The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Xiao Jing glanced at Emperor Hongzhi, who nodded slightly.

He walked down quickly and took away Yan Chengjin's impeachment.

Yan Chengjin bowed slightly: "I have another letter, which is a letter from Zhang Tianxiang to Jiao Fang, asking for merit for him, and also paying Lord Jiao money."

This letter was obtained from Qiao.

Jiao Fang was wary of concubines at home, but was very permissive to his son.

Qiao used a beauty trick to get the letter. Jiao Huangzhong was afraid that his father would know that he seduced his aunt, so he didn't dare to reveal a word.

Seeing the familiar letter, Jiao Fang felt as if he was on a mountain of knives, and his whole body was covered with coldness.

"Where did you get the letter? What does it have to do with me?! Don't impeach me randomly, Your Majesty, it's slander..."

"Your Majesty, I don't know who wants to frame me!"

"Yan Chengjin, if I trace the handwriting and write a letter, I can also say that Zhang Tianxiang wrote it to you!"

The villain died because of his talkativeness, but Yan Chengjin was very calm.

After reading the impeachment, Emperor Hongzhi looked at the letter again and ordered Xiao Jing to pass it to Liu Jian and others to review it one by one.

To punish the second-rank officials in the court, we need to be careful and cautious.

Therefore, the cabinet and the six ministries need to read it.

Xie Qian nodded: "Jiao Fang is right, the handwriting can be traced. If someone deliberately framed, it is possible to hand the letter to Lord Yan."

Since he has taken action, he must kill Jiao Fang.

Yan Chengjin has guessed the possibility and has already thought of a countermeasure.

"Qiao Xinyuan also gave Lord Jiao silver, the amount is as much as one thousand taels, the Jinyiwei will know when they search Jiao's house.

Your Majesty can also let Qiao Xinyuan go to the court to confront Lord Jiao."

Jiao Fang fell to his knees with a plop: "Investigate, if you can't find the dirty silver, I will sue you for false accusation!"

Yan Chengjin never speaks nonsense, and Emperor Hongzhi believed him a little and winked at Mou Bin.

Mou Bin walked out of the hall quickly and led the Jinyiwei to Jiao's house.

Jiao Fang looked calm and composed, and the Jinyiwei could not find anything.

The housekeeper had written down the source of the silver in the house, and there were tax receipts as evidence.

Even if Qiao Xinyuan testified, as long as he insisted that it was slander without any evidence, His Majesty would not investigate.

At that time, he could also sue Yan Chengjin for falsely accusing the minister and exile him to the border.

"Jiao Fang should be panicking, how can she be so calm?" Yan Chengjin pondered.

The sun was at its zenith,

a group of Jinyiwei sneaked into Jiao's house, rushed straight to the account office of Jiao's house, took away the accounts, and counted the treasury silver in the house.

Jiao Huangzhong was disturbed and thought that his father had returned.

Who knew that it was Jinyiwei who pushed the door in, and he was so angry that he put on his clothes and ran out of the bedroom, cursing.

Mou Bin ignored it, and the Jiao family's house was extremely gorgeous with five entrances and exits.

But why was there only one thousand taels of silver in the account office?

"Search carefully for me, don't miss any corner!"

Half an hour later, Fengtian Hall.

Usually at this time, the court would have been dispersed, but because of the investigation of Jiao Fang's matter, all officials were still waiting in the hall.

Liu Jian, Ma Wensheng and others were so tired from standing.

Emperor Hongzhi ordered people to give seats, and the rest of the people stood.

Zhang Heling whispered to his brother: "Have you ever given money to Jiao Fang?"

"Yes, I gave 200 taels to buy an official position for the county magistrate of Baoding. Why are you asking this?" Zhang Yanling blinked and wondered.

Jiao Fang's face twitched slightly.

Fortunately, His Majesty seemed not to hear it. He was still trapped in Zhang Tianxiang's case and had not come back to his senses.

At this moment, Mou Bin strode into the hall and looked at Jiao Fang with a complicated expression.

Jiao Fang was pitiful~

Jiao Huangzhong was hanging out with Jiao Fang's concubine, and he hesitated whether to tell Jiao Fang...

"Your Majesty, I haven't found any dirty silver. Although Jiao's mansion has 1,600 taels of silver, it is earned from running a cloth shop and a wine shop. This is a tax receipt."

1,600 taels of silver is normal.

Ministers like Li Dongyang, who doesn't have tens of thousands of taels of silver in their mansion.

Even Yan Chengjin's mansion once had 60,000 taels of silver.

Jiao Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and the nervous feeling suddenly dissipated.

Emperor Hongzhi flipped through the account book and looked at the bills, all of which were verified.

"What the Jinyiwei said is correct, the accounts are compared, and the impeachment of Yan Qing's family is exaggerated."

Xiao Jing held the tray and presented the account book and tax bills to the three cabinet members.

Yan Chengjin fell into deep thought, Jiao Fang actually laundered silver?

Jiao Fang knelt down hurriedly: "Yan Chengjin slandered the ministers in the court. According to the Ming law, he should be punished with 100 strokes of the cane and exiled for 3,000 miles!"

Emperor Hongzhi showed a look of embarrassment.

The Ming law did stipulate that if he did not punish, knowing that the minister had broken the law, but deliberately condoned it?

But he did not want to exile Yan Chengjin, let alone punish him with a cane.

This boy is very weak, and he might have died after being beaten with 50 boards.

Li Dongyang lowered his head and thought, it was really difficult to plead for Yan Chengjin for this.

Wang Yue showed an anxious look, and was bitten by the dog instead of beating it. "When the Censorate investigates a case, it is inevitable that there will be negligence. Please show mercy, Your Majesty."

The ministers had different expressions.

Just when everyone was anxious, a voice sounded: "Asking the Jinyiwei to investigate is only the first step. I beg Your Majesty to proceed to the second step."

Jiao Fang's pupils suddenly shrank and froze in place.

Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang were stunned.

There is a second step?

As expected of this boy...

"Mr. Yan, tell me, what is this second step?"

"The second step requires your Majesty to witness it in person. Please leave the palace and go to Jiao's house to prove Jiao Fang's innocence!" Yan Chengjin divided the impeachment of Jiao Fang into three steps.

If he didn't investigate it clearly, Emperor Hongzhi would feel uneasy and ordered people to leave the palace.

Half an hour later, a group of people came to Jiao's house.

A large number of carriages came, which frightened the servants of Jiao's house and made Jiao Fang panic. Jiao Fang didn't know what Yan Chengjin was going to do.

Emperor Hongzhi walked into Jiao's house, and the mansion was in and out five times, comparable to Li's house.

But that was all.

"What are you going to do, Yan Qingjia?"

"Your Majesty, why don't you go to the central hall and have a cup of tea first."

When wealthy families entertain guests, they usually go to the main hall to show their respect.

But Yan Chengjin wanted to go to the central hall.

Jiao Fang ordered people to bring tea up. After taking a sip, Emperor Hongzhi said, "I've drunk the tea. If Yan Qingjia has something to say, just speak directly."

Yan Chengjin took out an iron hammer from his arms.

Emperor Hongzhi and all the officials were secretly surprised. This guy was still hiding a blunt weapon on his body?

Yan Chengjin took the hammer from the sedan chair. He walked to the wall and hit it hard.

Jiao Fang panicked and hugged Yan Chengjin and said, "You can't smash it. You dare to smash my mansion!"

The servant wanted to rush up, but was stopped by the Jinyiwei.

Yan Chengjin smashed it hard and broke a big hole. White and yellow rice poured out like water.

Emperor Hongzhi and others were stunned.

"I am powerless, Lord Mou, come and smash it."

Jiao Fang's residence was magnificent and he had accumulated a lot of wealth. Zhao Huo's rebels burned Jiao Fang's mansion and got hundreds of gold from the wall.

Jiao Fang's habit of hiding gold had existed when he was in the capital.

According to Qiao, Jiao Fang always ordered his servants to repeatedly build walls and did not allow people to approach the central hall.