Spoiling my mistress and swallowing my dowry? After my rebirth, I changed my marriage to a powerful

In order to capture the Prince of Chu, Xie Zhaozhao still gave Zhou Shaoyu a heads-up.

Zhou Shaoyu totally agreed.

Thanks to Xie Zhaozhao's ocean-going fleet, which brought high-yield seeds and the circulation of materials, the Yulong Kingdom had no shortage of grain in its treasury, and there was also sufficient silver and money. Taxes on the people were reduced again and again, and life was many times more prosperous than during the Daqian period.

However, although the imperial court reduced taxes, the officials below continued to deduct money from the people in various ways.

For example, if the imperial court only collects 20% this year, local officials will collect 30% or 40%, and the people will still be very happy because they can keep 60%.

The local officials took 20%, and no one complained.

When officials were greedy, Zhou Shaoyu sometimes turned a blind eye.

If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. It is impossible to govern a country by relying on clear water, or in other words, it is impossible to accomplish anything by relying on clear water.

However, if someone is extremely corrupt, or if he runs into a gun, he will be killed to the death.

This is the case with the Crown Prince of Chu.

As one of the two princes left from the generation of Emperor Hui's father (Prince Jing and Prince of Chu), he not only retained all his previous honors, but the court also generously gave him the position of grain supervisor of the Jiangnan granary.

After he became the Grain Inspector, he never restrained himself from the beginning.

Leng Luo reported the matter to Zhou Shaoyu several times, but Zhou Shaoyu just reminded the King of Chu and did nothing.

Now Xie Zhaozhao pointed out that in the past six months, the soldiers' fine grains and horses' fodder had not only been seriously infested with insects, but also moldy. More importantly, the fine grains were not allowed to contain more than 10% coarse grains, but now 70% were coarse grains.

Not only are they coarse grains, but they are also moldy and spoiled grains.

Xie Zhaozhao asked the people of the Embroidered Uniform Guard to find a way to get all the account books. The people of the Imperial City Bureau and the Embroidered Uniform Guard had some overlapping functions in gathering information. For the sake of their own departmental honor, both departments showed their real abilities and obtained astonishing evidence.

It took both departments less than a month to get their account books, letters, and contracts.

When Zhou Shaoyu saw the evidence, he was so angry that he was speechless for a long time.

Call the Dali Temple Minister over, give him the evidence, and investigate it thoroughly!

The Dali Temple did not dare to delay and acted extremely quickly. The evidence of embezzlement was only part of the case.

The corruption case of the Prince of Chu was about to be published in the Yulong Newspaper, so Xie Yu sent people to stake out the Dali Temple.

As soon as the first draft was finished, Xie Yu immediately went to find Zhang Yanyan.

"Princess Ning, the Liu family can no longer be saved. If you want to divorce Liu Mingxuan, this is a good time."

Zhang Yanyan read the manuscript and said gratefully, "Thank you, King Qi. I will go back and settle the matter with the Liu family right away."

Chen Xiang asked Zhang Yanyan excitedly: "Princess, do you want to tell the Zhang family?"

Ever since Minister Zhang retired, the Zhang family has never risen.

Xie Zhaozhao took care of Zhang Yanyan and made her a princess. There was no reason for her to drag the entire Zhang family into this.

So this is also the reason why the Liu family has always been so domineering.

Zhang Yanyan shook her head: "Let's not trouble our father, mother and brother, we can solve it ourselves."

The master and servant returned to Liu's house, only to find it decorated with lights and colorful decorations.

When the servants saw Zhang Yanyan and Chenxiang coming back, they all hid away.

Zhang Yanyan frowned and asked, "What's the happy event in the mansion?"

The servant hesitated, and Chenxiang slapped him: "Didn't you hear the princess ask? Are you deaf?"

The girl was slapped and was furious. She said without caring, "Besides bullying us servants, if you have the guts, go find Madam Yuan!"

"What Madam Yuan?" Zhang Yanyan said to the guard driving the car, "Zhang Hu, this disrespectful slave girl, give me a good beating."

Chenxiang has followed Zhang Yanyan to the Liu Mansion for four years. He has really had enough of seeing them bully his own eldest daughter.

He cursed fiercely: "No matter what the masters are like, you are a servant, and you actually disobeyed the princess. Even if you are beaten to death, no one dares to say no!"

The guard Zhang Hu came with the Zhang family. He was very skilled in martial arts and beat the maid without using his hands. He kicked the maid with one kick, causing her to scream in pain.

Madam Liu heard the noise and someone told her that "Princess Ning is back." Madam Liu pouted, "Princess? What kind of princess is she? A woman who is immoral and corrupt. Now that the Zhang family is in decline, she still acts like a high and mighty lady?"

Send the old lady beside you over here.

She was Mrs. Jiao, the woman who often went to the newspaper office to cause trouble. She was the wet nurse who came with Mrs. Liu from her parents' home.

She came over and saw the maid who was kicked and couldn't get up. She said with a sullen face: "Did the young lady get angry outside? Why are you taking it out on a little maid? There is a wedding in the mansion, what are you doing?"

Zhang Yanyan didn't ask what the happy event was, and said to Zhang Hu: "Beat this old slave hard for me!"

Zhang Hu was not polite at all. He punched the wet nurse so hard that her cheekbone was broken and her nose and eyes were bleeding.

Then he opened his legs again with great force, and the wet nurse hit her head against the wall. She fainted without even a cry.

The little girl who had been beaten was crawling desperately.

Zhang Yanyan took Zhang Hu to the hall step by step.

The hall was also hung with red silk, and a newlywed couple was serving tea to Mrs. Liu.

It turned out that Liu Mingxuan had taken in a concubine named Yuan.

Zhang Yanyan came over, and Yuan was timid, so she bowed and said, "Greetings, Sister Princess."

Zhang Yanyan ignored her and asked Liu Mingxuan: "Why didn't you tell me you were taking a concubine?"

Liu Mingxuan said disgustedly: "I'm looking for you, but where can I find you? You rely on Emperor An's support, so how can you take the Liu family seriously?"

Madam Liu said with a bad face: "Since Princess Ning doesn't take the Liu family seriously, then she doesn't need to care about the Liu family's affairs."

"Liu Mingxuan, this woman almost caused our Fu'er to lose her life, and you actually want to take her as your concubine?" Zhang Yanyan was so angry that her hands were shaking.

When Xie Zhaozhao was forced to divorce by Emperor Hui, she went to visit Xie Zhaozhao while pregnant with her second child. When she came back, Yuan instigated discord, saying that Zhang Yanyan helped the Xie family and would implicate the Liu family. As a result, Zhang Yanyan was locked up in the back house by Liu Mingxuan, and was starved for several days, almost causing her to miscarry.

Now Liu Mingxuan wants to take Yuan as his concubine.

If Liu Mingxuan had not been afraid of Xie Zhaozhao, wouldn't he have made Yuan his legal wife and made Zhang Yanyan his concubine?

"Liu Mingxuan, if you take her as your concubine, I will ask His Majesty to make the decision and take the two children with me to divorce you." Zhang Yanyan said, "Didn't you say that I relied on the power of His Majesty An? I did, what can you do about it?"

When Yuan heard this, she immediately knelt on the ground and cried, "Please, sister, have mercy on me. I am pregnant with the eldest young master's child. You can't let the blood of the Liu family flow out into the wild, can you?"

Liu Mingxuan helped Yuan up and said, "You don't have to kneel before her. It's normal for a man to have a concubine. I'm not afraid of her going to Emperor An to spread rumors."

Zhang Yanyan looked at Liu Mingxuan and said, "Liu Mingxuan, since we are tired of each other, let's get divorced!"

Liu Mingxuan said, "What do you want to do? I'm divorcing you, and you're going to talk nonsense to Emperor An again?"

"I won't say divorce. I don't want to live with you anymore."

"Do you know that after the divorce, the Zhang family will be ruined, and you will be a slut with nowhere to stay?"

Zhang Yanyan really wanted to spit out blood. Why didn’t her mother see clearly what a jackal she was?

"How can I not bother you, and divorce you?"

Madam Liu said, "Divorce is not possible, divorce her!"

Zhang Yanyan said: "We are going to separate anyway, you won't covet my dowry, right? Then we can just part ways amicably!"

Mrs. Liu insisted on not getting a divorce and had to divorce her. She had long since stopped wanting this daughter-in-law.

Zhang Yanyan and Xie Zhaozhao were good friends. She was named a princess and her son was asked to be named a prince. However, Liu Mingxuan even dismissed the transport envoy.

The Liu family has become a joke.

Zhang Yanyan smiled sarcastically.

"You don't want to divorce, right? Then divorce me. But it's not you, Liu Mingxuan, who is divorcing me. It's me, the princess, who is divorcing you!"

Zhang Yanyan returned to her room and said to the servants in the courtyard, "Go back to the Zhang Mansion and send someone to bring back all of my dowry. Remember to bring more people with you!"

She quickly wrote a letter of divorce and threw it in Liu Mingxuan's face.

Liu Mingxuan also wrote a letter of divorce to Zhang Yanyan.

Neither of them accepted each other's divorce letters.

The Zhang family quickly sent someone, and Lord Zhang came in person to pick up his daughter. He was not polite to Minister Liu and his attitude was firm, half polite and half threatening.

"If the children are not suitable, then divorce them, or I will ask the emperor to do justice!"

The retired emperor Xie Anfeng had a special relationship with Zhang's father.

Minister Liu had no choice but to ask Liu Mingxuan and Zhang Yanyan to sign a divorce agreement.

There were only two children, and the Liu family was determined not to let them go.

Divorce is allowed, but the Liu family’s children cannot be taken away.

Zhang Yanyan wanted to argue, but Master Zhang said, "Take the dowry away first. There is no rush for the child."

Even if Lord Zhang is not in the court, the scheming of the Minister of Personnel cannot be matched by ten Zhang Yanyans.

In the warehouse, all of Zhang Yanyan’s dowry was taken away.

It took a whole day to empty the warehouse. Chenxiang was angry and took away all the grass brought by the Zhang family without leaving any at all at the Liu family.

In fact, the Liu family did not want to covet Zhang Yanyan's dowry, although her dowry was very generous, but Yuan was born in the Yuan family, a merchant family in Jingxi Prefecture, and her family was not short of money. Yuan became a concubine in an urgent need to improve her status.

It would be best if Zhang Yanyan left. She could stop being a concubine and become a second wife directly.

As soon as Liu Mingxuan and Zhang Yanyan divorced, the Dali Temple started arresting people the next day.

In this kind of major case, especially a corruption case with a special main culprit, if you act a little slowly, key witnesses will die immediately and the real big fish will all escape.

With lightning speed, the Dali Temple detectives rushed into the Liu family, identified Liu Mingxuan, and arrested him.

The second one captured the Prince of Chu.

The third one is to arrest Minister Liu as well.

He was sent directly to the Heavenly Prison and no one was allowed to visit him.

Even the old King of Chu was invited by Zhou Shaoyu to the palace for tea, which was neither long nor short, but he was not allowed to go home or see his family.

To prevent collusion.

The Liu family was dumbfounded. Their first reaction was even: Zhang Yanyan went to Emperor An to complain!

Each branch of the Liu family wanted to go out to inquire, but the entire Liu Mansion was surrounded by the Imperial Guards and they couldn't get out at all.

Yuan's father and brother were in the capital. When they heard the news of the incident at Liu's mansion, they were dumbfounded.

Yesterday, Zhang Yanyan and Liu Mingxuan divorced, and their daughter said that she could be promoted to the legal wife. Why were both her in-laws and son-in-law arrested today?

The common people didn’t know either, and they were all saying, “Liu Mingxuan favored his concubine and killed his wife, he deserved it!”

But Yuan's father was an old hand, and he shook his head: "Impossible, Emperor An is the ruler of a country, it is impossible for him to arrest a fourth-rank official because of something in the harem."

But I couldn’t get into Liu’s house.

Liu Mingxuan has been working with the Prince of Chu for the past two years, and they have also participated in the reselling of grain. Both Liu Mingxuan and the Prince of Chu resold grain through the Yuan family.

They immediately went to the Prince of Chu's mansion and found that the door was also closed. No matter who came, they would always say, "The master is not here."

The Yuan family father and son were able to build such a big business, they are definitely not stupid, what else don't they understand? It's not something happening in the backyard, it must be a grain reselling incident.

What are you waiting for? Run!