"General, the people of the Governor's Mansion have done it!"

In a house in the middle of the city, a man of nearly 40 years old was lying on a recliner made of bamboo, drinking tea and admiring the moonlight.

A plainclothes man quietly walked up to his side and reported respectfully.

"How many people are missing?" The middle-aged man who was called the general didn't make much waves, and asked extremely calmly.

"More than twenty people!"

"Watch, there are those who dare to abscond in fear of crime, arrest them, hide them!" The middle-aged man commanded lightly.

"General, that's a bit inappropriate, isn't it?"

"The people in the Governor's Mansion should be glad to have us to give them a back-up, and it's good to make it a little more difficult for them." The middle-aged man shook his head, not feeling that what he was doing was wrong.

The middle-aged man is Han Jin, the general of Yangzhou Mansion.

Basically, the Dark Guard is divided into two aspects, inside and outside.

Nei refers to the entire territory of Datang, while Wai refers to the area outside the mainland.

Inside, it is divided into three levels, to be exact, in the near future, it will increase to four levels.

At present, it is the dark guard directly under the imperial court, and further down, there are secret guard mansions, and below the mansion is the county office.

In the near future, a provincial-level establishment will be added between the Dark Guard and the provinces to meet the needs of the new divisions.

It can be said that there is also competition among the secret guards, there are more than 300 state capitals in Datang, which means that there are more than 300 generals in various provinces, and it is very difficult to climb up.

At most, it is to enter the Dark Guard and be responsible for a certain area, but it is only responsible for coordinating and summarizing information, and the real power in his hands is still reduced compared to the generals of various provinces.

However, the establishment of the provincial level is different, there are only about a dozen provinces, that is, there are only about a dozen places, and it is relatively easier to go up from a dozen or so people.

Although the competition between more than 300 and 15 is still very fierce, it is still much less stressful than 300 more into 2.

Of course, the nature of the dark guards determines that it is not easy for them to make political achievements, and once the dark guards have political achievements, it often means that it is time for the world to be in chaos.

So, don't look at the dark guards who are too busy every day, in fact, they are all busy, and there are really no useful clues.

Why?

Because the secret guards are responsible for intelligence work related to national security, general corruption, governance, and a series of other routine operations, which have nothing to do with them.

Their task is to analyze this information through constant spying to see whether the morale of the people in the region has dropped significantly, whether there is a danger of riots, and other major things that can directly affect national security.

Therefore, this time the Governor's Mansion came to Yangzhou, but Han Jin saw the opportunity for his political achievements.

Of course, Han Jin naturally won't do something outside the rules for the sake of political performance, the gains outweigh the losses, the secret guard is the overseer, the overseer, but in the same way, within the dark guard, there are also many factions, Han Jin can even be sure that if he crosses the line, it won't be long before someone from above comes.

This kind of thing is not unusual at all, because in the counties below, he also uses the same means of operation, and there is a secret force that only he controls to monitor everywhere, so he knows the situation in the counties below well, what happened, whether he concealed it or not, and he could not deceive him at all.

Even he can do it as a state general, can't the Dark Guard do it?

Besides, this method was still taught to them from above, expecting the students to trap the master to death? It's not impossible, but it's hard.

Therefore, political achievements can be earned, but they must be reasonable and compliant.

So, when the Governor's Mansion came over this time, Han Jin saw an opportunity.

However, Han Jin's luck is indeed good, seeing it does not mean that he is qualified and has the courage to do it.

Just when Han Jin was struggling with how to operate, an order came from above, asking them to secretly cooperate with the Governor's Mansion to deal with this matter, how to cooperate? Of course, it was in terms of intelligence.

……

Cheng Zhijie didn't expect that someone would add material to him in the middle, but even if he thought of it, he wouldn't interfere in this matter.

Or at most, just ask, and then don't talk about it.

Yes, the people in the Governor's Mansion are in urgent need of experience in handling cases, this case can be said to be their first case, if this shot is so easy to solve, what should they do if they encounter some difficulties later?

Therefore, the material that the dark guard added to them this time is actually a good thing.

Of course, the premise is that Cheng Zhijie is aware.

But now, Cheng Zhijie doesn't know......

Cheng Zhijie did know that the Dark Guard could be used at a critical moment, but he would not choose to use the power of the Dark Guard at this time, wouldn't that show that he was too incapable?

I asked for help when I first came, how to play in the back? I don't have to play at all.

Therefore, Cheng Zhijie didn't contact the dark guard, of course, Cheng Zhijie also knew, and the dark guard must have known that they had come.

But that doesn't affect anything.

Forehead......

The system of leniency in confession and strictness in resistance is also feasible here, but the anti-human system of tainting witnesses has not been introduced by Li Yuanji.

Therefore, don't expect these arrested officials to be iron and strong, and even if they die, they will not betray others.

On the contrary, when they are caught, they know that something bad is wrong, and they also have stolen goods, how can they refute this?

Will the investigators give them that chance? Do you really think that those elite personnel transferred by the imperial court from all over the country are all unlicensed guys? These people are more sophisticated than the other, and they already know the problem of adjudicating cases.

So, the imaginary resistance did not take place, and soon someone spat out, and then the captured people were like an avalanche.

There's no way to continue to be calm, everyone has been arrested, or is it a combination of stolen goods, what's the benefit of being stubborn at this time?

Counting on someone to save themselves?

Please, let's see who's standing behind them, okay?

The Governor, that's the Governor, and the status of the Cabinet Minister, people come here to do nothing, the first thing is to arrest people, isn't the meaning obvious enough?

At this time, even a fool could guess that the governor must have been instructed by the emperor to arrest people.

Another question, if these people were really that bold, would they be what they are now?

So many people, add up to eat so little? The slightly older ones don't dare to think about it, so they can only dispose of it according to the rules?

Although the situation of corruption has begun to breed, it is only a symptom now, and these officials have not completely let go of themselves and are crazy to accumulate wealth.

To put it more bluntly, they have concerns.

This is always good news, but at this moment, Cheng Zhijie can't be happy.

"Ran away?" Cheng Zhijie was stunned, it was just one night, and the city gate hadn't opened the next day, and the people ran away? Where's the run?

"It did run away, according to the confessions of these people last night, the subordinates immediately sent people to arrest them, but out of the twenty-six fish that slipped through the net, only twenty-two people were at home, and the remaining four did not know where to go, and asked their families, but no one knew."

Cheng Zhijie frowned deeply, he likes to show off his stupidity, but he doesn't like to show off this all the time.

Besides, if you don't use your brains for such a trivial matter, then it's not a show, but a real stupidity.

In some big things, it can also be brought out that the problem is caused by your own lack of ability, but this kind of small thing, that is a pure IQ problem.

These people ran at night, only four people ran, and the people who were arrested did not have any abnormalities, apparently they did not know about it.

So how did these four people know? And how did they run?

"Let these people out, still work as usual today, and let the forbidden army arrange it, arrange a few plainclothes to keep an eye on them everywhere, and tell these people that the four people who ran away, as long as they dare to appear, will be arrested immediately, and whoever reports it, the old man can intercede for him to reduce the punishment." Cheng Zhijie commanded.

As soon as the gates were opened, the four men had a great chance to run out, and the newly sent people did not necessarily know the four, but only those who were in the same boat with them were the most familiar.

Portrait? This is indeed the solution, but it is not the best way, or rather, it is too late.

The most terrible thing is that these are all tax people, arrest them, and no one replaces them, it will inevitably cause chaos in Yangzhou City today, and the caravan can't get in or out, which is a big problem.

"In addition, pay close attention to the caravan that pays bribes today." Cheng Zhijie then commanded.

He remembered Li Yuanji's explanation before the trip, corruption is not only a problem of officials, if no one takes the initiative to bribe, the corruption problem of officials will be reduced a lot, and there must be cases of embezzlement of public funds, but in fact, the appetite of these people is more supported by those who pay bribes.

Funds obtained through bribery are far safer and easier to spend than embezzlement.

Of course, at this time, Cheng Zhijie realized that he was a little impatient in doing this.

Or rather, I am a little ill-considered.

At the very least, it is necessary to prepare people first, so that after these tax officers are arrested, it will not affect the normal work.

And these people are not difficult for Cheng Zhijie, after all, he has the identity of inspecting the governor, and he can also coordinate the provinces, and he is also a cabinet minister, he only needs to ask people to go to various places to carry a word, and within the time of the journey, enough tax officers will come.

It could have been possible to have a larger operating space, but now, this space is already small, and there may be some drawbacks.

"Go to Jiankang and transfer thirty tax officers from there." Cheng Zhijie wrote it on the paper, then took out his governor's seal and printed the first seal of this big seal on it.