People like Chang Ming and others in the Yellow Banner Manzhou were regarded as servants of the emperor. Normally, they would not be punished too harshly. Why were they suddenly deprived of titles and salaries, or even ransacked their homes and dismissed from office?

Not to mention that Min Tinghuo couldn't figure it out, Hong Dashou couldn't figure it out either. These people have the power of "eight discussions". The four brothers of Xindali, the ancestor of Chang Ming, served Huang Taiji in front of and behind the horse, and they could discuss merits at will. In addition, his cousin

She is Qianlong's concubine Shujia, so there is no problem in discussing marriage.

Why is this so?

At this time, Min Tinghe was not in the mood to read, but hurriedly sent people everywhere. At the gate of the palace, at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at the Ministry of Household Affairs, and at the Infantry Commander's Office. In short, wherever it was possible to find out the news

, they all sent people.

After asking for more than an hour, I finally found out.

The case of Guizhou Weishui Plant's money shortfall, and the case of Guizhou Weishui Plant's lead pill theft.

To put it bluntly, it is a case. The accounts of Weining Lead Mine and Shuicheng Lead Mine in Guizhou Province cannot be reconciled! The total deficit is as high as 193,790 taels!

Shocking case!

First of all, the lead here is not the lead on the periodic table of chemical elements, but zinc. It was called Japanese lead in the Ming Dynasty and white lead in the Qing Dynasty. It is an important currency material for casting copper coins and the most important metal for maintaining the stability of national currency circulation.

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Followed by Weining Factory and Shuicheng Factory, which refers to Weining Prefecture Lead Mine and Shuicheng Hall Lead Mine, two large-scale private handicraft workshops that provide the country with government-run white lead that integrates mining and smelting.

The reason for the case of Wei Shui Factory's money deficit was the policy of "releasing capital and collecting lead" implemented in the Qing Dynasty. Since most of the furnace households were "skilled poor", they were unable to advance funds to produce white lead.

Therefore, officials in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces who shared the same problem secretly advanced the funds sent by the state to factories and mines to purchase government-run red copper and white lead to furnace owners in advance.

That is to say, (first) release the capital (then gold) and collect lead and copper. This is an expedient measure without the emperor's consent. But it has been forced to pass like this, and the country needs more and more coins.

At the peak of the Qing Dynasty, the annual demand for white lead was 9.62 million jins. With such a large amount, the white lead furnace owners were unable to advance capital for production. In order to complete the task, officials could only misappropriate the money first to meet the needs of Yanjing.

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The lead shot theft case at Wei Water Plant is easy to understand. The inventory and production in the official books, as well as the amount shipped to Yanjing, do not add up. There are a lot of missing parts in the middle, so it must have been stolen and sold on the way.

As for Chang Ming, what kind of official position does he hold? Taoist priest of Guidong Road in Guizhou Province, prosecutorial envoy of Guizhou Province, and political envoy of Guizhou Province. He was dismissed from his post due to his inability to rescue Sichuan and was retained and sent to the Miao territory of Hunan.

The Minister of Affairs was eventually appointed as the acting governor of Hunan due to his meritorious service in suppressing the Miao rebellion.

It happened that during the time when the two cases were in deficit, Mr. Chang was in office and was in charge of the lead affairs. Regardless of whether he had a hand in it or not, this relationship is absolutely inescapable.

You must know that one hundred kilograms of white lead is worth one or two eight taels of silver. What is the concept of a total deficit of more than 190,000 taels?

This is equivalent to a loss of 10 million kilograms of white lead!

Half of the coinage materials needed by the country for a whole year were lost during his tenure! (The other half was copper. After Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, copper coins were minted with half copper and lead.)

For such a major case, it is no wonder that he will be deprived of all his worldly titles, dismissed from office and his property will be confiscated.

There were countless people in the Qing Dynasty who had committed more corruption than him. But as bold as him, who directly robbed half of the country's annual monetary resources, he was the first person in the Qing Dynasty!

Don't even think about it. Even if Hong Dashou is not at the military plane, he knows that a comment of "daring" will not go away.

However, this matter is also a bit strange, and it always feels full of conspiracy. Chang Ming said that he was both a Taoist priest and an envoy, but in fact, he was not in office most of the time.

Where is he?

Sichuan!

How could an official from Guizhou Province go to Sichuan?

Sichuan-Shaanxi White Lotus Sect Uprising!

The White Lotus Sect uprising that broke out from the end of the 60th year of Qianlong to the beginning of the first year of Jiaqing invaded the Sichuan area in a very short period of time. The local area could not resist it, so the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion soldiers and horses were naturally deployed from the north to suppress it.

In the south, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and other provinces were required to send troops to assist in the suppression. This uprising lasted for several years, and Chang Ming was the leading civilian official who actually commanded the Guizhou soldiers and horses to participate in the encirclement and suppression.

Hong Dashou could not imagine that a Guizhou official who had been suppressing uprisings in other provinces for four or five years could actually lose more than 190,000 taels of Guizhou official silver in such a short period of time.

Rather than saying it was a loss, it would be more reasonable to say that Chang Ming once took the time to move money home when he returned to the Guizhou Administrative Office.

It certainly doesn't make sense to embezzle official money in an upright manner. Everyone knows that Chang Ming is leading troops to suppress the White Lotus Sect uprising. He has no time or opportunity to deal with the affairs of the lead factory and handle the money of the lead factory. Even if he wants to frame him, he should

It would be more realistic to falsely accuse him of deducting food and salary from being in the army.

Chang Ming himself must have had little time and opportunity to embezzle the 190,000 taels, but it would be unreasonable to be framed. How could anyone frame such an almost impossible thing?

It's true, it's corruption. If you don't have the time, the money is gone. If you frame it, it's too superficial, but the official position is really lost.

In addition, Jiaqing was furious and punished Chang Ming so severely, which is also full of doubts and difficult to understand.

"The supervisor was just going to visit Mr. Chang?" The person who tied the bell had to be tied to untie the bell. Hong Dashou felt that if he could find the person involved, he should be able to figure out the whole story.

"I really planned to go there, but now..." Min Tingyue seemed very hesitant. After all, it was not good to visit a sinner.

"After all, Mr. Chang is a slave of Zhenghuang Banner Manchuria and the Heavenly Family. As long as his crime does not lead to death, who knows whether he will be resurrected in the future."

"But such a big case is still unknown!"

"Although the case is large, it is full of doubts and the facts of the case are not yet clear. How can we confirm it?" Hong Dashou explained.

"Mr. Chang has helped the eunuch after all, so if you don't thank him now, it would be disrespectful."

"Furthermore, there are many who add icing on the cake, but few who provide charcoal in the snow."

If Min Tinghye goes now, he may become the only person to visit Chang Ming, whose house was ransacked. Regardless of whether it is true or false, visiting him under such circumstances is a sign of loyalty.

If Chang Ming can make a comeback in the future, then Min Tinghye, who still comes to visit him when he is in trouble, will definitely be ranked first in his mind.

And even if Chang Ming really threw himself into the street, what would this mean to Min Tinghye, who was a minister of the Li Dynasty? Chang Ming and Min Tinghye were close relatives, and these days it was advocated by the national law to hide each other from each other.

Lord Fuwei rules the world with filial piety! Covering up crimes among relatives is an innocent act. Not to mention Min Tinghye just took a look.
Chapter completed!