Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 287
At the same time, Jiang Tian also led a group of followers, and rode his horse to the third square on Jinguangmen South Street, in front of Jingzhao Mansion where Deguangfang on the east side of West Market is located.And the front gate of Jingzhao Mansion archway has already been opened, and more than a dozen officials in Tsing Yi welcome here.

In a sense, since Jiang Tian came to this world, he seems to have a natural incompatibility with the Jingzhao Mansion, so that every time the Jingzhao Mansion has a relationship with him, the benefits are not much, but the trouble is It made a mess; therefore, there are not a few unlucky officials.

Therefore, after several times of tossing and tossing down, even if they are lucky enough to pass the test and retain various officials, they will inevitably change their faces when they hear about it; they even regard any opportunity to have relations and negotiations with them as a fearful way like a scourge.But helplessness is bound to make people strong.

Now he is a member of Xiantai with a slight influence, and he has obtained the "Xiecha Jingshi Inside and Outside" certificate (permission letter) issued by Yushitai Academy and endorsed by Shangshu Sheng.Therefore, no matter how disgusted and taboo they are, they have to pinch their noses and recommend an unlucky ghost who is responsible for the handover.

Otherwise, those few new appointments who can't wait for the new appointments, the Shangguan who suffered a sudden illness and recuperated at home, of course have no direct problems; Impeachment for accountability; easy scapegoating.

Therefore, in the midst of silent voices, sideways glances, peeping from behind the gaps in doors and windows; Jiang Tian and his party, led by a few sweaty senior officials who dare not speak loudly, passed through the whole area without any waves. Everywhere is quiet, like a ghostly courtyard and porch.

Until the moment when their figures completely disappeared in another building complex, the halls and courtyards where only the cicadas chirped were left in the dead silence; noise and hustle and bustle.Others sneaked behind them.

But they are busy inquiring and discussing.Now this God of Plague, Huo Tai Sui, who has been vaguely proclaimed, suddenly came to Jingzhao Mansion for some reason; and which officials and officials of the department and yamen class have been caught with corresponding handles and problems, and they will fall because of this Bad luck.

It wasn't until someone initially sent back and confirmed the news that the other party went directly to the inner room; the vast majority of people who had nothing to do with it couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.After all, compared to the dozens of large and small departments in the Jingzhao Mansion, the internal document room that is in charge of old archives is really nothing.

Speaking of Jingzhao Mansion, after a long period of operation in Taiping, it is natural that all kinds of ailments and long-standing malpractices have accumulated; it can be said that most of the departments and offices are not immune.It's not that there is no censor in power, and he has come to inspect and check as usual.

However, the internal office does not have enough oil and water allocated by the public and children, nor does it have the natural income and rules of layman's authority in each office under the government; even the current official documents and confidential files that are time-sensitive are not included in its jurisdiction.Therefore, it is simply the "dislike cold" in "dislike cold".

There is no need to worry about being found out about any decent fraud; after all, it is a backup of old files and documents preserved in accordance with the court regulations; I am afraid that it is not a matter of several or even more than ten generations ago, even if it is used to overturn the case It is also not involved, the existing employees of Jingzhao Mansion.

It can be said that apart from a pile of things that have been accumulated over the past dynasties and can barely be used to sell waste paper, there are really no disadvantages.Therefore, after losing the imminent personal threat and powerful connections, most people quickly returned to normal, as if no one had ever been there.

At the same time, Jiang Tian was in the depths of the second half of the huge building complex in Jingzhao Mansion, instigating and leading a group of officials who were forced to come to assist, and they were rummaging through several large storage rooms belonging to the Neijifang. It is full of dust and musty smell accumulated over the years, and the pile of old papers that bookworms crawl around is startled.

As files, bookkeeping, and booklets are continuously moved out from the shelves and cabinets marked with seals and indexes; amidst the dust, occasionally there will be binding lines and seals of corresponding documents, which will suddenly break Open, scattered on the ground like snowflakes, obviously poorly preserved.

And the face of the goatee old man who took the lead in the search also became more humble and miserable; however, Jiang Tian did not hold them accountable for this, or took the opportunity to reprimand them.Instead, he took the initiative to pay someone, bought some fruit snacks and cold drinks, and came back as a condolence.

Of course, Jiang Tian is not aimless.This time it is a new task from the government; it is to preside over and coordinate the search of those underground ditches in Chang'an City that have been used for many years.

From this, he can justifiably call and check the layout of Chang'an City's past above-ground buildings and underground structures; in order to complete a long-standing miss.It will not specifically arouse the suspicion and vigilance of the suspected black hand behind the scenes who are still lurking in the dark after many years.

Of course, compared to Chang'an County and Wannian County, which are more slack and have been infiltrated into a sieve by vigorous social organizations; if you want to buy and manipulate Jingzhao Mansion, the price will undoubtedly be higher and more troublesome. , so there may also be omissions.

After all, the Jingzhao Mansion is under the eyes of the central government, theoretically directly responsible to the Zhengshitang, and is the most highly allocated local government office in the world.If the black hand behind the scenes had the ability to directly manipulate the government, then there would be no need to spend a lot of trouble to send out those suspected accomplices.

According to the imperial court's regulations, the local government needs to make 4 copies of important files such as household registration, taxes, labor, and criminal names; the counties, prefectures/governments, and roads/roads are reported step by step, and the corresponding departments of the central government.Therefore, the patterns of the above-ground buildings and underground structures in Chang'an's past dynasties also have their own records.

What Jiang Tian is looking for is the cross-comparison of the old and new patterns produced during the repair, dredging and dredging process between several years; he thinks to find the side details that may be missed and ignored by people.However, this is obviously a rather cumbersome process.

After all, Chang'an City is a huge city and metropolis with a population of one million. With the flow and convergence of people like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, there are corresponding derivations and changes almost every year, and dynamic development and evolution exist everywhere.Even if the time and scope are reduced, it is still cumbersome.

The relevant drawings and case files that were cleared out in the end piled up into a hill as high as a person.Just when Jiang Tian was about to lose patience and planned to use his own temporary expediency to pack and transport it back to the underground government office, thinking that he would sort it out slowly, the old official with a goatee suddenly made a suggestion.

He can recommend a person to find out what Jiang Tian needs on the spot; however, because the other party's identity and qualifications are not enough, he needs a guarantee from an official and pays a certain amount of money.Jiang Tian couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words, he didn't expect him to dare to negotiate terms with himself.

But then he calmly took out a fifty min bill, together with a body badge and a short knife, and put it in front of him; the problem that can be solved with money is never a big problem.But if the problem can't be solved, that doesn't prevent Jiang Tian from solving him first.

Immediately, the old official with a goatee hesitated for a moment, then put away the money ticket unceremoniously; and walked out with his identity card accompanied by others.After about half a minute, he brought back a young man with fluff on the corner of his mouth, who looked quite childish and shy.

"This is the eldest grandson of the servant, and the only child in the family." The old man with goatee quickly introduced again: "I have brought it here since I was a child, helping the servants grow up, so I am more familiar with the furnishings, storage, sending and receiving inside than my old body..."

"If it happens to be beneficial to the Shangguan, the old man will not dare to ask for these rewards." The goatee old man turned to Jiang Tian and mourned: "I just hope that when the yamen asks, the Shangguan can mention it for him. In a word, it is still a talent for quality inspection, so I will be grateful in this life."

"Awong, what's the point of this, in fact, I can make a living by copying books and orthography for others..." Speaking of this, the childish and shy young man forced a smile and said: "There is no need for Aweng to spend so much money. Zhou Zhang's plans and pursuits for me..."

"Shut up, how can you marry a wife and have children and carry on the family line if you only rely on copying books and correct characters for your livelihood?" However, the goatee old man shouted: "What will I do when I die? I'm just a worthless person." Old bookworm, I don’t even have the money for you to go to official school; if you can’t take advantage of this old face, and take this job in the inner office, I’m afraid that the only place to hide in the future will be lost.”

"That's enough, don't talk about other gossips." However, Jiang Tian was a little impatient, interrupting the bloody drama of the grandparents and grandsons: "If you can really quickly find out what I want in this pair of copybooks. Even if you have no place to settle down in the future, I can still consider rewarding you with food."

"...Thank you, Shangguan, thank you, Shangguan." The goatee old official was stunned when he heard the words, and then he was overjoyed and thanked the young man together: "Grandson, we have met a noble person. This is Xiantai Your noble officer..."

Afterwards, the old and the young plunged into the pile of files again, and disappeared among the dust and ashes; about half an hour later, with the help of the young man, he was holding his hand with a disheveled face and red eyes. Looking at a few case files, he staggered and coughed, "...Fortunately, I lived up to the entrustment..."

Afterwards, several large sheets of mottled, yellowed and brittle, with traces of moth-eaten rat bites, but still barely visible, were carefully spread out in front of Jiang Tian one by one.But it is a construction plan that includes many different yamen, and it is drawn with translucent Chengtang paper.

Among them, the embossing and joint signatures include the Department of Construction and Repair of Ouchi Gongtai Province, the Supervision Office of Zongzheng Temple, Cheng Wulang of the Ministry of Industry Division under the Ministry of Industry, the Craftsman Bureau of Shaofu Temple, and the general At the envoy's office of a master craftsman, there is even a signature of the royal family order somewhere.They are all recorded in Jingzhao Mansion.

And when some of the areas traced by these Chengtang papers were finally overlapped together; following the progress prompts that suddenly popped up in the field of vision, Jiang Tian finally saw some clues.All the nuances on these rubbings point to a person.

More than 20 years ago, Peng Wenju, one of the persons in charge of the dredging and cleaning project of Yujie, was exiled from Beijing because of the incident of Yugou collapse and wounding; Bei Gao Wentai is the same group of people who were demoted and released from Beijing.

However, this time, through the underground layout and composition map obtained, Jiang Tian still grasped a little bit of Peng Wenju, which involved the tail of the events of the year.

(End of this chapter)