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Chapter 986 Where did the money go?

Wei Liangchen didn't expect that this matter was related to Ma Tang, and he didn't expect that it was related to Gao Huai.

To be precise, Wang Yuegan confessed a historical case.

That is where Gao Huai’s money went.

Gao Huai served as the Liaodong Mining Supervisor since the 24th year of Wanli, and later served as the Shanhai Customs Commissioner. Until the year before, the Guanmen Army lost power. In the 14th year of Liao, he deported more than 60,000 taels of silver in the treasury tax every year.

According to Wang Yuegan, Gao Huai's taxes on the internal treasury were only one-third of the money he earned in Liaodong.

In other words, Gao Huai embezzled a huge amount of one million in the past fourteen years. In addition to the expenses, he also swallowed a huge amount of seventy or eight hundred thousand taels.

"Didn't my father-in-law believe it?"

When the young eunuch in front of him stared at him, Wang Yuegan thought he didn't believe it, so he deliberately told the story of several censors impeaching Gao Huai.

"...Your Majesty believes in Gao Huai, and all the knowledge and teachings are left in the middle, so Gao Huai is so confident."

"Ahem... we believe in you, and you will continue."

Wei Liangchen's eyes returned to their original state, and he believed this, ten thousand letters.

He asked Wang Yegan, if Gao Huai was still a Liaodong Mining Supervisor, he would be safe and sound, but now Gao Huai has lost his power and was sent to Fengyang to guard the tomb. The money should be handed over to the inner treasury according to principles, but why has he never heard of this?

"My father-in-law doesn't know..."

After Wang Yuegan said that, there was nothing to hide. After Zhang Ye, the former Tongzhou tax envoy who took office as Liaodong Mining Supervision, took office, he began to investigate Gao Huai's past, but after investigation, he could not find out whereabouts of the huge sum of money.

"If Eunuch Zhang can't find out, then I won't check it?"

Wei Liangchen did not believe that Zhang Ye was so kind, and the phoenix fell into the water was not as good as a chicken. Gao Huai went from being a high-ranking Liaodong Mining Supervisor to becoming an old slave in Fengyang's tomb guarding the tomb. For him, the huge sum of money was tantamount to a child's gold. How could Zhang Ye let it go?

"My father-in-law is afraid he has never been a heterodyne. If he has done it, he will know what Eunuch Zhang is thinking." Wang said the Gandao.

"oh?"

Wei Liangchen understood why Zhang Ye didn't bite this matter to the point, because his butt was not clean.

Gao Huai and Zhang Ye are both mine supervisors. Whatever Gao Huai has done, you, Zhang Ye, have done it too. If you, Zhang Ye, break the rules for money today, you, Zhang Ye, will not blame others for treating you the same way in the future.

So even if you think about Gao Huai's Tibetan Silver, Zhang Ye would not dare to do it too ruthlessly.

"Don't your Majesty know about this?"

As soon as he finished asking, Wei Liangchen knew that he shouldn't have asked, because Wanli definitely didn't know about this matter, and definitely no one would report it to the emperor.

Which eunuch is willing to do this and dares to do it if he cuts off everyone's financial resources and even gets trapped in it?

In this world, Eunuch Wei is loyal and honest, dedicated to serving the emperor, wholeheartedly, and unwillingly, not knowing what money is.

Others, their quality is too low, and their ideological awareness is not good, they are not good...

As for why Gao Huai didn't take the initiative to hand in, Wei Liangchen also thought it through.

He is like this, what's the difference between whether he is handed over or not. I'm afraid that if he really handed over this huge sum, he would have just been guarding the tomb of Fengyang, and the body might be left to split up in the end.

One tael of silver, the emperor only has one third of you, and he will take the blame for you, take the blame, wipe your butt, and sell your word "shoulder" as a slave at a low price. Wanli is very frustrated no matter how he thinks...

It is right that Gao Huai doesn't make friends, and no one dares to force him to death.

Who has no relatives and friends in the palace?

From this, Wei Liangchen is more determined to build the Ming Dynasty Imperial Army that will attack wherever he goes. At least, when he really has something to do, whoever dares to touch his money must first ask the brothers of the Imperial Army whether they agree.

In addition, Gao Huai is afraid that he will make a comeback one day.

This situation is not impossible.

"What does this matter have to do with you, and what does it have to do with Ma Tang? What does it have to do with Erjin's major rebellion case?"

Wei Liangchen asked three questions in a row.

"My father-in-law, please know that Ma Tang and Gao Huai have always been at odds. They have been fighting for many years in order to fight for the pen and secretly. If Gao Huai had not lost power due to the reclusive army, Ma Tang might not have been able to enter the capital... Two years ago, Gao Huai secretly sent someone to Linqing to collect Ma Tang's crimes. After Ma Tang learned about this, he greeted Eunuch Shi, and Eunuch Shi asked me to do this..."

Wei Liangchen knew something about what Wang Yuegan said next. The fat man Qi Erdao sent to Linqing was Gao Huai. This person is running around Zheng Guotai. He is an internal speculator and is of the same nature as Wang Wenyan.

However, Eunuch Shi is Shi Yuanya, one of the former Dongfa factory's internal department. He was transferred from the Dongfa factory's internal department last year. The one who took over his position was Zhang Jinzhong, the imperial supervisor.

Shi Yuanya and Ma Tang were very close, so Ma Tang asked him to use his own hands to help intercept Qi Erdao. Wang Yuegan, who was the General Banner of the Jinyiwei at that time, was the candidate for Shi Yuanya to find.

The reason why Shi Yuanya did not call on the inside of the Dongchang was because Chen Ju, the then-handed seal, also involved a fight between the inner court. Wang Yuegan was not aware of the inside story. After he finished the work for Shi Yuanya, although he did not catch anyone, Shi Yuanya still helped him get promoted to a hundred households and introduced him to Ma Tang. Then he became a disciple of Ma Tang and recognized him as his adoptive father.

After Shi Yuanya was transferred from the East Factory, he was sent to Linqing as a tax envoy. This position was originally taken by Ma Tang, but now he asked Shi Yuanya to go there. It is obvious that this was Ma Tang's arrangement.

"... Although Zhang Ye no longer investigates Gao Huai's Tibetan Yin, Ma Tang did not give up. He was not good at starting this matter when he was in Tianjin. After entering the capital, he asked me to investigate the matter in secret..."

Wang Yuegan confessed that he used all kinds of methods and finally found the whereabouts of Kong Zhen, the eunuch who had gone to Liaodong with Gao Huai. Although he knew that Kong Zhen had a younger brother, Kong Xue, who was the close confidant of Liu Cheng, the concubine's close servant Liu Cheng, Wang Yuegan still arrested him secretly and tortured him severely. Finally, he found out from Kong Zhen that the huge amount embezzled by Gao Huai was hidden in Liaoyang and Gaizhou.

Wang Yuegan, who was overjoyed, immediately reported the matter to Ma Tang, and he believed that Ma Tang would definitely reward him. Sure enough, Ma Tang said on the spot that after the matter was completed, he would definitely find a family of Wang Yuegan.

However, what I never expected was that when Ma Tang led his men to Liaoyang to raise silver, he was empty, but he raised 350,000 taels of silver in Gaizhou, while Kong Zhen said that Gao Huai had 460,000 taels of silver hidden in Liaoyang.

There was silver in one place, and there was no silver in the other place. Ma Tang suspected that someone had swallowed the Tibetan silver from Liaoyang, and the target of this suspicion was Wang Yuegan. He ordered people to hold him without listening to Wang Yuegan's explanation, and he was also tortured and asked him severely, but Wang Yuegan really did not embezzle and could not be called out no matter how hard he called it.

Seeing that he was about to be beaten to death by Ma Tang, Wang Yuegan had no choice but to admit it, and then said that he would take Eunuch Ma to get the silver. Halfway, while the guard was not paying attention, escaped in the dark and fled back to the secret place where Kong Zhen was imprisoned. Finally, he learned from Kong Zhen that he had a secret contact channel with his younger brother Kong Xue.

"So, was Confucius embezzling the Tibetan silver in Liaoyang?"

When Eunuch Wei heard this, he sympathized with Wang Yuegan: That guy Ma Tang was not kind to his subordinates and his mind was also stubborn. If Wang Yuegan wanted to swallow silver, why should he tell you where the silver was hidden?

If he had Eunuch Wei, he would definitely have to grab both hands and be hard on both hands. You can't even think of a single hair on Ma Tang.

"It's not Kong Xue, it's Liu Cheng!"
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