Gao Qiu entered the palace.

"Official family."

"I have something important for you to do."

"Officials and ministers also have something important to report."

"What's up?"

"Wang Jing, the magistrate of Luzhou, committed suicide in Shouzhou."

(Shouzhou is the main city of Shouchun Prefecture)

Zhao Ning was slightly startled: "When did it happen?"

"The first day of the first lunar month."

Zhao Ning's face darkened.

"The official family said that he was forced to death by Li Chongwen of the Ministry of Revenue and Nie Chang of the Su Provincial Council."

"Forced to death, how to force a court official to death?"

What a liar!

How were officials in the Song Dynasty treated?

The officials of the Song Dynasty were the most nourishing group of officials in ancient China.

From food, clothing, housing and transportation, the court covers everything!

Moreover, commerce was developed in the Song Dynasty. As long as you were an official, you were a member of the powerful class. As long as you were a member of the powerful class, you could do business through various connections.

There is no need to worry about making money in this kind of business, because it is a business done with power, and it is a business that forces consumers to buy.

Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, those who had power had a high probability of being rich.

Would they be willing to commit suicide?

When did the powerful class become so wealthy?

Facing the emperor's question, Gao Qiu said: "It is said that Weng Yanguo summoned the prefects of various states to Shouchun to discuss the issue of low taxes last summer. Li Chongwen questioned Wang Jing during the discussion, questioning that there were people in Luzhou who evaded taxes, tax evasion and tax corruption.

Then they got into an argument with Wang Jing. Nie Chang said that he would send people to Luzhou to check Wang Jing's accounts. The next day, Wang Jing hanged himself in his residence.

."

Gao Qiu is also very smart. For this kind of matter, he should report it truthfully according to the investigation situation and don't add any exaggeration.

Zhao Ning looked at him and asked, "Do you think Wang Jing committed suicide?"

Gao Qiu hesitated for a moment and said, "It should be suicide."

"Was Wang Jing really forced to death?"

Gao Qiu fell silent, hesitating and not daring to speak any more.

"Say what you think, I don't blame you."

"It could also be a scapegoat."

"How to say?"

"I don't know yet, but I have already sent people to check on Wang Jing's family."

Zhao Ning sighed and said, "By the time you send someone there, his family will probably be dead."

Gao Qiu was stunned for a moment and said: "Your Majesty is wise, but I think it's wrong."

"You are not to blame for this matter. If Wang Jing was the scapegoat, they would have taken the initiative and they might have taken action in advance."

This kind of local trick to fight against the central court is really effective.

Intimidating Wang Jing to commit suicide, without any conclusive evidence, killing people, making the matter worse, alerting the capital, and the Ministry of Revenue and the Su Provincial Yuan were suspected of abusing their power and murdering their colleagues.

It would be very troublesome if he were charged with this crime.

In the absence of any evidence, even Zhao Guanjia, who has always killed without blinking an eye, would not kill anyone.

Now Wang Jing committed suicide and left a suicide note, which means that Li Chongwen and Nie Chang forced him to die.

Murdering a colleague?

Just think about it, in your company, a colleague accuses another colleague of corruption, and another colleague commits suicide to prove his ambition. Can the accused colleague continue to work?

"You committed suicide on the first day of the new year, and you only received the news on the fifth day of the new year. What kind of report does the Imperial City Department use now?"

"It's Ma Di."

"The horse delivery is slow. I will allocate a group of good horses to the post office this year. From now on, the Imperial City Department will establish a strict hierarchical information transmission and use emergency delivery in urgent cases."

"yes!"

The so-called quick-foot delivery was the fastest way to transmit information in the Song Dynasty. It was generally only used in military affairs. It could travel four hundred miles a day and was run by the best horses.

Historically, Zhao Gou used a rush to deliver twelve gold medals to Yue Fei.

Zhao Ning told Gao Qiu about Li Qing, and Gao Qiu immediately guessed what Zhao Guan's family wanted to do.

Zhao Ning still warned him carefully.

Gao Qiu said: "Officials, don't worry, leave this matter to me, I will definitely handle it well."

"Don't make them suspicious."

"yes!"

"Go ahead and keep a close eye on Huaixi."

"I excuse myself."

The fact that Luzhou Zhizhou committed suicide in Shouchun gradually spread to the capital in the following period.

Li Chunyou ran to Cai Mao's house.

"Xianggong Cai, Wang Jing, the magistrate of Luzhou, committed suicide."

"Suicide?" Cai Mao was surprised.

Li Chunyou told the latest news, and Cai Mao fell into deep thought.

"Xiangong Cai, isn't this bad? Now those New Dealers are forcing the local magistrate to death. This is a big crime!"

"But what I see is Huaixi's resistance to taxes!" Cai Mao said seriously, "If the taxes don't come up, there will be big problems."

Li Chunyou said with a smile: "Xiangong Cai is overly worried. Soon after this matter, the court will recall the people who were sent there. No one dares to go to Huaixi anymore. There will definitely be more people who object to checking the fields and rivers because of this matter."

Check taxes.”

What he said makes sense. When Wang Anshi sent people to survey the fields, they were suppressed by local forces and the opposition in the DPRK, and ended without any problems.

As long as it involves land, it is the lifeblood of the landlords. They will try every possible means to get you away and make it difficult for you to move forward!

The current Luzhou Zhizhou suicide incident is actually a counterattack by the local old faction.

Last year, after Weng Yanguo wrote that long article, what was the purpose of various officials criticizing the Gyeonggi New Deal?

It is not to prevent the New Deal from leaving Gyeonggi Road and put pressure on the New Deal faction.

And wasn’t it driven by the New Dealers in the DPRK and China to bring the Ministry of Revenue and the Su Provincial Yuan to Huaixi?

This is a battle between the New Deal faction and the old local forces.

Cai Mao said: "I'm afraid that His Majesty will be furious and send people over again!"

"I say this Weng Yanguo still has some abilities!" Li Chunyou said proudly, "It won't be long before everyone from the Ministry of Revenue and Su Provincial Academy returns to the capital."

At this time, Zhao Ding was discussing with Zhao Ning in Wende Hall about Wang Jing's suicide.

Zhao Ding said: "Now that the person is dead, whether he was really forced to death by Nie Chang and Li Chongwen, we only need to check Wang Jing. If Li Chongwen's accusation against him is true, then he committed suicide out of fear of crime and has nothing to do with Li Chongwen and others.

."

"What about Nie Chang and the others now?"

"Let them go to Luzhou first. It will be good if they can find evidence of Wang Jing's crime. If they can't find it, they can only withdraw to the capital and send others there."

Zhao Ning nodded and said: "You can make arrangements for the household affairs, and I will discuss with him the affairs of Nie Chang."

"yes."

In just a few days, the Huaixi incident spread throughout the officialdom of Tokyo and triggered widespread controversy.

The blame for driving their colleagues to death fell on Li Chongwen and Nie Chang.

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Gao Qiu entered the palace.

"The officials have made arrangements, and Li Qing also wrote a letter of recommendation."

Gao Qiu presented the letter.

Zhao Ning opened it and saw that it was actually a letter addressed to Shouchun Judge Wang Zhongheng, and it was a letter of recommendation.

Moreover, the letter was written in a very cryptic way. It did not directly say that I wanted to buy a field, but that I recommended a friend to get to know him.

As for what happens next, it’s just an interview.

Then there are private transactions.

"Are the people sent there reliable?"

Gao Qiu said: "The official can rest assured. He is absolutely reliable. He is my confidant. His whole family is in Tokyo."

"You should take good care of it yourself, I won't ask any more questions, and you will give me the results as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!