Faced with a paper order, Shi Bingzheng and Wang Siming were stupid.

Although the Ministry of Rites is a Qingshui Yamen, its status is not ambiguous at all, not to mention that it is still promoted by leapfrogging this time. The head of the Department of Etiquette and Etiquette is the head of the Qing Officials Division, which is a real positive sixth grade, and the walking of the seventh grade, judging from Shen Chongming's promotion, is only an excessive position, and it is very likely that the next step will be the chief officer of a certain division!

"Congratulations to the two adults, congratulations to the two adults." The two swordsmen said with envy on their faces, worthy of the champion and the leader, this is a slippery official!

"Rejoice, rejoice." Shi Bingzheng hadn't woken up from the shock yet, and replied with dull eyes.

"Hehe, two adults, this is the clerk transferred from the Ministry of Officials, and you can go to the Ministry of Rites on an errand tomorrow." Zhang Langzhong, who came in person, smiled and put the transfer documents in the hands of Shi Bingzheng and Wang Siming.

"Master Xie." The two of them bowed with gratitude on their faces.

Seeing Zhang Langzhong away, Wang Siming was very excited: "Ge Laozidi, it is the ancestors who favored him, and the ancestors favored him!" ”

Shi Bingzheng smiled slightly, but he had already figured out what was going on. This is said to be promoted, how can it be possible if no one helps, this person must be Brother Shen.

Now that he has been transferred to the Ministry of Rites, of course he will not do any more errands in this household department. The two of them tidied up their official robes a little and walked out with their heads held high.

Early in the morning, Hangzhou Silver Warehouse.

"Something's wrong, come on!" Hou Baofeng, the ambassador of the silver treasury who came to change shifts, stumbled out of the gate of the inner courtyard of the silver treasury, his face was pale and terrifying.

was shouted by him like this, and the soldiers guarding the silver vault nearby couldn't help but be shocked, and rushed over in a panic.

"Lord Hou, what's wrong?" The deputy Qianhu, who led three hundred soldiers and was stationed in the silver treasury, helped up Hou Baofeng, who had a bloodless face, and asked.

"Silver, silver gone." Hou Baofeng's eyes were demented, and he said tremblingly, and after that, he rolled his eyes and fainted.

"Lost in money?" Deputy Qianhu frowned, and then understood that the treasury silver had been stolen!

Thinking of this section, a layer of cold sweat broke out on the forehead of Deputy Qianhu, and he settled down, turned around and ordered: "Quick, immediately go to the political secretary to report the news, and say that my Hangzhou silver treasury has been stolen!" ”

A subordinate hurriedly responded, took out a horse and galloped towards the chief secretary.

"Listen to my orders, and immediately impose martial law around the treasury, even flies are not allowed to enter and exit at will!" Deputy Qianhu commanded murderously, but his clenched fists trembled slightly.

The treasury silver was stolen, and he, the general who was ordered to guard the treasury, was also blamed, once he couldn't find out the truth, he had to apologize with death!

Seeing the soldiers carrying out their orders in an orderly manner, the mood of the deputy Qianhu gradually calmed down, he has always been conscientious in his duties, and he has never been careless, and yesterday he was on duty in person, and he didn't hear any sound, how could this treasury silver be stolen?

Thinking about it, Deputy Qianhu raised his eyes to look at the situation in the door of the silver vault, although he really wanted to go in and find out. However, the imperial court strictly ordered that the guards could only patrol the perimeter, and they could not enter the courtyard of the treasury at will without an order.

The silver treasury is all collected from taxes, and the relationship is so important that it cannot be neglected, and now suddenly the guards have such a news, and the left and right political secretaries of the political secretary and the officials at all levels have hurried with a large army of officials.

"What the hell is going on?" Guo Mingyi, the resolute-looking political envoy of Zuobu, took the lead in walking in, and as soon as he saw the deputy Qianhu Marquis in front of the door of the silver treasury, he immediately shouted and asked, and the messenger soldier was not able to speak clearly, but said that the treasury was gone.

"My lord, I don't know about my humble position, but the ambassador of the silver treasury who rushed to change shifts this morning ran out and shouted that the silver was gone, and the humble position estimated that something big might have happened, so I sent someone to the yamen to report the news." Deputy Qianhu said very quickly.

Guo Mingyi glanced at Ambassador Hou, who was still unconscious lying on the ground, and said coldly: "Go in and have a look." With that, he walked in with a group of officials.

The inner courtyard of the silver vault is not big, and there is no furnishings, only a well for the silver treasury servants to drink water on weekdays, and you can see the stone gate that leads directly to the ground after walking a few steps into the gate, the two doors add up to nearly 1,000 catties, and you can't push it open without three or five big men working together. At this time, the gate opened, revealing a dark and secluded underground passage. Inside is the underground treasury where the silver is stored.

There were torches outside the door, and the accompanying errand man walked a few steps briskly to light two heads and walked in. The oil lamps on both sides of the passage had long been extinguished, and a few steps forward I saw a torch that was also extinguished, which should have been used by Ambassador Hou when he came in, and not far in front of the torches, there were more than a dozen silver treasury servants lying neatly!

Without Guo Mingyi's orders, the errand officer who led the way in front hurriedly stepped forward to check, and looked up in surprise with a snort: "My lord, I just fainted." ”

"All of them are carried out and strictly guarded, no one can approach without the orders of the official!" Guo Mingyi looked at Guo Lin, the deputy envoy of the silver treasury, who was also unconscious, and frowned, it was his nephew.

There are many people and fast hands, more than a dozen silver treasury officers were carried out in a few moments, Guo Mingyi nodded, and the group continued to walk forward, and the door of the B silver treasury was wide open, showing everyone that this was the place where the tax silver was lost.

When I went in, Guo Mingyi's brows were deeper, according to the Yamen record, there were 300,000 taels of silver in the B number silver, and now it was empty, and the matter was important.

"Master Guo, what, how can this be?" Cai Wenyuan, the right political envoy of the Zhejiang Political Division, who was closely behind Guo Mingyi, said in a slightly trembling voice.

The treasury is 300,000 taels, which is not a small amount, and no one can afford such a big thing.

Guo Mingyi ignored him, turned around and ordered in a cold voice: "Immediately block the silver treasury, and all the silver treasury officers and the garrison of the outer courtyard will be seized." Immediately sent someone to the Yamen of the capital to inform Lord Chen, asking him to transfer 1,000 troops to block the surrounding area of the silver treasury, and at the same time watch the garrison of the outer courtyard. Then inform Zhao Mingda, the prefect of Hangzhou, to immediately close the city gate and send the whole city to send the Yacha Dasuo, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must find out the tax silver! ”

Guo Mingyi's calmness made people tremble, and the deputy Qianhu who followed in fell to his knees with a puff, and said with a hint of crying: "My lord, it's not about the humble duty, the humble duty has always been dedicated to his duties, and he has never stepped into the inner courtyard of the silver treasury for half a step, and it is impossible to steal tax silver, and the three hundred brothers outside are also ......."

"That's enough, the official didn't say that you stole the tax silver, understand?" Guo Mingyi glanced at Deputy Qianhu coldly, turned around and walked out from the passage let by his subordinates, Cai Wenyuan wiped the sweat on his forehead while following, compared with Guo Mingyi, he was too far away from the right political envoy.

The city of Hangzhou was in turmoil, the city gate was closed and access was restricted, and a team of officials hurriedly walked the streets and alleys, and from time to time entered a house to search. The Dusi Yamen also mobilized 2,000 soldiers and horses to patrol the streets, and the entire city of Hangzhou was slaughtered.

The Yamen of the Chief Executive.

Guo Mingyi was at the top, Cai Wenyuan sat opposite, followed by Chen Hai, the commander of the Yamen of the Metropolitan Division, who came on purpose, and opposite him was Zha Shaobao, the inspector of the Judicial Division.

"Lord Guo, the lower officials are incompetent, and the people sent to investigate the silver vault have found nothing." Master Cha said with an ugly face, the scene was very weird, there was no trace left, and so many good people who handled the case said that they could not do anything.

"What can I do? In another half a month, the 500,000 taels of tax silver collected will be shipped to the capital, and now there is no clue, and in case half a month can not find the lost tax silver, no one can afford to blame the court. Cai Wenyuan said with a panicked expression.

Guo Mingyi couldn't help but sigh, he is the chief official of the political department, and he is in charge of taxation, of course, he bears this responsibility.

"Send someone to report this matter to the Beijing Division immediately, I hope the imperial court can send an expert to find out this matter, we are waiting for the loss of official status is small, and it is a big deal to miss the use of the imperial court." Guo Mingyi glanced at everyone and said.

"Lord Guo, this is not good, after all, there is still half a month, as long as we can get the tax money back in this half a month, it will be fine." Cai Wenyuan proposed.

"Hehe, that's what Lord Cai said. But if we can't find it, then we will have to add a charge of concealment and non-reporting. Guo Mingyi said with a little sarcasm, he has always looked down on Cai Wenyuan, this is just an official who is good at flattering his boss and has no real skills, and he didn't know that the adult in the capital promoted him so much, so that he was mixed into the position of political envoy.

When Guo Mingyi said this, Cai Wenyuan smiled and couldn't speak.

"My lord, I ask to see you outside the Governor Zhao's mansion." A messenger came in and reported.

"Let him in." Guo Mingyi frowned, this Zhao Governor's ears are a little soft, I'm afraid that I will cause trouble again.

"Xiaguan Zhao Mingda has seen all of you." Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang's political division, and the official position of this prefect is also one level higher than that of ordinary state capitals, and it is an official position of the fourth grade. But everyone here is a boss, and he can only stand and speak.

"What's the matter with Lord Zhao, can't there be a clue?" Cai Wenyuan asked with shiny eyes.

"Well, the lower officials are incompetent, and there are no clues so far." Zhao Mingda said with a smile.

"Tell me what the hell is going on." Seeing that he still had the heart to laugh, Guo Mingyi couldn't help but say angrily.

Zhao Mingda hurriedly responded, and then said in embarrassment: "My lord, the city gate is closed, and it is inconvenient for the people of Hangzhou to enter and exit, and many people have already made trouble with the yamen. ”