The Rise of the European Emperor

Just when Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong went to the palace to report to Emperor Zhengde on the pacification of King Anhua's rebellion, Liu Zhong left Yang Tinghe's mansion and began to summon Qingliu ministers everywhere.

At this time, the great eunuch Zhang Yong, according to the original plan, took advantage of the opportunity of offering prisoners to accuse Liu Jin of the crimes against Emperor Zhengde...

"Hehe, Zhang Banban, Liu Banban told me about this before. He said, you want to frame him for treason." Zhengde smiled and looked at Zhang Yong who was kneeling on the ground. For the eunuchs who grew up with him, such as Liu Jin and Zhang Yong, Zhengde still favored him very much. Moreover, if there is a conflict between the Eight Tigers, Zhengde will even personally help to negotiate a peace.

Zhang Yong got Gu Dayong's secret letter, so he was not in a hurry, and didn't talk about Liu Jin's rebellion anymore. I saw him wondering:

"Your Majesty, how could a slave and servant frame others for treason? However, what Lao Liu has done this time is too much, and it has already aroused people's outrage!"

"What kind of people's anger is outrageous?" Emperor Zhengde didn't take it seriously, he just listened to the story.

"Does Your Majesty know what the banner of King Anhua's rebellion is?"

"I know, 'Zhu Liu Jin'. Didn't the 'Seven Kings Rebellion' of the Han Dynasty also used the banner of 'Zhu Chao Cuo'? But the facts prove that Chao Cuo is innocent."

"But the servant girl did some investigation in Ningyixia Town, and found that this matter is indeed related to Lao Liu. After investigation, the servant girl found that Zhou Dongdu, the Shaoqing of Dali who was in charge of farming in Ningxia Town, exploited the local people wantonly in order to bribe Lao Liu. and military households, making the local military and civilians extremely angry."

"The king of Anhua saw the great anger of the local people and military households, so he was moved to rebel. According to his thinking, the people hated Liu Jin so much, and he should rise up and call out. He should respond together. However, the general Qiu Yue is both wise and brave. He first pretended to join King Anhua, and then seized the opportunity to seize the military power. After that, he personally led more than a hundred strong men, went straight to the palace of King Anhua, captured King Anhua himself, and caused the bandit army to collapse..."

"Okay! This Qiu Yue is a talent! Hey, no, remember that the battle report said that Cao Xiong, the deputy general of Yansui, led people to put down the rebellion?"

Before, in order to promote Cao Xiong, Liu Jin deliberately attributed all the credit for Qiu Yue to Cao Xiong, the deputy general of Yansui. And Cao Xiong is a relative of Liu Jin's boss, Cao Yuan...

Zhang Yong said speechlessly:

"Send someone to investigate this matter and you will find out. How dare this servant bully the king in person? Moreover, this Cao Xiong is the descendant of Cao Ge, and Cao Ge has always regarded Lao Liu as his horse..."

"This..." Zhengde was also a little speechless. Nima, it's too tasteless to usurp other people's credit. What's more, it still completely embezzles other people's credit, and doesn't even leave anyone with a mouthful.

Zhang Yong carefully observed Zhengde's expression, knowing that Zhengde had no intention of killing Liu Jin, so he sighed and said:

"Your Majesty, King Anhua rebelled this time because Lao Liu's henchmen exploited the local soldiers and civilians too much, so King Anhua saw an opportunity..."

"Let's talk about something else. Old Liu did a good job. Look at the 'rice fine' he made, didn't he stop the deficit of the imperial court's storage?" Zhengde still didn't want to do anything to Liu Jin.

Zhang Yong said again:

"Your Majesty, this servant also thinks that the 'Rice Penalty Law' is a good idea. However, I heard that not all the rice fined by this 'Rice Penalty Law' has been put into storage..."

"Have they not been put into the warehouse? Does that mean Lao Liu is greedy for ink? Isn't that unusual? Of you guys, who is not greedy for money?" Zhengde said indifferently.

"However, the servant girl heard that Lao Liu took most of the confiscated rice back home, and what was put into the warehouse was only a fraction..."

"What? There is such a thing?" Emperor Zhengde was taken aback.

This is not a trivial matter, the money and food that Tan Mo should have put into the warehouse are nothing. But generally speaking, at most a small part of ink. However, it would be too bad to spend most of it greedy for ink and only leave it to a small part of the national treasury. At this time, Zhengde has already planned to teach Liu Jin some lessons. But it's just a lesson, not a complete failure.

Zhang Yong saw that there was something going on, and continued to add fire:

"Your Majesty, I have heard that the money in Lao Liu's mansion is far less than the national treasury and internal treasury combined.

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"Oh? How much money does Lao Liu have? Can it be more than the national treasury?" Zhengde has just turned 18 years old and has not handled government affairs alone before, so he is not very clear about many things.

Zhang Yong looked around and said in a low voice:

"According to several of our estimates, the money in Lao Liu's family is estimated to be over 5,000 taels of silver..."

"What?" Zhengde stood up in fright. Even though he doesn't like to deal with government affairs, Zhengde often reviews memorials. The fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty for a year, including rice grains, was only worth 10 to 20 million taels of silver.

However, most of those rice grains were placed in the official warehouses of the counties on the spot, and they were not released to the capital. Therefore, the money and food that actually go into the national treasury every year are only worth a few million taels.

Moreover, because of the huge military expenditures of the Zhengde Dynasty, it is not bad for the court to ensure a balance of revenue and expenditure, and it is difficult to have any surplus. Therefore, Liu Jin has a wealth of over 50 million taels, which is really amazing. Strictly speaking, even the emperor Zhengde is a little jealous at the moment.

"Is this true?" Emperor Zhengde still didn't believe that Liu Jin had so much money. In his opinion, if the eunuchs can embezzle hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, it is a big deal. He knew it, even if those people bribed the eunuch, it was just a small amount of money. As for fifty million taels of silver, the weight alone can scare people to death. But he didn't know that when people bribed Liu Jin, they used the car to hold the money, not stuffing some broken money...

Those civil servants may not have estimated how much money Lao Liu has, but do eunuchs like Liu Jin who are also "eight tigers" know? These eunuchs are the most sensitive to money. These people are also most concerned about how much Liu Jin received. Therefore, even though the number Zhang Yong said was relatively small, the difference was not too great.

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But Zhengde just started to hesitate, and still didn't make up his mind to touch Liu Jin...

Until the next morning, ministers were kneeling in front of the Meridian Gate...

"What's going on? What do these people want to do?" Zhengde was confused when he woke up. He didn't go to court today, so he got up late. However, as soon as he woke up, he heard that the palace gate was full of ministers...

"My lord, it is said that these ministers are here to ask you to eradicate Lao Liu." Gu Dayong, who was on duty serving Zhengde today, took the opportunity to speak.

"Why do they want to eradicate Old Liu?"

Gu Dayong said:

"It seems to say that Old Liu has caused resentment among the people all over the world, and the people are in dire straits, so that they rebel or something... Moreover, it is said that some people say that Old Liu has the intention of rebellion..."

"Hmph, it's this set again, who is taking the lead?" Zhengde was a little annoyed. Bear kids don't like people coercing him the most, and they have a strong rebellious mentality.

"It seems to be Liu Zhong, Bachelor Liu..."

"This Liu Zhong is really confused. Do you really think I'm easy to bully? Old Liu told me that someone wanted to frame him this time. Unexpectedly, someone really jumped out!" Zhengde said while eating breakfast. Said bitterly.

At this time, another eunuch Ma Yongcheng interrupted involuntarily:

"Since that's the case, why not send someone to search Lao Liu's mansion. If there is no evidence of treason, why not return Lao Liu's innocence."

"This..." Zhengde hesitated.

And Zhang Yong, who was also standing on the side, also made up his sword and said:

"Your Majesty, this servant is also very curious, how much is fifty million taels of silver? Will the room be filled with silver..."

Zhang Yong's reason made Zhengde very tempted. In fact, he also really wanted to know if Liu Jin had so much money, it would be good to keep his eyes open...

So, after breakfast, Emperor Zhengde happily took a group of guards to search Liu Jin's mansion in person...

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