It has been seven days since Li Yanqing left Chengdu Prefecture, and the money and food sent to Jingzhao Prefecture also set off five days ago under the escort of the Eight Thousand Chamber Army. The Chengdu Prefecture officialdom has returned to peace in the past few days. Almost everyone thinks that this matter is temporarily over, at least there will be no problem before the New Year.

At dusk, the judge Xu Qingwei hurried home and wanted to change his clothes. At night, Chengdu salt merchant Liu Dabanger wanted to treat him to a meal, and of course he had to settle the accounts for him. How much should he share this year?

Xu Qingwei was from Wen County, Maozhou. He passed the imperial examination in Zhenghe for 11th. He has always been an official in Shuzhou. Three years ago, he was promoted from his hometown of Maozhou to Tongzong of Chengdu Prefecture. He has been following Zeng Xiulin for almost ten years. He can be regarded as Zeng Xiulin's confidant and one of his most capable assistants.

As soon as Xu Qingwei returned to the mansion, he saw a carriage parked in front of the mansion. He knew that there were guests waiting for him at home. As the end of the year approached, he had a lot of customers, and basically all merchants came to visit him. The various expenses of the Chengdu government office were settled every six months, once in June, and then once in December. So two months before the checkout, the owners of major merchants came.

I wonder who will be today? But it seems that it is a little early to come here now, and it will not make sense until late November.

As soon as Xu Qinghui walked into the house, his wife Lin soon came up, "Master, there are guests to look for!"

"I know, let them come back another day, I have something to do tonight."

"Master, not a businessman, it's about our wealth and life."

Xu Qinghui was stunned. What did this mean? It was related to his wealth and life? He asked for a while: "Where are the people?"

"In the study outside!"

Xu Qinghui thought about it and quickly walked to the study room. As soon as he reached the door, he saw a young scholar walking out of the room. He looked very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

"Yes, please?"

"In Xia Cao Ye, the head of Sichuan and Shaanxi Provincial Government."

Xu Qinghui suddenly remembered the young man following Li Yanqing. He took a breath of air conditioning and couldn't help but take a step back, feeling shocked and puzzled, "What's wrong with you?"

"Prime Minister Xu Tong doesn't have to be nervous. He is here to discuss a business. Even if the deal is not successful, the friendship is still there!"

Xu Qinghui felt a little calm, and turned around and asked his wife to close the door, and then told him, "Let the housekeeper go to Deqing Building, and Liu Bang'er was waiting for me there, and then said that I was unwell and would drink with him another day."

His wife left with confusion, and Xu Qinghui pointed to the study again, "Let's go in and talk."

The two walked into the study room. There was a man in entourage costume standing in the corner of the study room, wearing a big hat and a sword on his waist. It was probably Cao Ye's bodyguard. Xu Qinghui walked into the study room and said, "I'm going to say ugly words first. I'm afraid I can't do it if I betray the prefect Zeng."

"Why can't it be done?"

The voice came from behind. Xu Qinghui suddenly turned around and stared at the entourage standing in the corner of the wall. His eyes slowly widened. The entourage walked out of the dark light in the corner of the wall with his hands behind his back, slowly took off his hat, and his appearance suddenly became clear, it was Li Yanqing.

Xu Qinghui was stunned and stuttered for a while: "Isn't Li Jingluo in Zizhou?"

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "That's another 'Li Yanqing', this is the real thing in front of you."

"ah!"

Xu Qinghui exclaimed, Zeng Xiulin kept sending people to stare at Li Yanqing's movements. It turned out that the one was fake, and the real Li Yanqing had already sneaked back to Chengdu Prefecture.

Li Yanqing sat down, waved his hand and smiled, "Person Xu Tong, please sit down!"

Xu Qinghui's legs were weak and she sat down weakly. After tidying up her mood for a while, she asked, "I don't know what's wrong with the help of the manager?"

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "I don't even have a cup of tea, this is not a way to treat guests!"

Xu Qinghui quickly got up and went out to call tea. After a moment, his wife brought a pot of tea in and gave Xu Qinghui a wink. Xu Qinghui went out with her again, "What happened?"

"The housekeeper cannot go out. There are several fierce men in the front and back doors, so no one in our family is allowed to go out."

Xu Qinghui immediately understood that Li Yanqing was afraid that he would send someone to inform Zeng Xiulin. He sighed in his heart, "Forget it if you can't go out, wait until they leave."

"Master, there will be no problem!"

"Don't worry! There will be no trouble. I am the imperial court official, so he will not do anything random."

The wife left worriedly, and then Xu Qinghui walked back to the study room, sat down and asked, "What's the matter with the strategic commander? I need my help?"

Li Yanqing put down the tea bowl and said calmly: "I need all the books to resist the Jin tax."

Xu Qinghui's face turned red and white. Li Yanqing really wanted to make a fuss about this matter. He shook his head and said, "I don't know what kind of account books, the account books should be in the government offices of various states. What should the manager ask me for?"

Li Yanqing looked at him meaningfully and asked again: "Xu Qing'an, the magistrate of Emei County in Jiazhou, is your younger brother, right?"

"Yes, he is my brother, what happened to him?"

Li Yanqing threw a document on the table, "This is a letter of complaint written by your brother to the Censorate. He reported that Zeng Xiulin made a name for anti-Jin tax, plundered the people and fed his personal pockets. It was February this year, so you can take a look!"

Xu Qinghui shook his head, "Although he is my brother, this matter was done by him without authorization and has nothing to do with me."

"Yeah?"

A strange smile appeared at the corner of Li Yanqing's eyes, "But your brother told me in person that you asked him to write this letter of complaint."

Li Yanqing took out another letter and shook it in front of Xu Qinghui, "This is your handwritten letter to your brother. The content is to ask him to report Zeng Xiulin. If this letter falls into Zeng Xiulin's hands, what do you think he will deal with you?"

Xu Qinghui's face turned pale. He didn't expect that his brother would do anything. His lips were trembling and he couldn't say a word.

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Don't you worry, didn't Cao Ye say it just now? We are here to negotiate a deal with Xu Tong."

“What business?”

Li Yanqing stared at him tightly, his eyes became solemn, "You help me to defeat Zeng Xiulin, I recommend you to the government as the governor of Chengdu and Xu Tong. Isn't this the real purpose of asking your brother to report Zeng Xiulin? How about this deal? "

Xu Qinghui sighed, "I used to have this idea, but I only realized not long ago that he really had the will of the Supreme Emperor."

"I know, and the government knows it too, so the government gave me a secret order, asking me to take down Zeng Xiulin, Xu Tong, and the government and the Supreme Emperor, who do you believe more?"

Xu Qinghui was sweating profusely. Li Yanqing was forcing him to take the team. If possible, he would not want to choose anyone.

Li Yanqing said lightly: "The power struggle between the official family and the Supreme Emperor has begun. All local officials must take sides. You are not the first, nor is Zeng Xiulin. Jiangning Mansion, Pingjiang Mansion, Shaoxing Mansion, Shaanxi Road, and Hedong Road have made it clear that they are on the side of the official family. Do you still want to surrender to the unpopular Supreme Emperor?"

Xu Qingwei was shocked all over. He suddenly realized that he had no choice. If Li Yanqing handed over his letter to Zeng Xiulin, even if he had one hundred of them expressed his loyalty, Zeng Xiulin would not spare him.

He finally gritted his teeth and said, "I know which account books Zeng Xiulin hid?"

Zeng Xiulin collected a total of 3.8 million jin of anti-Jin military expenses from Chengdu Fu Road last year, but he did not list this income in his tax report to the court. Instead, he only had 6 million jin of taxes from Chengdu Fu Road, and all sent to Jingzhao Prefecture. The 3.8 million jin of anti-Jin military expenses were missing.

Regardless of whether Zeng Xiulin used this money to fill his pockets, or whether he used it to build bridges and roads, he was responsible for levying taxes from the people, deceiving the court, and deceiving the emperor, but the crime of deceiving the emperor was confirmed, and the amount was huge and of serious nature. What's more, Xu Qinghui confirmed that at least one million of the tax money was exchanged for silver by Zeng Xiulin and sent to the capital. Needless to say, it was definitely used to buy ministers in the court, or buy land to build a house in the capital.

But Zeng Xiulin has a deep connection in the capital and has the Supreme Emperor to support him. If there is no conclusive evidence, he will not be able to defeat him at all. The books are the original records of tax collection, and the person signs and seals are also handled, and there is a detailed tax collection list. Once they are found, the evidence will be conclusive.

In order to completely defeat Zeng Xiulin, Xu Qingwei also brought out another serious crime by killing Zeng Xiulin. He illegally formed a private armed force and hid a large number of soldiers, armor, bows and crossbows. This was suspected of rebellion. Once it was verified, the gods could not save Zeng Xiulin.
Chapter completed!