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Chapter 358

With Wan's business in the capital for many years, it is not a problem to save millions of dollars, but if Wan Heng is asked to take out a million taels of banknotes at a time, unless he sells the property immediately, it is absolutely a dream!After all, not every senior official can be as corrupt as Yan Song and Xu Jie.

In the end, Wan Heng gritted his teeth so that the players would not leave the tea and their families would be ruined, and finally drew out more than 70 taels of silver notes.Wan Heng threw the more than 70 taels of Dongbao banknotes to the interrogating officials in the imperial prison, and told them that this was the evidence of Dongbao's collusion with Dongchang!

Of course, the official of Jinyiwei who interrogated the prisoner who gave the bank notes was not a fool. When he saw the thick stack of old and new bank notes, he guessed the tricks in it.You must know that the stack of Goryeo paper that was used as evidence at the beginning was a yard new.And according to Jin Yiwei, who was arresting the criminal at the time, before the words on it disappeared, all of them were silver bills worth a thousand taels, more than 100 silver bills worth a thousand taels!

However, the hall officials of Jinyiwei also admired Wanheng, and in order to bring down Dongchang, they did not hesitate to cut more than 70 taels of flesh from themselves to frame others.But I have to say that once the Dongbao bank notes of 70 taels arrive, many problems can be easily solved.Now there are witnesses and physical evidence, plus a Wanyu Building that "turns away from the dark and turns to the light".

On the 13th day of the twelfth lunar month, on an unremarkable morning, under the double instructions of the commander of Jinyiwei Wan Heng and the chief assistant of the cabinet Wan An, the imperial historians in the court hall impeached Shang Ming, the admiral of the East Factory, flew like snowflakes Arrived in front of Emperor Shenghua.It stands to reason that this kind of thing should have been submitted to the cabinet first, and then the supervisor of rituals.But Shang Ming was originally the lackey of the Minister of Rites, and naturally Wan An would not allow these memorials to go the usual way, so there was a surprise performance this morning.

Of course, Emperor Shenghua also understood that his beloved concubine had already started to move, to remove those who stood in his way for his son to take the crown prince.But Emperor Shenghua didn't want to understand why Shang Ming from Dongchang became a stumbling block for the noble concubine. Could it be that Shang Ming is also part of the prince's party?But as far as Shenghua knew, the current princelings were just some civil servants headed by Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang. He had never heard of any relationship between his prince and Dongchang.

But Sheng Hua immediately thought, isn't Shang Ming's inner face Huai En behind him?Don't look at Wynn who usually ignores the prince, but Shenghua can see that he appreciates the prince very much.Therefore, the real goal of Concubine Wan Gui's party is Huai En, the eunuch who has been in charge of the Supervisor of Rituals for more than 20 years!
Shenghua showed an ambiguous attitude towards the impeachment memorials of the censors, because Shenghua also wanted to know how the ministers in the court chose to stand in line and how many of them would On the side of Concubine Wan Gui, how many people will support the prince.However, Sheng Hua wanted to know more, what kind of counterattack would his prince come up with when faced with such a situation?

After returning to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Shenghua immediately called Wynn to his side and asked him, "Do you know about Dongchang?"

Wynn didn't hide anything, and said bluntly, "I always knew."

"Oh? So, the Dongbao Chamber of Commerce has been paying bribes all these years?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Dongbao Chamber of Commerce did not bribe Dongchang, but Dongchang bought the shares of their Chamber of Commerce, and received two dividends from the Chamber of Commerce every year."

"Is this a lot of silver?"

Wynn replied with a smile: "After a year, there will be more than 200 million taels when it is more, and more than 100 million taels when it is less."

"That's quite a lot." Shenghua couldn't help sighing, and asked, "And then?"

"Then the money will be used to guarantee the daily expenses of the East Factory, maintain the intelligence network of the East Factory, and prevent monkey cubs from corrupting ink or withholding local taxes."

"Oh! That is, you spend your own money to prevent your own people from embezzling the Mo court's money?"

"Your Majesty is wise."

Shenghua also slapped his thigh and said: "I said, how come my internal treasury has so much money in the past few years? It turns out that it was left over from your side!" After finishing speaking, Shenghua asked Wynn with a smile: "So Are you ready to help rebel?"

Everyone in the world said that being with a king is like being with a tiger, but the emperor Shenghua's face really changed as soon as he said it, and turned like the wind.The sudden sentence scared Wynn into a cold sweat.Wynn immediately knelt down and confessed: "The slave deserves death."

"Then what crime did my Eunuch Huai commit?"

Wynn took advantage of Shenghua's unpreparedness, and replied without hesitation: "I don't know..."

Shenghua also laughed angrily at Wynn's "I don't know". After laughing for a long time, he asked Wynn again: "Do you know that Shang Ming, one of my disciples, supports the prince?"

"Long live back, I know. And the slaves are also supporting the prince behind his back."

"When did it start?"

"The slave dare not hide it, it started before the prince was born."

"Not yet born?"

"When Concubine Ji Shu was found to be pregnant, I used all kinds of means to tell Concubine Ji Shu to steal the beam and enter the Nei'an Letang, and sent someone to take care of the prince until Long live to welcome the prince back."

"You know, you have committed the crime of deceiving the king!"

"I know this, but I just wanted to give me a chance to continue my bloodline and give Your Majesty a chance. Fortunately, the prince has been smart since he was a child, and now he is more respectful, benevolent and filial. Regretted."

"It's good that I haven't regretted it! Then I ask you, have you been helping the prince to advise him all these years?"

"Back to Lord Long Live, the servant is only responsible for supporting, not making suggestions!"

"Then why do you support him? As far as I know, you have no other relatives alive except for an adopted son, so you really need a reason for you to support him!"

Wynn knelt on the ground respectfully, and replied humbly: "I just don't want to see the prince lose his mother when he was young, and be killed by an adulterer alone in the harem!"

"A traitor?" Sheng Hua asked him with a sneer: "Then you tell me, who is this traitor?"

"Your Majesty, why bother to ask?"

"Bold!" Shenghua jumped up, pointed at Wynn and cursed: "Wynn, Wynn, you are so calculating, you have kept me in the dark for more than ten years. It's true Your courage is truly beyond the limit!"

But Wynn kowtowed and replied: "Slaves have always been courageous."

"Hahahaha! What a courageous person!" Emperor Shenghua's face turned faster than fanbooks. He was still furious just now, but now he laughed again, and asked Wynn: "You are, my dear." After the crown prince leaves your support, will his position still be stable?"

"That depends on how far the prince who wants to fight for the crown prince wants to fight."

"Then Huai Aiqing, tell me, if you help other princes fight for the throne, to what extent will you fight for it?"

At this moment, Wynn raised his head suddenly, stared into Shenghua's eyes and asked, "Is what Your Majesty wants to hear from the servant?"

Shenghua nodded.

"At all costs! Don't die!" At this point, Wynn paused, and then said: "It's about your family and life. Once you fail to find a position, you will not hesitate to launch it at the critical moment..."

"Enough!" Emperor Shenghua got up, interrupted Wynn, and said to Wynn as he walked: "You have stayed in the position of inner minister for too long, and it is time to move your bones. You Go back and pack up your things, and wait for my word to go."

"The slave takes orders."

However, Emperor Shenghua's order was like the impeachment memorials of the censors, all of which disappeared without even a single ripple, and then the court fell into a kind of frightening silence.This silence did not gradually ease until February, the 21st year of Shenghua.

The decision on the disposal of Admiral Shang Ming of the East Factory was also made in February. Our Admiral Shang was finally fortunate to become an honorable member of the tens of thousands of Nanjing troops guarding the mausoleum!But what surprised everyone in the court was that Eunuch Shang was not the only one who was demoted to Nanjing, and more than 40 middle and high-level managers of the East Factory also left with Eunuch Shang.

For this reason, the censors who "hate evil like hatred" seemed to have won an unprecedented victory, and they couldn't help but celebrate with each other.But the discerning minister has already noticed something strange, because this action is tantamount to removing all the pillars of Dongchang. Is His Majesty planning to abolish his martial arts?
But the most surprising thing is that, as the cornerstone of the inner court and the greatest contributor to maintaining the operation of the court for more than 20 years, the eunuch Huai En, the chief inspector of ceremonies, was also driven to guard the tomb by the emperor!

"Could it be...Emperor Shenghua doesn't intend to pass?" Liu Jian thought so.

……

the third

Well, after the big villain Wan Shi is dealt with, the main story of Dongying is all over.

(End of this chapter)