Chapter 79 Sealing up the water transport terminal (4)
In order to completely settle the accounts, value of goods and taxes receivable, Yang Qingyuan could only transfer fifteen scribes from Dali Temple, and then asked Li Xunhuan to borrow thirty scribes from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
A team of forty-five scribes was formed, and Li Xunhuan, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, personally led the team and began the tax inspection work.
Yang Qingyuan, on the other hand, took Ye Jianhan and Ji Yaohua outside the An family's warehouse at the water transport terminal.
But a group of servants from the An family stopped them.
"Dali Temple is investigating the case! Everyone else, please get out of the way!"
Facing a group of public servants, the servants of the An family did not retreat at all, and some of them even took out wooden sticks and iron knives.
The head steward still smelled of alcohol and raised his hand towards Yang Qingyuan, "This official, I am the director of Anjia Shipping! An Wu! Thanks to everyone on the dock, please call me Fifth Master!"
This An Wu calls himself a villain, but his actions and words are indeed very arrogant. He doesn't look like a businessman at all, but looks like an evil force.
This arrogance made all the police officers in Dali Temple laugh.
We had just cleaned up a gang, and the prisoners had just been sent to the prison, and now someone jumped out from the back.
Being able to work as a warehouse supervisor at Anjia Wharf, this An Wu will definitely not be a brainless villain. However, the Anjia and Caobang have always been on good terms. With the protection of Caobang and the Anjia's own power, Anwu is dominating the market at the Caoyunjia Wharf.
, no one dares to control the evil side.
Therefore, An Wu was a little swollen. He happened to have some free time and drank some wine. Now he was more courageous. Faced with the Dali Temple's police officers, An Wu directly asked An Jia to pick up the wooden stick and iron knife.
"My lord, this is my warehouse, please stop!"
"Oh?! Can't we check Anjia's warehouse?!"
An Wu took a wooden stick from the servant on the side, held it in his right hand, and tapped it gently with his left hand.
"My lord, it's not that my An family's warehouse can't be investigated. I'm doing this for your own good! You accidentally investigated someone who can't afford to offend. When the time comes, you will be blamed by the superiors and it will be a minor official matter. It's not a big worry.
That’s life-threatening!”
While talking, An Wu seemed to have a good look. He probably drank a lot of wine, but the food that went with the wine might not be good.
"Remember, this person led the crowd to resist the law with weapons and threatened the imperial officials."
Seeing that Yang Qingyuan had no intention of giving face, An Wu became anxious and wanted to step forward and give Yang Qingyuan a stick, but was slapped by Ji Yaohua on the side, and the wooden stick in his hand fell to the ground.
"Attack an official of the imperial court!? Aren't you afraid of the law of the country?"
An Wu covered the left side of his face that was swollen from being slapped and spoke incoherently.
"You...you dare to hit me?! Aren't you afraid of An Jia?!"
After Yang Qingyuan heard this, he smiled instead of being angry. Even if he drank more than a plate of peanuts, he would not be able to say this.
Sometimes, the opponent's pig teammates are more reliable than our own magical opponents, and half of the victory depends on their opponents.
Yang Qingyuan tried his best to pretend that he was angry but did not express it. He was like a person who used public power to avenge personal grievances. He said coldly to the police behind him: "I guess those people just finished filling in the documents of Jingzhao Mansion and Dali."
The prison cells of the temple, after arresting these few, they will be sent directly to the imperial prison!"
"Sent to prison?! Lord Yang, this!? This?!"
The patrol commander who was headed by him was also shocked. Yang Qingyuan had never mentioned this before, but after all, it was not implemented. Now that Yang Qingyuan said it, the patrol commander didn't know what to do!
"Don't worry about sending him away?! Just say he's my prisoner, and the Beizhen Envoy Department won't embarrass you!"
Listening to the conversation between Yang Qingyuan and the policeman, the An family's servant turned pale with fright.
This official is so unbecoming of a human being, how can he send people directly to prison? The servants still want to struggle, but with their strength, they bully the market.
Not enough!
Three times, five times and two times five times, the policemen quickly eliminated these servants of the An family. Yang Qingyuan and Ji Yaohua didn't take any action.
Later, Yang Qingyuan ordered people to cut off the locks of Anjia's warehouse and used violent unlocking methods to open the door of Anjia's warehouse.
It should be said that Anjia is indeed the largest private granary in the capital. This inconspicuous warehouse next to the dock is filled with grain.
An unexpected smile appeared on Yang Qingyuan's face, which could be regarded as a blessing from God.
It would have taken some effort to directly seal Anjia's warehouse, but now the warehouse full of grain has ended all future troubles ahead of time.
The police officers briefly searched the warehouse, but found nothing, and there was nothing suspicious about the existence of official rations.
But Yang Qingyuan didn't care at all, he just flipped through the account book he just found and praised it.
"The An family is really rich! So much food!"
According to the account book, there were 155,000 dan of rice and 18,000 dan of corn in the warehouse, which made Yang Qingyuan unable to stop smiling.
These 173,000 shi of grain plus the remaining 200,000 shi of grain in the Yongji warehouse are enough to support Jizhou for a period of time.
Coupled with Yang Qingyuan's follow-up plan, even if the food from Jiangnan is not delivered in time, the crisis in Jizhou can be resolved.
Yang Qingyuan was cheerful, but Ji Yaohua beside him was worried. After confirming that there was no one around, he asked in a low voice.
"Sir, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to directly seal up the An family's granary without any evidence! I've heard that the An family has a very good relationship with the Confucian scholar and several senior officials in the court, and even has contact with the King of Chu!
If your Excellency behaves like this, someone in the imperial court may raise an issue and impeach you."
At this time, Ji Yaohua was already looking at the problem from Yang Qingyuan's perspective and worried about Yang Qingyuan.
Yang Qingyuan smiled when he heard this, "Although Miss Yao is smart, she still doesn't understand the affairs of the court!"
Ji Yaohua looked at Yang Qingyuan with questions in her beautiful eyes.
"Now, I am ordered to investigate the case, and I have exclusive authority over the granary case! That's why I dare to seize the Caogang gang so unscrupulously, without any fear of the noble princes behind him. Do you think these things are just what I want to do?
?!"
Yang Qingyuan didn't wait for Ji Yaohua's answer before he replied, "This is what Your Majesty wants to do, but it is not convenient for you! Originally, the granary was sealed without any reason, and I would indeed be impeached by the government! But these are extraordinary times! Your Majesty is not worried about the granary at all.
Can the case be solved, or who is behind it!? These are all secondary. What His Majesty wants most now is a result, which is to recover the food and stabilize the people of Jizhou!"
Ji Yaohua looked at the warehouse full of food in front of her and understood!
"So these grains are not evidence of your arrogance or abuse of power, but your talisman!"
Yang Qingyuan's eyebrows twitched slightly. The meaning of his words is correct, but should we be more careful with our words? Who acted wantonly? Who abused his power?!
I, Yang Qingyuan, have always abided by the law, strictly abided by the case-handling procedures, and insisted on carrying out the case-handling work in a standardized and orderly manner.
Ji Yaohua’s political consciousness needs to be improved!!