After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Chapter 230 Is there any other deeper meaning?

Qi'an tribe

Khalil Fong came to see Ye Wuwei with a happy look on his face, "Sir, it's done."

Ye Wuwei took the documents handed to him by Khalil Fong. One was the dowry list filed with the government when Madam Yan got married, and the other was the property and annual dividends allocated to Minister Yan by the Yan family when he got married.

The second copy not only contains the accounts of the Yan family, but also the testimony of witnesses when the property was divided.

Ye Wuwei sincerely praised Khalil Fong:

"Only you can get this information so quickly."

Khalil Fong chuckled and said:

"My Lord, didn't you send me to the Qi'an tribe because I have connections in Chamdo? Otherwise, you and I have no dealings at all. Why would you send me when you could have someone else?"

Ye Wuwei smiled: "This is one, there is another one."

"I wonder what the second one you are talking about?"

"Weren't you the one who deliberately leaked the news that the former emperor wanted to attack Your Majesty?"

Fang Datong was stunned: "You know?"

"Your Majesty has known this for a long time, but he kept it a secret since you were unwilling to accept the credit. It was not until the establishment of the Qi'an Tribe that he took the opportunity to ask for you."

Khalil Fong straightened his expression:

“I have always admired Your Majesty as a person, so when I first learned the news, I deliberately leaked it to the general Your Majesty had placed in the Imperial Guard.

As for why I didn't say it, it was out of my own selfishness. After all, I was a subordinate of the late emperor. Betraying the late emperor would be disloyalty no matter what."

“Time has passed, and we should not talk about the past anymore.

Your Majesty is indeed a monarch worthy of loyalty. From now on, you can rest assured to assist me in the Qi'an tribe. We will work together to share your Majesty's worries."

Khalil Fong stood up and bowed to Ye Wuwei: "I will do my utmost to serve you."

……

After Khalil Fong left, Yao Guangzhi came in.

Yao Guangzhi handed Ye Wuwei the confessions of the other five people who lost gold in the gambling with Yan Shifan at Yanyuntai:

"They all confessed. They were sent by local officials to bribe Minister Yan and others."

Ye Wuwei flipped through the confession briefly:

"Now, take people and invite all five officials who accepted bribes to come to Qi'an's headquarters."

Yao Guangzhi responded:

"Even with seven confessions, you still won't try Yan Shifan and Minister Yan?"

"Minister Yan, just leave him alone. If he doesn't confess voluntarily, we won't interrogate him. As for Yan Shifan, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Half an hour later, one of the five officials was invited to Qi'an's department.

Ye Wuwei interrogated him personally.

"Do you know that Minister Yan was brought to the Qi'an tribe?"

The official answered cautiously: "I know."

"Then did you know that we found a huge amount of unidentified wealth in the secret room of Minister Yan's study?"

The officials did not know about this before, but now it has spread among them.

The official's attitude was more cautious: "I heard about it, but I don't know whether it is true or not."

“Then I can tell you that this is true.

Not counting antiques, calligraphy and paintings, jewels and jade, the gold and silver alone that was found was worth nearly 100,000 taels of gold."

The officials were stunned when they heard this number.

Ye Wuwei observed the official's expression: "So, do you think Minister Yan will be alright?"

Beads of sweat appeared on the official's forehead.

Ye Wuwei then said:

"You were invited here to cooperate with the investigation because someone accused you of accepting bribes. However, compared to Minister Yan, the amount of bribes you accepted is insignificant.

If you are willing to confess, return the bribes you received and pay a certain amount of fine, I don't have to put all of you in jail.

But if you refuse to confess, since I can obtain evidence from Minister Yan's residence, I don't mind going to your residence to obtain some evidence as well.

At that time, it won’t be a matter of paying a fine or dismissing your official position; you could be beheaded or exiled, and your children and family members will be implicated.”

The official's forehead was covered with more sweat. He wiped the sweat off his forehead with his wide sleeves and looked at Ye Wuwei earnestly, begging:

"Can you let me think about it?"

"can."

Ye Wuwei ordered the official to be taken away and locked up in a room.

Afterwards, the other four officials were brought to Qi'an's department one after another, and Ye Wuwei interrogated them using the same method.

The result was the same as the first official's, no one confessed immediately.

Ye Wuwei locked the five officials in a room.

Yao Guangzhi was puzzled: "If you lock the five of them in one room, aren't you afraid they will discuss it?"

"I just let them discuss it."

"What if they all stick together and refuse to confess?"

“No, they are not confessing now just to see which way the wind blows.

As long as the punishment we inflict on Minister Yan is not too severe in their eyes, they will confess.”

"Then what kind of punishment is neither too light nor too heavy?"

Ye Wuwei smiled and said nothing more.

Yao Guangzhi did not ask any further questions, but asked another one:

"These five people are all officials of the Ministry of Personnel. If they are all detained in the Qi'an Department, won't the Ministry of Personnel be left without anyone in charge?"

Ye Wuwei smiled meaningfully: "Since there is no one in charge in the Ministry of Personnel, we can borrow someone from other departments."

Yao Guangzhi seemed to have realized something:

Ye Wuwei chose Yan Shangshu as his first target. Is there any other deeper meaning behind this?

It seems that he will have to use his brain more in the future so that he can keep up with Ye Wuwei's pace.