Chapter 528 529 [The truth comes out]
Xiang Nan had the background account and the assistance of Wang Zhanzhu, so the trial of the case was much faster.
In less than two days, the case has come to light.
"Your Majesty, Chen Huizu has made a confession. During the search of the palace, together with the officials at all levels involved in the search, they have enriched their own pockets. This is the list of people involved in the case. Please read it to the Emperor!" Xiang Nan reported the results of the case.
"It's really courageous! I just beheaded dozens of people in Ganzhou, and there are such a bunch of people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang!" Qianlong saw that there were more than 30 people on the list.
There are more than a dozen officials above the Taoist government alone, and even the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the inspector of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are among them, which is simply shocking.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the officials involved in the case may not all be greedy, and they may also be involved in Chen Huizu's despotic power, so I dare not refuse." He Shen hurriedly persuaded him when he saw it.
He didn't hear any news about this matter in advance. Unexpectedly, Xiang Nan had just finished investigating the case in Ganzhou, and now he is investigating the official circles in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. And the case was finalized so quickly that he didn't even have time to collect money.
"Your Majesty, His Excellency's words seem reasonable, but they are actually absurd!" Xiang Nan sneered, "As far as I know, these officials involved in the case took the initiative to participate.
For example, Hangzhou prefect Xie Ruowen bribed Wang Danwang five thousand taels of silver in order to participate in the raid. Later, when the palace was searched, three pieces of Yushan Zi were hidden, worth twenty thousand taels of silver.
After the incident, they colluded with each other and made a unified statement, insisting that they did not know. If Master Wang hadn't stood firm and kept the account in advance, the case would have been a muddled account in the end.
Therefore, I believe that these officials are not innocent. They formed cliques for private interests beforehand and shared the benefits with each other, and officials and officials protected each other afterwards, concealing and not reporting.
If there is no severe punishment, it will be difficult to maintain the law and discipline, and it will be difficult for the latecomers to learn from it! "
Qianlong nodded.
"Chen Huizu, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Xu Chengwen, the inspector of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, guarded themselves and stole. They deceived the emperor and ignored them. They were sentenced to be executed! Other officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who embezzled more than 10,000 taels will be hanged!"
Those with more than 5,000 taels will be sent to the Northwest to serve as an army, and they will not be released if they are pardoned! Those with more than 1,000 yuan will hand over their embezzled income, and each will receive 20 boards, as a warning to others. "Qianlong immediately judged, "Wang Zhanzhu has made great contributions to the investigation of the case, and he has been specially promoted to the sixth-rank general judge. If there is a shortage, he will make up for it! "
"The emperor is wise!" Xiang Nan and He Shen bowed together.
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"Okay, Mr. Ji, another dozen heads fell to the ground." After leaving the emperor's walk, He Shen smiled to Xiang Nan, "You are really the reincarnation of a killer!"
"Master He put the blame on me again." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "If they don't stop being greedy, no matter how murderous Ji is, the knife won't fall on them.
Blame only blame them for being too greedy. As far as the magistrate is concerned, the official salary is added to the maintenance of cheap silver, and there is also a small 20,000 taels of silver, which is enough to spend. But they still want to steal and plunder and break the law knowingly. It has come to this point today, who is to blame? "
"Huh!" He Shen was a little upset.
"My lord, I really want to ask you for advice. Why do you say you are greedy for so much money?" Xiang Nan said with a smile, "There are tens of thousands of mansions, but you can only sleep seven feet; there are thousands of hectares of fertile land, but you only eat three meals a day." You still have to worry about it, lest something will come out. What are you planning to do?"
"Then Ji Xiaolan, why are you tossing so hard?" He Shen also didn't understand, "Is your life meaningful, and what benefits have you gotten?"
"Master He, you don't understand that human needs are divided into five levels." Xiang Nan laughed, "The first level is physiological needs; the second level is safety needs; the third level is social needs; the fourth level is respect needs; The fifth level is self-actualization needs.
My lord, you only care about money and disregard fame, and you are still only on the first floor. No matter how high your official position is and how much money you have, you are no different from those ordinary people who work hard for three meals a day.
Ji Xiaolan is now on the fifth floor, and I want to realize my ideal. My ideal is that the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there will be no more corrupt officials in the world. So every time I kill a corrupt official, it is a happy event for me. do you understand? "
Xiang Nan laughed and ignored him.
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With Wang Danwang and other officials from Jiangsu and Zhejiang dismounted, Qianlong's southern tour officially came to an end and he set off to return to Beijing.
The royal boat went north along the canal.
I came to Huzhou that day. After the boat stopped, Du Xiaoyue took Su Qinglian to go shopping.
After Wang Danwang's death, Su Qinglian was always in a bad mood, depressed, so Du Xiaoyue and Xiang Nan tried every means to make her happy.
After the two went shopping for a while, they returned to the boat.
"Sir, I just heard that someone in Jiaxing Prefecture is making trouble, saying that they want to fight against the imperial grain." Du Xiaoyue reported to Xiang Nanhui.
Xiang Nan nodded when he heard this, "The common people are always timid and afraid of getting into trouble, but if there is a way to survive, they will not rise up to make trouble. Now they dare to resist the payment of imperial rations, they must be cornered."
"Yes, sir, you have to help them." Du Xiaoyue urged quickly, "Why don't you tell the emperor about it."
"Hey, I've been involved in corrupt officials these days, and the emperor started to have a headache when he saw me. It might not work for me to report the matter." Xiang Nan waved his hand.
During this period, Ganzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang were in turmoil one after another, and hundreds of officials were beheaded. For the common people, the death of these corrupt officials is certainly a great thing.
But for Qianlong, it was quite a blow. Most of these officials were single-handedly selected by him. But now, so many major crimes have been committed, and his trust has been violated, so how can he be sad.
By the way, even Xiang Nan, who discovered and asked questions, didn't really like to see them.
Otherwise, this time Chen Huizu supervised the self-theft case, and Xiang Nan investigated it so cleanly, Qianlong should have rewarded him again. In the end, only Wang Zhan was rewarded.
"Then what should I do, sir, don't you care about it?" Du Xiaoyue asked quickly when she saw what Xiang Nan said.
"It still needs to be managed, so, Xiaoyue, you do this..." Xiang Nan whispered for a while.
Xiaoyue nodded when she heard it.
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The next day, the imperial boat sailed from Huzhou to Jiaxing.
Xiang Nan was playing chess with Qianlong in the cabin, and at the critical moment, he suddenly heard a noise outside the window, and the sky was boiling.
"Shunxi, what are you doing outside? It's so noisy?" Qianlong said displeased.
"Your Majesty, it seems to be a group of villagers, holding rakes, wooden forks, shovels, etc., in groups, I don't know what they are doing." Shunxi went out to take a look, and then came back to report.
"The villagers gathered, is something going to happen?" Qianlong frowned when he heard this.
"Your Majesty, I should go and have a look." Xiang Nan said immediately.
Qianlong nodded.
(end of this chapter)