"Sir, this is the bank treasury under the jurisdiction of Yuezhou Governor's Mansion. There are 745,600 taels of silver in it. It is the tax balance from January to March."
Yin Cao reported to Yang Qingyuan with the bank's income and expenditure records.
"Only 740,000 taels left?!"
This number is a bit too small! Yuezhou is known as having seven mountains, two rivers and one farmland, but Yuezhou is famous for its wealth.
Yuezhou's handicraft industry and commerce are extremely developed, and it is close to the East China Sea and has a developed navigation industry. Zhoushan Ferry in Changguo is the second largest port in the Zhou Dynasty, second only to Citong Port in Minzhou.
Therefore, Yuezhou turned over a large amount of finance to the central government every year, and the wages and salaries in the southeast and southwest borders of the Great Zhou Dynasty all depended on the taxes of Yue and Fujian.
With the wealth of Yuezhou, there are only 740,000 taels left in the treasury. This is incredible.
"Why is there only so much left!?"
Yang Qingyuan asked casually.
"Mr. Yang, you don't know that Yuezhou has not been easy in the past two years. The hurricane hit the coast of Yuezhou the year before last, and Yuezhou suffered heavy losses. The governor of Yuezhou spent nearly a million taels just to repair the port and appease the victims.
Last year, we dredged the canal and extended and widened the channel, which cost nearly one million taels. This year, the Shenwu Army and the Qiantang Navy had to replace their weapons and equipment. Adding in the eight million taels this time, Yuezhou's treasury was almost completely exhausted.
It’s empty! The remaining 700,000 taels are used to pay monthly salaries to Yuezhou officials, the city defense army, and to repair Emperor Yu’s Mausoleum in Shanyin Prefecture.”
"Those eight million taels were all raised by the Yuezhou governor's office from various places."
"..." When Yin Cao said this, Yang Qingyuan felt that life in Yuezhou was indeed very tight.
In wealthy places like Yuezhou and Yangzhou, the taxes paid to the court accounted for 50% to 70% of the local tax revenue.
The remaining 740,000 taels of silver are neatly piled in the bank.
Even though only a fraction of the original inventory remains, the cash of 740,000 taels is still shocking enough.
"The rest of the silver is not missing either?!"
"Yes!" Yincao replied.
"How often does this bank usually open?" Yang Qingyuan continued to ask.
Yin Cao was obviously familiar with this and replied without thinking, "Generally, every month the business and tax revenue is counted and it will be opened once when it is put into the treasury; when officials at all levels in Yuezhou distribute their monthly salary, it will be opened once. These two times
It is fixed every month. If there are other income and expenditures, that is a different matter. The withdrawal of every ingot of silver from this bank requires approval from the Yuezhou Governor's Office and even the imperial court, otherwise you will not be able to withdraw even one or two.
come out."
Yang Qingyuan nodded. Judging from the bank's system alone, it is already relatively sound and complete!
Looking around the Yuezhou Silver Treasury, this silver vault is made of fine iron. Besides the fine iron, there is a layer of rock wrapped around it. If you want to break through the walls and enter the silver vault, you can still do it.
But at the same time, it is not easy to avoid the attention of the stationed Shenwu Army and two Yuanhua Realm masters.
Once discovered, it turns from stealing to openly robbing!
Of course, you can also choose to bribe the troops stationed there, but if you want to bribe all the 1,500 people, it will take a lot of time and energy to infiltrate.
After you complete this move, the troops originally stationed will have to change defenses, and a new team of troops will arrive, and the original bribery efforts will be in vain.
The soldiers and horses guarding the bank are randomly selected from the Shenwu Army, so it is difficult to predict in advance.
Yang Qingyuan's eyes immediately came to the ground at his feet.
"Wang Yincao, there is only one layer of stone slabs on the ground, is there dirt underneath?!"
Wang Yincao immediately replied, "Sir, there is also fine iron under the ground. The entire bank is made of fine iron and is integrated into one piece. This is for the sake of beauty, so we put another layer on top of the fine iron.
Stone slab. So there are no holes underneath."
Yang Qingyuan nodded. In fact, although he had suspicions about something in the bank, most of his suspicions were dispelled when he confirmed that the other coins were still there.
Even though 780,000 taels of silver is less than one-tenth of 8 million taels, this is a huge sum of money.
Seven hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver can be used to provide a year's monthly salary to six thousand officials and officials in Yuezhou. Even if the military salary of Yuezhou's city defense army is added, it can be paid for more than seven months.
Putting yourself into the perspective of a thief, would you, after acquiring 8 billion, ignore the other 780 million?!
The structure inside the bank is very simple, and there really isn't much to see.
After a brief inspection, Yang Qingyuan left the bank.
However, the Yuezhou bank is well built. Not only does it have good security, but the scenery is also good! There are many trees planted in the bank, and there are even ornamental bamboos, and it has the charm of a Jiangnan garden.
Although the scenery is nice, the case has reached a deadlock.
There are currently no clues at all. How did the salary go missing? Even Yang Qingyuan has trouble determining the link where the salary was lost.
However, the detection of the case cannot be based on the order of the criminals' crimes. Their ultimate goal is to find the lost wages.
After Yang Qingyuan returned to the imperial envoy's headquarters, he and Di Zhiyuan immediately found Qinglong, the commander of Yuandong Town Fusi.
Under Qinglong's guidance, Yang Qingyuan and the others went to Fusi Yamen in Jinyi Weidong Town.
The person who received them was Liu Wenyu, the envoy of Fusi Town in Dongzhen! She was also a rare female senior official among the Jinyi Guards.
"Lord Qinglong!"
"Master Yang!"
"Master Di!"
Although Qinglong was temporarily removed from his post by Emperor Zhou, his prestige within the Jinyi Guards was difficult to eliminate in a short period of time.
The first time Liu Wenyu saw the three people, she saluted Yang Qingyuan.
"I am a guilty person now, so I don't need to be polite."
Liu Wenyu glanced at Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan, and then said seriously, "Your Majesty, what you said is ridiculous! Your Majesty is the head of our Jinyi Guards. Even if you are temporarily dormant now, it will not affect your status in the Jinyi Guards. I, Dongzhen Fusi
Take the adults’ lead as an example!”
Qinglong looked at the girl he had brought up, and his usually calm expression changed slightly.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Unlike Qinglong's move, Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan looked at each other and saw something unusual. This Ambassador Liu Zhen was very scheming!
Qinglong soon put away his emotions and said, "Envoy Liu Zhen, Master Yang and Master Di are here to inquire about information this time, and I hope you can help me!"
"Lord Qinglong, you two sirs, Liu Wenyu dares not to obey orders!"
Speaking of which, Liu Wenyu and Yang Qingyuan came to the place where the chief division collects intelligence. The headquarters of Dongzhen Fusi is in Shanyin Mansion. Yangzhou, Yuezhou, Minzhou, Lingnan, Xuzhou, and Qingzhou all have information from Dongzhen.
The Town and Fu Department is responsible.
Dongzhen Fusi is the most important of the four major Jinyiwei Zhenfusi.
"I wonder what the two adults want to check?"
"I need to find out what forces are there in Yuezhou that can dispose of eight million taels of silver without anyone noticing?"
Since it is currently impossible to find out how the pay robbers secretly transferred the pay money, the best thing to do is to start with the traces of the pay money.
And the most important task at the moment is to find the whereabouts of the salary.
Eight million taels of silver, if you use ordinary carriages, you will need at least hundreds of them, and if you travel by water, you will also need several large boats.
As soon as the salary money was lost, the main waterways in Yuezhou were blocked, and the possibility of transporting the salary money out of Yuezhou by water was extremely slim. The eight million taels must still be in Yuezhou.
Under Qinglong's command, Liu Wenyu found two scrolls from the archives and handed them to Yang Qingyuan.
Then Qinglong said, "Mr. Yang, in Yuezhou, the only ones who can handle eight million taels without leaving any traces are the Jiangnan Flower Family and the Money Gang!"
Jiangnan Huajia is the largest real estate developer in the world. You can gallop anywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and from sunrise to sunset, you cannot escape from the Huajia's territory.
The seventh child of the Hua family, Hua Manlou, is also one of Yang Qingyuan's friends.
When I first met Huamanlou, it was naturally because of Lu Xiaoji, an unreliable guy. Yang Qingyuan was also blind at that time.
Because the Dao Pupil was too magical and could not be controlled, Yang Qingyuan, who first arrived in this world, became blind!
So the two blind men also became friends.
When Yang Qingyuan was studying in the Hanlin Academy, he often borrowed books from the Hua family. During the holidays, he often traveled to Jiangnan.
On the contrary, after becoming the young minister of Dali Temple, I had no time to spare.
The last time I passed through Jiangnan, I met Hua Manlou who was out visiting friends. Didn't she meet her? After all, Yang Qingyuan hadn't seen Hua Manlou for almost two years.
If the Hua family is the richest man in Jiangnan, then the Money Gang is the largest gang in Jiangnan.
The Money Gang was hidden in the world at first and was rarely heard of, but overnight it swept the Jiangnan Wulin as an unparalleled hero. It even suppressed the world-famous Qiantang Qixiu Fang and became the number one force in the Jiangnan Wulin.
The leader of the gang, Shangguan Jinhong, has entered the mysterious cave. A pair of dragons and phoenixes ringed by a mother and a son have reached the state of transformation. They are wonderfully infiltrated by nature. They have no rings and no self. There is no trace to be found, and everything is invincible.
Although he is not at the pinnacle of martial arts, he still knows that he has given up on worldly thoughts and is not tempted by things.
Seven years ago, Shangguan Jinhong defeated Sun Baifa, the top martial arts master in Jiangnan, and became the master of Jiangnan.
Then he recruited 17 masters in Jiangnan's weaponry spectrum, including Jing Wuming, "Vajra Tieguai" Zhuge Gang, "Wind and Rain Twin Meteors" Xiang Song and many other masters to form the Money Gang.
The money is gone, but the head is not saved.
This is the power of the Money Gang in Jiangnan.
Yang Qingyuan looked at the scroll in his hand carefully. Both the Hua family and the Money Gang were capable of digesting the eight million taels.
Even in terms of ability, the Hua family can digest the eight million taels more easily.
The entire Jiangnan area is full of Hua family's properties. It is not easy for ordinary people to hide hundreds of boxes, but for the Hua family, it is completely possible to separate these 800 boxes. Although the 800 boxes are conspicuous, they are not easy to hide.
A few boxes seem very inconspicuous.
Even if one box is placed in one house, only 800 houses are needed.
Eight hundred houses are really not a difficult task for Huajia, the largest real estate developer in Dazhou.
The Money Gang is also a very wealthy party. If they want to melt away the eight million taels of silver without attracting attention, although it is not as easy as the Hua family, it can be done.
Although Yang Qingyuan was on good terms with the Hua family, he did not use this to alleviate his suspicion of the Hua family.
"Thank you so much, Commander Qinglong, and many thanks, Commander Liu Zhen, for your help!"
Yang Qingyuan still thanked him habitually, although given his status and official position, even if he didn't thank him, the other party wouldn't say anything.
But being proud of one's superiors and not being able to tolerate inferiors, bullying the strong but not bullying the weak, this is what a gentleman does.
Then Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan left the Zhenfusi Mansion.
"Sir, I'm afraid this Liu Wenyu is not that simple!"
After Yang Qingyuan's influence, Di Zhiyuan, who originally focused on investigating cases and reasoning, has also greatly improved his political literacy.
This is a good phenomenon. Law is used to restrain power, but it must also serve politics.
The two words politics and law have always been indistinguishable.
If Di Zhiyuan can grow up as soon as possible, the pressure on Yang Qingyuan in the court will be lighter.
"Talk about it!"
"Although Ambassador Liu Zhen just acted like a die-hard loyalist to Qinglong, it was really inappropriate. She acted like this in front of us, and she simply wanted to kill Qinglong!"
Yang Qingyuan nodded, it was indeed true.
Who are you?! The Emperor's envoy to Yuezhou and the chief minister of Dali Temple. In Yuezhou, Yang Qingyuan can represent the Emperor.
And Liu Wenyu expressed her loyalty to Qinglong in front of Yang Qingyuan, who can represent the emperor to a certain extent. What does this mean?!
This is not to help Qinglong regain its prestige, or to stab Qinglong with a soft knife in front of Yang Qingyuan.
Suppose Yang Qingyuan reported this situation to the emperor, what would the emperor think?!
A former commander of the Fusi Division of Dongzhen who was dismissed from his post could still have such great power. Is Jin Yiwei’s surname even Zhu?
Even if he believed in Qinglong, a crack would be left in the emperor's heart.
The prestige was too high, and even the emperor's imperial edicts and imperial edicts were not as effective as Qinglong's personal prestige. At this time, the emperor would start to be afraid of Qinglong.
And this fear is Liu Wenyu's opportunity to climb up.
Qinglong is a master of the Dongxuan Realm, and was trained by Emperor Zhou himself. He must continue to use it, but it will not let Qinglong's prestige continue to grow.
Therefore, Qinglong will not be able to take the position of Dongzhen Fusi for the time being!
Among the remaining people, the ones who are most likely to be the commanders of the East Town of Jiaxiaoxiao are Liu Wenyu and another town commander!
Following Di Zhiyuan's analysis, Yang Qingyuan nodded repeatedly. Now that Di Zhiyuan is above the imperial court, he can compete with those old foxes.
This feeling of cultivation is so good!
"Sir, do you think Liu Wenyu will play any role in this case?!"
Di Zhiyuan's intuition always felt that this Liu Wenyu was not simple.
"It's hard to say now. We don't have any evidence at the moment." Yang Qingyuan shook his head and said. Just from the detail that Liu Wenyu wanted to climb up, we couldn't tell anything at all.
In the officialdom, it is normal to want to rise all the way up, but those who do not want to be promoted are a very small minority.
"We should still start from the Hua Family and the Money Gang to trace the whereabouts of the salary! Eight million taels of salary, even if it is dropped into the water, will cause a huge wave. I don't believe it will disappear without a sound.
Within Yuezhou.”
Then Yang Qingyuan and Di Zhiyuan divided their troops into two groups.
Di Zhiyuan continued to rush back to the Shenwu Army camp to trace the secret of the missing salary.
Yang Qingyuan went to the Qiantang Hua Family and the Money Gang to see if he could find any clues from these two families!