You don’t need to step on iron shoes, and you don’t have to work hard.

Du Wenzhao never dreamed that Wei Liangchen, a dog thief, was so scared that he had not even brought the torture instruments to bring out all the things he committed.

Because the amount involved in the case was too large, Du Wenzhao shivered when he finished writing the writing. After writing the confession, he repeatedly asked Wei Liangchen to sign the possession. After the other party had finished signing the possession, he took the confession and pushed the door and headed straight to the palace without saying a word.

"so much?!"

Ma Tang was also shocked after reading the confession. When he was a Tianjin tax envoy, he was in charge of the two tax customs of Tianjin and Linqing. After more than ten years of deducting the filial piety to the emperor, he only had hundreds of thousands of taels of taels of money to his pocket. Wei Liangchen only had a few years of maritime affairs, and he had made more money than his savings for more than ten years!

Eunuch Ma was even more angry and even more jealous. Then the heavens saved me from feeling happy. He thought of taking advantage of the illness and killing others. He ignored the possibility of resting in the emperor's place, so he took the confession and knocked on the door.

The emperor was afraid that he was so angry that he was not sleeping now. What was unexpected for Ma Tang was that Zhang Cheng, who was not on duty outside the palace, also entered the palace at some point. When he came, Zhang Cheng was standing tremblingly. Before that, the imperial concubine with a big belly had just left.

"What's the matter in a hurry to see me?" Wanli signaled Ma Tang to speak closer.

Ma Tang quickly said, "Emperor, Wei Liangchen has asked for confessions, but I dare not neglect it. I will submit it to the emperor for the emperor to cut off."

"Um?"

Not only Wanli's face changed, but also Zhang Cheng.

"Who asked you to examine it?" Wanli was obviously unhappy.

Ma Tang was stunned and didn't know if he should have submitted the confession.

"What have you recruited?"

Wanli glanced at Zhang Cheng, who hurriedly lowered his head.

Ma Tang was still wondering, but he didn't react for a moment. When Wanli asked another question, he hurriedly said, "Emperor, Wei Liangchen was greedy and abused the law. He used the name of the emperor to do something wrong. Before he entered the palace for thirty-six years, he blackmailed dozens of Dongzhus of Nurhaci, the governor of Jianzhou Wei, as a servant. At the price of the current market, it was as much as tens of thousands of taels."

"Um?"

Wanli's face changed again, but it did not change sharply, but slightly, and then he looked relieved.

However, the neck of the old man Zhang Cheng, who had his head hanging down, suddenly became stiff, and his old heart kept thrusting.

"That's it?"

The bribe request of more than 10,000 taels really did not attract the attention of Wanli.

"Yes, and there are, far more, Emperor!"

Ma Tang didn't think that more than ten thousand taels of Dongzhu would make the emperor furious. The premise for getting on the fire was that there was enough oil and water. He said at the top of his voice: "Emperor, Wei Liangchen not only dared to ask for bribes to Jianzhou, but also dared to take advantage of the situation to rob the Yan Shenggong Mansion of Qufu. He embezzled the "Hundred Lotus and Golden Eggs Picture" of the Kong family in Qufu! Emperor, the Golden Eggs Picture is Xuanhe Central Secret. If sold on the market, it can be worth 100,000 taels!"

""Hidden pheasant picture"?"

This familiar name and familiar painting made Wanli raise his eyebrows and then stop talking. If he remembered correctly, this painting should be lying in his inner warehouse.

"The Emperor?"

Eunuch Ma wondered again. This was the "Hundred Lotus and Golden Elf Picture" by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. Xuanhe Zhongshu, and it was still something from the Confucius family in Qufu. The emperor should not be so calm!

The emperor finally spoke, but asked, "What else?"

"Ah? Yes, yes"

Ma Tang told the two major cases according to the strangeness in his heart.

First, Wei Liangchen extorted more than 240,000 taels of silver from the Nandu nobles; second, he exploited 270,000 taels of salt merchants in Jiangbei and 340,000 taels of wealthy gentry and wealthy families in Zhenjiang Prefecture in the name of "borrow".

"Emperor, these three transactions are nearly one million and all of them fall into Wei Liangchen's private pockets. Everyone in the south and north of the Yangtze River suffered a disaster, and countless families were destroyed. The market was depressed and all industries were not prosperous." Eunuch Ma said, "I was distracted and brought back the market conditions when he created a civil war in Linqing.

The emperor's expression has changed a lot, which is extremely terrifying.

Eunuch Ma looked at it and his heart was suddenly open.

However, he didn't know that the emperor was settled the accounts at this moment.

Wei Liangchen, the boy from Nandu, paid him a filial piety, but only 60,000 taels. After that, there were still 180,000 taels that were not included in the account. Wei Liangchen also paid tribute to Zhenjiang affairs afterwards, but only 30,000 taels. In addition, the 100,000 taels that the emperor had borrowed with shamelessness, and the total account that entered the inner treasury was no more than 200,000 taels.

If so, there are hundreds of thousands of taels to go!

Wanli was very angry. What he hated the most in his life was a greedy villain. This Wei Liangchen was indeed unkind and traitorous, and he was very traitorous!

Eunuch Ma struck while the iron was hot and said that Wei Liangchen had extorted more than 100,000 yuan in North Korea, and the Special Administrative Region's marine trade received tens of thousands of taels. Some chaotic inputs were combined, which was as large as hundreds of thousands of taels.

"Emperor, why has this dynasty been so corrupt since its founding?"

Ma Eunuch was filled with righteous indignation and asked the emperor to issue an order to kill Wei Liangchen to quell the public's anger. How could Wei Liangchen deserve the hard work of more than ten years if he was not cut off his huge sum of money.

"It should be killed, it should be killed!"

The emperor on the angry head also sternly, but after a while, his expression became gloomy and gloomy. Finally, he asked him to go back first in the expectant look of Eunuch Ma.

"The Emperor?"

Eunuch Ma with twelve minutes of confusion, unwilling to leave the warm house.

In the lights in the pavilion, the emperor seemed to call Zhang Cheng to the front and whispered something. Then he saw Zhang Cheng nodding and shook his head repeatedly.

God knows what the two said.

The action of "respecting the emperor and punishing traitors in heaven" performed by the Dongchang was suppressed by the envoy who came from the palace.

Damujun's "jade break" was not completed, and he felt even guilty inside.

Li Yongzhen was nervous, while Deng Xian and Du Wenzhao who had already rushed back were calm, while Jin Liangfu, who had been hiding deep in the face, had a deep brow.

After the iron gate was opened, Eunuch Wei saw a familiar face, which was the face of Jia Daquan, the attendant next to the emperor.

"Eunuch Wei, the emperor asked us to come and ask, where did the two million taels you borrowed?" Jia Daquan looked solemn, without any intimacy with Eunuch Wei.

Wei Liangchen immediately bowed and said, "Please ask my father-in-law to return to the emperor, I will lend all the money."

"Have you lent out?" Jia Daquan was stunned, "Who did you lent to?"

"Lend it to Annan businessman Pei Guangpao, Japanese businessman Murata, Ji Yuan and others." Wei Liangchen said about seven or eight names with a sincere look.

Why did you borrow money from outsiders?

Jia Daquan hesitated for a moment: "How can we take it back?"

Wei Liangchen sighed: "I have to go and ask for it."

"oh."

Jia Daquan looked at Eunuch Wei deeply and returned to the palace to report his life. Soon after, he came over with a heavy breath.

"Eunuch Wei, the emperor asked us to pass the message again."

Jia Daquan was so angry that he ran very quickly.

Wei Liangchen was excited: "Dude, what did the emperor say?"
Chapter completed!