Feng Ziying was indeed very busy. After reaching an agreement with Fang Kezhuang, he quickly went to Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia and made a report.
Doing such a big thing will inevitably cause a chain reaction. Feng Ziying and Fang Kezhuang are not sure how big the shock will be in the aftermath, so they have to report to their respective "backstage backers" for support.
Fang Kezhuang's benefactor is Wang Yongguang, the current left servant of the Ministry of Revenue. He belongs to the Northern Scholars from a large faction, and Wang Yongguang is also one of the leaders of the Northern Zhili scholars. He has good relations with Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia.
In a sense, Feng Ziying can also be regarded as a scholar from Shandong, but the Feng family has been away from Shandong for a long time, and they travel between Shanxi and the capital city respectively. Feng Ziying also lives in Shuntian Prefecture, so all three can be counted.
Fang Kezhuang also went to Wang Yongguang, so the Beidi scholars quickly reached a consensus that it would be up to Shuntian Prefecture to start the investigation of Tongcang. Once the problem was raised, substantial progress was made.
, then both the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment will have to intervene to expand the results of the war. As for Long Jinwei, Qi Yongtai needs to report to the emperor at the appropriate time, or wait for Long Jinwei to consider it when he thinks it is appropriate.
Feng Ziying transferred several capable and reliable characters from the Shuntian Prefecture Prison and the Third Class of the Yamen. In addition, he selected several capable characters he found during the inspection from the inspection departments in several northern counties.
Leave it to Fang Kezhuang to use.
With Feng Ziying's strong support, Fang Kezhuang quickly opened up the situation and arrested the grain merchant by means of a secret arrest. Feng Ziying also borrowed the name of Zhang Jin, an old acquaintance of Fusi in Longjinwei North Town, and called
Several stall owners and fans from Beizhen Fusi were invited to assist.
Zhang Jin was very enthusiastic. Facing the extremely popular Xiao Feng Xiuzan, even a fool knew how to embrace such a thick leg, so he directly asked Feng Ziying how many people he wanted.
Feng Ziying was not polite and named Zhao Wenzhao. After all, he was an acquaintance who had worked with him many times, so he felt more confident and comfortable to use it.
Zhang Jin naturally had no objection, and Zhao Wenzhao was even more overjoyed. It would be extremely lucky to have such an opportunity to work with Xiao Feng Xiuzuan. In addition, there has been no progress in the assassination case of Xiao Feng Xiuzuan at the Yutiangu River Ferry, so
Zhao Wenzhao also felt very guilty and wanted to take this opportunity to make amends.
As expected, the grain merchant initially wanted to be rebellious and refused to explain, but after the people from Beizhen Fusi intervened, he was quickly convinced and told the origin of this batch of grain.
This batch of grain was a new grain that he colluded with a deputy envoy from Tongcang to replace the old grain with old grain that was shoddy and mixed with some sand and gravel. The total amount was four thousand shi. According to the price of two qian and five cents of silver per shi.
This was the only payment to the deputy envoy, and the deputy envoy received a thousand taels of silver.
The problem is that this is just the tip of the iceberg. According to what the grain merchant told him, as far as he knew, there were at least three grain merchants doing the same thing as the deputy envoy, involving as many as 60,000 to 70,000 old-for-new grain mixed with sand and gravel.
stone.
As for whether other deputy envoys or even Ambassador Tongcang were involved, he didn't know, because they all went their own way and didn't ask about others. But based on his understanding of this industry, almost everyone had to go through it.
Run, there are very few people who are not involved.
When Wang Xifeng asked Ping'er and Lin Hongyu to come to him, he was at his busiest time. A breakthrough in Tongzhou meant that they would take action against Tongcang.
But Tongcang was not something that the Tongzhou Prefecture Government Office could investigate, so this group of people changed their name and became a special investigation team of the Shuntian Prefecture Government Office.
After all, part of Tongcang originally belonged to the Shuntian Prefecture. The Shuntian Prefecture Yamen had the right to supervise Tongcang. However, because there were no officials in the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen that Feng Ziying trusted, or he did not believe that they could actually carry out this matter.
Prison, so Feng Ziying had to take charge personally.
So when Lin Hongyu came to find Feng Ziying, Feng Ziying was also very impatient. In addition, Lin Hongyu herself didn't know what was going on. She just followed Wang Xifeng's instructions and said that her grandma had something urgent to discuss with Uncle Feng. But where was Feng Ziying at this time?
I had other things to think about, so I made a few perfunctory remarks and sent Lin Hongyu back.
"Sir, I think we can move Tongcang's people." Zhao Wenzhao came with Wang Wenyan. As soon as he entered the door, he got straight to the point.
Although Wang Wenyan is just a staff member without an official status, Zhao Wenzhao knows that Feng Ziying dares to leave this kind of matter to Wang Wenyan with full authority. This not only shows that this person is very capable, but also shows that this person is deeply favored by Xiao Feng.
Therefore, Zhao Wenzhao was not arrogant towards Wang Wenyan just because he was the deputy Qianhu of the Long Jinwei. Instead, he respected Wang Wenyan very much. This made Wang Wenyan look at this deputy Qianhu of the Long Jinwei with admiration.
"Oh, are you so sure?" Feng Ziying put down the pen in her hand and raised her hand to signal the two of them to take a seat.
"If we delay it any longer, I'm worried that the people in Tongcang will ventilate with each other, and the effect will be affected. Later, it will be much more difficult to pry open their mouths one by one, and it will also waste time. Now, while they are still in shock and uncertainty,
, they are still suspicious of each other, and are worried that the other party will confess first to make atonement, and have not yet established a united front, and the best effect will be to defeat them one by one."
Zhao Wenzhao is also a veteran at this, and has rich experience in how to deal with these people, far better than armchair characters like Feng Ziying.
To be honest, Feng Ziying is not good at this kind of interrogation technique. He prefers to lay out the plan from a strategic and macro perspective, and at the same time, he must cater to and coordinate the attitude of his superiors.
At present, the investigation of the situation outside Tongzhou has come to an end, so Fang Kezhuang's side is no longer the main battlefield, and the Tongcang group will be the focus.
Even if people from the Shuntian government office want to attack the Tongcang group, they may not be too worried. Tongcang officials are under the direct control of the Ministry of Household Affairs. According to the rules, if officials are involved in crimes, they need to be investigated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
, unless the case is intercepted first and the local government can handle it on an ad hoc basis, it will need to be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for investigation.
Even the officials need to be dealt with by Shuntian Government Office instead of Tongzhou Prefecture Government Office, so they are transferred to Shuntian Government Office.
However, if you use Long Jinwei to handle the case, you will no longer be subject to these restrictions. Similarly, if you use Long Jinwei's authority, not only will Long Jinwei bear the risk, but also the Shuntian Mansion will also bear the consequences if the case is not handled well or something goes wrong.
The risk brought about by impeachment is that after all, Long Jinwei is directly under the imperial power outside the Three Law Departments. In theory, his power is unlimited, but he is also the focus of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
This also shows that Zhang Jin trusts and thinks highly of Feng Ziying. Otherwise, how could Long Jinwei easily hand over this authority to someone else, and he would have to bear the responsibility himself.
"Wen Yan, what do you think of Wen Zhao's opinion?" Feng Ziying also wanted to seek Wang Wenyan's opinion.
Wang Wenyan was also a prison officer in She County. He has been immersed in prison affairs for many years. He is very familiar with the inside story here and should be able to predict the situation here.
"I also agree with Mr. Zhao's opinion. Now the situation has been revealed. Everything that needs to be known is known, but it is not fully understood yet. Everyone is still in a fog and only knows a little bit about it. Now take action.
Just catch them off guard, and then break them up separately. As long as you control them and have some evidence, you can seal the warehouse and audit the accounts openly. But sir, there is a problem here."
"Speak." Feng Ziying was exceptionally calm.
"Master Zhao and I have also discussed that a big problem here is that too many people are involved. Almost all Ambassador Tongcang, deputy envoys and other officials are involved, and the guards' cavalry soldiers are also colluding. In addition, there are many other people involved.
Other officials, so once they start to move, the entire Tongcang will almost be paralyzed. If there are not enough people to replace them quickly and take over the Tongcang affairs, then if something goes wrong, we will not be able to shoulder this responsibility."
This is what Zhao Wenzhao is most worried about. Tongcang affairs are more important than Mount Tai. It usually seems like nothing, but if there is an accident, Jingtongcang will be the ballast stone. Once the people involved in Tongcang are touched, there will be great danger within three to five months.
All warehouses cannot operate normally. If there is an accident, the responsibility will not be light.
Feng Ziying also considered this and mentioned it when reporting to Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia. Fortunately, Wang Yongguang is now the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Although Huang Ruliang is a Jiangnan scholar, Feng Ziying is also somewhat close to him in the Hanlin Academy.
The friendship is there, so we won't deliberately create difficulties, so we need to coordinate with the Ministry of Finance first.
As for the use of water troops, the commander-in-chief of water transport is now Chen Ruiquan, the eldest son of the third family of the Chen family of Duke of Qi and Chen Ruiwen's cousin. With this kind of relationship, Feng Ziying is not afraid. The Chen family in Xishan Kiln is quite involved.
, go and say hello to the Chen family at this time, they should also be willing to cooperate.
"This matter is my responsibility, and I have no shirk. I will negotiate with the Ministry of Household Affairs. You don't have to worry about the warehouse affairs." Feng Ziying took care of everything. "I will also coordinate the Cao soldiers. The Chen family of Qi Guogong still has to pay.
I have some face, and I am worried about whether you have sufficient manpower. Once you start to move, you will sweep it with overwhelming force. No fish can slip through the net, at least none of the important people on our list can slip through the net!
How can you guarantee this?"
"Shuntian government office..." As soon as Zhao Wenzhao opened his mouth, he was rejected by Feng Ziying: "I don't have confidence in the people in Shuntian government office and cannot be reused. I can smoke some people in the state and county, but they can't bear it.
Dayong, after all, lives on the territory of Shuntian Mansion, no one can guarantee it, so Long Jinwei’s side..."
Zhao Wenzhao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Sir, please don't make it difficult for Mr. Zhang. He took a strange risk and dispatched too many people. That means Captain Long is handling the case, not your Shuntian Mansion."
"How about the Five Cities Military Division and Patrol Battalion?" Feng Ziying hesitated for a moment.
"No, this group of people has been infiltrated a long time ago. If something big like this happens, something will probably go wrong. If they let a few of them go, it will be a big trouble." Zhao Wenzhao and Wang Wenyan shook their heads at the same time.
"Then the Beijing camp." Feng Ziying took a breath, but she still lacked her own strength in the capital. Neither the patrol camp nor the five-city military division had its own people. Shuntian government offices and prefectures and counties, except for Tongzhou Fang Kezhuang, basically
The above is considered credible, but others still need to be observed.
It is against the rules to transfer the Beijing camp. The Beijing camp is the military and never participates in the investigation, arrest and arrest of these cases. It does not have the power, responsibility and obligation to do so.
Shuntian Prefecture can ask the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, Long Jinwei, the Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities and the Patrol Battalion to assist, but if they want to use the Beijing Camp, that would be an exception.
Zhao Wenzhao and Wang Wenyan both looked at each other. They didn't know whether Feng Ziying didn't understand the rules here or was too confident. The Beijing camp couldn't just move if they wanted to.
