Five years as county magistrate, hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain shocked Li Shimin Chapter 393: Chang’an County Government set fire, King Wei was short of money
Chapter 393: Chang’an County Government set fire, King Wei was short of money
"What happened?"
Fang Yuan frowned and said in a deep voice.
Princess Gaomi also looked at Zheng Jiu, her eyes full of curiosity.
"The stolen goods you just brought back are on fire!"
Zheng Jiu said urgently.
As soon as the words fell, Fang Yuan stood up immediately.
Stride out towards the prison entrance.
Princess Gaomi also wanted to follow her out, but was stopped.
Not long after, Fang Yuan walked out of the prison and heard shouts for rescue.
At the same time, thick smoke poured out of the backyard, and the light of fire could be vaguely seen.
"Where are the people? Rescue!"
Fang Yuan had a sullen face and shouted loudly.
The backyard of the Chang'an County government office can actually catch fire.
This is definitely not an ordinary fire, but someone did it deliberately.
"The rescue has been carried out, but there are too few people on duty tonight, we."
Zheng Jiu said with an ugly face.
There are fewer people on duty at night, and some are out patrolling.
There are only ten people in the county government now, which is simply not enough manpower to rescue people.
"Tell everyone, there is no need to put out the fire, just rescue the boxes I brought back."
"If one box is rescued, one month's salary will be rewarded; if two boxes are rescued, two months' salary will be rewarded."
Fang Yuan frowned and finally said in a deep voice.
It’s too difficult to put out a fire. You can’t take care of so many things. Let’s rescue the box.
"Yes!"
Zheng Jiu immediately responded.
"Bo Wu, spread the news immediately!"
"There is a fire in the Chang'an County government office. I beg my fellow villagers to rescue me. If the rescue is completed, each person will be rewarded with one hundred Tang Dynasty treasure notes!"
Fang Yuan covered his nose and waved to Xue Bowu.
The smoke in the backyard is so thick that it has spread to the front yard.
Fortunately, the prison entrance door can be closed, otherwise the prisoners inside may be smoked to death.
"Yes!"
Xue Bowu responded immediately.
Soon, he was holding a gong and beating it outside the Chang'an County government office while shouting.
Some residents near Chang'an County Government Office have discovered the fire in Chang'an County Government Office, and many have woken up from their sleep.
After hearing Xue Bowu's cry, enthusiastic people immediately came out of their homes and rushed to the Chang'an County Government Office with buckets of water.
Soon, many people joined the rescue effort.
The news of the fire in the Chang'an County government office spread quickly.
The patrolling Jinwu guards arrived one after another, and Li Shimin of the palace also learned the news.
"In more than ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, this was the first time that the Chang'an County government caught fire. Li Junxian was asked to go put out the fire immediately."
Li Shimin looked calm and got up from the bed.
What happened to the Chang'an County Government was very shameful for the imperial court.
If it weren't for the fact that the Chang'an County government office was on fire right now, he would have called the Chang'an County magistrate to question him.
On the other side, Li Tai's palace.
Li Tai and Li Ke also received news from Chang'an County Government.
"It seems that the fourth brother got there first."
Li Ke's face was a little stiff.
He has come to see Li Tai a long time ago.
But unexpectedly, Li Tai had already made arrangements in advance.
Presumably the Chang'an County government office was set on fire just to burn the banknotes.
"Why can't I understand what third brother said?"
Li Tai still doesn’t admit it.
But I am very happy in my heart.
It’s finally burning, don’t worry anymore.
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. I hope my fourth brother can handle the following investigation."
"In more than ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, this is the first time that the Chang'an County government office has caught fire."
Li Ke stood up and laughed.
With that, he said he had something to do and left Li Tai's place.
Li Tai did not see him off because of his limited mobility, but he was wary in his heart.
Indeed, in more than ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, this was the first time that the Chang'an County government caught fire.
This is related to the face of the imperial court. The imperial court will definitely intervene in the investigation, and it may be found on himself.
Alas. It’s really a wave of ups and downs.
It seems that giving up Chang'an County Magistrate is the best choice.
Chang'an County Government.
With everyone's rescue, the fire was gradually brought under control.
In fact, the fire lasted for an hour before it slowly ended, and the backyard was almost completely burned.
"Fang, Lord Fang, please save me!"
The newly appointed Chang'an County Magistrate is named Zhu Yingzhong, and he is also a related household.
But now, because of the fire in the backyard, he was so frightened that he turned pale and asked Fang Yuan for help.
He is not here tonight and does not need to bear the main responsibility, but it is inevitable that he will be implicated.
"Don't worry, I will intercede for you."
"Go and summon everyone on duty tonight!"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
A fire in the backyard is definitely not as simple as a fire.
Someone on duty tonight must have set the fire to destroy the counterfeit coins.
There are only ten people on duty tonight, excluding the trustworthy Zheng Jiu, there are only nine people.
Nine people are easy to check.
Not long after, Chang'an County Prime Minister Zheng Mingzhu and others were gathered together, and Li Junxian and the Jinwu guards were already in charge of the backyard.
"I believe that the fire in the backyard was man-made and one of you."
"Now I give you a chance. If you admit it, I can spare his life, otherwise I will definitely kill him after he is found out!"
Fang Yuan glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice.
There must be an arsonist here, it’s unmistakable.
Otherwise, it would not be such a coincidence that the banknotes caught fire when I was transporting them back.
After the words fell, Zheng Mingzhu and others turned pale and looked at each other, but no one stood up.
"Since no one comes forward, I will imprison you until the real culprit is found and you can be freed again."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
Looking at Zhu Yingzhong aside.
Zhu Yingzhong didn't come by himself, many people from Chang'an County government had already returned.
In such an emergency, there is no need for the county government to call, someone from them will come back automatically.
"Sir, we saved the fire for a while. There is no credit or hard work. There is no need to imprison us?"
Zheng Mingzhu said dissatisfied.
The words were immediately echoed by others.
The fire was very strong tonight, and several of them suffered minor burns.
It’s so dissatisfying that I risked a lot to put out a fire but in the end I didn’t get any sympathy and was imprisoned instead.
"If one of you is really an arsonist, I will not detain you tonight, but if he leaves tomorrow, you will all be implicated."
"You just say you want to be suspected of being an arsonist or just stay in jail for a few days?"
Fang Yuan was not angry.
He noticed that the hair of the people in front of him was burnt, and their faces were still red.
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They went through great dangers to put out fires and should be respected.
But Fang Yuan couldn't let them go and wanted to track down the murderer.
"This"
Everyone hesitated.
In the end, he could only agree to be temporarily detained.
Zhu Yingzhong immediately had them taken away to be held incommunicado and interrogated.
Finally, the fire was completely extinguished, and the supporting people happily found Zhu Yingzhong.
Naturally, they thought it was Zhu Yingzhong who wanted to exchange everyone's one hundred Tang treasure notes.
"Give them an IOU and you'll pay it here tomorrow."
Fang Yuan said to Zhu Yingzhong.
Even if Zhu Yingzhong dares to have any objections, he has to thank Fang Yuan.
It’s just burning down the backyard. It would be really scary if the front yard was burned down.
So he is willing to give this amount of money and has no objection.
Soon, the people saw him off.
Fang Yuan returned to the cell to interrogate Princess Gaomi.
There was also a lot of smoke in the prison, which frightened the prisoners into making noises as they thought they were going to be suffocated to death.
As Fang Yuan and others came in, the noise gradually stopped.
"Fang Yuan, what happened?"
Princess Gaomi asked in shock.
The thick smoke slowly poured in just now, and other prisoners in the prison panicked, thinking they were going to die.
Princess Gaomi was naturally panicked and thought she was going to die several times.
"The banknotes brought back from Changsun's house just now were burned."
Fang Yuan stared at Princess Gaomi and said in a deep voice.
"This"
Princess Gaomi's eyes widened with surprise.
"Is he the one you want to cooperate with?"
"How dare you set fire to the Chang'an County government office? He won't be able to escape."
Fang Yuan snorted coldly and said in a deep voice.
"There is no evidence, how come you can't escape?"
Princess Gaomi was puzzled.
"Now that the fake money has been burned, the evidence cannot point to the Changsun family, but it leaves a fatal question."
"He must have asked the people on duty at the Chang'an County Government Office to do it tonight. There are only ten people on duty at the Chang'an County Government Office tonight. They have been detained by me alone."
"If you find out who instigated it, you will know who is related to the fake money. Moreover, the fake money has not been completely burned."
Fang Yuan said calmly.
The banknotes were found from Changsun's shop.
If there is no problem, then the fake money is related to the Changsun family.
However, they thought they could avoid the investigation by burning the banknotes, but they did not expect that there would only be ten people on duty tonight.
"The fake money hasn't been completely burned yet?"
Princess Gaomi panicked again.
The fake money was not completely burned, and the arsonist was controlled by Fang Yuan again.
As long as the torture is served, we should be able to find out who directed it.
Originally there was only one possibility of finding Li Tai, but now there are two possibilities.
"For the sake of our friendship, I told you everything."
"If you don't know how to advance or retreat, then you must bear the consequences yourself."
Fang Yuan stood up and prepared to leave.
He is going to interrogate Zheng Mingzhu and the others and get useful information as soon as possible.
If the other party dared to instruct people to burn down the backyard of the Chang'an County government office, they would dare to secretly assassinate the person who set the fire.
"Wait, I said!"
Princess Gaomi gritted her teeth and shouted quickly when she saw that Fang Yuan was about to leave.
Fang Yuan stopped and looked back at Princess Gaomi without saying a word.
"It's King Li Tai of Wei!"
Princess Gaomi sighed.
"It's him?!"
Fang Yuan was surprised.
"Li Tai was short of money, so he had other ideas."
"He left it to the Changsun family to print money and to me to exchange it for copper coins."
A look of pain flashed across Princess Gaomi's face.
According to Li Tai's idea, the more people involved, the lighter the punishment will be in the end.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to know about this.
"So the organization you took me to"
Fang Yuan frowned and said.
"It was deliberately set up to deceive the investigation."
Princess Gaomi confessed.
The organization claiming to be Five Surnames and Seven Hopes was deliberately set up.
It’s just to prevent them from being deceived after things are exposed.
It just so happens that the Five Surnames and Qiwang will print seven-star banknotes, and the reason is very good.
"Why did King Wei do this?"
Fang Yuan asked again.
"I don't know, but it seems like there is a lack of money."
"Competing for the position of prince requires winning over people's hearts and money."
Princess Gaomi shook her head and said.
She didn't know why Li Tai did this.
But she knew that helping Li Tai do this would be beneficial.
On the one hand, it is to get closer to Li Tai. If Li Tai really rises to power in the future, it will be good for him.
On the other hand, Li Tai gave her a 20% return for every exchange, which was a very generous return.
"The position of prince again!"
"Is there anything else you want to explain?"
Fang Yuan snorted coldly.
It is estimated that the position of the prince is uncertain, and their brothers will compete with each other.
However, Li Shimin's position was not correct. Even if the position of prince is confirmed, there will still be competition between the brothers.
"No more."
"Fang Yuan, we are friends, you have to give me some slack."
Princess Gaomi shook her head and then looked at Fang Yuan nervously.
Fang Yuan glanced at her, didn't reply, turned around and left.
After leaving the cell, Fang Yuan did not continue to interrogate Zheng Mingzhu and the others.
With Princess Gaomi’s confession, the answer is already obvious: Li Tai ordered the arson.
Just leave it to others to judge, the result should be the same.
After explaining and then explaining to Zhu Yingzhong, Fang Yuan left the county government.
As soon as he left the county office, an imperial edict came from the palace announcing that Fangyuan had entered the palace.
Fang Yuan was not surprised by this, the emperor knew that it was normal for him to be here.
Indeed, Li Shimin originally wanted to announce Zhu Yingzhong's entry into the palace, but after learning that Fang Yuan was in charge of the county government, he allowed Fang Yuan to enter the palace.
Soon, Fang Yuan saw Li Shimin.
"The counterfeit money incident was actually traced to the Changsun family?"
Li Shimin looked at Fang Yuan with a scrutinizing look.
He suspected that this was Fang Yuan's revenge against the Changsun family and the Gao family.
Both families are his in-laws, and he doesn't want Fang Yuan to go too far.
Simply investigating and sealing the store is enough, but it can’t be too much.
"Not only was it found on the head of Changsun's family, but also on the head of Wei Wang Li Tai."
Fang Yuan shrugged and sighed.
"What?"
"Is it still related to Suzaku?"
Li Shimin couldn't calm down anymore.
How come a counterfeit currency involves so many people?
"I received tens of millions of banknotes in Changsun's store, but they all had no anti-counterfeiting technology."
"After we brought them back to the Chang'an County Government Office, the backyard of the Chang'an County Government Office immediately caught fire. In the end, we only managed to save a few people for an estimated price."
"All the Chang'an County government officials on duty tonight have controlled their personal freedom. For the time being, Chang'an magistrate Zhu Yingzhong is in charge of the trial."
"And I learned that it was related to King Li Tai of Wei. It was Princess Gaomi who said it. She was the person directly responsible for the price exchange. She was the one who exchanged the price for copper coins."
Fang Yuan said slowly.
Tell Li Shimin the outline of the matter.
"Why does Qingque do this?"
Li Shimin's face became more and more ugly as he listened, and finally sank.
He didn't really believe it, but he wasn't very skeptical either. He just didn't understand why Li Tai acted like that.
"I heard from Princess Gaomi that it was because of lack of money, but she was just suspicious."
"If your Majesty thinks clearly, I suggest you personally send someone to investigate the officials of Chang'an County Government and the Changsun family tonight."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
Considering the emperor's face, Fang Yuan did not go to Li Tai directly, nor did he target the Changsun family too much.
Because the emperor will miss his old friendship and work so hard to do things, he may not necessarily punish Li Tai and Changsun Wuji in the end.
Fang Yuan is too lazy to do so many thankless things, he just wants Huaxia Bank's problems to be solved.
"Okay, I will send someone to replace you."
Li Shimin thought for a while and said in a deep voice.
He wants to know if it is Li Tai. Why is Li Tai doing this?