Because, at the end of the century-old expedition, except for the five Tianzhu islands, the South China Sea Islands, Xiao'ao, Xinzhou, Shanzhou in the south, Daqin in the west, and other vast foreign lands, almost all the neighboring places on the four sides of the barbarians and nine borders were occupied by various countries. The princes of Zhongping feudal clan took advantage of every opportunity.
Therefore, Emperor Xianyuan, who had many heirs at that time, saw that many relatives, nobles and clans had no real estates to seal. So I racked my brains and made a little bit of edging or opening a small hole in the ancestral family law that could not be sealed in the land of Kyushu.
That is to say, many islands outside the Eastern Continent, distributed between the North Sea and the South China Sea, and close to the coast were treated as fiefs, and were actually granted to those newly promoted relatives and clans as a kind of kindness and holy reward. Therefore, this batch of new nobles has become a rather special existence.
They can be said to be serious vassals, but they can't compare with the original vassals; they can break up the earth and seal off a town like the Xia in ancient times. They were said to be kings, but they actually owned fiefs on large and small islands and a number of relocated residents.
Of course, in a sense, even the most prominent Nanhai Palace in the south and the two large and small sects in Guangfu and Dongning each only own the territories of Hainan and Yizhou Island; The head of the vassal vassal was used to serve as pastor for the various princes in the East China Sea and the South China Sea to divide the vassal into vassal states;
Therefore, after being passed down through the generations, a large number of offshore island vassal lords who could not be promoted or demoted were accumulated within the vassal system of the country. The more prominent among them was the one in Wengshan County (Zhoushan Islands). The main island), and the smaller ones may only have a few small fishing villages.
Just like the prince of Lu Fan who was involved this time, his residence Shamenyi is located on Shamen Island (Miaodao Islands) off the coast of Penglai County, Dengzhou. Although it used to be a remote place where birds did not poop (in a physical sense, because the deposited bird droppings could be sold for money), it happened to be located in the Bohai Strait.
Located at the boundary between the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, the situation is dangerous and there are many promontories, so it has become an important shelter for many ships traveling to the Northeast by sea. Coupled with the discovery and expansion of Xinzhou (Beijuluzhou) by the Tang Dynasty in the early years, one of the tribute shipping routes happened to pass through here.
Therefore, although the Lu family's Shamenyi was just a small vassal at the end of the dynasty, it caught up with the good times and reaped dividends, and became a wealthy family among the new rich of the island vassal. He has established a relationship with the navy that is not only close to the water, but also owns several shipping groups that trade overseas.
But in any case, as a member of the vassal system, even if you are an archipelago prince at the end of the discrimination chain, you are also in the state and dynasty system, and you have corresponding levels of immunity and preferential treatment; for example, you cannot be easily punished for being imprisoned for corruption. , the interrogation must be accompanied by personnel from both chambers.
However, the other party didn't even have a chance to defend himself, and just ran away. In any case, it slapped the school's face, and confirmed suspicion and guilt in a certain sense. It also provided more sufficient evidence and reasons for Jiang Tian's subsequent actions.
Therefore, immediately after, several Jinwu Street Envoy disciples arrived one after another and reported to Jiang Tian in accordance with the regulations. And he took the order to join in the search of various places in the vassal council. After all, with the vassal administration house occupying an area as large as the same city square, Jiang Tian's current manpower is not enough.
Jiang Tian also took the seized evidence and captured suspects to a large auditorium located in the vassal academy. It is considered to be a temporary station and central command and coordination location.
However, the results of the subsequent search made Jiang Tian somewhat amazed. Although the vast majority of them have nothing to do with the clues being pursued, there are a lot of various contraband and illegal activities that have been raided.
Just like the sludge rising up from the disturbed stagnant water and the fish and shrimps scrambling to escape; under the shock of the meticulous and rough search and the chain reaction of alerting the snake, the forced floating people came one after another. Come out of the water, or lose your hiding place and cover again.
For example, someone actually kept a fan in the breeding house for a long time, and it was shared by multiple people. Some people secretly keep hawks, dogs and other playthings, and even the larvae of ferocious beasts. There are also private gambling establishments under the name of associations with the same number, and even regular gambling activities.
There are even teaching staff who take advantage of their status and position to bring and sell various prohibited items that are not allowed to enter school, and even special technicians from outside flower shops; or they provide cover and cover for them to obtain corresponding benefits. Shares, or regular gifts provided privately...
In contrast, they hire imposters to pretend to complete their studies and take exams on their behalf, while they spend the day and night outside, drinking and partying; or they spend money to bribe low-level faculty members to avoid doing so on the pretext of participating in internships and special classes. , but it is quite normal.
As for why Jiang Tian is so knowledgeable about this, the reason is very simple. A few years ago, his predecessor had also been a member of one of the exam bureaus. He had witnessed the weirdness with his own eyes, and was also involved in the underground transportation channels to other branches under the recruitment of senior seniors.
Only later something happened that hit him deeply, and he had to take the initiative to leave the feudal school; at the cost of giving up studying more than ten subjects, he temporarily got rid of a certain vortex of right and wrong. Although things and people have changed now, Jiang Tian will not become magnanimous because of this.
For example, the predecessor who supported Jiang Tian, but did not hesitate to set up a trap and turned him into a scapegoat; another example is the predecessor who once made his predecessor attracted and obsessed with him, but always kept aloof and kept a sufficient distance until At the last moment, the senior who was teased and applauded,
This time, Jiang Tian was able to legitimately obtain the records of the year and the whereabouts of the relevant persons on the grounds of expanding the scope of the investigation. It's just that they have either returned to the feudal residence, married away from home, or have become the same "out of contact pending investigation" label here as their predecessors.
But just these incidental issues that have been uncovered are vaguely involved in another, somewhat shocking situation; that is, in just the past two years, various normal and abnormal students have left school, lost their jobs, etc. The number of connected incidents has inadvertently amounted to hundreds of cases.
And in the current process of tracing and searching, it was discovered that at least a dozen related descendants of the vassal family were suspected of running away one after another after the big search started. Although not all of them may be related to the current investigation, it is enough to make the school disgraced and lose face.
At noon the next day, along with a pit and corpses that were accidentally dug out, a horrifying murder that occurred in the college was revealed in broad daylight. But it was Ke Yuzhi, the prince of the Qi dynasty from the Liugui Kingdom (Kamchatka), who was murdered and quartered and buried under the bed.
As the murderer, he was officially one of his former subordinates and followers. After committing the crime, the other party even took over his identity and openly lived and studied in the feudal academy with his original concubines and others for more than half a year. ; It was not until this search operation that he was alerted and escaped.
During this period, not only was this counterfeit quite active, but he even organized a society dedicated to appreciating and identifying rare creatures from outside the world. And among the few people who interacted closely with him on a daily basis, there was the prince of the Lu family who was suspected of keeping beasts and was also on the run...
But in any case, once major crimes involving princes and vassals are involved, the level of the situation is not limited to the immediate control of the Xingyuan. It was only the morning of Jiang Tian's third day in the feudal academy. The guards from the Xineiyuan and the feudal cavalry from the feudal academy entered the academy one after another.
"Jiang Supervisor, are you just trying to deal with the princes' families?" The person in charge of leading the team smiled and said: "After a hundred years of peace in the country, the number of vassal families that have been reduced in rank and rank in the past dynasties is only a few dozen; But in your hands, first you have the Xiao family of Yu Fan, then the Zeng family of Gaomi Hou, and now you have Lu Fan and Qi Fan."
"Wait a minute, what's the situation with Zeng, the Marquis of Gaomi?" Jiang Tian said confusedly: "This is the imperial court's decision and punishment. What does it have to do with me? I have not participated in any of it..."
"Because, a few days ago, someone brought out a certificate in the court, proving that after Gaomi Marquis Zeng was deprived of his title, he still had no intention of repenting and was full of resentment!" The visitor said meaningfully: "Even before leaving the capital, he sold the seller With the capital earned, he secretly placed a high-priced red sticker for buying and killing people. All the men below the direct lineage of the former Marquis of Gaomi were given death, and the rest of the family members were far away in the Qingtang Mansion."
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"I never thought that the Supervisor is really capable. Not only did the assassins who heard the news fail to hurt you at all, but even the hiding place was swept away by thunder. Therefore, no one will dare to take this advantage in a short time. …”
Jiang Tian couldn't help but suddenly realized that after arriving in Dongdu, he encountered a sudden assassination in the hot spring street. It turned out that there was such a reason and background!
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