Chapter 318: Exchange of Information
In the Taiyuan prison camp, Li Yanqing walked into the underground felony prison under the leadership of a camper. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"All the people here are on death row!"
Guan Ying opened the iron doors one by one and came to the depths of the earth, "This is the territory of the King of Yama, in addition to us, there are also bull heads and horses. ā
The dungeon was dimly lit, damp and gloomy, full of despair and terror, a stench of rotting corpses permeated the ground, which made people have to cover their noses, but Guan Ying was used to it, he said in a hoarse voice: "Six years ago, there was a plague in here, all ninety-eight people died, no one dared to come down to collect the corpses, so they had to let it rot, and finally had to burn it clean, pull away the bones, and then re-activate, but it was always filled with this stench, and it couldn't be removed, some people said that this is the soul of injustice, anyway, these people are also beheaded after the autumn, It doesn't matter anymore. ā
Li Yanqing frowned and followed him to the innermost cell, where a person was faintly visible lying on the hay in the dim cell.
"Zhao Yuan, someone has come to see you." Guan Ying said in a hoarse voice.
In the darkness, the man on the hay snorted, "Who dares to come to see me at this time?" ā
"It's me!" Li Yanqing said calmly.
"You?" There was a moment of silence, and in the darkness only the shackles were heard! With a sound, Zhao Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "The Xixia people didn't kill you, I hate it so much!" ā
"Each other, when I was surrounded by the Tanguts, I swore that I would break you into pieces."
Zhao Yuan suddenly became frightened, "You..... What do you want to do? ā
"Humph! Do you think I'm here to tear you to pieces? I'm not in such a good mood, the court has already approved your beheading, so I don't have to bother. ā
"And what are you going to do?" Zhao Yuan asked miserably.
Li Yanqing gestured to Guan Ying and asked him to step back temporarily, Li Yanqing saw that there was no prisoner next door, so he lowered his voice and said, "I'm here to make a deal with you." ā
"What? Will I still be able to live? ā
Li Yanqing shook his head, "The handsome man has signed, you are dead, but I can let you choose the way to die, hang or poison at least leave a whole corpse, and I can even ask your family to take your body back for burial." ā
After a while, Zhao Yuan said coldly: "Then what do you want?" ā
"I see that you have collected dozens of boxes of information, and there are many secrets hidden in them, such as the Western Xia cavalry who ambushed me and sneaked in from crossing the river from Jialuchuan, I want you to tell me all the other secrets, of course, I can also find out by myself, but it takes time, you tell me, I will save a little effort."
Zhao Yuan sneered, "I don't tell some secrets, you will never find out." ā
"I'm just asking if you want to make this deal?"
Zhao Yuan was silent for a moment and said, "I can promise you, but I have one more condition." ā
"Tell me about it."
"Spare my wife, daughter, and son."
Zhao Yuan has two daughters and a son, both of whom are still young, according to the criminal law of the Great Song Dynasty, he should work carefully for the enemy country, his son will be used as a military frontier, and his wife and daughter will also become a camp prostitute, Zhao Yuan knows that he will die, but he is very worried about his son, the son is only thirteen years old, and the two daughters are eight years old and five years old, so why don't he worry.
Li Yanqing said lightly: "I knew today, why bother in the first place!" ā
"There's no point in saying this now, as long as you agree to this condition, I will tell you all the secrets I know, and I will definitely satisfy you, how about it?"
Li Yanqing nodded, "Then it depends on whether you satisfy me, if I am satisfied, I will not only persuade the handsome to let your wife and daughter go, but also calculate your more than ten years of income from the confiscation of your money and give it to your wife, so that they can also make a small business to survive, but the premise is that you write out all the secrets you want, including the secrets of the Tangut people." ā
Zhao Yuan climbed to the wooden fence in a hurry, his eyes fixed on Li Yanqing, "You are not allowed to lie to me, you are not allowed to vent your hatred on my wife and children, you have to swear to me!" ā
Li Yanqing shook his head, "I won't swear to you, it's just that I've said this, believe it or not!" ā
Zhao Yuan tore open his corset, exposed his chest, and begged with tears: "You can kill me with your own hands, but please let them go, I beg you!" ā
"I made it very clear, as long as the information you provide satisfies me, I will let them go and choose for myself!"
After speaking, Li Yanqing turned around and left, only to hear Zhao Yuan shouting sadly: "I promise, I promise everything!" ā
Li Yanqing stopped and said coldly: "I'll give you three days, and after I finish writing, I will let you see your wife and children for the last time." ā
Li Yanqing ignored him anymore, walked quickly to the door, and said to Guan Tie: "Give him a pen and paper, and an oil lamp, and I will send someone to get his confession in three days." ā
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Li Yanqing returned to the military office, at this time, the three newly promoted directors of the army were already waiting in his official room, one was Zhou Yan, who was promoted by the teacher, he was very young, only more than 20 years old, and he was also a lifter, with big ears and good looks, Li Yanqing also attached great importance to appearance, since ancient times, there has been a saying that appearance is born from the heart, if the heart is evil, the appearance will also appear fierce and evil, from the perspective of appearance, Zhou Yan should be a person of good conduct.
Zhang Qu is also a young man, he joined the army as a soldier, and this time he was promoted to the right chief to join the army, in charge of Si Cang, Si Tian and Si Gong.
The most excited was Yan Jiuling, he didn't expect that he could not only get rid of his crimes, but also be recommended by Li Yanqing to join the army as the main officer, which really made him cry with joy, his fate changed in a thought, he promised Yang Huai to deal with Li Yanqing because of a thought, and later confessed to Li Yanqing because he couldn't bear the condemnation of his conscience, but in the end he was forgiven, and he joined the army as the director.
This chief joins the army for Yan Jiuling has another layer of significance, he has been a clerk since he was twenty-two years old, and now twenty years have passed, just because he is timid and cowardly, and his family is poor, so there has been no chance to be promoted, and this time he was promoted to join the army as the main officer, which means that he will be awarded the rank of loose official from Jiupin General Shilang, in the year he was forty-two years old, he was finally promoted from an official to an official, and his heart was full of gratitude to Li Yanqing.
"Please be seated, everyone!"
Li Yanqing walked into the room, waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down, the three principals joined the army and sat down, and Li Yanqing asked another soldier to serve tea.
"I think the big boss has already told the three of them, but I need to repeat it again."
Li Yanqing said to the three gently: "I still serve as a recorder to join the army, and the three of you must give me the monthly report first, and some important approvals must also be approved by me, which everyone knows, that is, things within their respective powers, and I don't need to repeat them." ā
The three of them all nodded silently, they all knew, including Zhou Yan, Yan Jiuling had already told him in detail just now.
At this time, Li Yanqing got up and said, "Now please gather all the officials!" ā
'When! While! While! ā
The bell rang, the officials came out of the various rooms one after another, and nearly fifty people soon lined up to stand in the courtyard, Li Yanqing pointed to the three people: "These are the three chiefs who have just been appointed by the commander to join the army, Zhou is in charge of the army and the judiciary, Zhang is in charge of the three departments of Si Cang, Si Tian and the division of the army, and Yan is in charge of the three departments of the division of soldiers, division armor and division of the cavalry. ā
The courtyard was very quiet, in fact, before Li Yanqing came back, everyone knew that the three new chiefs had joined the army, and the discussions that should have been discussed had been discussed, and they all calmed down at this time.
Li Yanqing saw that everyone had no objections, and said slowly: "Calling everyone today, there is another important matter, in view of the serious consequences of the Zhao Yuan incident, the marshal ordered me to establish a set of confidentiality system to prevent similar things from happening again, I roughly considered three points, the first is that all officials must move to the barracks and can no longer stay in the military office; The second is that everyone must sign a letter of guarantee, which will clearly write the consequences of leaking secrets, and all officials and family members must sign on it; Third, establish a mutual supervision system, whistleblowers have a heavy reward, and at the same time implement a night activity reporting system, if you have dinner at night, you must report in advance, who eats, where to eat, you must make it clear one by one, and you can only go to the dinner after getting the approval of your boss. ā
There was a lot of discussion in the courtyard, and Li Yanqing said loudly: "If there is anything you think is inappropriate, you can put it forward, while it has not been implemented yet, you can discuss it, and once it is implemented, it must be implemented to the letter." ā
An official raised his hand and said: "Our family is in the city, and it is really inconvenient to go back and forth between the county seat and the military camp every day. ā
This is the problem that everyone is concerned about, and everyone is reluctant to move the official office to the barracks, and if they really want to go, there is no way, but they hope to be compensated.
Li Yanqing said again: "I told the marshal about the car travel subsidy, the marshal considered everyone's difficulties, and put forward two compensation plans, first, the marshal will give everyone an appropriate increase, each person will be given a monthly increase of forty percent, which is a confidential sticker for everyone, second, the military camp will provide a batch of donkeys, you need to ride a donkey to and from the county and the barracks, each person is equipped with a donkey, if someone says that he has a donkey at home, and does not need a donkey from the army, then he will subsidize another fifty wen car travel money every day, you can choose, and you will subsidize the donkey. ā
The barracks to the county seat, hiring an ox cart is only ten cents, if a few people sit together, it will be cheaper, in fact, it is a very good subsidy, almost everyone does not want the army's donkey.
"Li joins the army, when are we moving to the barracks?" Another officer asked, raising his hand.
"Everyone starts packing up today, and the day after tomorrow at the latest, everyone should show up in the barracks the day after tomorrow."