Crossing Wu Dalang starts from selling cakes

Chapter 557 Wang Fu's Evidence!

This time southern officials embezzled silver taels, a total of 350 million taels.

33 officials were beheaded.

The remaining 160 officials were sent to the frontier, and countless were imprisoned and their property confiscated.

For many things, as long as the key person in the head is caught, once the confession is made, the rest will be involved. They want to punish everyone lightly and pull everyone together, but Wu Zhi is one size fits all.

Many of those who were confessed did not dare to deny it at all, and they all admitted it.

Wu Zhi was not soft at all.

Of course, many of them were not handled by Wu Zhi personally, and the big officials at the head were handled by Wu Zhi himself.The rest are handed over to the people under him.

He is still at ease with the people around Wu Zhi.Whoever dares to mess around, he will not let it go.

Of course, if the circumstances were relatively minor, Wu Zhi did not beat them all to death with a single stick. After all, the Central Plains still needs to maintain order, and the head cannot be let go, and the middle management will give some punishment.

The lower-level officials deterred him and confiscated his embezzled property and fined him three years of salary.

Except for a group of officials at the head of the South, almost no death penalty was imposed on the rest.

The reason why Wang He and others were sentenced to death was that they had shaken the value of banknotes, affected the economy of the Song Dynasty, and sent people to assassinate the prime minister of the dynasty. The circumstances were serious, and they must die.

Wu Zhi dealt with these very quickly, did not delay time, and did not travel anywhere. Wherever he went, he could always find unscrupulous officials.

During this period of time, the officials in the south were afraid and uneasy, and the people talked about it day and night.

When Wu Zhi left, the people would personally send him off.

Wu Zhi made an indelible contribution to the local area and stabilized the hearts of the people of Song Dynasty.

If the whole world complains, this dynasty will be over.

In addition, at least 160 million mu of fertile land was confiscated, many of which belonged to local people and small businessmen, all of which were seized by officials.

All these fertile fields have been confiscated.

What should be returned to the people will be compensated according to the new French policy.

Yanfu Palace.

In the small gazebo in the garden.

Song Huizong and Wu Zhi were drinking.

When Song Huizong heard the news, he was also quite shocked: "I didn't expect that there are so many corrupt officials in the Central Plains, and so many people's good land has been taken over? More than 100 million mu! This group of beasts!..."

"Also, they embezzled more than 2 million taels of silver... In the past, the national treasury was only tens of millions of taels a year. These people..."

Song Huizong took a deep breath, trembling all over.

Don't say that.

How much does the occupied fertile land lose in tax revenue every year?

Song Huizong really didn't expect these people to be so greedy.

Wu Zhi said: "There is still a lot of money for disaster relief that has been embezzled. In fact, every time a disaster occurs, the silver allocated by the imperial court has been searched layer by layer and reached the hands of the people below, less than [-]%."

"Fortunately, they were all punished. The southern officials, headed by Wang He, have been beheaded by the humble officials! It can be regarded as calming down the hearts of the people."

"Good cut!"

Song Huizong: "These people should be killed. The Great Song Dynasty was harmed by these people. If it weren't for the military minister's review, I don't know that corruption is so ruthless!"

Song Huizong thought that they were just making small troubles, which was inevitable, but such a huge amount was simply appalling.

Wu Zhi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the Central Plains area has been rectified, and the reform of the new law has begun to be implemented. Next, I will deal with the officials in Bianjing City. Many of the officials in Bianjing City are high-ranking officials. Your Majesty..."

"Wu Aiqing, just do it. Since I entrusted this matter to you, I know what will happen. For the sake of the development of the Song Dynasty, you can let it go! Don't worry about anything, I will support you if something goes wrong!"

Song Huizong was both joyful and emotional.

I am happy that the confiscated silver has enriched the national treasury, but I feel that the officials of the Song Dynasty are too bad.

This greed is all Da Song's money!
Although Song Huizong was an artistic emperor, he learned a lot about governing the country since he was a child. He knew that if there were too many officials like this, it would be extremely detrimental to the people. When everyone responds, Da Song is over.

Of course, with the presence of a military minister in the Great Song Dynasty, he did not believe that such a day would come, but such hidden dangers should be eliminated.

Wu Zhi was affirmed, and immediately left the palace, and began to review in Bianjing.

For a time, the officials and relatives of the emperor in Bianjing were terrified.

Wu Zhi first started his review with Wang Fu.

Because this Wang Fu often opposes him, and this person is also a well-known corrupt official in the Song Dynasty, if he is not punished, who will be punished?
At this moment, Wang Fu is anxious in the mansion. He is destroying the evidence, and some corruption evidence should be burned.

It's just that Wu Zhi came very quickly.

He directly surrounded his mansion with officers and soldiers.

"What are you doing? Whoever let you in, let me out!"

"Did you just break in here, get out!"

Wang Fu was surrounded, he roared angrily.

Seeing Wu Zhi coming in, Wang Fu turned pale: "So it's Prime Minister Wu, I don't know why Prime Minister Wu came here!"

"You know what it is!" Wu Zhi said with a smile: "Now the Song Dynasty is going to implement a new law to collect fertile land, and we are here to check the accounts!"

Wang Fu: "Mr. Wu, the lower officials will cooperate with the matter of the fertile land. I have already prepared the land deed for the fertile land. Come and present it!"

Wang Fu beckoned, and a servant next to him brought out a box, which was full of land deeds for fertile land.

It is Wang Fu's fertile land in Bianjing.

The surrounding area of ​​Bianjing City is still very vast, and there are many fertile fields.

After his subordinates opened the box, there were stacks of land deeds inside. Wu Zhi checked and found that there were only two thousand acres.

How can it be?

As a famous corrupt official in history, he didn't believe this.

"Master Wang, you are dishonest!... Search for me!"

Wu Zhi waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him started rummaging through boxes and boxes.

Wang Fu was very anxious: "Mr. Wu, what is the meaning of this? I have already handed it in, what are you doing? You are crazy, Mr. Wu..."

Wu Zhi ignored Wang Fu, and went straight into the back room, but Wang Fu stopped him, and said anxiously: "Mr. Wu, if you have something to say, don't use force. We are in the side room. The subordinates have something to discuss with Wu Xiang. It’s not a big deal, everything is negotiable.”

Wang Fu said that he wanted to pull Wu Zhi into a corner where no one was around, but Wu Zhi threw it away with one hand: "Master Wang, this new law reform is no small matter. You only have such a small amount of fertile land. You can be fooled by the truth? Please don't hinder me from performing official duties." .”

Wu Zhi pushed Wang Fu aside, not accepting any kindness from him at all.

However, after searching, they did not find Wang Fu's land deed, nor could they prove how many hidden fertile fields Wang Fu had.

Wang Fu is very smart, he moved and burned the things long ago.

Many fertile fields have not been recorded by the household department because they are all occupied.

Seeing that Wu Zhi couldn't find anything, Wang Fu was relieved.

He didn't believe it, Wu Zhi couldn't find any evidence to kill him.

Liangtian, he only has so much, nothing else.

Anyway, he doesn't recognize other fertile fields.

However, Wu Zhi is not a vegetarian, so he asked people to go to the surrounding people to inquire about the situation.

"Master Wang Fu? This person is very bad. His family has at least tens of thousands of acres of fertile land outside the city!"

"A few acres of land in my family were taken away by his subordinates, and I can't get them back!"

"Hehe, what is this? There is another family in the city whose thousands of fertile lands have been occupied by him. That would be a big loss for them. It's just that there is no way to take Wang Fu, and no one can do anything to him. We can only suffer for our common people. !"

Some people provided evidence that Wu Zhi went outside the city to count the fertile land, all of which were occupied by Wang Fu.

When Wu Zhi recognized the fact that he occupied the fertile land, he returned to Wang Fu's house. Wang Fu was so frightened that he could only kneel down and beg for mercy: "Mr. Lao!"

Wang Fu was dripping with cold sweat. If he was found out, he would be finished.

Wu Zhi's eyes flicked to Wang Fu who was kneeling at his feet, he had been shouting happily in the court hall before.

Now once the new method is implemented, Wang Fu will be scared to death, and he only hopes that Wu Zhi can let them go.

There are people testifying, it is useless for him to deny it.

As far as we know, there are at least 3 mu of fertile land owned by Wang Fu.There are 23 houses.

There is also a lot of silver in the house.

The ones that Wang Fu buried in the basements of other houses in Bianjing were also dug out by Wu Zhi.

At present, there are as many as 400 million silver taels collected.

Wu Zhi sighed.

Power is a crutch for the honest and a sharp sword for the greedy.

Corrupt officials will appear in every dynasty, but there is a difference between more corrupt officials and less corrupt officials, so why do corrupt officials always exist?
One is the division of power and the difference in levels. When you reach a certain position, someone will come to please you. At this time, your self-control will be tested. Those who resist will become honest officials, and those who cannot resist will become corrupt officials. , such as Wang Fu, a corrupt official in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Wu Zhi knew Wang Fu, he was an ordinary person when he was young, he didn't do much, the only outstanding thing was his eloquence, he was very flattering and eloquent, after passing the Jinshi examination.

He edited "Nine Regions Tuzhi", and he worked with a man named He Zhi. He admired Wang Fu very much, so he introduced Wang Fu to his father.

He Zhi's father is He Zhizhong, and he finally promoted Wang Fu to Zuo Sijian, which is considered a very good promotion, but Wang Fu is a person who sees profit and forgets righteousness, let alone repaying his favor, he can directly stab you in the back.

Because Wang Fu helped Cai Jing become the prime minister, he was promoted to Yushi Zhongcheng. After that, he planned to hug Cai Jing, a big tree. In order to please Cai Jing, he planned to get rid of He Zhizhong. He listed many crimes against him, but he failed in the end.

Later, he annoyed Cai Jing because of Zheng Juhe, and lost his good job.

But Wang Fu didn't seem to be afraid, he had already made plans at that time, and he wasn't afraid to expose his ambition.

It is impossible and unwilling for him to be subservient to Cai Jing all the time. His goal is so grand that most people dare not think about it.

It has to be said that Wang Fu was really good at pleasing people. With his good eloquence, Song Huizong also doted on him. Not only did he reward his mansion, but he was promoted one after another, and finally became the prime minister directly.

This was unprecedented in the Song Dynasty. Afterwards, Cai Jing also resigned and left, and Wang Fu was even more in the limelight.

At that time, the people had already complained about him, but Wang Fu didn't take it to heart. Instead, he started squandering money and doing a lot of immoral things, stirring up public anger. Later, he was found to have embezzled 6200 million taels of silver.

This number is really rare. Even He Shen, who is famous for his corruption, only has more than 2000 million taels, and Wang Fu is three times his.

However, good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and Wang Fu's fate was not good. He angered the Jurchen tribe by showing off, which made the Jurchen tribe more aggressive. Later, Song Qinzong ascended the throne and publicly stated that he would not accept Wang Fu's congratulations.

Wang Fu was so frightened that he took his family and ran away. He was chased and killed by Nie Shan's people, and finally died at the hands of the people. There are too many people who hate him.

In order to take the overall situation into consideration, Song Qinzong said that Wang Fu was killed by robbers on the road, but no one felt sorry for him, and everyone said that there was more than enough time for his death, which shows how unpopular Wang Fu was when he was alive.

Of course, the current Wang Fu has not reached this point, because the arrival of Wu Zhi has changed many things in Song Dynasty.

Even so, he is not innocent.

Wu Zhi continued to interrogate the stewards and servants in his mansion.

It took some time to tie up Wang Fu for execution, and finally found all his crimes, hidden silver, banknotes, gold and silver jewelry, and some land deeds, all of which were piled up densely, all of which were evidence of crimes. The evidence is overwhelming!
This Wang Fu, who has always been against Wu Zhi, is about to step down!

(End of this chapter)