Wentang

Chapter 637 The Beginning of Operation and Unexpected Visitors
A middle-aged man with a scar on his face hurriedly came to a small courtyard in a dilapidated and shabby civilian residence in the west of Chang'an. He looked around and found nothing, and then stretched out his hand, "Boom, boom, boom." "Boom" made three long and two short sounds.

It should have received a signal, the door opened a crack from the inside, the man with the scar dodged into the yard, the door was closed again with a 'bang', and it took less than five breaths from the beginning to the end.

"Where's big brother?" The man with the scar asked immediately after entering the hospital.

"I'm waiting for you in the house." The man who opened the door said.

"You guard the door, I'll go see the elder brother." The man with the scar left a sentence, walked to the front of the house a few steps, opened the door and walked in.

There were already seven or eight big men waiting here in the house, and when they saw him coming in, they quickly surrounded him: "Dao Scar, how is the situation outside?"

Scar looked at the middle-aged man who looked like a scholar in the lead, and said, "Don't mention it, the black dog is like crazy and grabs people everywhere. The old man in the south of the city and the rotten snake in the west of the one-eyed wolf were all taken down. Not one of them escaped."

Hearing this, everyone turned pale with shock, and some even said in frustration: "It's over, it's over, it's over, now the court is really moving."

"It's all the mad dog's fault. They can steal, cheat, or buy. They insist on robbing other people's children in the street, and even injured the prince. Now all of us have been killed by them."

"Yeah, I'm fucking special brew, the mad dog is going to die."

The elder brother was also flustered, but as the boss, he knew that panic would only cause bad things, so he shouted: "Shut up, what's the use of complaining here? Complaining can save your life? It's important to find a way to survive honestly. "

The others were frightened and stopped talking. Don't look at this 'big brother' who looks like a scholar, but he is actually a ruthless person.If you are cruel to others, you are also cruel to your own brothers.

After stopping everyone, the elder brother said: "The capital city is already a place of right and wrong, and we must leave quickly to survive. The sooner the better. Scar is bothering you to run to see if the road is still usable."

In the three caves of the cunning rabbit, they usually prepare a few escape routes for themselves. If the court investigates or offends some important person, they can rely on these to escape first.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Scar responded and prepared to go out.

"Plop..." There was a sound of something falling to the ground outside, although the sound was very small, 'Big Brother', Dao Scar and the others, who were tense all the time, still heard it.

'Big brother' grabbed the hand of Scar who was about to go out, and motioned to the others to keep quiet.Everyone also knew that something was wrong, they subconsciously held their breath and listened for the movement outside.

Sure enough, a burst of small footsteps came from outside.

Everyone knew that the big thing was not good, maybe they were blocked.

"Dong dong dong." Just at this moment, there was a knock on the door. This sudden sound was like a thunder in the quiet dark room, which shocked several people all over, and some people almost jumped up.

"Who?" The 'big brother' asked calmly.

"Me." A completely unfamiliar voice came from outside.

"who are you?"

"its me."

"who are you?"

"I."

In this meaningless conversation, the 'big brother' has finished the arrangement, some are in charge of opening the door, some are in charge of throwing the table out, and some are in charge of stabbing people with knives...

Just when he signaled to Scar to open the door, the paper on the window behind him was pierced, and then three or four half-foot-long bamboo tubes were thrown in. As soon as these bamboo tubes fell to the ground, thick smoke began to billow.

He was still thinking wildly, but when Scar saw the smoking bamboo tube, he was furious and yelled, "Tear gas, this is the tear gas from the black dog, the rotten snakes are pouring on the tear gas, stop it with a cloth!" nose."

It's just that his reminder was still too late, or the tear gas spread too fast, and he had just left the house filled with smoke.

"Cough cough...cough cough..." The choking smell spread through the nasal cavity to the internal organs, and everyone coughed violently, wishing to cough up their lungs.

Some people listened to his words and blocked their noses with clothes, but it didn't help at all.

"Ahem...I...cough...I can't take it...cough..."

"I...ahem...going out..."

"Quickly open...cough cough cough...the door..."

The elder brother became anxious when he heard this, and quickly shouted: "Don't...cough cough...get out, go out...cough cough...just...cough cough...that's death."

"Boss...cough cough cough...would rather die than...cough cough...choked to death by...cough cough..."

Then they didn't know who opened it, and several people took the lead and rushed out.

Just before they ran out of the door and had no time to see the situation outside, several large nets fell down and covered them, and then several fork-like things pinned them to the ground and could not move.

"Don't mess around, there are still two people inside, there are still two people inside."

"Shield armor group, shield armor group, hurry up and be careful of them jumping over the wall in a hurry."

"The horse shield in the third group was stabbed by someone when the boat capsized in the gutter. Don't follow in his footsteps."

Outside were the six-door police officers in black uniforms, and they were busy and calm in arresting the prisoners who had escaped from the house.

After controlling all the escaped people and taking them aside, the arresters quickly wrapped their mouths and noses with wet towels, and rushed into the house under the leadership of the shield team.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw a strong man with a scar on his face rushing out from behind the door, holding a dog-leg knife and slashing at them. Unfortunately, what greeted him was a large wooden shield wrapped in iron that was one person tall.

Not only did he not have a machete man, he was also slammed by the big shield and flew a long way, falling to the ground and unable to get up for a long time.

The group of six-door police officers were not in a hurry to control the prisoner, but looked around vigilantly, and found that there was also a person lying down at the door on the other side.

After confirming that there was no one else but the two, the policemen divided their labor and cooperated to control the two.

When the companions were controlling the criminals, the members of the shield group remained vigilant and did not let up until they had controlled everyone before leaving the room together.

These are the skills that the Operations Department focuses on teaching. Yesterday someone did not follow the regulations and was stabbed to death by the prisoner who seized the opportunity.With lessons learned from the past, these detectives dare not ignore these skills anymore.

That 'big brother' also knew that he couldn't escape, and wanted to take a back seat, but unfortunately, his lungs were about to be coughed up by the smoke, and he lost all his fighting power, so he could only let himself be dragged out like a piece of rotten meat.

When he managed to recover, he heard a pleasant voice from above his head: "Cai Binglan, you didn't expect to end up like this today, did you?"

That elder brother was Cai Binglan, who looked up when he heard this familiar voice, and when he saw that familiar face, he gritted his teeth and said, "Wei Chun, so it's you."

Wei Chun laughed loudly and said, "Haha... yes, it's me. I said you would suffer retribution, but I didn't expect that this retribution would be returned to you personally. It really makes my heart happy. Haha..."

Cai Binglan glared at him and said, "I really hate it, why didn't I kill you back then."

Wei Chun's face turned cold, and said: "Justice cannot be killed. If you kill me, someone else will end your sinful life."

"Dog officer, don't be complacent, wait for me to come out..." Cai Binglan wanted to intimidate the other party with a few words to vent his anger, but in the middle of his words, a policeman next to him stretched out his hand and slapped him in the face.

This slap was so harsh that half of Cai Binglan's face was swollen.

After the beating was over, the policeman smiled and said to Wei Chun, "What will Section Chief Wei say so much to this bastard, it will only dirty his ears."

Wei Chun couldn't stop laughing, and cupped his hands at the fast catcher, "Thank you brother, take them away, let's hurry to the next place."

"Okay." The arresters happily escorted a group of prisoners back to the six gates.

The six gates have clear rewards and punishments, and there are rewards for successful missions. The rewards for catching heinous gangsters like this are higher than their salaries.There are twenty or so people in their small team, and each of them can get a Zhongyin.

Bank of China is a medium-sized silver coin, worth fifty Wen.

This is already a considerable amount for them, how can they not be happy.

Such things happen everywhere in Gyeonggi. If you don't check, you don't know how shocking human traffickers are in this era.It can be said that any group may be a human trafficker.

Gangs of hooligans, gangs of beggars, some vendors, and even some honest and honest people don't mind making cameo appearances when the opportunity comes.

the reason is simple.

The population of Chang'an City at this time is about 60 million, which is 60 million in the Tang Dynasty, and it can be called the largest city in the world.

With so many people gathered together, accidents are easy to happen, and this is the center of the world, so there are a lot of floating population.In the case of extremely backward criminal investigation technology, it is too difficult to find out what kind of case comes out.

The detection rate is less than one percent.

In this case, it is normal for someone to have an evil heart.

Especially those local hooligans and beggars who are idle all day long, more than half of the human trafficking can be counted on them.

Generally, it is difficult to find out when encountering such a situation. Yue Shan also learned about the rampant human traffickers from Wei Chun during the Chinese New Year, so he ordered the six doors to investigate privately.

In the past six months, many criminal gangs have been locked up and a lot of evidence has been obtained, so that the entire Gyeonggi area can be wiped out overnight.

Operations in places other than Gyeonggi may not be so smooth.

The clean and quick actions of the six doors really stunned everyone, no one expected that Yue Shan's actions would be so powerful.

The idlers on the street were wiped out and there was no more to be seen. The rampant underground gangs were as honest as a good boy. Even the second-generation ancestors, who usually had no scruples, restrained themselves a lot for fear of being caught. .

The common people were happy. Usually seeing officials was like seeing the plague, but now seeing people in black clothes is like seeing relatives.

At first everyone was a little hesitant, afraid that the six doors were just pretending, but when they found out that they were really fighting hard, they all became free spies.

Helping to find out the news, follow up, and assist in the arrest... The six doors have contributed a lot to arresting people so smoothly.

……

"Marshal Superintendent, the situation is very good. In two days, we have arrested more than [-] people, and the prison can't hold them." Chen Yu raised his eyebrows and ran over to announce the good news.

"700 people, so many?" Even knowing that buying people is common in this era, he was shocked by this number.This is still a place in Gyeonggi, and it has only been in action for two days.

If you want to scan the whole country, how many people will there be?

"You won't bring back other criminals, will you?"

"Hey..." Chen Yu sneered and defended: "Shut the grass and beat the rabbits, anyway, they are all black sheep, the same."

"You..." Yue Shan was angry, and pointed at him for a long time before he said helplessly: "You can be arrested together, but you must be clearly screened when sentencing, so as not to make unjust, false and wrong cases."

Chen Yu patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Sun Zhengqing of Dali Temple has mobilized the most elite forces from the Criminal Justice Department to form a jury to follow up and take charge of this case, and we guarantee that there will be no mistakes."

Can't go wrong?Yue Shan didn't believe it.In the [-]th century, it is hard to know how many innocent people lost their lives, let alone the feudal society of the Tang Dynasty.

Although he set up the Six Doors himself, he has no doubt that this institution is full of mediocre and rotten people.

There is really no way to study some things in detail, otherwise don't do anything, and picking thorns every day can exhaust people to death.As long as his subordinates don't make too much trouble, he often has to turn a blind eye.

"You must be careful when you act. It is best to have conclusive evidence when you do it, especially when you are targeting those high-ranking families. Today, hundreds of people have impeached my six sects for rampant behavior and looting in the name of cracking down on kidnapping." Yue Shan said :

"There will be more people impeaching us in the future. If any of you really committed an unforgivable mistake, don't blame me for being rude."

Chen Yu's heart was awe-inspiring, and he restrained his smile and said, "Here, I will tell them well."

Seeing that he really listened, Yue Shan changed the subject and asked, "Are there any casualties, brothers?"

Chen Yu's face became serious: "Yes, there are quite a few. More than a hundred people were slightly injured, 24 were seriously injured, and two people were sacrificed."

Yue Shan sighed and said, "The victims will each be rewarded with a hundred acres of fertile land, and those who are severely injured and disabled and unable to move will be rewarded with ten coins, and will be transferred to the logistics department for light physical labor."

Chen Yu said gratefully: "My subordinates thank Du Shuai for your kindness."

Yue Shan waved his hands and said, "They are all my brothers, what are you doing with such unreasonable words. They sacrificed their lives for the country and were injured. We can't let them bleed and shed tears."

……

The anti-trafficking work was carried out in an orderly manner, but Yue Shan was not at all easy. The main reason was that the deeper the investigation, the more people involved, and many backgrounds were so deep that even he couldn't do anything about it.

Fortunately, one family and two said that the problem was that too many dignitaries were involved. If he dared to forcibly investigate, even Li Shimin would not be able to handle it.Unless there is a complete liquidation, it is impossible to catch all the traffickers.

Take casinos and brothels as examples. These two can be said to be the hardest hit areas for the slightly bought population.

Casinos often take away the wives and daughters of gamblers who owe them gambling debts and sell them for money, and brothels often spend money to buy women as prostitutes.Both of these are illegal, especially the fact that a casino buys off a gambler's family, which is prohibited by law.

But in real life, no one cares about it at all, and even reporting to officials is useless.The head of the family has absolute right to dispose of his wife and children, and he can sell whoever he wants.

Moreover, behind the casinos and brothels are powerful people or local tyrants and bullies. They are powerful and powerful and are not afraid of being checked by others.

In such a situation, Yue Shan had to make a personal decision, whether to continue the investigation or let it go.

This choice was very painful for him. Seeing people who deserved to be cut into pieces were let off by him like this, he felt very tormented inside.

But some trade-offs must be made. People must adapt to the environment before they can survive, and then they have the opportunity to slowly change the environment.

He is not the kind of hard-headed person, sometimes he can stick to his principles, but sometimes he has to compromise.

Just as he was holding the list and thinking about who to let go and who to use as an example, one of his subordinates reported, "Zhang Hong, Minister of the Household Department, is here to visit."

Zhang Hong?What is he here for?Yue Shan thought of it in surprise, and at the same time got up and went to the gate to greet him.

"Yue Hou, please don't blame me for taking the liberty to visit." Zhang Hong was very polite, and smiled three-pointed before saying anything.

"Where is Zhang Shangshu, if you can come, I really have to live against the wall of the six doors. Please come in." Yue Shan said politely.

The two entered the hall and sat down separately between host and guest. Zhang Hongdong clarified his purpose after rambling a few words: "I came here because I wanted to cooperate with Yuehou on something, or in other words, I hope the Ministry of Households and Six Gates will cooperate."

Yue Shan asked in surprise, "Oh, what's the matter?"

Zhang Hongdao: "I want to carry out a population census of the whole country, but the obstacles are too great to be completed by our household department. The six doors are cracking down on abductions across the country, and a large number of black and hidden households will inevitably be counted..."

"I thought that our two departments could work together. The Six Doors could assist the Ministry of Households in counting household registers, and the Ministry of Households could also find out where the population was abnormal through the counting of the population, so as to help the Six Doors to better carry out anti-trafficking work. "

Yue Shan's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but look at Zhang Honglai again.

He is completely unfamiliar with this Minister of the Household Department. He has never seen his name in any history books in his previous life. I don't know if he was not suitable for an official career and was covered up by history. He has almost never dealt with him in this life.

He is more familiar with Dai Zhou, the former Minister of the Household Department, but unfortunately Dai Zhou died early.Dai Zhou was replaced by an official surnamed Qi. When Six Doors was first established, Yue Shan often asked him for money.

It's a pity that Qi Shangshu was released a few months ago. The reason is very funny. It is said that there is no way to ask for money from the internal treasury. Several prime ministers discussed it and found an excuse to replace him.

Then I don't know from which corner Zhang Hong was found.

Yue Shan had a general understanding of this man, and he was also from a family of officials. It can be traced back to the Northern Wei Dynasty at the earliest. His father was the governor of the former Sui Dynasty.

After Li Yuan captured Chang'an, he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. When Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin fought, he did not support anyone, and he belonged to the faction that supported the emperor.

After Li Shimin became emperor, he gradually climbed up, and was promoted to Minister of the Household Department a few months ago.

This person is very clear about why the previous Minister of the Household Department was taken down. After taking office, he did one thing and cried poorly.Every day I look to Li Shimin to cry about being poor, and then ask for money from the internal treasury.

After he took office, the warehouse of the household department became more and more full day by day, and the ministers were much richer than before when they made the court budget.

That's all Yue Shan's impression of him.

At first, I thought that this Zhang Shangshu would be just like that, but now it seems that this is also a person who is unwilling to be lonely.

Not only dare not be lonely, but also really have ideas and courage.

It has been nearly 20 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Although the national strength is booming, in fact, there are many holes left by the war period that have not been plugged.

One of them is the census.

Yes, the imperial court still doesn't know how many people there are in the country, not even an approximate figure, only an estimated value.

Everyone knows that there is a big gap between the estimated value and the real data, but no one dares to conduct a census, not even Dai Zhou, who only has clean and honest officials.

The reason is very simple. A large number of hidden and black households are in the hands of the powerful and powerful. Whoever dares to investigate will offend these powerful.

Black households and hermits do not need to pay taxes or serve in the military. They are the private property of the powerful and powerful, and they are also the reliance of the powerful family against the local official uniform.

In troubled times, it is easy to form a strong army, whether it is self-protection or investment in which side of the princes, it can continue to maintain the prosperity and wealth of the family.

Whoever dares to touch these hidden and black households will be a thorn in the side of the aristocratic and powerful family, and will be mobilized to attack and retaliate wildly.

How many officials dare to ignore this threat and conduct a population inventory?
Now that Zhang Hong actually said to do this, how could Yue Shan not be surprised, how could he not look at him differently.

(End of this chapter)