First, Mu Bowen's letter and article insinuated that Lan Shilang was not capable of being an official, and that he had to commit suicide because of his poor endurance, but he had to blame Qi Haoran, and successfully moved the topic away from Qi Haoran.

Just as the courtiers were about to respond, Qi Xiuyuan quickly dismissed Lan Shilang's official position and asked the Ministry of Personnel to re-evaluate him. Although he didn't say it clearly, he agreed with Mu Bowen's point of view.

So the next day, an old man went to Dali Temple to beat drums and complain about his injustice, saying that Prince Rong Qi Haoran ate empty wages in last year's war against gold. There is evidence of Qi Haoran taking empty salaries and embezzling soldiers' salaries.

The courtiers immediately turned up and asked the emperor to let Prince Rong return to Beijing to confront him.

Qi Xiuyuan looked at the criminal evidence reported by the Dali Temple, and sneered: "It's just two letters, and there is no account book. What kind of evidence is it? After a thorough investigation of the Dali Temple, Prince Rong will defend himself."

In other words, Prince Rong doesn't have to go back to Beijing.

The ministers below ?? looked at each other, and their hearts sank slightly.

Although Qi Haoran would block them in Beijing, he was still under his nose, and they could quickly respond to whatever the other party did. But at this time, when people ran out of the capital, they were not very good at monitoring him or dealing with him. It's convenient, like fighting cattle across the mountain, no matter how hard they try, they can't reach each other.

It seems that "criminal evidence" needs to be more specific.

So Dali Temple quickly found an account book...

Fan Zijin was furious when he saw it, and said: "The food and grass for the war of gold are all prepared by this king to escort. You are not so much the embezzlement of Prince Rong as the embezzlement of the king, why bother to come up with a copy The account book is here!"

Fan Zijin sneered while holding the account book, "20,000 gold, but only 200,000 taels, do you think that Prince Rong is poor enough to see this? Go outside and ask, the annual income of glass workshops and watch workshops alone is not enough. If it is less than one million taels, he needs to go to great lengths to greed for twenty thousand gold!"

The courtiers sneered: "Who would dislike the lack of money? Two hundred thousand taels is indeed not much for the prince's family property, but it is life-saving food for the soldiers at the border."

"Therefore, the prince's move is even more sinister." A minister continued.

"Yes, why would he embezzle the hard-earned money of the soldiers when he is not short of money?"

This is what Qi Haoran did.

Qi Xiuyuan sneered and said, "It's normal for you to have doubts in your heart. If that's the case, it's better to conduct a thorough investigation of the entire army to see if there are other cases of empty pay and corruption."

The courtiers were taken aback, wouldn't this make matters worse?

They just wanted to drag Qi Haoran into the water, and didn't want to set fire to the entire military world of Qi. They hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the manpower and material resources to thoroughly investigate the entire army are too great. Since there is evidence of Prince Rong's corruption, it is better to just investigate thoroughly. This matter?"

Qi Xiuyuan smiled meaningfully, "That's okay, let's use this as a breakthrough to investigate."

Although the emperor relented, the civil servants were still a little uneasy, and they always felt that the emperor agreed too easily.

The civil officials were puzzled, but the generals almost stared at them.

Is it possible to investigate only Prince Rong?

Since we want to investigate the corruption and bribery case of Prince Rong, it is natural to start the investigation from the people around him, as well as the inspector who was in charge of dispatching grain and grass at that time, the soldiers who escorted the grain and grass, the logistics officer who recorded the entry and exit of the warehouse, etc., and then they will investigate. The army at the post station where the grain and forage were parked, almost dragged the entire army into it bit by bit.

I don’t know how many people will be involved.

The soldiers with clean hands and feet were most worried that they would be implicated, but those with dirty hands and feet were frightened, and they quickly tried to solve this matter.

It is impossible for Prince Rong to take the case of embezzlement, let alone the emperor does not believe it, even they do not believe it.

Whoever does not know that Prince Rong loves soldiers like a son, hates those who take empty pay and embezzle food and grass. Even if they were his capable subordinates, once they are discovered, they will be dealt with by the art of war.

Therefore, the generals can guess that the account books and letters of the crime evidence are forged. Since they are forged, they will always be found out one day. In order to end this matter as soon as possible, they can only clear the grievances of Prince Rong and prevent the Dali Temple from going deeper. Check it out.

As a result, before Qi Xiuyuan and Fan Zijin could make a move, the internal chaos of the courtiers first started. The civil officials wanted to investigate the matter in depth, so that they could create evidence by inserting needles into them, and Qi Haoran was convicted of the crime of corruption, while the generals tried their best to To stop it, the courtiers who were originally united to fight against the reform were divided.

Qi Xiu and Fan Zijin sneered, "Your method is good, but let them start chaos first, or you can take this opportunity to eliminate some worms in the army."

Fan Zijin said, "It's not messy enough. Now that the army is no match for the civilians, I want to throw some evidence of corrupt officials in my hand to the generals, so that they can use this to coerce the civilians to make concessions."

Qi Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows, "Then?"

Fan Zijin raised the corners of his mouth, "Then it's natural that the law should be done. Although we can't catch all the worms on both sides this time, we can get rid of a lot of people. If the emperor is worried that there are not enough people, it's time to open Enke."

"Why?"

"The world is unified, and now all the lost land in the north and west has been recovered. Such a great opportunity is just to be gracious to the people."

Qi Xiuyuan smiled with satisfaction.

The two were still thinking about how to give the evidence to the generals. The news that Qi Haoran had found a corrupt official in Yexian spread to the capital.

The surname of the corrupted official who was found out is Cui, and of course they are not from the same family as the Cui family in Qinghe, but they have the same surname. Moreover, the corrupt official Cui and the Cui family have been linked to each other before. The most important thing is that he and Lan Shilang are from the same hometown.

With Lan Shilang, he did not dare to talk about a close relationship with several ministers in the court, but he sent many gifts.

Fan Zijin mentioned that corrupt official Cui was named in the list of corrupt officials who took bribes.

Therefore, Fan Zijin pushed the matter to the generals and them, and with their hands, corrupt officials Cui found out several second- and third-rank ministers in the court.

The reform of the official system has not yet been carried out, and the courtiers first became a mess. Every day in the court, courtiers attacked each other, but Qi Haoran, who should be dealt with the most, was left behind.

Although there was chaos in the DPRK, Qi Xiuyuan was not angry at all. He handed over the investigation and handling of corrupt officials to the Dali Temple and the Censor Terrace for joint trial.

The people in the opposition wanted to oppose, but they were all in chaos inside, and it was impossible to unite and fight like the beginning. In addition, Qi Haoran seemed to be addicted to being an inspector, so he even made a private visit. Corrupt, must be found out, he does not try, just collect evidence and send it to the higher-level officials, and the other party will try it or **** it back to Beijing to hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment.

There were also courtiers who were dissatisfied with his meddling in local affairs, but Qi Xiuyuan said, "Daqi was conquered by the fourth brother and I, and this world also has his share. Now that his old injury recurs, he can't share my worries. If he can visit famous doctors. From time to time, I will inspect the place and monitor whether the officials are doing their jobs faithfully, and I feel very relieved."

Then are you not worried that he will form a party for personal gain and collude with local officials to replace you?