Chapter 1164 Punish Gu Sansi!
As for the Liao Can case mentioned in the file, it is also a case related to Gu Sansi!

It is well known that Liaoyang has three treasures: ginseng, deer antler and sable fur. For a long time in the past, due to people’s concepts, the court’s policies and other reasons, Liaoyang was considered a bitter and cold place, and many natural resources were not developed accordingly.

However, after Ye Mingsheng took charge of Liaoyang, he vigorously encouraged the development of industry and commerce, thus also promoting the development of local natural resources!
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, ginseng has always been considered a top-grade medicinal material with excellent medicinal effects. Its price is also very expensive. Any ginseng that is a bit old can easily be sold for hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver. Therefore, under Ye Mingsheng's policy of encouraging the development of industry and commerce, many people also want to go to the deep mountains of Liaoyang to dig ginseng and make money!

About a year ago, a ginseng picker nicknamed Wang Bangchui dug up a 50-year-old ginseng in Taibai Mountain, Liaoyang. Not only was the ginseng very old, but it was also of very good quality, so it attracted bidding from several businesses at the time, and the bid amount was as high as 15,000 taels of silver!

Faced with the astronomical figure of 15,000 taels of silver, Wang Bangchui did not agree. He felt that he was too old and would not be able to work for long. So now that he was lucky enough to dig up such a treasure, he planned to stop after this job and return to his hometown to enjoy his retirement!

So although fifteen thousand taels of silver was not a small amount, Wang Bangchui knew very well that this treasure could be sold for a higher price in Yijing. By then, let alone fifteen thousand taels of silver, even thirty thousand taels of silver would be easy to sell. So he planned to take this treasure to Yijing...
However, Wang Bangchui disappeared after this trip. Later, when the Liaoyang Censorate was investigating a group of bandits named Sanbangzi, they discovered that Wang Bangchui had died at the hands of Sanbangzi. Although the whereabouts of Wang Bangchui were investigated clearly, the Liaoyang Censorate executed Sanbangzi to avenge Wang Bangchui!

But the key to the matter is that the ginseng worth fifty years is missing!

However, the whereabouts of the ginseng in the file provided by Zhao Wanxian provided some clues. Zhao Wanxian accidentally discovered that Gu Sansi’s old father in Liaoyang seemed to have recently obtained a very good ginseng, which relieved some of his chronic illnesses!

Following this clue, Zhao Wanxian continued to dig deeper and discovered that Chen Hui, the brother of Gu Sansi's favorite concubine Chen Wanting, was the actual controller of Liaoyang Jiubao Trading Company. The main business of Jiubao Trading Company was to sell some local specialties from Liaoyang to Yijing!
Li He, the head manager of Jiubao Trading Company, had offered ten thousand taels of silver for the fifty-year-old ginseng in Wang Bangchui's hand. After hearing the news, Zhao Wanxian felt that the truth was getting closer to him, so he continued to dig deeper!

After Zhao Wanxian's persistent digging, evidence of collusion between Li He and Sanbangzi appeared in the files. Li He asked Sanbangzi to do some murder and robbery for him on the condition of helping Sanbangzi sell the stolen goods. It was indeed he who ordered Sanbangzi to kill Wang Bangchui, and the fifty-year-old ginseng finally fell into his hands!

According to Li He’s explanation, he did not dare to keep the fifty-year-old ginseng privately, and presented it to Chen Hui, the behind-the-scenes boss of Jiubao Trading Company...
As for the rest of the story, the file did not explain it, but the rest of the story is very obvious at this point. Chen Hui did not keep the fifty-year-old ginseng, but presented it to his patron Gu Sansi. After receiving the ginseng, Gu Sansi gave it to his father to treat his illness!

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect that Zhao Wanxian was not only good at economics, but also a master at investigating cases!
What the Liaoyang Censorate failed to find out, this governor had indeed found out clearly!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng seemed to have thought of something. The fact that the Censorate did not investigate it might not be true. After all, the former Liaoyang Censor Wang Chunlai was also a very capable person. During his tenure as Censor, he solved many major cases. He was also nicknamed "Wang Qingtian" among the people of Liaoyang!
Therefore, it is possible that Wang Chunlai did not fail to investigate thoroughly, but that he simply did not want to dig deeper. After all, this matter was related to Gu Sansi, and Wang Chunlai was Gu Sansi's subordinate during the Liaoyang period, and the two were said to have a good personal relationship!
So Wang Chunlai intentionally covered up for Gu Sansi and stopped investigating further, but Zhao Wanxian did continue investigating along the clues!

But now Ye Mingsheng didn't understand what Zhao Wanxian meant by going to Gu Sansi with the evidence against him. Was he trying to blackmail Gu Sansi to achieve some purpose? Gu Sansi was unwilling to accept Zhao Wanxian's threat, so he chose to self-destruct and took the initiative to hand over the file to Xiao Lingyu...

Although it is still unknown what happened between Gu Sansi and Zhao Wanxian, Ye Mingsheng hopes that there will not be too big a conflict between the two!

After all, Gu Sansi is one of the pillars of the Yijing court, and Zhao Wanxian is also a rising star he favors and a future pillar of the country!

Although Ye Mingsheng doesn't want the relationship between them to be too good, he also doesn't want irreconcilable contradictions to exist between them, causing internal friction in the future!
However, for this incident, Ye Mingsheng had to deal with Gu Sansi. After all, he, Ye, had always dealt with official corruption and dereliction of duty seriously. Although Gu Sansi did not embezzle money in these two cases, he did bear an unshirkable responsibility!

Therefore, if Gu Sansi is not dealt with, it will be impossible to convince the people. Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng also began to consider how to deal with Gu Sansi appropriately!
First of all, there must be a severe punishment. After all, there are many people watching in the court. If the punishment is too light, the officials may not say anything on the surface, but they will definitely have opinions in private, saying that you, Ye Mingsheng, are discriminatory against relatives and strangers!
But Ye Mingsheng also didn't want to punish Gu Sansi too severely. On the one hand, although it cannot be said that the court would not be able to function without Gu Sansi in all aspects of the Yijing court, it is true that without Gu Sansi, the court would suffer a considerable negative impact!

On the other hand, Ye Mingsheng still trusts Gu Sansi, and no one is perfect to make mistakes. He cannot completely deny Gu Sansi as a person just because of some of his mistakes!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng made a decision and immediately began to write the order. After a moment, he called Ye Cheng in and told him;
"This order goes to the Cabinet!"

"Yes"

Ye Ben instinctively responded to Ye Mingsheng's order, and after taking a look at it, he was suddenly shocked. When he was hesitating whether to ask Ye Mingsheng to think twice, Ye Mingsheng looked at him. Feeling Ye Mingsheng's unfathomable gaze, Ye Cheng did not dare to say much and immediately bowed and retreated...

(End of this chapter)