"It's better to go there earlier. Neither you nor I have ever touched the gold mine. There must be our people in the mine. Don't let the people below take advantage of the loopholes and fool us. When the time comes, we will bear the blame and let the people below take the bulk...
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After all, Zhou Chang had run a fleet and had rich experience.
Although he can't leave the capital, he also knows the practices of the people under his command and knows the secrets. There are many stewards in his fleet who are carrying private goods, and they have taken care of them from top to bottom, and they have hidden them from him.
The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and his status is special. If he wants to get money safely, he can only turn a blind eye.
Zhou Chen responded: "Okay, I will arrange someone here, and second brother, you will also arrange a trustworthy person, and let them go to the mine as soon as possible."
The two reached a consensus and ignored the matter.
Chen Wang went to Zhang Xuan's home for several days to investigate, visited the neighbors, searched every corner of Zhang Xuan's study, and even hired professional house searchers to search Zhang Xuan's house for seven days, and found Zhang Xuan's house.
I checked the ancestral tablets several times, but found neither silver nor banknotes.
All major banks have also checked, and even Zhang Xuan's relatives, friends and neighbors have been checked. He really can't find any more crimes besides coercing the king in the morning court.
A case that alarmed the three departments of Dali Temple's Criminal Department and Jinyiwei. At the end of the investigation, Chen Wang and two other borrowed adults were staring at each other in front of the Zhang Mansion.
"Thank you for your hard work, adults. Why don't we each write a note and submit it to the top?"
Chen Wang suggested.
"That's all it can do."
Zhang Xuan's family had one wife and one concubine, but only one daughter. Chen Wang thought of Si Yiluo's explanation and was afraid that the three of them would be in danger at home.
"Two adults, help me bear witness. I will take Zhang Xuan's wife and daughter back with me, and we will also write them down in the memorial."
He took the lead on this case, and the other two people had no objections. Chen Wang took Zhang Xuan's wife and daughter back to deal with Si Yiluo.
After reading the excerpt he wrote, Si Yiluo was silent for a moment. It seemed that his impeachment against her was indeed a coincidence?
But how could there be such a coincidence?
"There are not many such officials in the court anymore. Let his wife and daughter be properly settled and wait for the emperor to convict him."
Chen Wang responded yes.
Si Yiluo looked at Chen Wang's folding papers carefully and took them to Zhang Xuan's cell.
The cell was dark, so Si Yiluo ordered someone to light a few oil lamps for him, agreed to let him read the files, and then had the files brought over.
From the first day he lived in the imperial prison, Si Yiluo never punished him. He only read the files every day. He also had pens, inks, paper and inkstones nearby, which were densely filled with words.
The middle-aged man in prison clothes took off his impatience and looked at the scene with furrowed brows and aloofness.
The sound of the cell's chains being opened didn't make him raise his head to take a second look.
Si Yiluo stood in front of him and handed the results of Chen Wang's investigation to his eyes, and then attracted his attention.
"This is the result of the investigation."
Zhang Xuan reached out to pick it up, opened it from beginning to end, and looked up in surprise.
"You really didn't accuse me of anything?"
Si Yiluo's eyes fell on the file in front of his case and asked: "Does Mr. Zhang see any injustice in it?"
In the files, they were all their colleagues in the officialdom. Some of them were just discussed behind their backs. He had heard it a few times. Their Supervisory Office also had people. Some cases passed through his hands. After he submitted the evidence, nothing happened.
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But what was recorded in the file was more detailed than what he had investigated.
The witnesses and material evidence are all available, and the charges are fair and unbiased in accordance with the laws of the court.
"If you want to win people's hearts, Sir Si, you don't have to do this. Zhang is already a prisoner, let Sir Si do whatever you want!"
He also stubbornly refused to admit his mistake.
Si Yiluo chuckled and said: "As Mr. Zhang said, you are a prisoner now, why should I buy your heart? It seems that Mr. Zhang's behavior in the meeting hall was because he sincerely felt that Si was a scourge of the Zhou Dynasty...
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If you tell a lie a hundred times, some people will believe it. When everyone around you is impeaching Si Yiluo and the people in the capital are talking about her, it will give people the illusion that she is really like a rat crossing the street and everyone screams for beating her.
She thinks anyone can step on her head.
Zhang Xuan was just unlucky and happened to touch Emperor Yao's reverse scale.
Si Yiluo admired and sympathized with him.
"Master Zhang, because Simou lost his official position and even affected his wife and daughter at home, do you regret it at this time?"
Zhang Xuan regretted it so much that his intestines were almost green.
I think he has been conscientious since he was a student, worked a hundred times harder than others to pass the Jinshi examination, stayed in the capital as an official, and achieved rapid success in the eyes of others, and a high official and a generous salary in the eyes of others.
But in fact, his official position is only the seventh rank. Although he has the right to impeach courtiers and the right to report directly, he has still been in this position for so many years, watching helplessly as he is younger than himself.
People climb on their heads...
"What did you do to my wife and daughter?"
Zhang Xuan warned.
There is still no change in her feelings.
Si Yiluo said: "I was afraid that they would not be safe at home, so I had them taken to the Yamen for placement. If Mr. Zhang has no additions to this document, then just sign it and sign it. Your guilt will have to be decided by the emperor."
Si Yiluo's calm look made Zhang Xuan hesitate a little, so he dipped his pen in ink and signed his name at the end.
The girl in official uniform straightened her back and took the signed and signed note from him.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Si will intercede on your behalf."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Zhang Xuan opened his mouth behind her. He wanted to say that if he was sentenced to beheading, could Si Yiluo help take care of his wife and daughter? But then he thought of what he had done and felt that there was no need to speak.
Si Yiluo did not add insult to injury to him, but was willing to give him justice. This was already the end of his kindness and righteousness.
We can no longer make too many demands.
He closed his eyes and sighed.
The weather is getting hotter day by day. It has been more than a year since Xiang Xiao came to Beijing. The military parade scheduled years ago has been postponed again and again. Now the second batch of squadron troops is already on the way to Beijing.
With his mouth full of tears, he went back to his residence to tidy up, put on his court clothes, and then entered the palace to meet the Holy Spirit.
It happened that Si Yiluo asked Emperor Yao for instructions on Zhang Xuan's case.
Whether Zhang Xuan's case is serious or trivial depends entirely on how Emperor Yao wants to deal with it. At the most serious level, he is coercing the king. At worst, he will behead him in public, at worst, he will confiscate his property and be exiled.
But speaking at a smaller scale, you can also gently expose it. When the emperor and his ministers smile, it will be a good talk.
Nine-and-a-half out of ten officials in the DPRK were involved in corruption and bribery. Once they fell into the hands of Si Yiluo, they would definitely be investigated immediately, so although they clamored, they did not dare to really offend Si Yiluo to death.
Once she gets serious, she can kill more than half of the officials in the capital.
Zhang Xuan had never embezzled a penny, so the sentence of beheading in public seemed a bit excessive.
But Emperor Yao doesn't like his ministers threatening him. Today, Zhang Xuan can hit the pillars in the court to admonish him if he disagrees. If he gently exposes it, wouldn't anyone be able to do it to him in the future...
Then how can he still be the emperor?
Aren't you going to be led by the officials?
"My minister Xiang Xiao has met the emperor!"
Xiang Xiao followed the chamberlain and entered the door. The moon was gone, and he turned a few shades darker again. When he opened his mouth, he showed his big white teeth. When Emperor Yao saw him, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.