Chapter 555: The calamity of witchcraft? (2)
Recently, Wang Mang has been pursuing clues of the "conspiracy to rebel against Han and Liu's group".
Once Zhi Jinwu was serious and spread the big net, there was nothing he could not find out.
What's more, the nobles of the Han Dynasty privately discussed and discussed certain things without any sense of confidentiality.
Back then, the seven kingdoms of Wu and Chu colluded with rebellions, and the envoys almost made public exchanges, exchanged information, and even publicly formed offensive and defensive alliances.
Before King Liu Bi of Wu rose up, evidence and letters of the rebellion of the seven kingdoms of Wu and Chu were already placed in front of the monarchs and ministers of the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an...
Earlier, Liu Chang, the King of Li of Huainan, rebelled publicly, and then brought several cars and horses and about forty people, and planned to rise up.
Liu Chang's son Liu An rebelled, and he had no technical content.
It was still in the preparation stage, and everyone knew that even the people of Shouchun City knew that their king planned to settle accounts with the Emperor Chang'an...
Not long after, the news spread to Luoyang and Chang'an.
What's even more serious is that there are too many participants.
Therefore, countless people rushed to inform.
Even Liu An's son and confidants joined the whistleblower army.
So much so that Chang'an almost eliminated the rebellion without bloodshed.
This is especially true for the rebellion of the nobles of the marquis.
In the past hundred years, more than 80% of the rebellion cases of Lehou were heard during the preparation stage, and then they were suppressed by the local pavilion chiefs...
In recent years, the Han nobles have learned some skills, knowing to keep it confidential, and knowing that they can no longer talk casually about some things that may lose their heads.
But that's it.
What they call confidentiality is actually mostly just talking to themselves behind closed doors.
Otherwise, the gossipers in Chang'an would not have got so much material.
So, after a little investigation, Wang Mang found a lot of clues.
Then I followed these clues and found many big fish!
Wang Mang now not only knew that there was indeed a small group spanning the court, the place and the palace.
There is no problem with the group.
But having an affair with the eunuchs in the court is a pity!
More importantly, Wang Mang even captured evidence of their secret communication with the princes and kings.
What can be confirmed at present is that Guanglu Xunhan said that he would send his son to communicate with King Dan of Yan.
Originally, Wang Mang had planned to follow this clue and try to embody the "conspiracy against Han and Liu" group that the emperor believed existed into this world.
But unexpectedly, at this moment, someone suddenly reported to the emperor that the Taifu Gongsun Jingsheng had an affair with Princess Yangshi, and privately raised a Nanyue wizard to curse the king and father with the method of witchcraft.
This completely disrupted Wang Mang’s plan!
As soon as this happened, Wang Mang knew that he had no time to care about the "conspiracy to rebel against Han and Liu's group".
The matter involved in the matter, and the father of the Taipu was also the prime minister of the current dynasty.
Behind the prime minister is the queen and the prince.
Once such a big case is investigated, it may cause turmoil in the world.
The power of Jinwu will be all involved!
This made Wang Mang extremely angry!
"You dare to use me as a gun!" Wang Mang clenched his fists, feeling endless anger in his heart.
But now, he has no choice.
Fortunately, outside this Changle Palace, he met an unexpected person.
The waiter Zhang Zizhong!
What's even better is that this servant happened to be involved in this vortex.
So, without any hesitation, he told the young servant in front of him all the matter.
"I want to use me as a gun, but I want me as a knife?" Wang Mang sneered in his heart: "You should be careful of your teeth being broken!"
Thinking of this, Wang Mang decided to provide some more information to the Shizhong official in front of him: "Does Shizhong know that in addition to these matters, Zhi Jinwu has also been pursuing the Taipu's embezzlement of the military expenditure of the Northern Army?"
"From the information currently in charge of Zhi Jinwu, it can be confirmed that at least since the second year of Tianhan, tens of millions of funds have disappeared in Taipu's accounts every year..."
"This year alone, there were 50 million funds, and they were not allocated according to the system..."
"That includes the military expenses that should have been allocated to the Northern Army for replacement..."
"This official will also arrest the Taifu for the crime of 'corruption and dereliction of duty'..."
Zhang Yue listened, but there was no big change, because things like this were too common in later generations and were almost the same in contemporary times.
In fact, few of those who were executed for corruption are really because of corruption.
Just like now, just like Gongsun Jingsheng.
The Taifu Gongsun Jingsheng embezzled public funds, which is almost an open secret.
Who doesn’t know in this Chang’an City? Since Gongsun He was beaten to serve as the Taifu, the efficiency of the Taifu’s Ma Zheng began to decline year by year?
At its peak, the Han Taipu Yamen controlled thirty-six large ranches and raised more than 400,000 war horses!
In addition, there are cattle, sheep, and animals such as hell (camels) and millions of livestock.
However, since Gongsun He served as the Grand Duke.
The number of war horses in the Han family fell sharply.
Until now, let alone 400,000 horses in the railings.
Can the total number of horses in Taipu Thirty-six Gardens be 200,000?
Among them, those that can be used as war horses must at least be half or even three-fold!
At the beginning, Li Ling went out of the frontier and waited for two months in Juyan, but he didn't even see a single horsehair, so he could only walk out of the frontier.
This is no longer a dereliction of duty or negligence, or even corruption.
This is murder!
This is taking the lives of military soldiers to benefit themselves!
pity……
No matter what the Taipu Yamen is like.
As the prince’s relative, Gongsun can rest assured.
Not only that, there was not even a person who impeached them in the government and the public.
This made Gongsun He and his son even more proud.
Finally, he began to extend his hand to the Northern Army's military expenditure.
And this is undoubtedly a death talisman and a death statute.
The generals and soldiers of the Northern Army are not cats and dogs.
They are the flesh of the emperor and the rocks of the country.
Gongsun Jingsheng stretched his hand to the Northern Army's military expenses, and the Northern Army could not let him go.
Moreover, no one can save him this time.
only……
Zhang Yue looked at Wang Mang deeply, lowered his head and said softly: "Prince, Changle Palace is the residence of the empress, the bedroom of the empress dowagers of all generations, solemn and solemn. If you hold Jinwu into Changle Palace late at night, you may..."
"It's better..." Zhang Yue looked at Wang Mang tentatively: "The servant will bring the servant out?"
Wang Mang listened and showed a meaningful smile.
If someone else made this request, Wang Mang would definitely not agree.
Even the prince is not good!
but……
It's Zhang Zizhong's words...
"Yes!" Wang Mang nodded calmly: "But I can only give the Shizhong two quarters of an hour. If I can't see the Grand Master in two quarters of an hour, I can only force myself to enter Changle Palace!"
Chapter completed!