I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

The arrest of Liang Maoshi by the government was obviously aimed at Jiangzuo.

Given Jiang Zuo's current status, who is behind this?

Jiang Zuo actually already had the answer to this question in his mind.

Since the second day after entering the palace to meet the emperor, Jiang Zuo already knew who was the force targeting him behind the scenes.

The status and power of Jiang Zuo, the chief minister of the cabinet, are obviously higher than those of the two prime ministers.

It had been known before that the Right Prime Minister's party was not friendly to Jiang Zuo, and Jiang Zuo had no contact with the Left Prime Minister, not even much communication.

Jiang Zuo didn't want to stay in the court for even a moment because of the depressing atmosphere there.

The most important issue now is to solve the current problem first.

Jiang Zuo had anticipated that the relative would cause some trouble and had asked people to warn him beforehand, but these things were really hard to avoid.

No matter what, Liang Maoshi was Jiang Zuo's benefactor when he was young, and could be considered a distant relative with whom he had a decent relationship.

If this matter gets out, it will inevitably have a certain impact on Jiangzuo.

Jiang Zuo thought for a moment and told Master Guo, "Send someone to the prison right now to ask about all the details about my uncle."

Only by knowing the ins and outs of the matter can Jiang Zuo deal with it better.

"Understood." Master Guo set off immediately.

Jiang Zuo held his forehead, feeling upset.

Although his status as the chief minister of the cabinet is high, it comes with all kinds of pressure.

Inside and outside the court, many people were waiting to laugh at him.

"Oh, troubles come one after another..."

Jiang Zuo sighed, leaned back in his chair, and suddenly felt extremely tired.

I don't know how long it took, but I heard hurried footsteps.

"Sir, I am back."

It was Master Guo’s voice.

Jiang Zuo slowly opened his eyes and asked, "What happened?"

Master Guo came up to Jiang Zuo and said, "Just as I expected, my cousin was framed. He said that the people who framed him had a Beijing accent and looked to be in their twenties or thirties."

Jiang Zuo said: "I can't find out who it is. I want to know how it happened."

Master Guo said, "The group of people wanted Uncle Liang to help sell some goods in the name of doing business, and then took Uncle Liang to a warehouse. Not long after they arrived at the warehouse, they were arrested. It was obviously premeditated."

"So, the people from the West City Yamen must be related to someone."

Jiang Zuo frowned.

The power behind it is very complicated as it can get people from the government to join in.

Their real purpose must be Jiangzuo.

Jiang Zuo had already guessed that perhaps his uncle was being targeted because he revealed his identity to Jiang Zuo in order to show off.

Jiang Zuo knew that there was no need to be too harsh on such a distant relative from his hometown. The only thing he had to do now was to solve the problem.

Master Guo suggested, "Sir, why don't we give some small gifts to the people in the West City Yamen and ask them to be more flexible."

Jiang Zuo immediately shook his head and said, "Isn't this falling right into their trap? The reason they want to arrest my uncle is to prove his relationship with me. If we continue to use this bribery method, we will definitely be caught, and then things will only get worse."

Master Guo sighed and said, "I heard that my cousin committed a capital crime this time. He stole government supplies, so he should at least be exiled. How should you deal with this, sir?"

Jiang Zuo fell into deep thought, thinking of a countermeasure.

"Can you check the latest accounts of the West City Government and the movement of materials in various government warehouses?" Jiang Zuo suddenly asked.

Master Guo whispered, "It is possible to investigate, but it requires some shady means. If you want to do this, I will do it perfectly and will never implicate you."

When he was in Anding County, Master Guo was an expert at collecting intelligence.

When he first arrived in the capital, all the power relationships in the capital were collected by Master Guo.

Now that we want to secretly investigate the Xicheng Yamen, we naturally cannot have anything to do with Jiangzuo.

Jiang Zuo's current strategy is not to clear his uncle's name, but another unique plan.

"But sir, what does this have to do with saving my uncle?"

Master Guo asked doubtfully.

Jiang Zuo said: "Just do as you are told."

"I understand." Master Guo nodded.

Jiang Zuo added: "Also, pay attention to all the movements of the government office. If there is anything strange, remember to report it to me as soon as possible."

"Of course."

The next day.

Beijing streets.

The common people in the teahouse began to discuss one thing secretly, which was the crime of Jiang Zuo's cousin "stealing government supplies".

"I heard that the person who was arrested was Prime Minister Jiang's uncle."

Someone commented.

"Are you serious? Recently, many people have claimed to be Prime Minister Jiang's so-and-so. Many of them are fake and cannot be trusted."

"This time it's definitely true. That guy was bragging about it in the teahouse before, and he spoke very convincingly. It seems that it's true."

"It seems that Prime Minister Jiang did send someone to visit that person in prison, which further proves that this is true."

"Since you are a relative of Prime Minister Jiang, why do you want to steal things from the government? Isn't this because you have nothing to do?"

"It's hard to say. After all, corruption is common among court officials, not to mention their family members."

"There's something fun to watch now."

For a time, this matter spread to all major restaurants and teahouses in the capital to a strange extent.

Jiang Zuo is still investigating this matter.

That group of people seemed determined to convict his cousin in order to put pressure on Jiang Zuo.

Even after this incident happened, no one came to inform Jiang Zuo.

My cousin must have revealed his identity. In that case, those people from the yamen must have said hello to Jiang Zuo out of favor, but they didn't. It was obvious that they wanted to embarrass Jiang Zuo.

That's exactly what happened.

Early this morning, Jiang Zuo went to the palace for the morning court.

Although his mood was a little complicated at the moment, he was not panicked.

After a day of preparation yesterday, Jiang Zuo had already mastered some things.

When they arrived at the main hall, many people's eyes would stop on Jiang Zuo from time to time.

"Meet Prime Minister Jiang."

Many officials signaled to Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo responded one by one, but his mind was not on the court.

Even when the empress came, Jiang Zuo did not kneel down with all his heart.

Hearing the officials coming forward to report, Jiang Zuo still kept his head down, thinking about other things.

"Your Majesty, I have something else to report."

At this time, an official said.

"Tell me." The empress's tone was as calm as usual.

The official said, "I heard that in the capital, someone is using Prime Minister Jiang's name to defraud people, and some are even taking the opportunity to steal government property. This matter must be dealt with seriously."

Hearing this, Jiang Zuo suddenly raised his head.

Finally someone brought it up.

"Is this happening?"

Chen Qingyun also couldn't help but look solemn, and her eyes were also looking towards Jiang Zuo.

At this moment, Jiang Zuo didn't seem to care at all...