Chapter 1152 The Abacus Hit the Face

Imperial City.

The turmoil surrounding Concubine Jing's treason case gradually subsided.

So many days have passed, and those who should be arrested have been arrested, and those who should be killed have been killed.

Concubine Jing's party was uprooted.

Five officials in the court were executed along with their entire families, and several others were exiled with their families.

This was because Emperor Wen did not want to implicate too many people, so he showed special mercy.

Otherwise, more people will be implicated.

Many officials in Yuzhou and Dengzhou were also implicated, and the property of several families and clans that had colluded with Concubine Jing were all ransacked.

Taking into account the proceeds from the confiscation of the property of these officials, the court could be said to have made a fortune.

The gold and silver alone amounted to more than six million taels of silver.

This does not include land and other assets.

If all the properties were counted, it would be at least tens of millions of taels of silver, or even more than 20 million taels of silver!

Yun Li couldn't help but sigh, these families and clans were really rich.

And those officials in the court are really powerful. They can find ways to make money no matter what official position they hold.

No wonder the court is so tight on finances!

All the money of the imperial court was eaten up by this bunch of people!

Normally, all departments, states, counties and prefectures were complaining about the lack of money.

After this inspection, everyone was fat and juicy!

No wonder the wine brewed in the winery and the refined salt entering the interior through various channels are in short supply!

These bastards are so fat, can we afford them?

In the past two days, Yun Li has gone a little crazy. Everyone seems to him to be a corrupt official, and he feels like everyone is trying to take money from him.

Even though he knew that this idea was wrong, he couldn't stop thinking about it.

He felt that if all the officials in the court were confiscated, it would be possible to dig out hundreds of millions of taels of silver!

Do not!

Not possible!

But absolutely!

Just from his uncle's side, if they really wanted to confiscate his property, they could at least get tens of millions of taels of silver!

He used to think that getting one or two hundred thousand taels of silver was extremely difficult.

Only now did he realize that the little bit of money he had worked so hard to get was really nothing!

Maybe someone is secretly laughing at him!

As he thought about it, Yun Li couldn't help but start pondering again.

We should think of some way to get more money from these officials and aristocratic clans to enrich the national treasury and prepare more armaments.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, the Minister of Personnel, Lord Tang, requests to see you!"

Just as Yun Li was thinking hard, the eunuch came to report.

"Bring him in!"

Yun Li shook off his own thoughts and sat up straight.

He could probably guess what Tang Shu came for.

There are many officials involved in the case of Concubine Jing, and many positions are vacant now. Tang Shu, the Minister of Personnel, should be very busy recently.

Soon, Tang Shu was brought in.

"I am here to see His Highness the Crown Prince."

"No gift!"

Yun Li raised his hand slightly and asked with a smile: "Did Lord Tang draw up a list of vacant officials in various dynasties and regions?"

Tang Shu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Only part of the list has been drawn up so far, and there are still many positions that have not been drawn up..."

As he spoke, Tang Shu began to complain to Yun Li.

The case of the former crown prince a few days ago, coupled with the case of Concubine Jing this year, caused the court to lose a lot of officials.

Moreover, the imperial court sent a number of officials to the Northwest Protectorate, and many officials from the faction to which the Fourth Prince and others belonged also submitted their resignations.

After all this turmoil, there was a serious shortage of officials in the court.

Now, the Ministry of Personnel is still verifying the political achievements and records of officials from various states and counties over the years, and hopes to promote a group of officials from the local areas to serve as officials in the court.

Of course, we can also recommend talented people from various major families to fill the vacancies.

Just for this matter, many people have come to him these days to recommend so-called talented people.

However, he didn't know those people well and didn't dare to make a decision on his own.

Moreover, since the imperial court intends to suppress the aristocratic families and clans, it cannot allow too many officials who are based on family factions in the court.

Tang Shu thought that some officials from poor backgrounds could be promoted, and some of the talented people selected in last year's imperial examinations could be transferred to serve as officials in various places.

But most of those people are inexperienced and certainly cannot become chief officers, so they can only train first.

Tang Shu spoke a lot in a very eloquent manner, and Yun Li felt a little sorry for Tang Shu, the Minister of Personnel.

After getting through all this chaos, it’s probably almost time for the Chinese New Year, right?

"Thank you, Master Tang!"

Yun Li tried to comfort Tang Shu, "By the way, Lord Tang wants to see me, what is it about?"

"Look at my memory!"

Tang Shu slapped his head and said, "I have been so busy these days that I almost forgot about the important matter..."

As he spoke, Tang Shu presented another memorial to Yun Li, saying, "This is the memorial Yun Zheng sent from Minzhou, which also contains a handwritten letter from Sun Ji, the military commander of Minzhou. They went through the Ministry of Personnel. I and my colleagues in the Ministry of Personnel dare not make any comments on the content of this memorial, so I specially present it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

After listening to Tang Shu's words, Yun Li felt unwell even before he read the memorial.

Yun Zheng sent someone from Minzhou to deliver a memorial?

Minju?

Did that bastard really attack Minzhou?

But, the imperial court has not received any news about the troop mobilization in Fuzhou?

It can't be that some bastard from Minzhou led his troops to surrender to that bastard Lao Liu, right?

Yun Li took the memorial, but did not rush to open it.

He knew that the content of this memorial would definitely make him angry, and he didn't want to be angered to death by Yun Zheng, so he had to calm himself down first to avoid being so angry that he vomited blood.

After silently preparing himself mentally, Yun Li slowly opened the memorial and put the letter that was sandwiched in it aside.

Although Yun Li had prepared himself mentally, he was still so angry that he gasped when he saw the contents of the memorial.

Yun Zheng’s memorial can be summed up in two words.

Take credit!

Ask for reward!

Yun Zheng put himself in danger to help the court capture Tian Hong and other traitors in one fell swoop, saving the people of Minzhou from the suffering of war.

He also recommended his subordinate Tuohuan as the new governor of Minzhou and pleaded with the court to approve it.

At the end of the memorial, there was also a list of county magistrates for each county in Minzhou that he had drafted.

brute!

This beast!

Yun Li cursed crazily in his heart.

If Tang Shu hadn't been here, he would have jumped up and cursed.

After taking a few deep breaths, Yun Li threw away the memorial roughly and opened the letter from Sun Ji.

However, Yun Li just took a glance at it and wanted to tear the letter into pieces.

Sun Ji confirmed that Yun Zheng had occupied Gan Tang, the capital of Minzhou. Yun Zheng also accidentally rescued Sun Ji and his son from Tian Hong and others who were plotting a rebellion.

Sun Ji also recounted Yun Zheng's contributions in detail and begged the court to reward Yun Zheng!

Even though Yun Li guessed that Sun Ji wrote this letter under Yun Zheng's coercion, he was still furious.

Sun Ji's letter revealed two important messages.

First, Yun Zheng had indeed captured Gan Tang without anyone noticing!

Second, Yun Zheng has already slapped him in the face!

Sun Ji almost told him directly to take the silver and redeem them father and son!

"waste!"

"It's all rubbish!"

"What's the point of the court keeping these rubbish?"

Yun Li finally broke through his defense and roared in anger...