After deciding on a strategy, Feng Nan and the other two people immediately left. Zhou Zibin's eyes flickered. The reason why he chose Shen Wanfu was that he was one of the three giants of the Dongzhou family and had an sworn hatred with Su Qi'an to kill his son.
Zhou Zibin had a hidden meaning of testing in his heart. The Shen family had deep roots in Dongzhou, and even he, the state pastor, could not completely control it.
On the surface, the three giants of Dongzhou were at his disposal and obeyed his orders, but in fact, this Shen Wanfu was not so obedient and had some opinions of his own.
Even though the Shen family started out as merchants, merchants have a low status, but as long as they do their best, merchants can also become guests.
The Shen family can become the first of the three giants. In addition to their ancestors helping the imperial court, it is more about their business management.
Up to now, the Shen family accounts for the second largest share of Dongzhou's economy. It is not an exaggeration to say that they have complete control over Dongzhou's economic lifeline.
Every aspect of Dongzhou's food, clothing, housing and transportation has the shadow of the Shen family behind it. Zhou Zibin has always been afraid of the control of the Shen family.
And Su Qi'an came to Dongzhou and beheaded his son, which brought some hope to Zhou Zibin. At least there should be no intention of joining forces between the two parties.
But just in case, and not to affect his subsequent actions, he decided to test Shen Wanfu on something.
If Su Qi'an chooses the Shen family caravan, it depends on whether Shen Wanfu will make up his mind and take action secretly. If he does, Zhou Zibin's suspicion of him will disappear.
If he insists on refusing, or is being sloppy, then Shen Wanfu must not be kept, and must be controlled and captured as soon as possible.
After working together for many years, it's not that I don't trust Shen Wanfu, but that in order to prevent the final plan from being ruined, it's better to be cautious in everything.
Throughout the dynasties, merchants have always been driven by profit. Even if Su Qi'an killed his son, in the face of absolute interests, it would be difficult not to ensure that Shen Wanfu would not be tempted and secretly join forces with Su Qi'an.
The previous eight county guards were arrested, and he had tested everyone around him except Shen Wanfu.
So this time Su Qi'an transported grain and grass to the front line, which was also the most test for Shen Wanfu. XiuShu.com
We can only wait and see what the final result will be.
As Feng Nan and many other jurors entered the city, in less than a day, news spread throughout the nine counties of Dongzhou that eight county guards had been captured by Su Qi'an.
As expected, this news caused a huge sensation in Dongzhou, especially in the city, where people were talking about it in the streets.
The state government only gave a simple response to the people's comments. All powers were given to the supervisory envoy. If the state government's cooperation was needed, it would give its full cooperation.
Regarding this matter, officials such as Zhou Zibin and Feng Nan had no intention of concealing it. Such a big matter could not be concealed. Rather than being deliberate, it would be better to simply make it public.
In this way, the entire Dongzhou's attention will inevitably be on Su Qi'an, and their state capital can become spectators, watching how Su Qi'an handles this matter.
At this time, Zigui County was many times more lively than before. From time to time, large numbers of people came towards Zigui County.
These common people came to Zigui County not just to walk through the streets, but to complain. The person who complained was none other than the governor of the eight counties.
Provided incriminating confessions for the conviction of eight county sheriffs.
One state directly overthrew eight county governors. This is a top priority everywhere, and the identity is also there. It must be handled with great caution.
Therefore, more confessions and more witnesses were needed. After imprisoning eight people, Su Qi'an informed the entire Dongzhou as an inspector.
The targets of this notification are mainly local people. Anyone who has been oppressed, robbed, or even killed by the eight county guards can come to Zigui County to state the case.
This order was issued, which naturally attracted many people who came to report the case. Eight county guards were collectively arrested, and their arresters were inspectors appointed by the imperial court.
Being able to arrest eight county guards in one go shows how powerful this person is, and even the state officials cooperated obediently.
With the support of such a big shot, some people who had been bullied in the past would naturally not endure it silently and came to Zigui County as soon as possible.
Thanks to Su Qi
An made preparations in advance and mobilized five thousand Dongshan troops to wait outside the city gate to maintain order.
As expected, there were thousands of people in the reception for the first three days. The lineup made Fang Jingzhi, Master Liu and many other officials who participated in the review of the case feel numb.
In order to ensure the fairness of this case, Su Qian specially deployed more than 20 county-level officials from Houjiu County in Dongzhou. Xiu Shuzhu
These county-level officials were carefully selected by Su Qi'an during more than a month of inspection.
In addition to them, there are also some government servants, policemen, gang workers, etc. in each county.
The total number of people before and after is at least more than a hundred people. This is a huge review team.
The reason why these grassroots officials were removed and directly bypassed the county-level officials was naturally Su Qi'an's consideration.
Don't underestimate these grassroots officials. They have contact with many more local people than county-level officials. The same is true for the cases they review. In terms of experience, they are no worse than county-level officials.
Of these county-level officials, except for five who are county magistrates, the rest are the third and fourth leaders in each county.
Most of them had offended their superiors and had no hope of promotion for many years, but they still worked conscientiously. These people were just like Fang Jingzhi.
They have no background, are not smooth in dealing with things, and it is difficult to get promoted. In the eyes of superior officials, they are just smelly and hard rocks. Even if there are so-called good things, they will not be thought of.
But it is precisely this group of officials who are stubborn and unwilling to join in the corruption that Su Qi'an needs.
With these officials working, Su Qi'an felt relieved. He also knew that he would not be able to understand the major case involving eight county magistrates for a while.
According to his estimate, it will take at least about a month, maybe even longer.
On the other hand, Su Qi'an was ready. He was not in a hurry. Such a long time was what he needed.
Fortunately, he could use this matter to attract everyone's attention, and on the other hand, he could transport the collected 100,000 grains and grass to the front line.
In order to ensure the safety of the transportation route, Su Qi'an, Xie Cang, and Fang Jingzhi discussed for a long time, and finally decided to use the Shen family's caravan route to transport the front line.
Compared with taking the risk of leading troops on an unknown road, it is better to take the Shen family caravan route, at least the risk will be less.
Although there was a murder feud between him and Shen Wanfu, this matter was a major matter. As an inspector, he expected that Shen Wanfu would not dare to mess around.
However, just in case, Su Qi'an still sent a team directly under Tong Zhan to participate in this escort transportation.
With the participation of Tong Zhan's direct team, even if something happens along the way, there shouldn't be any big trouble.
And before setting off, Su Qi'an had already greeted Wu Dingguo on the front line and asked them to take over, so there shouldn't be any problems.
After identifying the troops and contacting the Shen family's caravan, it took only three days for the 100,000 stones of food and grass to set off to the front line.
Watching the motorcade leave, Su Qian's heart was not calm for a long time. For some reason, he always had a bad premonition in his heart, but he couldn't explain it for a while.
Su Qi'an shook his head and turned back to his house.
Next, we have to deal with the eight county governors Zeng Mo and Han Cheng.
When the convoy escorting 100,000 grains and fodder was heading towards the front line, at the same time, in the state capital, Zhou Zibin and Feng Nan had already received the news.
Zhou Zibin handed the letter in his hand to Feng Nan. In addition to the news of the convoy's departure, it also contained a personal letter from Shen Wanfu.
The general meaning of the above is that everything is ready, and my lords are waiting for the good news.
Feng Nan was very happy with Shen Wanfu's statement. He was just about to give a compliment and flatter Zhou Zibin, but Zhou Zibin's face showed no expression.
Feng Nan probably saw something, his smile faded, and he said softly, "Sir, what's wrong? Is it possible that Shen Wanfu still can't be trusted?"
Zhou Zibin did not speak, and was silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. Benzhou feels that this matter is going too smoothly. I always feel that there is something fishy, but I can't tell what it is."
Zhou Zibin's ambiguous answer made Feng Nan very confused.
Calm, he soothed.
"Sir, I think this is because you are too nervous. We have learned about Su Qian's skills, and it is not an exaggeration to describe him as resourceful. But after all, this person is a human being, not a god in the sky. He cannot know everything."
"If he really has that ability, he won't dare to break up with us. Even if Shen Wanfu hides his selfish motives and does some tricks behind his back, it doesn't matter. The official has already placed an informant in the Shen family's caravan."
"If Shen Wanfu dares to collude with Su Qi'an, we can take advantage of the opportunity to eliminate him directly. If he cooperates obediently, this is what we use to control him. No matter what, we will not suffer."
Feng Nan's explanation made Zhou Zibin feel more relaxed. He nodded and said, "Well, you still have your thoughts. This state has not misjudged you for so many years. Let's wait for the results."
As time goes by, one month has passed in a flash. In this month, Fang Jingzhi and Master Liu have had the hardest time.
Although this month was hard work, the harvest was huge. It basically confirmed the illegal activities of Zeng Mo and the eight county governors of Hancheng for so many years.
After sorting out the accumulated files, there are at least four to five hundred cases. These are all cases where a complete chain of clues can be found, and there are witnesses and evidence. Like other cases, there are nearly a thousand cases where partial clues are missing.
The number of persecuted people is at least over 10,000. These compiled figures sound horrifying.
The cases reviewed were enough to make Zeng Mo, Han Cheng and other eight officials die hundreds of thousands of times.
Looking at the thick files, everyone sighed inwardly. Although they were mainly investigating the eight county guards and did not expand the scope of the investigation, there were too many people and things involved behind the eight county guards.
They made a rough calculation and found that this time, at least half of the Dongzhou official family would have to be liquidated. This was without expanding the impact.
If we really get to the bottom of it, the entire Dongzhou will be completely cleansed.
For the sake of stability, we must first deal with half of the people and things in front of us. Once these people are dealt with, it will at least ensure that Dongzhou does not appear so dark for a long time.
The stagnant water in Dongzhou has been stirred up by Su Qian. As for when it will be completely rectified, it depends on whether the subsequent plan can go forward.
