In Chang'an, the former dynasty of the Imperial City, the office building covers the largest area and has the largest number of officials and officials. In the Sansi Envoy Courtyard, which is nicknamed Xiaoliubu, a routine morning meeting has just ended. Prime Minister Liu Zhan walked out surrounded by cheers from his subordinates, but then went to Zhongshu Province without any time.
In a sense, the Three Diplomatic Missions are also the Daluowang/Feidian communication network controlled by the General Affairs Department, and it has one of the largest daily users; distributed through the lower layers of the Daluonet, various transshipment departments, branches, The nodes of Xunyuan and Cangcao even penetrate into some villages.
The huge amount of data and calculations gathered from this has also caused thousands of officials to be specially trained by the Third Affiliated School and clerks selected from various places who are proficient in calculations to be distributed daily in these buildings. The role of a human calculator; the sound of calculations resounds all day long.
In addition, several major building groups are connected through a criss-crossing internal network. After daily completion, the documents need only be put into the corresponding numbered pipe opening, and then closed, rotated and pressurized; they will then fly along the pipe and fly upstairs and downstairs hundreds of steps away.
This is also one of the many legacies and achievements left by the Taixing reforms initiated by Liang Gong; therefore, after more than a hundred years of accumulation, compared with other measures that have gradually deformed and become out of shape; this set of official documents is passed down The system has been extended to most government offices in the world.
It's just that compared with Liu Zhanyue's older and more energetic, thin and strong appearance; the thick eyebrows and heavy frown on his face represent that he is very thoughtful in the face of the rising expenditure items and the sharply increasing deficit in the financial statements. Invisible pressure; therefore, there is a breathless sound everywhere you pass.
Until Liu Zhan and his entourage had walked for half an hour, there was the sound of beads being dialed and the rustle of copying files; the clatter of large machines printing forms, official documents, and books; and the rapid transmission of various pipes. The sound of everything was once again replaced by the noise of probes from everywhere.
"Is Prime Minister Ji angry again?" "This is already the second time this month." "But are there several major deficit cases in the Jiangnan bond market?" "Is it more important than this?" "It should be. Zhejiang Province's calculations have turned out to be a big mistake!" "I heard that someone burned down the Yun Sijia Ge Treasury."
"The person who committed the crime was just a petty official and was caught on the spot in time; he did not cause much damage." "However, some of the case files of the past dynasties were overwrought and soaked in water; they can only be re-verified from the original records of the capital." "Yuan Yuan Not only that, Zhejiang East Road has accumulated debts for many years."
"I just heard that the signature office has issued a seal to the Hangzhou/Qiantang Prefecture; the financial accounting and accounting official documents on Zhejiang Road within five years have been sealed, and the tax police and audit envoys dispatched by the patrol court have rushed south to take over the situation ." However, when they heard this, most people took a breath of air.
The capital transfer envoys, the salt and iron envoys and the household registration envoys represent the main responsibilities of the three divisions and are also responsible for the financial operations of the country; therefore, as the second largest yamen after the Shangshu Province (sixth department), the three bureaus The Siyuan Yuan also has its own armed personnel called patrolmen and tax policemen.
Mainly responsible for the full-time escort of finance and taxes collected from all over the world, as well as tax investigations in some remote areas; and even special physical taxes on gold, silver, copper and precious metal mineral deposits, furs, ginseng, pearls, etc. among princes and vassals outside Kyushu. A direct armed force.
Those in the local transportation department are called patrolmen, and those directly under the Third Division are called tax police; together with the locally distributed road guard troops and Cao battalion sequences, they are known as the three flags in the hands of the princes of the outer dynasty; but compared with the widely distributed The establishment of the road guard/cao battalion and tax police/patrol force should be relatively small and elite.
Therefore, any case that requires public dispatch of tax police is almost always a major or important case involving national finances. The most recent record of the use of tax police was twelve years ago; a gang of thieves named Zhijiansha robbed tribute taxes from the Anxi Protectorate, leading to a joint siege.
But that was in the remote frontier land, where the Anxi and Beiting governorates were under the jurisdiction of the Western Region and Mobei princes respectively; major robberies occurred, and the tax police only played a subordinate role. The main force was still the frontier troops in Khotan Town and Xizhou; this time it was in the hinterland of the southeast.
It is also one of the Eight Southeast Paths in the Tang Dynasty where the wealth of the traditional landowners is more than half. But behind the current topic that is hotly discussed by most people; a team of auditors who were temporarily appointed and hastily formed have quietly boarded the cars and boats in the broken pond outside Tonghua Gate in the east of the city and headed towards Yanbei.
In Luoyang City of the Eastern Capital; in the Tongtuofang near Ziwei City, in a courtyard belonging to the Yushitai Palace of the Eastern Capital. Zhou Bangyan, the leader of the right hall, who had not even changed into his imperial robes, strode into it with a solemn expression, alarming many officials and civil servants gathered there.
Before they could gather together to greet and report on the official progress, Zhou Bangyan suddenly raised his hand to interrupt them and said: "I declare that the special case team of Renshen No. 15 will cease the current work." And the operations and investigation actions will be suspended; at the same time, the previously formulated regulations will be invalidated."
As soon as he said these words, it was like a stone that stirred up thousands of waves; it immediately caused an uproar: "What happened?" "Why did we stop the operation and investigation plan." "Applause." , are you guys going to waste all your hard work over the past few years?"
According to the structure of the imperial court, the three Yushitai Yuan each perform their own duties: the Taiyuan Yuan supervises all civil and military officials, and picks up remonstrances and remonstrances when hearing reports; the Palace Yuan is in charge of the court ritual guards, and rectifies illegal affairs in the capital; and the Chaoyuan Yuan oversees matters outside the capital. There is a person in charge of everything, correcting mistakes, impeaching big things, and correcting small things.
However, when the supervisory censors at all levels of the local prefectures to which the procuratorate is affiliated encounter members of the clan, relatives, nobles, princes and vassals whose own level and authority make it difficult to initiate an investigation, they can also initiate an application to let the people in the capital The Yushi Palace Court intervened and formed a special case team.
What Zhou Bangyan led was a special case team specially set up to deal with special cases, and selected personnel from various parties who had connections with Yushitai; it targeted the many people behind the former Yanshan Palace/An Dong Protector. There are many evil feelings and illegal activities hidden by related parties.
"..." However, Zhou Bangyan once again stretched out his hand to stop the voices of surprise and dissent from everyone present; he glanced at the faces with different expressions and said: "Because, the situation has undergone major changes, and we are secretly investigating That person has been officially imprisoned by the imperial court for questioning."
"Therefore, I have ordered that the responsibilities of the special case of Renshen No. 15 be changed." Amidst the exclamations and questions one after another, Zhou Bangyan continued: "The many relationships involved behind that person are completely Seize and dig out every lead before destroying credentials.”
"Yes!" "I have the order!" "I obey!" "Let's do it now"... There was a cheering response again. Following this, the officials and civil servants, who were re-energized and inspired, took their orders and ran away. Zhou Bangyan sighed.
Because, in his heart, he also felt that it was a bit absurd. Many previous impeachment petitions for "arrogance and lawlessness", "disrespect of human life" and "forcible robbery" failed to do anything to this young prince of Yanshan Palace, but he was "colluded with evil spirits". The crime of "feeding and harming others" was overturned in the blink of an eye.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Bangyan came to another mansion in the city; he was led directly to a water pavilion with a curtain hanging down. I saw the person in the curtain proactively comforting me: "You're here. This is an accident. I really can't blame you for not doing things well; however, the final result is not far off."
"In order to ensure the stability of the court over the past few years, and to allow the saints of the past dynasties to live in peace and rule in the palace, the princes of the political halls of the past dynasties have somewhat relaxed their control over the relatives and nobles of the Tian family; the control and control of the relevant princes and foreign vassals As a result, many hidden worries and internal troubles have accumulated over time."
"Originally, we hoped to gather knowledgeable people to slowly figure it out in accordance with national laws and on the basis of not greatly changing the existing court structure; but now there are frequent demons and chaos in the world, and there are even more questions about Qi and destiny; these potential If there are hidden worries about internal troubles, it is inevitable to open up the abscesses in advance.”
"But the conciliators and upholding factions in the court still wish to maintain the situation; but there is no longer the Queen Mother of Yao and Shun, which is enough to suppress the unscrupulous figures in the inner and outer court! Although the current Zhonggong claims to take over his mantle; But there is no corresponding means and position.”
"Therefore, this kind of thing will inevitably be exposed by more people in the future, or it will break out on its own initiative. Especially the top and bottom of the Constitutional Council are the first to be involved, and it will inevitably become a whirlpool of party unity and dissent. If there is this outsider who is capable enough, Is it a good thing to break the ice every now and then?”
After coming out, Zhou Bangyan, who learned more about the inside story, couldn't help but sigh again; this "monster hunter" is truly worthy of the legendary "disaster star" and "living Tai Sui". With such extraordinary abilities and a disposition that hates evil, it is enough to become a magical weapon to deal with all the evil in the world.
Therefore, in order to prevent him from being too sharp and unable to kill the enemy, which would damage his true nature, even the princes of the political hall were afraid and tried to send him away to harm the local forces that had been deepening their evils. . But he didn't expect that once he started, he would involve both the government and the opposition.
In Yujifang in the north of Dongdu City, Yanbei Road is adjacent to Jinzouyuan. Having completed his work report for this period of time, Di Zhen, the governor of Youzhou, who was packing his bags and preparing to return, unexpectedly welcomed the lieutenant envoy from Ouchi. Immediately, he canceled his trip to return to Youzhou to take up his post.
Just when Di Zhen was ordered to go to Ziwei City in Da Nei, a royal censor from the Yushitai Palace Palace also brought the Jinwu disciples who belonged to the left and right envoys of Luodu; they surrounded this place as Yanbei He broke into the hotel's villa and forcibly took away several officials and generals who were accompanying him.
Then, the nearby Yanbei Guild Hall was also raided by the Lingwei Mansion; more than a dozen big businessmen with Yan background and Youzhou origin in the guild hall were captured on the spot together with their personal entourage and retinues; they were stuffed into the guild hall. He was put into a special closed custody carriage, but was escorted to Jinyong City outside the city.
