Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 301 Supporting

"This is no problem!" Jiang Dong immediately agreed upon hearing this.

Although he knew that Zhang Pu's choice of Changshu County must be to trouble Qian Qianyi.

If it is an ordinary official, then Qian Qianyi is the leader of Donglin, and his talent is famous all over the world. His confidants and party members are also all over the court, and there are even many officials in the frontier.Just like in the tenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Hanru, an official in Changshu, reported Qian Qianyi's corruption and lawlessness to the court.Now, among these two people, Zhang Guowei is still reused by the emperor and went to the northwest of Daming to build water conservancy.

Under such a background, who would dare to offend Qian Qianyi!
However, for Jiang Dong, none of this is a problem.He is from the East Factory, and he directly obeys the admiral of the East Factory. In fact, he is the owner of the factory, and has nothing to do with the outer court at all, and he has no control over him.What happened to the leader of Donglin?So what if he is famous all over the world?No matter how many people defend Qian Qianyi, what is there to be afraid of?
In addition, Jiang Dong was born as a refugee, the kind who almost starved to death on the streets of the capital.Therefore, he is particularly resentful of officials' illegal deeds.Now that Zhang Pu wants to investigate Qian Qianyi, for him, it is absolutely necessary to cooperate.

Therefore, in front of Zhang Pu, he immediately sent his subordinates to assign tasks to them, and dispatched his subordinates first.

Zhang Pu, who watched the situation from the beginning to the end, seemed to have taken a reassurance in his heart, feeling a little more sure about what he had to do.At this time, he felt that Dongchang was good.Thinking about the time before, I even wrote "The Tombstone of Five People" to attack them, and I couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

So, for the next two days, Zhang Pu continued to act in Yangzhou Mansion.He is a little deep in the city, and he has a good appearance in acting. Those people led by Qian Qianyi feel that they are very happy to play Zhang Pu around.For this reason, I don't know how many times I laughed at Zhang Pu.

In the early morning of the third day, when Zhang Pu was about to leave for Changshu immediately, Yang Tinglin, the new censor of Nanjing Zuodu, arrived in Yangzhou Mansion and came to meet Zhang Pu immediately.

In terms of official position, Yang Tinglin is much older.However, Zhang Pu actually still had the title of imperial envoy, so it was Yang Tinglin who came to visit Zhang Pu.

In fact, in the past, Zhang Pu was also jealous of Yang Tinglin, and after only a few years of being a Jinshi, he became the censor of Youqian Capital.This speed of promotion is rare in the officialdom of Ming Dynasty.But he, Zhang Pu, has always been just a mediocre scumbag.

But he also understands that Yang Tinglin is able to have what he is today because of his hard work.It is said that at that time, there were many Jianlus in the capital to visit horses, but Yang Tinglin was not afraid at all. He traveled to various armies and pleaded for Lu Xiangsheng, so he had the opportunity to be reused by the emperor.

Now, he also has an opportunity. If he can do this job well, he believes that he will definitely be reused by the emperor.

Therefore, this time, when he heard that Yang Tinglin was visiting, he didn't dare to take any money at all, so he stopped to pack his luggage and left the post station.

Yang Tinglin's scarlet gown was particularly eye-catching, Zhang Pu couldn't help being envious when he saw it.But before he had time to speak, Yang Tinglin asked with a serious face: "I heard that here in Yangzhou Mansion, lawbreakers are extremely arrogant. They not only burnt the yamen blatantly, but even teased you. Is there such a thing?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhang Pu clearly felt that Yang Tinglin was here to help him, which surprised him a bit.

You know, since he took this job, he has become an unpopular person in the officialdom.Those who have a bad attitude will use excuses to speak ill of him; those who are deeper in the city will stay away from him.All in all, no one extended a friendly hand to him.

Even his teacher Zhou Yanru must have known that he was being teased and ridiculed in Yangzhou Mansion, but he didn't say a word.Otherwise, with Zhou Yanru's reputation, even at the age of 20, he won the Chinese Academy of Sciences and won the first prize. This reputation is definitely not worse than Qian Qianyi, and it will definitely deter some people.

Therefore, Yang Tinglin's words of concern for him moved him very much, and he couldn't help but increase his favorability towards Yang Tinglin.

"It's true!" Zhang Pu replied immediately, and when he wanted to say more, he heard Yang Tinglin ask: "The prefect of Yangzhou, all the relevant yamen, have you tracked down the criminal?"

"No!" After Zhang Pu heard this, he had no choice but to answer again, and then immediately added, "Even the progress of the case is perfunctory, just saying that it is under investigation, and there is no further information!"

There is another reason for this, that is, after all, Zhang Pu is only a patrol inspector of the seventh rank, and the magistrate is still of the fifth rank.However, Zhang Pu has the right to assess, but for the prefect level, the influence is limited.Therefore, if people have nothing special, they will follow Zhang Pu.However, once something of special interest is involved, if people want to ignore you, as long as they don't know it, there is nothing to do with ordinary patrols.

When Yang Tinglin heard this, he couldn't help being furious, and said immediately: "The criminal's arrogance is really rare in the Ming Dynasty. It is so unreasonable to openly defy the court without trying his best! Don't worry, I will keep an eye on this matter to see what they do. Perfunctory?"

He was also really resolute, and after he finished speaking, he immediately turned around and left.This made Zhang Pu stunned. This... this Mr. Yang is worthy of having experienced the battlefield, and he speaks and does things so neatly!

However, after Yang Tinglin walked a few steps, he remembered something, turned around and told Zhang Pu: "Go to your business with your heart, and if someone in the officialdom deliberately makes things difficult for you, then send someone to report to Zhang Pu. Letter, I will see, who is it that dares to obstruct the imperial envoy from working for the emperor!"

After saying this, he really had to leave in big strides, and instead of taking a sedan chair, he just rode a horse and headed towards the Yamen of the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture.

Looking at Yang Tinglin's back, Zhang Pu was surprised for a long time before he came back to his senses, and couldn't help but praise repeatedly: "Master Yang, you are really the mainstay of my officialdom in Ming Dynasty!"

Jiang Dong on the side listened and nodded with a smile.Then he looked at Zhang Pu and asked him, "Then shall we go?"

If you don't leave, just stay here and watch how Yang Tinglin fights with those people from Yangzhou.

Yang Tinglin is now the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he can be said to be the leader of the supervisory officials among the civil servants.If he confronts those officials, he will have a great deterrent effect, even if he is only the censor of Zuodu of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, he will also carry a lot of weight.

"No, we will leave immediately as planned. Let's go!" After waiting for a while, Zhang Pu shook his head and said decisively.

When Jiang Dong heard this, he was naturally the one in charge. He immediately packed his things without anyone notifying him. He left Yangzhou Mansion immediately, sent the boat south, crossed the Yangtze River, and went straight to Changshu County, Suzhou Mansion.

Within a day, he arrived in Changshu County.However, he didn't make much fanfare, he just stayed on the boat, and Jiang Dong sent his men ashore in plain clothes, and he had already arrived at Fandu before he went to make contact.

After half a day, the person was found.In the cabin, this time he reported to Zhang Pu: "The biggest landlord in Changshu County is Qian Qianyi. Nearly half of the grain fields belong to the Qian family. In one Zhang family, someone took the family land as their own and donated it to the Qian family. After the Zhang family found out, they couldn’t ask for it from the Qian family, and finally fell out. This family also had an official in the capital, called Zhang Hanru... ..."

Having said that, there is no need to continue talking.Because the next thing is related to Dongchang.At that time, Cao Huachun was the Duke of Dongchang, and when the court dispute was involved, the chief assistant Wen Tiren pointed the finger at Cao Huachun, but Cao Huachun backhanded him down. At the same time, Zhang Hanru was also unlucky and was killed by Dongchang.

Zhang Pu naturally knew about this matter.He didn't care whether Zhang Hanru died in vain.What he cared about was his errand, so he immediately asked the servant again: "How about the county government's field account book?"

Hearing this, the servant did not answer immediately, but untied a large package on his back, spread it out face to face, and said at the same time: "This is sending money to the yamen, directly stealing the land account books in the yamen. When they came out, they were all related to the Qian family. The others were too inconvenient, so I didn’t want them.”

When Zhang Pu heard this, he didn't care whether this method was good or not. He immediately asked for the field account book and began to read it in detail.Indeed, his focus was on the Qian family.

Even when it was getting dark, he refused to let it go. He asked someone to light an oil lamp and read it all night.

The light on the boat is not good, and the water is undulating, causing the boat to move frequently. It is very taxing to read the account books under these conditions.But Zhang Pu didn't care and kept watching.

In the middle of the night, just as Jiang Dong had rested, he saw Zhang Pu with a triumphant smile on his face. He closed the account book, then looked at Jiang Dong, and said with excitement, "Sure enough, it's a big deal. Fish. According to this account book, even when Qian Qianyi, a thief, was still an official in the court, the Qian family had already far exceeded the preferential exemption limit stipulated by the court. In addition, the Qian family has been in power since he was in Wanli for 38 years. After the first-class and third-ranking scholars, they have been in arrears and have not paid taxes. Among them, only part of the taxes were paid from the fourth year of Tianqi to the seventh year of Tianqi after Wei Zhongxian came to power."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Jiang Dong to speak, he immediately sighed and added another sentence: "Because the old man doesn't cultivate, and takes advantage of the court, he would rather spend money on famous prostitutes than pay the money. Qingliu leader!"

In the end, it was already in a strong ironic tone.

But he didn't know that Qian Qianyi had already made a promise to Liu Rushi at this time.As long as Liu Rushi agrees to marry him, he will build a special building for her.

In the original history, that is, next year, in the 14th year of Chongzhen, 59-year-old Qian Qianyi really married 23-year-old Liu Rushi.After marriage, Qian Qianyi built the spectacular and gorgeous "Jiangyun Tower" and "Red Bean Pavilion" for her in Yushan, where the golden house can be used to store her beauty.The two lived together in Jiangyun Building, and they enjoyed reading and discussing poetry. Qian Qianyi jokingly called Liu Rushi "Liu Confucian scholar".And this year, it has been the penultimate year of the Ming Dynasty's demise. In the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, the people are in dire straits. Famine, locust plagues, plagues, thieves, military disasters, etc., the people in many places have died.However, the imperial court was powerless to do this. They had no money, not to mention disaster relief, and they couldn't even pay the army.

Besides, after Jiang Dong heard Zhang Pu's words, he was also very indignant.For this so-called Qingliu leader, in his opinion, he really wants to be a watchman and set up a memorial archway. Compared with ordinary corrupt officials, he is much more hateful!
Therefore, Jiang Dong immediately asked in a cold voice: "So, what should my lord do?"

After hearing this, Zhang Pu sneered and said, "My first fire started from the Qian family! Let other people see, if I eat the imperial court, I will definitely make them spit it out!"

So, in the early morning of the next day, Zhang Pu issued an order, and the full set of ceremonial guards for the patrol was put out, which was different from the others, and there were Dongchang Fan servants to follow.A group of people went directly to Changshu County Yamen in a mighty manner.

This time, there was no procrastination at all. After arriving at the county government, the warehouse where the field account books were stored was immediately sealed off, and the county magistrate of Changshu was immediately asked to deploy manpower to listen to him.Anyone who saw it could feel it.

The county magistrate of Qipin could not defy ordinary inspectors, let alone Zhang Pu, who had an imperial mission.

Therefore, he immediately agreed.But at the same time, he also secretly sent someone to report to the Qian family.

The news that Zhang Pu almost killed Qian Qianyi in Yangzhou Mansion has already spread to Changshu County.Originally, this side was a little flustered, after all, they had torn faces with Zhang Pu, but after hearing that Qian Qianyi had shown his power in Yangzhou and played around with Zhang Pu, the people here felt relieved.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Pu suddenly appeared in Changshu County, which made the Qian family feel a little bad.When the Qian family knew the purpose of Zhang Pu's going straight to the county government, it was to take over the warehouse first, and then asked the county officials to mobilize people to serve them.They knew that Zhang Pu was definitely after the Qian family.

This time, they couldn't panic anymore.They sent people overnight to Yangzhou Mansion to ask Qian Qianyi to come back and sit in charge.

The Zhang family in Changshu, because Zhang Hanru, who was an official in Beijing, was killed with a cane, lost their greatest support, and were overwhelmed by the already feuding Qian family.At this time, when I heard about Zhang Xunyong, I couldn't help looking forward to it, wishing that Zhang Xunyong could kill the Qian family.

For this reason, the head of the Zhang family held a meeting of the elders overnight.In fact, in a house, seven or eight old men gathered around a table, smoking pipes and talking.

The patriarch, Zhang Binhong, was about 50 years old, a little younger than the other people present. After talking about the general situation, he then consulted the elders for their opinions on whether to make trouble and take this opportunity to bring down the Qian family!

To Zhang Binhong's surprise, things backfired. Most clan elders felt that the Qian family was powerful, and Zhang Pu might not be able to bring down Qian Qianyi.If looking back, the Qian family knew that the Zhang family had fallen into trouble, the Zhang family would definitely die a miserable death.Therefore, they are mature and prudent, just look at it first and then talk.

Zhang Binhong was a little reconciled to this. After the meeting adjourned, after thinking for a long time, he decided to anonymously report what he knew about the Qian family's ruin to the police.

(End of this chapter)