In the Fusi Yamen of Beizhen, Zhu Cixiang was sitting on the big white tiger chair in the lobby, holding a file in his hand and looking at it carefully.

Luo Yangxing and Li Tingbiao were standing on either side below. As soon as they returned to Beizhen Fusi, they were called over by their subordinates, saying that His Highness the Crown Prince had been waiting in the lobby for a long time.

Luo Yangxing's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know where Dong Palace was playing, so he could only bite the bullet and come here.

"How much money did Mr. Luo copy?" Zhu Cixiang looked down at a file and asked calmly.

Luo Yangxing's heart tightened. Before he could ask Li Tingbiao how much money he had stolen from Ma Xianxiang's family, it would be disadvantageous to speak first at this time.

However, Dong Palace had already asked questions, so he had to say: "When I return to Your Highness, I have confiscated a total of 100,000 taels of cash and some precious calligraphy and painting utensils from Liu Rong's house. I estimate there are 300,000 taels of silver."

Zhu Cixiang raised his head and glanced at Luo Yangxing, then continued to look down at the file in his hand. After a while, he said: "Liu Rong worked as a palm eunuch in the Military War Bureau for more than ten years, and he only got 300,000 taels of silver? Think about it again.

, how many copies were made?”

Luo Yangxing was shocked. The East Palace was obviously not big, so why did he look so mature? He looked like an old fox.

Luo Yangxing gritted his teeth and said: "Go back to Your Highness, it's about 400,000 taels of silver."

Zhu Cixiang raised his eyelids again and said, "I'll give you one last chance."

Luo Yangxing felt a little uneasy, gritted his teeth and said: "Actually, it's...five hundred and twenty thousand taels..."

Zhu Cixiang's eyelids twitched and he said: "It seems that it's not easy to get money from you, Mr. Luo. Come on down."

"Yes!" Luo Yangxing wiped the sweat from his forehead and resigned.

After leaving Beizhen Fusi Yamen, Luo Yangxing seemed to have changed. He looked calm and composed. He thought to himself: After all, he is still a child, and he wants to defraud a specific amount with just a few brushes? Don't look at me.

How many years have you been a royal guard?

In the lobby of Fusi in Beizhen, there were only two people, Zhu Cihong and Li Tingbiao.

Li Tingbiao bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I have received five hundred thousand taels of cash from Ma Xianxiang's humble position, and I estimate there are three to four hundred thousand taels of other antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc."

Zhu Cixiang looked at Li Tingbiao and said with a slight smile: "Luo Yangxing, does he know how much money you have copied?"

Li Tingbiao said without hesitation: "He is one of his own people. He doesn't know it, and he doesn't know his specific amount, but it will definitely not be less than that of Beizhi."

Zhu Cixiang nodded. He knew that Luo Yang was very greedy by nature. He didn't expect to be so greedy. The second-in-command of the Military War Bureau could embezzle 800,000 to 900,000 taels. As the top leader, Liu Rong only got 500,000 taels from his family?

What's hateful is that Luo Yangxing only quoted 300,000 taels at first, which was obviously trying to fool him, but Zhu Cixiang didn't take this matter too seriously.

Zhu Cihong was afraid that Luo Yangxing would miss out on all the stolen property, so he came to Jinyiwei to intercept Hu and beat Luo Yangxing to stop him from being too unscrupulous.

After having a secret talk with Li Tingbiao for a while, Zhu Cixiang planned to return to the palace to settle in early, and he would have to get up early and attend the court meeting tomorrow.

As soon as the prince's guard of honor left the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen, Li Tingbiao was called over by Luo Yangxing and asked directly how much he had reported to the East Palace.

Li Tingbiao told him that he had reported a total of five hundred thousand taels of silver to the East Palace. This made Luo Yangxing a little surprised, but more happy, and even praised Li Tingbiao for being sensible.

This is also Zhu Cihong's special arrangement. If the amount reported by Li Ting is far more than Luo Yangxing's amount, it means there is a problem with Luo Yangxing.

Zhu Cixiang has not yet grasped the evidence of Luo Yangxing's corruption, so he cannot bring him down at once and help Li Tingbiao become the top leader of the Jinyi Guard, so he can only protect Li Tingbiao.

As for the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that Li Tingbiao had not reported, Zhu Cihong naturally kept them. At this time, what was most lacking in developing intelligence was money. He planned to give these hundreds of thousands of taels to Li Tingbiao to vigorously develop intelligence.

Jin Yiwei is the best at concealing part of the money gained from ransacking homes, so Zhu Cihong naturally doesn't have to worry about it.

The East Palace ordered the Imperial Guards to inspect the military situation. This matter quickly spread throughout the government and the public. Many officials were surprised. How old was the Crown Prince?

Many officials with a sensitive sense of smell discovered the problem immediately. This was the first time that the East Palace used the East Palace Order, and one of the twenty-four yamen was killed in one move. What was the East Palace doing? Some people didn't really believe it.

But more officials are paying attention to the matter.

Those officials or dignitaries who had secret interests in the Bingzhan Bureau severed ties with the Bingzhan Bureau as soon as they got the news and destroyed some evidence.

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Chengguo Duke's Mansion, in Zhu Chunchen's study.

After Zhu Chunchen heard the news about the war situation, he broke into a cold sweat. He sent someone to secretly call several ministers with interests to discuss the matter in secret.

Zhu Chunchen said angrily: "What's going on at the Bingzhan Bureau? Why were you picked up by the Jin Yiwei?"

One of the ministers said: "I don't know, Jin Yiwei did not go to the Criminal Division to sign the driving certificate, but went directly to get the person!"

"This Luo Yangxing is really a white-eyed wolf. In the past, Mr. Wen Ge promoted him to be the top leader of the Imperial Guard, but now he dares to touch one of our people!"

When Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru and Donglin Party Qian Qianyi competed for the position of chief minister of the cabinet, Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru formed an alliance and once fought fiercely with Luo Yangxing.

In the end, both parties got what they wanted, and Qian Qianyi was defeated. One became the chief minister of the cabinet, and the other became the commander of the Imperial Guard. The ending was very happy.

However, there is never an impenetrable alliance in the officialdom. It is more about interests. It is not uncommon for people to tear down bridges and undermine each other.

Wen Tiren's party first launched an attack and wrote a letter asking Chongzhen to cancel the power of the Jinyiwei to investigate crimes. Although Chongzhen did not accept it in the end, he still imposed many restrictions on the power of the Jinyiwei, such as abolishing most of the officials, including the supervisory ministers.

This operation naturally offended Luo Yangxing. At that time, Luo Yangxing had just jumped several levels to become the top leader of Jinyiwei. He did not have the strength to compete with the chief minister of the cabinet, so he could only swallow his anger and secretly look for opportunities.

During this period, Luo Yangxing inevitably did some things that were disgusting to Wen Tiren. This time he went to arrest the two leaders of the war bureau, and he did it without even saying a word.

Zhu Chunchen said: "Luo Yangxing, a white-eyed wolf, doesn't dare to do it himself. I heard that this is the order of the East Palace."

One of the ministers said: "Donggong is just a child, why did he want to kill the Bingzhan Bureau? Could it be that the eunuch of the Bingzhan Bureau offended this young master?"

Zhu Chunchen sighed and said: "No matter what their reasons are, now that the interests of the Bingzhan Bureau are gone, it is useless to say anything, but the relationship has been settled. You can think of ways to deal with them!

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Several ministers nodded when they heard this, and then began to take action.

"Jinyiwei went directly to pick up people without signing the driving certificate from the criminal department. He has no regard for the emperor. Based on this, Luo Yangxing will have to be laid off, and Donggong will also have to be reprimanded!"

"Yes, when the time comes, we will report together and take the opportunity to ask His Majesty to remove the imperial guards. Let's see how arrogant he can be!"

"Yes, kill the white-eyed wolf Luo Yangxing, teach that little kid in the East Palace a lesson, and let him know that even the emperor cannot do everything!"

A minister was very excited when he saw their discussion. He finally couldn't help coughing and said: "Everyone, let me tell you some bad news. His Majesty had already removed the authority to issue driving certificates in the fifth year of Chongzhen on the grounds of preventing leaks.

It was handed over to Jin Yiwei and there was no need to go through the criminal department at all, so Jin Yiwei had no fault."

"What? You didn't tell me earlier!" One of the ministers jumped up, pointed at him and said angrily.
Chapter completed!