"Yang Chan, I now order you to go to Zhu Minzhong's hometown, and be sure to find out what happened. Zhao Gou commanded.

Yang Chan bowed down and said, "Take the order!" ”

Zhao Gou continued: "Gong Cang, Huang Shi, I order the two of you to immediately monitor Ye Mengde's every move. If you find any problems, report them immediately! ”

Gong Cang and Huang Shi bowed down and replied: "Take the order!" ”

"Chen Liu, I ordered you to secretly go to Hangzhou to find out one thing." Zhao Gou commanded again.

Chen Liu said: "Take the order!" ”

"He Huan, you go to spy on Tong Guan!"

"Zhao Qi, you go and find out who the six Shangshu were three years ago, and who these people have a close relationship with, and there must be no difference!"

Zhao Gou issued several orders in a row, and almost all the people from the county king's mansion were dispatched, leaving only a few people. Originally, Zhao Gou also wanted to send Steward Wang out, but after thinking about it, he still left him behind, and there were some things that Steward Wang could handle properly in his absence.

Yang Chan, Gong Cang, Huang Shi, He Huan, Zhao Qi and other five people went out one after another, and they left one after another, in order not to attract the attention of others, all of them left at night. Li Shien, Li Shiren, Shen Liang, Zhao Zhen and other four people stayed in the mansion to sit in the town, as well as dispatch.

After Zhao Gou did everything, he discussed with Steward Wang and others, and everyone also gathered together.

"Young master, why don't you come to the rescue of the owner or the emperor?" Steward Wang said suspiciously, there is not enough manpower in the county king's mansion, so all of them are sent out, basically there are only five or six people left in the mansion, if something really happens, it is really difficult to deal with.

Zhao Gou knew the meaning of Steward Wang's words, and said in a deep voice: "This matter cannot be brought forward by my father or Uncle Wang, if they interfere, it will be difficult to predict." Some things must rely on oneself, and must not rely on the help of others, other people's help may not be sincere, or the people in the house are more trusting, this incident is very important, and it must be handled carefully. ”

"Steward Wang, everything will be temporarily stopped from today, and everyone must pay attention to this matter. In my speculation, this matter is not as simple as it seems, and there is a huge conspiracy hidden behind it. ”

Steward Wang and the others looked at each other, and when they saw Zhao Gou's face showing a solemn expression, they were silent and agreed one after another. As a result, the entire county king's mansion was completely busy, and even Zhao Gou began to get busy. The next day, Zhao Gou still went to the court, without mentioning a word, and all his thoughts were on observing the demeanor of the officials in the court, especially focusing on the expression of Ye Mengde, the head of the household.

"Looking at this person's appearance, he doesn't look like a traitorous minister, is there another hidden secret?"

After the end of the early dynasty, Xu Jingheng took the initiative to find Zhao Gou and said in a low voice: "My lord! ”

Zhao Gou replied in a low voice: "Lord Xu, it's not appropriate to say much here, go back and discuss this matter!" ”

Xu Jingheng was silent for a long time, and he also knew that he had just dispersed the dynasty, and some things were not easy to say, so he nodded solemnly, and the two of them walked together, ignoring the puzzled expressions of others, and walked towards the Yushitai. On the way, Zhao Gou reassured Xu Jingheng that this matter would definitely be investigated, but there were some things that needed to be clarified.

Xu Jingheng nodded and said in a low voice: "My lord, there were many doubts when the lower officials were tracking, and they all stayed in the mansion, and after dealing with government affairs, they were submitted to the adults." ”

Zhao Gou said: "It's settled, this matter can be concealed for the time being, there are many people!" ”

Xu Jingheng said: "The lower officials know! ”

The meaning of Zhao Gou's words, Xu Jingheng understands that the corruption case is very important, and the less people know about it, the better, if there are many people, it will inevitably leak the news. At present, only the two of them know about the entire Yushitai, and they know it, and Xu Jingheng is also on Zhao Gou's side, loyal.

On this day, Zhao Gou came to the Yushitai for the first time to meet with several other officials, and he was the highest official. Everyone couldn't figure out Zhao Gou's temperament, and he was a little restrained, and Zhao Gou didn't deliberately cater to them, and still followed the system when Xu Jingheng was in office, and there was no change in the slightest.

Xu Jingheng also completely entrusted the power in his hands to Zhao Gou, as well as the affairs handled by the Yushitai, as well as some old accounts. Zhao Gou took a look at the archives, the power of the Imperial Historical Observatory is not small, the daily actions of some officials are all recorded, but they are all Shangshu of the six departments, and the others are relatively few, most of them are ministers of the DPRK and China, but inconsequential officials have not been recorded.

After reading it, Zhao Gou pondered: "The functions of the procuratorate are somewhat similar to those of the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei, the only difference is that the Jinyiwei supervises the entire Ming Dynasty, whether it is the officials in the court, or the common people and others are under control. If the functions of the procuratorate are expanded, I am afraid that there will be some hidden dangers. ”

"As for these officials, they are not familiar with them, let alone know their talents, and they will be carefully considered after the corruption case is concluded. If there is a person who commits adultery, don't blame me for not being merciful. It just so happens that the information about that incident will take a while, so I will have to observe it carefully in the procuratorate. ”

Then, Xu Jingheng led Zhao Gou to the Taiwan Courtyard and the palace to inspect it, and then returned to the place where Yushitai worked. Zhao Gou looked at the mountain of documents, the whole person was dumbfounded, and said dumbfounded: "Lord Xu, these are all daily things?" ”

Xu Jingheng saw that Zhao Gou's face had changed greatly, and said with a smile: "My lord is too worried, these are the documents sorted out by the lower officials, and they are not handled on a daily basis." As a superintendent of the imperial history, in fact, there is not much of a matter, it is just a matter of supervising the daily behavior of hundreds of officials, and nothing else. After all, there are two other adults to deal with, and they won't be handled by one person. ”

"That's fine!" Zhao Gou's face only improved a little, if there were so many documents every day, then the matter would not be finished at all.

However, Xu Jingheng did not tell Zhao Gou that there were not so many daily affairs, but he was also very busy. After all, there are only a few people in Yushitai, and everyone's workload is relatively large. It wasn't until he became familiar with the position of supervising the imperial history that he handled affairs very easily, far exceeding Xu Jingheng's workload as the supervising imperial history, and he also redivided his powers, which is a later story.

Next, Zhao Gou stayed in the Imperial History Terrace to serve, and Xu Jingheng also went down, leaving Zhao Gou to sit on a chair and watch the mountains of documents on the table, without thinking about reading it seriously. Since he was a child, he has studied everything he has learned at a very fast pace, so he can calm down and read carefully with a mountain of documents in front of him.

Xu Jingheng selected a part of all the documents in the three courtyards of the Imperial History Tower, and did not send all of them, if they were all sent, not to mention reading them for two or three months, even if Zhao Gou was fast, it would take a month to really read them, and if he had to study them carefully, the time would be even longer.

The first thing Zhao Gou watched was the documents of the Taiwan Yuan, which recorded that when the successive officials were in power, they corrected the hundred officials of the central government, participated in the trial of Dali Temple and tried the major cases handed over by the emperor; The documents of the palace are the events of the palace attendants in the palace who corrected the bullet of the hundred officials and the court will lose their honors; The documents of the procuratorate record the daily behavior of the officials who supervised the imperial history and corrected the bullets, dereliction of duty and dereliction of honor.

At the end of the day, it was only less than a tenth of what he watched, and Zhao Gou was not the slightest bit distressed, but was preoccupied. He didn't expect that Yushitai was far more complicated than he imagined, with a lot of power, and even sometimes it would affect the overall situation, which made him have to be cautious, and he glanced at the mountains of documents helplessly, and muttered to himself: "It seems that some of them have been busy during this time!" ”