Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 492 This is a talent
The emperor is right, some things are not afraid of [-], just in case, if you want to be a qualified emperor, you have to use and guard against unsafe courtiers, no, after returning to the East Palace, Li Chengqian learned to use it On Daomen.

No matter whether they really paid attention to Li Zhi or not, it's always okay to defend against him. Anyway, there are plenty of people, so if you don't need it, you're idle!
The next day - Chengqing Hall, Tang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Wang Zhi, the left minister of the Ministry of Integrity and Government, bowed and stood there. The two of them came together today for no other reason than to invite the prince to hook up with a seventh-rank official. decided.

Both Tang Jian and Wang Zhi are old officials who are good at accidents. They haven't seen any kind of bird in the officialdom for many years. It is really a strange flower in the officialdom that a small seven-rank sesame official can make them so angry.Driven by curiosity, Li Chengqian opened the dossier. If you don't read it, you don't know it. It's really amazing to see it.

The inmate is called Zhang Xu, a seventh-rank official of the Ministry of Officials. He entered the first year of Zhenguan and served in Yongfengcang.Don't look at this kid who spends all day trying to test the hard work of five people and six people, but this big plan to make a fortune in private is not idle at all.

When he worked in Yongfeng Warehouse, this guy was in charge of collecting grain. Seeing so much grain coming and going every day, his heart and hands were itchy, and he couldn't hold it anymore after getting older.

So, this guy bought dozens of servants under him, made hands and feet on the bucket for collecting grain, and installed interlayers inside, so that about ten catties of grain can be leaked to the extra layer by just putting two feet up when it is used. Inside, and then use the excuse that the food is fluffy and less than a catty, so that the people can make up for it.

There are two official characters, how can the common people say that they are officials, even though they are not convinced, they endured the handover.In this way, Zhang Xu and his accomplices made a lot of money from such a small grain harvesting bucket. Because the single amount was small, and not everyone used this trick, they have not been discovered for a long time.

But there is an airtight wall in this world, as long as people build it, it will inevitably be exposed one day.Just last month, the only son of an servant under Liu Yi, the chief manager of Yongfeng Warehouse, married his mother-in-law. Because his family was a serious fifth-rank official, the betrothal gift was a bit more, a total of [-] guan. as much.

Of course, they meant to embarrass the servants, and their purpose was to make them retreat in spite of difficulties, but they never thought that such a small official Cao would actually spend so much money. Beat the gongs and drums to marry the girl.

It doesn't matter if you don't get married, once you get married, something will happen. Some people are living well, and naturally some people will be jealous. Seeing the servants and their family spend so much dowry, and they have such a decent wedding, the red-eyed relatives and friends turn around. A report letter was written in the copper box in front of the anti-corruption department.

That's right, you don't need to check to know that there is a problem. Even if their family has been eating imperial food since the eighth generation of their ancestors, and they don't eat or drink for generations, they still can't save this amount. Therefore, the source of this money must be wrong, not corruption. It is wrong.

After receiving the report, Wang Zhi, the left servant of the Ministry of Integrity, attached great importance to it. Under his personal trial, the guards confessed the whole story of the pickling activities that a group of guards and their superiors did on the grounds of fighting for food, which implicated them Zhang Xu, his former boss.

It turned out that after Zhang Xu was transferred to the Ministry of Officials, he was unwilling to cut off the way of earning money that he had managed for many years, so Tuo Menzi found a relationship and let his deputy Liu Yi take over his position, and continued to help him make a fortune with small fights.

If it weren't for this unexpected wedding, their wishful thinking would have to continue, and the people who were deceived would have to continue to swallow their anger. This is probably because of the tricks of good fortune!

But these are not the crux of the problem. The most difficult thing is to check the dirt. Zhang Xu is an extremely cunning guy. In order to get a lighter punishment, this kid is like squeezing toothpaste, and he revealed it to Wang Zhi and the officials handling the case.Seeing how difficult this guy is, Wang Zhi specially invited his boss Tang Jian to help, hoping that this guy can explain it quickly.

In this way, it took nearly twenty times before and after to get all the stolen money, and each time the location was different, and there were various ways to hide the money. Li Chengqian couldn't help admiring this guy's mind in his heart. Really flexible.

Tang Jian and Wang Zhi, who were being teased by Zhang Xu, were so angry that they felt that Chengqing Palace was playing the prince in front of the prince as soon as the case was closed.The two of them have been fighting geese all their lives, and today they let the geese peck their eyes. It would be strange if they didn't become angry from embarrassment.

"Have you seen it? This means that there are people beyond people and mountains beyond the sky. You are all old officials who are good at accidents in the officialdom. How about you, you will meet your opponent this time!"

After hearing the prince's sarcasm, Tang and Jian could only smile wryly. After being officials all their lives, when have they ever seen such slippery things? Didn't he borrow some manpower from the inner guard in the end, and there's nothing he can do to get this bastard grandson back.

"His Royal Highness, the old minister thinks that Zhang Xu and his accomplices should be executed according to the law, and they must not condone such officials who guard and steal themselves, so they come to His Highness to approve red, and use their heads to warn every official in the court."

Tang Jian's words are righteous and lingering. Although they are somewhat inconsistent with the rules, no one can find fault with them.Why do you say that, according to the law, except for treason and other heinous cases, corrupt officials like this are all waiting to be executed uniformly.

And this year's Autumn Judgment happened to have passed before the case was concluded, so it will wait until next year, and Zhang Xu's goal is just that, as long as he can save his life first, then the future will be easy to talk about.How could it be possible for a corrupt official like him not to leave a way out for himself? Didn’t you see that his way of hiding money is to use the three caves of the cunning rabbit to the extreme?
Of course Wang Zhi and Tang Jian understood such a simple truth, so they didn't intend to let this bastard's trick succeed. If they get Zhu Zhu's approval today, they will be sent to Dongshi tomorrow to see if they can be so arrogant.

"I said you two, you can do surgery, but your case was wrongly judged, so you can't kill people yet. Don't worry, listen to Gu slowly, Zhang Xu is right in what he said in the file, they did not embezzle public funds, but It is exploiting the people, and the food that should be sent to the treasury is not less than a catty.

According to Tang Law, if the name of the case is changed, it needs to be retried. Therefore, the criminals who have been identified must be re-examined and charged. In addition to the documents, you will have to work for a month.And after winter, for the sake of auspiciousness for the Shangyuan Festival, the court generally would not kill people with a knife. "

Well, Wang Zhi and his wife want to kill these corrupt officials, but at the same time they also follow the rules and regulations. Even if they don't want to, they have to follow the court's rules. This is the difference between a good official and a corrupt official. A country cannot break the rules just because of a little personal loyalty.

"Your Highness, the minister will wait for the trial to go back as soon as possible, and I will come back to you when the time comes." After speaking, Wang Zhi saluted, as if he wanted to pull Tang Jian back to deal with the bastard Zhang Xu.

No, after raising his hand to stop the two of them, Li Chengqian said with a light smile, "There's no rush, I'll bring Zhang Xu to Chengqing Hall tomorrow, Gu just wants to see what kind of person such a playful person is."
(End of this chapter)