Chapter 8: The Treasure of Heshen

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Seeing everyone's questioning eyes, Wei Li slowly turned around, reached into his arms and took out a thin notebook, turned around and handed it out, and said, "This is it, you can take a look." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½ā€

Han Hao took it, and several people around him stretched out their heads, with a light blue cover, and turned the first page, the four words "Yunnan Documentary" of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing.

"Good Words"

The blind half-immortal on one side praised: "This is an imitation of the great calligrapher Zhang Ruitu of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that He Shen won Qianlong's appreciation with his true material and practical learning, it is not a rumor, and the copy is eight points similar." ā€

Zhang Ruitu's character is Changgong, No. Ershui, Guoting Shanren, Baihao Nunnery, etc. Wanli thirty-five years of Jinshi, calligraphy is strange, steep and sharp, the gesture is vivid, strange posture, Zhong Xuan, Wang Xizhi outside another way, one of the four major calligraphers of the Ming Dynasty, and Dong Qichang, Xing Dong, Mi Wanzhong are equally famous, there is the number of "South Zhang and North Dong"; He is also good at landscape painting, imitating Huang Gongwang of the Yuan Dynasty, vigorous and energetic, and his works have been handed down to the world.

Han Hao continued to open it, and said in his mouth: "To be able to achieve his position, it is definitely impossible to just rely on whiskers and horses, and real talent and real learning are necessary." ā€

The notes are the first case that He Shen entered the officialdom to investigate, and it was some of the things he saw and heard in the process of investigating the case, and it was this case that made Qianlong look at He Shen differently, and since then he has been on the rise.

In the first month of the 45th year of Qianlong, Haining, an official who had served as the grain storage road in Yunnan and the envoy of Guizhou, exposed the tyranny and corruption of Li Shuyao, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, in Yunnan. As a result, Emperor Qianlong sent the 30-year-old Hubu Shilang and Shen and the Criminal Department Shilang Kaning'a to Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to investigate the case as a minister. After some arduous and meticulous investigation, He Shen and others finally found out that Li Shiyao was corrupt, solicited bribes, and accepted bribes.

After investigation, within Li Shuyao's jurisdiction, official positions can only be obtained by bribery, and things can only be done by bribery. And Li Shiyao's methods of accepting bribes are also varied. Sometimes, Li Shiyao took bribes under the pretext of red and white ceremonies, birthdays, and building houses: in the forty-third year of Qianlong, Li Shiyao's housekeeper Zhang Yongshou went to Beijing to supervise the construction of a new house for Li Shiyao, and a general judge named Surfang A immediately took 5,000 taels of silver when he heard the news, and a prefect named Deqi also sent 5,000 taels of silver, and the 10,000 taels of silver were secretly handed over to Zhang Yongshou, and then handed over by Zhang Yongshou.

Once, Li Shiyao was ready to go to Suzhou to buy tribute to the emperor, and deliberately released the wind in advance, according to the inspection Wang Qi immediately scraped together 5,000 taels of silver to send it, Dongchuan prefect Zhang Long sent 4,000 taels, and Taoist Zhuang Zhaokui sent 2,000 taels.

Li Shuyao exchanged gold for silver and embezzled stolen money. In Jianshui County, southern Yunnan, a wealthy family surnamed Zhang died mysteriously, and the government accidentally found 600 taels of gold and 1,000 taels of silver in Zhang's house during the investigation. It was later found to be stolen money. This money is required to be collected from the state treasury according to the regulations. The county government did not dare to hide it and reported the case to Li Shiyao. Unexpectedly, when Li Shuyao reported to the imperial court, he lied that he had found 60 taels of gold and 7,500 taels of silver. According to the ratio of gold and silver exchange at that time, Li Shuyao's exchange of gold for silver was equivalent to embezzling 3,300 taels of silver.

It was through the above-mentioned means of accumulating wealth that Li Shiyao embezzled and accepted bribes totaling 35,000 taels of silver. Based on this, He Shen drafted a verdict of "beheading the prisoner".

Seeing that the notes were full of information on some cases, Lin Geng said impatiently: "Where there is any mention of treasures, they are all trivial things. ā€

Han Hao was also a little puzzled, looking up and seeing that Wei Li's expression didn't look like he was lying, he turned the last page, and it was a whole article, and there was a poem at the bottom, after reading it carefully, there was a sentence in it that was a little unusual, "Li Shiyao hurt me, so I can get out of control from now on." ā€

Out of control, it should refer to He Shen's later large-scale corruption, could it be that his corruption started with Li Shiyao? And the so-called poem is not smooth in Han Hao's opinion, according to Heshen's style, it will not be so plain.

The trip to Yunnan was fruitful

Hongzhen Yunshan is hidden

It's hard to predict

Plan ahead and find a way back

There is no need to start a career path

If there is a fall in Pingyang

Find a century-old Dingshan stone

It can ensure that future generations enjoy wealth

Lin Geng looked at it several times, glared at Wei Li, and said, "You are playing us, where is the treasure mentioned?" ā€

The second stunned, the little stammerer is not very literate, and he can only be anxious on the side, Han Hao glanced at the silent blind half-immortal, and was very curious if he also saw the mystery.

Wei Li explained: "I really didn't lie to you, although I can't understand it, but my father will definitely not lie to me, if it is not true, our family will not be ransacked by bandits, and I will not end up here." ā€

The hour was not early, and it would be dawn if it was delayed any longer, Han Hao interrupted them and said, "Let's solve the current problem first." ā€

Han Hao's words reminded them that it was too early to discuss the authenticity of the treasure, and there was still a corpse lying in the house, and it was difficult to ensure that no one would find it at dawn.

"Hao... Brother Hao, why don't we leave Yang... Yangzhou bar. ā€

The little stammerer was very nervous, according to his thoughts, now Brother Hao is so capable, even if he is not in Yangzhou, he can earn money wherever he goes.

"Let's go?" Lin Geng said disdainfully: "Where can people who are unfamiliar with life go, and now that there is chaos everywhere, how can it be safe to stay in Yangzhou." ā€

The second stunned said: "You don't like to go, and I didn't plan to take you." ā€

"You..."

"Shut up"

Han Hao interrupted them and said, "The top priority now is to dispose of the corpses, otherwise we will become wanted criminals whether we leave or stay." ā€

"Not bad"

The blind half-immortal nodded and said: "That man is already dead, as for whether he left a mark for his accomplices, it is still unknown, we don't need to mess around." Since he is a bandit wanted by the government, let's send him to the yamen and observe him for a while. ā€

Wei Li's injuries have not healed yet, if he is forced out of the city, he may not last long, Han Hao agreed after pondering: "Find a sack and put that guy in and send it to the gate of the yamen, do you have a place to live over there?" ā€

"Yes, it's not big, but it's okay to live a few people."

"Okay, you and Lin Geng packed that person up and threw him to the yamen, let's change places immediately." Han Hao immediately clapped his head.

The two were stunned and went outside to dig through a sack full of dirt, and it took a lot of effort for several people to stuff the guy in, and the two of them carried it to the yamen while it was night.

The little stammerer simply cleaned up the things that could be used in the house, Han Hao helped Wei Li and the four of them out of the house, standing outside the door and stammering a little reluctantly, after all, he had lived for so long.

"Let's go, we'll all have a house in the future." Han Hao comforted softly.

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In the night, Lin Geng was carrying the sneaky sack, and the street was quiet, and both of them were extremely nervous.

"I forgot to search him just now, I was stunned, do you think there will be anything valuable on him?"

Lin Geng, who was in the back, suddenly asked, although it was very quiet, but he was still so frightened that he almost let go of his hand.

"You really want money and don't want to die, what's the matter, do you still want to search him?" The second replied angrily.

Lin Geng looked around and said quite flatteringly: "Second stunned, I'm serious, think about it, this person chased after him all the way, can he not have a coil on his body?" ā€

Seeing that the two people in front of him were stunned and did not react, he continued to persuade: "Anyway, there is no one now, let's go to the side to search, in case he has silver hidden on his body, wouldn't it be a pity to hand it over to the yamen like this?" In case we have to run away in the future, it's not a bad thing to have money to defend ourselves! ā€

Lin Geng chattered all the way, at first he was a little scared, but the temptation of silver overcame the fear.

The second stunned listened to him for a long time, and felt that it made some sense, anyway, what is there to be afraid of when people are dead, they are all afraid, and it is false to say in their hearts that they don't want money.

The two of them pondered and carried the sack to the corner, Lin Geng quickly untied the rope, looking at the bloody inside, he was a little stunned, but when he thought of the silver, his heart became hot again, and he gritted his teeth and stuffed his hand into it...