With the changes in history and the acceleration of social processes, figures who were originally outstanding in strategy but were not reused at that time began to step onto the stage of the times to stir up trouble and help Li Tai.
Perhaps it is a mysterious unborn figure, or a descendant of a certain family who was once abandoned and never succeeded, or a distant relative of the Li family who has never had a chance to be crowned the great treasure.
It is not impossible for everything to happen in a crisis to be shocking, and for Li Tai to plan all the hidden plots.
Or perhaps, Li Tai is just a banner being held by the other party, and everything is just for the other party to use Li Tai's name to accumulate capital for himself to become king.
Everything can only be known by finding the truth.
And the missing 400,000 taels of silver are the only clue.
"It seems that this Lantian County Magistrate has hidden some important clues. Luo Wu, leave this person to me and I will personally interrogate him." Qin Huaidao suggested.
Luo Wu immediately agreed. Lantian County Magistrate Zhang Huaishan seemed to have done everything under his interrogation. If it weren't for the 400,000 taels of silver that Cheng Chumo found out, he might still have been kept in the dark.
You must know that the entire Tang Dynasty's annual income is only ten million taels of silver, and his small Lantian County swallowed up four hundred thousand taels. The frightening benefits make Qin Huaidao a little worried just thinking about it.
However, this is not wealth that can be swallowed up in a short time. It should be accumulated over several years.
After Luo Wu brought the man up, Qin Huaidao saw that his face was haggard. It seemed that he had used various punishments he had taught Luo Wu. Since he had not fully confessed, it showed that this man was a tough guy.
Qin Huaidao did not ask the question directly, but made a roundabout way: "All of County Magistrate Zhang's family members are in the county seat, right?"
Luo Wu nodded: "When we were arresting them, they were sleeping peacefully in the government office. Including the elderly and children, there were a total of eleven people. They were all waiting behind them."
Zhang Huaishan felt a little nervous when he heard about his family and children.
What does the other party think when he captures his children and women?
Do you want to use women and children to force yourself into submission?
Just when he was thinking wildly, Qin Huaidao told Luo Wu: "Since they are still in the backyard, let the family members go. The matter has been made clear. There is no need to hold on to the family members."
Luo Wu reminded: "Your Majesty, according to law, rebellion will kill the nine tribes."
Qin Huaidao said calmly: "Luo Wu, this is your fault. Everyone in the world is equal, but this is a concept that has only been implemented recently. If you don't understand it, you should read Chang'an Daily carefully."
"Everyone is equal, and what we are talking about is equal rights. Since it is equal rights, then why do the crimes committed by individuals need to be borne by the group? The crime committed by Magistrate Zhang will be borne by him alone. If his family members benefit from Magistrate Zhang,
Just let them return the benefits, why bother killing them all?"
"Furthermore, if Magistrate Zhang commits the crime and kills the Nine Tribes, since the Nine Tribes have no hope of survival, it will arouse the hatred of the same enemy, let alone find any clues. Only when there is a chance to survive, will the Nine Tribes be exposed and reported, and obtain
More clues."
As soon as these words came out, Luo Wumao suddenly became enlightened.
No wonder this man is willing to recruit anyone, but he has always maintained a firm will and never said anything about the whereabouts of Yin Liang.
You must know that what Lantian County Magistrate did in the county seat was, at best, abusing his power and killing people, not rebellion. Therefore, at most, he died alone, and his whole family could still be saved.
If he confessed, it would be a major crime to punish the Nine Clans. For anyone else, it would be a relatively minor confession to save the whole family.
Seeing that Zhang Huaishan had listened to everything, Qin Huaidao looked at several people: "Let's go, he won't speak. Let's go talk to his family."
After that, he led a few people to the backyard. After meeting Zhang Huaishan's family, Qin Huaidao neither asked about the silver nor said how to deal with the few people. He just comforted them and said that no matter what, as long as they didn't do anything about it,
If you participate, you will not be implicated.
About two hours passed.
Zhang Huaishan knelt alone in the county government office. He was tired and hungry. In addition, the weather was getting hotter and his physical strength was a little weak. After waiting for a long time, he discovered that Qin Huaidao and others had entered the government office again.
The first words he said after entering the door almost made Zhang Huaishan lose his soul.
"Take him away. He is of no use now. Just save it and kill him." Qin Huaidao intentionally or unintentionally amplified his voice and told Luo Wu to listen.
Luo Wu cupped his hands and said: "No."
What do you mean? Zhang Huaishan couldn't help but panic. He was clearly tracing the whereabouts of the 400,000 taels of silver just now. Why did he stop tracing after only two hours and said that he was of no use?
Combined with what a few people had just said about his wife and family, Zhang Huaishan's expression changed drastically.
Although he has never told his wife about the things he has done, how could she not know at all who he has met and what he has done since they have lived together for so many years?
Combined with what Your Majesty just said about no longer being involved, could it be that he was using this as a bargaining chip to get his wife to recruit them all?
Thinking of this, Zhang Huaishan broke into a cold sweat.
Originally, he was doing evil in the county. As long as he was sincere and found some colleagues to operate, after His Majesty stopped paying attention to the matter, he could still play some tricks to protect himself. If his wife did it, he would be completely finished.
He knelt down and begged for mercy: "Wait, I'm still useful."
"Oh?" Qin Huaidao looked at him coldly: "I will only give you one sentence. If you cannot say what I want, you will be executed directly."
Zhang Huaishan said quickly: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister said everything. Please forgive the guilty minister."
Are you still talking about conditions up to this point? Qin Huaidao shook his head and signaled to Luo Wu: "This man talks nonsense, drag him out and kill him!"
He was about to behead himself after just one sentence? Zhang Huaishan dared to talk nonsense: "Your Majesty, all the 400,000 taels of silver were shipped to Jiangnan Road. Every statement made by the guilty minister is true and there is no lie."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was greatly shocked.
Even Qin Huaidao had been guessing that the 400,000 taels of silver were likely to be used as military pay for a rebel army led by Li Da, Hal Jin, and Lu Kuang. He never thought that it would go to Jiangnan Road!
Qin Huaidao remained calm and continued to bombard him: "What kind of news is this? Your wife has already told us that if there is no more useful information, you should just wait to die."
Zhang Huaishan was so frightened that he dared to hide his secrets and directly revealed everything.
"Your Majesty, every time the guilty minister hid the silver in the car transporting jade, people from Jiangnan Road would transport the jade away. Moreover, every time the other party took the post road, there was an official document traveling all the way. The person responsible for transporting the money,
It seems to be called Jiang Heng."
Jiang Heng?
Jiangjia, Jiangnan Road?
For a while, Qin Huaidao connected this matter with the main figures who made trouble in the imperial examination. From this, it seems that the Jiang family was indeed involved.