Where did the 100,000 stones of smuggled grain in Lingzhou come from? Perhaps only the officials who handled it along the way would know.
Chen Ping could even conclude that even if Gong Heng was not dead, he wouldn't be able to find out anything more. If one hundred thousand shi of grain could be smuggled to Lingzhou, the officials would definitely not be able to find anything. They could only follow Lingzhou all the way.
Only by conducting investigations outside the state can we fully understand the ins and outs of this batch of grain.
It's just that he can still rely on the support of Tang Hao and Yang Anguo in Lingzhou, but what if he goes to other states?
The purpose of arresting subordinate officials in the yamen is to solve this problem.
Not long after Luo Li left, the petty officials in the prefect's yamen seemed to have noticed something. From time to time, subordinate officials would poke their heads outside. It didn't take much to think that these guys must have sensed a dangerous aura.
"Don't worry about them, they are just rats who bully the weak and fear the strong. This is the case for subordinates all over the world. Just sit back and relax, little friend."
Yang Anguo, an experienced official in the officialdom, spoke to comfort him, so Chen Ping felt relieved. Although he was a member of the Yuan Dynasty in high school, he was still a young boy compared to Yang Anguo in this regard.
Sure enough, not long after, there was a burst of noise from the direction of the yamen door, and then some subordinates ran in rolling and crawling.
"Sir, sir! We have served you with all our heart for several years and have never deceived you. I beg you to show mercy beyond the law!"
The people who came were Hufang Dianshi, Treasury Dianshi and other six-room team leaders. These people were the most powerful people in the entire Congxing Mansion and even the entire Lingzhou. Even Yang Anguo had to rely on them to get things done.
Although all of them are low-ranking officials, these Dianshi are all locals. With mutual support and unity, it is normal for the magistrates to lie to the people.
But now facing the iron fist of Tang Hao's sergeants, they are really afraid.
After all, no matter how powerful the subordinate officials of Dian Shi are, they will not be able to see the light of day. However, Yang Anguo and Tang Hao represent the imperial court. It is not easy to punish them.
This group of subordinate officials also knew that once they were involved in a smuggling case, there was almost no room for improvement. At this moment, they all kowtowed and begged Yang Anguo to let them go for the sake of past kindness.
"Now do you know you are afraid? Why didn't you know you were afraid when you were collecting money to let people go and collaborating with everyone to participate in smuggling?"
Yang Anguo smiled contemptuously, "Shenjin scholars cannot be killed easily, but these subordinate officials under him are much easier to deal with by themselves.
To shock the officials and gentry in Lingzhou, how can we not kill a few people to scare the monkeys?
Soon, Luo Li led Tang Hao's soldiers into the courtyard. Yang Anguo remained silent and allowed these Liufang Dianshi, who usually had great power in Lingzhou, to be dragged away.
"Killing the chicken to scare the monkey, will Mr. Yang be under a lot of pressure?"
"One of you is arbitrarily deploying troops, and the other is abandoning the imperial examination. Do I have the nerve to say that you are under a lot of pressure?"
Yang Anguo smiled and put away the tea leaves, took a sip and said: "It is not difficult to deal with Lingzhou. What is difficult is to investigate the case in other states. If the local officials do not cooperate, it will be very difficult."
Tang Hao also became serious when he heard this. He just wanted to do whatever he wanted to do in Lingzhou and resist the pressure, but the situation was different when he went to other states.
This matter...
Liufang Dianshi was all imprisoned, and the other petty officials in the yamen were immediately leaderless. Under the leadership of Zheng Canghai, a group of gentry who chose to cooperate with the government took the initiative to stand up.
First, they announced to the people coming and going in front of the yamen that as representatives of the gentry in Lingzhou, they would fully cooperate with the government to track down the smuggled grain and kill the thieves of the officers and soldiers, and then they also persuaded the small officials in the yamen.
Where have the petty officials seen this kind of battle? Six families and officials were arrested one after another, and the prefects and prefects united with the gentry of the state. No one living in Lingzhou could bear this kind of pressure.
Without any effort, these little officials all told everything they knew. Although there were no important clues, there were enough of them.
The information provided by each person was a piece of puzzle. Chen Ping took the transcribed information one by one to compare and verify it. On the other side, letters jointly written in the names of Yang Anguo and Tang Hao were being sent to the police at high speed.
Zhouzhou and Jiangzhou.
Their target was the Supervisory Censor of Qianling Road and the Governor of Jiangnan who had ordered Yang and Tang to quickly close the case several times before and not to affect the gentry in Lingzhou!
Lingzhou, Congxing Fucheng.
Despite the support of the gentry and subordinates in Lingzhou through various means, the smuggling case did not progress smoothly. In addition to the lack of clues, another reason was that some county magistrates below Lingzhou were also involved in the matter. p>
But for these county magistrates, Yang Anguo and Tang Hao could not treat them the same way as they treated subordinate officials.
With such a group of guys working both covertly and covertly, investigation and pursuit will naturally be much more difficult.
Just when Chen Ping was at his wits' end and thought he could only wait until there was a breakthrough from the censor of Qianling Road and the governor of Jiangnan, and then work backwards from other states, Liu Geng brought good news.
"Sir, there have been many caravans carrying goods from several states around Lingzhou in the past few days. After conducting a secret investigation, I found that these caravans have close contacts with the Bai family and the Gong family!"
Hearing this, Chen Ping couldn't sit still. What is this? It's like trying to find a place through iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there!
Unconcealable excitement surged into his heart, but he was overcome by deep doubts after a moment. Chen Ping gradually frowned and noticed something strange.
Now that the news in Lingzhou is so tight, the waves caused by one hundred thousand shi of grain are so big that they have spread throughout several states in the south of the Yangtze River. It stands to reason that the other party should tighten personnel and cut off contact, and may even evacuate most of the personnel to surrounding states temporarily.
Take shelter from the limelight.
Why are you still communicating with other states and continuing to transport supplies now?
Aren't they afraid of being followed and ruining the entire Lingzhou staff?
Chen Ping calmed down and began to think exhaustively. At this moment, Liu Geng seemed eager to give it a try. After struggling for a while, he spoke again.
"Sir, there is one more thing."
"Brothers have heard that it seems that the thieves in Lingzhou have a new leader. The caravan leaders are all called Mr. Xiu..."
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Mr. Hugh!
Pixiu, Pixiu!
Chen Ping suddenly stood up, clenching his fists tightly, and the veins on his forehead stood out, and he was very excited.
Now everything makes sense. One hundred thousand shi of grain smuggled in Lingzhou was investigated, and then Pixiu came to Lingzhou. Everything that happened in Lingzhou after that was all done by Pixiu.
Gong Heng was silenced, all routes were cut off, the gentry surnamed Ding was killed, and caravans from other states entered Lingzhou. Thinking of Pixiu's abnormal actions in Lingzhou, coupled with the delicate situation in the capital, Chen Ping instantly had an idea in his mind
A bold guess!
"The operation of your organization in Lingzhou is very important, but compared to the overall situation of the capital, it can be discarded at will, right?"
"Pixiu, let's see where you run away this time!"
.......
At the valley camp, Pixiu's mood was much worse than when he first arrived.
Somehow, he thought that things in Lingzhou would go smoothly, but things turned out to be the opposite.
Just like the Dong Tao in front of me, I told him to do things cleanly and without leaving any traces, but this idiot didn't seem to listen at all.
"Master Xiu, I really followed your orders, and there was absolutely no mistake!"
Dong Tao also couldn't figure out why these gentry from Lingzhou suddenly became smarter. Even though he didn't reveal anything, the man surnamed Zheng pulled a group of gentry to join the government, even if the rest of the gentry didn't provide anything to the government.
Help and stop making trouble.
This is obviously something he discovered, otherwise the clues that he deliberately left at the scene to blame the government would not have made any noise.
Dong Tao felt very aggrieved. Before Pixiu came, he was forced to take over the task of selling 100,000 shi of stolen grain. As expected, after an accident happened, he was busy wiping his butt again.
After that, a Pi Xiu was suddenly sent from above to become his immediate boss, and he also started messing around in the Lingzhou territory that he had worked so hard for many years.
That's all. He can tolerate it. After all, he is doing things for the big shots above.
But now Dong Tao felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, because he could clearly feel the murderous aura faintly released from Pi Xiu in front of him.
"Oh? Does that mean it's my fault?"
Pixiu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was already thinking about how to deal with Dong Tao. For those who dare to contradict him, Pixiu always wants to get rid of those who dare to contradict him.
Dong Tao held on and replied, "No, no, no..."
The surrounding Lingzhou troops couldn't help but look over at this time, many of them were Dong Tao's old subordinates.
Pixiu received this information out of the corner of his eye, and his attitude became slightly more relaxed. He waved Dong Tao to come closer and spoke into his ear.
"In that case, how about I allow you to make up for your mistakes?"