(I recommend a novel of the late Ming Dynasty [Rebirth of the Southern Ming Dynasty as an emperor] of the same type as the wealth of the first life, the title of the book is very bad, and the introduction is also very middle two, but it is the author's means to attract a little white, the content of the text is rigorous and reasonable, and the logic is strong, and it is worth reading.) )

In the restaurant by the Bianhe River, Mrs. Liu leisurely drank tea, and said to Zhu Zheng, Zhou Gui and Li Fengji who were standing in front of him: "This time, a few of you will have to suffer a little, and it is indispensable to take a trip to Shamen Island." But don't worry, I will take care of things at home, and there will definitely be no difference. Even on Shamen Island, there are also officials I know well, bring a letter of mine when I go, spend a few years there with peace of mind, wait for the imperial court to amnesty, and return to Kaifeng well. When that time comes, with the money you are now allowed to make and our help, is the glory and wealth still within reach? ”

Zhu Zheng and the others gave up their hands together: "But with the Taishi's orders, we will definitely do things well!" ”

"Good, good!" Taishi Liu waved his hand to let a few people relax, "In the past two years in the Third Division, you have only been a latecomer, and you have really suffered a lot of hardship, and I have not been able to take care of you." It's good in the future, wait until you come back, buy a house in the capital, and marry a few more beautiful wives and concubines, what kind of good life can't you enjoy? In this year, all kinds of officials are false, and only when you have money in your hands is real, if you have enough money, you can live more comfortably than the emperor. You say don't you? ”

"The Master is right! Although the emperor does not worry about eating and drinking, there are still so many national events every day, where can he be like us, just eat, drink and enjoy, and don't care about everything else! ”

"Yes, you know. This time, if you do a good job, no matter who asks, you all say that you have the news, and you are not willing to be laid off in a mess, so you go to a familiar official to ask the prime minister and the imperial history for an explanation. This is not a big crime of rebellion, it is a great sentence to exile to Salmon Island, and you can come back in a few years, and it will be a good life in the future! ”

I thought that I would no longer have to be called around and drink in the future, eat bran vegetables every day, and I could live in a mansion like those outsiders who I envied every day, hugging the delicate little lady left and right, and several people's faces were shining.

At this moment, a middle-aged man came in from outside, came to Taishi Liu's side, and said in a low voice: "Taishi, news has just come from outside, the people from the Yantie Division Bing case are taking the box army and arresting the people who made trouble yesterday everywhere!" ”

"It's coming, it's coming," Taishi Liu looked at a few people and spread his hands. As he spoke, they started arresting people everywhere! This Xu Ping is indeed different from others, and he is much more decisive than we originally expected. Originally, I thought it was Kaifeng Mansion arresting people, but I didn't expect the Salt and Iron Division to strike first. ”

Zhu Zheng and the others didn't know what it meant, whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, and they looked at each other and didn't dare to speak.

Taishi Liu smiled: "You don't have to worry, isn't it better for the third division to arrest people?" Except for those who followed you on the street yesterday, now the three divisions are all my subordinates, what are you afraid of! If I say a word, you can't even eat a board! ”

After listening to Taishi Liu's words, several people put their minds at ease and a smile appeared on their faces.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the Zhongshu, the Privy Council and the three envoys Kou Ying and others went to the apse to discuss the affairs of the court. Xu Ping naturally didn't have that qualification, and went straight back to the Sansi Yamen.

As soon as he entered the Salt and Iron Division, Liu Xin stepped forward and saluted: "The deputy envoy can be regarded as coming back." ”

Xu Ping nodded in greeting and asked, "How is it, how many people have been arrested?" ”

"It's going well, we found out the names yesterday, and we've arrested more than 60 people. The lower officials had already brought the public officials to interrogate them, saying that Zhu Zheng and Zhou Gui were the leaders of more than a dozen of the three divisions, and they had discussed and agreed late last night. Early this morning, these leaders of the officials split up to find people and took them to the state bridge to rendezvous. ”

Seeing Liu Xin's face full of excitement, Xu Ping said: "Don't just listen to what they say, be careful that they have already colluded and fallen into the trap of these people!" When people come back from the back, don't be in a hurry to interrogate, detain them separately, let the box army guard, and don't allow them to talk to each other and exchange news. It won't be long before the Imperial Historical Observatory and Kaifeng Mansion will send people to interrogate with us and wait for them. ”

"How can there be people from Kaifeng Mansion and Yushitai involved? Don't you believe in our three divisions? ”

Liu Xin was a little anxious when he heard this, he had just taken over the salt and iron judge and encountered this kind of big case, and he was holding back his strength to show his skills, where did he think that there were other people from the yamen who came in.

Xu Ping sighed: "Rushing into the mansions of the two prime ministers and insulting the imperial history Zhongcheng, those who make trouble are all people from our three divisions." No one doubts us about this, so it's good that we don't interfere, so how can we be allowed to handle the case alone? ”

Liu Xin sighed and stopped talking. On the surface, it seems that the three divisions should actually bear a lot of responsibility, just because those small officials bluntly said that it was because Cheng Han Yi suggested laying off talents in the imperial history to make trouble, and no one was involved in the three divisions.

Xu Ping said again: "Didn't Wang Xianggong write down the name of the troublemaker yesterday, and he will send someone to us in a while." With the list, we just take the people. ”

Liu Xin hurriedly said: "Deputy envoy, I was also present yesterday, and Wang Xianggong's list was recorded by asking people to report their names." It's not a secret, some people simply report a fake name, and I also reported Liu Sanshui's name and wrote it down. What's even more hateful is that someone reported the name of his enemy in the third division. There were also some people who were obviously not public officials, but they casually reported their names, and I asked the officials of the three divisions who were present at the time, and those people reported that there were indeed people in the three divisions. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xin shook his head: "Wang Xianggong's list, I'm afraid that there are many mistakes, and it can't be used as evidence." And yesterday I saw what Wang Xianggong meant, one is that he wants to calm things down, and the other is that he really has the meaning of trying to sue those little officials. I didn't want someone to take it to Han Yushi's mansion later, so that things were out of control, and it was in vain for Wang Xianggong's hard work. ”

"No matter how much of that list is true and how much is false, it is the clearest record of the troublemakers now, and we can only take people according to that list first. When the person is arrested and returned to the yamen, he will be interrogated carefully. ”

After listening to Xu Ping's words, Liu Xin had no choice but to say yes.

After speaking, Xu Ping turned around and went back to his chief's hall, walked a few steps, suddenly remembered something, turned around again, and said to Liu Xin: "There are many doubts about this matter, you must be cautious in handling it, and you must not be deceived by others." ”

"My subordinates understand!" Liu Xin agreed.

Xu Ping said again: "Just now in the early dynasty, Lu Xianggong originally wanted to directly cut off these people according to the list in Wang Xianggong's hand. I repeatedly insisted that I must find out the ins and outs of the matter, and only then did I stop the case again. Lu Xianggong is quite unhappy about this matter, you know it in your heart! ”

Liu Xin was stunned for a moment and bowed to Xu Ping: "Don't worry, the deputy envoy will definitely investigate this case and will never leave any handle for others!" ”

Xu Ping nodded: "Arrest people first, look at them separately, and remember not to let them collude." Wait for the people from Yushitai and Kaifeng Mansion to come and then interrogate, not in a hurry at this time. ”

Farewell to Liu Xin, Xu Ping returned to his governor's hall, asked the general to bring tea, closed the door, and guarded outside the door to prevent idle people from waiting in. If there is something important outside the door, wait for instructions.

Putting the tea on the miscellaneous table, Xu Ping sat down on the chair, leaned against the back of the chair, and looked up at the room.

Whenever he encounters a major event, Xu Ping always has to be quiet like this and carefully sort out the context of the matter. Be sure to think things through and not make a big mistake because of your own negligence.

From the change of the tea law, there was an accident in the goods business, followed by the three officials who stormed the Prime Minister's Mansion, making a big news. One ring after another, Xu Ping didn't know what would happen next time if he made peace with the mud again this time.

Xu Ping never believed that there was no connection behind these things, and several times the things were connected, and a vague shadow had been outlined. Thinking of what Xu Chang said before, what Taishi Liu, what the officials in the families of the powerful people in the capital, plus these public officials in various yamen, because of the entanglement of interests, if they are really united, this force is really terrifying.

A few years ago, whoever came, just in which library strictly investigated the corruption and theft of public officials, and the income increased several times in a year. If all the treasury affairs of the three divisions are like this, this is an underground court!

Against such a force, Xu Ping was always a little hesitant. If there is no support from the ministers in the court, relying on himself as a deputy envoy of salt and iron, I am afraid that the lid will not be lifted, and my future will be put in first.

But now there is no choice, after yesterday's events, if you continue to retreat, you, the deputy envoy of salt and iron, will become a puppet, and you can only be at the mercy of others. Not to mention what else you want to do, it's not easy to be safe to be in office.

With a sigh of relief, Xu Ping straightened up and looked through the case files on the case.

This is what he recorded after talking with Gao Chengduan for an afternoon yesterday, and some of the secrets of the three divisions that are difficult for outsiders to know.

Gao Chengduan has been an official for generations, and he has been working in the third division for nearly 20 years, and he hasn't even been a director, which is a bit abnormal. In his case, not to mention being the highest-level Confucian official, at least he should be in charge of affairs.

Gao Chengduan said frankly that the reason why this is so is that he does not integrate into his colleagues around him.

The last few generations of the Gao family have worked in the three divisions, and they have saved a lot of money, and they are one of the largest families in their hometown Xiangyi County. In Gao Chengduan's generation, he has a higher pursuit than money, and he is bent on becoming an official and changing his court.

Xu Ping was in charge of the Salt and Iron Division, especially the establishment of the Three Divisions Regulations Editing Institute, so that Gao Chengduan saw the opportunity, so he took the initiative to come out and donate the classics he had saved, hoping to get a background.

According to Gao Chengduan, the officials of the three divisions in the past generations would form several groups and collude with each other to turn the money in each treasury into their own money. Although most of the profits in this process were inevitably distributed to the various yamen and high-ranking officials and magnates, the officials of the three divisions also made a fortune just by drinking some soup, and many generations of officials were richer than princes.

This generation of officials in the three divisions was even more powerful, and there was an old and retired official who united these small groups to form a huge organization. This tissue is firmly attached to the big tree of Sanji like a parasitic plant, constantly absorbing nutrients and growing stronger. From the princes and prime ministers, to the chief bookkeepers of the various yamen, many of them share profits from them.

It is extremely difficult to select people for promotion, and many of them go around in various yamen, and as they get older, it becomes easier to collude with these petty officials. On the contrary, it was those low-level officials of the Beijing Dynasty who were caught in the middle and were played around.

This young man with great magical powers is surnamed Liu, and because he has the title of Taishi of the school, everyone is called Taishi Liu.

The inspectors of the public officials and schools are a system of their own, which has no meaning except for a false title, and is only a good name used by the public officials to each other. This Taishi Liu made this false title the same as the real title, and he was really an extraordinary character. (To be continued.) )