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

Chapter 227 How much wealth did you have when you got married?

After the court was dismissed, Minister Yan was forcibly "invited" by Yao Guangzhi and his men at the gate of Taiji Hall to go to the Qi'an Department for investigation.

The officials were shocked when they saw this scene:

If Qi An's troops had not obtained certain evidence, they would certainly not have dared to arrest people at the gate of Taiji Hall.

And such a tough attitude!

Master Zhuang's heart sank even more:

Minister Yan was his cousin's husband, and half of the bribes Minister Yan received were given to him. It was unknown whether Minister Yan would be able to withstand the torture and give him up.

However, there was no evidence of any financial transactions between him and Minister Yan, and even if Minister Yan confessed, he could deny it.

However, we cannot abandon Minister Yan at this time.

Master Zhuang said to his son Zhuang Jiaxu:

"Go with me to the Qi'an tribe and see for yourself. If they torture you, you must stop them."

Zhuang Jiaxu hurried to Qi'an tribe.

Hu Zhiwei also saw Minister Yan being taken away by Qi An's troops, and he remembered what Ye Wuwei asked him this morning.

It seems that Ye Wuwei found 100,000 taels of gold in Minister Yan's mansion.

One hundred thousand taels of gold!

That was something he would never dare to think about in his life!

Qi Wushuang also received the news that Minister Yan was taken away by Qi An's troops. He thought to himself:

Wu Wei is really capable. He found the evidence so quickly.

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Qi'an tribe

Just as Minister Yan was brought to Qi'an's headquarters and Ye Wuwei hadn't seen him yet, a soldier came in to report:

"Sir, a man named Zhuang Jiaxu wants to see you."

Ye Wuwei sneered:

They came so quickly. Are they afraid that Minister Yan would confess to Master Zhuang under torture?

However, Ye Wuwei had no intention of torturing Minister Yan, so he let Zhuang Jiaxu observe how he tried the case, so as to shut others up.

"Take him to the interrogation room."

After Zhuang Jiaxu was brought into the interrogation room, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Minister Yan sitting there.

However, after seeing the various torture instruments around him, he breathed a sigh of relief, his scalp tingled, and his whole body tensed.

He had been so well protected in the thirty years he had lived that this was his first time visiting such a place.

Ye Wuwei was sitting opposite Minister Yan. Seeing Zhuang Jiaxu coming, he asked:

"What's the matter with me?"

Zhuang Jiaxu calmed himself down:

"My father heard that Minister Yan was taken away by Qi'an's troops for investigation, so he asked me to come and see what's going on."

"Then you just watch from the sidelines."

Zhuang Jiaxu looked around and found no extra chairs.

"Commander, could you please have a chair brought over?"

Ye Wuwei said indifferently:

"There are only chairs in the interrogation room for the interrogator, the interrogated, and the recorder. Where do you want to sit?"

Zhuang Jiaxu glanced at Yao Guangzhi, who was standing next to Ye Wuwei and looked ferocious, and could only remain silent.

Ye Wuwei handed the confessions of the Qingcheng and Pancheng governors' staff to Minister Yan:

"Minister Yan, someone has reported you for accepting bribes from them. How do you explain this?"

When Minister Yan was brought to the Qi'an Department, he guessed that it was for accepting bribes, but he didn't know how much evidence Ye Wuwei had. Now that he saw that Ye Wuwei only produced the confession of the informant, he felt much more at ease.

"Is this how the Qi'an Department handles cases? They dare to arrest a second-rank official based solely on a few groundless accusations?"

Ye Wuwei looked at Minister Yan steadily and said calmly:

"Then according to Minister Yan, how can we convict you?"

Minister Yan, who had held an important position for many years, angrily rebuked Ye Wuwei:

"I am innocent to begin with. You brought me to the Qi'an Department for no reason. I will definitely report you to the court tomorrow."

Yao Guangzhi sneered in his heart: You are being stubborn now, but you will be in trouble later!

Ye Wuwei looked at Zhuang Jiaxu: "What do you think, Master Zhuang?"

Zhuang Jiaxu calmed down:

"Minister Yan is right. We must have evidence for everything. We can't convict Minister Yan based on just a few unfounded accusations."

The incident of Ye Wuwei finding a large amount of valuables from the secret room in Minister Yan's study happened during the morning court session today. Not only Minister Yan was currently unaware of this, but even Zhuang Jiaxu, who had hurried over, was also unaware of it.

However, Ye Wuyi knew from Zhuang Jiaxu's words that they were still unaware of the situation.

Ye Wuwei deliberately said:

"It doesn't matter if Minister Yan denies it. We can just search your house and I'm sure we won't find the stolen goods."

Minister Yan's heart became more settled.

Everyone used to talk about how powerful Ye Wuwei was, but now it seems he is just a kid!

"If the Qi'an Department arbitrarily searches the residence of a second-rank official without any evidence, then I think there is no need for the Qi'an Department to exist."

"Oh?

I remember that the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court could search officials' residences with a search warrant? Why can't the Qi'an Ministry do the same? "

"That's because the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple have a lot of evidence in their possession before they can issue a search warrant. Unlike your Qi'an Department, they can just search arbitrarily based on a few accusations."

"Okay, let me change the question.

Minister Yan, how much wealth did you have when you got married?"

Minister Yan was stunned: What tricks is Ye Wuwei playing now?

"This is private, I don't have to answer your question."

"Then let me do the math for Minister Yan.

Minister Yan has served in the court for over twenty years, rising from a seventh-rank official to his current position as a second-rank official. His annual salary from the court has increased from 300 taels to over 4,000 taels, totaling nearly 50,000 taels of silver. Is this number correct?"

Minister Yan's face darkened. "What do you mean by saying this?"

Ye Wuwei looked at Zhuang Jiaxu:

"Since Minister Yan refuses to answer, then Lord Zhuang, please answer this question for him. Was there anything wrong with what I just said?"

Zhuang Jiaxu glanced at Minister Yan and said, "I haven't calculated it in detail, but I think it's not much different."

“Then let’s do some calculations.

Assuming that Minister Yan neither eats nor drinks, and the entire Yan family does not spend a single tael of silver, and all their annual salary income is used to generate interest, the interest income will not exceed 20,000 taels of silver, right?

Of course, there are exceptions. Shangshu Yan's family has very profitable businesses, such as porcelain and precious silk.

I wonder if my calculation is correct?"

Minister Yan's heart sank.

He probably knew where Ye Wuwei wanted to start investigating him!

Ye Wuwei wanted to convict him by showing that his assets did not match his income!

If Ye Wuwei found the valuables in the secret room of the study, he really couldn't explain where they came from.

Therefore, the key is to prevent Ye Wuwei from finding those valuables, otherwise Ye Wuwei will have no evidence.

Poor Minister Yan didn't know that the property in the secret room of his study, along with his wife and eldest son, were now in the Qi'an tribe.