The Rebirth of Han Yuxi - Chapter 1949

[Chapter 1949 Qiyou Fanwai (24)]

Liangzhou is not far from the provincial capital, Haocheng. Because it was the first to enjoy a series of policies that benefited the people implemented by Oak Xi, the people here lived a good life. The location of the prefect of Liangzhou is also a fat shortage.

Qiyou didn’t make any private visits, but first went to the garrison leader stationed in Haocheng. After calling a hundred elite soldiers with the garrison chief, they went to Liangzhou.

Zhao Qian was so worried: “My lord, there is such a big battle, what should we do if we make a mistake?” At that time, it will not end well.

“It’s better if you get it wrong.” If you get it wrong, you will be able to get rid of him, the left servant of the Punishment Department, and he will be able to be as free as his third brother in the future.

In fact, Qiyou has always been envious of Qixuan, and he can go wherever he wants. Unlike him, he had to report for more days out of Beijing. It’s really not free.

In fact, Qi You knew in his heart that even if he made a mistake, Qi Hao would not slap him. At most, he was scolded, and then was sprayed twice by the censor.

Zhao Qian: …Don’t guess what the lord is thinking, he can’t figure it out even after guessing. So, just don’t bother to think about it.

When he arrived in Liangzhou, Qiyou went to Zhao Lifu, the prefect of Liangzhou, and said that he wanted to check the treasury.

Investigating the treasury is a major matter of the country. Of course Zhao Lifu is against it, even if Qiyou is the prince, he will not back down.

Zhao Lifu said righteously: “My lord, our treasury is strictly guarded, and people entering and leaving must be checked strictly. My lord, there will be absolutely no problem with the treasury.”

No matter how strict the guards are, there are loopholes that can be drilled. Qiyou didn’t talk nonsense with him, he directly took out the imperial edict. Now, Zhao Lifu no longer dared to object.

Qiyou is a resolute person, and immediately took people to the bank.

Whether it is the provincial capital or the state capital, the silver stored in the silver bank is used to maintain daily expenses, so there is a limit. For example, the silver stored in the Liangzhou silver bank is 200,000 taels. If there are more, they will be escorted to the capital. This is also why there is a large amount of local expenditures, and the Ministry of Households must allocate funds.

The official silver is 10 taels per ingot, and 200,000 taels is 20,000 ingots of silver. Qiyou directly asked his personal guard to check.

Qiyou was not idle either, taking a silver ingot from the shelf from time to time to look at it. Take a silver ingot from a shelf, and put it back after reading it. When it came to the silver ingot on the eighteenth shelf, Qiyou felt something was wrong as soon as he held it in his hand.

At this time, Zhao Qian said: “My lord, there are thousands of investigations, and 20,000 official silver is a lot.” When he said this, Zhao Qian had endless worry in his eyes. This is so messed up, I don’t know how it will end!

Zhao Lifu straightened his back as soon as he did it: “My lord, I have already said that there can be no problem with the silver treasury.”

Qiyou chuckled lightly, and then handed the silver in his hand to Zhao Lifu: “You have seen this silver ingot, it’s not too late to talk big.” There is clearly a problem with this silver ingot.

Zhao Lifu didn’t feel right to hold the silver, so he turned over and looked at it involuntarily. Looking at it, I was almost scared to death. There will be words or patterns engraved under the official silver, but this ingot does not.

Before Zhao Lifu could speak, Qiyou called the guards to smash the silver ingot.

Zhao Lifu rolled his eyes in fright when he saw the black thing in the silver ingot, and passed out.

Qiyou pouted, thinking that the quality of his heart is really poor. However, in view of Zhao Lifu’s previous performance, Qiyou felt that he should not have participated in the fact that the silver was stolen. If not, he wouldn’t have a black face all the time.

After verification, 30,000 taels of the 200,000 taels of silver were stolen. At the moment, Qiyou became more and more convinced that Zhao Lifu was unaware of this matter.

Zhao Lifu has been serving as the prefect of Liangzhou for five years, and it is impossible for him to spend five years stealing 30,000 taels of silver from the treasury. You know, as a prefect, if you give some convenience to a certain businessman, you can get 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver. Embezzling money from the treasury is much more serious than taking advantage of power to make money.

With this idea in mind, Qiyou instructed the prefect: “Immediately bring the relevant personnel under control and find out who exchanged the silver in the silver vault as soon as possible.”

Hearing this, Zhao Lifu felt as if he had been granted amnesty. When Qiyou asked him to try the case, he believed that he was unaware of the matter. At that time, he will finally be charged with dereliction of duty or unfavorable supervision. This crime, at most, will not put his life in danger if he loses office: “It’s the prince, I’ll deal with it when I’m down.”

After that, Qiyou just let it go.

Zhao Qian said: “Your Highness is really predictable. This matter spreads out, and the name of the detective can be confirmed.”

When he saw that there was not much money, he was very worried. Because if Qiyou’s judgment is wrong, it will affect his career.

The status of the master directly determines the future of their followers. The emperor’s former personal entourage, like Zhao Hui, is now a rank six official. He didn’t dare to compare with people like Zhao Hui, but he also hoped that Qiyou’s career would become smoother and his official career would become bigger and bigger. In this way, these people will have a straight waist when they go out, and it is also very convenient to go out to do errands. On the contrary, if the master is an idle lord, he will not be able to find someone to do things decently.

Qiyou glanced at Zhao Qian and said, “I can’t even compare to Yuan Bilin, and I’m not afraid to flash your tongue when you say I’m a detective.” The case he solved was also due to luck.

Of course, this is Qiyou’s modesty. The most important thing in solving these cases is that he does things seriously and responsibly, and luck only accounts for a small part.

Within three days, the case was solved. The 30,000 taels of silver were conspired and exchanged by two soldiers from the silver treasury. Later, due to the uneven distribution of the spoils, there was an infighting, and a man named Ding Hu killed the other accomplice. After killing people, frame the blame to another colleague. The man had a grudge against the deceased, and when he was caught, he held a knife in his hand, and Ding Hu testified.

If you don’t know, you don’t have to do it yourself. Li Ershi, the scribe, accidentally discovered this, but instead of telling the government, Li Ershi extorted Ding Hu. Ding Hu can steal the official silver and kill his accomplices, how can he be threatened by Li Ershi. He simply killed Li Ershi without doing anything. This time, instead of going out on his own, he bought someone to kill Li Ershi.

As for the military service of the silver treasury, he had an affair with someone else’s wife and was hacked to death by the other’s husband, which has nothing to do with this case.

After reading Ding Hu’s confession, Qiyou asked curiously, “Why didn’t it say how he secretly exchanged the silver treasury?” Since the guards were strictly guarded, how did this man exchange money under the eyes of everyone. In this regard, Qiyou is also very curious.

Zhao Lifu coughed and said, “Because it’s a bit indecent, I omitted this paragraph.”

Hearing that the silver ingot was taken out by using the **, Qiyou asked incredulously: “How did he put such a big silver ingot in? And even if it is put in, the walking posture is definitely wrong, wouldn’t the court inspector check it out? Doubt?”

Zhao Lifu explained: “Ding Hu’s father was a soldier in the former state treasury. This is their unique skill.” The so-called unique skill also needs to be practiced since childhood. Ding Hu has been practicing since he was three years old. .

“Isn’t it necessary to check the three generations of the relevant people in the silver treasury?” However, it was not eligible for selection.

Zhao Lifu said, “The Ding family spent some money, and then they got this job.” Who would have thought that Ding Hu would be so bold that he would dare to steal money from the state treasury. Otherwise, people would not dare to accept his money and arrange him to be a soldier.

The case was cleared up, Ding Hu beheaded to the public, the Ding family and the accomplice killed by Ding Hu were raided and all were exiled. All those involved in the case will be dealt with severely. The relevant officials were all demoted to three levels.

Zhao Lifu and other officials hated the Ding Hu family so much that their families all died on the road. Of course, this is another story.

After the case was over, Qiyou was not in a hurry to return to Beijing. Instead, he went to Haocheng and lived in the palace.

As he walked, Qiyou looked at the scenery in the palace and said, “Time flies so fast, it’s been more than ten years since I left Haocheng.” He was only fifteen years old when he left. Now, he is a father.

Zhao Qian smiled and said, “Fortunately, nothing here has changed.” There are people cleaning here every day, and everything is clean. It’s just not popular, it seems a little deserted.

Qiyou revisited the palace, and then returned to the former courtyard. The next day, I went shopping.

After staying in Haocheng for half a month, Qiyou returned to Beijing. It was also because Qi Hao sent someone to urge him three times, otherwise he would have stayed for another half a month.

Back in the capital, it was already mid-October. At this point, the leaves are starting to turn yellow.

Seeing him, Qi Hao said, “The Ministry of Households has begun to send people to check the situation of the treasury in various places.” The earlier the problem is found, the earlier it can be solved.

He didn’t interfere with the Ministry of Household affairs: “I want to take Brother Xu to Xiangshan to see the maple trees in two days.” Now in late autumn, the maple leaves are all red.

Qi Hao smiled and said, “Meng Xuemin has written his resignation letter, and I have already approved it.”

“Old Man Meng is less than sixty years old, and I saw him eating well before, why is he so ill this time?” After speaking, Qi You glanced at Qi Hao suspiciously: “Brother, it’s not you who gave him a hint, right? ?”

Qi Hao didn’t speak, just glanced at Qi You.

Qiyou hurriedly said with a smile: “Big brother is wise and talented, and definitely wouldn’t do such a thing. But big brother, I’m still too young, Yuan Billin is qualified enough for this position regardless of his qualifications and experience.”

“When this incident comes out, I will let you serve as the minister of punishment, and no one will question it.” This time, the Liangzhou silver treasury case did not spread. After all, it was not a glorious thing for the court to have the official silver stolen by the Ku soldiers. Therefore, it is not as well known as the two cases handled by Qiyou before. But officials, basically know.

Qiyou looked wrong and said hurriedly, “Brother, I asked my parents for their opinions on this matter.”

Hearing this, Qi Hao took out a letter from the drawer of the bookcase: “This is mother’s reply, look at it.”

When Qiyou saw Oakxi’s letter saying that it would be good for him to be the Minister of Punishment, he couldn’t help crying.