Chapter 141: Heart-to-heart talk
Three days later, at the gate of Lucheng City.
After a few days of fermentation in the Yuan Qingshan incident, coupled with the fact that the eagle dogs around him confessed the facts of the crimes in recent years one by one, the people of Lucheng gradually began to accept this matter.
As the government officials posted eight notices with Yuan Qingshan's crimes on the city wall, the people rushed over.
In the notice, the process of Yuan Qingshan's subjugation is described as being discovered by the enthusiastic masses in the process of transferring the stolen silver, and the news was sent to the Assassin's Mansion, and Sun Tianlu, the chief of the Qingzhou Assassin History, after consulting with the Imperial Shi Wen Chen, used the army secretly sent by the Holy Lord to surround Yuan Qingshan near the Huichun Tower, and after a hard battle, Yuan Qingshan was finally taken.
It's just that Yuan Qingshan is extremely arrogant, and after the stolen goods are obtained, he is still fast-tongued, slandering the Dasheng monarch and ministers, and in a fit of anger, he pulled out Shang Fang's sword to eliminate harm for the people!
After this case, a total of more than 234,000 taels of silver were seized, and there were 25 officials involved in the case in Lucheng.
There are even witnesses who confessed that Yuan Qingshan even sent someone to intercept and kill His Majesty's own Qincha Yushi and the royal clan lord Xuanyang County who was with him a few days ago!
After several days of investigation, more than 80 large and small cases related to Lucheng and even Yuan Qingshan were involved, including abuse of power to embezzle the imperial court's disaster relief funds, planting false blame to eliminate dissidents, and secretly disregarding people's lives.
Under the leadership of Sun Tianlu, the chief of the Qingzhou assassin history, the officers and soldiers found a huge corpse pit in a barren mountain outside the city.
According to Yuan Qingshan's original subordinates, this is all the evil karma created by the state pastor in order to kill people and destroy his mouth!
"I said that my cousin disappeared inexplicably last year, it turned out that he was killed by Yuan Qingshan, the dog official!"
"Alas, if it weren't for Lord Wen coming to my Lucheng this time, our fools would have been sold by the dog official, and we would have to count the money for him!"
"Lord Wen really has some means, dare to fight and dare to do, if you want to change to me, when you see Yuan Qingshan's face, you are so frightened that your legs are weak, where do you dare to cut him with a sword?"
"Phew! Didn't you kid say that a few days ago, on the day of Mochizuki Cliff, didn't you wipe your tears and plead with Yuan Qingshan in front of Lord Wen? ”
The people talked a lot, mostly scolding and ridiculing, but Wen Chen's name was firmly imprinted in their hearts, and some people even proposed to continue to implement the previous matter of Yuan Qingshan erecting a bronze statue for the current saint and the imperial Shi Wen Chen!
In a wide carriage on the side of the road, the eldest grandson Tianlu handed Wen Chen a roll of paper full of handwriting with both hands.
"Lord Wen, this is given to you by the dog entrusted to the official, and he said that this is your expectation of him......"
Wen Chen nodded slightly, took the paper, unfolded it and glanced at it a few times, with a satisfied smile on his face.
This eldest grandson is not only advanced in his ideological consciousness, but also has excellent literary and pen power, through his own idea of "spreading Ding into the mu", he analyzed the disadvantages of today's Ding tax, and extended the idea according to the current situation in Qingzhou, and put forward a lot of insightful opinions, which can be described as blood-seeing, once this article appears in the court, it will inevitably cause an uproar!
"Why didn't Ling Lang come and deliver this item in person?"
The eldest grandson Tianlu sighed slightly, "It will be the day of autumn in various places in the near future, and I am ready to take this exam and strive for a chance to enter Beijing tomorrow to catch the exam......"
Wen Chen smiled, "Lord Eldest Sun still seems unwilling to let Ling Lang enter my Dasheng officialdom?" ”
"Alas! I'm not afraid of Lord Wen's jokes, the older the lower the official, the more he will realize the danger of this officialdom, as far as the case of Yuan Qingshan is concerned, if it weren't for Lord Wen just here, my eldest grandson's family would probably have been chewed to the point that there are no bones left......" The eldest grandson Tianlu shook his head and said.
"Unrestrained is still young, imagining everything is too beautiful, far from knowing that officialdom is sometimes more dangerous than the battlefield, Xia Guan really doesn't want him to follow the old path of Xia Guan, in the end, not only can he not realize his youthful ambitions, if he meets the next Yuan Qingshan again, then my eldest grandson's family may really be broken!"
Once upon a time, the eldest grandson Tianlu himself was also the hot-blooded young man who was full of enthusiasm and hoped to show his strength on this broad stage, but the bigger the official did, the more things he was worried about, and Lin Zhishi found that this life was a mess, and the promises he made when he was young now seem to be just a joke, and even when he didn't know when, he would become a victim of others grabbing interests and power!
Wen Chen patted him on the shoulder, took out a paper ball from his sleeve and stuffed it into the hand of the eldest grandson Tianlu, "This is some heart-to-heart words that the official gave to the adults before the ceremony, and I will open it after the official leaves." ”
The eldest grandson Tianlu was stunned and nodded suspiciously.
"By the way, Lord Wen, in the course of the trial in the past two days, Xia Guan found that some of his subordinates who were very close to Yuan Qingshan before had mentioned that Yuan Qing Shan seemed to be hiding something outside the city, and he had sent a convoy to transport wooden boxes over there many times at night in recent years, Xia Guan felt that this matter was very suspicious, did Lord Wen take someone to investigate?"
Like this kind of things that may involve stolen money and goods, the eldest grandson Tianlu does not dare to assert himself now, firstly, Wen Chen is still in Lucheng, it is not his turn to call the shots, and secondly, this old man is also a good person, two days ago, Wen Chen privately dealt with the stolen silver of the Rejuvenation Building, and it can be seen that once the account of Lucheng is returned to the imperial court, it is likely that there will be problems, so he simply don't get involved with this kick.
"This official is also going to discuss this matter with the eldest grandson!" Wen Chen smiled and said, "Please also ask Lord Changsun to bring a few cronies to the crow slope in the west of the city to set a fire in the next few days, and burn as big as possible!" ”
Hearing this, the eldest grandson Tianlu's body trembled, as if he sensed something.
"Lord Wen, this ...... It's not right......"
Wen Chen naturally knew his worries, this old boy's idea of protecting himself had been engraved in his bones, for fear that he would take a wrong step and not protect himself, so he could sit by and pretend that he didn't know anything, but he was unwilling to risk himself.
"Lord Eldest Sun, rest assured, all this is legal, this official can clearly tell you that if you do this, Ling Lang will have a smooth road in Shangjing City in the future, and your lordship, you will also have a good home after Zhishi!" Wen Chen said, intentionally or unintentionally touching Shang Fang's sword beside him.
The eldest grandson Tianlu was taken aback, "Is this what Your Majesty meant?" ”
"Yes and no." A meaningful smile appeared on Wen Chen's face.
"Xia Guan understands!" The eldest grandson Tianlu hurriedly bowed in response.
Having said that, he naturally understands that this kind of thing can only be understood but not spoken, even if there is really a problem in this matter in the future, it is his eldest grandson Tianlu who will be the top bag.
But if things go well, the saint may not be able to speak on the surface, and the benefits given secretly will never be less, and this credit is likely to be the talisman of his eldest grandson's family in the future!
Wen Chen bowed slightly, ready to get out of the car, but suddenly remembered something and turned his head.
"Lord Changsun, some of the officials who have something to do with Yuan Qingshan in the ten cities and eight counties of Qingzhou can indeed be let go for the time being, but you have to keep the accounts clear, Your Majesty governs the country with benevolence and virtue, but it does not mean that Your Majesty has no temper, when the time comes, this account will be settled one by one!"
"Lord Wen, please rest assured, the officials will definitely do it themselves, and the result will definitely satisfy His Majesty and Lord Wen!"
Wen Chen snorted, picked up his sword and jumped out of the carriage, and his dashing back quickly disappeared into the crowd.
After a long time, the eldest grandson Tianlu came back to his senses from his thoughts, suddenly remembered the paper ball in his palm, and hurriedly opened it to check the heart-to-heart words left by Wen Chen.
I saw two lines of poetry written on the note:
Who has not died in life since ancient times, and left Dan to take care of his sweat!