Concubine

Chapter 195 Interrogation of Prefect Tan

Master Jin smiled and said: "First use the tactic of slowing down the army. We will not interrogate Mr. Mi for the time being. He ordered Luo Qianhu to send Jin Yiwei to put him under house arrest in Qianhu House and strictly guard him. At the same time, continue to investigate from the outside to find out the middle-aged man with squinting eyes. Whether the person is related to Mi Yuanwai, whether he is related to the Jianwen Remnant Party, if so, that's the best, the adults can be sure, and they can surely win; "

"Regardless of whether it is related or not, my lord must write a secret report on the cases of Mi Yuanwai, Quanbu Zhengshi, and Tan Zhifu, and send an urgent report to Commander Ji Gang through Huguang Jinyiwei [-] miles away, and he will report it to the emperor for a decision. Your lord is quiet. Wait for the news and act according to the order, then nothing will go wrong."

"High! It's really high!" Yang Qiuchi laughed loudly, imitating the appearance of the pseudo-military officer in "Tunnel Warfare", and praised with his thumbs up.

Although I can think of this method myself, without Master Jin's analysis, I dare not make up my mind easily.I thought, with the help of these two masters in the future, in the future political struggles, I will not make the same low-level mistakes as before.

Song Yun'er also laughed and said: "You are really a dog-headed military advisor, no wonder my father always praises you for being smart and capable, and he counts you as his arm."

"Thank you for your praise, my lord, and miss for your praise. I am ashamed of myself." Master Jin hurriedly cupped his hands.

Yang Qiuchi returned to the lobby, sat down in the middle, and said with a smile, "Mr. Mi, please get up."

Mi Yuanwai stood up triumphantly, and patted the dust on the hem of his robe.Yang Qiuchi said: "Although you have such a relationship with Ding Guogong, this case is too involved, and I can't sit idly by."

Turning to Luo Qianhu, he said, "Master Luo, please appoint a deputy Qianhu to take Jin Yiwei to take Mi Yuan out..."

"My lord, you don't have to be polite, Mi can just go back by himself." Mi Yuan smiled smugly, it seems that this young official still knows how powerful he is, and he dare not touch him.

Yang Qiuchi sneered: "Mr. Mi, you misunderstood. Before this case is investigated, we can only put you under house arrest. Don't worry, Jin Yiwei will be responsible for your safety." Turning to Luo Qianhu, he said: " Please send a Deputy Qianhu with Jin Yiwei to escort Mi Yuanwai back to Qianhu House for house arrest, and strictly guard him so that there will be no mistakes."

It was only then that Mi Yuanwai realized that he was overjoyed too early. It seemed that this young Jin Yiwei was not simple.

Luo Qianhu stood up and clapped his hands in agreement, showing admiration and even more awe, he went out and called a deputy Qianhu, who led Jin Yiwei to take Mi Yuanwai away.

Yang Qiuchi sent someone to inquire about the search for the middle-aged man with squinting eyes, and learned that although a few squinted people were found, they were all ruled out after identification by the bodyguards.

Yang Qiuchi ordered Tan Zhifu to be brought up.Tan Zhifu saw that Yang Qiuchi had even arrested the chief envoy, and frightened all the dignitaries in Huguang like quails in the water. Knowing the benefits, his mental defenses had completely collapsed. He went to the court where he tried the case in the past, Before Jin Yiwei on both sides threatened to kneel down, he knelt down with a thud.

Yang Qiuchi slapped the startled tree, and shouted: "You colluded with Quanbu Zhengshi and Mi Yuanwai to embezzle public food for disaster relief, which aroused public anger and almost led to riots. Do you know the consequences?"

Tan Zhifu was so frightened that he trembled all over, but his hands were tied. Although it was not easy to kowtow, he still bent his head down hard, even saying that he would spare his life, the movement was too big, and almost fell over.

Yang Qiuchi said again: "You took [-] taels of silver as a bribe. Do you know how the Taizu Emperor and the current Emperor deal with corrupt officials?"

Of course Tan Zhifu knew that when he thought of peeling the real grass, he was so frightened that his soul and seven souls were almost astigmatized, and he couldn't even utter a word of begging for mercy, only struggling to kowtow.

Yang Qiuchi knew that interrogation prisoners had to sing red faces and white faces, and now that he was scared to such a state, it was time to sing red faces, so the effect would be better.Immediately ordered to untie the rope tied to Zhifu Tan's body.Tan Zhifu didn't know what Yang Qiuchi was going to do. After the rope was untied, he sat there in a daze, almost going crazy.

Yang Qiuchi's tone slowed down, and he said: "Prefect Tan, you have a very good attitude in front of you. You have confessed to the chief envoy and Mi Yuanwai, a moth, and made contributions to the detection of this case. I will definitely report you in the memorial. It is written by your meritorious service and atonement."

Hearing this, Tan Zhifu's three souls and seven souls finally ran back to a small point, and this small point was enough for him to understand what Yang Qiuchi was talking about, and he was so excited that tears poured out. Unexpectedly, he prostrated himself on the ground, began to cry, and then kowtowed again and again: "Master Yang has treated Tan Mou again, Tan Mou will never forget it."

Yang Qiuchi said: "However, I hope Mr. Tan can continue to report and expose, and continue to make meritorious service. Only in this way can we have a chance."

Prefect Tan kowtowed and said, "Yes, Tan understands that Tan must confess everything he knows and never dare to hide anything."

"Okay, you first tell the truth about how you colluded to embezzle the relief food."

"Yes," Tan Zhifu kowtowed his head again, and finally explained: "Last year, there was a locust plague in Wuchang Mansion, Huguang, hundreds of miles away. Mi Yuanwai, General Secretary Quan and I invited him to his house. There was no one else that day, so Mi Yuanwai said a plan, let us transfer all the food relief from the imperial court to him, and he gave us a total of 5 taels of silver. , I was terrified."

Speaking of this, the prefect Tan thought for a while, gritted his teeth, kowtowed and confessed: "I confess that in the past, the chief secretary asked the imperial court for disaster relief, and the specific disaster relief matters were all in charge of the magistrate's yamen. It’s not that I haven’t swallowed disaster relief food, but I’ve swallowed one or two out of [-] out of [-] and it’s a big deal, and I still have to release food for disaster relief in [-]% or [-]%, otherwise, once the hungry people make trouble, everything will be over.”

Yang Qiuchi interjected and asked, "Has the chief minister of power ever done such a thing? I mean the embezzlement of all the relief food?"

Tan Zhifu thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, I participated in the disaster relief in Huguang Wuchang Prefecture, and most of the food was distributed." After a pause, he continued, "As for him not coming to Huguang to be the governor I don't know much about the previous situation."

Yang Qiuchi nodded thoughtfully, motioning for him to continue.

"So I heard this. Although the benefit of 5 taels is really attractive, and at least [-]% of it will be allocated to my name, I still dare not agree. After all, my head is important. But the chief executive seems to have agreed to this. Seeing that I didn't agree, I mentioned the matter that I was in charge of strengthening the Yangtze River dams the year before last."

When Tan Zhifu said this, he stretched out his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, took a breath, and then continued: "That time I embezzled 3000 taels of embankment repair money from the imperial court and was found out. A case was filed and I was bailed. When I heard him mention this matter, I knew he was using this matter to pressure me. If I don't agree, I will be in trouble immediately. "

"I thought, anyway, once the case is exposed, I will definitely die, so I agreed. Mi Yuanwai then sent someone to bring me the promised 5 taels of silver, and I personally brought someone to transfer the 4 taels of silver." The two were sent to the inner house of the chief envoy of Quan."

Yang Qiuchi sneered: "From this point of view, the relationship between the chief envoy and Mi Yuanwai is very close."

Tan Zhifu slightly raised his head and glanced at Yang Qiuchi, then quickly lowered his head and said: "Yes, I heard that the chief envoy of Quan was just a small county magistrate who deliberately curry favor with Mi Yuanwai, and Mi Yuanwai helped him with activities in the court. Only then did I rise step by step until I got to where I am now.”

"Oh? This Mi Yuanwai is actually so capable?" Yang Qiuchi's heart trembled even more. It seems that what Master Jin said is correct. When the enemy's situation is unknown, it is the safest tactic to use the strategy of delaying troops and asking orders to do things. of.He motioned for Tan Zhifu to continue.

Tan Zhifu continued: "I asked Mi Yuanwai, what should we do if there is no food to relieve the hungry people and cause trouble? Mi Yuanwai said that he would arrange for people to burn the granary. He said that the guard caught fire, and then asked the court to allocate grain. Let's talk about his rice business There is still rice to sell, and he also wants to open a porridge factory to put porridge. If I say this, isn’t it good for you, and he told me not to worry about it.”

"After the first batch of disaster relief food arrived, the chief envoy Quan arranged for his cronies to pretend to transport the food to the granary of the chief secretary's yamen for storage, but in fact the food was shipped directly to the granary of Mi Yuan's family. The empty granary of the chief secretary caught fire that night. I know it must have been arranged by Mi Yuanwai to set the fire."

"The envoy Quan asked the court for disaster relief food again. I thought that this time the food would be able to provide disaster relief, because I saw many people starving to death in the city. Mi Yuanwai invited me and the chief envoy Quan to his home again, saying that it was still the old rule, he wanted all the relief food, and gave us a total of 5 taels of silver."

"I was terrified when I heard it. During this period of time, I found that Mi Yuanwai had been selling grain at a high price, and the price was ridiculously high, as if he didn't want the grain to be sold at all. I didn't see him open a porridge shop to serve porridge. It was the hungry people who flocked into Wuchang City one after another, and more and more gathered, there are already tens of thousands of people. I know that if all the relief food is swallowed up this time, even if a grain of food is not released, the hungry people in the city will definitely riot."

"I said that this time I would not dare to do anything anyway. But Mi Yuanwai and the Chief Envoy Quan brought up the matter of my seventh concubine, so I had no choice but to give in again."

Yang Qiuchi said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Tan married seven concubines in a row. I can't see that Mr. Tan is old-hearted, and his body is still very strong. Hehehe."

Tan Zhifu's old face was flushed with anger, he hesitated and couldn't speak.

Yang Qiuchi restrained his smile and asked, "What's wrong with your seventh concubine? Could it be that this little winter melon is doing you a favor?"

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