Zheng Xuan did not go to the Railway Administration Office on time today.
He looked at the reluctant Zheng An and scolded: "You don't want to go anywhere these days. Do you really think I don't know where you want to go? And you want to hang out with those remnants of the Six Nations."
"No!"
"Just stay at home."
"Haven't there been enough jokes in the past two days?"
"You don't think it's embarrassing, I think it's embarrassing. I, Zheng Xuan, am a public official after all. How could I have given birth to such a useless son like you?"
Zheng An stood aside and said restlessly:
"How did I know those historians could solve the case?"
"You heard it yesterday. Even the jailers couldn't solve this case in one day. Who knew we would meet someone with novel ideas."
"I'm wronged too!"
"I am no longer an official, I am just a Guizhou leader. I will be arranged by you, Aweng, to go to a nearby county to start over again after a while. During this time, you might as well let me go out and relax."
"Don't worry, Aweng, I will never cause trouble."
"How can there be any remnants of the Six Kingdoms now? They are all serious Qin people. What you said is wrong, Aweng."
Zheng Xuan's face turned pale.
He snorted coldly:
"What I say is what I say."
"If I don't let you go out, you can't even think about going out."
"If you want to go out, at least wait until this period of time passes, otherwise don't even think about it."
"I'll let the officials keep an eye on you later. If you dare to run outside, don't come back. Do you think you'll have too little time to cause trouble?"
Just when Zheng Xuan was scolding Zheng An, a minister hurriedly came over, bowed to Zheng Xuan and said: "Parents, someone from the Iron Official's Office has come. He said that Iron Official Zuo asked him to come. He has something urgent to see the parents.
People are in the lobby now."
"Parents, do you see?"
"Did Tieguan Zuo call for someone?" Zheng Xuan frowned.
There are two officers and assistants in the Railway Administration.
They are all his deputies.
These two people were his confidants who had been deliberately arranged to come in.
Whenever he encountered any difficult issues in the past, he would always let these two people handle them.
These two Iron Officers are both calm-minded people. They seldom make mistakes in their work and rarely trouble themselves. There have been no major incidents in the Iron Officer's office recently. They suddenly sent someone to inform them. What is going on?
Could it be that something happened within the Railway Administration?
Zheng Xuan thought for a while, but couldn't think of the reason, so he also walked to the lobby.
Zheng An hesitated for a moment and then followed.
In the lobby.
A junior official was walking around with an anxious look on his face. When he saw Zheng Xuan, he quickly saluted and said, "I have seen Tieguan Cheng."
Zheng Xuan nodded slightly and said calmly:
"Say it."
"What happened in the official office?"
The junior official bowed and said:
"Guan Cheng, just now Tie Guanzuo got the news. Someone with a history of supervision is coming to the official office to check the recent situation in the official office. Tieguan Zuo is afraid of any accidents, so he asked his subordinates to come and notify Guan Cheng immediately."
"The people who supervise the history are coming to investigate the official office?" Zheng Xuan frowned, then relaxed, and said disdainfully: "Since they want to investigate, let them investigate. I, Zheng Xuan, have always fulfilled my duties and never done anything corrupt and perverted the law.
Let them check it however they want."
The clerk looked around.
whispered:
"Guan Zuo said that the person leading the team this time is Yu Shi Huafu."
"Hua Fu?" Zheng Xuan's eyes darkened. He stared at the clerk and frowned.
a long time.
Zheng Xuancai waved his hand and said:
"I see."
"You go back to the official office first, I'll be there right away."
"I'll take my leave." The junior official bowed and slowly withdrew.
When the little official walked away, Zheng An also cursed angrily: "This Hua Yu really says one thing and does another. Yesterday he vowed that he would not let his father come to investigate, but he turned around and sent someone to investigate.
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"Talk like farting."
"Fortunately, I believed in his impartiality before."
"It turns out he's just like everyone else."
"I bother!"
Zheng Xuan turned around, glanced at Zheng An, and snorted: "This is the real officialdom. There is no such thing as self-denial and devotion to duty. The law is enforced like a mountain, but it doesn't fall on you."
"Hua Yu, under the name of 'Hua Fu', has been cheating and cheating in the past few years, and has gained a lot of good reputation. However, in fact, Hua Fu has long since declined. The current Hua Fu is an empty shell, but other people
Out of sympathy, I didn’t go to expose it.”
"This time I pulled my face off, so naturally I became angry."
"But to try to get me, Zheng Xuan, by means of a surprise inspection, they are just talking nonsense."
"Hua Fu has not been in court for a long time. He suddenly went to court recently and started various actions. I am afraid that he is really thinking about making a comeback. But he wants to find someone to establish his authority. He really thinks too much when he finds me, Zheng Xuan.
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"But how can I, Zheng Xuan, be afraid of him?"
Zheng An also smiled and said:
"That is."
"Aweng always does things flawlessly."
"What can he, a censor, find out?"
"He mobilized forces like this, but in the end he failed. Their face in Washington will really be lost this time."
"Who will take Washington seriously in the future?"
Think of this.
Zheng An was also excited and said: "Ah Weng, you are equivalent to stepping on Hua Fu's face to enter the court. From now on, in the court, who among the other courtiers will not look up to Ah Weng?"
Zheng Xuan also looked proud.
But then.
He seemed to have thought of something, and his expression suddenly changed.
Zheng Xuan looked at Zheng An fiercely, anger welling up in his heart, and he waved his hand and slapped Zheng An.
Zheng An was a little confused by the slap and said aggrievedly: "Aweng, why did you hit me?"
Zheng Xuan cursed angrily:
"I'm really going to be tricked to death by you this time."
"The iron you took a few days ago has not been accounted for yet. It will be easy for Huafu to find out after an investigation. When the time comes, the government will conduct a thorough investigation, and some things will no longer be hidden."
"no!"
"I have to rush back and get this thing over with."
"Otherwise, I will suffer this time!"
Zheng Xuan took a deep breath, put on a long coat, and hurried towards the railway official's office without caring about wearing official clothes.
Hear the words.
Zheng An also panicked.
He had almost forgotten about it.
If Huafu finds out that someone has tampered with the iron without permission, and if we follow this information and continue asking questions, he will probably be found out soon, and by then, his father will also be implicated.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Then he is really finished.
Think of this.
Zheng An also collapsed to the ground on the spot.
Finally, he slapped himself hard.
He cursed angrily:
"Why are you so mean? Why did you just listen to a few compliments from others? You even bought two sets of armor just to save face. Why are you so stupid!"
When Zheng An was panicking, Zheng Xuan also rushed to the Railway Administration Office.
but.
Huafu has also arrived.
Huafu is actually quite unexpected.
He did want to stand up for Qin Luoheng, but he was just a censor. Without orders and no one to complain to the officials, they actually couldn't act without authorization.
But suddenly, His Majesty gave the order.
Check the Railway Administration.
He knew very well the purpose of His Majesty's order, and he immediately took the job. Although His Majesty said that he was inspecting the Iron Government Office, in his opinion, His Majesty actually only wanted to investigate one person, that is, Iron Officer Cheng Zheng Xuan.
Zheng Xuan deceived the wrong person last night!
Hua Fu was also a little happy. He was most afraid that His Majesty would ignore Qin Luoheng, but his current actions showed that Your Majesty still cared about Qin Luoheng, which made him feel completely relieved.
If you have a sense of existence, you still have opportunities!
When he saw Hua Fu, Zheng Xuan frowned, but due to his official position, he had to bow and salute: "Iron Prime Minister Zheng Xuan has met Hua Yushi."
Hua Fu ignored it and walked straight to the lobby.
Loudly:
"According to His Majesty's order, the Iron Office will be inspected."
"I hope you will cooperate and send the books, materials, account books, and related documents in recent years to the lobby for review by the historian and accountant."
Iron Chief Ma Xing saluted and said:
"I would like to ask Yushi Hua, our Railway Administration already conducted an 'upgrade plan' in September. Why does it have to be reviewed again in less than four months?"
"And in the past, it was reviewed by the internal historian. Why is it being reviewed by the imperial censor's office this time?"
"What's going on?"
Ma Xing was a little uneasy.
Their Railway Government Office is affiliated with the Internal History Department. In the past, in September, the account books for the year would be submitted to the "Zhisu Internal History" for review. As a result, it suddenly had to be reviewed again, and it was still reviewed by people from the Imperial History Office.
It's hard not to worry about it.
Especially the one who came here was the Supervisory History Officer, who was responsible for investigating officials.
Hua Fu wanted not to answer, but then he seemed to think of something and whispered to Ma Xing. After hearing this, Ma Xing's expression instantly relaxed, but he glanced at Zheng Xuan quietly when no one noticed.
He had heard about Zheng Xuan and the prison officials.
But since it's not him who is being investigated, he naturally won't meddle in other people's business.
Ma Xing ordered: "Come here and move all the account books of the past few years to the lobby for review by the historian and accountant."
Finished.
The clerk who supervised the history followed the clerk from the Iron Government Office to the interior of the Iron Government Office and took out the account books from previous years one by one. As for the officials such as Chief Iron Officer, Chief Iron Officer and Iron Officer Zuo, they could only stand aside.
Just watch.
The official system of the Qin Dynasty was very similar to that of later generations.
The top leaders at the county, county, provincial and metropolitan levels are mainly responsible for daily management and have the power to appoint officials, that is, the power to appoint and remove personnel. As for the people who actually do things, they are basically the county magistrate, county magistrate, official magistrate, etc.
The second in command will be in charge.
The "Laws for Appointing Officials" stipulates: If a stingy husband is sent to see another official, his old officials and assistants may not be removed, and the official will be replaced by a new official.
When an official (a general term for officials at the county level) is transferred to another government office, the assistants and officials of the original government office are not allowed to be appointed to the new government office.
This was done by the Qin Dynasty to prevent hilltopism.
Ma Xing was transferred from another government agency, so he and Zheng Xuan were not from the same group. Even if Zheng Xuan was found to have problems, he was at most due to improper supervision and would not really be implicated. So after knowing that he was not being investigated, Ma Xing
I am also completely relieved.
He even went to chat with Hua Fu for a few words.
Huafu didn't put on airs either.
Ma Xing is the patriarch of the Ma family. After the Qin State destroyed Zhao, the Ma family of the Zhao State was ordered by Qin Shihuang to move to Xianyang. After the world was unified, Ma Xing was directly granted the title of Marquis of Wu'an by Qin Shihuang.
but.
Ma Xing did not want to accept this reward.
He knew very well that this reward was not for him.
Instead, it was given to his own uncle, Ma Fuzi Zhao Kuo, but Zhao Kuo had no heirs, so the reward fell on him in the end.
Granted the title of Marquis Wu'an.
Their Ma family is the descendant of Zhao She, the famous general of the Zhao State, but he turned out to be the Marquis of Wu'an of the Qin Dynasty. The irony in this is too heavy. Zhao Kuo, the instigator, died at first, but their Ma family has hardly been respected in Xianyang these years.
beginning.
Huafu naturally knew Ma Xing's identity.
In the Battle of Changping that year, he even personally went into battle.
However, after the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi's methods were so rough that Zhao and Qin never dealt with them in these years. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty regarded the events of that year as taboo and never dared to mention them. Huafu also
I don't want to touch this brow.
Ma Xing is the nephew of the person involved.
Huafu also sold a good one because of this, wanting to ease the relationship between the two, and not wanting Ma Xing to still be hostile to them because of what happened back then.
The historian at the bottom of the column and the planner at the top were reviewing these bamboo slips.
the other side.
Zheng Xuan and two iron officials gathered together.
Zheng Xuan asked in a low voice: "Have you just dealt with the trap that my son Zheng An poked some time ago?"
Guan Zuo Fang Heng looked around.
whispered:
"Time is too tight."
"The person who oversees the history came too suddenly."
"We were totally unprepared."
"But everything has been dealt with before, so there shouldn't be any mistakes."
"As for Lingzi's, I temporarily approved some of them from the documents submitted today, and added up the amount of iron they used for Lingzi's. As long as the historian and planners don't check them one by one, I think we should check them.
Nothing comes out.”
"But we may be in trouble in the future."
"The weather has been cold in the past few months, and the iron production of iron mines in various places has dropped. I want to fill these vacancies for a while, but I'm afraid I can't. The key is that these documents have been approved. The iron they want is temporarily used to fill the baskets. It will take a few days to complete.
Officials from the yamen and workshops come to get some tea, but we can't hand it over."
"Zheng Guancheng, what should we do?"
Zheng Xuan had a gloomy face.
Reassuringly:
"It doesn't matter, I'll figure it out then."
"I will never implicate you in the stupid things my son does, but now, we must fool the supervisor first, otherwise we will not be able to escape today."
“Private misappropriation of wrought iron is a capital crime!”
Zheng Xuan glanced at the two of them with a dark look.
Then he said:
"Do you still have the document you approved?"
Fang Heng nodded.
whispered:
"I copied the approved part onto the previous document. As for the remaining unapproved document, I secretly hid it."
"This document was sent today, not many people know about it."
"They shouldn't be able to find it."
Zheng Xuan frowned slightly.
said:
"That's good."
"When these officials leave, give me this document, and I'll see if there's any way to squeeze some wrought iron out of it as usual."
Said.
Zheng Xuan also cursed angrily:
"This rebellious son, if he wasn't the only son, I would have killed him long ago!"
"I have been trembling and cautious in the Iron Office all day long, lest I make a mistake and be targeted by the censor. He is good. He misappropriated the wrought iron from the official office without saying a word. So did you. Why didn't you stop it at that time?
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"It makes me so passive now."
"If the Inspector really finds out something this time, I'll see if I don't kill this fool immediately after I get back."
Zheng Xuan was really angry.
If these two iron officers hadn't been clever and dealt with it in advance, they would really be in doom this time.
the other side.
Supervisory History has finished checking the account books.