I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 305 I want to investigate strictly, is Father Zhong a corrupt official? (seeking subscription)
Today, not all the emperor's chariots drove out of Weiyang Palace.

There were only two leading cars before the emperor's car, and then there were only three following cars, which is simpler in terms of shape and scale.

In addition to these cars, there were three hundred Yulin Lang guards at the front, back and left of the car battle - these Yulin Langs were carefully selected by Zhang Anshi and had nothing to do with the Huo Party.

The closest to Anche are the four Changyi Langs. They are now very small in number and can only be used in the most critical places.

Liu He brought four of them out today for a special purpose.

At this time, Xue Qi, the imperial servant, was still driving the emperor's chariot, and Dai Zong, the pedestrian Ling, was accompanying him.

Xue Ke remained taciturn as usual.

But what was different from usual was that he was wearing a full set of armor today, with a long sword on his waist.

This is what Liu He specially ordered him to find Guang Luxun yesterday.

After all, with Guo Kai not by his side, Liu He would feel more secure if he had half a military general like Xue Qi to accompany him on the trip.

……

Now, Xue Qi is staring straight ahead without squinting, and is driving the car proficiently. The extremely luxurious red and black Anche is driving forward lightly and steadily on the straight official road.

Although there were occasional bumps from time to time, Liu He and Dai Zong didn't feel too much discomfort.

If you look in from the outside of the chariot battle, this Xue Qi really seems to be a general who is commanding chariot soldiers.

It's a pity that now, the chariot, a weapon full of violent aesthetics, is destined to withdraw from the historical stage of the big man, and it will become more and more dominated by cavalry in the future.

Even Lieutenant Fengche, who was in charge of guarding the emperor when he traveled, had already commanded genuine cavalry troops.

Maybe in the near future, there will never be a chariot that can be used for war in the entire Han Empire.

It was still early at this time, and it was already late autumn, so a little hoarfrost could already be seen on the weeds on both sides of the official road.

There were very few pedestrians on the road, and the occasional few people saw the emperor's chariot approaching, and they all avoided in a panic, and immediately bowed down.

Liu He could only glance at them superficially, and he couldn't tell whether they were officials or ordinary people.

There were not many interesting things to see along the road, so Liu He's attention returned to the car.

"Dai Zong, please tell me about the situation of the Dasinong Temple."

"promise!"

Liu He knew a thing or two about the various government offices of the Great Han Dynasty, but if he wanted to understand more clearly and in detail, he still had to rely on Dai Zong and the others.

Now, Dai Zong has dual identities in the open and in the dark, and he can get twice the result with half the effort when investigating some private matters.

Dai Zong sorted out his thoughts a little in his mind, and then began to report to the emperor.

Before Emperor Xiaowu, Dasinong Temple, like the Prime Minister's Mansion and the General's Mansion, was also in Shangguanli.

But as more and more nobles lived in Shangguanli, it gradually became more and more crowded.

As a result, some government offices moved to Beique Jiadi, which was built in Xinying.

Although Beique Jiadi is far away from Weiyang Palace and not near the emperor, but because this is a newly built area, the street terrain is more open, and there is not so much dirty mud and water, so it is more comfortable to live in.

However, those low-ranking officials who are of low rank and cannot easily change residences have to suffer—they always have to travel between Beichengguo, Qili, Shangguanli and Beique Jiadi.

Calculated, at least one hour of time every day is spent on the road.

In addition, many warehouses under the jurisdiction of Da Si Nong are scattered in different places outside Chang'an City, so the officials are even more tired and strenuous to travel around.

Different from those respectable envoys and rulers in other government offices, the officials belonging to Da Sinong are the most embarrassing on weekdays.

There is even a saying among the people of Chang'an that the person wearing the short coat and straw sandals may be an old farmer, or he may be from Da Si Nong in Beicheng.

However, people are just talking about it, because many people know that Da Si Nong, Shao Fu, and Shui Heng Duwei are the three most lucrative government offices in the entire Chang'an city.

It is said that if you go to Dasinong Temple, rub your hands on the door and case of Dasinong Temple, and then put your hands in the basin to wash after returning home, you will be able to wash a large basin of oil and water.

Hearing what Dai Zong said here, Liu He couldn't help feeling a little familiar, as if he had heard these words somewhere before.

After thinking about it carefully, I remembered it.

Isn't this what the people of Changyi Kingdom secretly talked about that Tian Wu who cheated him of millions of dollars?
It seems that the Han people everywhere are the same, and they all have a simple and unrealistic fantasy about the "extremely rich" yamen.

Of course, this fantasy is not necessarily all wrong.

"Then have you found any signs that the envoys of the Dasinong Temple are really so rich?" Liu He asked Dai Zong jokingly.

"The minister sent people to watch the tops of several officials, and checked around their houses for a few days, and it seems that nothing unusual was found. Their food and clothing expenses are almost the same as ordinary officials." Dai Zong said.

"What about Dasi's Farmland Yannian?"

"This..." Dai Zong seemed to have some unspeakable secrets.

"You want to say that this Tian Yannian is a big corrupt official, but you are afraid that I will use him again, so you don't know how to say it." Liu He asked.

"Your Majesty is wise, I can't hide my thoughts from Your Majesty."

"You know that I actually hate corrupt officials the most. Even if I don't deal with him today, I will deal with him next year."

"Just like the fat cattle and sheep, when the time comes, they will always be slaughtered and sent to the Gaomiao to worship the Taizu Emperor Gao."

Liu He said coldly, these few words were colder than the autumn wind outside the car.

Dai Zong didn't hide or hesitate anymore, and told what he found out.

Different from Tian Yannian's method of greedy for money, food and cloth directly from Mo Gong, Tian Yannian's method of greed for ink is much more advanced, that is, by supporting his wife and younger brother to do business.

The business he does is also very simple, it is a horse-drawn carriage business.

Tian Yannian's brother-in-law owns thousands of carriages. Every year, once the taxes sent to Chang'an from the Kanto countries enter the border of Guanzhong, Tian Yannian's brother-in-law is hired to transport them.

Of course, this is not the law of the Han Dynasty, and you can stiffen your neck and not hire, but after that, whether you go to the city, go to the government office, or go to the warehouse for delivery, you will be more or less made things difficult.

This will not only waste a lot of time in vain, but may also cause unnecessary complications.

In addition, the cost of transportation was already spent, and the price offered by Tian Yannian's brother-in-law was also "no deception", so most people were unwilling to spend more time.

Moreover, the cooperation between the public and the private sector can omit many of the frictions and improve the efficiency a lot.

"That is to say, many of the carriages that are blocked on the Guoguan Road in the east city now belong to the Tian family?"

"Well, at least [-]% of the carriages belong to the Tian family." Dai Zong said.

"Then how much is lost on the way to transport a handful of dendrobium millet from the counties in Guandong to Chang'an?"

"The distance from each county to Chang'an is different, and the loss of money, grain and cloth is also different, which is difficult to estimate."

"Just give me an approximate amount."

"At least [-]% will be lost on the road, and [-]% of it will be used for transportation, and the journey from Guanzhong to Chang'an will account for [-]% of it."

Liu He calculated silently in his heart.

Take this year as an example, the rent and tax to be collected by Shaofu and Dasinong are around 50 billion yuan.

According to what Dai Zong said just now, more than 7000 million of the money fell into Tian Yannian's pocket.

And this is just one year's "harvest".

Tian Yannian has served as the chief farmer for three years, so he has earned at least 8000 million yuan.

8000 million dollars! ?

This is simply an astronomical figure, which is almost the entire harvest of [-] households of five in one year.

After all this, Tian Yannian is actually the only "Marquis of Ten Thousand Households" in a big man?
The most important thing is that this practice does not seem to violate the law of the Han Dynasty at all if no one checks it-in a society ruled by man, the law is bound to be imperfect, and talents occupy the dominant position.

Then the problem comes, as the real ruler of the government.

Does Father Zhong know about this?
This is a very interesting thing.

"Does Father Zhong know about this?"

"As far as I know, the general has never mentioned this matter in court, but Tian Yannian dared to be so blatant. It is probably impossible to say that the general has no knowledge."

Informed, but indifferent.

That would be conniving and covering up.

"After three years, Tian Yannian will be able to earn a fortune of [-] million yuan. I'm afraid even the tiles under the eaves of Dasi Nongtian Yannian's back house are made of gold." Liu He said with a sneer.

"This is abnormal. Tian Yannian's daily life is very frugal. It is said that the breakfast he eats in the morning is nothing more than a bowl of rice with corn and water, plus three kinds of savings." Dai Zong was a little puzzled.

"Corrupt officials, how can they reveal their wealth? The more greedy they are, the more careful they must be." Liu He has a lot of experience in this matter.

Liu He didn't say anything further. He looked at the many buildings in Beique Jiadi that were getting closer and closer, and seemed to have something in mind.

Tian Yannian is Huo Guang's confidant, and Tian Yannian is the number one greedy person in Chang'an, so is the Huo family greedy or not?
There is even a possibility that this Tian Yannian was originally the "white glove" of the Huo family.

White gloves, this word is already a little unfamiliar to Liu He.

But it's the best place to put it here.

Huo Guang may disdain to do such a thing, but what about Huo Xian, what about Huo Yu?
That's not clear.

Anti-corruption and ink is an important thing, not only to open source, but also to eradicate rape, and even seize power.

Liu He is already thinking about how to make Tian Yannian play as much role as possible.

"Dai Zong, find a way to send some more people to Tian Yannian's back house."

"It's not just the Dasinong Temple, but some people should be placed in all the houses of the Sangong and Jiuqing."

"Do you want to release the imperial doctor's mansion too?"

In fact, what Dai Zong meant was to ask the emperor if he wanted to send someone to the "imperial party"'s mansion.

"Yes, treat them equally, it will save them from making big mistakes."

"promise."

……

In Chang'an City's Beique Jiadi and Dasinong Temple, it was still very quiet.

Because the footsteps of winter are getting closer and closer to Chang'an City, those black birds living under the eaves of various places have already flown to the south for the winter.

Without the "chirping" sounds of these creatures, the entire Da Sinong Temple would have seemed deserted.

The time for each government office of the Han Dynasty to go to the government office is Maoshi.

On normal days, the Dasinong Temple should be overcrowded by now.

However, today is different, the entire government office is extremely quiet.

In this huge government office, only some soldiers who don't care about political affairs are sweeping the dust.

And the hall pawns who were on duty at the door were lazily leaning against the door, yawning and dozing off.

Other than that, there are no more "excess" people.

At this time, a man with the appearance of an official came out of the courtyard, saw the lazy appearance of the four pavilion soldiers, and coughed a few times pretending to be angry.

The sudden noise made those pavilions stand upright, and the spears in their hands almost fell to the ground because of their haste.

"You guys are so slack, aren't you afraid of the government's severe punishment?"

"Hey, hey, so it's Mr. Zhou, it's because I'm blind."

Several pavilion soldiers rushed up to greet this "Zhou Shijun".

This Zhou Shijun's real name is Zhou Xing, and he works as a post in the Dasinong Temple. He is only 40 years old and has a hippie smile all day long.

This is not to blame Zhou Xing, Chang'an City is the best place under the emperor's feet, and it has its own "city feeling".

Different from local counties and states, although Chang'an City also harbors many criminals who do evil things, the security is also very strict, and there are many government offices in charge of anti-thief law and order.

There are layers upon layers, not that no one is in charge, but that there are too many people in charge.

The three auxiliary government offices, Zhijinwu, Guangluxun, and the own pavilions of each government office...are all responsible for arresting robbers and maintaining security.

Therefore, apart from the slightly chaotic North City, it is not an exaggeration to say that Chang'an City is an iron barrel.

You Pai in the county governor's mansion often assists lieutenants and captains in patrolling the borders to arrest thieves, and they have to confront the thieves head-on.

And you pay the government offices in Chang'an City don't have to bear this responsibility at all, what they have to do on weekdays is to manage the anti-thief affairs in the government office - but which humble thief dares to act wildly.

After all, it wasn’t the days of Emperor Xiaojing and Emperor Xiaowu—the knight-errant walking everywhere was just a scaremongering legend.

As a result, except for the Sanfu Yamen, the downstream payment of the gates of the other government yamen is actually the guardian of the government yamen.

Zhou Xing was originally a relative of Tian Yannian's wife's family. His parents were in the pottery business and had a lot of money.

Three years ago, the Zhou family had given Tian Yannian [-] acres of land in Xiadu County in exchange for this official position with a rank of [-] shi.

Not just to earn the meager money and food for that month, but just to have a reputation in front of my hometown—of course, it is also for the convenience of "doing things" in daily life.

In any case, five hundred acres of land for an official position of two hundred shi is a sure-fire deal in Dahan.

……

Several pavilion soldiers came to greet Zhou Xing one by one, but Zhou Xing didn't see him, and started laughing and cursing with them.

He is tactful and turns a blind eye.

This is an important reason why Zhou Xing thrived in Dasinong Temple.

"These days are different from the past. Don't take it lightly. Be careful that the Lord will see you and fine your monthly money."

"With Mr. Zhou protecting us, Mr. Tianfu will not punish us."

"That's right, Mr. Zhou has a kind heart, so he will definitely not criticize us." Everyone echoed.

Although Zhou Xing won't get any real benefits from the flattery of the pavilion soldiers, it makes him feel extremely happy.

As a human being, the most important thing is to be happy.

Zhou Xing was a little flustered, and then he said seriously: "These days are different from usual, the government office is short of manpower, can't collect the money and food handed in, and those county officials who have never seen the world are going to make a scene again. "

Several pavilions followed suit and nodded.

Yesterday afternoon, officials from dozens of counties and states gathered in front of the government office.

"But, Mr. Zhou, why did the envoy and the Fujun in the government office all fall ill all of a sudden? Could it be that some epidemic is spreading?" said the pavilion soldier Feng Jia.

"That's right, I heard from my brother who works in the Prime Minister's Mansion, it seems that many people there also complained of illness and asked for leave."

The pavilion soldiers started talking about it.

It turns out that this matter has been spread like this among the people.

Liu He and Huo Guang probably didn't expect it.

"You guys are thinking about it. In this year of good weather and no wars and disasters, how can there be any epidemics?"

After Zhou Xing said this, he glanced at the government office with a sly look.

After he was sure that there were only a few soldiers in the courtyard busy, he made a gesture of coming over, and gathered the soldiers to his side.

"This is the general who wants to show the county magistrate something great." Zhou Xing said mysteriously.

"Isn't the general in love with the county magistrate? I heard that the general is still the county magistrate's Lao Taishan?" Qian Yi, a pavilion soldier, said puzzled.

"Hehe, this is true, but there are treacherous ministers around the county magistrate, who deceived the county magistrate and wanted the magistrate to take the power of the general."

"That's why the general has spoken, and he wants to make the county magistrate admit his mistake by using the method of dismissing the yamen." Zhou Xing said mysteriously.

All the pavilion soldiers suddenly realized, and repeatedly said that the general is more capable.

However, they gradually discovered something wrong.

Isn't the county magistrate the son of heaven? Why do you have to admit your mistake to the general?
Although they had doubts in their hearts, they never dared to ask directly, so they could only nod their heads.

After staying in Dasinong Temple for a few months, they already knew about the relationship between Lord Tianfu and the General.

No one wants to touch this brow.

"Then when will the envoys want to stop? They won't stop forever, right? Isn't the so much rent, tax, money and food shipped in going to rot on the road." Feng Jia asked.

Zhou Xing snorted coldly, and said: "The general is in charge of this big man's family, and within ten days at most, the county magistrate will admit his mistake to the general."

"However, we don't need to worry about this matter, as long as we don't let those county officials make trouble."

The pavilion soldiers nodded one after another, all of them were high-spirited, and put on an appearance of being arrogant.

Just as Zhou Xing was having a lively conversation with the rest of the pavilions, the sound of chariots and horse bells came from the official road to the south.

A clever pavilion soldier immediately ran out from under the eaves, wanting to see where the mud legs came so early to seek bad luck.

However, just a moment later, the pavilion soldier ran in with a pale face, and almost fell into the mud.

"Zhou, Mr. Zhou, there are horses and carriages coming!"

"What are you panicking about! No matter which county or country's subordinate officials you are today, you are not allowed to enter!" Zhou Xing said with some dissatisfaction.

"Then, that carriage is, is driven by six!"

"Six drivers, eight drivers..."

Zhou Xing shut his mouth suddenly, and he came to the pipeline in three steps at a time, and then, he saw the rolling chariot and Habayashiro in bright armor at a glance.

And the most conspicuous one is the magnificent Anche pulled by six white horses.

There were three to 400 people in total before and after the whole car battle, like an army mighty and mighty.

What kind of convoy is this to deliver rent?

This is the emperor's chariot battle!

With Zhou Xing's short sight, he couldn't tell what was going to happen next.

After he was stunned for a moment, he ran into the Dasinong Temple like a frightened dog.

This is going to happen!
　I took the train this morning, so I will update it at night, sorry!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)