The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Wenhua Palace,

There are eleven ministers on weekdays, but only eight were seen when Yan Chengjin came. The rest did not come because they were all infected with ulcers.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "The prison cases of the Ministry of Justice will be sent to the Censorate first and handled by Yan Chengjin."

The world is peaceful, and there are no major cases.

However, the date of beheading of some prisoners has arrived, and the signature of the Shangshu is required for approval.

Yan Chengjin bowed slightly: "I obey your order."

Emperor Hongzhi is most worried about the Ministry of Revenue, which cannot be without a hall official for a day: "The Ministry of Revenue has no left and right assistants, and has always been managed by Han Qingjia alone. I want to confer Wang Qiong as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue."

Wang Qiong is serious about his work and does not make any mistakes in his accounts. Han Wen often recommends him.

But Emperor Hongzhi has never promoted him, just to let him do more accounts.

Yan Chengjin raised his head slightly. This person was a famous minister in the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties. He was very interesting and often bribed officials to do big things.

During the Zhengde and Jiajing years, Wang Shouren was protected by Wang Qiong and was able to escape.

It was normal for Emperor Hongzhi to confer the title on Wang Qiong.

If he hadn't interfered, history would have followed a normal rhythm.

Liu Jian nodded: "Wang Qiong is a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue. He is very familiar with the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue. He is the best fit."

"I also admire this person." Zeng Jian bowed.

...

Ministry of Revenue, duty room.

These days, the capital has been busy.

Wang Qiong secretly rejoiced that he had a blessing in disguise and was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

He smiled and held a wooden box, giving one thing to each person.

"Brother Gaozhan, this is the golden silk swayer from Liangxiang. It looks good on you."

"Brother Youde, a mere pot of Wulianghu wine is not a respect."

The duty room of the Ministry of Revenue was full of joy. Everyone received the gift and had a deep smile on their faces.

Except for Xie Qian, only Wang Qiong had this ability.

After distributing all the prepared gifts, Wang Qiong was satisfied and sat back at the desk.

Oh, I finally got promoted.

It's a pity that I can't go to the brothel to listen to the Beijing opera sung by the famous actors and warm myself up.

The civil servant came in and reported: "Sir Wang, the customs tax silver has arrived. Do you want to count it yourself?"

If it is not counted, it will be directly put into the warehouse, and the warehouse will send the account to the Ministry of Revenue.

"Yes, I will go and take a look."

His Majesty is most concerned about the customs tax silver. He was appointed as the Minister of the Imperial Court to handle this matter.

Outside the Meridian Gate, Wang Qiong rode a big horse and rushed to the Jingcang outside the city.

One after another, the carriages pulled the black wooden boxes, as if carrying a heavy burden of thousands of gold. Every time the hooves landed, the ruts left heavy hoof prints in the snow.

"Where are the accounts? Open all these boxes, and I will check the accounts." Wang Qiong got off the horse with a serious face.

The doctor in charge of the Jingcang nodded, and the yamen runners opened all the boxes.

"Is this... counterfeit money?"

Wang Qiong widened his eyes, picked up the copper coin seriously, and looked at it carefully.

Doctor He Gui was frightened. He took a closer look and realized it was a false alarm: "It's the Hongzhi Tongbao. Did Lord Wang see it wrong?"

"No, it's a counterfeit coin!"

Wang Qiong took it in his hand and weighed it.

The Hongzhi Tongbao weighs one qian and two fen, but the copper coin in his hand only weighs one qian, it's too thin!

"These bastards, I just got promoted!"

He Gui was frightened: "Bring the scale!"

Putting ten copper coins on the scale, it turned out to be only eight qian...

It's really a counterfeit coin!

"What should I do, Lord?"

Wang Qiong stroked his beard, lowered his head and paced back and forth in panic. The copper coin was nearly 30% broken.

If he reported the full amount to His Majesty, he would be found to be insufficient when he was investigated, and he would be charged with embezzlement.

"Don't make it public yet, report to the Censorate first, I'll go find Yan Chengjin."

...

Censorate,

Yan Chengjin is revising the marriage law of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty law stipulates that any wife who marries into the family of a duke is not allowed to remarry.

If she remarries, the imperial edict will be revoked.

Zheng Qian walked in: "Lord Wang, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is here, saying he is here to visit you."

He is a second-rank official, and Wang Qiong is a third-rank official. The subordinate must inform the superior before seeing him.

Yan Chengjin frowned slightly, thinking of the rule that if people who have met once suddenly contacted each other, there must be something.

The Ministry of Revenue involves the tax silver of the treasury, which must be a big deal.

"No."

Zheng Qian looked embarrassed: "But sir, he said he would report to the official."

"He is the official."

Outside the Censorate, there were four doormen blocking, and there were also people from the Jinyiwei.

Without his permission, even Han Wen could not get in.

Yan Chengjin reviewed several memorials, all of which were beheaded by the Ministry of Punishment.

It was the afternoon, and it was time to get off duty.

Yan Chengjin walked out of the duty room, and just as he left the courtyard, he saw Wang Qiong standing at the foot of the wall, shivering.

When he saw him, he hurried over, without any displeasure, and smiled: "Oh, Lord Yan?"

"Lord Wang, is there something wrong?" Yan Chengjin was on guard.

"Lord Yan, don't worry, I haven't asked about you, I came here today to report a case."

"Lord Wang, you can go to the Ministry of Justice."

"Your Majesty said that you will be in charge for the time being." Wang Qiong seized the opportunity: "The customs tax revenue has been returned, and it is all counterfeit currency! Lord Yan, can you help me once?"

When it comes to investigating cases, he only trusts Yan Chengjin.

He even found out the five million taels lost by the customs.

Yan Chengjin said: "Lord Wang, just tell His Majesty directly."

"I am good at calculating accounts, but my strategies are not as good as yours. If I report to Your Majesty, I am afraid that I will retire tomorrow." Wang Qiong rubbed his hands.

It's not that you can't report it, but you need to report it with clues to make up for your mistakes.

Yan Chengjin realized the seriousness of the matter and asked, "How many counterfeit coins are there?"

"More than one million taels."

Wang Qiong weighed it and was able to roughly calculate the amount, but it was not accurate.

More than one million silver coins were comparable to the annual military pay of the nine frontiers.

This meant that goods worth more than one million taels were cheated away for nothing.

Ye Zhun, who was standing by, heard this and hurried to the Fengtian Hall.

At this time, in the Fengtian Hall,

After Emperor Hongzhi assigned the memorials, the government affairs on hand were greatly reduced: "Has the tariff of Tianjin Wei been recovered?"

Xiao Jing said: "According to the report of the factory guards, it has arrived at the Beijing warehouse."

"Send Wang Qiong to see me and bring the accounts." Emperor Hongzhi smiled happily.

The little eunuch walked out of the hall quickly and ran to the duty room of the Ministry of Revenue.

Not long after, he ran back and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Wang is not in the duty room. I heard that he went to the Beijing warehouse."

Emperor Hongzhi was going to have dinner in Kunning Palace first, and then come back to review the memorials.

Jinyiwei Ye Zhun walked in: "Your Majesty, I heard Lord Yan and Lord Wang talking, there are more than one million taels of counterfeit coins in the capital warehouse."

Counterfeit coins?

The Hongzhi Emperor knew that there were counterfeit coins in the market: "How do you know?"

"The copper coins minted by the Baoyuan Bureau weigh one qian and two fen, but the copper coins collected are only eight fen."

Few people can tell the difference in the weight of copper coins.

In this way, two Hongzhi Tongbao can be turned into three Hongzhi Tongbao.

"Where is Wang Qiong?"

"In the Censorate."

"Call them."

...

At this time, the Censorate.

Wang Qiong hugged Yan Chengjin's thigh tightly, "Lord Yan, I was promoted today, do you want to see my family destroyed?"

"This is the matter of the Ministry of Justice. I am only responsible for reviewing, not investigating, and cannot exceed my authority."

Without the imperial edict of His Majesty, Yan Chengjin will not take over.

Wang Qiong can do so much...

It's hard to believe that he is a scholar without any backbone. You deserve to be promoted.

Yan Song once knelt before Xia Yan, and Wang Yue also knelt before Wang Zhi.

Any scholar who kneels down will not have a bad career.

At this time, Ye Zhun, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, returned: "Master Yan, Master Wang, His Majesty summons you to see the emperor."

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