Lu Bing felt like he was hiding a knife in his smile. He seemed to be very kind to everyone, but if he really wanted to start, he would not be merciful at all.

The court officials also understood his temperament. Although he was smiling at this moment, Lin Ting'ang, the Minister of Works, was still frightened.

This guy was rumored that when the emperor ordered him to drag him out to beat the board, he smiled, and even the beaten person was almost dead, but he still smiled. Who knew if his smile was really okay or was going to kill someone!

However, since it was the emperor's will, Lin Ting'ang did not dare to ask too much. He could only stand there with a panic on his face, with no way.

Fortunately, Lu Bing quickly found the file that built the altar in the suburbs of Beijing. He didn't say anything, and left with the file.

Seeing his back slowly disappearing at the door, Lin Ting'ang hired a small official in the management document library and asked him to check what Lu Bing took away.

Soon, the minor official came to report that it was a file for the construction of the altar in the suburbs of Beijing.

this?

The Ministry of Works is responsible for many projects every year, and the altar of the suburbs of Beijing is just one of them. Moreover, he did not interfere in this project from beginning to end. Xia Yan always led his fellow villager, Liu Boyue, the doctor of the Ministry of Works' Management and Qingliu Department, at that time.

He immediately understood that it was a fight between Yangming and Xia Yan.

He naturally understood why these two gangs fought, and it was just for the position of Minister of Revenue in Nanjing.

Fortunately, it's okay, this matter really doesn't matter. He has no idea about the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing. Moreover, he is almost at a loss, and the battles in the court have nothing to do with him.

As the saying goes, "It's not your own business, you'll have to stay high." Since this matter has nothing to do with him, there's nothing to worry about. He directly ordered the minor official to sort out the documentary library, then he walked back with his hands and walked slowly.

He was relieved, but Liu Boyue was frightened. This guy, the emperor actually sent the Jinyiwei to get the files of the altar in the suburbs of Beijing. It must be that Yangming's lineage found something!

Of course he knew how much he was greedy in it. If the emperor found out, he would be finished.

what to do?

He didn't dare to discuss this with Xia Yan, because Xia Yan was just a stick. This guy was trying hard to make money. When he made money, he didn't tell Xia Yan that he was following Yan Song in the village party!

This incident happened so suddenly that he was in a mess. In desperation, he actually wrote a secret letter, sending him to Jinling, Nandu for 800 miles to ask Yan Song for help!

There are more than 2,000 miles from the capital to Jinling. Even if it is 800 miles, it will take three days. One round and one round will take six days. Is it still too late for him to do this?

Of course it's too late!

After Lu Bing came out of the Ministry of Works, he led his men into the Ministry of War's yamen not far away. The Minister of War Mao Bowen was also shocked by him. This guy, the emperor has really not dispatched the Jinyiwei to search everywhere for such a long time. What happened?

Lu Bing didn't explain either. He searched the Ministry of War's Document Library for less than a quarter of an hour and left with a bunch of files.

Immediately afterwards, he led his people into the Ministry of Revenue, but without saying a word, he surrounded the document library and searched it. After searching, he left.

Then he took his men to the Censorate's Office, and without saying a word, he just searched around the document library!

It took less than an hour in total, and he returned to the palace with a bunch of files.

Immediately afterwards, he sent two teams of tikkas to "take" the shopkeepers of two stone shops in Beijing and "forced" them. Then he walked towards the imperial study with a bunch of files and confessions.

To be honest, Jiajing was shocked by Lu Bing's speed. He really didn't expect that his breast brother was so efficient in doing things. The two "old cases" were found out in less than two hours!

He was a little confused when he got the file and confession, but after hearing Lu Bing's report, he was instantly angry.

The content of Lu Bing’s report is quite simple. One of these two cases is true and the other is false.

Zhang Shiche, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, was purely slandered because when he suppressed the chieftain's rebellion, he transferred 3,000 troops to the court. It took nearly three months and spent less than 20,000 taels of silver in total.

The documents of the Ministry of War, Ministry of Revenue and Censorate are quite clear. Even if he transferred 3,000 troops, the Ministry of Revenue only allocated 3,000 troops for three months. Even after the rebellion of the chieftains, the rewards for the first merits had not been paid yet.

Jiajing knew that none of these could be faked, because there were strict regulations on mobilizing more than a thousand troops. The court would send military supervisors, Gongcao and generals to lead troops. These people were not appointed by the governor, and they had to report the entire process in detail afterwards for inspection.

The content reported by these people is not different from what Zhang Shiche reported, and the total amount is less than 20,000 taels of silver. It is already tense enough to raise 3,000 troops to fight for three months. Zhang Shiche is still greedy!

Liu Boyue, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, was different. He only built two altars in the suburbs of Beijing, but he spent more than 200,000 taels of silver. Moreover, all the civil servants and craftsmen left for labor. In other words, these civil servants and craftsmen came to serve labor for free, and the court didn't even have to worry about food.

The cost of this material is a bit exaggerated. The purchase cost of white marble and marble alone costs more than 100,000 taels. The price reported by the shopkeepers of two stone shops in Beijing is less than half that Liu Boyue reported. In other words, Liu Boyue made at least tens of thousands of taels of silver from these two purchases!

Jiajing was angry, really angry.

He really didn't know the purchase price of the white marble and marble, so he didn't see the trick at the beginning.

However, he was not an idiot. Lu Bing asked for the white marble and marble quotes that Lu Bing asked for casually two big shopkeepers of the stone shop, which must be true. Logically, their quotes should be higher than the purchase price of the Ministry of Works, because the Ministry of Works is responsible for the imperial court engineering, so it would be good if it was not directly collected. Who dares to sell it more expensive than the market price?

However, the price written by Liu Boyue in the file is more than twice the market price!

Good thing, Liu Boyue, you dare to deceive me, you dare to be so blatant and transfer such a person to the Minister of Revenue in Nanjing, that's not bad.

Xia Yan, what you did!

Thinking of this, Jiajing gritted his teeth and said, "Transfer to Xia's words."

Xia Yan naturally knew about the Jinyiwei searching everywhere, but he didn't expect that this was a trap set by Yang Cong for him. He was still savoring the wonderful scenes of the morning court.

Mao Bowen, you dare not give me face, Nie Bao, Zhang Shiche, you dare to compete with me for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing. Now, are you happy?

He came to the imperial study with a little pride. When he saw Jiajing's angry expression on his face, he thought Jiajing was angry about the affairs of the Ministry of War.

Unexpectedly, after a greeting, Jiajing threw several files and two confessions in front of him and said coldly: "Is this the person you recommend?"

Xia Yan hurriedly picked up the file and confession and looked at it, and his face changed immediately.

He is not an idiot either. He can understand by comparing the price in this document with the price in the confession that Liu Boyue owed tens of thousands of taels when he built the altar in the suburbs of Beijing!
Chapter completed!