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Chapter 94: Cooperating with the enemy and betraying the country

Su Qingyun said tentatively: "His Highness Yu is fighting at the border and has won three consecutive victories. All the people in the world applaud and praise him. No matter what he gives to the emperor at this time, it must be out of his concern for the people in the world. But the people like Bei Zi are too dull and can't guess it. I hope the emperor will solve our doubts."

Shangguan Yu also sent someone to send him a letter yesterday, roughly explaining the reason for the incident. After all, no matter what, he is still from Shangguan Yu, so he still has to communicate with him first.

He first praised Shangguan Yu for his words, because as the most favored minister around the emperor, Su Qingyun knew that after this incident, the emperor would only trust Shangguan Yu more and more. At this time, it was just enough to praise Shangguan Yu to praise him.

Sure enough, after hearing Su Qingyun's words, Shangguan Sha's face improved a little.

"Sure enough, my Aiqing Su understands the truth. King Yu went to the border this time not only won several battles, but also found a big borer for our Dazhou. This person was too much. He dared to embezzle even the military pay I sent to the border!"

When the ministers below heard this, they all talked about it and asked each other about who this person was.

Rong Lian's father, Duke Rong, took a step toward him, walked to the hall, and asked, "I wonder what kind of person is that he has such courage?"

He had no party camp in the court, and he had always been straightforward and spoke very straightforwardly.

Emperors have always loved and hated people like this. The ministers who love this kind of people will not tell any lies. They have a heart for the court. They hate them because they are too straightforward and do not know how to go around the circle.

Shangguan Sha was naturally no exception. Moreover, he met Duke Rong when he was young, and his relationship was even more extraordinary, so he often believed in what he said.

Seeing him ask, Shangguan Yu slowly spoke, "It is a guru from Yumen Pass, named Guo Feng. King Yu found evidence of his embezzlement and found 200,000 taels of silver embezzled in his home."

After saying that, he ordered people to move all the money and things sent by Shangguan Yu to the main hall. At this time, the white silver was placed in front of everyone, and it was as proof as a mountain.

"Then Guo Feng hanged himself and left a letter of self-regret before his death. Let Prime Minister Su read this letter to all ministers."

Shangguan Sha asked the eunuch around him to hand over Guo Feng's self-regret to Su Qingyun and asked him to read it out in public.

Su Qingyun respectfully took the letter and slowly recited it: "I, Guo Feng, have lived in thirty-six years and have been an official for more than ten years..."

After he finished reading, the Golden Palace was like a pan of water poured into the oil pan and exploded suddenly.

According to the letter, since he was transferred to Yumen Pass, he has started to embezzle hundreds of thousands of taels a year, but in the past few years, it has been more than one million taels!

It’s not a surprise to everyone. What does millions of taels mean? Since the founding of this dynasty, no one has ever found that he dared to embezzle so much silver.

Even a few years ago, Gong Rong was ordered by the emperor to thoroughly investigate the corruption in the officialdom, and the most expensive one was only tens of thousands of taels. However, this made the emperor furious and executed him to serve as a warning to others.

Everyone thought that Guo Feng was quite smart and hanged himself early, which would be much better than being crushed and ashes.

Seeing that the officials in the hall were all surprised, Shangguan Sha spoke again.

"Do you think this number is amazing? In the past, the common people always said that the Qing magistrate had been in the Qing Dynasty for ten years, and I still think this sentence was a bit exaggerated, but now a small guardian has been in the Yumen for only two or three years and has been greedy for so much money, which is really shocking!"

Duke Rong was a little curious and thought something was wrong.

"Master, as a rule, Guo Feng has been corruption for several years, why did he find only this year's money in his family? Where did the past go? According to the opinions of the empress, Guo Feng must have accomplices, otherwise, with his position as a magistrate, he would not have such courage."

"I commented on it. What Duke Rong said is very reasonable. I really should check who the person behind Guo Feng is."

Su Qingyun beat the snake and put on the stick, and took the same position as Duke Rong.

He said this because he was good to Duke Rong, but Shangguan Yu sent someone to send a message to him, saying that he must let the emperor investigate the matter thoroughly because there was a big fish behind him that did not reveal the water.

Su Qingyun thought about it all night yesterday and felt that it was necessary to help Shangguan Yu find the person behind him. This man searched for so many benefits without saying a word, and he must be a scheming person. If he didn't blow him up, he always felt a little worried.

Shangguan Sha nodded, thoughtful, and then said to everyone in the hall.

"Duke Rong's question is also my question. It's just that King Yu plundered his Protectorate's Mansion, and there was only these silver taels. Moreover, Guo Feng did not explain clearly where the money he had embezzled before had gone. What do the beloved ministers think about this?"

When the emperor asked, everyone below was thinking about what to say.

The court is like a battlefield, and changes will happen in an instant. Because a sentence that touched the emperor's eyes has happened before, everyone wants to tell a trick to please the emperor.

Several of Liang Zheng's close friends looked at each other and felt that it was too early to speak, so they all lowered their heads and pretended to be thinking.

"Report to the emperor, could he hand over the silver to his relatives and hide it? According to the humble opinion of the humble minister, it is better to interrogate his family carefully to see if he will find out?"

An unknown official spoke first and expressed his opinion.

But Shangguan Sha shook his head, "He is the only one in Guo Feng's mansion at Yumen Pass, and the other relatives are all staying in the capital. Yesterday I had already ordered someone to go to Guo Feng's house to take a look, but I didn't find it."

"I think it should be investigated from Guo Feng's officialdom. Why was he a native of the capital sent to Yumen Pass to be a gubernatorial master and did not take a relative in office? This is really unreasonable, so I think someone must have tampered with him."

Su Qingyun seized the opportunity and expressed his opinion, but his words obviously meant that Guo Feng had accomplices in Beijing.

Although his power in the court is not the only one, there are still many. As soon as these words were spoken, the comments continued, and even Duke Rong nodded.

At this time, seeing the wind direction of the people in the hall began to deflect, Liang Zheng's accomplices quickly spoke.

"Report to the emperor, I have something to say. This criminal Guo Feng has some connection with me. He was a civil servant in our army at the beginning. This was appointed by the emperor himself."

The person who spoke was Chen Wei, who was the most trusted subordinate of Liang Zheng. He accompanied Liang Zheng to fight everywhere from the beginning. In recent years, his official position has become bigger and bigger, and now he is the Minister of War.

"I appointed it myself?"

Shangguan Sha murmured to himself that there were many things in recent years, and there were several imperial examinations, and many talents were produced, so he really couldn't remember Guo Feng.

"Yes, Guo Feng was a first-class student in the imperial examination that year. After the final palace examination, the emperor said that he was a bit heroic, but he was like a military officer, so he was transferred to the military camp outside the city."

It turned out that Guo Feng had such an experience, and Shangguan Sha was a little surprised.

"Since he has some connection with you, what do you think about this?"

"I think there should be something else in this matter. Guo Feng was very serious in his work at the time. At that time, the escort from Yumen Pass retired and returned home. No one in the capital was willing to go. This position was vacant for a while. I happened to ask him once, and he recommended himself and said he was willing to go, but..."

Seeing that Chen Wei was hesitant, Shangguan Sha hurriedly said.

"It's just something, just say whatever Chen Aiqing has."

Chen Wei looked firm as if he had made some decision, "But now, I think about it, something was wrong with Guo Feng at the beginning. He could speak the Huns, and I once discovered that he had a correspondence with the Huns, but when I asked, Guo Feng said that it was a friend I met by chance, so I didn't have any doubts. Now, I think about it, but I feel that it is abnormal."

Hearing what he said, not only did the officials around him discuss it, but even Shangguan Sha frowned.

Nowadays, the Huns are a sensitive word for Dazhou. If Guo Feng really had a connection with the Huns, I was afraid that things would not be simple. After all, how could ordinary Dazhou officials learn the Huns' language?

What's more, Guo Feng recommended himself to go to Yumen Pass, which makes people think too much.

"I heard from Mr. Chen that I think it was because of Guo Feng's connection with the Huns that he managed to send the silver coins to the Huns?"

Someone asked tentatively. As soon as Chen Wei said something, there were probably more people with this kind of thought, so he could have expressed the thoughts of many people.

Many people around nodded and said in agreement.

"Yes, you can make a lot of money in the capital, but you just want to go to Yumen Pass. It is not known whether you have the idea of ​​getting closer to the Huns in your heart."

"It's really possible that he was sent to the Huns. If it weren't for this, how could the Huns who had clearly become honest would suddenly invade the territory?"

Everyone talked in a verbal way, and the more they talked, the more they felt that this might be the truth.

Shangguan Sha also felt a little shocked, and this explanation was reasonable. If Guo Feng really worked for the Huns, then embezzling military pay could not only support the Huns, but also exploit the soldiers of the Great Forefather.

At that time, it will not be easy for the Huns to capture Yumen Pass if they have strong troops!

"If you are really sent to the Huns, then Guo Feng is not only a crime of corruption, but also a crime of treason for the enemy and treason. Such a crime is not an exaggeration to die a hundred times. Such a treacherous villain must be left with a devil for thousands of years."

A civil servant cursed with anger on his face. The literati were good at writing skills. He decided to write a letter of pursuit after he went back, scolding Guo Feng.
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