This year, there is a lot of rain in the capital, which is stuffy and hot.
The people holding umbrellas and straw raincoats on the street were in a hurry, and the shops were in a deserted state. The guys squatted to watch the rain and enjoyed the rare tranquility of the downtown city of the capital.
The shopkeeper even had a pity that he was not as knowledgeable as the literati in the teahouse opposite, otherwise he could recite a poem or something to express his mood.
But soon the tranquility was broken, and the horse's hooves splashed, and a team of guards galloped over. They were wearing rain cloth and hats. Neither the rain cloth nor the rain covered the flashing python patterns on their robes and the knife on their waists.
Dragon Yiwei.
The shop assistant stood up quickly, and even though he was indoors, he couldn't help but retreat.
Although scholars from Jingzhou had previously praised the Longyi Guard, these may appear, and the military guards who could break into the family of high-ranking officials and powerful people still feared everyone.
Fear and curious.
When the Dragon-Yiwei rushed past, the shop assistant hurriedly leaned over and looked at it, regardless of the rain.
Who is going to be caught in trouble?
The scholars who had originally written poems on the second floor opposite, who had already picked up their pens and wrote poems also stopped and stood by the window looking at the Dragon Guard galloping in the rain.
"It seems that the Huzhou summer flood case will definitely not be hasty," said a scholar.
"Who can escape after the minister of the Ministry of Revenue came to an end in person?" Another scholar sighed and said, "Why is Mr. Du? Are you dissatisfied with the benefits he gave him? So I drag everyone to die together?"
The noise caused by a Hanlin editor-in-law who was a friend who was complaining about injustice had not yet dissipated. The Minister of Revenue in the court stood up and asked the Empress to check the accounts of Huzhou Xiasun in the past years. She also said it would be faster so that the account books would not be compiled and destroyed, which immediately caused an uproar in the court.
The Empress ordered the Longyiwei to surround the Ministry of Revenue on the spot. At the same time, she said that for the sake of convenience, the Gongwei Department was divided from the City Guardian to take charge of the Longyiwei. She also set up an official position. The Chief Certificate Ding became the commander, and the Hanlin editor Zhu Yong. Although she had not returned from Jingzhou, she was transferred to the Tongzhi, etc. - At that time, everyone was shocked by the behavior of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and then they were concerned about the Ministry of Revenue, and they were also able to care about the Gongwei Department for a while.
Anyway, they are all the queen's private soldiers, so it's useless to turn into a flower name.
The problem was soon seen. Huzhou's summer flood allocation was taken from top to bottom. After layer by layer, there was actually not much money. So the canal dam that instinctively repaired at one time could only be repaired every year. The upper and lower levels were happy to do so. In this way, we can continue to share the money-
The queen was furious and the Dragon Guard began to arrest people, and the first one was Mr. Du.
Mr. Du should have surrendered voluntarily. Not only did he reveal the account in the court, but he didn't have to search the house with Longyiwei, but he took the initiative to hand over the private letters with others.
With all the evidence and physical evidence, the Taifu Deng Yi could only remain silent.
Officials from the Ministry of Revenue arrested one after another, and one after another was revealed. Huzhou could not escape. Zhu Yong, the new Gongwei Department's Tongzhi, who had not returned to Beijing, had already taken the Longyiwei from Jingzhou to Huzhou directly. It can be imagined that there will inevitably be bloody storms there, and the newly established Gongwei Department's prison cell is not enough in the blink of an eye.
This incident shocked the civil and military officials of the court.
Of course, it was not shocked by the division of corruption and no water treatment funds. Very few of the amount allocated by the court really implemented it. And greed for ink is also common. Which of these officials in the court dares to say that they are clean?
What shocked them was that Mr. Du was crazy, and he was clearly among them, so why did he have to seek death?
Someone asked Mr. Du in the cell. Mr. Du insisted that he had repented and wanted to be a innocent person and be willing to accept punishment for what he had done.
Listen to this, what else can it be if you are not crazy?
"He's not crazy." Chu Zhao said softly, "He's trying."
She didn't understand this at first, but knew that Mr. Du was not to show her loyalty.
Chu Zhao looked through the booklet handed over by the Longyi Guard, which was specially for investigating the private records of officials: "Once at a banquet at Deng Yi's house, two people sneered a few words about their children's marriage. One of them was the father of Tian Lin, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, and the other was the father of Shilang Du——"
Then Ding Dachui asked him to investigate carefully and finally learned that the Tian family had discussed relatives with the Du family, namely Tian Lin's son and Du Shilang's young daughter, but the youngest son of the Tian family was not good enough and Du Shilang did not like it, which annoyed the Tian family.
Last year, Miss Du met Ma Jing when she went out, broke her leg and became a cripple. The marriage she had originally planned was also resolved. Gu Chi
"Is it the Tian family who did it?" Chu Zhao asked.
Counselor Yin said: "Miss Du, Ma Jing, met Mr. Tian before, but there was no evidence."
"Although Tian Lin's official position is lower than that of Du Shilang," said Ding Daechui, "but the Tian family is larger than the Du family, and Tian Lin has a closer relationship with the Taifu."
"Tian Lin should have threatened him with Mr. Du's greed." Counselor Yin said, looking through the records in his hand, "The coachman of the Du family said that he had heard that Tian Lin and Mr. Du were arguing by the car and mentioned the issue of dividing money, and the two parted in disagreement."
So Mr. Du saw that his daughter was ruined for a lifetime, but because the Tian family was born and he was not upright, he had no way to take revenge and could not escape and was troubled by Tian Lin.
"He reported to Deng Yi, and Deng Yi would not really deal with Tian Lin for him." Yin Counselor said, smiling, "Tian Lin gave Deng Yi much more money than Shishou Minister Du. How could the Grand Tutor give the Tian family for the sake of his children? Even if he was just Tian Lin's official, the Tian family would not be overthrown. Shishou Minister Du would instead attract more fierce revenge from the Tian family-"
Ale listened to the whole process and suddenly said, "So, Empress, you are the best thug in the eyes of Mr. Du."
Chu Zhao laughed. No matter what, the thug doesn't matter. She threw the booklet on the table. She didn't ask Mr. Du's heart, she only asked about this.
She must not ignore this matter.
"Mr. Du said in prison that he had more than one's own life, and he only wanted to redeem his sins and not be implicated by his family." said Yin Counselor.
So it wasn't crazy, but to seek a way out, Chu Zhao said: "Finish it, no one left, how much money they swallowed, and spit out a lot of them."
There are so many places where you lack money.
The summer flood season in Huzhou must be solved, and the military expenditure of border counties is also very expensive.
When Ding Dachui and Yin Gong retired, the dusk enveloped the imperial city. Chu Zhao did not wait in the hall for Xiao Yu to complete his homework, but asked the imperial banquet to prepare dinner and bring it to the front hall.
Since the Zheng Xia case, Chu Zhao and Deng Yi have not seen each other alone in two months.
When Chu Zhao arrived, he saw that the Taifu Hall was empty and there were no officials rushing.
She knew that it must be Deng Yi who had dismissed the person.
The Imperial Guards in the outer hall were controlled by Deng Yi, and the news of the queen coming must have been known in advance.
"I thought I could hear what everyone said about the Huzhou summer flood fund case." Chu Zhao said directly.
Deng Yi sat behind the table and said with a smile: "Everyone was worried that the Empress would be seen and arrested as a co-camp."
In fact, Deng Yi used to joke like this when talking to her, but at that time his eyes were gentle and even sometimes he had a smile hidden.
But now his eyes were cold.
Chu Zhao paused slightly and said, "As long as there is no offense, I will not arrest you."
After saying that, he didn't wait for Deng Yi to speak again, walked straight over and sat down, and sighed softly.
"Tao Fu, let go of this matter first," she said, "Let's talk."
Deng Yi looked at her and smiled: "The Empress has never been a good person to talk."
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Chapter completed!