Chapter 105 Corruption Case
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In the bedroom, Zheng Yi hugged Master Yuheng, who was still wearing his torn Taoist robe. His fair skin shone with an inexplicable luster under the light.

After seeing the words on the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror, he was filled with excitement.

really!

This Zhuang Yuheng is indeed also a cultivator!
And he is a cultivator with three spiritual roots!
Compared to Cui Xiabing and Yuechan, although her qualifications are not as good, the rewards she received far exceed those of Cui Xiabing and Yuechan.

Not only are there "Changchun Gong" and "Seven Star Sword Technique", but also "Chaoqi Zixia Gong"!
Zhao Xizheng's extremely precious cultivation technique came into his hands so easily.

Unfortunately, the complete content of "Chaoqi Zixia Gong" is not available, but it is better than nothing.

There is also a metal spiritual root!
True Man Yuheng was born with a spiritual root of gold attribute, which he also obtained after practicing dual cultivation.

Now, among the five elements of spiritual roots, he has obtained four of them, namely gold, wood, water and earth. He only lacks the last attribute of fire to achieve perfection of the five elements.

He learned from Cui Xiabing that when a cultivator practices, the fewer spiritual root attributes the better, and it is best to have only a single attribute.

Spiritual roots with a single attribute are all called top-grade spiritual roots, and their cultivation speed is several times that of other multi-attribute spiritual roots!
But this restriction is nothing to Zheng Yi.

He has the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror, which allows him to extract spiritual roots from female cultivators without limit.

As long as there are more female practitioners practicing dual cultivation, he will be able to obtain a large number of corresponding spiritual root qualifications.

Quantitative change will lead to qualitative change. Sooner or later, the five elements spiritual roots will reach the best grade, or even become heavenly spiritual roots!
And unlike other concubines, Yuheng Zhenren’s performance when serving the emperor in bed was so... unfamiliar!

Or rather, very indifferent.

At the beginning, no matter how Zheng Yi forced her, she remained calm and at most just gritted her teeth and endured it.

Until the end, the silver teeth that had been holding back finally let go, like the cry of a cuckoo.

Especially her Taoist robe, which made her look even more charming.

This strange feeling made Zheng Yi feel very novel.

And after Zheng Yi's sweet words, Zhuang Yuheng also opened her heart and told her some things about herself.

Almost two years ago, she was accepted as a disciple by Zhao Xizheng, who had just broken through the barrier, and was taught the first three levels of "Zhaoqi Zixia Gong".

Then he threw her directly into the palace.

After that, he ignored her and let her practice on her own. Only Zhao Suling came to visit her occasionally.

In the past two years, she has been practicing "Zhaoqi Zixia Gong" diligently every day. In just two years, she has entered the second level of Qi training.

It was not until a few months ago when Zhao Suling found her that she learned that the technique she was practicing was actually a method of cultivating Taoism, which surprised her greatly.

Zheng Yi guessed that this might be Zhao Xizheng's way of conning him or as a kind of "exchange".

He gave Zheng Yi a concubine who could practice cultivation, and Zheng Yi had to give Taiyi Dao various privileges in return.

Zhuang Yuheng may not know now that although she is Zhao Xizheng’s disciple, she is just a chess piece used in transactions.

I believe there is still a real cultivator in Taiyi Dao.

That is Zhao Xizheng's true disciple!
Zheng Yi touched Zhuang Yuheng's forehead lovingly. She was also a poor person.

"Um... Your Majesty?"

In a trance, Zhuang Yuheng woke up and looked at Zheng Yi embarrassedly.

"What are you thinking, my love?"

"I wonder if the thoughts between men and women are so...wonderful?"

Zhuang Yuheng felt a little embarrassed as it was her first time having sex.

Zheng Yi said, "The relationship between husband and wife is the most important thing in human relations. Why should we hide it?"

"Don't worry, my beloved concubine. I will let you enjoy the most wonderful feeling in the world in the future."

"Thank you, Your Majesty~"

Zheng Yi said, "By the way, my beloved, is there any follow-up to the "Energy Purple Clouds Technique" you practiced?"

Zhuang Yuheng shook her head and said, "Master only gave me the first three levels of the 'Chaoqi Zixia Gong' and once said that it would be enough for me to practice for ten years."

She said embarrassedly: "Perhaps Your Majesty thinks that I am dull and has no choice but to do this."

Zheng Yi hugged Zhuang Yuheng again and said, "Don't worry, my beloved concubine. One day, I will get you the complete set of the "Energy Purple Clouds Skill"!"

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty~"

Zhuang Yuheng twisted her body and gritted her teeth and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, can I go wash up and change into clean and fresh clothes?"

"Wash?"

Zheng Yi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "I just happen to feel a little uncomfortable. Let's go, I will wash up with my beloved concubine!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"what happened?"

"You, you are such a tyrant!"

"Hahahaha... I'm a tyrant, let's go, my beloved!"

"what……!"

A few days later, Chen Zhong and Chen Yi, who were far away in Yongzhou, brought news that Tian Wenjing, the commander-in-chief of the Yongzhou Grand Canal, had been found.

Moreover, all the matters reported by Wang Anshi regarding Tian Wenjing's acceptance of bribes, purchase of houses in other places, and secret keeping of women were investigated thoroughly.

The real situation is far more serious than what Wang Anshi said.

After the rebellion broke out in the Yongzhou Grand Canal, he fled in panic and escaped all the way to Shi Heilang's army.

As the Minister of Personnel, he was treated well in the army, and he won over officials at all levels in Yongzhou, hoping to put the blame on Lu Lian and others for the corvee rebellion on the Grand Canal in Yongzhou.

Under Zheng Yi's secret instructions, a wave of anti-corruption activities on the Yongzhou Grand Canal gradually came to light.

During the grand court session, "If you have something to say, please report it. If not, please leave the court!"

"Your Highness, the Inspector General Yuan Qichang has something to report!"

The Cabinet Chief Minister, Inspector General and Left Censor-in-Chief Lu Xiangqing looked at Yuan Qichang strangely. He had not secretly instructed him to report anything, so why did someone from his department want to make a report?
The other officials also looked at Yuan Qichang in surprise, and then looked at Lu Xiangqing.

Zheng Yi asked, "Yuan Qichang, what do you want?"

Yuan Qichang, a Jinshi in the 36th year of the Tianqi reign, was a man who hated evil and considered himself noble. During his more than 20 years in office, he offended countless colleagues and was suppressed by countless officials.

However, this person was indeed honest, and his other political enemies could not find any handle on him, so they could only squeeze him out to the Inspectorate to serve as a touring censor.

Under the dual investigation of Jinyiwei and Shadow Guard, Zheng Yi selected him as a member of the Imperial Party.

We sent people to contact them and tested them secretly for about half a year. Although they were a bit vindictive, there were no major problems.

After careful consideration, he was accepted as a member of the Imperial Party three months ago.

There were more than ten other officials who joined the Imperial Party at the same time as him.

They are all officials who have been excluded by court ministers and are frustrated, or they are officials who are dedicated to serving the people and are determined to accomplish things.

These officials were capable and ambitious, but they had been suppressed for many years for various reasons. Most of their official positions were below the fifth rank, and they had no voice in the court at all.

Among them were Wang Anshi and the Yuan Qichang in front of him.

Yuan Qichang knelt down and said, "I impeach Tian Wenjing, the Minister of Personnel and the General Commander of the Yongzhou Grand Canal, for accepting bribes from local merchants, suppressing dissidents, and privately purchasing land and real estate in his place of residence, embezzling money for himself. He is the culprit of the Yongzhou corvée rebellion!"

"Wow...!"

As soon as Yuan Qichang finished speaking, many officials began to discuss the matter, like a crowd in a vegetable market.

Who is Tian Wenjing?
He is a very popular person in front of His Majesty.

A few years ago, when the issue of whether the Wu Kingdom should fight or surrender occurred, he stood on the side of war and won the favor of His Majesty.

Because her sister entered the harem, she was named Wenpin and was favored by His Majesty.

As for himself, in addition to his position as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, he also served as the commander-in-chief in the national policy of the Yongzhou Grand Canal.

It is conceivable that if he completed the construction of the Grand Canal, he would definitely become one of the six ministers, and might even enter the cabinet and become one of the elders.

Especially since Xu Mujun also served as the Minister of Personnel, but he was far away in Mangzhou, the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel had always been presided over by Tian Wenjing.

In other words, Tian Wenjing is also the number one person in the Ministry of Personnel today.

For such a person, someone actually wants to report him. It is really outrageous.

Zheng Yi asked: "Is there any evidence?"

"Have!"

Yuan Qichang held out a thick account book with both hands and said, "This account book contains the names of all the people who bribed Tian Wenjing, as well as the names and account books of the ministers in the court that Tian Wenjing bribed!"

"In addition, there are also addresses and documents showing that Tian Wenjing purchased a large amount of land and real estate in Yongbing and other places."

"If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can send the Royal Guards to check it out. We will know the truth soon!"

Zheng Yi waved his hand, and Liu Chengen quickly stepped forward and brought it up.

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

Zheng Yi flipped through them casually, his eyes becoming more and more ugly, and he suddenly pushed the account books to the ground.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

A large number of officials knelt down, with different expressions.

"Lu Xiangqing!"

"Chen is here!"

"Is this the capable official the cabinet recommended to me? It's tens of millions of taels of silver. Such a big project was given to him, but instead of striving to make progress and serve the country, he actually embezzled more than five million taels for himself!"

Zheng Yi said angrily: "That's fine, but what Tian Wenjing did actually caused a rebellion among millions of Yongzhou corvées. He deserves to die!"

"I am terrified!"

Lu Xiangqing knelt on the ground and said that there was nothing for him to distinguish now.

Although Tian Wenjing was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Yongzhou Grand Canal by His Majesty, as the chief minister of the cabinet, isn't he there to clean up His Majesty's mess?

He immediately said: "Your Majesty, the case of Tian Wenjing's embezzlement has not yet been determined. The first thing to do now is to send capable people to Yongzhou to investigate the case, and at the same time arrest Tian Wenjing and keep him under guard!"

Zheng Yi nodded and said, "Do you have any recommendations, my dear?"

Lu Xiangqing thought quickly and said, "Mr. Li Yuanhao, the Minister of the Dali Temple, can be the chief officer of this case!"

The Dali Temple is in charge of the trial of prison cases, so it is natural for it to be in charge of this case.

Li Yuanhao, the cabinet minister and the Supreme Court official, stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to handle this case."

"it is good!"

Zheng Yi said, "Then let the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and the Supervisory Office each send one person to investigate this matter. The three judicial departments will conduct a joint trial and make sure that we get a clear and thorough investigation."

"promise!"

"Yuan Qichang, Wang Anshi!"

"Wei Chen is here."

The two of them stepped out and saluted respectfully.

"You two can serve as deputy judges and participate in this."

"promise!"

The faces of several cabinet ministers changed slightly, and no one knew what they were thinking.

"The positions of Minister of Personnel and Left Vice Minister of Personnel are now vacant. Do you have anyone to recommend?"

As soon as Zheng Yi finished speaking, the thoughts of several cabinet ministers quickly turned to this.

Tian Wenjing is doomed to die. What we should do now is to make decisive moves and cut off all ties with him.

And now, His Majesty wants to discuss this with the Vice Minister of Personnel, the head of one of the six ministries. This is a second-rank official with enormous power, so of course they have to be extremely alert in dealing with him.

Lu Xiangqing took the lead and said, "I recommend Chen Dongming, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. The positions of the Minister of Personnel and the Left Vice Minister are vacant, so it is only natural for the Right Vice Minister to take over."

"Moreover, Master Chen Dongming has served in the Ministry of Personnel for more than three years and is very familiar with its affairs..."

"I second the proposal!"

"I recommend Mr. Zheng Xuanyue, the governor of Jiangzuo..."

(End of this chapter)