At the fifth watch, everyone who was detained in Anxiang Tower begged to be released. As soon as daybreak came, there would be more people watching. By then, everyone would know about the trouble, and they would not be able to save their face. There are many officials among them who are about to go to court. They are detained by the Yushitai in Anxiang Tower and cannot enter the palace to go to court. But not every official is as free as Chang Sheng and others. They can go whenever they want. If you don't want to go, just ask for leave. If you don't go to court without any reason, you will be punished. The most important thing is that you can't afford to embarrass this person. When colleagues ask why you don't go to court, how should you answer? The prostitute was caught by Yushitai?
Changsheng did not embarrass everyone too much. His purpose was to correct the atmosphere and take advantage of the opportunity to make money. He was not trying to destroy other people's jobs. If he gave a favor at this time, these officials would be grateful and let go of everything they could, but the corrupt man The Hubu doctor who was responsible for the disaster relief money could not be released, so he sent someone to take him directly to the prison of Yushitai. A small Hubu doctor actually embezzled two hundred thousand taels, and it was still a disaster relief money. If he was pretending to be guilty of seeking wealth and killing, he must Severe punishment.
After a busy night, Changsheng was tired and returned to the Yushitai with the policemen who were escorting the doctor from the household department. Datou and others were left behind to lead a group of policemen to clean up the accounts and collect the stolen money.
Changsheng knew the route Yang Kai took to court every day, so he stopped Yang Kai halfway and asked him to report the matter to the court today. The previous investigation and punishment of Anxiang Tower was under the banner of having an affair with the eunuch party. This reason was too much. Far-fetched, I have to put it another way. When I was in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, I discovered that an official from the Ministry of Household Affairs had embezzled two hundred thousand taels of disaster relief money. After a thorough investigation, I found that the doctor of the Ministry of Household Affairs had embezzled 200,000 taels and spent it all on Anxiang Tower. That’s why I took the lead. People sealed Anxiang Tower and investigated the matter thoroughly.
Yang Kai kept his instructions in mind and went to court. Changsheng returned to the Yushitai to rest in bed. Although he was tired, he was still in a good mood. There was a teaching workshop behind Anxiang Tower. Seizing Anxiang Tower for no reason was equivalent to a judgment. He has received some income from the palace, and seems to be a bit unfavorable to the palace. When it comes to the embezzlement of disaster relief money by officials of the Ministry of Revenue, this matter is reasonable and reasonable. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Finding corruption among his subordinate officials shows that he is still in charge of the Ministry of Household. Meticulous and serious. Furthermore, disaster relief funds are directly related to people's livelihood. No matter how strict you are in dealing with matters related to people's livelihood, civil and military officials will not be able to slander and criticize them.
In addition, this is a large sum of money. With this money, the already emptied treasury will immediately have fresh water, and then both disaster relief and military supplies will be provided.
In the end, Anxiang Tower was eliminated, a cancer that had ruined the culture and harmed the country and the people. In the final analysis, the reason why I could seal it up was because I was in a high position. Putting aside my personal preferences, if I really wanted to do something for the common people, To do things, you still have to be in a high position. The greater the power, the greater the ability. The greater the ability, the more things you can do and the more people you can save.
It was already noon when I woke up. Da Tou and Shi Xuanming had not come back yet, and Yu Yi and Yang Kai were not at the Yushitai either. Unexpectedly, they all rushed to Anxiang Building to help. It was not easy to check the accounts and recover the stolen money. Errands.
After Changsheng got up, he first went to the lobby to handle the official documents and official duties of the Yushitai. Recently, the Yushitai sent a large number of inspection envoys to local prefectures, prefectures and counties. Most of the official documents were sent back by these inspection envoys, and most of them were those who performed their duties. The situation is that the territory of the Tang Dynasty is really too large, and the rectification of officialdom mainly targets the local yamen. This matter cannot be accomplished overnight.
After handling the official affairs of Yushitai, Changsheng rode to the household department again. When he was rushing to the household department, he happened to encounter the detectives of Yushitai sending back several bookkeepers who were called to Anxiang Tower to verify the accounts last night. The manager was quite young. He had been working hard all night and all morning, and all had dark circles under his eyes. However, the mood of the few people was very high, because by the end of the afternoon, Datou and others had recovered more than 8 million taels of stolen silver. At this time, Datou and others were busy sending the stolen money in the secret room of Anxiang Tower to the treasury.
Chang Sheng praised them a few words, gave each of them five taels of silver, and gave them three days of leave. Five taels may not seem like much, but in fact it is already a lot. The current salary of a seventh-grade county magistrate is only twenty-five taels of silver. , this shows how terrifying the speed at which Anxiang Tower makes money is.
Arriving at the lobby of the Ministry of Household Affairs, many officials from the headquarters have been waiting for a long time. They already knew about the corruption of the doctor of the Ministry of Household Affairs in the early morning. The chief official of the Ministry of Household Affairs is the Minister, and the two deputies are the left and right ministers. Below the minister is the doctor. The doctor committed the crime. As other doctors who are colleagues, as ministers to superiors, as chief registrars and miscellaneous officials as subordinates, no one can escape the relationship.
Those who take the initiative to confess and plead guilty, those who actively report and expose, have been busy with this matter all afternoon. Chang Sheng is well aware of the principle that when water is clear, there will be no fish, and he does not delve too deeply into it. It is impossible for subordinate officials to be absolutely clean. As long as you don't mess with the people's money for disaster relief, if you are less greedy, you can only turn a blind eye. If the investigation is too harsh, I'm afraid there won't even be people working.
It was already evening when I left Hubu. On my way back, I met Yu Yi. Yu Yi was talking to the policeman from Dali Temple on the side of the street. Changsheng still recognized the policeman Yu Yi was talking to. He was Zhang Ziyan from Dali Temple, whom he had met that day. It was this female detective who went with Yu Yi to Yizhuang to investigate his whereabouts.
Changsheng had a good impression of this man. When he saw this man greeting him, he got off his horse and talked to him. He casually asked what Dali Temple had been busy with recently.
Next, the Yushitai will send a large number of police officers to the local area, responsible for ransacking the homes of corrupt officials verified by the inspection team. The Yushitai does not have that many manpower, and will definitely have to work with the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to handle the case.
Zhang Ziyan never expected Zhang Ziyan to answer that Dali Temple has been very busy recently. After Changsheng took charge of Yushitai, all major cases were directly taken over by Yushitai. Dali Temple could only handle some errands that Yushitai did not want to do, such as arresting Japanese The envoy sent to Tang Dynasty.
As early as last year, the imperial court ordered the arrest and deportation of the Tang envoys. Because Japan took advantage of the internal and external troubles in the Tang Dynasty and repeatedly sent rogues to invade the southeastern border, burning, killing, and looting. There were many evil deeds. The emperor was furious. At first, he ordered the expulsion of the Tang envoys, and later directly issued an order. Capture.
Yushitai has not taken action in this matter, so Dali Temple has taken over it. Recently, it has been busy arresting envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty. More than 200 people have been arrested, and they are all currently imprisoned in the Dali Temple prison.
After hearing Zhang Ziyan's words, Changsheng took the initiative to visit Yang Shuyun, the minister of Dali Temple. He and Yang Shuyun had a good relationship. In the court that day, Yang Shuyun had supported him to be the censor, and Yang Shuyun also had a good relationship with the Ni family. for intimacy.
There must be a reason for visiting, and the reason is easy to find. He is to ask Dali Temple to help rectify the officialdom. However, his real purpose is to go and see the list of Dali Temple's arrested envoys to the Tang Dynasty, because his fourth senior sister Takeda Mayumi It was Japan's envoy to the Tang Dynasty. Although Takeda Mayumi had spiritual skills, he was not high. There were many masters in Dali Temple's arrests, so be sure not to catch Takeda Mayumi.
There are many Ni family properties in Chang'an. On the way, he passed a tea shop and Changsheng went in to select tea leaves. At this time, there were many varieties of tea leaves, which can be roughly divided into common coarse tea, green tea produced from various places, and crushed and pressed powdered tea. As well as fermented tea cakes, crude tea and powdered tea are of average quality, while green tea and tea cakes are expensive, with the top quality being almost the same price as the same weight of silver.
It’s not enough that Changsheng is in a high position. He also accepted gifts from the Ni family and was as rich as any country. The pile of tea cakes he brought to Yang Shuyun alone was worth a hundred taels of silver. The same tea cakes were given to Yu Yi and Zhang Ziyan, two each. .
Yu Ben was a policeman from Dali Temple and wanted to go back for a visit, so the three of them rushed to Dali Temple together.
Yang Shuyun is the official of Dali Temple and lives in the backyard of Dali Temple. Yang Shuyun did not expect that Changsheng would come to visit. He was unexpected and happy. He greeted him warmly and hosted a banquet in honor of him.
Changsheng didn't have anything to do at night, so he didn't refuse, and sat with officials of the fifth rank and above of Dali Temple, including Yang Shuyun. Changsheng didn't like drinking, but when Yu drank and someone offered a toast, Yu Yiyi drank.
At the second watch, when the banquet was over, Chang Sheng proposed that he might ask police officers from Dali Temple to go to the local area to handle the case. Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Yushitai were all in charge of criminal law and often assisted in investigating and handling cases. Naturally, Yang Shuyun would not refuse. There were many more detectives than the Yushitai's, with more than 800 people. Yang Shuyun only said that if necessary, he could dispatch 300 gangs to the Yushitai to handle the case.
Speaking of handling the case, Changsheng asked knowingly what Dali Temple was busy with recently. Yang Shuyun naturally replied that he was busy arresting the envoys sent to Tang Dynasty. Changsheng pretended to be curious and asked for details, and then asked to see the list of envoys sent to Tang Dynasty.
There is a list of the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty, and there are Dali Temple police officers who can speak Japanese. The names of the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty who were taken into prison are all recorded. Changsheng looked at them one by one, but did not find Takeda Mayumi's name.
Just when Changsheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Yang Shuyun's complaints made him frown again. It turned out that most of these envoys to the Tang Dynasty were martial arts practitioners, and many of them were good at using hidden weapons. In order to arrest these people, Dali Temple police officers suffered frequent casualties.
Takeda Mayumi had previously acquired a set of Tiangang flying knives, which were also hidden weapons. Changsheng was worried that the names on the list were inaccurate, so he proposed to see these envoys to the Tang Dynasty with his own eyes.
Naturally, Yang Shuyun would not refute Changsheng's reputation, so he personally took him to the prison of Dali Temple.
The prison in Dali Temple is much larger than the prison in Yushitai. It is divided into two prison areas, the north and the south, where male prisoners and female prisoners are held separately.
Changsheng's purpose was to confirm whether Takeda Mayumi had been arrested, so he asked to go to the women's prison to have a look, and Yang Shuyun took him to the women's prison.
The women's prison is also divided into ordinary prison cells and prison cells for felons. The biggest difference between the two is that the ordinary cells have a dirt floor and wooden fences. The felon prison cell has a stone floor and an iron fence. All the captured female envoys to the Tang Dynasty were imprisoned in the felon prison cell, with a total of more than 60 people.
After all, it is a prison of the imperial court. It is not as filthy and dirty as local prisons, but the environment is not much better. You are not allowed to take a bath at will when you are locked up here, and you can only use a toilet to go to the toilet.
The people who guarded the female prison were also female detectives. They were all tall, thick, and fierce. When they saw Yang Shuyun arriving in person, they were surprised, surprised, and frightened.
Changsheng has never seen Mayumi Takeda since the last time they said goodbye. He is very worried about Mayumi Takeda's safety, but he also doesn't want Yang Shuyun to find out what purpose he has here. It's almost three o'clock at this time, and most of the prisoners are already asleep. After getting off, he couldn't shout Takeda Mayumi's name. He could only look around and talk loudly to Yang Shuyun. If Takeda Mayumi was among them, he would definitely hear his voice.
I walked back and forth to the prison cell for felons, but I didn't find Mayumi Takeda. Japanese women and women from the Tang Dynasty are almost the same in appearance. However, as envoys to the Tang Dynasty, these Japanese women have very regular facial features. After all, they have to be sent abroad, so they can't be picky. It's embarrassing to go out ugly.
Chang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Takeda Mayumi missing.
At this moment, a muffled groan suddenly came from outside the prison cell, and then someone shouted and asked, "You..."
There was nothing more to say before he finished speaking. It was obvious that he had been plotted.
Not only Chang Sheng noticed the abnormality, but the two female detectives who were traveling with him also reacted, "No, someone is robbing the prison..."
