The Security Department of the Tang Empire was not a government office open to the outside world.
It is divided into two branches, one is the external security branch, and the other is the internal severe punishment branch.
The responsibility of the Security Branch is to dig out, discover, and monitor everything that is detrimental to the Tang Dynasty, that may be detrimental to the Tang Dynasty, and any foreign countries that have thoughts and preparations that are detrimental to the Tang Dynasty, including the people of the Tang Dynasty who cooperate with them.
The duty of the Severe Punishment Division is to monitor the serious cases of anyone in the Tang Dynasty who wants to rebel, anyone who speaks ill of the court, any cult, and anyone who dares to disobey the control of the Tang Dynasty. Officials of fifth rank or above.
Therefore, the yamen gate of the Security Department of the Tang Empire is the most deserted in Chang'an.
No matter who is invited here, he will be nervous and break out in a cold sweat. If ordinary people enter here and do not get a piece of paper proving their innocence after going out, it means that the investigation is still under way. Then the neighbors
They will all look at this person with strange eyes.
And officials have even more headaches.
Anyone who has been a guest at Qin Qiong's place will definitely be affected when they get promoted.
Unless you can prove your innocence or you are falsely accused.
As soon as Wei Zheng came in, his first words were: "Your Highness, can't we just leave it to Tiance Mansion to discuss matters?"
"Why?" Li Yuanxing didn't understand.
"Oh... forget it, I won't explain it. It's stained with ink anyway."
Li Yuanxing understood. It seemed that the reputation of the Security Department of the Tang Empire was much better than that of the Jin Yiwei of the Ming Dynasty.
"Let's get down to business!" Li Yuanxing said no more about the reputation of the Security Department.
Qin Qiong said, "Goguryeo received 30,000 kilograms of fine steel. The fine steel came from the Qin Palace. There is information that it was sold to Goguryeo by someone from Tuli Khan."
"Does Tuli want to die?" Wei Zheng asked back and smiled: "I think he is not so courageous, and his ambition is not crazy enough, unless he is an old man who eats arsenic!"
The old man eats arsenic!
"What a metaphor!" Li Yuanxing straightened up and sat up: "Assuming he is guilty, I will kill him. Let's put it another way, assuming he is not guilty. Then let's think about how to clear him of this crime!
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"Wulang, why didn't you mention that he was guilty? Instead, you said that he was innocent!" Qin Qiong asked.
"Countries are not fighting between neighbors. There are too many interests in this. It is good to establish innocence first. Of course. When you want to destroy him, what does guilt or innocence matter?" Li Yuanxing's words have begun to show a person.
The characteristics of political gangsters.
Wei Zheng loudly praised Li Yuanxing's explanation.
Then he helped Li Yuanxing think: "First find out how much fine steel was sold in total. How much was given to the northern states, how much was retained in each ministry, and how much was flowed out. Can the Security Department prove that the marks on those steel ingots are
Characteristics, as well as the weight of each piece, and what is its approximate quality?"
"I only know that it has the seal of Prince Qin's Palace. Ten pounds per ingot!" Qin Qiong answered Wei Zheng.
"Let's begin!" Li Yuanxing sat up straight.
Qin Qiong began to order. "Divide into two teams and go to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War to verify the quantity, usage, and inventory of steel ingots. With the order of His Highness King Qin, the results must be obtained before dawn tomorrow. The reason for the verification is that official steel ingots were found on the black market."
"Get the order!" The efficiency of the Security Department is still very high.
In addition to the original Tiance internal guards, a large number of elites were selected from the palace, the Ministry of Justice, the people, and the knights. They also underwent several months of training.
Those who can stay in this general office are naturally the best among the best.
Qin Qiong gave an order, and the twenty people divided into two teams and went out.
"Steel ingots for civilian use are third-grade steel. It is enough to make a pot of third-grade steel with a kitchen knife. The size of the small steel ingot is one kilogram, with the words Qin Wangzhuang Yaozhou Workshop on the mark. For the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, it is divided into ten kilograms.
There are two types of steel and twenty kilograms, including first-class steel and second-class steel. There is only the seal of King Qin on the words."
Wei Zheng was talking on the side, and Qin Qiong also sent someone to record it.
"The next thing to check is the Ministry of Accounts. The steel ingots used for trading are all ten kilograms of second-grade steel ingots. Only the Ministry of Accounts knows how much was used for transactions with each state."
Qin Qiong asked Li Yuanxing for a warrant again: "I personally led someone to check the accounts of the Household Department!"
"Brother Shubao, don't go, let Wei Changshi go."
"Go!" Wei Zheng immediately took over the task.
If Qin Qiong were to go in person, everyone in the household department would be nervous, and Cui Junsu would definitely get into trouble.
After Wei Zheng went out, Qin Qiong asked: "Wulang, do you think that Tuli Khan did not give the steel to Goguryeo behind Datang's back?"
Li Yuanxing nodded: "In fact, it can be analyzed. I thought about it on the way just now. The Tuli Khan may still be competing with the Uighurs for the position of the Great Khan of the Eastern Turks. It is urgent to fight with words.
Fighting with a knife is still a fight, he can't possibly sell the fine steel."
"Wu Lang, go to the back hall and take a rest. There will definitely be results by dawn!"
"Okay!" Li Yuanxing was really tired.
When we arrived at the back hall, it was originally Qin Qiong's own room, used for resting at night when he was busy. There weren't many things going on recently, and there were no external wars. Moreover, most of the people here were gentlemen, and there was dust in the house.
Li Yuanxing was really tired, so he undressed and lay on the bed.
At this time, the sky was getting dark, and Wu Zhao in Qin Wangzhuang was looking through the things he needed in the warehouse next to Li Yuanxing's study. He must have a printer, some ink, two boxes of paper, and a signature pen
I brought two boxes, but I also need one box of refills.
A box of notebooks was needed. When it came to paper, Wu Zhao was a little helpless. Datang's paper could not produce paper that could be used by printers.
There is no paper for signature pens. The best paper from Datang at the moment is white and yellowish, and can be used for pencils.
Finally finding everything he needed, Wu Zhao sat on Li Yuanxing's soft chair with a box of ice cream, thinking that it would be perfect if there was an air conditioner.
There was a seal on the table. After seeing the handwriting, Wu Zhao's big eyes narrowed.
Li Lanshan, do you really want to influence Datang?
Wu Zhao slowly stretched out his hand, but when he was about to get the letter, Wu Zhao's arm stopped in mid-air.
This is the Tang Dynasty, not modern times.
Wu Zhao smiled, took a big mouthful of ice cream, and looked at the letter with a confident smile. Wu Zhao believed that the more he ignored Li Lanshan's existence, the more he would dilute Li Lanshan's influence on Datang.
Once the Princesses of Qin realize that they care too much about Li Lanshan's existence, then women are gossips, and the Princesses of Qin will naturally consider who this Li Lanshan is and how much influence Li Lanshan has on Li Yuanxing. Wait...
Wu Zhao finally figured it out. Just when his hand left the letter, there was a rapid knock on the door.
"Come in!" Wu Zhao almost spilled his ice cream.
"Your Royal Highness, Princess Ying sent someone back to Zhuangzi to tell you that it was His Royal Highness the King of Qin who rushed back to Chang'an City due to urgent business. Ask Lu Maofeng to immediately lead troops, eunuchs, and maids to Chang'an. Since it is not a private visit, how can there be no one beside Your Highness?
Chunlan said anxiously.
Urgent matter! Compared with Cui Yingying's worry about Li Yuanxing, there is no one to serve him, no one to call him, no one to protect him.
Wu Zhao was more concerned about what urgent matters would warrant Li Yuanxing's rush back to Chang'an.
"Pack up the things I want and go to Chang'an City together!" Wu Zhao jumped down from his chair.
Wu Zhao would not miss this rare opportunity to be alone with Li Yuanxing.
There were seven large boxes in Wu Zhao's box, and the contents were naturally not something that an ordinary sergeant was qualified to ask. Even Chunlan didn't know what was in four of the boxes.
Lu Maofeng sent people to Chang'an first while waiting for Wu Zhao.
"Your Highness, it will be fun if you follow me!"
"You are the only one who can speak, so why don't you join in the fun with me? Is it wrong to make you wait for a long time?" Wu Zhao scolded Lu Maofeng with a straight face.
Lu Maofeng shook his head gently: "Princess, you said it wrong this time."
"I'll give you a chance to say three words. If you can't satisfy me, I'll beat you up!" Wu Zhao asked Lu Maofeng to help him get on the carriage, while threatening Lu Maofeng with a dark face.
After Wu Zhao got on the carriage, Lu Maofeng said: "The biggest source of high-quality mink skins is Beishiwei and northern Goguryeo."
"The first sentence is good, continue!" Wu Zhao likes mink skins. There are very few such things in modern times, and there are even fewer truly natural ones. Even if tens of thousands of them are hunted here in the Tang Dynasty, they will not be lost in the forest.
The number of wild martens has decreased too much.
"Liu Erxiao told a certain person that His Highness returned to Chang'an urgently because Goguryeo was causing trouble again. And this time it seems to be related to the northern grasslands."
Wu Zhao shook his head: "This sentence means!"
"The last sentence, the palace lady guarantees that you will be satisfied. In the evening, Your Highness sent someone to check the accounts of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Wu Zhao's first reaction was that there was going to be a war.
Others spend money in wars, but Li Yuanxing's wars are like giving thousands of taels of gold with the sound of a cannon.
"Quickly, go to Chang'an." Wu Zhao signaled Lu Maofeng to leave quickly, and wrote a letter on the carriage. After finishing writing, he handed it to his guard: "Arrange for someone to send it to Yaozhou quickly. The things required to be prepared here, a
I will see these things in the warehouse within this month!"
"I have the order!" The guard would not ask any more questions. He would only think about how to send the order to Yaozhou quickly and safely.
In Yaozhou, Lu Chengqing is actually more like a housekeeper, and Wu Zhao is the leader there.
Lu Chengqing seems to like to be Wu Zhao's follower, not because Wu Zhao has a high status and is favored by King Qin Li Yuanxing, but from a management perspective, Wu Zhao is more clever, and the workshop adjusted by Wu Zhao is more efficient.
Already.
Huazhou! Li Er was sipping the newly produced corn liquor from Qin Wangzhuang under the moonlight, and asked Li Jing slowly: "Pharmacist, do you think it is late autumn or early autumn today? Will Wu Lang prepare to send troops?" Li Jing
He responded with a smile: "All this is decided by the Holy One. Whether to fight or not, King Qin will naturally follow His Majesty's opinion!" (To be continued...)