Tianshou Mountain.

Since the Ming Dynasty's political center changed from south to north, Tianshou Mountain has become the tomb of the Emperors of the Ming Dynasty in all dynasties.

Nowadays, Emperor Chongzhen’s Changling and Emperor Tianqi’s Delingling are all here.

When building the two tombs, 50,000 civil servants were called at the beginning, but later, it was gradually reduced. To this day, there are less than a thousand civil servants in the two tombs.

The reason is that after the Shuntian Palace thieves were pacified, Lu Xiangsheng captured tens of thousands of bandit soldiers, and simply dragged them over to build the Emperor's Mausoleum.

At this moment, on this busy mausoleum construction site, the numb soldiers were moving little by little like walking corpses, as the shouts of the manager.

On the hillside, rows of soldiers wearing armor and holding sharp swords stood, holding the handle of the knife in their hands, and their vigilant eyes patrolling the four directions, showing their fierce aura.

At the top of the mountain, Li Xiu stood alone, overlooking the scene of the imperial tomb construction at the foot of the mountain. Looking at the numb face, Li Xiu's eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

In fact, when he first came to Changling, Li Xiu had specially visited the general tomb in the tomb. It is hard to imagine what a young and powerful man would feel when he looked at his tomb.

But with Chongzhen's will, as long as he does not take over the Ming Dynasty, if he really reaches the end of his life, it is obvious that the tomb of the general in Deling will be his final destination.

"Duke Qin, I've found it out."

Li Ruolian hurried over and bowed deeply to Li Xiu.

"There are 38 officials involved in this case in the capital, including three third-rank officials and 35 below the third-rank official, of which 30 are all officials of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue, and there are nine merchants involved in the case..."

"Several ministers and cabinet masters have not found any traces involved..."

Li Xiu took the file handed over by Li Ruolian, but he didn't even look at it and placed it on the table beside him.

"This case, the actions of the Jinyiwei, end here."

After slowly speaking out a sentence, Li Xiu also looked at the scene of the hot court buildings again.

Li Ruolian was stunned, looked at Li Xiu carefully, and quickly bowed, "I understand."

After a while, Li Xiucai said: "What is the layout of the Jinyiwei in Jiangnan?"

"There are spies from all prefectures and counties in Jiangnan. The supervision of the officials and generals of the Jiangnan court is also being arranged. At most one year, the job guarantees that any troubles in Jiangnan will definitely not be separated from the control of Duke Qin!"

“One year…”

Li Xiu whispered lightly and nodded immediately:

"The south of the Yangtze River is important. All parts of the Ming Dynasty, including the grasslands and Liaodong, should not be lazy. If you go to the palace later, I have asked the treasury to prepare 300,000 taels of silver to add it to the Jinyiwei."

Li Ruolian bowed deeply: "I will never let down Qin Gong's high expectations!"

Li Xiu waved his hand and said nothing more.

Seeing this, Li Ruolian bowed again and then left.

Li Xiu looked at the case file in front of him, his eyes flashing, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

...

"How come the Jinyiwei is here?"

At the foot of Tianshou Mountain, Sun Chuanting, Li Banghua and Liu Qiyuan were hurriedly coming. After seeing the Jinyiwei Tiqi running away and Li Ruolian, the three of them subconsciously looked at each other's deep worries.

The Jinyiwei today is different from the past.

Since Chongzhen ascended the throne, he has always attached great importance to factory guards.

The factory guards were all directly under the emperor's jurisdiction. The emperor's attention naturally allowed the factory guards to eliminate the decline and grow rapidly.

Then with that bloody storm, the world only saw the sufferings of the powerful and the only remembered the fall of the high-ranking masters.

But I don’t know that the bloody storm inside the Jinyiwei was even far more cruel than the imperial court cleansing seen by the world.

Sun Chuanting and others naturally knew very well about these things.

It was the internal cleaning of the Jinyiwei that completely transformed the Jinyiwei and wiped out the bad habits.

Even thanks to the unique independence of the Jinyiwei, the Jinyiwei today can be said to be the first court institution in the Ming Dynasty to completely eliminate the ills and return to its peak.

Although it looks like it is not visible now, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is not visible to the mountains, but it is because the Duke of Qin, who has mastered them, has not yet let the Jinyiwei open his fangs!

But now... the Jinyiwei appeared in Tianshou Mountain, and it was when Qin Gong invited them to talk to Tianshou Mountain...

"Who is responsible for the construction of Deling and Changling?"

Sun Chuanting asked in a deep voice.

After saying this, Li Banghua and Liu Qiyuan's expressions also changed suddenly. They looked at the craftsmen who were passing by the foot of the mountain, as if they had thought of something, and their faces instantly became ugly.

"The construction of Deling, by now, the treasury has allocated 10.1 million taels of silver. The construction of Changling is still short, and the treasury has also allocated more than 600,000 taels of silver. The Duke of Qin also allocated a large amount of food and supplies from the grassland to build the two tombs..."

Liu Qiyuan's voice was also a little helpless:

"It doesn't matter who is responsible. Such a large sum of money will always lead to jealousy of profit-hungry people, and no one can stop them."

Li Banghua sighed: "Hey, let's go, we're all here, we can't escape!"

After saying this, the three of them shook their heads, moved their steps, and slowly headed towards the top of the mountain.

The soldiers standing along the way, with a harsh view as if they were heralding another storm they were about to face.

...

At this time, the soldiers shouted and dozens of officials and the tomb managers who were once high and were taken to Li Xiu like a pig.

"Kneel down!"

The soldiers waved their soldiers rudely and slammed them hard on the lap of the officials in charge, or directly pressed their heads. Soon, the officials in charge of the officials knelt on the top of the mountain.

Some people shouted and shouted, and the soldiers were harshly beating them. So, under the threat of the war, the mountain top was extremely quiet despite the chaos.

When Sun Chuanting and the other two walked to the top of the mountain and saw this scene, the three of them looked at each other and were helpless.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The kneeling official immediately showed surprise when he saw Li Banghua and the other two.

"Sir, we are wronged!"

"Sir, it's unfair!"

"Shut up!"

After a few words of injustice, the soldiers were brutal scolding and beating.

"Why is Qin Gong's move?"

Seeing this, Li Banghua, the Minister of Works, had to stand up. The two tombs were built and managed by the Ministry of Works. Although he was reluctant, he could only ask a question knowingly.

"It's not a big deal."

Li Xiu glanced at the conspicuous file on the desktop, and then looked at Li Banghua and the other two in front of him.

"The construction of Deling Changling is a huge cost, but the governor found that the book was a little incompatible, and at least 400,000 taels of silver were unknown..."

"Four hundred thousand taels of silver!"

Hearing this number, Li Banghua and others couldn't help but gasp. Before the three of them could react, Li Xiu picked up a booklet on the table and handed it to Li Banghua.

"There are layers of greed and the purchase of materials for the construction of imperial tombs at far higher than the market price. The supervisors join forces with the flow..."

After a slow sentence, Li Xiu glanced at the group of kneeling officials in charge. There was no doubt that they were just a group of minions, the real people behind the scenes, and they were still high in the temple.

"The Ministry of Works presided over the construction of the two tombs, the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the allocation of the treasury, the Censorate is responsible for the supervision, the Ministry of Rites is responsible for the construction guidance, and the Ministry of War is responsible for maintaining the order and stability of the two tombs. Most of the courts are involved. Such mistakes, should you give this governor an explanation and an explanation to Your Majesty?"

Li Xiu turned around slowly and looked at the three people in front of him. His voice was plain but unquestionable.

"The Ministry of Works will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly and will never let any treacherous minister go. He will definitely give his Majesty an explanation!"

Li Banghua was helpless and was caught by someone, so he could only make sure that he would make a promise. Otherwise, the Duke of Qin in front of him would take advantage of the situation, not to mention how many people would die, but one carrot and one pit. At that time, Duke of Qin would completely extend his hand into various departments.

Liu Qiyuan and others also hurriedly promised that things were matters in the court and that external forces should not be interfered with. Rules were what they had to maintain.

"Okay, I can trust the ethics of several adults, so I will wait and see."

Li Xiuzhi was so pleased that it was obviously beyond Liu Qiyuan and others' expectations.

According to their thoughts, the Duke of Qin would never miss such a great opportunity. After all, in the huge court, only the two tombs were allocated silver by the treasury, which gave the Duke of Qin a real opportunity to participate. The Duke of Qin had no room for intervention in the other departments.

Not to mention that like now, God can hold the handles of each unit without knowing it.

Such a rare opportunity, not only did it not take advantage of the problem, but it also exposed it lightly?

Li Banghua and the others were still not able to react, but Li Xiu's voice had already sounded again.

"This is the preliminary investigation result of the Jinyiwei, so I will leave it to the adults for reference. This governor is waiting for good news for the adults!"

Li Xiu patted the investigation file handed over by Li Ruolian on the desktop, and smiled inexplicably. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers gathered together. At the same time, a personal guard brought the war horse. Li Xiu turned over and looked at Liu Qiyuan and the other two, waved the whip, and rode the horse, and also left.
Chapter completed!