Chapter 10 Ye Xuan gets the system reward! Zhu Yuanzhang is serious!

Chapter 10 Ye Xuan gets the system reward! Zhu Yuanzhang is serious!
in the afternoon.

The residence of Zhang Zhengxing, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

It took Ye Xuan two or three hours to search the entire mansion from top to bottom.

Zhang Zhengxing's bedroom, study, living room and other places were dug up deep inside.

The bedrooms and houses of the servants and concubines were not spared either.

Ye Xuan even sent people to search the thatched house, garden, rockery and beams.

A total of nearly eight thousand taels of silver were found.

There should be nothing missing.

Since no one was implicated in this major case, Zhang Zhengxing's family escaped and will not be punished.

However, without these foundations, it would be difficult to survive in the future.

Of course, this is not something Ye Xuan should consider.

After the house was searched, he should take the money back to the Pacification Office to report.

At Ye Xuan's command, nearly a hundred Jinyiwei lined up in an orderly manner, took away all the valuables in Zhang's Mansion, and left Zhang's Mansion in a hurry.

And just as Ye Xuan stepped out of the courtyard, suddenly, the system prompt sounded.

"Ding Dong! Congratulations to the host for raiding the residence of Zhang Zhengxing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. The raid was successful, and the reward skill is: Wind under foot."

"Flying at the Foot: After using this skill, your walking speed will increase, and you can travel 800 miles a day. Cooling time: one month."

Upon hearing this reward, Ye Xuan was instantly delighted.

This skill of running fast is perfect for him.

After arriving in Ming Dynasty, although he had the support of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and his life was not in danger for the time being, Ye Xuan was still a little worried.

After all, even the current Jinyiwei commander Mao Xiang will be purged by Zhu Yuanzhang in the future and his life will be in danger, let alone Ye Xuan, a small centurion.

His identity as a Jinyiwei can only protect him temporarily, not forever.

If Zhu Yuanzhang really wants to take ruthless action, no status or position will be of any use.

But things are different now.

Ye Xuan at least has the ability to protect himself. He can travel eight hundred miles a day. In this ancient time, who can catch up with him?
It is worthy of being a product of the system, it is reliable.

A smile flashed across Ye Xuan's face, and he rode back to the Zhenfu Division, looking more confident.

evening.

There are not many people left on the streets of the capital.

The curfew time stipulated by the Ming Dynasty was from the first watch to the fifth watch.

That is to say, from 7pm to 5am, people are prohibited from going out.

During the curfew period, the Jinyiwei patrolled and supervised, and any pedestrians found on the street would be arrested and beaten with a stick.

At this point, it’s almost curfew time.

The Jinyiwei will come out for patrol soon.

However, Ye Xuan is also a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and holds the rank of a centurion.

That's fine.

It's okay to walk slowly.

Township.

When Ye Xuan reported to Wei Qingming that nearly eight thousand taels of silver were found in the mansion of Zhang Zhengxing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Wei Qingming, the captain, was stunned.

The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was a third-rank official.

The salary is thirty-five stones.

This concept may not be obvious, but if converted into modern wages, it is only more than 4,000 yuan a month, which is just enough to make ends meet.

How much silver must have been embezzled from the Ministry of Revenue to have accumulated a fortune of 8,000 taels of silver?

Of course, the salaries in the Ming Dynasty were very low, and most officials would have some extra income to supplement their family expenses.

But this is no longer a subsidy for Zhang Zhengxing; it is simply a transfer from the Ming Dynasty's treasury.

"Ye Xuan, you did a great job in this house search. I will report to the adults immediately." After saying this, Wei Qingming left in a hurry.

Because of his childhood experiences, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely resentful of corrupt officials.

An order was once issued that any official who embezzled more than 60 taels of silver would be beheaded in public.

Now, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue have embezzled more than 8,000 taels of silver.

If this is reported, another group of officials will be in trouble.

The Jinyiwei did things that brought bad luck to officials.

Wei Qingming got the news from Ye Xuan and immediately reported it to the pacification envoy, then to the deputy commander, the deputy commander, and finally to the commander Mao Xiang.

When Mao Xiang received the news, he did not dare to delay any longer. He did not care that Zhu Yuanzhang was still dealing with memorials and immediately entered the palace.

In the imperial study room.

Seeing Mao Xiang rushing over, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and asked unkindly:
"You came here in such a hurry, what do you want to report?"

These days, Zhu Yuanzhang has been troubled enough by the issue of blank account books.

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's displeasure, Mao Xiang lowered his head and said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty, today Ye Xuan, a captain of the Imperial Guard, went to the residence of Zhang Zhengxing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, to search the property. He returned in the evening and found nearly 8,000 taels of silver in total!"

"How many?"

Hearing this number, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned even more.

"A total of nearly eight thousand taels of silver."

Mao Xiang repeated it again.

"Oh!"

The next moment, Zhu Yuanzhang slammed his hand heavily on the table, and the words sounded like they were squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Good! Good! They are all our good subjects!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and could no longer suppress his anger.

He lived in poverty since childhood, and due to the corruption of the Yuan Dynasty, many of his family members starved to death.

Therefore, after establishing the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang took corruption very seriously.

Otherwise, there would not have been an order that any official who dared to embezzle sixty taels of silver would be beheaded.

But he never expected that even though he had taken the issue so seriously and had repeatedly warned people against it, there were still officials who dared to risk beheading and engage in corruption.

Zhang Zhengxing was only the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but he embezzled so much money. What about the Minister of Revenue? What about the other officials of the Ministry of Revenue?
How much more greedy?
If it weren't for this case of blank account books, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably still be kept in the dark until now.

"Investigate for us. Send people to keep an eye on all officials in the Ministry of Revenue. No matter who they are or what their status is, if anyone dares to do something illegal, they will all be thrown into death row!"

Zhu Yuanzhang had a blank expression on his face. He stared at Mao Xiang and conveyed his will.

"Yes! Wei Chen takes the order!"

Even without looking up at Zhu Yuanzhang, Mao Xiang could feel Zhu Yuanzhang's anger from his words.

This time, I'm afraid it's going to be serious.

Although the case of the blank account books involved many people, only the chief sealer was executed, while other deputy officials were only exiled and their families were not implicated.

In comparison, the punishment is not too severe.

However, the corruption case involving Zhang Zhengxing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, completely touched Zhu Yuanzhang's sore spot.

This was Zhu Yuanzhang's personality and temper. If anything touched his bottom line, he would kill people and never show any leniency.

Mao Xiang retreated tremblingly.

Zhu Yuanzhang was left alone in the imperial study.

After staying quietly for a long time, I finally regained my composure.

Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, there has not been such a large-scale war in nearly ten years.

These officials are becoming more and more daring.

It seems that we need to expand the size of the Jinyiwei.

If the Embroidered Uniform Guards monitored all civil and military officials, then their every move would be under his control.

(End of this chapter)