The end of the year is always the busiest time for the three divisions, especially this year. The www.biquge.info will begin to formally implement the budget system next year, and at the end of this year, a drill will be held for the final account system, and the officials of the various yamen are busy flying. Xu Ping is as busy, dealing with official documents like mountains every day, and guiding the establishment and implementation of various systems, leaving early and returning late every day.

On this day, he was discussing the audit of budget implementation with Zheng Jian in the governor's hall, and Liu Xin couldn't wait for the report, so he followed the guard at the door and swept in. When he arrived at the case, he looked at Xu Ping and was stunned for a while with his mouth open, and then said, "Provincial master, the big thing is not good!" The debt collection borrowed by Jingshi Bank from the forbidden army is chasing people's lives! ”

"What!" Xu Ping stood up suddenly, "Don't worry, say slowly, what's going on?" ”

Zheng Jian asked the official to pour a cup of tea, handed it to Liu Xin, and let him drink it and speak slowly.

After taking a sip of the cup, Liu Xin forcibly calmed himself down before saying, "Last night's wind and snow, the yamen was closed. When I opened the door early this morning, I found someone hanging in front of the Jingshi Bank. There was a piece of paper in front of the man, saying that he was originally a cavalry member of the temple Sigong Holy Army, and a few months ago, because of greed, he privately opened a company to borrow money from Jingshi Bank. Now that the money has been squandered, there is no money to repay the debt, so he has to pay off the debt with his own life and hang himself in front of the Jingshi Bank. ”

Zheng Jian frowned: "That's not right! A pawn, how can He De open a company and defraud a loan from the bank! If such a person can do it, won't the people in Tokyo open banks and make a fortune by fraudulently taking out loans? There must be something strange about this! ”

Liu Xin said: "Is there anything strange to say first, now there is a life, and it is at the gate of the Jingshi Bank, outside the Donghua Gate, the civil and military ministers of the previous dynasty are watching!" Provincial Lord, if this kind of thing happens, if you can't get rid of the suspicion, it's hard to say whether the Jingshi Bank can continue to open! We naturally know that things will not be so simple, but someone has to preside over and find out to the end! ”

Xu Ping thought for a while and said to Liu Xin: "Don't be in a hurry now, the most important thing is to find out what the identity of that person is and whether he has borrowed money from Jingshi Bank." ――The most important thing is to find out whether it was suicide or whether it was killed and hung outside the Donghua Gate! ”

After coming out of the case and pacing back and forth in the official hall for a while, Xu Ping said to Liu Xin and Zheng Jian: "I will enter the palace in a while, no matter how to find out the case clearly, and do my best to protect the Jingshi Bank." The two of you, each arrange for your own personnel -- remember not to go beyond your authority and fall into the hands of others -- try your best to find out who this person is, how he usually behaves, and who else is in the family. By the way, I have to get the words he usually writes, and see if it can match what he wrote before he died! ”

Liu Xin and Zheng Jian agreed.

Xu Ping said to Liu Xin again: "Go find Zhang Weiji, who is with you to raise the Jingshi Bank, and ask him to entrust the people of the Imperial City Division to thoroughly investigate the case." People are people from the forbidden army, and other yamen are not easy to do, and the key to this matter depends on the attitude of the Imperial City Division. ”

After instructing the two of them, Xu Ping ordered the official to prepare court clothes for himself and prepare to enter the palace.

As soon as he came out of the Yamen of the Three Divisions, he ran into the small yellow door in the palace, and Xuankou asked Xu Ping to enter the palace immediately and discuss matters in the Chongzheng Palace.

The three divisions are far away from Ouchi, Xu Ping arrived at the Chongzheng Palace, and the ministers of the political hall and the Privy Council have already sat upright, including Zhang Guan in the imperial history and Cheng Lin and Xia Zhu, the scholars of Hanlin, have already arrived.

Acting like a ceremony, Zhao Zhen said: "Today outside the Donghua Gate, in front of the yamen of the Jingshi Bank, there was a life lawsuit. Xu Ping, do you know? -- In a peaceful and prosperous world, people live outside the imperial city gate, how can this be justified! ”

Zhao Zhen was so angry that his forehead jumped, and at the end, he slapped the throne suddenly.

Xu Ping bowed and held the wat: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister just heard about it, and hurriedly came, and received the edict on the way." ”

Zhao Zhen snorted and ordered to give a seat. Obviously, I didn't know what someone said just now, and Zhao Zhen had some opinions about the three divisions.

Xu Ping sat down, and Zhang Guan said: "In the peaceful and prosperous era, there is a life lawsuit outside the imperial city, which is appalling!" The minister had already sent someone to investigate, and the man had written a pleading, saying that he had been collected by the Jingshi Bank and was unable to repay it, so he had to pay off the debt with his life. Recently, the Jingshi Bank has been chasing the loans issued a few days ago, causing a lot of turmoil, and now there is a life lawsuit. In the opinion of the minister, he can order the Jingshi Bank to suspend debt collection and not make a bigger incident. Now that the New Year is approaching, there can be no turmoil on the occasion of the Spring Festival, which will damage Your Majesty's sage! Those debts are nothing but money, how can money compare to human life? ”

Li Di looked at Zhang Guan and said impatiently: "Jingshi Bank is just outside Donghua Gate, why hasn't Zheng Xiang been there?" ”

Zhang Guandao: "Xianggong, Zheng is infected with the wind and cold, and he has not been in court for several days, so please have to take leave." ”

Zhao Zhen raised his hand to stop Li Di and said to Xu Ping: "Yushi just said that it makes sense, the debt collection of Jingshi Bank has caused a life lawsuit, so it is better to suspend debt collection." It's been a close year, everything is peaceful, and the three divisions will pay for the rest of the debts. ”

Xu Ping held the wat and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there is nothing for the three divisions to pay, as long as it is really peaceful." What the minister is afraid of is that if a person dies, the third division will help the others pay off the debts of the Jingshi Bank. All those who owe debts in the capital have to follow the same example, find someone to die in front of the creditor's house, or even worse, and beat the dead body and hang it in front of the creditor's door, what should it do? ”

Zhao Zhen was taken aback: "It won't be like this, right?" Is there such a vicious person in the world? ”

"How the people in front of the yamen of the Jingshi Bank died now, there is no conclusion yet. Everything is afraid of confusion, no matter how the person died, or what the court did, it must be found out clearly. This time I was confused, but I was afraid that more lives would be forced! ”

After speaking, Xu Ping held the wat and looked ahead in his seat, without squinting.

After listening to Xu Ping's words, Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment and asked Li Di on the side: "What do you think?" ”

Li Di said: "The minister thinks that he can first order the Jingshi Bank to suspend debt collection to show His Majesty's benevolence." Then immediately appoint a strong minister to find out the lawsuit of this human life, so as to show His Majesty's sanctity! ”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Okay, that's the best." Let Liu Xin and Zhang Weiji enter the hall, and then send someone to urge! ”

After the order, Zhao Zhen asked Xu Ping again: "It's the end of the year, the treasury is empty, can the third division come up with money to make up for this hole?" If there is no money left, the inner treasury will put it up. ”

Xu Ping said: "Just suspend debt collection, without this money, Jingshi Bank will not be closed." The matter has been clarified, if it is not the fault of Jingshi Bank, the debt will still be pursued. If this debt really wants to be forgiven, it will naturally be paid by the three divisions. ”

Seeing that Xu Ping kept saying that he wanted to chase debts, Zhang Guan couldn't help it anymore, stood up and said sharply: "Xu Zhiyi, as the provincial lord of the three divisions, you are in charge of a country's money and grain, and it is within your share of money to be serious. But now that there is a lawsuit outside the imperial city, why not put aside the matter of money and food for the time being, show a little benevolence, and forgive the debt? Only by doing so can you show Your Majesty's benevolence! ”

Xu Ping said coldly: "If you want to show Your Majesty's kindness, you should recover the money." There are millions of people in the capital, and how many people have no food and clothing, hunger and cold! The bank only lends money to the company, which poor people can lend money? Recover this money and give food and clothing to the poor people, this is the Lord of the Holy Wisdom! Everything is confused, and there will always be times when you can't be confused! ”