Jiang Tian didn't expect that when he went out at night, he would encounter a big fish, a fish that had escaped from the Penal Department Prison. What was even more surprising was that this big fish was one of the former Yunmeng thief's top brass.
1. The person in charge of the external relations and the stolen goods sale network (see Chapter 173 for details).
Therefore, the next morning, the long-awaited drums sounded in the main hall of Jiangling Mansion. However, amidst the reverberation of the drums inside and outside, those who appeared outside the main hall were not the traditional soap-clad classes or the white-clad gentlemen.
; but a soldier with a spear and a halberd at the end of the wing, and a green flag with a green cover.
And sitting in the main hall in front of the giant Arashi Mountain Tiger Roaring Picture, it is not Jiangling Shaoyin who rarely asks questions in public. Instead, he is wearing a full set of light crimson official robes and a cross-winged black gauze headdress, a crimson fish bag, and a crotch belt.
Jiang Tian himself and Pang Xun, his assistant and deputy, were all dressed up and wearing big horses and golden swords, sitting at the side.
On the opposite side, there was Zhong Sunji, the supervisory censor of Jingnan Road, who was wearing a royal crown (Xiezhi crown) and azure silk robe. He frowned and said in a low voice with a worried expression:
"I, shouldn't you avoid suspicion now? Why do you want to involve me again..."
"Don't you, Zhong Xundao, don't want to know who created the opportunity to secretly replace your subordinates with monsters?" Jiang Dan asked confidently: "I was patrolling outside the embankment yesterday, and I happened to encounter a group of people who were seized.
The thieves gathered in Shuidang and discovered something because of this."
"What!" Zhong Sunji couldn't help but said in shock, but he couldn't help but break a beard.
"Bring it up!" Pang Xun waved his hands and said: Immediately, he saw several sergeants in feather helmets. From the side, an eunuch with his hands tied behind his back, a fair-faced and beardless man, who was described as wealthy, strode to the front of the hall and pressed him on the ground.
, then said: "Liji, deputy envoy of Jiangling Prefecture's Xingyuan, has been ordered to capture it."
"Jiang is asking for arrest! Zhong Xundao! The Zajia family has never had any grudge against you. I don't know when I offended Shangxian, and why you deliberately planned to trap me..." Then he saw him struggling on the ground and screaming: "Isn't it true?
I think that once I have the power, I can do whatever I want.”
"No, no... I just want you to explain it in person;" Jiang Tian just waved his hand lightly: "You personally went to the villa outside the city on April 5th, May 16th and 21st this year.
, the reason why I met with the Yunmeng thief’s gang members and received a large amount of money?”
"Also, you privately invited Zhong Xundao many times to have a banquet at the house where he was affiliated with the Disciplinary Council; and then you threatened your drunken and promiscuous concubine to accompany you, and asked her to inform you of the inside story, but to no avail; you then tried to attract strangers
The specific process of mutilating them and replacing their identities.”
"How is this possible! This is a false accusation, this is a frame-up." Upon hearing these words, Li Ji, the deputy envoy of Xingyuan, reacted fiercely. He turned to Zhong Sunji, who was sullen beside him and shouted: "Zhong Xundao
, is it possible that you also believe this kind of groundless slander!"
"About this, you don't have to worry too much." Pang Xun, who was standing by, said suddenly and quietly: "A certain person has asked someone to dig deep into the villa under your name, and not only did they find a secret room where thieves and stolen goods are hidden,
, and the remains found in the dog’s den were sufficient to prove Ji Xieli’s identity.”
"What a coward! I swear I won't stand up to you." At this moment, Zhong Sunji shouted angrily, and then turned to Jiang Fang and begged: "Please look at the origins of the same Xantai, don't do it."
If you are merciful and ruthless, you must dig out all the connections behind this thief."
Jiang Tian nodded slightly to him and said to himself that he had succeeded in getting the supervisory censor of the Tao to temporarily stand on his side so that he could witness and assist in what was going to happen next. Liji, the deputy envoy of Xingyuan who was temporarily speechless and paralyzed,
After being taken down, more than a dozen people were escorted to the hall one after another.
In the face of the evidence and confessions that were raided and confiscated overnight, they also showed different reactions and moods; some made eloquent excuses on the spot, some cried and explained that the people around them had been deceived and deceived, and some
The others were kowtowing and begging for mercy...
The identities of the individuals involved in the case are also from multiple government offices throughout the city; from the supervisors responsible for the waterways outside the embankment and the port city, to the Hucao Army affiliated to Jiangling Prefecture; and even the Caoying generals of the Transportation Department...
People's feeling is that Jiangling Mansion seems to be in complete ruin.
Then, after the follow-up investigation spread from these people, Jiang Tian was handed over to Zhong Sunji. After all, he was the supervisory censor who specialized in patrolling prefectures and counties, so it was justifiable to change his name to do this kind of thing. Regardless of his previous oversight.
No matter how lazy you are, there must be a result on this matter.
And Jiang Tian's duty when he was ordered to go south was to arrest the envoy; not to turn around to clarify the officialdom. In other words, this cannot be reversed and changed quickly; but there is such a reason and handle, which is enough to spur the whole Jiangling Mansion to let others
People will not continue to be sluggish or lagging behind.
After digging out the sources of these leaks and delays, Jiang Tian was able to integrate most of the manpower and material resources inside and outside Jiangling Mansion to prepare for the suppression of the Yunmeng thieves; and under this general trend, the five surrounding areas of Yunmeng Daze
The governor of the state also sent people to Jiangling City one after another.
However, Jiang Tian did not expect these local soldiers and horses from prefectures and counties to be of much use in the battle. As for their requirements, in addition to providing designated supplies and civilians, they also concentrated their efforts to strictly guard the state borders and were not allowed to send troops and troops without authorization.
Take other rash measures.
After all, there are many passages into Yunmeng Daze, which are mainly divided into nine points and thirteen entrances. The nine points are: Cai point, Yanglin point, Song point, Tiaoxian point, Zhangbu point, Hao point, Xiaoyue point, Li point
She point, Chipeo point; Thirteen points: Hudukou, Youhekou, Liuzikou, Luoyankou, etc...
Even if they cannot all be blocked, as long as these places block a few of the waterways that facilitate the passage of a large number of people and materials, then the most basic purpose will be achieved. However, on the sixth day after Jiang Tian arrived in Jiangling, he once again
I received good news and bad news.
The bad news this time is that Qianjiang County in Fuzhou, northeast of Yunmeng Ze, and several other garrison towns, including the local Yutan Town, were captured by Yunmeng thieves who advanced both by land and water. The good news is that
Yes, the equipment he requested before setting off was finally collected and delivered.
However, along with these specially requested materials and specially customized equipment, there were also official documents from the imperial center urging troops to solve or quell the Yunmeng bandit problem as soon as possible; because of the common autumn harvest season in the south, there were also official documents collected by the imperial court.
The autumn tax plan is coming soon.
According to the private instructions of Prime Minister Liu Zhan, if the Jianghan-Jinghu waterway threatened by Yunmeng thieves cannot be cleared as soon as possible, it will probably affect the local grain tax settlement in Nanping, Qianzhong and Annan in the southwest.
Luck. Although, now is not the best time to send troops.