Chapter 233: Undoubted
Shopkeeper Dou never thought that this matter would be revealed so quickly. Although he himself has taken a certain degree of precautions, such as the account books that Li Yanzhi found on the second floor of the grain shop, they have done a thorough job, and the transactions with Wang Chuan, Yang Tao, Chu Wei and others have never been seen in them at all. There is not the slightest account of transactions with the prisoners in the camp. However, it is not easy to do so. Without warning, he did not even think of replacing the account book in the granary with a fake one, so he showed his feet.
Profiteers in this world, who have some illegal acts in business, generally have two account books. An account book is announced to the world, and people can be seen. to prove that you are doing business in a proper manner. And in the other book, there are a lot of shady insiders. And this book is usually used by them to calculate their own accounts and count their income and expenditure.
Li Yanzhi's sudden attack was only four or five hours after the granary in the camp discovered that there was moldy and bad grain in it, until the internal and external interfering personnel were arrested. It is also because the county seat of Lingju is only two miles in radius, and it was at night when the attack occurred, and the four city gates were closed and curfew. Otherwise, he would never have been able to control this matter just by relying on the thirty or so people under his command. Even the afterglow that might cause waves afterwards was nipped in the bud by him.
The shopkeeper Dou saw that the account books that recorded his business dealings with the generals in the camp had fallen into the hands of Li Yanzhi, and he was also frightened at this time. He knelt down in front of Li Yanzhi, and his face was already full of old tears: "Official...... Official...... Hold up your hand...... The villain was blinded by lard for a while...... To do such an unacceptable thing...... Please forgive me...... The villain is willing to return the assets obtained from the resale of military rations......"
Li Yanzhi looked at the miserable appearance of the shopkeeper Dou with a handful of snot and tears, and he didn't see that this old thief still had the talent to be an actor. but on his face he was disgusted. He raised his foot and kicked the shopkeeper Dou aside. He scolded unceremoniously: "Old dog! Do you know that what you are doing is not for the rest of the world? If I can forgive you today, what else can I not forgive for the things of the world? ”
Li Yanzhi's face was already full of anger, and he pointed to the shopkeeper Dou who was lying on the ground on his back and still holding his chest: "The soldiers in front of the front shed blood and sacrificed, killing the enemy and protecting the country, just to let you silverfish become popular?" actually started the idea of military rations at the front! Do you think that you can return the money you have resold the military rations and continue to be your black-hearted treasurer, which will be the cause of disaster? Miscalculated, you old dog! The battle ahead was hard, and the number of soldiers killed was unknown. You still dare to fight the idea of military rations, you really don't know how many heads you have! ”
The shopkeeper was kicked to the chest by Li Yanzhi, and he only felt tightness and shortness of breath before. However, after a few breaths of relief, he couldn't care that his chest was still aching, he turned over and walked over on his knees quickly, grabbed the hem of Li Yanzhi's shirt, and said with tears in his eyes: "Official...... The official spared his life...... The villain didn't dare anymore...... The villain is willing to donate half of his family wealth for military supplies to atone for the villain and his family......"
Li Yanzhi frowned, looked at the shopkeeper Dou who was crawling at his feet in disgust, and shouted to the soldiers on the side: "Take him down and put him in the county government prison, so that he can be taken care of!" He didn't fly up again and kicked the shopkeeper away. It's not that he pities him, but that he is afraid that he will be angry and kick the old dog out of the way. If that's the case, even if he goes to the county government, he won't be able to please him.
The two soldiers stepped forward as they said, one left and one right, and set up the shopkeeper Dou, who had fallen to the ground like a puddle of mud, and then dragged him out of the door. Li Yanzhi turned around, and there was still an unwilling cry from the shopkeeper Dou behind him: "Official...... The official spared his life...... Yes...... Spare your life, sir......"
The shopkeeper Dou was dragged out of the door, and the women, servants, and children in his house who were awakened one after another began to cry and make a fuss. For a while, the sonic boom roof tiles was very lively. This noise made Li Yanzhi upset. He turned his head and said to Tao Heng: "Gather the family servants and servants in the Dou Mansion to the side courtyard." Another sergeant was sent to raid the assets in the house, and Liu Jiwu was summoned to register and make a book! Wei Xu! ”
Wei Xu heard that Li Yanzhi was calling him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and came to Li Yanzhi's side, and said, "My subordinates are here, I don't know what Sima commands?" ”
Li Yanzhi didn't reply: "Tell your subordinates that anyone who dares to hide the wealth in the mansion without permission will be killed!" Li does what he says, and will not be tolerated! ”
When Wei Xu heard this, his heart sank. hurriedly clenched his fists and took his orders. Then Wei Xu's shouts sounded in the courtyard: "Sima has an order, those who dare to hide the wealth in the mansion without authorization will be killed!" Today's seizure of the Dou Mansion, you all take care of your hands for me! Otherwise, I, Wei Xu, can't save you! ”
After the order was completed, the soldiers took the seals and other things, each entered the Dou mansion, and under the orders of their respective chiefs and commanders, they went to various places and began to confiscate the assets in this mansion. It didn't take long for Liu Jiwu to take a few blank account books and pencils and follow him into the Dou mansion.
Li Yanzhi stood in the courtyard for about two quarters of an hour, but he was thinking about a series of follow-up dispositions of this matter. This shopkeeper Dou can do such a big business, if he doesn't have the support of the local indigenous scholars behind him, then he won't believe it. Dare to extend his black hand into the army, this person is bold and reckless, which can also be seen from this.
At this time, Li Yanzhi felt that his strength was still too weak, and he did not have the capital to fight with these indigenous warriors. You must know that behind a certain family in this county, it is very likely that behind it is the big man in the city of Guzang, who can decide the life and death of thousands of people in one word. He is a small county government Sima, and now in the eyes of these people, he is indeed not much higher than ants.
Therefore, he secretly thought to himself in his heart, whether to punish this Dou shopkeeper according to the law, or sell his personal favor, and then easily accept half of his assets from his thousands of thanks. Although the former is based on the law, it is easy to cause a backlash from those local scholars. After all, this Dou shopkeeper has been in business for a long time, and it can be said that it is deeply rooted in this Lingju County. Pull out the radish and bring out the mud, these warriors will definitely be mixed with him, and no one's ass will be clean.
However, if you want to sell his personal favor, Li Yanzhi feels unacceptable from the bottom of his heart. He personally went to the front line and saw with his own eyes the desperate battles of those soldiers and generals, and the corpses and bones of Jincheng County were so that Liangzhou could be preserved. However, these people have actually gone so far, and they dare to stretch out their black hands to the military rations that these soldiers rely on for survival! It is hard to imagine that if these prisoners in the battalion were negligent for a moment and sent bad food to the front, I don't know how much consequence it would cause!
Li Yanzhi thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't come up with a way to get the best of both worlds. I had to look up at the sky and mutter, "It's difficult! It's hard! ”
While struggling with the disposal of the shopkeeper Dou in his heart, he generally walked towards the house. He just said that in the process of confiscation, if there is a private possession, he will not be pardoned. He himself must go in and inspect and oversee it.
However, except for the shopkeeper Dou, Li Yanzhi has already made up his mind about the few prisoners in the army. These moths in the army will not be forgiven! And for Wei Xu and the three grassroots generals who have adopted a cooperative attitude, he does not intend to be embarrassed. First, they were instructed and coerced by others, and subjectively did not have the will to commit the crime actively. Second, they did make a lot of contributions to finalizing this iron case for themselves. And in the future, after all, he will lead this army, and his leniency for these people is also to show benevolence to the grassroots generals in the Lingju County soldiers.