let them die! They deserve to die. I wonder who will dare to ruin the new policy of treasure notes in the future!" Empress Dowager Li immediately turned to Empress Dowager Chen and said, "Sister, please don't persuade them."

"Shang Yang's reforms were not about setting up pillars and then the people of Qin would follow them. Instead, when the crown prince broke the law, Gongzi Qian and Gongsun Jia took the blame on his behalf. Even the crown prince had to be punished for breaking the law, and only then could the laws be implemented."

"The king is selfless. You all deserve to die!"

Empress Dowager Li certainly did not want her father and elder and second brothers to be beheaded in public, but she chose to fulfill her sons' wishes. This was a mother's choice.

If Prince Lu broke the law, Empress Dowager Li would not persuade the emperor to forgive him, because they were all sons. She was strict with the eldest son because he was the master of the country. Her preference for Prince Lu was compensation.

"Venerable Virgin Mary, Zhang Dayong has come with his bandits!" A eunuch hurriedly reported, kneeling on the ground and trembling, "Zhang Dayong said he wants to take Li Dayong away."

Empress Dowager Li looked at Li Wenjin, sighed and said, "Does this have anything to do with you?"

"Yes." Li Wenjin was shocked. He had never expected that Empress Dowager Li would have this attitude.

"Let Zhang Hong come in and arrest him." Empress Dowager Li waved her hand somewhat disheartenedly. If Li Wenjin was not involved, Empress Dowager Li would still protect him. But since he was involved in the case, it would all be up to His Majesty the Emperor to decide.

"Greetings to the Thousand-Year-Old Virgin Mary, may the Virgin Mary live in peace and prosperity." Zhang Hong entered without any arrogance. He knelt on the ground and said submissively, "I have received the Emperor's order to arrest someone. I beg the Thousand-Year-Old Virgin Mary to show mercy and allow me to carry out the Emperor's order."

The attitude was respectful, but the words were not very polite. Zhang Hong used the emperor to pressure Empress Dowager Li to hand over the man and report back.

"Zhang Hong, when you were in Langxia's house, you relied on your ruthlessness and I allowed you to be with His Majesty and enter the Qianqing Palace. Over the years, you have done a good job in protecting His Majesty. You must remain loyal in the future. No matter when, you must remember that you are His Majesty's man." Empress Dowager Li did not care. Her words were not a reprimand, nor were they meant to stop the arrest.

Everyone present, except Li Wenjin, knew exactly how dangerous what the emperor was doing.

Zhang Hong is the last line of defense for His Majesty. Empress Dowager Li hopes that Zhang Hong will always be as loyal to His Majesty as he is now. For the sake of His Majesty the Emperor's sacred order, he even dares to offend the Empress Dowager.

Zhang Hong bowed again and said, "I will follow the teachings of the Thousand-Year-Old Holy Mother."

"You can take the person away." Empress Dowager Li said helplessly.

"Thank you, Virgin Mary!" Zhang Hong breathed a sigh of relief. He never thought that the Queen Mother Li would be so easy to talk to. She let him arrest someone right away. Originally, no matter how ugly the fight was, he had to arrest the person. After reporting back, he would find a rope to hang himself. This would be a crime of offending the Queen Mother.

But Empress Dowager Li just released the person and there was no need to make a fuss.

Zhu Yijun suddenly issued a strict order to search Wu Qingbo's house. This really caused a huge uproar. Even Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu were frightened by the emperor's decision. They immediately went to the palace to meet the emperor, but were stopped outside Tonghe Palace and were unable to see the emperor.

As it was getting close to evening, the emperor posted an announcement, briefly reporting what had happened. If the emperor had not posted the announcement, rumors would have been flying everywhere, so it would have been better to simply announce what had happened.

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager Chen is here." Seeing that His Majesty had finished dealing with the memorials, Feng Bao hurriedly said that Empress Dowager Chen had been waiting in the West Flower Hall for half an hour. Upon learning that the Emperor was reviewing the memorials, Empress Dowager Chen asked the palace maids to wait until His Majesty had finished his work before reporting.

"Xuan."

"Hello, mother." Zhu Yijun stood up as a gesture of greeting.

Empress Dowager Chen looked around the imperial study. It was very messy. The bookshelves were full of open books, the table was full of various memorials, and there were various labels on the several rows of bookshelves at the back of the study. Many things were inextricably linked, and the emperor had to read old files frequently to make sure his memory was correct.

Empress Dowager Chen had seen the late emperor's study. It was tidy and clean, and even the inkstone had never been filled with ink. It was not a study that a monarch should have at all.

The late emperor was extremely unqualified. Empress Dowager Chen had advised him, but was then ignored.

"The emperor shoulders the responsibility of the country and is the master of the nation. It is a blessing for the country that he is so diligent." Empress Dowager Chen stepped back and looked around at the furnishings. There were no precious gems or expensive paperweights for decoration. The most expensive things in the study were the pens.

The emperor was frugal and wore blue clothes.

"Mother, don't think that my place is a bit messy. It's because I didn't allow the palace maids to clean it up. Mother, you don't have to blame the palace maids. Although it looks messy, I actually know where the things we urgently need are. Mother, please sit down and we'll talk later." Zhu Yijun asked Feng Bao to serve tea.

"Very good, very good." After Empress Dowager Chen sat firmly, she looked at the emperor and said, "I came here for no other reason than the emperor's order to arrest Wu Qingbo."

"Mother, this is a matter of the outer court." Zhu Yijun still had a smile on his face, but there was no room for maneuver in his words.

Seeing that the emperor was determined but did not back down, Empress Dowager Chen said, "Wu Qingbo is your mother's father. This is indeed a matter of the outer court, but also a family matter. It is true that the king is selfless, but Your Majesty, you have to think about it. If the whole family is really executed, how can you let your mother deal with it in the future?"

Empress Dowager Chen was the Empress Dowager's biological mother. Her appearance here was to remind the Emperor that the position of Empress Dowager Li was given to her by the court officials later.

If all of Empress Dowager Li's family members were executed, Empress Dowager Li, who was honored as the empress dowager by two wives, would probably not be able to cope with the situation.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yijun hurriedly said, "Mother is right."

Empress Dowager Chen said quickly, "Sister is very determined. She said in front of me and the palace maids that they deserved to die. She also refused to let me persuade them and asked Zhang Hong to arrest Li Wenjin. After thinking it over, I still think it's time to make this trip."

"It's inconvenient for others to tell, so I'm the only one who can tell."

Zhu Yijun nodded and said helplessly: "My mother sent someone to tell me so that I can deal with it fairly."

"I don't have anything else to say. Your Majesty, just think it through. I'm leaving." Empress Dowager Chen stood up, looked around the imperial study, nodded and said, "With such a holy emperor in the court, why should we worry about the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Farewell, mother." Zhu Yijun also stood up and saw Empress Dowager Chen off from the imperial study.

Feng Bao asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, I am stupid, what does Queen Mother Chen mean?"

At that time, the two palaces were equally respected. Although Empress Dowager Chen, the Empress Dowager's biological mother, did not say it, she must have been feeling resentful in her heart. At this time, if Empress Dowager Chen did not come, she would have watched Empress Dowager Li suffer. However, Empress Dowager Chen still came to persuade her.

"Empress Dowager Chen has a calm personality and doesn't have that many thoughts about fighting for power and profit." Zhu Yijun sat on the armchair and simply sorted out the memorials before saying, "Empress Dowager Chen said twice that I did a good job and lived up to the trust of the late emperor. In fact, she meant that I have made contributions to the country. Even though I forgave Li Wei and others this time, no one in the world dared to say anything."

"My merits can still protect Li Wei and others from committing crimes, but it all depends on whether I am willing to do so."

"Your Majesty is wise." Feng Bao bowed his head and said.

Empress Dowager Chen was indeed of a dull temperament. During all these years in the palace, she never intended to compete for power with Empress Dowager Li.

The five words "legitimate mother and empress dowager" meant that Empress Chen would never suffer any grievances in the palace, so she was willing to be the peacemaker. She also wanted to raise her grandchildren with Empress Dowager Li.

"Xu Chengchu is an upright minister. Let's see his opinion on how to deal with the case first." Zhu Yijun did not make a decision immediately. He had already appointed Xu Chengchu and Chen Mo to investigate the case. The Ming Dynasty has both national laws and family rules. He should first find out the details of the case and then deal with it.

Xu Chengchu and Chen Mo were busy for more than ten days, and before the twelfth lunar month, they finally found out the scope of the case.

"Li Wenquan and Li Wengui made a total of 7800 silver coins?" Xu Chengchu looked at the final summary of the case and rubbed his brows.

Useless people are like this, they can't even do bad things properly, no one is optimistic about them, yet they still don't live up to expectations.

In total, he took less than 8,000 silver coins and was caught red-handed by the emperor.

Chen Mo searched through the case files and asked, "How much money was spent on the construction of Tsinghua Garden?"

"The 170,000 silver coins were all given in installments from His Majesty's treasury." Xu Chengchu found the account and handed it to Chen Mo, looking at him with a helpless look on his face.

These two idiots risked the whole world's condemnation, broke the law, and made less money than Your Majesty rewards you in a year.

Li Wei actually discovered a long time ago that it is better to kowtow and beg for rewards than to work hard. The money earned from hard work is not as much as the reward, so what's the point of working hard!

"In fact, the powerful and wealthy people who hold the treasure notes will never cash them out at a low price. They are also waiting to see whether Your Majesty will discover these clues and whether Your Majesty will deal with them. In the past few days, as soon as Your Majesty arrested someone, the price of the treasure notes immediately went back up." Xu Chengchu also sighed that these powerful and wealthy people were indeed very cunning.

Many times, the powerful and wealthy are also waiting for Your Majesty's attitude.

(End of this chapter)