East of Luoyang City, Yuehua Building. Ma Jining had just come from the mansion and was about to enter the Yuehua Building, when someone hurriedly came over and informed him of the arrest of the East King and the sealing of the warehouse.

"You said that the king of the east was ordered by the emperor to seal the treasury? Is the news serious? Ma Jining was really surprised, he sent someone to keep an eye on Dongwang for a day, and learned that Dongwang had been going in and out of Luoyang City dojos and places of interest with a woman all day, and he didn't care about the case at all, why did he suddenly arrest people at night on the emperor's orders to seal the warehouse?

"Ma Buling, now that the East King has sent someone to the mansion to get you, if you don't go out to avoid it, I'm afraid you won't be spared." The visitor said in a panic.

"Spared? Hmph, what do you think the East King is? He's just a fledgling, what is he capable of that hasn't been given to him by his dead ghost daddy? Now he is just relying on the emperor's tiger power, shouting everywhere, can I be afraid of him like a fox and a fake tiger boy? Ma Jining flicked his sleeves and said, "I'll go to the Tingwei Mansion with this official to see what that kid can do to me?" ”

Ma Jining took two entourages and went straight to the direction of the Tingwei Mansion. Along the way, he began to feel that something was wrong, even if the king of the east was young and vigorous and didn't understand the rules of officialdom, didn't the empress understand? Why did the empress give the East King so much power to arrest people and seal the treasury? Could it be that there is really any conclusive evidence in the hands of the East King?

"Wait." There was still a street away from Tingwei's Mansion, Ma Jining suddenly stopped and said to the entourage behind him, "You hurry up and inform He Shilang and ask him to meet at the old place." ”

"Master, at this time, I'm afraid it's difficult to see He Shilang, right?" Ma Jining's entourage is embarrassed.

He Xiaolang is He Xiaoxian, the right waiter of the household department, if you need to contact him on weekdays, you will go to He Xiaoxian. Now that the situation in Tingwei's mansion is unclear, he wants to discuss it with He Xiao first. But now that the rumors are so tight, he went to He Xiaoxian. He Xiaoxian is most likely not to be seen, even if He Xiaoxian is willing to come to see him, he is afraid that the wind will spread after thinking about it, so that the East King will know that his relationship with He Xiaoxian is not good for the overall situation.

"Then go find the leader of the company and let him come over!" Ma Jining finally remembered his think tank, and he was also the leader of the treasury Si Lian Zhongru, and in some things, he felt that Lian Zhongru was more cautious and cautious than him. Even this time the East King will make a move. Even Zhongru also reminded him to be careful, but he didn't wake up, and now he was taken advantage of by the East King.

Ma Jining's entourage was about to go to inform, but the person who came to report the news just now hurriedly chased after him and brought Ma Jining a shocking news: "...... Lian Si Ling was taken by the East King and was already escorted to the Tingwei Mansion. ”

Ma Jining was furious and shouted, "What is the East King going to do? He seals the treasury and seals the treasury, and takes people and takes people, who does the court respect now? The court is the king of the east who has the final say? ”

The visitor reminded in a low voice: "Ma Bu Ling." Don't forget, it was His Majesty's decree, and the East King had His Majesty's decree in his hand, and he was ordered to do an errand. ”

Ma Jining was completely speechless. Also, now the empress is going to take them under the knife, and the king of the east is just an errand runner. From last year's He Zhonglian case. He already felt that the imperial court was going to do it, and this year the empress specially arranged for the king of the east to be his subordinate. He also felt that something was wrong.

"It's only because the East King's play is so good, so many days in Kusi. It was hidden from everyone, and now he suddenly made a move, oh, he had been prepared for a long time. Ma Jining said with emotion.

"Then master, are we going to the Tingwei Mansion now?" Ma Jining's entourage asked.

"Go, why not? Even if the king of the east is ordered by the emperor, he has to give an explanation to the people of the world, he can't find evidence, how can he explain? ”

Ma Jining was ruthless, gritted his teeth and walked in the direction of Tingwei's Mansion. He just wants to see what the king of the east is going to do, he has a lot of things in his chest, and he is sure that the king of the east has no way to deal with him.

At this time, if Han Jian started from formal channels, he really had no way to deal with the people of Kusi. And this move he played can be regarded as a dangerous move, that is, the case is decided first, and then the evidence of the crime is found, and the so-called incriminating evidence he reported to the empress is just a fabrication by him based on the facts of the case reported by He Zhonglian last year, and he has not yet proved that the people of the treasury have deceived and concealed corruption.

At this time, Han Jian was sitting in the public hall of the Tingwei Mansion, holding a roster of officials from the top and bottom of the Treasury Department in his hand, counting the officials of the Treasury Division arrested today one by one, and sketching on it.

There are at least 100 officials in the treasury department, and it can be said that they are very bloated. The largest official is Ma Jining, the leader of the Treasury Department, followed by his Treasury Department concurrently, the following two divisions, and then four sub-leaders, as if from the hall to the bureau step by step, the smallest is just an errand and miscellaneous clerk, and there are products and no products, which are similar to office clerks, and they may not be involved in things when they receive salaries.

In this list, people can be broadly divided into three categories. One is the core members of the corruption case like Ma Jining, these people should be inextricably linked to the Beiwang Party, and they are not alone in committing the crime, they have colluded with the household department and even the Beiwang Party of the entire imperial court. The second type is the "honest officials" who have nothing to do with Ma Jining and others, and even have a clear position with them, but this kind of honest officials are rare in the treasury, because in addition to the first type of people, most of them are the third category, that is, those who know the facts of the case, but are not the core members of the corruption case, but also get a lot of benefits from Ma Jining and others every year.

The third type of people may not know the background behind Ma Jining, but only know that Ma Jining deceived his superiors and subordinates and reaped a lot of benefits from Kusi. It is difficult to eat alone, in order to make the people under his hands not turn back, after the corruption and deficit, those officials under his hands will also share more or less money and benefits, which is also a common practice in officialdom, the so-called upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, and the people below have a boss like Ma Jining as an example, so they will naturally steal a little, even if Ma Jining knows, he will turn a blind eye. If the imperial court really comes to check the treasury division, it is a big deal that Ma Jining will sacrifice a few such small roles and take out some criminal evidence to hand over to the imperial court, which can be regarded as a matter of dealing with the imperial court, and the imperial court can also make a difference to the officials and the people of the world. Officialdom is such a big dye vat, and Ma Jining basically has examples to follow, which is not his originality.

Han Jian wants to start now, that is, he wants to start with this third type of people, using their greed for life and fear of death to trip up Ma Jining, a predator.

Han Jian was thinking about it, Sima Yi and the guard Zhang Xing hurriedly came to the Tingwei Mansion, because the empress specially arranged for the Tingwei Mansion to help Han Jian handle the case, so the entire Tingwei Mansion was temporarily dispatched by Han Jian. Because the Shaofu of the Tingwei Mansion has not yet arrived, the entire Tingwei Mansion is actually under the jurisdiction of Lin Zhan, the right supervisor, and it is also very convenient for Han Jian to be transferred.

"Young boy, almost all the people have been arrested, and there is only one surnamed Ma left, we have sent three groups of people to arrest him, and I believe that he will be brought to justice soon." Sima reciprocates.

Han Jian got up with the list, walked down the main hall of the Tingwei Mansion, patted Sima Yi on the shoulder and said, "I am invited to investigate the case, not to return to the case, and we must distinguish it." Well, first call the Li Shuban I saw just now, I have something to ask him. ”

"Okay." Sima Yi immediately went to the door to arrange for Lin Zhanti to be a person.

After a while, Li Shuban, whom Han Jian had seen at the gate of the Treasury Treasury, was escorted to the court. Li Shuban originally thought that the matter was not a big deal, and the library was sealed, and the people were only temporarily left for questioning, and then they would be sent back, who knew that this time the East King came to the real thing, and a small official like him was also implicated and directly escorted into the cell, this was the first time he entered the cell, and he was already quite scared in his heart, and now he was brought to the court again, and the whole person was a little unstable, and he knelt down directly when he saw Han Jian.

"Li Shuban, why bother with this big gift, get up and speak." Han Jian smiled and stepped forward to help.

It took a lot of effort for Li Shuban to get up from the ground, but he didn't dare to look at Han Jian head-on.

"Your Royal Highness the King of the East, what do you command?" Li Shuban asked with sincere fear.

"It's not a big deal, just ask you a few words as usual, and if you say it well, Li Shuban can go home first." Han Jian's smile suddenly sank, "But if Li Shuban has anything to hide, then I'm afraid it will ......."

"His Royal Highness is above, and the lower officials dare not hide anything." Li Shuban hurriedly expressed his heart.

"Hmm." Han Jian nodded slightly, he didn't go straight to the topic, but first asked a few simple questions, such as whether his family background and work were smooth, and other small questions, which were considered gradual and at the same time, in order to make Li Shuban relax his vigilance.

“…… I don't know what Li Shuban's monthly salary is? After asking a few questions, Han Jian felt that it was almost time to get into the topic, so he started with the salary and asked.

"Back to His Royal Highness, the lower officials will pay four taels of silver every month." Li Shuban replied.

"Four taels of silver, that's almost fifty taels of silver that year, plus some miscellaneous income, at least sixty or seventy taels a year, right?" Han Jian asked.

Li Shuban's face obviously changed slightly, and he stopped talking, and finally just nodded.

Han Jian's face sank, and he sneered: "But why did this king hear that even if you are a pawn of a peddler in Kusi, your income is more than this in a year?" ”

Li Shuban hurriedly knelt on the ground in fright and explained: "If you go back to Your Highness, those people outside must be jealous that the Kusi Yamen is the Yamen of Oil and Water, and they are maliciously slandered. Please also ask Your Highness to be clear. ”

Han Jian sneered: "It seems that Li Shuban, you are not only not honest, but you also don't know how to seize the opportunity. Now there are dozens of officials in the treasury division who have been taken down by the king of the north, Li Shuban, do you think that I can't pry open any of these steel teeth and sharp mouths? ”

Li Shuban trembled with fright and said, "Your Highness doesn't know what Your Highness means. ”

"Don't know? Tonight, this king will interrogate your officials one by one, first ask them kindly, and then punish them, just to get some truth from your mouths. If he is willing to confess honestly, this king will not only not reveal his identity, but will also protect him, so that he will have no worries about food and clothing in the second half of his life. Others who are not honest, the king is not polite, they will be with the first offender, and at the very least, they will be beheaded to show the public. Li Shu has done a good job and considered it, is it worth losing his life for those leaders who gave you two dates. (To be continued......)