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Chapter 253 Our family is never greedy for money!

The silver ingots given by the generals were engraved with a Chinese character - "Gold".

Nurhaci never dreamed that the Tibetan silver in his Khan's palace, which was originally intended as the official silver of the Great Jin Kingdom, could not become his confidence in the confrontation between the Great Jin and the Ming Dynasty, but instead became a reward for the Pingnu officers and soldiers.

How much Tibetan silver is available in the Khan Palace? In fact, there is data.

Ma Xiangde, who first entered the palace of the Pseudo Khan, reported for the first time: "The fake slaves actually had 2.83 million taels of silver, more than 1.2 million taels of jewelry, more than 1.84 million taels of red gold leaves, strips, ingots, cakes, more than 184,700 taels of jewelry, and more than 1.35 million taels of copper coins. There are thousands of Dongzhu and several ginseng."

This data is similar to the wealth of Hei Tuala that Gong Zhengliu Feng mentioned at the time.

But for some reason, Ma Xiangde reported another Qing silver book the next day, saying: "The pseudo-slave residence was severely damaged, and only 830,000 taels of silver and more than 200,000 taels of jewelry were found. There were only a few red gold leaves, ingots, and Dongzhu."

Compared with the first time the order was reported, the second time the order was reduced by more than three million taels, which was simply a big deal!

No one can believe it!

However, what is outrageous is that on the third day, Ma Xiangde hurried to the "Shengshi Haoting Court" where Eunuch Wei's camp was located, saying that the statistics in the previous period were wrong, which was actually exaggerated. He said: "The fake residence was looted and destroyed by the storm in the city, and several halls were burned to pieces, so he only received more than 3,000 taels of gold and silver."

"The official should be punished ten thousand times. The previous report was because he believed the list of the fake slave son Feng Ying, and he did not go to check it in person. He only misreported twice. I also asked my father-in-law to punish him!"

Ma Xiangde looked guilty and uneasy, and even blushed because of his inability to do things. It made people feel really distressed to see it like that.

At that time, Eunuch Wei, who was holding a tea bowl and coughing with salt, heard Ma Xiangde's words and smashed the tea bowl so much that he cursed for a long time. He said that since he had found out, he loaded the car and counted it and transported it to Shenyang for verification.

"You have made a mistake or something, and our family can still bear it for you, but if you have to put it somewhere else, who will bear it for you?"

"When I go back, I'll be more attentive and put everything in place. Don't miss it. Send officers and soldiers to protect me and send it away so that outsiders will not say how much money I, Wei Liangchen, swallowed Jianzhou! Our family is the most honest person, how can we bear that false reputation!"

Eunuch Wei’s attitude is there, and I hope outsiders can understand his attitude.

But things obviously won't calm down because of the real data. Not long after, rumors spread everywhere in Shenyang, Liaoyang, and the capital, saying that Eunuch Wei embezzled the huge amount of Tibetan silver of Jiannu!

Especially in the capital, things were magnified countless times. It was said that Jiannu had deposited tens of millions of silver for thirty years, and they were all swallowed by Eunuch Wei. Eunuch Wei was simply greedy!

"Fuck, fuck! How much tax is the Ming Dynasty a year? Can a small Jianzhou have tens of millions of dollars to save money!"

Facing the sewage poured on his head, my father-in-law was furious and deeply disappointed. However, his anger could not stop the leisurely mouths of the people in the world, nor could he stop the playfulness and exaggeration of those who were interested.

Helplessly, the father-in-law had to ask Wei Laojiu not to transport silver to his hometown by land and change to sea routes. However, it was too late. Not only did the people of Liaodong witness the officers and soldiers under the banner of "Wei" transport trucks of gold and silver to Shanhaiguan, but even the prince of the East Palace, who was far away in the capital, knew about it.

"Gei Master, Yang Hao really dares to report it, but do you believe it? Jiannu has only 3,000 taels of silver, is that possible? Someone told me that the carriage of the eunuch Wei transporting silver was lined up from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan! You said, did he ask him to swallow this silver!"

Zhu Changluo was already fat, and his forehead was sweating when he got angry. Traditional Chinese medicine calls this false fire.

"From Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan, it was obviously an exaggeration of the common people. It should be true that Wei Liangchen smuggled Jianzhou Tibetan silver, but it could not be so blatant."

Fang Congzhe was still relatively calm, and for some reason, although he prevented Wei Liangchen from returning to the capital, he would not directly become an enemy with him and completely tear his face. After all, his Zhejiang Party had a relationship with Wei Liangchen's maritime yamen and was still chaotic.

In this way, just like the other chief ministers facing the Donglin Party, they wanted to win over and suppress them, which was very conflicted. No wonder Wei Liangchen used the saying of snakes and rats when he was in Liaodong when he was discussing the other chief ministers privately with the left and right. He also said that this was Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror. In the end, the other chief ministers not only couldn't bother to ask for help, but also were not human inside and outside.

"I know it's not so exaggerating, but it's impossible that it's only more than three thousand taels, right?"

Zhu Changluo was angry. He originally wanted to use Jianzhou's huge wealth to alleviate the emptiness of the treasury. With the treasury, the prince who was asking about politics could start to do a lot of things. At least he could pay back half of the more than 2 million taels of usury owed by his Eastern Palace. Unexpectedly, Jianzhou gave him 3,000 taels. How could you not be angry?

"I asked Shanhaiguan to detain all the convoys from Jianzhou!"

The more I thought about it, the more angry he became, especially since Wei Liangchen and his younger sister Shouning lent him, Zhu Changluo decided to rob him.

"Your Highness is better to be calm!"

Fang Congzhe did not expect that the Eastern Palace would have this idea, and immediately advised him, pointing out that Wei Liangchen is now a hero of Pingnu, and the money he transported to his hometown may not be his own. After all, many officers and soldiers in the emperor's personal army were recruited by Wei in his hometown.

This is called Shanhaiguan placing a car, which means offending all the officers and soldiers. Now the court has no money to reward the Pingnu army because it cannot raise money. The officers and soldiers have already complained. Once the car is detained, it will intensify the conflict. I am afraid that Wei Liangchen would not wish the court to do so.

In that case, Eunuch Wei could openly incite officers and soldiers to cause trouble.

"This is not possible, that is not possible. Could it be that he, teachers and students, joined forces to deceive the court?"

Zhu Changluo felt very uncomfortable, but in fact he also understood that he did not have a good way to deal with the two teachers and students who had a great military and political match in Liaodong.

What is particularly important is that both teachers and students are from Concubine Zheng. If Concubine Zheng had not spoken to her father, Yang Hao would not have made a comeback.

Now that his father is seriously ill and his concubine is expelled, Yang Hao must have received the news that it is normal for him to join forces with his student who holds heavy troops in order to protect himself.

"Your Highness should not be too hasty. The dust has settled, and there will be nothing wrong in Liaodong." Fang Congzhe couldn't explain some things too thoroughly to the East Palace.

"That's what I do according to the elders."

Zhu Changluo groaned and temporarily eliminated his anger. What Fang Congzhe said was reasonable. It was not difficult to solve the problem of teachers and students in Liaodong. He only needed an imperial edict.
Chapter completed!
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