Chapter 76: Inciting rebellion against subordinates and bribing ministers(1/2)
Half an hour later, Yoshihara Aoi came back with a thick stack of documents, put them on the table and said:
"Sir, these were all found at Shota Uenohara's house."
Uenohara Shota's vest was already wet with sweat, and he said with a fierce expression:
"Uchiha Tunan, I advise you not to look at it.
Some things are too serious and are not good for anyone."
"I understand the truth.
Why do people have two eyes?
Just to turn a blind eye to some things."
Uchiha Tunan flipped through these records, then looked at the people in the quagmire and said:
"These are the reasons why you dare not report him, right?"
Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.
Uchiha Tunan chuckled lightly and ordered:
"Cang, burn all of these."
Yoshihara Aoi responded respectfully: "Yes, Master Tunan."
Then he took a brazier and burned these records one by one in front of everyone.
Uenohara Shota watched Yoshihara Ao burn all these, and said in a gloating tone:
"You're done. What you burned just now contains the city tax book. This is for the Minister of Finance to review.
I’ll see how you explain it then.”
When Uchiha Tunan heard this, he frowned and said in surprise:
"Who said it was me who burned it? I obviously wanted to audit the accounts. You were worried that corruption would be exposed, so you burned the tax books.
Everyone present can vouch for me."
Uenohara Shota was startled when he heard this and roared: "You are slandering."
Uchiha Tunan ignored him, but looked at the people in the quagmire and said:
"Everyone, I believe that you are all law-abiding people and will not collude with this guy.
If you want to report him, you can speak freely.
These are all merits, and you will still get paid if you don’t get promoted.
Cang, help me record it.
Each accusation must be marked with who said it, and let them put their fingerprints on it themselves.
By the way, mark anyone who didn’t mention it. I highly suspect that person is Captain Shota’s criminal accomplice.”
After Uchiha Tunan finished speaking, he picked up the teacup, lowered his eyes, and took a few bites.
There was silence for a while, but someone soon broke the silence.
"I said, Shimogawara Shota secretly collects protection money from gangs outside the city."
"He also released prohibited items into the city without permission."
"He also sheltered several human trafficking organizations."
......
Time passes little by little.
Everyone who confessed to Shota Uenohara's crimes was released by Tunan Uchiha.
Yoshihara Ao quickly recorded the crimes in his notebook.
In the end, no one spoke up to report, and then the notebook was handed over to Uchiha Tunan.
Uchiha Tunan waved the notebook containing the dense crimes in front of Uenohara Shota and said:
"See clearly? Is it enough to kill you?"
Shota Uenohara took a few deep breaths and pretended to be tough: "There is no substantial evidence. According to the laws of the Land of Fire, there is nothing you can do against me."
"I will burn the evidence for you. If you have any grievances, tell the daimyo in his dream."
Uchiha Tunan chuckled and shook his head, then pointed at a North City defender:
"Comrade, you come and give him a lift. I remember that you reported the most crimes."
The Beicheng guard looked around and walked tremblingly to the front.
He reached out and picked up the kunai and looked at Shota Uenohara with a hesitant look on his face.
After all, he knew so many things about Uenohara Shota because the two had a good personal relationship, and he was involved in all these things.
At this time, Uenohara Shota was really panicked and said with a look of horror:
"No! I surrender to you. I will do whatever you want me to do..."
Uchiha Tunan did not urge him, he touched his chin and pretended to think:
"If you surrender to me, you will still be the vice-captain, and what happened today will be just a misunderstanding.
You will not retaliate against those who reported you."
"Pfft~"
As soon as Uchiha Tunan finished speaking, the North City Guard stabbed the kunai fiercely into Uenohara Shota's heart.
When Uchiha Tunan saw Uenohara Shota's death, he patted his forehead in annoyance.
"It's my fault, I thought about it for too long, I can't regret it now.
You will be the vice-captain from now on."
"Thank you, Master Tunan."
The North City Guard knelt on his knees and kowtowed heavily towards Uchiha Tunan.
Uchiha Tunan nodded with satisfaction, pointed to the few people still in the mud and said:
"The remaining few are left to you. Don't be polite. Everyone has to have a share."
When those people saw that Uenohara Shota had been killed, they were already panicking and shouted:
"Sir, we say that Shota Uenohara kidnapped a woman by force."
"Shouta Uenohara bribed the leader of the Imperial Guard, Ue Kawa Okora."
"Pfft~"
"Pfft~"
......
Is there any collusion with the leader of the Wei Mansion...
A trace of thought flashed in Uchiha Tunan's eyes, then he stood up leisurely and said:
"Wash yourself, lest others say we Beicheng Guards are slovenly.
Also, go back and tell the people on duty today about this.
From now on, please stay safe and do not break the law.
I usually have to practice hard. If anything happens in the future, I will follow the arrangements of my attendants."
After saying that, he went to the bedroom, took a storage scroll, and left the mansion.
When he came to the street, Uchiha Tunan randomly found someone and asked:
"Excuse me, who should I contact to report official corruption?"
"We should look for Supervisory Minister Fukuda Masaki, just northwest of Daming Mansion.
There are guards at the door, just ask."
"Thank you very much."
Uchiha Tunan thanked him, turned around and walked in the direction pointed by the passerby.
After a while, I arrived at the mansion of the Supervisory Minister and met Masaki Fukuda as I wished.
In the living room, Uchiha Tunan knelt down in front of the table, looked at Fukuda Masaki opposite, bowed respectfully and said:
"I've met Masaki-sama."
Fukuda Masaki said in a deep voice:
"You are the newly appointed captain of the North City Guard, Uchiha Tunan.
I don’t know who you want to report.”
"I want to report that the deputy captain of the North City Guard, Shota Uenohara, is corrupt and acts as a protective umbrella for the evil forces.
To be continued...