Chapter 442: Hang up the report box
Zhao Yulin's guards stepped forward, grabbed the canal transport officer and dragged him away.
The whole audience was immediately in an uproar.
He knocked on the table and said that he originally didn't want to deal with these trivial matters anymore, but since he had been in Jiankang Prefecture for nearly a month, he found that most of the people here were well-fed and had nothing to do.
How can such a government office fight against the ferocious Mongolian army?
How can such officials do things for the people?
Since these officials are of no benefit to the court and do not serve the people, there is no point in keeping them.
The faces of the gentlemen in the hall had turned red with anger.
Zhao Qi'er is too cruel and too vulgar.
How could a great general, deputy director of the Central Council of the New Song Dynasty, use such vicious and dirty words?
Zhao Yulin didn't care what these people thought. He knocked on the table and said that in order to do a good job in Jiankang Prefecture, he had to clean up the bureaucracy first. He looked around and told the officials to go back and reflect on themselves, and report their mistakes to him. The court would naturally give a lighter sentence based on the severity of the crime and the attitude of confession.
Three days later, the government office will hold meetings here again.
Let’s go.
He shouted and dispersed, and the officials immediately scattered like birds and beasts as if frightened by a gunshot.
The students of the provincial school swarmed over and surrounded Zhao Yulin, shouting that they were delighted, saying that the Third Young Master was so powerful and that he was avenging the anger of the people of Jiankang.
These students were talking about how the officials in Jiankang Prefecture were usually arrogant and ignored government affairs, and even extorted money from the people when they came to them. Today, we finally saw their miserable appearance.
Zhao Yulin saw that the government office of Jiankang Prefecture was in a state of decadence and thought that young people had active ideas, so he made a special trip to the prefectural school and asked Professor Zhou Duanzheng to find some progressive students to attend the lecture. Unexpectedly, he found some resonance with them.
The students surrounded him and chattered non-stop, calling him "Great, Great, Third Young Master is so powerful." They praised him for arresting the canal transport envoy to get rid of harm to the people.
Zhao Yulin smiled and told them all to go back, and that they could come to him if they had any problems in the future.
The students were delighted and shouted "Great!" and walked out, looking back every three steps.
Zhao Yulin immediately ordered the garrison to guard the city gates strictly and check the identities of those leaving the city, and not let any corrupt officials or bullies go.
Ke Zhenxie felt that it was hard to tell whether Xie Wuhui from Shunfeng was loyal or treacherous, and was worried that he would not be able to find out anything valuable. If we could not find evidence of the crime of the transport envoy, we would break the fat man's legs and let the young master be charged with favoritism and abuse of power.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said, "It's good to know. You are willing to use your brain. Don't be afraid. The responsibility is all on me."
He pulled Ke Zhenxie over and whispered something to him, and the boy immediately smiled with joy and ran away.
Not long after, the government officials and the students of the government school hung up reporting boxes near the city gate and posted notices next to the reporting boxes, encouraging the people to submit petitions and expose the scandals of the government officials. The new prefect promised that all reports would be investigated and no matter how big or small the matter was, it would be dealt with.
This trick worked. Within half a day, the report box hanging outside the government office was filled with complaints. Many common people also flocked to the mounting shop to ask the gentleman to write their complaints.
Zhao Yulin asked Zhen Debin to find some idle deacons and staff officers to work overtime to copy the petitions three times, one to be sent to Shunfeng Office, one to the Inspection Office, and one to the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner for investigation. As long as there is solid evidence, the same criminal will be arrested immediately.
The three courts had to compete in speed and quality in handling cases. Each case was rewarded with 50 strings of new currency. Major cases were rewarded with 100 strings of new currency or even more. Those who made significant contributions were rewarded with more. Jiankang City suddenly became lively.
There were constant police officers running in and out to arrest people and confiscate their homes. An upright police chief saw that his superiors were slow to act and lazy, so he raised his arm and led his police officers to take charge of the case. This was the reverse pressure mechanism formed under the incentive of bonuses, which greatly accelerated the progress of Jiankang Prefecture's cleanup of illegal officials.
The people in the city were delighted. They happily ate the big watermelons and watched the police performance comfortably.
In the brothels and theaters, bored people just make fun of these things. Some people say that the Third Young Master has finally taken action. At first, we thought that the officials were protecting each other and that the Third Young Master would not care about these messes in Jinling.
Others said: "What the hell, the Third Young Master is playing the long game to catch a big fish." Look, look, the constables are raiding the Li family, the constables are raiding Mr. Wang's house, hahahaha.
The spectators never mind the big things, they just want them to get bigger and bigger.
The Transport Commissioner, the Revenue Commissioner, and the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner had long been restless. They gathered together to drink tea and plot, and they all said that Zhao Qi'er was very good at this. Wasn't he afraid that the three officials would torture him to get a confession in order to earn money, and then force him to confess and close the case?
Aren’t you afraid of causing a large number of false and wrongful convictions?
Wouldn't that be a joke?
We can also write a complaint against him and arrest and try him, which would be fun.
Haha, the next day, the report box contained complaints against the Inspector, Shunfengchu and the Censor. In the afternoon, the report box was opened and a complaint against Commander Zhao Yulin was found.
He laughed when he saw the complaints and said to the liaison officer of the three divisions that someone was trying to muddy the waters. What crime had I committed since I first arrived here? Yet they were accusing me of favoritism, corruption and embezzlement, which was obviously fabricated.
He told everyone not to be afraid and to continue investigating. But secretly he asked Ke Zhenxie to ask two cautious brothers to investigate the Censor. How could this guy, who had always been cautious, have so many complaints?
Either he really has a problem, or he was also involved in the false accusation and is equally guilty.
He was tired after working for most of the day, so he asked someone to bring a recliner and went under the tree to rest his eyes. It was mid-spring, and the mottled sunlight shone on his body, making him feel warm, and he fell asleep soon.
When he woke up, he saw Wu Yuqi sitting next to him with a smile on her face. Zhao Yulin was filled with surprise. He grabbed the woman and asked why she came so suddenly.
The woman asked him back: Why can't you come?
Could it be that my brother has a mistress hidden in his house?
He pulled the woman over and slapped her on the face, then said happily that he should carry her into the house first.
Wu Yuqi said happily that when she saw General Meng and his men arrive in Chengdu, she knew that her husband was going to take action in Jiankang Prefecture. Considering that there were not many acquaintances from Chengdu in Jiankang Prefecture, she asked for leave from the king and came down to accompany her husband.
Zhao Yulin said with a wicked look on his face that Wu Yuqi was becoming more and more sweet-mouthed, and he would reward her in the evening. He went to help him tidy up the place that was convenient for him first.
Yuqi glanced at him disdainfully and said: "I still need him to tell me, I'm already doing it. It was because she was worried about Shunfeng in Jiankang Prefecture that she hurried here. She brought Daleli from Jiading with her and started to do her job as soon as she entered the city.
Haha, it turns out Yuqi has the same idea as him.
Jiankang's Shunfengchu is actually the renamed Jiankang Imperial City Division. If it weren't for Zhao Yulin's desire to thoroughly investigate Jiangnan and insert Chu Yuxuan into it, this organization would just be old wine in a new bottle with no one replaced.
How could such an institution from the previous dynasty be used by Zhao Yulin?
It turned out that Daleli was the general manager of the Jiading Imperial City Bureau. He was familiar with the operating mechanism of the Imperial City Bureau. Wu Yuqi made the right choice by transferring him to do the job.
As soon as this guy entered the Shunfeng Department of Jiankang Prefecture, Xie Wuhui questioned: The Chengdu Shunfeng Department does not trust me, so they want General Dai to do the job.
Daleli ignored her and called the left and right deputy envoys to come in. Then Wu Yuqi appeared and announced that Xie Wuhui's position was suspended and that Daleli would be in charge of the affairs of Jiankang Shunfeng Office.
Xie Wuhui was startled when he saw Wu Yuqi appear, but he still asked loudly without fear: Which article did he violate? Please let Wu Dazongguan tell me clearly.
Wu Yuqi said lightly: Just explain clearly how the official ships of General Meng and General Yu took on water.
Dale was already impatient, and told his men to send Xie Wuhui to a small dark room to rest for a while. Immediately, a policeman came up and made a gesture of invitation, and then escorted the man away.
Wu Yuqi said that the safety of Jiankang was in the hands of Chief Steward Dai, and hoped that Mr. Dai would not let down the Third Young Master's efforts. Dale immediately assured her that his subordinates would be loyal to their duties and would not hesitate to sacrifice their lives, so please rest assured, Madam and the Third Young Master.
These are the stories that happened during the time when Zhao Yulin closed his eyes and dozed off. He admired Yuqi's amazing speed.
Wu Yuqi said that she believed that her brother placed Yuxuan in Shunfeng not just for the Jiangnan matter, right?
Yuxuan has been staying in Shunfeng for almost half a year, but there is no gain at all?
Zhao Yulin reached out and scratched Yuqi's little nose and said, "You have a really good sense of smell."
Wu Yuqi immediately fought back with her little pink fists like raindrops, saying that he was a dog that couldn't spit out ivory and didn't even know how to praise others. The couple soon burst into happy laughter.
At this time, the guard outside shouted loudly: Master, the real master is here.
Zhao Yulin stood up with a smirk on his face and straightened his clothes. Wu Yuqi was also turning around in a panic and asked him if he was ready.
He took the woman's hand and said okay, and shouted: Come in.
Zhao Yulin introduced Zhen Debin to his wife, Wu Yuqi, the general manager of Shunfeng Division.
Zhen Debin bowed immediately and praised Wu Yuqi with flowery words like "I've heard of your name for a long time" and "It's so famous that it's hard to stop." Yuqi laughed so hard that she couldn't stop.
Zhao Yulin was really impressed by these sour literati.
This man's eldest brother was a talented and famous official of the previous dynasty. No wonder he could praise him endlessly and never repeated a single word.
He quickly asked: What brings you here, Mr. Zhen?
Zhen Debin then stopped and told him that the Censor had just asked the Transport Commissioner to come to the court for questioning. He felt that it was inappropriate because the Censor was at the same level as the Transport Commissioner, so how could he detain the Transport Commissioner for questioning?
Even if you have something to ask, you have to ask the commander.
Wu Yuqi sensitively realized that there must be something fishy going on, and immediately asked Ke Zhenxie to take people to retrieve the person, and if there was anything wrong, she would hand it over to Shunfeng to handle the case.
Zhao Yulin nodded, thinking that Zhen Debin was smart and not confused.
He looked at Yuqi and said that the Jiankang Prefecture might be in chaos for a while, as he was too busy with military affairs to take care of it. Madam Yuqi would be in charge of the affairs of the government office for the time being. From now on, Lord Zhen would report to Madam Yuqi if there was anything going on.
Zhen Debin nodded repeatedly, exchanged a few words of greeting and left.
