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

These court officials were fighting openly and secretly all day long, which gave Chen Qingyun a headache.

The problem now is that they have pointed their spearheads at Jiang Zuo, but they don’t know how to solve it...

"I also think that this matter can be forgiven. Prime Minister Jiang has served the country and the people, and he deserves this treatment."

"Minister Zhang is right. After all, Prime Minister Jiang is an important official of the imperial court who was granted the title of Sansi. His family members should be exempt from punishment."

In the court, these officials would not openly mock or impeach Jiang Zuo. They would only secretly target Jiang Zuo through flattery and fawning.

This time, reporting Jiang Zuo's uncle would bring shame to Jiang Zuo, so these officials did not feel any psychological pressure at all.

"I object."

At this time, someone suddenly said.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and discovered that the person who was speaking was not another official, but Jiang Zuo, who was at the center of the discussion.

Chen Qingyun's expression changed and he looked at Jiang Zuo with confusion.

At this time, Jiang Zuo stepped forward, leaned forward and said: "Since you have committed a crime, you should be punished according to the laws of Dayan, and no one should be exempted."

When these words were spoken, everyone around was surprised.

"Prime Minister Jiang is able to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice. He is worthy of being an important official of our dynasty. I admire him."

Someone flattered, but there was a hint of sarcasm in the words.

To preserve the prestige of Jiangzuo now, perhaps the only option is to sacrifice one's own relatives for the sake of justice.

But Jiang Zuo didn't think so.

"But I have a few questions that I would like to ask this yamen official."

Jiang Zuo suddenly said again.

The yamen official lowered his head and said, "Prime Minister Jiang, please speak."

"I wonder which government warehouse the suspect committed the theft from?" Jiang Zuo asked.

The yamen commander replied, "It is the government treasury on Tiancang Street in the west city."

"What supplies are there in the warehouse?" Jiang Zuo asked.

The yamen official thought for a moment and said, "What exactly it is, Prime Minister Jiang can go to the West City Yamen to see."

"Understood." Jiang Zuo nodded calmly.

The yamen commander asked, "I wonder what the connection is between Prime Minister Jiang's questions and the case?"

This question is also a question that others wonder.

Since Jiang Zuo has admitted that he has a relationship with the suspect and has taken the initiative to propose a conviction, what is the point of bringing up these details of the case?

"It seems that you, the yamen commander, don't know the general situation of the entire yamen."

Jiang Zuo suddenly said.

The yamen commander said nothing, not understanding what Jiang Zuo meant.

Chen Qingyun looked at Jiang Zuo in confusion, not knowing what he was going to do.

"I have found out that your West City Yamen has recently received an income of 500,000 taels. Where did this come from?"

Jiang Zuo asked again.

This question immediately shocked the West City Yamen Magistrate.

They had already concealed the details of the accounts of these government offices from the imperial court. How did Jiang Zuo know about it?

The yamen commander was not the only one who was panicking in the court.

You have to know that the daily financial expenditure of the West City Government is all funded by the imperial court. The income of 500,000 taels is definitely abnormal.

Chen Qingyun's expression changed slightly, and he looked at the West City Yamen with a rather dignified look, and asked, "Is this true or false?"

As long as it is true, the Xicheng government must have a corruption problem.

The yamen official had sweat on his forehead, but he still tried to remain calm and said, "What do you mean by 500,000 taels? I wonder what Prime Minister Jiang is referring to?"

In this situation, he can only pretend to be confused.

"Someone, bring the things up."

Jiang Zuo suddenly gave an order.

After a while, someone brought an account book.

Jiang Zuo took the item in his hand, showed it to the yamen official, and asked, "Is this the account book of your West City Yamen?"

The yamen commander shook his head: "No."

Jiang Zuo said, "You will definitely not admit it. This was found in your West City Yamen. Your West City Yamen has two account books, and this one contains the evidence of your corruption and abuse of power."

With this said, the yamen magistrate was immediately accused of corruption.

You know, corruption in Yan State is a capital crime.

How could the yamen official admit it? He denied it again and again: "Where did this account come from? I don't know..."

After all, they had done something wrong, and they were immediately panicked.

They had no idea how Jiang Zuo got the account.

At this time, Jiang Zuo said again: "I have already started investigating your West City Yamen. I didn't expect you to take the initiative to cause trouble for me."

In fact, at the beginning, Jiang Zuo didn’t care about these people at all.

But now, this play must go on.

Since this group of people want to use this method to suppress him, don't blame him for producing more severe evidence.

At this time, the empress also said: "Prime Minister Jiang, is this evidence true?"

Even Chen Qingyun was not sure whether what Jiang Zuo said was true.

Jiang Zuo said: "Your Majesty, I guarantee with my life that these evidences are absolutely true and sufficient to prove that there is something wrong with the work style of the West City government."

In the court, officials who had been gloating over the misfortune now looked a little uneasy.

The yamen official kowtowed repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty, please understand!"

Jiang Zuo said sternly, "Just now you said you could convict the suspect when you didn't even know how much supplies were in the warehouse. Could it be that your West City government received 500,000 taels of silver to slander my cousin?"

In this way, everyone finally understood.

The yamen commander shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, Prime Minister Jiang, please don't misunderstand. In fact, the theft has not been completely convicted..."

"Then you just said that the suspect has confessed?"

Jiang Zuo continued to question.

The yamen official was already stuttering, and said, "This, this is what I heard from my subordinates."

"As a yamen official, you have to obey your subordinates in everything. Don't you ever take care of things?" Jiang Zuo asked again.

This series of questions really confused the yamen official, and he quickly explained: "No, this, this is..."

This person was a little flustered and unable to organize his words.

"Now that there is solid evidence of corruption in your Xicheng government office, do you still want to quibble?" Jiang Zuo said sternly.

"This……"

The yamen official raised his head and looked at the official on the right with a look of help.

But at this time, no one could help him.

"This guy, instead of defending his uncle, he sued the West City Government Office?" Chen Qingyun thought to himself, finally understanding Jiang Zuo's purpose.

I can only say that you are worthy of being Jiang Zuo.

"How are you going to explain this now?"

At this time, Chen Qingyun also questioned sternly.

"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

The West City Yamen Magistrate knelt on the ground and kowtowed, now extremely panicked.

Originally, the accounts were not enough to completely convict him, but when facing the empress, the yamen official panicked for a moment and did not dare to argue at all.

By saying this, he was convicting himself.

"Come here, arrest the guilty minister. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be sentenced to death."

Chen Qingyun hated corrupt officials the most in his life. Now that someone had taken the initiative to come to him, he would naturally punish him severely.