Selected by the main god and the system at the same time

At the gate of the imperial palace, Yang Lian was already drenched. A few young eunuchs stood beside him tremblingly, and there were a few broken umbrellas on the ground.

At this moment, an old eunuch came out, looked at Yang Lian and said, "Your Excellency Yang, just take an umbrella. If you get sick, these slaves can't afford it."

Yang Lian said angrily: "No need, I have a fire in my heart, and this little rain can't quench the fire in my heart."

After the crown prince handed over the ledger to Yang Lian, Yang Lian was furious in his heart.

The 20 troops of the Ming Dynasty, tens of thousands of them were like grass, and they just fell in Liaodong.

I thought it was due to our own ineffective combat, but I didn't expect that there were traitors. Da Ming's army is under the nose of others, can it not fail?

It has been an hour since the evidence was handed in, but there is still no news from Emperor Wanli.

At this time, apart from anger, Yang Lian felt nothing but sadness. What is Wanli doing? Didn't he comment on such an important matter?
At this time, another person hurried over and walked closer, Yang Lian finally realized that it was actually Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian said: "Master Yang, why stand in the rain, let's go into the palace with our family."

Yang Lian said: "Your Majesty hasn't summoned you yet, how can you enter the palace?"

Wei Zhongxian: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, Your Majesty is not in good health after all, we need to understand Your Majesty more."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Yang Lian and entered the hall on his own.

Yang Lian said angrily on the spot: "Traitor, eunuch."

Then, with a flick of his robe, he also entered the hall.

In the hall, Wanli lay on the bed, closed his eyes and did not speak, while Yang Lian's memorial was thrown under the bed together with the ledger.

After hearing the movement, Wanli opened his eyes and said, "Wei Zhongxian, please read Master Yang's memorial."

Wei Zhongxian opened the memorial, and after seeing some things about the Battle of Salhu in it, he began to impeach him. Wei Zhongxian also saw his own name, Li Chengliang, Li Rusong, and the names of many guards at the border.

Wei Zhongxian was taken aback. Could it be that Yang Lian is crazy? This civil and military man of the court was almost impeached by Yang Lian's memorial.

Wanli said, "Wei Zhongxian, what do you think after reading it?"

Wei Zhongxian lowered his body and said, "Return to Your Majesty, it's hard for me to say."

Wanli said angrily: "It's hard to say, what's not to say, according to Master Yang's words, all the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty should be killed. When the time comes, who will rule the world, Yang Lian, tell me."

Yang Lian said: "This is not something that I should consider, it is your Majesty's responsibility. The duty of a minister is to speak out when there is an injustice, and to remind Your Majesty that the decision is your Majesty's business."

Wanli was laughed angrily: "It's not something you should consider, so tell me, what crime should you be guilty of falsely accusing a minister of the court?"

Yang Lian: "Dismissed from office, exiled."

Wanli said: "You still know, okay, you've been drenched in the rain, so you should wake up, tell me, what's the main thing this time, what's written in your memorial is unclear."

Yang Lian was surprised: "Didn't Your Majesty read the account book?"

Wanli: "After reading your memorial, what else do I have in mind to do?"

As soon as the words fell, Wei Zhongxian bowed down, picked up the ledger, and handed it to Wanli respectfully.

Wanli said: "Wei Zhongxian, I'm a little tired, come and read what's written on it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"In the 22nd year of Wanli, I sold 500 pieces of ironware and exchanged them for 3000 cattle, sheep and war horses. I made a profit of 1000 taels and handed over [-] taels to the frontier army."

"In 23 years, 800 ironware, 200 cattle and sheep, 5000 taels of profit, and 2000 taels of frontier troops."

"In January of the 47th year of Wanli, 1 ironware and 3 firearms were sold. Houjin owed 5000 million taels in debt. The total debt owed was tens of millions of taels. The frontier army owed 100 million taels. We exchanged information."

"In April of the 47th year of Wanli, Houjin paid 4 million taels of intelligence fees, and the debts with the frontier army were cleared."

The ledger is full of transaction records with Houjin.

Wanli still closed his eyes and listened at the beginning, but the further he got to the back, the wider his eyes opened until finally, his eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes.

Wei Zhongxian didn't take it seriously at first, but the more he read it to the end, the more frightened he became, and the vibrato was already in his voice.

Although Wei Zhongxian is also greedy, he still knows what money should be taken and what money should not be taken. From this account book, we can know how rotten the frontier army has become.

With such an army, what do they use to protect the border, once the border is broken, the capital will be in the pocket of others.

Until Wei Zhongxian's voice fell, Wanli didn't speak, but panted heavily.

After a long time, Wanli said in a deep voice: "Wei Zhongxian, send your people from the East Factory to check whether the situation recorded in this ledger is true. I will give you three days, can you do it?"

Wei Zhongxian knew that at this time, if it cannot be done, it must be done, and he replied: "I will not say goodbye even if I die, please rest assured, Your Majesty."

Wanli turned to look at Yang Lian, and said, "Yang Lian, where did you get this ledger?"

Yang Lian said: "I don't know, it was placed in front of the door of the subject's room early this morning, and the subject thought the assassin had entered."

Wanli stared at Yang Lian, didn't speak, and didn't know whether he believed Yang Lian's words or not.

But it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, once Yang Lian handed over the account book, the rest of the matter has little to do with him.

Now, Wei Zhongxian has also joined in. For Yang Lian, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

When the time comes, the officials will attack him, and he will have someone to share the firepower.

Wei Zhongxian also thought of it at this time, and cursed in his heart: "This old thing, no wonder the crime of impeaching oneself is the most serious in the memorial. It turned out that he wanted to drag himself into the water, and the emperor would definitely summon him, and he deliberately drenched himself in the rain at the door. , don’t come in, bah, this bunch of civil servants have black hearts.”

After the two went out, Wei Zhongxian said with a dark face, "Your Excellency Yang is really good."

In fact, Yang Lian took advantage of it, and no longer talked about competing with Wei Zhongxian, but said with a smile: "Master Wei is dedicated to working for my Ming Dynasty, and that is the real meritorious service."

After finishing speaking, he laughed and walked away.

Only Wei Zhongxian was left standing there, glaring at the direction Yang Lian left.

What happened in the palace is irrelevant to Shen Yi, what matters most to him now is how to fish in troubled waters under the noses of these people, and get Lu Wenzhao into the team of raiding the house.

While Shen Yi was still thinking hard about a solution, things ushered in an unexpected change.

After Wei Zhongxian found out that the account book was true three days later, he reported back to Wanli.

Wanli ordered that this matter be kept secret, the frontier army could not be moved, since Daming had just experienced a big defeat, if the frontier army were to be moved again, something serious would happen.

But the frontier army can't move, these merchants don't need to be patient, just let Wei Zhongxian ransack the house and send them off.

Wei Zhongxian also had a headache when he received the task. Although these merchants have no real power, they are indeed the pocketbooks of many high-ranking officials in the court.

After thinking about it, Wei Zhongxian issued an order to hand over the matter to Jin Yiwei for investigation.

Jinyiwei is also full of veterans. Anyone who has a little relationship doesn't know that this is a big hole. After tossing and turning, the task came to Lu Wenzhao, who just took office in Jinyiwei Qianhu.

Shen Yi was overjoyed, he didn't expect the surprise to come so suddenly, and he lost so many brain cells in vain.

When Lu Wenzhao received the order, he thought it was Shen Yi who operated from it, so he let the task fall on him.

When I went back to discuss the matter with Shen Yi, I realized that everything was a coincidence.

But it doesn't matter, the most important thing is to achieve the goal.

But until the time of departure, only two people came from more than a dozen households under Lu Wenzhao's command, one was Shen Lian and the other was Ding Xian.

The rest are small flags, and there are not many general flags.

Lu Wenzhao sneered in his heart. These people only knew that they should not offend the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but they did not expect that what they did would offend the future emperor and prince.

After giving the order to set off, Lu Wenzhao took the lead and copied down the list one by one.

It wasn't until the evening that the raid came to an end, and people in the capital were panicked, not knowing what happened.

They are all inquiring about each other, and the officials have a vague premonition, but they are still not sure.

The exact news can only be obtained after tomorrow morning.