Chapter 279: The Criminal Inspector
Shi's son was anxious and his brain started working quickly.
After resting for an hour, Zhao Yulin went to the government office again and found that Mr. Ding was also there. Lao Cao had already invited officials from the Transportation and Water Transport Departments to have tea together.
He didn't waste time talking to everyone and directly asked Hua Yue to talk about this year's tax collection situation and the year-end revenue and expenditure budget?
After Hua Yue finished reading the manuscript, Zhao Yulin asked him about the expenses for redeeming the land in Chengdu and the military operations in Renhuai. He found that Hua Yue was looking around at Ma Ling and the deputy envoys below, and he still did not have a clear understanding of the transportation issue, and did not have a good plan for cultivating new growth points for taxation. He felt that he was not suitable to be a transportation envoy.
Next, each deputy envoy reported the situation.
Ma Ling explained the surplus of taxes this year very clearly, and also drew up a list of the key counties and cities in the border areas that would be supported. The most important thing was that he proposed the livelihoods that all localities should pay attention to next year. This is the new tax growth point in Sichuan and Shu.
Comparing the two, Zhao Yulin felt that his wife Ma Ling was more suitable to be a fortune teller.
The performance of Zhao Qiu Shuyun, the deputy envoy of the Grain Transport Department, was the most outstanding. After the Grain Transport Department re-checked the actual situation of the granaries in various places, it was found that most of them were in deficit.
They worked with the Inspection Bureau and the Criminal Investigation Bureau to complete all the registration and verification. After more than half a year of rectification, the granaries in various places were first repaired, and the grain reserves in various places were restored to more than 50% of the granaries. This almost used up the cooperative's profits this year, and also borrowed 2 million strings of money from the transportation.
His fourth mother said apologetically that she had not done her job well and asked the officials to punish her.
Lao Cao and Mr. Ding both smiled and said that it was very well done. Mr. Ding also suggested rewarding Zhao Qiu Shuyun with a big red envelope.
Zhao Yulin waved his hand and said it was not necessary. He was also very surprised at Si Niang's management ability. He was very happy that his Si Niang was capable and could make a lot of money from Jiangdong by taking advantage of the lake salt business.
However, Zhao Qiu Shuyun attributed all the credit to Zhao Yulin, saying that the cooperative was able to make money mainly because the lake salt processing plant in Jiading purified the rough salt into refined lake salt, the price of which surpassed that of Jiangdong sea salt. Not only did it make a lot of money, but it also prevented Jiangdong sea salt from regaining its market share, thus stabilizing the sales of our lake salt.
Hua Yue told everyone that the waste salt left over from refining lake salt can be used as fertilizer in practice, and farmers think the effect is very good and the seedlings are growing well.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that merit is merit, and the deputy envoy has made great contributions to the cooperative of our Song Dynasty. Thank you for your hard work.
This kind of language used by superiors to praise their subordinates in later generations is not widely used in Chengdu. When Si Niang heard San'er praising her for the first time, she was so happy that her face turned red.
Mr. Ding also said happily that Deputy Envoy Shuyun should be rewarded handsomely. Correcting the deficit in the Changping Warehouse was a great achievement and deserved a heavy reward.
Zhao Yulin asked the Transportation Department to draft a bill for transferring taxes to the needy states this year, and each department to come up with a plan for next year. The officials who are responsible for the specific work know best how to make the efforts.
Mr. Ding and Lao Cao both nodded frequently, and the old man also said that Geng would convene a council meeting immediately to implement the matters concerning the transfer of taxes to local areas.
Zhao Yulin didn't know why Ding Gong suddenly became concerned about official business, but it was always good to have the old man's concern. He suggested that they first listen to the matters of the Criminal Inspection and Inspection Office tomorrow, and then discuss them together.
The old man actually said happily, "Yes, yes, yes." This is called informing the guests behind the scenes.
Zhao Yulin was pleased to see the success. He said goodbye to everyone and went home.
While we were still on the road, Lao Cao rode his horse to catch up and invited us to his house for a drink, the Sifangjing sauce wine newly brewed by Master Chen.
He knew that Lao Cao must have something to say, so he ordered Feihu to arrange for his brothers to go back to the mansion to report for leave, and followed Lao Cao. As soon as he sat down at the door, Lao Cao asked him if he really wanted to open the court himself?
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that if it was not opened, it would be swallowed up by other courts, so it had to be opened. For now, the Zhizhisi issued orders, and the new republican court had to be put on the agenda.
Lao Cao thought the matter was confidential, so he called a maid to bring tea to the small hall for a secret talk.
Zhao Yulin laughed at him for being too cautious.
Lao Cao said seriously that the water in Chengdu was deep, and he suspected that there was something wrong with the judicial inspector. Because after the suicide of the grain transport commissioner, some clues pointed to this person. The grain transport embezzled a lot of salt and grain, but the silver was nowhere to be found. It was strange that it remained a mystery.
Zhao Yulin believes that catching an adulterer is like arresting a couple, and catching a thief is dirty, so facts must be used to speak the truth.
Lao Cao said that this person had always been a low-profile person, but had become much more active recently. Shunfeng had reported several times that his back door was opened in the middle of the night, and many of the people coming and going were gangsters.
Zhao Yulin looked at the judicial officer differently after hearing what Lao Cao said. He felt something was wrong. He shook his head vigorously and said that Shunfeng was investigating, so he didn't have to worry. But what about Mr. Zhao now?
The Lord Zhao he was referring to here was the former governor Zhao Yan, who was promoted by the emperor to the Privy Council in Lin'an.
Lao Cao said with a little displeasure, "Are we going to give up our position to him? Even if we ask him to sit in Ding Gong's position, it would be a concession, since he was originally the governor."
Zhao Yulin immediately laughed and said that if they wanted to match it, he would really have to build a court and ascend the throne to be the emperor before he could have his original Privy Council.
The two of them immediately burst into laughter.
Lao Cao asked him if he really wanted to establish a court, what should he do?
He said he hadn’t thought about it yet, but since there is no emperor anymore, we should be the masters of our own country.
He was thinking that he should first set up a central government council with the help of several chief and deputy envoys from the Administration Office. The one at the helm would be called the Executive Yuan, and the others would be called deputy executive Yuan. They would work together to discuss and decide on major national affairs.
When Zhao Yulin talked about the government order, the deputy government order himself felt something was strange. He always felt that it was not as cool as the prime minister or chairman in later generations.
Old Cao was very happy, thinking that what Zhao Yulin said was new and not unheard of in the past.
He highly praised the famous Zhou-Zhao Republic in history, and after more than a year of promotion by Zhao Yulin, he believed that establishing a republican country was also a good idea.
Zhao Yulin suggested to him that the position of water transport should be given to Zhao Yan, since he would have both the position and the power .
Lao Cao agreed immediately. He was originally working part-time. He was just worried that Zhao Yan would not work hard after he accepted the offer, which would ruin the canal transport that he had worked so hard for half a year.
Zhao Yulin said that it didn't matter if the man didn't work hard, but he would be fine as long as the deputy envoy worked hard. He asked Lao Cao to invite Zhao Yan to have a drink and talk it out. People who have done this should know how to deal with things as they please.
While the two were discussing the details, Lao Cao's guard ran in and said that someone had come to the Third Young Master's house and wanted to see him.
Zhao Yulin immediately became alert, and Lao Cao asked him to come in quickly.
After a while, Zhao Yulin's guard came in to report: the honest young guard who stayed in Xinjin has returned to the South Training Ground and has a major case to report.
Zhao Yulin found it strange. Why didn't the kid report directly to his house? Instead, he asked Guoan to send a trusted confidant to his house to pass on the message?
Lao Cao smiled and said, "Are his guards worried about being exposed and in danger of their lives?"
If this is true, it must be a serious case.
Zhao Yulin's mind suddenly brightened up, and he thought of Guoan's wife Dongmei. The honest little guard should have informed Dongmei of the case through Guoan first.
He asked Lao Cao to prepare two carriages. The two of them would take one and go directly to a place with favorable winds, while the other would go around his house to provide cover.
Lao Cao said it would be safer to let his wife go over for a visit.
After making their plan, the two men set out immediately. When they arrived at a place with favorable winds, they really met the honest young guard who had returned from Xinjin.
When the young man saw Zhao Yulin, he immediately reported: his name was Zhou Danqing. He was worried that going directly to the young master's house would alert the enemy, so he went to the military camp in the South Training Ground.
After they isolated and examined the prisoner Shao Laosan who was captured in Xinjin, they found clues that the Xinjin salt merchants were privately selling salt from the Changping warehouse in Chengdu.
Shao Lao San did not reveal any further questions before his death. Instead, his father just said, "The Censor will avenge them," and then kept his mouth shut without saying another word.
"Mad, which censor? Is he from this city?"
Zhao Yulin had a vague feeling that something was about to happen, so he asked Zhou Danqing how he got into the city.
Danqing said that he first went to report the situation to Senior Brother Guoan of the South Gate Garrison Battalion, and asked Sister Dongmei to be on guard in advance before sending someone to dress up and go to the young master's residence. When the young master did not see him, he asked the brothers in the residence to go to the general's residence.
Zhao Yulin was very satisfied with Danqing's carefulness and meticulousness.
However, he believed that if the events in Xinjin were related to the city, these people would definitely be on high alert.
This was because several days had passed since Shao Laosan was arrested in Xinjin. If the Chief Justice was a mole, there would be no way that there would be no movement.
Dongmei reported: This is related to the intelligence they received these days. The number of people coming and going in the Censor's residence has suddenly increased in the past few days, and it is related to the Yishengmi Sect.
Xu Zhiyuan said that the One Liter of Rice Sect deceived many good men and women under the guise of doing good deeds, and those who were rich donated money, and those who could not afford to eat were given one liter of rice by their sect. The leader actually used such despicable means to win over many followers.
Many of these followers actually believed in it and even willingly gave their wives and daughters to the leader. They said they were offering sacrifices to the god, but in fact they were just tools for the leader's entertainment.
The leader also deceived people by saying that these women who had been touched by his rain and dew would be immune to all poisons and live a long life.
It's Mag's fault. He's another charlatan and a liar.
After cursing inwardly, Zhao Yulin asked Dongmei what she planned to do.
Dongmei found it a bit difficult. They still hadn't got any solid evidence against the Provincial Inspector General, so they couldn't just search the homes of the corrupt officials for clues like they did before.
If we want to push forward forcefully now, we have to move on to the Yishengmi Sect, capture their leader and other big and small leaders first, and then look for a breakthrough from there.
Zhao Yulin nodded and quickly read the files of Xinjin, pointing out that they could also look for loopholes in the grain transport. From the case of Xinjin, it can be seen that the stolen salt was also transported in and out through grain transport ships, which is consistent with the situation that the grain transport caused the suicide of the person involved.
Lao Cao said he didn't want to wait any longer and just followed these clues. He called Inspector Jiang Ligang to mobilize people and take immediate action.
Soon, Chengdu’s garrison, constables and Shunfeng’s action team were mobilized.
