Officials at all levels in Runing Mansion were more or less involved in this corruption case, and Liu Qichang was the core of the entire corruption group. (Literature Hall) However, Liu Qichang believed that he had no fatal reasons to be used by Su Hao. Seize, Su Hao found the secret account books from Xinglong Gambling House and Huguang Bank. Although the number of dividends paid to Liu Qichang was recorded in them, there was no signature from Liu Qichang himself. Liu Qichang could not admit it at all.
In front of Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping, Su Hao said that Liu Qichang himself was also involved in the case, which gave Liu Qichang an excuse. What he has to do now is to force Su Hao to produce evidence. Once Su Hao cannot produce anything solid, With the evidence, he could counter-sue Su Hao for making a false accusation, thus involving the whole matter as a conflict between Su Hao and himself. In this way, Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping would have to reconcile the situation, and it would be difficult to pursue other matters.
Su Hao had already discussed Liu Qichang's various possible performances with Li Zhi in advance. Liu Qichang's anger at this time did not exceed Li Zhi's expectations. Su Hao's face still had a calm look on his face. Said: "Why does Magistrate Liu have to be so pretentious? If the official dares to say such things, it is natural for him to be dismissed. All kinds of evidence will be handed over to the two ministers later, so Magistrate Liu doesn't need to worry about it. The two ministers You have come all the way to work hard, and today’s table of wine is to wash away the dust of Mr. Ge. Magistrate Liu slapped the table and threw the bowl, didn’t he want Mr. Ge to feel comfortable?”
"This..." Liu Qichang was choked up all of a sudden. Su Hao's meaning was very clear. It's dinner time. Who can discuss this kind of topic with you? You insist on forcing me to provide evidence at this time, but you don't want to let me know. If Mr. Ge eats well, this is his heart to be punished.
"I apologize to you two elders. I'm just not angry at Su Hao for talking nonsense." Liu Qichang could only quickly apologize to the two elders. The world is so big, it's not as big as eating. Su Hao took this matter to pick a fight. There was really nothing Liu Qichang could do about Liu Qichang's gift.
"Prefect Liu, there is no need to be impatient. Didn't Xuexiang Su just say that the pure will become pure themselves, and the turbid will become turbid. If Magistrate Liu has not done anything inappropriate, then even if everyone talks about it, it will not damage your reputation." "Come on, come on, let's have a drink first. There is still time to talk about the case in the next few days." Wang Xijue comforted Liu Qichang with a smile, but in his heart, he secretly raised his thumb towards Su Hao.
First anger Liu Qichang and make him utter arrogant words, and then avoid his sharp edges. Let the firepower he vents be in vain. In this way, the next time the matter is discussed again, even if Liu Qichang becomes violent again, the effect will be It's not as good as this time. The art of war says that one can make great efforts in one go, then weaken in three attempts, and then be exhausted in three attempts. What Su Hao is doing now is to make Liu Qichang exhaust in three attempts.
During the next half of the meal, Liu Qichang was extremely angry. Wu Boxing originally planned to take this opportunity to attack Su Hao. But with such a foreshadowing, it was inconvenient for him to mention the matter again. At the dinner table, everyone pretended to be They looked harmonious, talking about Runing's customs and customs. After dinner, Liu Qichang personally accompanied the imperial envoy team to the hotel to rest, while Su Hao returned to the temporary residence by himself, waiting for the imperial envoy's summons.
In the next two days, Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping led other officials who came with them to set up a temporary imperial court in Guanyi, and summoned Liu Qichang and Su Hao for questioning.
There were many people summoned by Liu Qichang. In addition to a group of officials, there were also a large number of gentry who participated in signing the Book of People. When these people came to the Imperial Envoy Court, they basically said the same thing, that is, Su Hao was dealing with
They framed and framed him, and now the people of Runing Mansion are in dire straits, and the officials are in dire straits, and life is hard to live by.
When these local officials complained, they ignored a very important issue, that is, the contents of their speeches were too similar. If there was no collusion in advance, how could so many people speak in unison? Liu Qichang and others only wanted to unify their voices.
He slandered Su Hao, but he didn't expect that it would be self-defeating and let Wang Xijue and others see the problem.
When Liu Qichang accepted the summons, he once again angrily asked the court to make the decision for him and punish Su Hao severely. However, since he had already made trouble once before, Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping were already mentally prepared and did not pay too much attention to his request.
Liu Qichang's response was to repeatedly advise him to be calm and calm, which made Liu Qichang very depressed.
There are relatively few people on Su Hao's side who are worthy of being summoned by the imperial envoy, only Su Hao, Deng Kui, Zhang Yunlong, Xiong Minyang, and Zhou Ruyu. Li Zhi is actually the mastermind of the entire operation, but how dare Su Hao let him
Appeared. Su Hao took all matters related to planning into his own hands. Some copywriters speculated that it was done by Zhou Ruyuan and some clerks, and the existence of Li Zhi was not revealed from the beginning to the end.
In addition to officials from both sides, the imperial envoy also summoned hundreds of criminals handed over by Su Hao, including Xu Rendi, Xia Shushen, etc. After being captured by the Zheyu camp, these criminals have been detained separately and have no chance to collude in confession.
, and they don’t even know which of their accomplices have been arrested. When these people faced the imperial envoy from the capital, they couldn’t figure out whether the imperial envoy came to protect themselves or to convict them. During the interrogation process, some people complained about injustice, and some complained about injustice.
Begging for mercy, what everyone said did not match each other, and naturally a lot of flaws were exposed.
Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping are both extremely wise people. In addition, they have held high positions for many years and have rich experience in life. After several rounds of inquiries, they already know the truth about the affairs in Runing Mansion.
"Fu Yu, congratulations."
After the day's interrogation work was over, Wang Jiaping said to Wang Xijue with a smile while drinking tea.
Wang Xijue didn't know what Wang Jiaping was referring to, and asked in surprise: "Where does my happiness come from?"
Wang Jiaping said: "Didn't you recommend this Su Gaizhi to the Holy One? Now it seems that Fu Yu has really good eyesight. Isn't it worthy of congratulations for recommending such a talent to the country?"
Wang Xijue said with a smile: "Uncle Zhong has been praised too much. However, judging from this case, Su Gaizhi is indeed quite talented. Previously, the imperial court sent several groups of officials to Runing to investigate the matter, but in the end they all failed.
But then, just a few months after the Soviet reform came, it has completely lifted the lid on Runing, which is indeed not easy."
Wang Jiaping said: "Others can't be found out. On the one hand, they are selfish and don't want to offend local officials; on the other hand, they lack talents and cannot break such a complicated situation. This Soviet reformer sent all his 2,000 soldiers and horses,
I have figured out every knot in the entire Runing network. This scheming really does not seem to be the work of a young man under 20 years old."
Wang Xijue smiled slightly. He thought of something, but he couldn't talk about it to Wang Jiaping. He changed the topic and asked Wang Jiaping: "Uncle Zhong, in your opinion, can the case of Runing be concluded?"
Already?"
"Absolutely." Wang Jiaping said, "Obviously, what Su Hao said is tenable. There is indeed collusion between officials and gentry in the Runing Mansion to harm the farmers. This matter must be investigated, and Liu Qichang cannot escape the blame.
However, we need to further investigate into whose hands these lands that have been misappropriated by loan sharks have gone. I think we can use the imperial envoy’s seal to ask the states and counties to hand over the deposited land deeds for verification.”
It turned out that Su Hao's arrest of the loan shark businessmen and the seizure of the account books in their hands only proved the existence of land embezzlement. However, Su Hao had no way of investigating into whose hands the land misappropriated by the loan shark businessmen fell.
To know who owns the land, you must obtain all the land deeds.
The title deed of the land is in two copies, one is in the hands of the land owner and the other is in the hands of the local government. Due to the falling out with Liu Qichang, the states and counties will naturally not allow Su Hao to check the title deed. As for those who possess it
Su Hao could not go to the powerful landowners' homes to check the land deeds without conclusive evidence. In this way, the clues to the entire case would be interrupted, which is why Su Hao hoped that the court would send someone to assist in the investigation.
"Wang Huke, you go and draw up a document, use my official seal, and then ask the state governments to hand over all the archived land deeds. You can bring a few people to check it carefully." Wang Xijue ordered to Huke to Wang Jiguang.
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"I obey my orders!" Wang Jiguang agreed quickly.
Wang Jiaping said: "It's a lot of work to check the land deeds of so many prefectures and counties. How long will it take for them to go there alone? In my opinion, it's better to ask Su Hao to send a few people to help.
Let’s take a look, he should have some capable people there.”
Wang Xijue nodded and said, "It's exactly what I want. The people on Su Hao's side have been checking the land in Runing for a while and are very familiar with the situation. Let their people help take a look. It will be more effective with twice the result with half the effort."
Wang Jiaping said: "This Su Hao is really capable. He actually got a failed job and served as his staff. I think this person named Zhou Ruyuan is quite talented. However, if you want to submit it to the capital,
The report was written by Zhou Ru, but I don’t believe it. Could it be that there are other great talents in Su Hao’s account?”
Wang Xijue smiled and said: "This matter is not our responsibility. What if someone doesn't want us to know his trump card?"
"That's right, let's just ignore this matter." Wang Jiaping did not dwell on the matter, and changed the subject with a smile.
Wang Xijue told Wang Jiaping not to inquire about Su Hao's trump cards, but he himself was always thinking about one thing. After dinner, he excused himself to go out for a walk and came to Su Hao's house with a few followers.
When Su Hao heard that Wang Xijue was coming, he hurriedly went out to greet him. He invited Wang Xijue to sit down in the living room and ordered his servants to quickly serve tea. Wang Xijue waved his hand to his entourage, asking them to leave first, and then said to Su Hao:
"There's no need to be polite when I change it. I came here because I have a private matter and I want to ask about it."
"Mr. Wang Ge, please tell me. Su Hao knows something, but he won't dare to hide it." Su Hao said.
Wang Xijue looked at no one around him, lowered his voice, and said to Su Hao: "Let me ask you, where are Li Zhi and Li Hongfu now?"