Chapter 145: Follow-up
Early the next morning.
All the officials of the county government, including the officials, are waiting, such a big thing has happened, no one dares to slack off, there must be a lot of things, waiting for the county magistrate to arrange, each will do its own thing.
Entering the lobby were still Lu Tianming, Qu Qingze, Liu Zhongji and the officials of the sixth room, including the officials of the grain room.
"There are many things today, Lord Lu is responsible for the storage of money and grain, Lord Qu is responsible for the raid of Kuang Siming's mansion, and the rest of you are subject to the arrangements of the two adults."
Liu Zhongji was a little unconvinced, looking at Su Tiancheng, I don't know what he said about what he couldn't arrange things for, if everyone was busy, what was the point of him staying in the Dianshi Office.
"Liu Dianshi, today is in charge of public security matters in the county, Kuang Siming feels guilty, and commits suicide in fear of crime, but there are still many salt merchants imprisoned in the county jail, including Kuang Siming's family and the subordinates of the mansion, these people, there must be no accidents, you must personally supervise, lest some jailers think that there is any oil and water to be fished, especially the female dependents, they must take special care."
Yoo Joong Ki nodded, such an emphasis is necessary, after entering the prison, the situation is particularly miserable, especially the female prisoners, who have suffered a lot of inhuman abuse, the prisoners cannot have any human rights, and no one will speak for them.
Kuang Siming has committed suicide in fear of sin, that is to say, those who are ready to help will also ignore it, and since they are safe, don't look for something to do.
Su Tiancheng had just finished arranging, and Zheng Keyou, the governor of Yingtianfu, arrived.
"Lord Su, Lord Fu Yin, please go right away."
This was already expected by him, that is, Zheng Keyou would not come, and after arranging things, he would also go to Yingtianfu, Lu Tianming had already written a recital, and he was going to report with these things.
Zheng Keyou came on horseback, Su Tiancheng was unwilling to waste time, took Wang Dazhi, and rode to Yingtianfu, along the way, Zheng Keyou did not take the initiative to speak, let alone talk about Kuang Siming.
Entering the mansion, Zheng Keyou took Su Tiancheng and went directly to Santang.
He Yaowu, the chief of the house, and Ma Jiagan, the general judge, were all waiting in the three halls.
"Master Su, this official heard that Kuang Siming has committed suicide in fear of sin, what is the situation?"
Before Su Tiancheng could speak, Wang Daozhi asked, which shows the seriousness of the matter.
Su Tiancheng had been prepared for a long time.
He unhurriedly took out the recital, including the evidence obtained, Kuang Siming's suicide note, etc., handed it to Wang Daozhi, and reported all the situation.
Regarding the matter of firearms, he has always been a little entangled, thinking about not reporting, but this must not work, if he reports, maybe he will not get these firearms, originally thought, ask Sun Yuankun to carry some firearms, the first to start, but Qu Qingze dissuaded, for the time being, it is good to put it in the treasury, waiting for the emperor's holy decree.
Wang Daozhi's face was a little pale, and He Yaowu's face was even more bloodless, but Ma Jiagan was better, and he had already known the situation in advance, of course, the secret music written to the emperor left Nanjing last night.
"I can't think of it, I really can't think of it, Kuang Siming is so bold, rich and rivals the country, Master Su, how are the seized gold, silver and jewelry, as well as ordnance and materials, handled at present."
"The gold and silver treasures are all in storage, there is a special list, as for the ordnance materials, they are temporarily detained in Kuang Siming's mansion, these things are not easy to carry for the time being."
"Well, the strength of the Jiangning County Inspection Department is enough, but the stakes are very high, the government here, please participate in Lord Ma, you must clean up the relevant materials and wait for the emperor's holy decree."
When the matter is said, it is not complicated, since Kuang Siming colluded with Houjin, and he is connected with Zhenghuangqi, it is already Tongtian, and no one can protect it, as for Su Tiancheng's opinion on Kuang Siming's family to deal with it, Wang Daozhi can't make a decision, so naturally he won't say much.
Half an hour later, Su Tiancheng followed Ma Jiagan and came to the Tongju Mansion.
"Master Su, I have already submitted a report to the emperor."
"Xiaguan Xie Lu, Lord Xie Ma."
"You and I don't want to say such things, but I still have to remind you, Kuang Siming's influence is extraordinary, do you think about it, report it directly to Lord Tang and Gong Ma, it doesn't seem abrupt to do so, as for me, don't worry about it so much, I'll go to the county government to take a look and ask about the situation."
"There is one thing that Xia Guan is worried about, that is, how to deal with Kuang Siming's family, Xia Guan has promised Kuang Siming, although it is said that Kuang Siming has committed suicide in fear of crime, but if someone puts forward other handling suggestions, Xia Guan will not be a good person."
"This is natural, I have already reported to the emperor, I think that the emperor has received so many silver taels, and he will not severely punish Kuang Siming's family, but you still have to talk about it in front of Lord Tang and the prince."
The reason why Ma Jiagan spared no effort to help Su Tiancheng was also because Su Tiancheng was very good at being a person, and he smiled at the thousand taels of gold he sent, which was almost his usual silver for two years, besides, Su Tiancheng's attitude was not bad, and it was not taken for granted because of Ma Jiashou's matter.
It is very comfortable to deal with such a person, and Ma Jiagan is of course willing to contribute to things within the scope of his duties.
Su Tiancheng took Wang Dazhi and hurried to the sixth department of Nanjing.
After some reporting, as expected, Tang Shiji was really waiting for news.
In the face of this supreme leader of Nanzhili, Su Tiancheng will not be polite, what should be said and what should be put forward have been said, especially when it comes to ordnance.
After Su Tiancheng finished speaking, Tang Shiji was silent for a while.
Such a big move, he was a little unexpected, he didn't expect Su Tiancheng to be so bold, he moved as soon as he said, and when he didn't report it, he raided Kuang Siming's mansion, but from the mansion, he found anti-heaven ordnance, just these ordnance, can destroy Kuang Siming's nine clans, not to mention the collusion between Kuang Siming and Houjin to smuggle ordnance and salt.
Su Tian has made a huge contribution, and the emperor must be happy to get this sixteen million taels of silver.
But this kid's request made him embarrassed.
The exile of Kuang Siming's family is not a big problem, and the emperor is not willing to kill more, but there is almost no possibility of leaving many firearms to the Jiangning County Inspection Division.
But if you don't leave something for Su Tiancheng, people will work hard for a while and get nothing, and their enthusiasm will definitely be hit, besides, according to the emperor's character, such a huge amount of money, Nanjing's six departments, including Ying Tianfu, can get some benefits.
As for grain and cultivated land, Tang Shiji didn't look at it, compared with more than 10 million taels of silver, it is not worth mentioning at all, 120,000 stone of grain, the value is only more than 30,000 taels of silver, and the cultivated land is owned by Jiangning County, which is also official land.
"Lord Su, this raid on Kuang Siming's mansion, you have made a huge contribution, I will definitely report to the emperor and ask for credit for you, you can restrain your subordinates, in the process of raiding, do not be greedy for a penny of silver, this is not simple, about the exile of Kuang Siming's family, this is easy to say, I will make my point of view, but the disposal of firearms, I am very embarrassed, it is said that these firearms are to be handed over to Nanjing Jingying."
Su Tiancheng's heart moved, the main ones in charge of the Nanjing Jingying were Tang Shiji, as well as the eunuch Wang Zhen, and the garrison minister Zhang Taining, Zhang Taining was a descendant of the British Duke Zhang Fu, who was ordered by the imperial court to guard Nanjing.
As long as this batch of firearms is not transported out of Nanjing, he will be able to think of a way, and anyway, he will have to negotiate with the two battalions in Nanjing, and it should be no problem to spend some silver and leave a part of the firearms, including all the ammunition.
Perhaps sensing Su Tiancheng's thoughts, Tang Shiji continued to speak.
"Lord Su, Nanjing's Tokyo Camp and Xijing Camp have always had some contacts with Jiangning County, and you have been in office for so long, you should still go and walk around."
When Wang Zhen saw Su Tiancheng coming to visit, his face turned into a flower.
Two thousand taels of gold, if he can't get such a smile, Su Tiancheng will curse.
"Master Su is young and talented, worthy of being the pillar of my Ming Dynasty, our family must recommend it to the emperor."
"Xia Guan dealt with Kuang Siming's matter yesterday, and he came to report today, if it wasn't for Kuang Siming's suicide in fear of crime, he would have come to visit his father-in-law a long time ago."
"Lord Su is polite, our family already knows, Lord Su is decisive in handling things, very good, Kuang Siming, this guy is extremely evil, and suicide is a wise move."
Su Tiancheng had an indescribable feeling in his heart, among the many officials who Kuang Siming was filial, you Wang Zhen was the biggest beneficiary, and he got a lot of filial piety every year, at this time, he was happy to see Kuang Siming dead and he was safe.
Of course, Wang Zhen and Nanjing Jinyiwei have a lot of connections, and a lot of inside information is clear, and they know it, Kuang Siming did not say any officials, nor did he implicate anyone else.
"Lord Su suggested that Kuang Siming's family be exiled, our family agrees, the emperor has a benevolent heart, and he will definitely agree, Lord Su don't think too much, if it weren't for Lord Su who just took office, our family would like to congratulate you, and you will definitely be promoted to the capital."
"My father-in-law is very loving, and the lower officials are very grateful, after dealing with Kuang Siming's affairs, the lower officials thought that they would contact the generals of the Tokyo camp and the Xijing camp, after all, they helped Jiangning County and did a lot of things, and the lower officials still have to express their gratitude."
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, our family will help contact this matter."
Su Tiancheng had just left, and Wang Zhen's face changed rapidly.
A man in black entered the house.
"This secret letter will be sent to the capital immediately, and handed over directly to Gonggong Cao, there must be no mistakes, if something goes wrong, be careful of your dog's head."