The sun climbed to the highest point in the sky, and the blazing sunlight poured in through the windows and spread over the official hall.

The first to come back was to check the types of interciers that were submitted for inspection yesterday, and put the results on the case.

Han Zong and Zheng Jian picked it up and watched it casually, and saw that the source of the cross-citation was very messy, and there was no law at all. From Yanzhou to Qinzhou, there are almost all border states and counties, and they are obviously collected from all over the country.

It's not illegal to sell crossings, the two of them just look at it casually. These intervals are so chaotic and irregular that I don't believe that if it is cheating, those little officials can remember them all clearly.

While the two of them were watching, the two directors of the third division who went out first returned to the official hall, saluted, and handed over the two documents to Han Zong and Zheng Jian.

The two of them quickly went through the two papers, looked at each other, and nodded.

The confessions of the two of them, the director of the goods department and the Du Kujing, can't even match the time and the people they have met, let alone what kinds of exchanges are there. The two confessions are paired, and the matter is already very clear, and the two must be lying.

After waiting for a while, the confession of the shop supervisor came over, and the details were the same as the donkey's lips and the horse's mouth.

"What should I do?" Zheng Jian looked at Han Zong and asked.

Han Zong was silent for a while, and instructed the officials around him: "Let the two directors of the Jiaoyin shop record 'Deng' to the owner of the Yindian, what business do they usually have, how much business they do in a year, how much profit they make, and write a pleading." ”

Zheng Jian didn't speak, he knew what Han Zong meant. Since you have decided to do it, you must figure out the forces behind it, and don't be caught off guard by others.

When the pleadings from the pleadings were submitted, Han Zong and Zheng Jian read it, put down the pleadings, and shook their heads helplessly together.

Zheng Jian raised his voice and asked Han Zong: "Zhongwen, what should I do?" Can the two of us still make up our minds? ”

"Take care of the prisoners and all kinds of evidence, and move the Fengfu. Tianxiu, our three divisions punish their subordinate officials, and now the ministers are implicated, and they must be sent to Kaifeng! ”

Zheng Jian listened to Han Zong's words and was silent for a while. He was a little unwilling and bent on handling this big case by himself, but the Third Division was a affairs department, and the investigation and handling of the case were not under their control. At this point, I had to let go.

In the end, he nodded, and Zheng Jian said to Han Zong: "It has to be like this, but Deputy Envoy Xu, do you want to inform me?" Now it's a big deal! ”

Han Zong said: "Of course! When we arrived at this field, how could the two of us bear it without the support of the deputy envoy? You write a document submitted to Kaifeng Mansion, and wait until Yang Daozhi from the Treasury Department and the Grinding and Exploration Department come, and let them sign it together. I will write a letter to Deputy Envoy Xu, tell me everything about today, and see what the Deputy Envoy instructs. ”

Kaifeng Mansion and the Three Divisions are considered to be parallel yamen, and official documents are used as usual. There are various forms of official documents in the yamen, and different objects and different occasions have different requirements for different affairs, which is the same as the government documents of Xu Ping's previous life, such as resolutions and orders, circulars, notices and approvals, notices and letters, different formats, and different objects for which they are applicable.

Xu Ping didn't know that his subordinates Han Zong and Zheng Jian had inadvertently investigated the cheats of the goods, and they actually stabbed the basket into the sky. In his mind, even if the fraud of the public officials below is discovered, it will be nothing more than a few shops, and there will not be much of a matter. The powerful families profit from these industries, and if they leak the stuffing after a check, where can they do it for a long time?

Today's Shangyuan Festival, when the lights are lit at night, the emperor and the queen mother go to the Xuande Gate City Tower to have fun with the people. When the emperor appeared, of course the civil and military ministers in Beijing had to accompany him. Xuande Gate can't stand on the top of the city tower, so they are arranged on the east-west royal street below the city tower, and the wine feast is arranged, and the hundred officials below the prime minister have their own seats.

As the home of close ministers, the Queen Mother specially issued a decree, Zhang Sanniang and Lin Suniang took Panpan to the city tower and accompanied the Queen Mother to see the lights. Xu Zheng and Xu Ping's father and son did not have this treatment, and they had to stay honestly under the city tower.

Compared with previous years, this year's Shangyuan Festival also has an additional project, which is to set off fireworks before lighting the lanterns.

Before Xu Ping came to this world, there were already simple fireworks in Kaifeng City, which could neither be lifted into the air nor have colorful colors, but the gunpowder was twisted into a rope and lit with smoke to watch the excitement. Xu Ping made fireworks at home for the New Year, but because he didn't sell them, he never promoted them. Coming back this year, Xu Ping's family is no longer as small as in previous years, and has become the door of the powerful, and everyone is in the limelight. There were so many fireworks and firecrackers that they finally attracted the attention of others, and there was also some fun in the palace.

The fireworks and firecrackers set off tonight were specially made by Emperor Zhao Zhen under the orders of Xu Ping, and the gunpowder in the city was specially made. For these fireworks, Zhao Zhen and Xu Ping were scolded by the Yanguan together.

Gunpowder is an organization that makes ordnance, how can it cost the people and money to decorate these useless playthings in order to decorate the peaceful weather. Xu Ping felt that what the Yanguan said was very reasonable, so he decided to set up a special workshop for making fireworks in a few days, specializing in making fireworks for sale, and see what the Yanguan could say at that time.

On the fifteenth moon, as soon as the sun set, it rose, round and bright, lying on the city wall east of Kaifeng.

The moon is on the willow tops, and people are about after dusk, which is a day full of romantic and charming atmosphere. The winter wind has long been gone, the spring wind is shy and timid, and the city of Kaifeng under the moonlight is crowded, and the atmosphere is warm and there is some restlessness.

As the deputy envoy of salt and iron, Xu Ping did not have the opportunity to experience romance, he changed into official clothes early, and the whole family entered Wanshengmen together. When they arrived in their own courtyard in the city, they arranged with their father Xu Zheng for their daughters to rest first, and the two came out together and rode to Xuande Gate. The female dependents are with the Queen Mother, and they don't have to work as hard as the father and son.

The downstairs of Xuande Gate City has already been crowded with people, and many officials who usually don't see people at all have all appeared here. Today's Xuandemen feast is not only the obligation of a courtier, but also the glory of a courtier.

The seats had already been arranged by the officials in charge of ceremonies, and they were basically in the order of the early dynasty, without any sloppiness.

Xu Ping suffered a lot in this row of seats, he was a dignified marquis from the third grade, and he could only squeeze together with a group of officials of the sixth or seventh grade, which was very dazzling.

There is no way to do this, in the yamen of the imperial court, the status of the three divisions is not high. The three envoys are known as the rulers of the country, called the prime minister, which sounds very majestic, but in fact, the daily administrative affairs of the imperial court, the three divisions account for more than half, and there are dozens of officials who pressed on the heads of the three envoys in the early dynasty. The name does not match the reality, and the three divisions are obviously suppressed.

There is only one envoy of the three divisions above the rank of the minister who can be called a minister, and the deputy envoys like Xu Ping are only officials, and they don't even have the opportunity to speak when they are in the early court. In fact, even the three envoys only had a fixed time to speak in the Zhenzong Dynasty, which can be regarded as a little independence under the Zhongshu Gate.

Father Xu Zheng is far worse than Xu Ping, he was an idle errand, and he was almost out of the street without a box officer. Xu Zheng's official position is low, that is, he just has a seat.

Xu Ping and his colleagues greeted each other and sat down in their seats. There are really not many people he knows in the officialdom of the capital, and he seems a little lonely sitting there.

The moon gradually rose, and the brilliance shrouded Kaifeng City like mercury, with a bit of confusion.

The small yellow gate in the palace and the soldiers of the Imperial City Division went in and out, and fireworks were placed on the royal street in front of the city gate tower. Because it was the first fireworks, in order to prevent accidents, the Imperial City Division arrested Sun Qilang on an errand.

Sun Qilang was full of complaints about his monthly less than a month's money, muttering reluctantly. Everyone else knows that he is from Xu Ping's mansion, and many princes and ministers have entrusted him with work at home, and he has a wide range of people, and no one dares to offend him, but he is careful along the way.

Wang Wei was sitting down next to Xu Ping and said to Xu Ping: "I want you to go to Yongzhou as an official back then, and in a few years, the world will change there, and it will no longer be the same as before." Now that I'm back in the capital, I've come up with a lot of tricks in a short period of time, and what kind of fireworks will I do tonight, and I don't know what Kaifeng City will become because of you in a few years. ”

"It's funny, I'm from Kaifeng myself, and I've grown here for more than ten years, and it's not like this."

Wang Weizheng said: "How is it the same? You were a civilian before, what were you able to do? Now in a high position, it's not the same as before. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Weizheng sighed: "When you were a commoner, didn't you also open a sugar shop in the capital?" Who knew that such a small shop would later grow into the scale of the cane sugar business in Lingnan! ”

Xu Ping smiled and did not speak.

Indeed, when I was not an official before, I made things just to make a little money. With today's status, it is easy to change the face of an entire country if you find the right opportunity.

At this time, a subordinate of the Third Division hurriedly squeezed over from outside, wiped the sweat on his forehead and saluted Xu Parallel, took out a letter from his arms and said, "Deputy Envoy, Judge Han asked the little one to send you this letter." ”

Xu Ping knew that it must have happened to Xiang Jun who went out to guard the field today, so he took the book and opened it to watch.

After reading the letter, Xu Ping's face became extremely solemn and silent.

Wang Weizheng saw Xu Ping standing there motionless, pulled his sleeve and whispered: "Yun Xing, isn't there something big going on in the yamen?" Sit down and talk. ”

Xu Ping sat down, pinched the letter and said: "It's not in the yamen, it's in the imperial court, I'm afraid that something big will happen!" ”

"What's going on?"

"Today's Shangyuan Festival lights up, I'm afraid that something will happen to the three divisions under the field affairs, and yesterday I ordered Han Zong to order some box troops to defend the field affairs separately, and report anything immediately. I didn't want to find out that someone was changing tea from the goods at this time early in the morning, Han Zong and Zheng Jian went to check, but found that it was the official of the goods affairs who colluded with the shop, and took advantage of the opportunity of the new tea law after the festival to seal the tea field in Wuli, and rushed to replace the old tea with current tea during the festival. ”

Listening to Xu Ping's words, Wang Weizheng smiled: "I thought it was a big deal, but it was just that the subordinate officials used their power for personal gain, and they were arrested and severely punished." ”

Xu Ping sighed: "If that's all it takes, Han Zong only needs to hand over the people to Kaifeng Mansion, why bother to give me a letter at this time?" The powerful family of the Jiaoyin shop was involved in it, implicating the ministers of the DPRK and China. ”

"Who is involved? Makes you feel embarrassed! ”

"Prime Minister Zhang Shixun, and Yang Chongxun, the Privy Council Envoy and Xuanhui Southern Court." (To be continued.) )