Chapter 170: It's Time

In the dead of night, most people who are accustomed to going to bed early fall asleep.

This is an era when there is no electricity, and there are no computers, televisions and other entertainment programs, and sleeping has naturally become the best choice for ordinary people at night.

In the courtyard of the Chen Mansion, Chen Xinshu was still not sleepy.

"My lord, since you are suspicious of the son of Huyan, why don't you send someone to keep an eye on him, there is no shortage of masters in the adult's mansion."

"Brother Baoshan, you don't know anything about martial arts, the martial arts of Prince Huyan's entourage are still above the Lin family, you have to keep an eye on them, these masters in the house are only afraid that they will be self-defeating, you must know that the Lin family is one of the three major families of martial arts, what kind of martial arts is its master, in my memory, there is only the imperial commander Xie Daolin who is the master of the Lin family, and the son of Huyan is friendly with the Lin family, and he is from the imperial city, but I don't know if it has anything to do with the palace?"

"Your Excellency is suspicious?"

"Well, I have a feeling that Huyan may be a bridge between the old man and the emperor, and this time he is here for the old man, as for Qin Cha Ye Mengding, it is just a trick."

"My lord, if Lord Naye keeps on trial, sooner or later there will be a problem."

"It's going to depend on how long it can be delayed." Chen Xinshu sighed, "Which of my officials has no problem?" Embezzlement, malfeasance? If according to the law, the light ones will be imprisoned, and the heavy ones will be punished with death, but it depends on the meaning of the above, and the above will move me, and these problems cannot be concealed. ”

"What does the adult mean is to meet with Prince Huyan as soon as possible?"

"That's right, but we'll just have to wait for this, and I think he's just waiting for the right time."

"Perhaps, my lord, we will visit Lord Xia Ye again and find out his style."

"Yes, it works."

Since he got up in the morning, Chen Huainan's right eye has been jumping non-stop, and his right eye has been jumping, which is not a good sign. Chen Huainan walked into the government hall with a nervous mood, and only then did he find that there was something strange about the court today. The person from the Lin family firm who was the plaintiff was not there, nor was the person from the Pu family, nor was Zhang Song, the governor of Fuzhou.

Qin Cha Ye Mengding, who was sitting in the middle, had a very cold look in his eyes, and when he saw Chen Huainan entering, he went straight to the point and said: "Lord Chen, I will not try Lin Zhixiong's case today. ”

Chen Huainan's heart sank: "My lord, this? ”

"Chen Huainan, this official has received another complaint, is it to sue you for the shipping department to privately collect illegal fees, what docking fees, offshore fees, etc., is there such a thing?"

Chen Huainan thought for a while and said, "My lord, this is a fee in all the ports of my dynasty. ”

"Is there a tax set by the imperial court?"

"This, this, no, no."

Ye Mengding said: "Lord Chen, is this considered a private charge?" Where do these money go? It's not all in your pocket. ”

"Back to my lord, all of them are used in port construction."

"Really? Master Chen, do you know why this official did not let others participate in the trial? ”

Chen Huainan wiped the cold sweat on his head: "My lord, the lower officials don't know." ”

"Okay, I'll tell you slowly."

"My lord, please make it clear."

"Because the prefect also has a share in these money, right?"

"What does this mean, sir?"

"Chen Huainan, not only Zhang Song, but also Chen Xinshu and others have a share, right?"

"My lord, this is a false accusation, and the lower official is willing to confront him in court."

"Chen Huainan, this official has a second and third complaint here, all of which accuse your shipping department of corrupt and perverted the law, do you still want this official to read them out one by one?"

"My lord, the lower officials have been wronged, please make the decisions for the lower officials."

"Wronged? Is it? ”

"Exactly, please be the master."

Ye Mengding suddenly smiled, and his face became gentle: "Lord Chen, this official asked the case alone, but he didn't want to publicize this matter, and this official also knew that you were just acting on orders." This official was ordered by the emperor to investigate the current situation of the officials of our dynasty, and this time he will not investigate anyone, you can rest assured of this, even Chen Xinshu, the emperor will not punish this time, the emperor just wants to know the truth, in order to find out the problems of our local officialdom, do you understand? ”

When Ye Mengding was trying the case in the lobby of the state capital, I was also interrogating Pu Wenfeng.

In the secret room of Tongle Building, I looked at Pu Wenfeng, who had just woken up.

Pu Wenfeng left Fuzhou early in the morning, but encountered roadblocks and robbers in the suburbs, and lost consciousness before he could react.

"You can ignore your own life and death, but will you care about the life and death of your Pu family?" I didn't have a head to ask this question, but Pu Wenfeng didn't know why, and he was even more at a loss.

"Where am I? Who are you? How can you say that it has something to do with the life and death of my Pu family? ”

"In the first year of Kaiqing (1259), your Pu family has been to the capital, right?"

"I've been there."

"At that time, it was the outbreak of the Song-Mongolian War, and your Pu family donated 1.63 million silver to the country for this, is there such a thing?"

"Ah, how do you know?"

"It seems that you also know, then let me ask you again, do you know why it is 1.63 million taels? And not an integer, 1,600,000 taels or 1,700,000 taels? ”

"You, who the hell are you? This matter, this matter is only known to the first emperor, how can you know? ”

Six years ago, the head of the Pu family, Pu Shougeng, offended the then prime minister Ding Daquan for some reason, Ding Daquan sent people to Quanzhou to investigate, found out that he was suspected of evading huge taxes, and was edicted to enter Beijing, the first emperor Li Zongnian had meritorious service in the Pu family, so he summoned Pu Shou Geng separately in the imperial study, and said, your Pu family evaded taxes for a total of 3.26 million taels, and the war broke out, the country needs to invest in armaments, so you can take out half of it as a donation, just like that, the Pu family donated 1.63 million taels of silver, and the first emperor did not pursue his tax evasion crime. In addition to Song Lizong, only the party Pu Shougeng knows the reason.

Pu Shougeng told his two sons about it afterwards, and said solemnly, the emperor promised that this matter would be over, and no one would tell him, and you must remember not to spread it, even your uncle Pu Shousheng should not tell it.

"My father told me about this, so who would the first emperor tell about it? The son of the first emperor? Could it be ......" Pu Wenfeng thought about it for a moment, and the father told his son that the person at the moment would be, but this is too incredible.

"You are the emperor, the emperor......?"

I interrupted him and said lightly: "It doesn't matter who I am, you just need to know that I can easily let your Pu family live, and I can easily let your Pu family die." ”

Pu Wenfeng himself is not afraid of death, but he can't help but worry about the life and death of the Pu family: "I, I ......"

"You don't have a choice, and you don't have to guess who I am."

Although Pu Wenfeng's surname is impatient, he is not a reckless person, maybe he saw the momentum on my body, or maybe Pu Wenfeng believed his guess, nodded and said, "You, what do you want to know?" ”

"Details of your Pu family's dealings with officials on Fujian Road."

"What shall I call you?"

I smiled and said, "Just call me Childe." ”

"Yes, Childe, I'll tell you everything I know, but there are many things that are handled by Pu Wenyong."

Although Pu Wenfeng knows a lot of things, he is not detailed, and Pu Shougeng, the head of the Pu family, naturally knows the surname of this son, so most of the things are handed over to Pu Wenyong, the son of Pu Shousheng.

I don't need too many details, just have it.

"Say it."

Pu Wenfeng was a little incoherent, and told the Pu family about bribing officials one by one.

"Childe, Lord Ye is here." Yuan Thorn said in my ear.

"Well, sir, arrange someone to take care of Pu Wenfeng, and release him after the matter is over."

"Yes, don't worry."

After Ye Mengding came in, he said: "Son, Chen Huainan has admitted to the fraud, including Chen Xinshu, Zhang Song, etc., but I don't know if Shi Hongsheng is involved. ”

"Okay, maybe it's time to meet Chen Xinshu."

"Childe, Chen Xinshu said tonight that he wanted to visit me alone."

"Hehe, that's just right, it's time, let's completely solve the matter of Fujian Road tonight."