Chen Yan nodded and said: "I haven't seen him take action in the past few years, nor have I seen him practice kung fu. At most, he occasionally does boxing or something early in the morning. Zhang Luyao joined the army in his early years and worked under Liu Jinan's account.
Half a confidant, I haven't heard of any advanced martial arts. It seems that he later accompanied Liu Jin'an to break through the siege, achieved military merit, and became a county magistrate after he retired. Liu Jin'an must have arranged for him to come here to look after the family. I just heard that
The Liu family's case was not handled well last time, and Liu Jin'an was dissatisfied with this idiot's incompetence and might even want to replace him. We got this news and stepped up our plans to get this idiot out of the way as soon as possible."
Long Yin said angrily: "Just telling him to get out is of no use! Your Majesty also wants to ask you how things are going?"
Chen Yan said hurriedly: "Yes, the progress is going very smoothly now. Let's talk about the number of people who went to Qimen Mountain to surrender to the bandits. There are at least thousands of them. Many of them went to neighboring provinces to commit crimes;
Second, grain prices in Jiangling Prefecture, prefectures, and counties have skyrocketed. Grain from other places has been shipped in very little due to reasons such as "tax payments and poor harvests." The rest of the grain stocks are in our hands. We have secretly sent people to the grain stores since yesterday.
There was a commotion at the gate of the prefect;
Third, the trend of buying and selling people is now on the rise again. The number of people dying of illness and starvation has increased in various places. If this continues for less than ten days, Jiangling Prefecture will be in chaos!
I was worried that I had no chance to escape, but now I have escaped from the white-clothed robbers. I will take the blame and resign, and then write a letter to the governor, saying that Zhang Luyao was corrupt and perverted the law, failed to manage the river, failed to provide disaster relief, and acted arbitrarily! As long as Zhang Luyao is found guilty, he will be punished.
To be honest, if the current emperor is saddened to learn that someone has made the peaceful and prosperous age he has worked so hard to create so difficult for the people, let alone the richest Southern Zhili, I don’t believe that the Governor-General and Zhang Luyao can still keep their positions."
Long Yin said: "Although Zhang Luyao is known for being petty, he has always been timid. Do you have any evidence to support him? How many silver taels can be put into practice?"
Chen Yandao: "In the past few years, as long as there are officials in the government who are promoted, I have asked the corresponding officials to send some benefits to Zhang's family. It's not much every time. Every ten taels and twenty taels is recorded in the account. How much is accumulated?"
It's a lot, now at least it's seven or eight hundred taels. In addition to some worship services during the New Year and holidays, it can be converted into cash and it's four or five hundred taels. But it's not much to spread to each person who gives the gift. As the saying goes
Don’t blame everyone, besides, the Holy One has always hated corrupt officials and encouraged subordinates to report on their superiors. Many of my subordinates can rest assured that they can jointly report to Magistrate Zhang for bullying subordinates, taking bribes and perverting the law. When the time comes, he will definitely be unable to defend himself."
Long Yin said: "It seems that there is something missing. Zhang Luyao and Governor Jin have some personal friendship. How can he be filial to Shangguan if he is so greedy? Has the news of his visit to Jinling ever been recorded?"
Chen Yandao: "I remember it every time, but there is really no evidence of the exchange of gifts. I still prepared some back-ups. It will be no problem to throw four or five thousand taels on Zhang Luyao's head. At worst, I will sacrifice one or two petty officials.
and merchants, give them enough benefits and save their lives, but the risk will be higher."
Long Yin said: "Get ready first. We need to discuss how to report the escape of the white turban thief this time. We must come to a conclusion now. We must get closer to them."
Chen Yandao: "Although I suspect that Zhang Luyao and Li Jichen were involved in this matter, there is no evidence. Secondly, if it is really related to the prince, it may cause more trouble than the gain. However, I always suspect that the two boys from Jiangjun County are involved in this matter."
Regarding this, when I asked them just now, they were obviously well prepared and there were no flaws, but they explained too much and tried to hide the truth, which is questionable."
Long Yin said: "The skills and cultivation of those two teenage boys cannot be faked. You may be suspicious, but you can still test them again if you have the chance."
Chen Zhifeng said: "I also feel that the cultivation level of those two people is far inferior to that of the prison robbers."
Chen Yandao: "But even if they are involved, they may just be used. We can think about the relationship between these people. The cases of the White Turban Bandits in the past two years have basically been against our Chen family, and they have also started fighting
Under the guise of robbing the rich and helping the poor, the Chen family has lost more than 100,000 taels. If the prince succeeds to the throne in the future, and we break with the prince's lineage again, the white scarf thief is not only weakening our strength, but also trying to win over the people.
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Long Yin continued: "Governor Jin Yan was a great scholar of this dynasty, and he was also the prince's grand master. Because he offended the Holy Emperor, he was named Ping Diao. In fact, he was demoted to Nanzhili. Although he was almost ignored, in recent years he has been
We can't let go. The Jinling Faction will definitely lean more towards King Cheng, who is in charge of the armament hall. However, Li Jichen, who has a transcendent status in the Jinling Faction, has a sworn relationship with Jin Yan. It seems that Li Jichen can use the Jinling Faction to support Zhang Luyao because of Jin Yan.
In addition, he likes the name of a knight and thinks he is noble, even if the white scarf thief is not the prince's pawn, Li Jichen is very likely to take action."
Chen Yandao: "So Zhang Luyao was able to secure the position of Jiangling prefecture. Firstly, it was Liu Jinan's recommendation. Secondly, it was probably through Jin Yan that he got close to the crown prince, and his daughter climbed to the top of the Quanzhen sect.
We cannot underestimate him. According to the news from the Liu family in Jiangling, Liu Jinan is very dissatisfied with Zhang Luyao's inaction in the Jiangjun County murder case. In fact, he is not angry with Zhang Luyao for stepping on both sides.
Where's the boat? If it's true that the prince has been burying experts in Nanzhili, then the magistrate's mansion is most likely where they planned and settled. And judging from the methods of these people, it definitely doesn't look like a reckless gang, let alone
The bandits who committed murders in the city a few days ago did not kill easily. In terms of their current strength here, they should far exceed us. It seems that they do not want to make the matter bigger, so as not to directly break up with us."
Chen Qi's face became paler and he stopped shouting about revenge. Chen Zhifeng said: "If you say so, then we are going to suffer like this?"
Long Yin said: "Everyone should report it, and the specific countermeasures will be decided by the superiors. However, the matter is serious. After all, we are not handling the case well. How should we report it to the court?"
Chen Yan smiled darkly and said: "The floods were raging in Qidong County under the jurisdiction of Jiangling Prefecture. The floods were raging in Nanmen County. The government went far away to control the floods, but the disaster relief was ineffective. The victims were displaced and there were many thieves, which led to the Qimen Mountain bandits becoming more powerful.
A few days ago, he was suspected to be a Qimen Mountain thief. The white turban thief who repeatedly committed crimes was captured by Long Yin, the chief prosecutor of Jiangling Prefecture, and Wei Jinxian, the chief of Jiangling Prefecture's Wucha Division. The robbers dispatched several masked masters to rob the prison. Mr. Wei and I led the crowd
They fought desperately and were seriously injured, but they were unable to defeat them. They finally rescued their accomplices, the White Turban Bandits. Because the bandits were knowledgeable and skilled in martial arts and could use several unique skills, they suspected that they had studied in an armament hall and were familiar with the terrain during their operations.
It is very likely that some government forces were involved in the Qimen Mountain bandits, obviously colluding with internal and external spies in the government. Afterwards, the prefect Zhang Luyao hastily demoted the deputy chief in charge of prison security for incompetence and disrespect for the superior. However,
Another deputy police chief who was regarded as a confidant did not impose any punishment; also, on the night of the incident, Magistrate Zhang did not care about the suffering of the victims, but still recruited singing and prostitutes to listen to music and have fun. There is also evidence that he was corrupt and violated the law. That's about it.
, do you two adults think it is feasible? Tomorrow morning, I will write a letter to the governor. First, I will report what happened and implore the imperial court to send troops to encircle and suppress the bandits in Qimen Mountain; second, I will impeach the prefect Zhang Luyao for violating the law and dereliction of duty, and ask the governor to forward it.
Your Majesty. I will write another letter of resignation to Zhang Luyao, voluntarily taking responsibility for escaping the white scarf thief."
Long Yin stroked his beard and nodded, saying: "That's very good. The matter of requesting the imperial court to send troops can be handled urgently. The governor will definitely seize the opportunity to impeach Zhang Luyao, and it will be even better to submit it in a few days when the situation becomes out of control!"
I will return to Jinling tomorrow, and I will trouble Mr. Chen and Mr. Wei about the whereabouts of the white scarf thief."
Chen Yan nodded silently, and Wei Jinxian was extremely angry. When Long Yin saw that he couldn't handle the situation, he thought of running away. Fortunately, the white-clothed thief was robbed in the state capital prison and did not
He is really locked up here, but it seems that he is more or less taking the blame. On the surface, he hugged Long Yin with a serious face and said: "As it should be, Lord Long, please don't worry."
In the living room of the magistrate's office, after Chen Yan and others left, a maid aged fourteen or fifteen ran over to send a message, saying that it was getting late. Madam asked the magistrate to have dinner before discussing business, and then she whispered
After saying something, He Qizhou was not far away and vaguely heard: I heard that the little girl has been talking about it all day long. Mr. Xu Mu is here and he must stay for a meal and let me see what he looks like?
Zhang Luyao smiled bitterly, looked at his daughter beside him and said, "Rou'er, your mother is ready for dinner, why don't you invite these children to join us?"
Zhang Qingrou faced Xu Mu and said, "I'm really a little hungry. I wanted to go to Jianghu Tower for something to eat at noon. When I saw those little bastards from the Chen family, I felt like vomiting. I couldn't finish the meal. I ate two in one day.
Mr. Xu, He Qizhou and Lin Chuan, you're welcome, how about we stay for a meal together?"
He Qizhou looked at Lin Chuan who had a fever on his face and said hurriedly: "Okay, okay, we won't be polite."
Xu Mu replied: "I accept it with kindness, but I'm not hungry, so I have to go back to Master to get a plate to eat."
Zhang Qingrou suddenly burst into tears, and Zhang Luyao said hurriedly: "My master and the Jinling sect have generously helped me. I am really grateful. Xu Mu, please don't be polite. Even if I represent your master, you must give me a chance."
I would like to make a brief statement, I will send someone to your master's place to report a message, and I will have something to ask you later."
Xu Mu was hesitating when He Qizhou came close and said in his ear: "Do you want to know how we escaped from danger? We met your senior brother and we will talk to you later. You can eat as much as you want. The main thing is to treat you.
If you don’t want to eat, why should we be so shameless? Everything in Jiangling City is so expensive, so you can help us save some money.”
Xu Mu actually really wanted to know why his senior brother didn't show up. Seeing what He Qizhou said, he could only nod his head and said: "Master Prefect, I'm sorry for bothering you."
Zhang Luyao laughed and said: "Okay, I just put it into practice for the young heroes, I wish you the nomination of the Golden Palace. Hey, Ji Sheng, don't lie down, let's come together."