Chang'an, an ordinary restaurant, is mainly a middle-class restaurant. And although it is not as luxurious as the most luxurious restaurant for dignitaries, it is a good place anyway, and in this restaurant, Zhang Chao is sitting here with Song Chen, the county governor of Wannian County, Chang'an.

"Zhang Yushi, what are you bringing me here for?" Song Chen asked.

And Zhang Chao immediately asked: "Song Chen, you are now a county lieutenant, are you quite familiar with things like judging cases?" ”

"It's okay!" Song Chen said with a little weakness.

Zhang Chao shook his head and said: "You can't help what you say, it seems that you are not familiar with judging cases!" And today, I'm going to show you what a high-IQ crime is. And after today, you may not look down on the so-called bandits who kill people and set fires. This is the method of high intelligence, and those methods of killing people and setting fires are too rough and easy to catch. And today, I'm going to show you what it means to be sinister in officialdom and shrewd. If you don't learn this, then I'm afraid you won't be able to improve much in officialdom in the future. Those thieves who kill people and set fires, you don't have to pay too much attention to them, although these people seem to be very fierce, but they have little influence on our country's society. You should focus those energies on those who are influential, especially the court officials. ”

And then, Zhang Chao also told him about Li Yuan asking him to investigate the collusion between Li Shimin, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, and then Song Chen also felt a thrill. Because this time Zhang Chao actually came to investigate this period, and then heard Zhang Chao say that Li Shimin bribed the prime minister, and then asked the prime minister to speak for himself at the emperor, which made Song Chen feel even more scared. Because he didn't expect politics to be so dirty, in the past, he was an official just to glorify his ancestors and do something for the people by the way. But now he actually heard that Li Shimin actually colluded with the prime minister. Even doing such a dirty thing as bribery, this is simply terrible. If so, then I'm afraid it really made him feel aware of the sinister nature of officialdom.

However, Song Chen finally stabilized, and he knew that he couldn't quit at this time. Because when you become an official, you can't just retire if you want to. So I can only go up hard. Entering the officialdom is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. Therefore, when Song Chen heard Zhang Chao say this, he could only choose to go on hard.

"Our duty now is to find out how King Qin transferred funds to Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu. And I estimate that the king of Qin used money laundering to help them clean up the bribes, and what we have to do is to find this money laundering path and then cut him off. This is also what the emperor asked us to do. And I've got an eyebrow! And this method of money laundering, you can know what is called unheard of, you never knew that there was such a way to play with money in the past. Zhang Chao said.

After Zhang Chao finished speaking, before Song Chen could speak, he immediately shouted: "Little Er! ”

Hearing Zhang Chao suddenly shout at Xiao Er, Song Chen also swallowed back the idea he just wanted to speak, but Song Chen didn't know what Zhang Chao was doing when he called Xiao Er over at this time.

"Oh, here we are! Two guest officers. What are you going to eat? The shopkeeper asked.

"Do you have mooncakes here?" Zhang Chao asked.

"Mooncakes? What does the guest officer want this mooncake for? This mooncake is mainly eaten in the army, and we ordinary people eat relatively little. The shopkeeper asked.

At present, the Tang Dynasty army was due to Pei Lin after inventing the moon cake a few years ago. It is popular to eat moon cakes. However, the folk did not begin to have this popular habit, so the shopkeeper also felt strange why Zhang Chao would come to eat moon cakes.

"Needless to say, you go and ask the chef to make mooncakes, we just want to eat mooncakes!" Zhang Chao said.

And the shopkeeper immediately said: "If you want to make moon cakes specifically for the guest officer, then I'm afraid the price is relatively high if you make it alone!" ”

"No problem. Go for it! Zhang Chao said.

After about an hour, the four freshly baked mooncakes also arrived in front of them. And Zhang Chao looked at the moon cake and didn't take the initiative to start, but that Song Chen started. Zhang Chao found that the moon cakes of this era were still very primitive, and he couldn't bear to look at them directly compared to those moon cakes in later generations. So Zhang Chao is not interested in eating moon cakes. However, that Song Chen ate with relish, and soon finished eating the two-month cakes.

"Xiao Er, settle the bill, let's take it away!" Zhang Chao said.

"Guest officer, four moon cakes, a total of sixteen copper coins!" Zhang Chao said.

Zhang Chao didn't rush to give money, but asked: "Xiao Er, if you make a large number of moon cakes, how much will it cost?" ”

"The guest officer wants to order a large number of moon cakes? If so, that's fine. This time a small amount is made for the guest officer, and we will ask for four copper plates for one. However, if it is made in large quantities, then it will not need two copper plates. The shopkeeper said.

"Well, this is our money!" Zhang Chao said.

"Welcome again!" Shopkeeper said.

After Zhang Chao left, he immediately asked Song Chen; "Song Chen, what did you think of?"

"Zhang Yushi, there's a problem here! Just now you said that the account found out from King Qin was to order a hundred copper plates for moon cakes, but when we came to eat moon cakes this time, it was only one of four copper plates, and if a large number of them were customized, even two copper plates would be fine. But King Qin actually spent a hundred copper plates to ask for a moon cake, so there must be something wrong with this! Would King Qin do such a bad thing, and actually spend fifty times the price to buy it? Song Chen asked.

Zhang Chao said with certainty: "King Qin's brain has not entered the water, and these restaurant owners have not entered the brain, so they will definitely not do such a stupid thing and expand the price of the moon cake by fifty times to buy it!" ”

"Then can we use this as an excuse for King Qin to explain?" Song Chen asked.

Zhang Chao shook his head and said, "It's useless, even if we ask King Qin to explain once, in the end, we will only get a perfunctory answer." When the time comes, he simply admits to making false accounts, so what? As for the reason for making false accounts, it is actually easy to find an excuse, that is, to brag. Anyway, he can excuse himself and say that in order to make the soldiers grateful, he deliberately touted the value of this moon cake. So what else can we say? Therefore, from the investigation of the King of Qin, this is not advisable. ”

"So where should we be? Is it from the restaurant inn? They are the ones who collect the money and should know something. Song Chen said.

Zhang Chao immediately shook his head and said, "It's not advisable, because even if we go to those people in the inn restaurant, they may not know." And. I have so many inns and restaurants in Chang'an, how can I find out at one time? Moreover, I think it is impossible for the owners of these inns and restaurants to directly give the money to Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, because they are merchants, and the scholars look down on merchants and will not have any direct dealings with merchants. Therefore, if these businessmen send money in the past, then those officials from the scholar clan will not look down on them. Even if they like money. The last night is to pretend to treat money like dung. Therefore, these businessmen will not give them money directly. Even, they unknowingly gave the money to Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, maybe they didn't know that they had inadvertently acted as a setter. ”

"Since Tiance Mansion was able to give this money to the owners of these inns and restaurants through the opportunity of purchasing moon cakes, and there were no less than hundreds of them, and there were many people, it was impossible for King Qin to directly ask them to send money to Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu. If they all knew that the money was sent directly, it would not be possible to keep it secret at all. So. They must have an inevitable delivery channel, and then transfer this money to Chen Shuda Xiao Yu's pocket. This money laundering channel of King Qin was divided into two stages. One is to give the money to the innkeeper on the grounds of purchasing moon cakes. And on the other hand, King Qin didn't know what means to make them unknowingly hand over the money to Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu again. And we just have to find this channel, and that's it. ”

And Song Chen also said helplessly: "Why is it so troublesome, it seems that this case is much more difficult than those murders and arsons!" ”

"Yes! This is a high-IQ crime, not something that ordinary people can think of. If you've thought of it. How could the princes of the Manchu Dynasty not be able to guess? Zhang Chao replied.

Zhang Chao then wrote the two names of Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu together again. However, under these two names, there is also a name, one is called Chen Xianlin, and the other is called Xiao Meng. The identities of Chen Xianlin and Xiao Meng are actually known to many people in Chang'an. One is a servant of the Chen family, and the other is a servant of the Xiao family, both of whom are people who do business outside for Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu. And these two people are also their white gloves.

"These two guys are Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu's white gloves respectively, that is, they specialize in collecting money for them and doing some unsavory things. However, they usually do not interfere with the river water, and there is generally no intersection. And we should look at where they intersect. Since we don't know how the merchants of the restaurant inn unknowingly sent the money to Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, we might as well look for clues from Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda's side. And these two people are their white gloves, so we can also look at them. ”

Soon, Zhang Chao and Song Chen began to think about where the intersection of these two people was. These two people usually have well water and do not interfere with river water, and rarely have any meeting points.

"Zhang Yushi, here, right here. They once co-founded our largest youth in Chang'an. building, and we are the largest green in Chang'an. Lou Wanchun Building is also opened by them. Song Chen said.

Zhang Chao flashed his eyes, and then immediately came to the side of Wanchun Tower. However, Zhang Chao did not go in, but inquired nearby. Zhang Chao quickly inquired about all kinds of information about this Wanchun Building, especially the composition of the service staff in Wanchun Building, which was even more clear.

"Song Chen, you saw this place, and it is mainly Qing. Floor-based. And the girls in this are the turtle slaves who serve, and they are all official slaves of the imperial court, and then they were brought here by Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda to become the service staff and the flowers in the green building. Chief. And they are actually all servants of the Xiao family and the Chen family, strictly speaking, they are not eligible for wages. In other words, the operating cost of this Wanchun Building is almost zero, as long as the place is done and those customers can enjoy it. Here, as long as there is money, you can also get income, and after deducting a small part of the cost, all of this money has gone into the hands of their big bosses behind the scenes, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu. ”

"And, you heard about it just now. Every year after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the owners of those inns and restaurants in Chang'an will also come to splurge on it, as if they don't treat money as money. ”

Song Chen immediately asked, "Is there anything wrong with this?" After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is natural to enjoy it. ”

"Yes! If I didn't know that King Qin had purchased mooncakes from them at an excessively high price, then we wouldn't have thought there was any connection between them. But if these two things are linked, it is naturally easy to explain. Did you figure it out? Zhang Chao said.

Song Chen's eyes suddenly lit up. And then it seems that something came to mind. Because the situation here is already very obvious, those merchants of the restaurant inn came here to squander it, and then all the money also entered this Wanchun Building, and finally flowed into the hands of Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda. And in this way, the process is actually very simple, and in the end, the money actually flows into the hands of Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda through this method. Li Shimin, the king of Qin, also used this method to transfer their money to Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, so that those businessmen unknowingly became a gun.

"But will the merchants agree to be the ones who are the intermediary?" Song Chen asked.

Zhang Chao snorted: "What's wrong with this?" If it were me, I would do it, and most of the people of King Qin said it. After the owners of those restaurants and inns earned this money, they had to spend it in this Wanchun Building within a certain period of time and squander it, so what did those merchants not do? If these merchants remained in his hands, perhaps the King of Qin would also take revenge. Although this money can't be kept in my own hands, I have to go to Wanchun Building to squander it, but if it were me, I would do it. Because this money was originally a windfall given to them by the King of Qin, and they came here with this money to squander it. Spend that money on those women. Anyway, in the end, they are enjoying it, which is equivalent to King Qin giving them money to play with women. What do they not do? When the time comes, these merchants will shout that the King of Qin is benevolent and righteous, and the emperor's grace is mighty. And those moon cakes worth '100 yuan' will also shout that King Qin cares for the soldiers and is grateful to King Qin. And, those inn chef shop little two. They all received a bonus. Even those turtle slaves and those women in Wanchun Tower may get a tip. And in this process, I don't know how many people have benefited from it, so I will do it myself! ”

Song Chen gasped when he heard this. Because this is really like what Zhang Chao said, it is definitely a high-IQ crime! From Li Shimin spending a lot of money to buy moon cakes, and then to these merchants happily taking the money given by the King of Qin to play with women here, people were still happy to laugh, thinking that the King of Qin was so "benevolent" and gave them money to play with women. And this money unconsciously flowed into the hands of Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, and such a dirty bribe became a reasonable and legal income, which is terrible.

"This is also called money laundering, which is the 'laundering' of a shady income, and then it becomes a seemingly legitimate income. In this way, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu also gained wealth, and the merchants got the money sent by King Qin to play with women, so they inexplicably became setters, and passed the money to Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu. After Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda received the money, they would also work hard to do things for King Qin. Such a channel for money laundering was thus established. Zhang Chao said.

And Song Chen immediately sighed and said: "This is really just like what Zhang Yushi said, a high-IQ crime." This one-by-one process is so shocking to me after death. If it were me, I would never have imagined that giving a bribe would be so complicated. However, in this way, this bribe has also become a fair and honest income, and this has become a reasonable and legal income, which is really terrible. ”

"However, what shocked me even more was that Zhang Yushi had cracked this process so quickly, and it had been less than twelve hours! It has been less than twelve hours since you came out of King Qin's Mansion yesterday, and this morning we went to the restaurant to eat moon cakes, and now we have cracked this process. It took less than twelve hours to crack this channel of money delivery, which shocked me. I'm really convinced of Zhang Yushi, it's really amazing to be able to be a capable person like Zhang Yushi. ”

Song Chen was sincere when he said this, because Zhang Chao found out Li Shimin's money laundering channel so quickly through these means, which made Song Chen very impressed. Because this is just as Zhang Chao said, this time is actually a high-IQ crime, if the brain is stupid, then I am afraid it will not be possible to reason to this point at all. But Zhang Chao still reasoned out so quickly, and quickly found the intersection between these different people, this is not a veteran, it is absolutely impossible to see.

Zhang Chao said with some pride: "It's not that I'm too smart, but these people are too poor!" ”

Zhang Chao knew that Li Shimin's money laundering methods were still too bad this time, and he actually just went through a turnover, and only transferred this former through those innkeepers. And this process is only through three or four processes, although this is a very clever means in ancient times. But in later generations, these means are nothing. Because Zhang Chao knows that those people in the anti-money laundering department in later generations have experienced cases that everyone can't imagine. Those economic crimes are all high-IQ guys, and the criminals of economic crimes are more sophisticated than many criminal criminals, and it is even more difficult to solve the case. Maybe many criminal cases will not take long to solve the case, but economic crimes are definitely high-IQ cases, which can be said to be open for three years, and it will take three years to open.

At present, although Li Shimin's money laundering method seems to be relatively clever, it is simply not in the flow in terms of the means of later generations. In later generations, a lot of money laundering will flow back to the original hands after a set of assembly line models, and this assembly line may have hundreds of processes, so you can't find out. Therefore, Li Shimin's method is simply unpopular for those who oppose economic crimes in later generations of public security and financial institutions. As Zhang Chao, who had a master's degree in economics in later generations, these methods were really superficial. If it was Zhang Chao, he could design a better and more secure means at any time, and Li Shimin's method was simply not very popular.

"Okay, let's compile this process into materials, and then take it to the emperor!" Zhang Chao said.

Song Chen immediately asked, "Just give it to the emperor?" Without evidence, everything is our speculation! Although this speculation is very plausible, we have no evidence! ”

Zhang Chao snorted lightly and said, "Huh? Evidence? Could it be that we can still go to this Wanchun Building and force them to take out the evidence accounts, and they still make special accounts? This is definitely impossible, we count the green onion, and people may not look down on us? And King Qin's side will never admit this, so we are useless. ”

"And sometimes, political things don't need evidence, as long as there is suspicion. After all, this is not a so-called judicial trial, and it is not a punishment related to human life, so there is no need for evidence. As long as I hand over this money laundering channel to the emperor, then the emperor will solve the rest himself. This kind of matter, as courtiers, is not suitable for us to come forward to solve it in person. As long as we tell the emperor the information and the ins and outs, the emperor will be able to solve it, and then let Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu take it easy! ”

"Next, our responsibilities have also ended, and the rest of the things are to be solved by those big guys, not by us personally. We've done enough, and if we continue, maybe it's still a problem. ”

Zhang Chao quickly wrote down the reasoning results of these investigations into a note, and then sent them to the Liangyi Hall of the Taiji Palace, so that Li Yuan could see these things. As for the rest of the things, I don't have to continue to be responsible, but I should take a good look at a good show, this good show of father and son tearing each other down. (To be continued......)