The most arrogant in history

Chapter 760: The late chapter is not safe, Wen Qi.

As he was speaking, officials of all ranks in Chang'an City had already come to greet him.

But Vinci didn't come.

It is said that he is bedridden and unable to walk.

Ye Kun nodded, changed the carriage, and took everyone into the city.

After entering the city, Ye Kun went to the inn to rest first, taking Jasmine, Liu Hongyu and others with him.

Wen Axiu went to see her father Wen Qi alone with a lot of information.

In the inn, Jasmine asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, is the matter of Lord Wen serious?"

"It is indeed very serious, but I want to deal with this matter privately to save face for Wen Qi." Ye Kun sighed and said:

"Your brother-in-law Ma Botao is stationed in Jinling and assisting in the management of Jiangdong. He is doing well at the moment... but I am worried that he will become like Wen Qi in the future. So this time when I go back, I will transfer your brother-in-law and not let him continue to be stationed in Jinling."

Ma Botao is the first student of the Tanbing Hall brought up by Ye Kun, and is also Jasmine's brother-in-law.

Jasmine's sister, Cao Duoduo, was betrothed to Ma Botao by Ye Kun.

Ma Botao is young, one year younger than Ye Kun, and can be of great use.

Jasmine nodded: "Last year, when my sister came to Zhuo County, I often advised her to keep an eye on her brother-in-law Ma Botao and never to embezzle. They are in a high position and have great power now, so they should be content. The law is ruthless, and if they are targeted by Ma Zhao, they will lose their heads."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Your sister was also raised by me, and Ma Botao is also my disciple, and he has made great contributions. Even if Ma Botao made some mistakes, I would not kill him.

I think that letting them immigrate overseas might be the best outcome.”

Jasmine thought about it, and suddenly asked in shock: "Your Majesty, you won't let me immigrate overseas like Sister Daixi and the others, right?"

"Silly girl, I didn't say anything about you." Ye Kun smiled: "You, just stay by my side forever. I will never drive you away in this life."

Jasmine then smiled and massaged Ye Kun's shoulders.

Just as he was about to take a break, someone outside the door reported: "Lord Wen Qiwen, please see the emperor!"

"Master Wen, aren't you sick? Why did you come here at night?"

Ye Kun yawned and ordered a summons.

Wen Qi walked in, knelt down and kowtowed, shouting, "Your Majesty, I am guilty!"

Wen Axiu didn't come and took the initiative to avoid it.

Ye Kun waved his hand and asked the eunuch beside him to help Wen Qi up, and said with a smile:

"Shou Wen, Governor Wen, you are sick, aren't you? I was so scared that I traveled thousands of miles all the way from Zhuo County to see you. Why don't you look sick?"

"Your Majesty, this old minister is guilty of a capital crime."

Wen Qi burst into tears and bowed his head, saying, "My health is indeed not good, but I won't die immediately. Your Majesty cares about me, but I have been hiding a lot of money from your Majesty in the past few years..."

"enough!"

Ye Kun shouted, "Not only have you illegally amassed wealth, you have also appointed your cronies, excluded officials appointed by the court, and privately kept hundreds of retainers. Your behavior is almost tantamount to rebellion.

If I hadn't covered for you, even if Ma Zhao killed you a hundred times, it wouldn't be enough!"

thump!

Vinci knelt down again.

Ye Kun glared: "You don't care about the laws of the court at all. Tell me, how many years have passed since the kneeling ceremony was abolished? Why are you still using this trick? Can you be exempted from punishment by kneeling down?"

Wenqi grunted and climbed up again.

Ye Kun sighed: "A Xiu has shown you the evidence, right?"

Wen Qi burst into tears: "I have seen all the evidence. The emperor's eyes are as sharp as lightning."

Ye Kun nodded and called Huang Ye and the chief guard:

"Immediately seal off Wen Qi's residence, the prefectural hall, and all units at all levels. Move all members of the Wen family to the post station and forbid them from contacting outsiders. Summon Wen Axiu to privately try Wen Qi's corruption case.

All of Wenqi's followers, vassals, and trusted subordinates should be arrested. After the facts are verified, the judgment will be made. "

That night, the city of Chang'an was in panic.

Almost 20% of the officials in the city were implicated.

Wen Axiu didn't sleep all night, talking to her father and helping him to make amends.

Wenqi cooperated very well and told everything, only asking for a lenient sentence.

With Vinci's cooperation, it becomes easy.

The next morning, the soldiers brought by Ye Kun cooperated with the garrison in Chang'an City to arrest people according to the list, and arrested more than 3,000 people in one go.

More than one hundred families were searched.

Wen Axiu came to see Ye Kun to report the situation.

"A Xiu, it's okay. You must take care of yourself." Ye Kun loved Wen A Xiu very much. He comforted her again and again and assured her:

"I promise not to kill anyone in this incident. I will also protect your father's reputation. I will send your father's men to emigrate overseas, which is not really a punishment..."

"Your Majesty, it was my father who lost his mind, which led to what happened today." Wen Axiu was still crying.

"Don't cry, Xiu. Under the current circumstances, officials will make mistakes."

Ye Kun helped Wen Axiu sit down and poured her a cup of hot tea: "Please take care of your father and family. I'll let Lu Yeliang take over the other matters."

Over the next five days, Wen Qi returned more than two million taels of silver, as well as a large amount of jewelry, jade, and silk.

There are also more than a dozen private residences in Chang'an City.

Ye Kun used thundering means to arrest more than 200 officials of all ranks in Chang'an City, more than 1,000 followers of Wen Qi, and their families, a total of 5,000 to 6,000 people, and escorted them to Luoyang, preparing to immigrate overseas.

Some people are reluctant to immigrate.

Ye Kun issued an order that this group of corrupt officials and their families must immigrate, otherwise they will be beheaded!

Those who are willing to immigrate are considered innocent and not guilty once they go overseas.

Some property can also be returned.

After weighing the pros and cons and being persuaded by Ye Kun's soft and hard tactics, the corrupt officials had no choice but to agree to immigrate.

The total amount of property recovered and confiscated this time, excluding houses and land, was approximately over 7 million taels of silver.

Ye Kun showed leniency to Wen Qi and allowed his entire family to live in Tianmen City in their old age. He also gave them a total of 1,200 taels of silver and 100 acres of land.

Poor Wenqi, he lost his integrity in the last few years and wanted to leave a fortune to his son, but it was completely uprooted and almost nothing was left!

Ye Kun stayed in Chang'an City for twenty days.

Helped Lu Yeliang to stabilize the situation and readjust the personnel.

Ma Zhao and Gongsun Erniang also rushed over and took charge of the administration personally.

What also saddened Ye Kun was that half of the corrupt officials under Wen Qi were disciples of the Mohist School.

The Mohist Alliance no longer seems to be pure.

Gongsun Erniang comforted Ye Kun: "Your Majesty, most of these Mohists joined later. The Mohists we developed ourselves are actually very honest."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Chang'an City now has only 700,000 people, but we have confiscated 7 million taels of silver from corrupt officials. This means that every citizen has been embezzled 10 taels of silver. This number is very scary."

Gongsun Erniang said: "This money was extorted privately by Wen Qi who controlled the business. It should not be much that was extorted from the people."

Ye Kun nodded and asked Ma Zhao, "How do you use this money? And how do you arrange for the thousands of properties?"