At the city gate, Zhao Yanxun returned with Zhang Meng and his party.
There are few pedestrians on the long street, and most people work outside the city. Even those inside the city are engaged in production in various workshops.
Everything was still so peaceful, which made Zhao Yanxun feel like he was home.
And the news of his return to the city spread into the city as quickly as possible.
In a warehouse in the north of the city, Wang Baokun stood at the door of the warehouse wearing armor, watching his soldiers carry goods.
After going to Lao Zheng's house yesterday, he still took over the escort task.
In order to ensure the safety of the escort mission, Wang Baokun also brought along Li Lin's subordinates, expanding the original escort team of more than 30 people to more than 40 people.
What was being escorted this time was food. Seeing the soldiers carrying it, Wang Baokun felt extremely anxious.
He just wanted to load up the food quickly and leave the city as soon as possible.
As long as you leave the city, the sea will be wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky will be high enough for birds to fly.
On the other side, as soon as Zhao Yanxun returned to the palace, he was blocked by two chief ministers outside Yong'an Gate.
"Your Majesty, the court reported that someone in the military may have committed the crime, but the Privy Council has repeatedly obstructed the handling of the case. Please make a decision, Your Majesty!"
It was Cheng Wenguang who said this, and Zhou Chengping was pulled by him so that he could speak on behalf of Chang Shisi.
Cheng Wenguang was managing both the Dianguang Office and the Treasury Office, so he naturally didn't want anything to happen to these two offices.
In order to clear the grievances of his subordinates, Cheng Wenguang felt that it was necessary to investigate the troops who were also suspected.
Zhao Yanxun did not express his position, but said calmly: "Let's talk after we go in!"
Zhao Yanxun would not easily express his opinion before he understood the situation, so he did not discuss it.
Soon, he brought Cheng Wenguang and two others to Jinshen Hall.
The two ministers were led to the west wing to wait, and Zhao Yanxun himself came to the bedroom, which was also where he changed clothes.
At this moment, Huo An was waiting beside him, and Zhao Yanxun was being served by the little eunuch, taking off his heavy armor.
"What's the progress on Lin Quan's case regarding the food shortage?" Zhao Yanxun asked in a deep voice.
This matter has caused quite a stir, and Huo An naturally knows a lot of inside information.
"Reporting to the prince, Lin Quanhe and the Inquisition Office followed the Jiayou Team and found Su Liangcai, the junior officer in charge of the team!"
"Su Liangcai was interrogated immediately, and the receipt signed by him was found in the Duanbu Office. The receipt stated that he had signed for thirty shi of grain!"
"Thirty dan of grain is enough to feed the people of the Jiayou team, but... we didn't receive thirty shi at that time because the people of the Jiayou team didn't have enough to eat at all!"
Just hearing this, Zhao Yanxun discovered the key to the problem, so he asked: "Why did he sign if he didn't have thirty shi of grain?"
"Su Liangcai said that what he signed at that time was fifteen dan, so he said... it was the people who transported food in the army who were doing it!"
Speaking of this, Huo An also knew that the matter was of great importance, so he became more cautious and said: "Both the trial office and Lin Quan wanted to investigate in the army, but they were stopped by the two cardinals!"
"The two cardinals said that the army is a weapon of the royal palace and cannot be used without the king's order..."
Zhao Yanxun quite agrees with this. The military is fundamentally different from other government agencies, and indeed not everyone can investigate without permission.
Today, people in the army can be mobilized to investigate cases. In the future, will they be able to find excuses to depose generals and even gain access to military power?
It is indeed very necessary to prevent the slightest change.
"Lin Quan and the others didn't do anything after being stopped?" Zhao Yanxun raised his head. At this moment, the eunuchs were already changing him into regular clothes.
"The officer who escorted the Jiayou team's food could only be traced to the Baihu level, so the trial office and Lin Quan sent people to the homes of Wu Baihu and his subordinate Xiaoqi to question him!"
"Send someone to the house to ask questions? If someone in the army really committed the crime, wouldn't this be just a warning?"
It was difficult for Huo An to answer this. After all, there was no other way to go to the house to ask questions.
"Then they haven't continued to investigate these days?"
"We are checking the account books of the registry office and the treasury office. The trial office has been looking for loopholes."
At this moment, Zhao Yanxun had already changed into his robe, and he was seen changing into a blue-gray robe, and then walked straight out of the bedroom.
Huo An immediately led people to follow him, only to hear Zhao Yanxun ask again: "Where is Lin Quan? Find him!"
"As you command!"
“All the officers who escorted the Jiayou Corps’ food supply are in the city now?”
"It's their turn to take a break these days, so they're all here!"
"Then send an order to the Privy Council to summon all these people to the palace grounds and ask Su Liangcai to identify who is holding the grain!"
"As you command!"
After receiving the order, Huo An immediately arranged for two young eunuchs to deliver the order, and he accompanied Zhao Yanxun all the way to the west side hall.
When I came to the west side hall, I saw two ministers in the hall, hunched over, waiting for Zhao Yanxun to come back.
"Your Highness..."
Before Cheng Wenguang could speak, Zhao Yanxun said: "I have ordered the Privy Council to summon the hundred households that transported grain that day, as well as the general flags and small flags under him, to the palace grounds. You can have Su Liangcai come and identify them in a moment!"
Hearing this, Cheng Wenguang undoubtedly felt a lot more at ease.
"Then... let the people from the trial office bring Su Liangcai over now?"
Zhao Yanxun nodded, and Cheng Wenguang glanced at Zhou Chengping. The meaning couldn't be clearer.
"I will make arrangements now!"
Seeing Zhou Chengping leave, Cheng Wenguang felt relieved, it was finally time for the truth to come out.
In the past ten days, Cheng Wenguang has been under tremendous pressure, but he still chose to believe in his subordinates.
During this break, Zhao Yanxun did not intend to be idle, so he asked Cheng Wenguang about the recent situation in the Heavenly King's Mansion.
Besides, Zhou Chengping was about to go to the government district besides Yong'an Gate, but he bumped into Cai Xinghai, the chief judge.
"Sir, Lin Quan took Su Liangcai away from the prison!"
Cai Xinghai's first sentence shocked Zhou Chengping. Now the prince really wants to interrogate this person!
"Why did he take the person away? And where did he take the person?"
"It is said that this person was brought to identify people in the army. His humble position was not in the yamen at the time, so the details are not clear!"
Zhou Chengping's face darkened, and he was even more dissatisfied with the eunuch in his heart.
"Send someone to look for him immediately and bring him outside Jinshen Palace. The sooner the better!"
"Yes... I'm here to go to my humble position!"
When Cai Xinghai turned around and left, Zhou Chengping immediately turned around and returned. He wanted to inform Zhao Yanxun of the situation.
Let's talk about Lin Quan. At this moment, he led people to escort Su Liangcai all the way to the home of Wu Chun, a hundred households.
"Eunuch Lin, why are you here?" Wu Chun greeted him.
"Since you haven't found out who escorted the Jiayou team's food and grass, we will give you a witness to identify him!"
This large-scale transportation of grain and grass is all handled by one hundred households, and all grain and grass orders are distributed by him.
But in the past month or so, there have been too many grains and fodder transported in large and small batches.
Moreover, the transportation was so confusing that he couldn't tell who was escorting the food of the Jiayou team, and the general banners and subordinates below could not remember either.
"This... I'm afraid it's against the rules!" Wu Chun's face was confused.
Unexpectedly, Lin Quan took out the golden order and said: "This is the prince's golden order, as if the prince is here in person..."
