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Chapter 463 Swarm Up
For Fan Dongrui's deliberate reminder, Gao Pan did not quibble, but chuckled and said:
"Lord Fan, I will naturally remember what I said, but I haven't figured out the matter now, shouldn't I investigate it before we discuss the crime?"

After hearing this, Fan Dongrui thought that Gao Pan was unwilling to plead guilty, so he said coldly:
"Gao Pan, the facts are right in front of you, do you still want to quibble? The evidence is solid, you have to admit it!"

Seeing that Fan Dongrui called his own name directly, Gao Pan knew that he had shown his 'fangs', and that he was not what he was before, but he was coming for him.

After thinking about it, he also replied coldly:

"Master Fan, I would like to advise you to stick to your duties and not to be used as a pawn. There are still so many doubts about this matter. Don't you plan to investigate further?"

After hearing this, Fan Dongrui stared at Gao Pan with wide eyes:

"Gao Pan, death is imminent, do you still want to get rid of the crime? Have you seen these grains? These were shipped from Dantang County. You were the magistrate of Dantang County before. The report said that you should hand over [-] shi grain, but now the granary receives only [-]%?"

"Gao Pan, Gao Pan, how long do you think you are going to resist?"

As he said that, Fan Dongrui ignored Gao Pan and strode away from here on his own, as if he had concluded that Gao Pan was dead.

But Gao Pan smiled all over his face, with a bit of weirdness and sternness in his smile, as if he was grinning grinningly.

"Master Gao...how should this be done? Xiaguan...Xiaguan clearly saw the food they brought in yesterday, why is it less today?"

Ambassador Ku Chen Jinxi said in a very confused manner with a bitter face at the moment.

After Gao Pan listened, he looked at the grain pile not far away, and said with a smile:

"My lord Chen, I feel that good and bad fortune depend on each other. Maybe this is a rare good thing?"

With that said, Gao Pan also left the granary with his people, preparing to go back to the household department.

After Chen Jinxi heard it, his face was full of mirrors, he didn't understand what Gao Pan meant, how could it become a happy event?

Right now they need to prove their innocence, no matter how they look at it, it doesn't look like a happy event!

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"Stop! Under the order of the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, arrest the criminal minister Gao Pan, and you all will follow me back to the Ministry of Punishment for review!"

On Gao Pan's way back to the city, he was stopped by someone from the Ministry of Punishment, who was about to take Gao Pan and others away.

Seeing this, Gao Pan didn't resist, and obediently followed the people from the Ministry of Punishment, wondering in his heart, it seems that the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment also belonged to Wang Xueqing's group?
At the same time, Wang Xueqing, as if he had caught something important, wrote a letter to He Canlian while writing a memorial, denouncing Xia Liang of Dantang County for lying, and Gao Pan, the head of the household department, for enriching his own pockets and perverting the law!
This kind of thing was soon spread to the Fuzheng Pavilion, and He Canlian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was originally one of the elders of the pavilion. He had heard Wang Xueqing talk about it a long time ago.

The old party headed by him seemed to have sensed the trend, and wrote letters to Emperor Tianfeng one after another.

They all have the same tone, that is, Dantang County, as the first place to implement the New Deal, lied about paying taxes, which is really a big crime.

At the same time, according to the information we have now, the taxed summer grain that Dantang County actually paid was only [-] shi, which was even less than the grain collected in previous years.

This shows that the New Deal is simply an illusion. There is no talk of increasing taxes, but instead it reduces the original high taxes!

This matter was considered big enough, and the elders of the auxiliary government cabinet asked Emperor Tianfeng to make a decision in person.

Dong Pingzhang, chief assistant of the auxiliary government cabinet, reminded them lightly that there was no need to disturb Emperor Tianfeng for such a trivial matter, and it was enough to discuss it in the auxiliary government cabinet.

He Canlian knew that this was a rare and good opportunity, and firmly believed that Emperor Tianfeng must be informed of this matter, otherwise, he would be a traitor and traitor who deceived the emperor and deceived the emperor!

Seeing that what He Canlian said was so serious, Dong Pingzhang couldn't stop him, allowing them to bring this matter to Emperor Tianfeng.

Taxes in the world are related to the life and death of the dynasty. Emperor Tianfeng naturally knew the benefits and disadvantages of it. After reading the letters from several people, he asked people to invite all the elders of the auxiliary government cabinet to the imperial study for discussion.

There are five cabinet elders in the Fuzheng Pavilion, two full-time elders, respectively the first assistant Dong Pingzhang, the second assistant Liang Wendao, and the other three are concurrently serving as ministers of six departments.

Among them, He Canlian is the Minister of the Ministry of Households, Ma Deshan is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Zheng Yuancai is the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Dong Pingzhang was the leader, Liang Wendao was the assistant, and the other three just put forward their own suggestions, and it was Dong Pingzhang who really nodded.

Ma Deshan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was originally a Qingliu of Dong Pingzhang's faction. After the introduction of the New Deal, he was the first person who explicitly supported it and could be classified as a member of the New Party faction.

However, He Canlian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, clearly opposed the New Deal and could be classified as the old party, and on the surface, He Canlian was regarded as the leader of the old party.

The attitudes of the other three elders are vague, and it is temporarily unclear which side they are on. The three of them usually do not show themselves.

Especially Zheng Yuancai, Minister of the Ministry of War, seemed a little mysterious. As the youngest cabinet elder in the Fuzheng Pavilion, Zheng Yuancai was already 58 years old. His temples were gray, but his eyes were piercing. It doesn't look like an old man who is about to be sixty years old.

And the other elders are all in their sixtieth year, and each one of them looks a little bit old.

When they came to the imperial study room, Emperor Tianfeng hurriedly asked them to show the seats for the five of them. It could be seen that the five of them were already out of breath after walking for a while.

Faced with what Wang Xueqing said, Emperor Tianfeng asked the five people what was going on.

He Canlian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, spoke first, and he explained the inside and outside of the matter clearly.

First of all, Dantang County must have lied about the amount of taxation, and secondly, a group of grain supervisors who inspected taxation and Gao Pan colluded with each other and corrupted some grain.

In the end, Gao Pan, who was promoted to the head of the household department, was even more guilty. He knew that the taxes in Dantang County were wrong, but he still swaggered to sign and pledge, which was a heinous crime.

He Canlian asked Emperor Tianfeng for instructions, immediately sent Gao Pan to prison, interrogated him strictly, and insisted that Gao Pan should explain the matter clearly.

Dong Pingzhang was not surprised that He Canlian took the lead in launching the attack. He Canlian had clearly expressed his opposition to the New Deal, and it was reasonable for him to be so anxious.

After the other elders finished expressing their attitudes, Dong Pingzhang was the last one to express his attitude.

His attitude is very simple, that is to give Gao Pan a chance to defend himself, and he doesn't say much about the rest, as if he believes in Gao Pan very much.

After hearing the words of the five people, Emperor Tianfeng thought for a moment, and immediately asked Gao Pan to defend himself, or to explain his guilt!
(End of this chapter)