A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 382 Exile to the border areas to enrich Hexi
For nobles, the court only asked them to make up for the taxes they owed, and then reprimanded them to reduce some food.The officials involved will be directly dismissed and their illegal income will be recovered. For those powerful and wealthy households, as long as the evidence is conclusive, their homes will be directly searched.

"They enjoy the peace brought by the empire, but they are unwilling to pay taxes for the court. I like to help them. Since they are unwilling to pay taxes, they will not have to pay in the future. I think they will be happy if they know it!" The order was given.

After Ying Cheng issued the order, Tiqi immediately went out to search the homes of the Song, Zhao, and Zhang families.

As a result, before it was afternoon, Tiqi hurried over and said: "Shangguan, the head of the Song family hanged himself!"

Ying Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then said with an ugly face: "Death is imminent and you want to hide the officials behind them when they are about to die? Then don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Remember, the whole Song family is exiled to Dunhuang! If you dare to hide it, other families are doing the same. I don't believe they are not afraid of death!"

"If the Song family wants to die, let's help them by sending people to clear out the father-in-law's land and check out the family property. Those are all the money of the court. Don't let His Majesty think that we are doing something bad.

Also, don’t blame me for not reminding you that no one is allowed to touch those things. If you lose a penny, don’t expect me to save you! "

"If this errand is completed, we will all be promoted and make a fortune together!"

The embroidered clothes envoys were very excited when they heard this. In the past, they had long disliked the arrogant wealthy families, but now they could finally deal with them.Many people felt excited at the thought of those wealthy families trembling under their hands.

The Tiqi people quickly searched those families, and a large amount of land was confiscated by the Qingzhang. Thousands of people were escorted to prison in tears.

Although what awaits these people is not a capital crime, it is normal for them to be sent thousands of miles away to die on the road.

Less than half a month after Ying Cheng arrived in Anyang, he had already confiscated the homes of three families and exiled them. For a time, everyone in Anyang was in danger. As for whether anyone went directly to assassinate him, no one dared to do so.

Now we still follow the rules of the officialdom. If someone dares to assassinate the embroiderer, don't blame the court for being ruthless.

All the aristocratic families in Anyang have no good fruits to eat.

"Shangguan, we have found evidence that the Hanoi County Sheriff is bending the law for personal gain!"

finally come!

Ying Cheng took a deep breath and then said: "Summon the Governor of Hanoi to the post house. I want to question him personally."

Although the Embroidered Clothes Envoy is only an official with a rank of [-] shi, which is several levels lower than a county official with a rank of [-] shi, he has received the emperor's order to patrol the world. Even the world's officials are as deep as Luoyang Jiuqing. Also be open to inquiries.

Of course, giving them such great rights is not without any restrictions. The Embroidered Yishi must have enough evidence for senior officials at the level of county guards. As for senior officials in the capital, although he can theoretically inquire, he usually needs to It was at the level of Xiuyi Envoy Biejia or Commanding Envoy.

Hanoi Governor's Office.

Facing Ying Cheng's summons, the Hanoi County Sheriff looked extremely ugly and kept thinking in his mind: "What should I do?"

"Hey, if I had known I wouldn't have helped those people! I shouldn't have accepted the benefits from those people in the first place, but you shallow-sighted people have to accept it. What should I do now?
I have sent people to inquire, and it turns out that all the homes of the Song, Zhao, and Zhang families have been confiscated. The Song family has even been exiled to Dunhuang. He is now trying to use me to get a promotion! "

A person next to him said: "Brother, the matter is over. It's too late to talk about this anymore. Let's find a way to solve it now."

"Is there any good idea?" the governor of Hanoi asked.

The man thought for a moment, and then said: "Those things were not done by your elder brother, but by the junior officials below. You are just guilty of negligence. As long as you don't admit it, what can they do? The crime of negligence is just a loss at best." Officials, if they are given one or two measures, they will be fined, demoted, and promoted in a few years!"

"Besides, there are too many prefects and governors in the world who are involved with powerful and wealthy households. Those powerful, powerful families and nobles all want to evade taxes, and we are not the only ones!"

"Brother, just go ahead. The special envoy of the imperial court only has the right to investigate the case, but not the right to review. Don't be afraid of him!"

After hearing these words, the governor of Hanoi immediately understood, quickly arranged everything, and then headed to the posthouse with his entourage.

Soon, everyone came to the post house.

After Ying Cheng saw the governor of Hanoi acting like this, he understood something in his heart and immediately smiled at him and said: "Prefect, I have been ordered by the emperor to clear out the land and tax in various places. A few days ago, it was found that the Song family, The Zhang family and the Zhao family concealed a large amount of land and evaded taxes. According to them, these are all related to the county guard, so they specially invited the county guard to inquire."

Ying Cheng said it very politely, without any arrogance in dealing with those powerful people.

The governor of Hanoi also said politely: "They are all working for the imperial court. I understand! The three families of Song, Zhao, and Zhang have hidden a large amount of land and evaded taxes. These officials really don't know. If I knew about it, I would definitely seize all three families." Let me serve as a warning to others!”

Ying Cheng smiled slightly, then picked up the evidence next to him and handed it to him: "The county guard, these are their confessions, you can take a look at them first!" He handed the evidence to the county guard, who took the evidence and confessions. , and then quickly browsed it, and suddenly broke out in cold sweat, and immediately said fiercely: "What a traitor, how dare you deceive me, if it weren't for the inspection by the embroidered clothes envoy, I would still be deceived by these traitors!"

Ying Cheng had no expression on his face, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, as if he was savoring the aroma of the tea.

"What Ying is doing, these must be the actions of officials under me. These people directly control the population and ration rolls, and they are also responsible for collecting taxes. They work together, and I really don't know!"

Ying Cheng said expressionlessly: "Does the Sheriff really think that those junior officials dare to act so boldly? Or do you think that you can escape with just one sentence of negligence?"

"Since the Sheriff is involved, we will investigate it ourselves. Since the Sheriff says he doesn't know anything about it, please come back!"

Ying Cheng didn't feel good about these moths at all, not to mention he was [-]% sure that these things must have been done by the county guard.

As for the minor officials under him making changes without permission, how many of those minor officials dare to do that?
Now the imperial court is not as majestic as it was in the last years of the dynasty. As local powerful people become stronger, even the officials in charge of one party will act based on their faces.

As soon as the governor of Hanoi left, Ying Chengcheng ordered all the minor officials to be taken into custody and the documents of the governor's office were also sealed.

When the governor of Hanoi saw this scene, he panicked and quickly asked his younger brother: "Are those minor officials ready?"

"Don't worry, brother, everything has been explained clearly. They will take care of the matter on their own. When the time comes, we will fish out their family members. Only one of them will die, and some benefits will be given to their family members. If they talk nonsense, then don't worry about us taking action!"

"This is good, this is good!"

When Ying Cheng saw the minor officials, he sent someone to imprison them separately, and then interrogated them one by one.As a result, all these petty officials insisted that they had done it together with the local powerful people, and that the county governor had no knowledge.

"Okay, okay! Don't say yes!" Ying Cheng sneered and told them the Daqian Law to wake them up.

"In the Daqian Law, the crime of knowing the law and breaking the law will be increased by one level. Changing without permission, concealing land and land registration in various places, and assisting in tax evasion will be executed according to the law. The family has been exiled for thousands of miles. The crime of knowing the law and breaking the law will be increased by one level. All the men in the family will be sent into slavery, and the women will be exiled! "The embroiderer next to him said coldly.

"Now tell me, did you change those albums, and who authorized them?" Ying Chengdao.

The clerk's face changed, and beads of sweat broke out.

Ying Cheng sneered and said, "Keep thinking. If you resist the crime tenaciously, you will get a second grade. If you confess honestly, I can ask your Majesty for a lighter sentence."

"I don't have time to waste time with you. If you don't tell me, someone will tell you! Then you won't have a chance!" Seeing that the little official still refused to say anything, he snorted coldly.

After speaking, he left this cell directly and headed towards other cells.

After a while, I saw Ying Cheng coming out of the cell with another clerk. After seeing the clerk, the man's face suddenly changed. He couldn't hold on any longer and hurriedly shouted: "Shangguan, villain." If you are willing to speak, the villain is willing to speak!”

Ying Cheng didn't even look at him and left with the clerk.

After waiting for a while, Ying Cheng came back in and said, "I figured it out, let's talk about it!"

Then the man told everything he knew, like pouring beans into a bamboo tube.After he finished speaking, he asked: "Sir, although I am the second one to speak, I know the most. Please show your respect!"

"Second? You're the first!" Ying Cheng smiled at him.

"Isn't that the person you just brought out?"

"I just saw that the cell was good, so I wanted to change it to a worse one!" Ying Cheng smiled at him and said, "Okay, I'll give you a lot!"

After saying that, Yingcheng stopped talking to him and stood up to leave.

As one person's mouth was pried open, the rest were quickly recruited. In just one day, Ying Chengcheng collected enough evidence and testimony, and then sent all the evidence to Luoyang, the capital of China, on a fast horse. .

In Luoyang, the capital of the gods, after confirming the evidence, the imperial court sent the censor to verify. After there were no problems, the county guard was captured directly and thrown into a cell to be beheaded. His family was all exiled to the Western Regions.

As the Embroidered Clothes Envoys patrolled various places, more and more officials and powerful men were arrested, and then their families were exiled to the four counties of Hexi.

In the 20th year of Tianming alone, more than 5 people were convicted and exiled. At the same time, a large number of nobles were also fined and confiscated.After these powerful families were exiled, the court received a large amount of money, food and land.These lands will be redistributed to the people.

(End of this chapter)