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Chapter 198: Elder Ge personally asks for silver coins! [For the leader of the alliance, Xin Yuhua Y

If this were the past, it would definitely be directly imprisoned into the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue. No one would come to ask the emperor for advice. Now, the emperor is not as powerful as the emperor is growing, not to mention that Han Kun is a subordinate who Chu Yi values, so he naturally knows what he should do.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi and said, "Big companion, let's go and welcome Commander Han into the city, and then put the gold, silver and wealth into the national treasury and the palace."

Chu Yi knew that this matter would eventually fall on him, even Gu Dayong would not do it. Perhaps there would be no problem in supervising jewelry, jade and other property to enter the Forbidden City, but Gu Dayong might not be able to suppress all civil and military officials.

With so much wealth and property entering the capital, with the knowledge of civil and military officials, perhaps the officials have already received the news at this time.

If the officials who were so angry that they shouted that the emperor would fill all their property into the treasury, Gu Dayong might not be able to suppress the situation.

So it is perfect for Chu Yi to go.

Chu Yi stood up and bowed to the emperor and nodded, "I will receive the order."

With his eyes falling on Han Yu, Chu Yi chuckled and said, "General Han, let's go and take my governor to see Commander Han!"

At the Grand Canal Ferry outside the capital, several official boats docked there, and soldiers were surrounded by tight guards, which isolated many ships around, which naturally attracted many people to peep.

Obviously, as soon as Han Kun's ship arrived, he immediately sent Han Yu to ask for the emperor, and he was in charge of the emperor himself, just waiting for the emperor's will.

Chu Yi learned from Han Yu that Han Kun and others were still at the ferry, especially those boxes of heavy gold and silver goods. Han Kun and others were not ready to carry them into the city.

With Chu Yi's order, in just one stick of incense, the Dongchang Manzi raised hundreds of taels of carriages and followed Chu Yi out of the capital and headed straight for the ferry.

Chu Yi's big news naturally cannot be concealed by all the civil and military officials in the capital, because Chu Yi will definitely have big news if he makes big news.

This time, Chu Yi brought hundreds of carriages out of the city. Everyone was stunned at first, but they quickly reacted. Someone exclaimed: "I understand. Manager Chu brought so many carriages out of the city. If nothing unexpected happens, I think it is because the troops who confiscated Lu Wenyang have returned!"

Many people were shocked at first, and then some people exclaimed: "It's really amazing. It's said that Lu Wenyang has greedy for countless wealth. Judging from this situation, I'm afraid that it's really like the rumor. Lu Wenyang has greedy for at least tens of millions of tael silver."

Someone sarcastically said: "How is this possible? No matter how many means Lu Wenyang has, how could he be so greedy?"

The amount of tens of millions of silver patterns is too huge, and many people cannot believe it or accept it at all, so they selectively disbelief of the rumors.

He heard someone say, "I don't know if the property of Lu Wenyang, who was confiscated this time, was filled in the national treasury or His Majesty's private treasury?"

Many people were naturally stunned, and many people looked at each other. Now it is not as good as before. When encountering such a thing, someone must have jumped out and insisted on filling the treasury. If they were not filling the treasury, they would definitely say that the emperor was foolish and incompetent.

But now, no one dares to come out to cause trouble. Who knows if there are any staff from the East Factory, the West Factory and even the Jinyiwei around?

Who doesn’t know that the people of the Jinyiwei are almost everywhere. If this is recorded by the Jinyiwei because of his quick speech, he might be in trouble in the future.

Not to mention the discussions about how these people saw Chu Yi leaving the city with hundreds of carriages, but for the people in the officialdom, their news is naturally the most informative.

Not long ago, the cabinet masters received news in the cabinet that Han Kun sent someone to report the cabinet. After all, according to the procedures, Han Kun should have reported the court, but Han Kun obviously delayed the time for reporting the cabinet, so when Chu Yi took the carriage out of the city, several cabinet masters received the news.

Looking at the report presented by Han Kun, the faces of several cabinet masters were full of surprise.

Chen Ge Lao, who was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, said happily: "Ten millions of silver patterns are covered. After filling it into the treasury, the treasury will be abundant. If you provide relief to the victims, repair canals, etc., and build military armor, you will have abundant funds!"

A cabinet master glanced at Chen cabinet and said, "Brother Chen, you are afraid you are thinking too much. Don't forget, is it still a big deal to have these assets entered the national treasury?"

Chen Ding couldn't help but angrily said, "If the confiscated property is not charged into the national treasury, can it be charged into the internal treasury? If the emperor dares to do this, I will definitely go to meet the emperor and directly advise the emperor!"

Chen Ding was a veteran of three dynasties. He was aloof and did not form cliques for personal gain. He was a tough guy with a stubborn temper. He was not stained by a person. He was a rare honest and virtuous minister.

That's why Zhu Houzhao brought him into the cabinet and ordered him to take charge of the Ministry of Revenue.

Everyone knew Chen Ding's temper very well. After hearing Chen Ding's words, everyone smiled bitterly. Everyone was afraid that except for the prime minister Jiao Fang, only Chen Ding dared to say that.

Chen Ding's eyes fell on Jiao Fang and stared at Jiao Fang and said, "Sir, as the head of all officials, the confiscated silver must be filled into the national treasury. You must insist on this, even if I go to meet the emperor with the elders!"

Jiao Fang stroked his beard and pondered, looking at everyone and said, "Everyone, this matter is of great importance, and we can decide. Your Majesty will consider the needs of the court. Therefore, regarding how to distribute the confiscated silver, I think it is best to wait for Your Majesty to have a result..."

Although he said this, it was obvious that Jiao Fang was still inclined to the emperor. After all, Jiao Fang himself belonged to the emperor. If Chu Yi and the others did not look to the emperor, then his position as the chief minister of the cabinet would be unstable.

After all, Jiao Fang is not as good as the former cabinet chief Yang Ting and the connections accumulated over the years, so even if Yang Ting and the emperor were fighting against each other, in order to stabilize the overall situation of the court, Zhu Houzhao had to sign him as the cabinet chief.

When Chen Ding heard Jiao Fang's words and said to Jiao Fang, "Old Jiao Ge, don't you know that you are harming the emperor when you do this?"

Jiao Fang knew that Chen Ding had such a reaction because of his nature, so he had no evil thoughts. Otherwise, the emperor would not have promoted him to the cabinet and handed over the important department as the Ministry of Revenue to you.

With a sigh, Jiao Fang said to Chen Ding: "Since that's the case, Lord Chen might as well go to meet General Chu with our cabinet."

If ordinary officials were absolutely frightened when they heard Chu Yi’s name, Chen Ding said calmly: “Then go see General Manager Chu.”

The two sedan chairs quickly rushed out of the city.

When Chu Yi showed up at the Dukou with hundreds of carriages, it naturally caused a lot of sensation. It was Chu Yi's movement that made the ships parked in the distance look at him.

Han Kun was in charge of the boat personally. When he saw the fleet of cars and horses coming, he breathed a sigh of relief. He advised his confidants and got off the boat as soon as possible.

When Chu Yi and Han Yu arrived, Han Kun immediately rushed forward and bowed to Chu Yi for a week and said, "I will pay homage to the governor!"

Chu Yi reached out and helped Han Kun up and smiled slightly, "General Han is full of dust, thank you for your hard work along the way!"

Han Kun said repeatedly: "The last general is not hard at all, and the supervisor will care about it if he has time!"

Chu Yi's eyes turned to the big ship and said, "All the money is on the big ship?"

Han Kun nodded and said, "Even if you will pack your property on two large ships, guard your guards along the way, and finally arrive in the capital in an instant, and you can start unloading the ship at any time."

Chu Yi stepped forward, looked at the big ships, and smiled slightly and said, "Since that's the case, the commander will order the ship to start unloading!"

With Han Kun's order, the soldiers on the boat began to unload boxes of extremely heavy gold and silver from the ship with the help of a slide rod, and then put the boxes on the carriage.

Many people from afar saw that most of these were merchants, and they were the most sensitive to gold and silver objects. Just looking at the size of the box and the difficulty of the soldiers when they unloaded these boxes, it can be roughly inferred that most of the boxes contained in these boxes were gold and silver objects.

The canal from the capital to Tianjin Wei was blocked. Now, when people looked at the unloaded boxes, they could vaguely guess where the gold and silver contained in these boxes came from.

It is precisely because of this that when the boxes of gold and silver were removed, many people showed horror on their faces.

Everyone only knows that as the governor of the canal transportation, Lu Wende was definitely greedy for a lot of money, but he really didn't know how much it was. Now that he saw so many boxes being unloaded, everyone was naturally extremely surprised.

Above a cargo ship, an old businessman said in surprise: "Oh my God, there are so many big boxes, I'm afraid the gold and silver are not less than tens of millions of taels!"

"I really didn't expect that Lu Wenyang could be able to greedy for so much money. It's a pity that he greedy for so much money and finally suffered retribution. No matter how much property he has, he was still searched by the court to exterminate his family!"

Lu Wenyang exploited past businessmen, so it was naturally impossible for the merchants to be happy. Now that he saw Lu Wenyang in trouble, nine of the ten businessmen who made a living by relying on the Grand Canal would applaud.

At this moment, two sedan chairs rushed over. Isn’t it Jiao Fang and Chen Ding the two elders?

The sedan was stopped from afar. After all, it was loading and unloading gold and silver here, and the idle people were absolutely not allowed to approach. It was not surprising that they were stopped by the soldiers guarding around.

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