At this time, Gong Wenbao was also upright, and immediately handed Shi Wuyan a stack of documents: "My lord Mingjian, this is the material of this case, and I have brought it here!"

The evidence of the anonymous whistleblower is very detailed, and after a preliminary investigation, we also found that some of the reports are indeed true, and once these reports can be confirmed, this will be a big case that will cause a sensation in the government and the opposition!

He received bribes of more than 10,000 taels at the reporting office, and this is nothing, and the more important thing is that there is evidence that this person is very likely to directly deduct taxes when he inspected the place, and the amount may reach more than 100,000 taels of silver. ”

"Deducting 100,000 taxes, really?" Shi Wuyan immediately took over the file and began to look through it!

Accepting bribes and the like, and it is only 10,000 taels of silver, which is nothing, but if it is a tax deduction, it is different!

In the Tang Dynasty, accepting bribes and the like, the charges are not as big as tax evasion, tax evasion is so serious, you dare to deduct taxes, this is simply fatal.

Shi Wuyan still remembers that a year ago, a county tax official under the Guangzhou Mansion had the audacity to intercept taxes, although he made false accounts to try to cover up, but he was still turned over by the tax inspector, and what was the fate of this county tax officer: all the doors were beheaded, no adult men were left, and female dependents and young children were exiled to the Dayuan Mansion.

The punishment is determined in accordance with the 'punishment of conspiracy'.

And how much tax did the county tax collector withhold?

Fifteen hundred taels!

However, now the file says that this Chen Lifu is very likely to have deducted more than 100,000 taels of silver, if this figure is true, it is definitely the first major case of the dynasty in recent years, and it is possible to behead the whole family and even punish the nine clans.

Thinking of this, Shi Wuyan immediately said: "Didn't you disclose this matter?" ”

Gong Wenbao immediately said: "No, this is absolutely not, this case was handled personally from the beginning, and the people who assisted in the investigation are also the backbone officials of the anti-corruption team in our hospital, and they are all old imperial histories who have handled many big cases, and they know the severity and will never spread it!" ”

"And in order to avoid causing a sensation in the outside world, and also to avoid arousing Chen Lifu's precautions, we called him over to investigate in the name of suspected dereliction of duty when Chen Lifu inspected the taxation of Jiangbei Province.

Not only does the outside not know, but it is estimated that Chen Lifu himself does not need to know that we are investigating this matter now! ”

Shi Wuyan said: "That's good, this matter is very important, you must be cautious, this official will go to Lord Song to report this matter now, you go back first, wait for the news!"

Before the news is clear, you must not reveal the slightest tone to the outside world! ”

Gong Wenbao said: "That...... Will Chen Lifu let it go or not? ”

Shi Wuyan said: "Now that you have clear evidence, can you convict him?" ”

Gong Wenbao hesitated for a while, and then shook his head: "The evidence is there, but it is not possible to form a perfect chain of evidence for the time being, and if you want to convict him in court, you can't be sure!" ”

Shi Wuyan said: "That's not over, what to do next, according to the previous regulations, it is generally seven days of inquiry, now you have been inquiring for six days, if there is no breakthrough today, tomorrow according to the old rules to release people, otherwise, I am afraid that people's lawyers will come to the door, and it will be difficult to sue you for abuse of power at that time!" ”

Gong Wenbao was still a little hesitant: "If this is released tomorrow, I'm afraid it will not be conducive to the follow-up investigation, and our inquiry is said to be seven days, but that is just our unwritten tradition, and there is no law that stipulates that people must be released after seven days!" ”

Shi Wuyan showed an idiot look at him at this time, he finally knew how this fool dared to do this case, this person was really stupid!

As an inspector of the imperial history, Gong Wenbao actually forgot a common sense: the inspectorate's inquiries about officials were never at the official level, but only an invitation, if the officials were not happy, they could not come at all, and the inspectorate did not have the power to enforce the law, so it could not arrest anyone.

If you want to arrest someone, you have to take action from the patrol police department, and after the patrol police department makes an arrest, the interrogation time is only three days, and if there is no conclusive evidence to provide a public prosecution after three days, the person must be released.

Of course, when the Inspectorate sends an invitation for you to come and assist in the investigation, if you, the official, are unwilling or afraid to come, then there must be a ghost, and the Inspectorate will directly bring the patrol officers of the Patrol Department to arrest people in minutes.

Gong Wenbao obviously reacted instantly, he said the wrong thing, but just as he was about to defend something, Shi Wuyan directly blasted him out, and at this time, Shi Wuyan had already begun to think about whether he should propose to Lord Song of the Left Capital to change the president of the Chengtianfu Inspectorate.

Chengtianfu is the capital teacher, and its inspectorate sounds like just a dean, but in fact, the dean of the Chengtianfu Inspectorate is from the third grade, which is basically the same grade as the deans of the provincial inspectorate.

In such an important place, you have to put a smart person to do it, this Gong Wenbao can't do it, it's too stupid!

But this kind of thing will be talked about later, now, he has to go to the minister on duty in the imperial study, the boss of their inspectorate, Song Tieshu, the imperial history of the left capital, to report Chen Lifu's case.

As the minister on duty in the imperial study and the boss of the Inspectorate, Zuo Du Yushi is very busy, and this busyness is not only busy with the internal affairs of the Inspectorate, but also has to be busy with many other affairs.

The minister on duty in the imperial study has to take care of not only the affairs of his own department, but also other things!

This time, after the Son of Heaven personally conscripted, he took away three ministers on duty in the imperial study, namely Vice Admiral Lei Wan, director of the Operations Department of the Privy Council, Vice Admiral Bao Yifen, director of the Navy Military Command Department, and Qian Mengjiu, a scholar and secretary of the Ministry of the Army.

The other four ministers on duty are staying in Jinling City, and the four ministers on duty who are nominally staying behind are all of the same level, regardless of size, but in fact, because Liu Bagou has the most qualifications, and he is also one of the only three civil officials who are in the first grade, so he has always actually presided over the affairs of the imperial study and has become the de facto prime minister or first assistant of the Tang Dynasty.

Liu Bagou's grade of the first grade does not come from his own official household department Shangshu, the grade of the Shangshu is only the second grade, let alone from his title of the minister on duty in the imperial study, this title has no grade and treatment!

His genuine product comes from his title of Scholar of the Founding Pole Temple!

The title of scholar in the Tang Dynasty is different from that of the Ming Dynasty, it has become a kind of title, and the grade is far higher than that of the Ming Dynasty.

Its grade is comparable to that of the Three Princes and Three Gulies, but so far in the Tang Dynasty, the Three Dukes and Three Gus have never been awarded, so in fact, the Diange University Scholar has become the highest grade of the title.

However, in fact, except for the Huangzhushan period, after Li Xuan awarded Liu Bagou, Qian Mengjiu, and Wang Wenhua as university scholars, the fourth person has never been awarded a university scholar.

It can also be seen from this that in the Tang Dynasty, the grade of Zhengyipin and Congyipin is extremely scarce, there are only three people, and the appearance of the fourth person is basically not seen in a short time.

Liu Bagou led the other three ministers on duty in the imperial study, and seven or eight walking ministers, which constituted the actual highest decision-making body of the Tang Dynasty left behind in Beijing!

As one of the four ministers on duty, Song Tieshu was so busy that his main subordinate, the left deputy of the Inspectorate, Yushi Shi Wu Yan, wanted to see him, and he had to see him an hour after the report!

Song Tieshu, as the imperial history of the Zuodu of the Inspectorate, and the seven ministers on duty in the imperial study of the Tang Dynasty, his authority is almost a very good minister, but his age is not very old, even two years younger than his subordinate Shi Wuyandu.

He is only forty-six years old this year, and like many high-level civil officials in the Tang Dynasty, he is not from a good background, he does not have any previous Ming fame, and he is not even a scholar!

Because before he started with the dragon, he was the catcher of Zhengtai County!

That's right, it's fast!

When Wang Shi broke through Zhengtai County, he, like many people, abandoned the Ming Dynasty and joined the Tang Dynasty early, because although he was not a scholar, he could read and write, and the key was that his ability to handle cases was not bad, so in the early stages of the Tang Dynasty, he had long been mixed with Liu Bagou.

He has held many messy positions, but after the establishment of the predecessor of the Inspectorate, that is, the Ministry of Inspectorate directly under the cabinet, he served as the secretary of the Ministry of Inspectorate, and later the Ministry of Inspectorate was reorganized into the Inspectorate, and he became the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Inspectorate.

It can be said that although this person is not famous, in fact, he has always been an important role in the power structure of the Tang Dynasty and has been in the center for a long time.

Of course, some people say that he is Liu Bagou's dog's leg, and Liu Bagou will bite whoever he asks him to bite, so that he has always maintained his position of power, otherwise, with his quick catch, he can gain a firm foothold in the Tang Dynasty, which is full of talents and outstanding talents from all walks of life, and has always held great power?

You must know that in the civil official class of the Tang Dynasty, there are Taoist priests, down-and-out talents, down-and-out people, bookkeepers, former Ming officials, buddies, small businessmen and other people, and people from all walks of life.

But no matter what the outside world says, he always sits in the position of the left capital Yushi and does not waver!

When Shi Wuyan entered his office, the whole person put away the posture of a superior when facing Gong Wenbao, but put himself in the role of a subordinate official, and the first sentence after entering was: "See the lord for your humble position!" ”

At this time, Song Tieshu raised his head slightly, glanced at him, and then said, "Don't stand, do it, listen to the secretary, you want to report a case?" ”

Then he paused slightly and continued: "Is it Chen Lifu's case? ”

Shi Wuyan immediately showed an expression of admiration and said: "My lord is really like a god, and the humble position is indeed here for this case!" ”

Song Tieshu said: "You have made such a big fuss about this matter, the official can't know if he wants to, last night, even the unfilial son of the official asked about this matter, say, what's going on in this case!" ”

Immediately, Shi Wuyan told the whole story of this case, of course, most of them relayed the words of Gong Wenbao, the president of the Chengtianfu Inspectorate, and also handed the case file to Song Tieshu!

After the report was completed, Shi Wuyan asked for advice on how to deal with this case!

Song Tieshu looked at him for a few seconds, but raised his voice slightly: "Do you still want this official to teach you?" ”

"You can deal with it as you want, if you don't know, go back and look through the inspector's regulations!"