A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 423 See you at the coffin

Huaiyu came directly to Yushitai after going down to court.

"Is there anyone sending gold today?"

"Well, I gave it again. Today it's 30 taels of gold, and there are [-] taels of gold collars. Three of them are on my case." Zhao Renben, the imperial servant in the palace, said helplessly.

On the first day, 20 taels will be given away, on the second day, 30 taels will be given away, and on the third day, [-] taels will be given.

"Do you know who sent it?"

"Well, it's been three days in a row, how can I not know."

Wu Huaiyu picked up the pen and paper and began to write the notice.

"Anyone who takes bribes must turn himself in within three days, and those who pass the day will meet each other in the coffin." Wu Huaiyu wrote this thick and stern notice in his face, signed and stamped it, and handed it to Zhao Renben, "Please Zhao Dianyu This notice is posted in Taichung."

"Give them another three days, and those who surrender within three days will be given a lighter punishment."

This notice is murderous.

After Zhang Renben left, Wu Huaiyu called Zhang Pu.

"I've seen the censor who governs the book."

"Zhang Shiyu sit down."

Wu Huaiyu looked at the person opposite, and said that this person was able to enter Yushitai because of Wu Huaiyu's merits. Before the emperor asked all the officials to recommend virtuous men, Zhang Pu and Zhang Xuansu were in Wu Huaiyu's recommendation list.

At that time, he was the governor of Jingcheng and joined the army. Li Shimin summoned him to the court to ask questions.

Among the four censors serving at the Yushitai, he is considered to be the oldest.

In the past, several censors such as Ma Zhou were transferred away one after another. For example, Ma Zhou was promoted to Shizhong and now moved to Zhongshusheren.

Both Wu Huaiyu and Xiao Yu and Gao Jifu planned to let Zhang Xuansu preside over the Taiwan Court. Knowing the affairs of the Taiwan Court, it can also be called the Taiduan. Now the Taiwan Court is mainly responsible for judicial interrogation.

Yushitai asked for the re-establishment of the East and West Prisons. After the East and West deferred and asked about the matter, the emperor had approved it, and the power was still quite strong.

"Your Majesty is very dissatisfied with Yushitai recently, and wants to rectify it in an all-round way. We are now ordered to rectify it, but just as soon as we started, we found that there are many problems with Yushitai, such as this financial problem. I don't understand why, there are still people blatantly offering bribes and not being investigated.
You are the head of the Zhitai Institute, let's conduct an internal self-examination first, "

Although Zhang Xuansu has only been in Yushitai for one year, he is known for being selfless, loyal, straightforward and dare to advise. Some people even call him Wei Zheng's second.

Of course, he came from a lower family background, just like Wu Huaiyu. This was an embarrassing experience that Zhang Xuansu could not get rid of. Of course Wu Huaiyu didn't care, but Zhang Xuansu cared about it just like people in this era.

It was not easy for Dou Jiande to go from a foreign official to Hucao in Jingcheng County. Dou Jiande broke through Jingcheng, and because he led the people to resist fiercely, he was going to be executed. Thousands of people in the city pleaded for him, and some people were even willing to die on his behalf. The sound is good and very popular.

Dou Jiande was very surprised when he heard that, he was just a mere county householder, this kind of county magistrate who was in charge of money and food was only a foreigner, this kind of person was often the most despised by the people for taking bribes, this person actually has such a good reputation? Dou Jiande So he not only released him personally, but also worshiped him as the official secretary and servant censor.

But Zhang Xuansu didn't accept it. He didn't accept Dou Jiande's appointment until he heard that Yang Guang had been killed in Jiangdu, and then he was appointed as the servant of Huangmen.During Dou Jiande's reign, he still put forward a lot of honest advice, which was also appreciated by Dou Jiande.

It's a pity that Dou Jiande was defeated by the Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Xuansu and others also joined the Tang Dynasty, but they were only awarded minor officials.

However, based on his experience in serving important positions such as Shu Yushi and Huangmen Shilang in Dou Jiande's dynasty, and he has done a good job, he is indeed very capable, but the platform has fallen.

Ability sometimes does not have much to do with origin.

Although he is only a censor of the sixth grade now, he often writes letters to the emperor and advises him face to face, which is highly appreciated by Li Shimin.

"Don't worry, Mr. Wu, I will investigate thoroughly."

Zhang Xuansu was born as a small official, and once served as the servant of the Huangmen. He knew very well the thoughts of the officials under him. No matter whether it was because of helplessness or because everyone was like this, he always couldn't get used to it.When he was a householder in Jingcheng County, others were busy trying to find ways to make money, but he was the only one who was serious about his work and even upheld justice for the people.

"It is true that Taili has to rectify a long time ago."

Zhang Xuansu has just come to Yushitai for a year, and he has discovered many problems, but he was not responsible for those before, and such as public money, etc. are also related to all Taichung officials. He also reported to Shangguan and even the emperor, but there was no response. , and let it go.

Now that the officer Wu Huaiyu wants to personally investigate and deal with this matter, he is of course willing to play the forward role.

Auditors seconded by the Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs came in to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the accounts over the years. These are the most professional audit experts.

In three days, Yushitai's account was checked to the bottom.

There are many accounts, but it is not difficult to check.

Especially those people who did the accounts before did not expect to be investigated.

In the hands of these professional scribes, all the problems have been checked out.

Wu Huaiyu also got another report from An Yuanshou. This report was not about the accounts, but about the officials at Yushitai, especially the scribes Lingshi and so on.

There are officials in the iron-clad yamen, but many officials remain unchanged.

Especially for those non-staff personnel who do not have a formal staff, ninety-nine percent of these people have no room for advancement anyway, that is, they just make a living. Of course, wearing the skin of Yu Shitai's non-staff personnel can immediately give them a bit of prestige, which is much more convenient of.

Even in these years, some non-staff personnel have made much more money through lending, purchasing, rent collection and other affairs than the salaries of the six or seven or eight rank censors like Yushitai.

Six Doors does not check the accounts, but directly checks people, investigates their families and property conditions, and finds out all the details. Some things may not go to the account, but the money obtained will always flow into the pocket in the end, it is impossible donated to the temple.

When the two reports are combined, those people are as clear as crabs on the beach after the tide is cleared.

Based on these, Wu Huaiyu can do it directly.

But he still gave those people a chance, hoping that they would voluntarily turn themselves in, and even said that as long as those people wipe their butts clean and return all the money embezzled in the affairs they have handled over the years, then they can be punished lightly, and they will not be held accountable after they are cleared. other.

It's a pity that Wu Huaiyu's kindness is considered weak by some people.

Some people even gathered openly and privately, shouting that the law does not punish the public, and these subordinates wanted to form a group to fight.

Some people even purposely made bad debts of the company capital in their hands during these three days and lent it to a businessman, and then the businessman disappeared. In fact, the businessman only exists in his account books, and there is no such person , All the procedures for drawing guarantees and so on are all fake.

Committing crimes against the wind, deliberately floating the public money to avoid corruption.

Three days later, when Zhang Xuansu sent someone to take him back to the prison for interrogation, he actually asked his family to carry the coffin and follow him to the gate of the prison.

The clamoring madness shocked the Taichung officials who were paying attention secretly.

"How dare a money-catching Lingshi be so arrogant?"

Even Xiao Yu, the doctor of the censor, rushed back to Yushi Taichung from the Zhengshitang in Menxia Province after hearing about it.

Gao Feng also asked, "What kind of credentials does this person have?"

To put it bluntly, how dare a person with no status dare to do this?
"It's really something to rely on," Huaiyu smiled, and he took out a file, which was the one who caught Qian Lingshi.

"This man is Pang Xiangshou's nephew,"

"But Pang Xiangshou, governor of Puzhou?"

"It is this man."

Hearing it was him, Xiao Yu frowned.

Pang Xiangshou is an old member of the Qin Palace. Like Qiu Xinggong and his brothers, he was once Li Shimin's confidant Yuan Cong. He even saved Li Shimin's life on the battlefield. The emperor's trusted confidant.

Gao Fengdao, "I heard that Pang Xiangshou is very greedy for money and likes to accept bribes and gifts."

Pang Yongye is the son of elder brother Pang Xiangshou. His father also joined the Tang army in his early years, but he died early. Pang Yongye was his concubine. Other tasks can also make money.

This guy is very bold. In name, he only seizes [-] guan of public money, but in fact, this guy collects private funds everywhere, and then lends money in the name of Yushitai public money, and even the interest paid is higher than the stipulated amount. high.

As soon as the six doors made a move, this guy was completely dropped.

He not only borrows private funds to lend money in the name of public companies, but even lends usury loans with higher interest rates. Then, many of the money he absorbs not only do not pay interest when it is due, but also do not even return the principal.

Using various methods to cheat and cheat to attract funds, various violent collections, arresting wives and daughters to pay off debts, forcing people to sell themselves as slaves, etc.

Pretty rampant.

The sign of Yushitai really made him use it to the extreme. A lot of people put their money on him. One picture is that the interest rate he promised is high, and the other is that they think it is lent to Yushitai. The nephew of the Duke and the governor.

Who knows that this guy has no bottom line when he cheats people. When everyone finds out that he was cheated and went to him, they will find that there are more scams, such as the person who came forward to collect their money. No name.

I can't even find a single word about Yushitai and others.

A mere history of catching money, in less than ten years, he accumulated an astonishing family business. He is very famous in the money lending industry in Chang'an. He opened many gold and silver shops, rice shops, quality warehouses, etc. in Chang'an. Both run financial lending business.

There was even a brothel gambling shop, and many women in the brothel fell into it because they couldn't pay off their debts to him.

He still has many fields in Gyeonggi, which were acquired by these illegal means.

On the face of it, he lends money with [-] guan in principal, and only receives [-] guan in interest a year, but in fact, this guy's funds are more than [-] guan.

Now that he was found, he was still so arrogant.

Bring the coffin to Yushitai Prison to see what you can do to me.

"Since this person intentionally accepts bribes and violates the law after the announcement, then he should be punished with a higher crime. He raised the coffin to provoke and flouted the king's law, and he should be punished with a higher crime."

"I suggest to take him directly, let the censor of the Taiwan Academy interrogate him clearly, and report to His Majesty for disposal."

Although the emperor has agreed to set up the East and West prisons in Yushitai, this is mainly to facilitate the trial of official crimes in Yushitai and prevent the leakage of case information.

However, the emperor only granted Yushitai the power to set up the East and West Prisons, have its own prison, and be able to interrogate, but not convict.

Dali Temple has the authority to convict crimes based on the facts and apply the law.

Even in order to prevent Dali Temple from convicting Yushitai from falsifying during the interrogation, a third-party department, the Ministry of Punishment, was sent to record and question the criminal himself, and finally get his signature to confirm whether the interrogation report is true.

However, Yushitai has the right to interrogate, and it is still very powerful.

Zhang Xuansu's efficiency was very fast, or Pang Yongye was very arrogant, he didn't take him seriously, and he didn't deny it in front of all the evidence.

After getting his confession, Zhang Xuansu handed it over to Wu Huaiyu.

Wu Huaiyu looked through it, and based on these confessions and those evidences, it is not an exaggeration for this guy to die a hundred times, and his uncle Pang Xiangshou was obviously implicated.

I really don't know whether he is arrogant or stupid.

foolish and naive?
(End of this chapter)