Li Xin was not surprised by the sudden difficulties of the Ministry of Industry, since the news came from Jiangbei that the emperor would transfer himself to Beijing to serve as the chief soldier, the attitude of the various ministries and yamen who used to obey and obey has now undergone subtle changes, but the attitude of the Ministry of Industry is the most obvious.

Li Xinzeng specially sent a letter to Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, but this Xiong Shangshu asked him to go to Fan Dalong, the official of the Qing Dynasty in Dushui, on the grounds that he was cold and had not been on official business with the Ministry of Education for many days. The Ministry of Industry is particularly rich in oil and water among the several departments of the Ministry of Industry, because it controls almost all the commercial taxes and various project construction funds in its jurisdiction. Including the construction of the military port and the repair of galleons, all of them had to be allocated by the Ministry of Industry.

Now Du Shui Qing Si suddenly pinched the neck of the three guards, and no one among them is weird. As for the excuse of repairing the Xiaoling Xiangdian is also completely nonsense, Li Xin has personally sent people to investigate, and the Xiaoling Xiangdian has not carried out any restoration works at all. To put it bluntly, this is just a deliberate difficulty.

Fan Dalong, the chief official of the Dushui Qing Officials Division, is just a Langzhong, Li Xin doesn't believe that he has the courage to dare to act recklessly, and he must have been instigated by others. And this behind-the-scenes instigation, with Xiong Mingyu bearing the brunt.

Since Li Xin arrived in Nanjing, this person has more than once pinpointed him to engage in various conspiracies, and has been repeatedly foiled by Li Xin. Now that there is wind and grass, it is ready to move again, and it seems that it is still a thief.

After these calculations, Li Xin decided to go to Sun Ji to discuss countermeasures. As a result, before Li Xin could leave, Sun Ji came uninvited. After nearly half a month of recuperation, Sun Jie's condition and injuries have gradually improved, and he no longer needs to be supported by others when he moves to the ground, but after tossing around, the whole person has become skinny, his cheeks are deeply sunken, and his cheekbones are high and raised.

"Recently, the wind in Nanjing is not in the right direction, and some people are fanning the flames, lest the world be chaotic. I pondered at home for a while, wondering if I should use my iron fist to suppress it...... It's just that I can't make up my mind, I don't know what the marquis of Zhenyu thinks? ”

"Fanning the flames? Does the ministry refer to Xiong Mingyu? ”

Li Xin didn't answer the rhetorical question, Sun Ji nodded, "Xiong Mingyu has been jumping up and down in the past few days, Jiangbei's holy decree is from this person's mouth, whether it is true or not, such extravagance is not conducive to calming people's hearts!" Everyone can see that the reason why the situation in Nanjing was able to calm down so quickly is because of the contribution of the Three Guards, and if there is chaos again, let alone the westward march to quell the chaos, I am afraid that Nanjing's good situation will also be buried. ”

Nowadays, Li Xin and Sun Ji are actually two grasshoppers tied to a rope, one is prosperous and the other is lost, which is why Sun Ji, who has always had a peaceful temperament, actually had the intention of suppressing it by force. Sun Jiao said that he was an understatement and suppressed by force, that is, he used the army to forcibly arrest him.

"There is no suitable reason to rashly use force, but I am afraid that the people of Nanjing will be even more unfavorable."

Li Xin did not oppose the Dongying force, but he wanted to be justified and make all those who sympathized with Xiong Mingyu speechless.

"Alas! If there is a reason, why should I toss and turn! What I did when I went south in Feng Shengming was to investigate the case of Jiangnan Weaving Bureau colluding with Zhejiang City Bosi to embezzle millions of public funds, but unfortunately I don't have a clue so far, otherwise it would be just a blink of an eye to take Xiong. ”

Sun Ji shook his head and sighed, his angular face was full of melancholy, Li Xin couldn't help but feel compassion when he looked at it, this was already the same as the second son of the Sun family who was full of spring breeze and peaceful eyes. Experience can change a person, and it only takes two or three years.

Li Xin sighed, and after Sun Jiao's reminder, an idea gradually took shape.

"Li Xin has an idea, you can give it a try, and go back and wait for good news!"

Early the next morning, the governor of Nanzhili, Yamen, issued a notice, announcing the establishment of an investigation department to thoroughly investigate the corruption of public funds in the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau. At the same time, to the public to widely solicit clues, where the whistleblower will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, those who are verified will be rewarded with double the silver, and if it is verified, it will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver.

The onlookers around the notice sighed, "Since ancient times, officials have protected each other, and now those who are officials are investigating and being officials, it is strange to find our small people to collect clues!" ”

"What's unusual? Dog-eat-dog! ”

"Silence! Don't you want to die? Let the government spy listen to it, do you still want to live in peace? ”

"I mean, you guys, can't you see the point of this proclamation?"

The crowd said anything, and one of the middle-aged men with a goatee spoke in surprise, arousing the curiosity of the officials.

"The point? What's the point? Tell me, don't sell it! ”

The goatee smiled, pointed to the notice and said in a low voice: "You see, whoever reports the report will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and those who verify it will be rewarded with double the silver, what do you say?" It means that as long as there is a report, whether it is true or false, there will be silver! You don't go to the government to receive money, what are you still shouting here? ”

Goatee's words sounded very reasonable, but soon someone retorted, "Is silver so easy to receive?" The complaint behind your back offended someone, and it is not hot to hold it in your hand? ”

"Hey! You don't have hot hands, but free people don't have hot hands! ”

Seeing the lively crowd commotion for a while, they dispersed.

Chen Wenzhi took this errand, and felt that one head and two big, this kind of trial and prison break was obviously more suitable for Zhu Yuncai, how did it fall on him. Besides, the officials involved in this matter are not low-level, and they are obviously not suitable candidates for their own words. However, since the ministry has an order, how can it not obey? Even if you bite the bullet, you have to handle this case.

The sign of the investigation office was hung in front of Ying Tianfu, and Chen Wenzhi sat in the main hall waiting for someone to come and receive the silver. For this reason, the Marquis of Zhenyu also specially sent people to send two large boxes of silver-patterned silver for backup. This kind of thing must not be able to use the treasury silver in the treasury, so it can only be paid by the marquis of the town out of his own pocket.

Chen Wenzhi waited until the sun set in the morning, and did not see anyone to provide clues. In fact, what the marquis of Zhenyu meant, Chen Wenzhi also asked himself to guess a thing or two, it does not matter whether the clues provided are true or false, what matters is the excuse for arresting people, as long as there are witnesses who testify, as for the confession and evidence, it is not easy to capture.

Zhu Yuncai since the rumors spread in Jiangbei, his life is becoming more and more uncomfortable day by day, although he is the right waiter of the Ministry of Industry, he has been repeatedly suppressed by Shangshu Xiong Mingyu, and he has to bear the exclusion of Zhen Shu, the left waiter, and even the officials below are also disobedient to him.

No, he has just been squeezed by Zhao Pan, the director of the Dushui Qing Division. He was going to urge the timber allocated to the military port outside Shangyuanmen, but he was robbed again, and his heart became angry. On weekdays, Shangshu Xiong Mingyu doesn't ask about ministry affairs, and Zhen Shu, the left waiter, is not interested in the affairs of the military port, and rarely interferes.

Zhu Yuncai personally handled the approval documents for these timbers, and he urged Zhang Mingxue, a member of the Dushui Qing Bureau, to transfer all the timber to the military port after deducting the amount required for the Xiaoling Xiangdian. Zhang Mingxue, as his subordinate, naturally didn't dare to do it right, but he spread his hands and sighed: "The documents required by the lower officials here have long been completed, and the timber has been allocated as early as three days ago, and the current person in charge is the chief of Zhao, he only said that it was Xiong Shangshu who personally explained the affairs of the palace, and the lower officials, the lower officials are not good to rush to supervise ......."

Zhu Yuncai went to Zhao Pan, the head of the Dushui Qing Division, but Zhao Pan was not like his boss at all, and he still respected him a little on his face. This guy is completely nostril-eyed Lord, just two words, "Wait!" "Even if it's an explanation. He asked in a hurry, and Zhao Panna was also anxious, and asked him to conjure up the wood by himself, and he would naturally be assigned to the military port.

After pouring bitter water full of bitter water on Li Xin, Zhu Yuncai shook his head and said hatefully: "If one day these pickled rotten goods fall into the hands of his subordinates, let them also taste what the way of heaven is reciprocating, and the retribution will not be happy!" ”

Li Xin also poured bitter water: "Chen Wenzhi just reported it, but no one from the investigation department came to report it today, and Xiong Mingyu didn't know what means to use." ”

Zhu Yuncai has his own opinion on this, "Hou Rongyu, in the opinion of the lower officials, it is better to deal with Xiong Mingyu directly, than to deal with his cronies." The current Ministry of Industry, Xiong Mingyu Ping Suri rarely asks about ministry affairs, and ministry affairs are usually managed by Zuo Shilang Zhen Shu......"

After Zhu Yuncai's explanation, Li Xin Huo Ran was cheerful, "Wait, you said that Zhao Pan, did you listen to the words of Zhen Shu, the left waiter?" ”

"Back to the town, Zhao Pan, the head of the Ministry of Industry, is nominally a subordinate of Zhang Mingxue, a member of the Dushui Qing Officials, but this person is the younger brother of Fan Dalong in the Dushui Qing Officials, so he and Fan Dalong are the same nostrils. Zhen Shu has always only asked about Langzhong, and as for the rest of the chores, she didn't get involved at all, and left it completely to her subordinates. ”

In fact, there are a lot of twists and turns, the reason why Zhen Shu asked Lang Zhong is to leave room for the subordinate officials to go up and down, after all, there is money for everyone to fish together, otherwise there are few people who eat alone and have a good end.

In short, officials at the level of director are the managers of specific affairs of various departments, and they have great flexibility in their hands and have great room for manipulation.

Listening to Zhu Yuncai's continuous explanations, Li Xin understood what he meant.

"What do you mean, starting with Zhao Pan, the head of the Dushui Qing Division?"

Zhu Yuncai's face was happy, "That's how it should be!" ”

"Is there such a person?"

Zhu Yuncai hesitated, thought for a while before replying: "The specific handle is not yet mastered by the subordinate officials, but I heard that this person is a good gambler, and I think there is already a mess on his body!" ”

After having a goal, Li Xin immediately changed the target and pointed the finger at Zhao Pan, the director of the Ministry of Industry's Dushui Qing Officials Division, but after half a day's effort, he found out the result that this guy owed 200,000 taels of silver in gambling debts!