Cheng Wenguang was sitting in the duty room in the Changshi Division, waiting for the person he had summoned to arrive.
He had been waiting for a full two-quarters of an hour. Just when Cheng Wenguang was feeling impatient, there was a knock on the door outside the duty room.
"who?"
"Sir, it's me!"
"Come in!"
The door to the check-in room was pushed open, and the warehouse manager, Masahiro Masahiro, walked in from outside the room.
"Sir, on the way here just now, the people from the trial office hurried out. What big thing happened?" Ding Yan found a chair and sat down by himself.
As an official of the Longyou Clan, Ding Yan acted much more casually with his old boss Cheng Wenguang.
"Go and close the door!"
Ding Yan was slightly startled when he heard this, then stood up and walked to the door, closing the door directly.
When Ding Yan turned around, he heard Cheng Wenguang ask: "The people in the trial office are from your warehouse!"
Ding Yan was shocked and immediately asked: "Sir, what happened?"
"Ding Yan, tell me honestly, have you ever tampered with food?" Cheng Wenguang asked with a gloomy face.
Hearing this, Ding Yan was completely stunned. How could he think of this?
"Sir, how could you do such a thing in a humble position? This is not the way to seek death!"
Speaking of this, Ding Yan said in a solemn tone: "Learning from the past, how can we repeat the same mistakes in a humble position?"
Last year, due to a shortage of food, a major case broke out within the palace, involving more than a dozen officials.
The final result was that more than a dozen officials were beheaded, and the former treasurer, Yu Changhui, was dismissed from office.
It was precisely because of this incident that the position of Treasury Manager was vacant, and Ding Yan had the opportunity to take over.
Cheng Wenguang then asked: "You are not greedy, are the people below greedy?"
Ding Yan wanted to speak, but in the end he swallowed his words. People's hearts are the most unpredictable, and he did not dare to give guarantees to the people below.
"There are dozens of warehouses in the warehouse, and there are at least 200 officials under you. Are these people greedy or not?"
Speaking of this, Cheng Wenguang said sadly: "His Highness summoned me today and he is extremely angry about this matter. When you go back, you should conduct a thorough investigation. You must personally inspect every granary and find the gaps for me!"
All grain imports and exports are registered. If someone embezzles grain, the clues can be found in the accounts, but this is a very big project.
"Yes, after I return from my humble job, I will go and check it myself!"
"But I thought that the adults at the registry office would also ask, maybe there is something fishy on their side!"
Ding Yan knew the temperaments of his rival ambassadors, so he didn't think it was these people who had the problem.
If there wasn't a problem on his side, it could only be a problem with the Dian Shu.
Cheng Wenguang nodded and said: "Wu Hong is already here!"
So Ding Yan bowed and said: "I will resign from my humble position!"
"Go for it!"
When Ding Yan was on his way back, in the registry office on the other side, Wu Hong himself was sitting in the lobby with a serious expression.
His life was originally very comfortable, but after listening to Cheng Wenguang's questions, Wu Hong's heart fell to the bottom.
Of course he is not greedy. After all, he almost failed last year. How dare he play with fire again this year?
At this time, Wu Hong and Ding Yan were in the same mood. He really couldn't understand how someone could be so stupid and dare to tamper with food.
Wu Hong was thinking, and there were more than 20 officials in the lobby, and everyone in the register office was already here.
Outside the lobby, a large number of officers were busy. These were all people sent by the trial office.
In the warehouse of the bookkeeping office, there are more than a dozen large boxes, all of which contain account books.
These account books are divided into categories, including weapons, armor and other equipment, as well as food and other items.
Regarding the grain account books, there are five alleys in total. The warehouse management office has another set of these things, which can be used to confirm each other.
"All the account books related to grain are sealed and no one is allowed to open them without my order!"
"As you command!"
The former chief judge, Wang Zhengjun, has been promoted to the prefect of Yuanyang. The current chief judge is named Cai Xinghai.
Cai Xinghai was able to be promoted to this position by Zhao Yanxun because of his upright character.
As a supervisory force of the royal palace, Cai Xinghai became excited when a case of food embezzlement occurred.
He was idle a lot of the time, and some small cases could be handled by others. It was rare for him to encounter such a case.
After handling the matters in the warehouse, Cai Xinghai walked towards the lobby of the registry office.
Before he even arrived, Cai Xinghai heard buzzing discussions in the lobby.
When everyone noticed his arrival, everyone's talking stopped.
Cai Xinghai had just stepped through the gate when he heard Wu Hong say: "Old Cai, why do you need to mobilize troops like this and send so many troops here!"
Wu Hong wanted to get close to him, but Cai Xinghai didn't give him a chance.
"Master Wu, you have already met Master Cheng, and you must already know what is going on!"
Speaking of this, Cai Xinghai glanced at everyone present and said: "You are all decent people, and you know who committed the crime yourself!"
"His Highness has already said that those who take the initiative to confess can be given a lighter punishment, and those who deliberately conceal it will be severely punished!"
Everyone was confused when they heard this, and Wu Hong hadn't told them what happened yet.
Under the questioning gaze of everyone, Wu Hong slowly said: "Everyone, there is a shortage of food shipped out of the city. Who is corrupt... Now tell the truth!"
There are people who are greedy for food. Isn't this because they have eaten the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's courage? The graves of those who died for this matter last year should be dead.
At this time, Cai Xinghai said coldly: "If you tell me now, you can be given a lighter punishment!"
There was still silence in the lobby, and no one came out to accept the crime.
Cai Xinghai said with a dark face: "If no one admits it, then everyone can only stay here and wait until the matter is found out before they can leave!"
At this time, someone asked: "Master Cai, isn't the registry office closed?"
Cai Xinghai asked: "Will I disrupt your work? It's just that everyone is not allowed to leave!"
The person who spoke turned to Wu Hong, cupped his fists and said, "Sir, they are like this..."
Before the man could finish what he said, Wu Hong said, "Master Cai is right, the most important thing right now is to clear our record office's name!"
"If you all behave and sit upright, why should you be afraid of them investigating the case? Just do whatever you have to do. It's just that you won't be able to get out of the registry office!"
Wu Hongdu had nothing to say, and the others had nothing to say.
After a while, tables were set up in the lobby, and everyone would be doing errands here to facilitate the supervision of the people in the trial office.
After a while, more than a dozen accountants were sent over. Their task was to check the accounts.
Cai Xinghai himself, however, did not stay at the Dian Book Office for long. He had to rush to the Treasury Office immediately.
At this time, the warehouse management office has also been controlled by the officers of the trial office, and Ding Yan himself was also placed under house arrest in the lobby after returning.
Seeing the court's posture, Ding Yan realized that the matter was more serious than he imagined.
So what exactly is the problem, and which person is the problem?
So Ding Yan mentally began to investigate the character of his subordinates, trying to find clues from them.