The Jagged Empire of Daqin

Therefore, bandits generally would not attack messengers. Of course, there were also bandits who lacked a single tendon in their heads.

It took Kong a stick of incense time to read all the emissaries sent back by the envoys. After reading it, Kong felt a little uncomfortable. Calculating the time, the envoys to Yan should have returned. It’s fine if they didn’t come back. Did not receive Zhang Wen's letter.

Chapter 450 Angry Kong Wen!

"Zhou He!" Kong called out loudly.

Not long after the words fell, a middle-aged man in a black peacock patch court dress came out from the hall on the right side, walked up to Kong with a respectful expression and bent down to answer; What order?"

This person is Zhou He, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites!

Kong frowned slightly, and said with a solemn expression: "Zhang Wen has been in Yan for almost three months, and there were official reports in the first two months. Why is there no news this month?"

"This...."

When Kong said this, Zhou He suddenly felt something was wrong!

"No...you won't be killed, right?" Zhou He was dumbfounded, feeling a bad premonition.

"immediately...."

"Master Shangshu, something is wrong!"

When Kong was about to order someone to investigate, an anxious voice suddenly came from outside the hall, interrupting Kong's words. Kong and Zhou He looked up subconsciously, and saw a seventh-rank official from the Ministry of Rites running away in a hurry. Come.

"You... aren't you Zhang Wen's follower?"

Kong didn't know this little official, but Zhou He had the impression that this little official was a member of the mission to Yan, and he had sent this little official as Zhang Wen's entourage, so he still had some impressions.

The junior official of the seventh rank hurried into the court, which attracted the attention of many officials from the Ministry of Rites. At this juncture, Kong didn't care about these curious officials.

"Zhang Wen's entourage?" Kong's pupils shrank. Zhang Wen didn't come back, but the entourage came back. It's probably something wrong. Thinking of this, Kong quickly said to the seventh-rank official: "Don't panic, tell me quickly. , what happened?"

"Master Shangshu, Zhang... Zhang... Master Zhang is dead!" The lips of the seventh-rank official were trembling, and his tongue seemed to be tied, and he couldn't speak clearly.

boom!

Although Kong and Zhou He were mentally prepared, they were still shocked by the news. The officials of the Ministry of Rites surrounding the main hall were also shocked, and their hearts were filled with turmoil!

Zhang Wen is dead!

Zhang Wen is not a petty official, but a fourth-rank doctor. How many doctors are there in the entire Ministry of Rites?There are only four, and besides, officials of the fourth grade are not small officials, they are already considered high officials!

"What's going on!" Kong's face was so gloomy that water dripped out, and he really wanted to see if it was that daring bastard who dared to kill a fourth-rank official of the Great Qin Dynasty, and he had the guts of a leopard!

"Master Zhang took us into the imperial capital of Wuyang. The next day, Master Zhang entered the palace, but he never came out again. The Minister of Rites of the Yan Empire said that Master Zhang and the envoy Zhao visited the back garden of the palace together, but Master Zhang accidentally Fell into the deep lake in the back garden, and the body could not be found, it is said that it sank to the bottom of the lake several feet deep!"

"After our mission to Yan heard the news, we said that we would go to the palace for investigation, but the Ministry of Rites of the Yan Empire did not allow foreign officials to enter the palace for investigation because of the sacredness of the palace. We thought it was tricky, so we let the mission to Yan first. Stay in the capital of Wuyang for a while, and the officials will take a few people back to Daqin day and night!" The seventh-rank official told everything he knew!

"He farted!!"

Kong was furious, his eyes widened, and he roared with fire in his eyes: "The imperial palace is sacred, the shit fell into the lake!!"

Even though Kong was beaten to death, he didn’t believe that Zhang Wen was drowned. First of all, Zhang Wen was a foreign minister. The foreign minister traveled to the back garden of the palace. How could no one follow him? Could it be that after Zhang Wen fell into the water, the rest of the people stared blankly? Also, The bottom of the lake is several feet deep, whose palace built such a deep lake, and the dead body floats up, how could it be impossible to pick it up, could it be that Zhang Wen committed suicide by tying a jack to the lake?

"Shameless!"

"Yan Empire is really ridiculous, to deceive me, Daqin, with such a flawed reason!"

"Despicable and shameless, the Yan Empire should die!"

"The missions should be withdrawn together. The Yan Empire murdered Master Zhang before my Daqin actually took action. Now that His Majesty is personally leading a heavy cavalry to attack Yan, wouldn't the Yan Empire force the Yan Empire to kill all my Daqin missions to Yan?"

"Yes, yes, the mission to Yan is in danger."

The officials of the Ministry of Rites surrounding the main hall scolded the Yan Empire with righteous indignation. Everyone believed the Yan Empire's nonsense, and it was extremely ridiculous to drown to death!

"I want to see Prime Minister You!"

......

After a period of time, Kong hurried to Prime Minister You's mansion and told Chang Zifei about Zhang Wen being killed by the Yan Empire. Chang Zifei was even angrier than Kong when he heard about it. It's fine if the Yan Empire killed him, and he even deceived Daqin with flawed reasons!

Are all the officials of the Great Qin Dynasty fools?Is it all rice buckets?

After Chang Zifei became angry, he immediately wrote a letter to inform Ying Chang who was attacking Yan, and at the same time, he also sent someone to the Yan Empire quickly to ask the mission to return immediately, so as not to be murdered by the Yan Empire!

This incident quickly spread throughout the government and the public, which shocked and angered the Qin government and the public. When the news spread throughout Xianyang City, it aroused the fury of countless Qin people, clamoring to destroy Yan for revenge. With the blessing of hatred The people of Qin look forward even more to the fact that Ying Chang, who defeated Yan, can beat the Yan Empire hard and let out a bad breath!

That night!

Metropolitan Procuratorate!

On the left side of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the Ministry of Punishment, and on the right is the Heavenly Prison. It is next to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Heavenly Prison. If you climb over a wall, you will either arrive at the Ministry of Criminal Justice or the Heavenly Prison. .

There are only two divisions in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, namely the Dark Division and the Ming Division. The Dark Division's duty is to inquire about information secretly, including being an undercover agent. It is an intelligence officer. The Ming Division's duty is to dispatch arrests. Agree, including the emperor, you can directly arrest, arrest first and play later!

The list of members of the Ming Division can be viewed by superiors at any time, but the list of personnel of the Dark Division, except Du Yushi, has no right to view it, and the list of personnel of the Dark Division is hidden by Du Yushi. After all, this leak, the Metropolitan Procuratorate The trained spies will face exposure.

The Ming Division is in charge of the Zuodu Censor, the Dark Division is in charge of the Youdu Censor, and the Deputy Capital Censor is in charge of the Left and Right Censors. Directly take orders from the capital censor, because the left and right capital censors can leapfrog and report to the above.

What I have to say is that after Chang Qing agreed with Ying Chang, the censor of the left and the right added two official positions, both of which are official fourth-rank official titles. Become a master, catch people better than one.

PS:

"Kill!! Kill!!"

There was a burst of killing and shouting, watching the millions of black torrents sweeping in, Wei Shang, the emperor of the Great Wei Empire, was ashamed, and quickly asked people to raise the white flag, shouting: "I am willing to hand over all the recommendation tickets and Monthly pass!"

Chapter 451 Do I Need Ben Du to Bring Personal Evidence?

In the public hall of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Chang Qing was wearing a black golden pheasant Buzi official uniform and a jade inlaid official hat on top of his head. On the left hand side of Chang Qing, sat two men wearing black Yunyan Buzi official uniforms. The two men are both around 30 years old, and on the right side of Chang Qing sits a middle-aged man wearing a black Peacock Buzi official uniform.

The one wearing the black Yunyan Buzi official uniform is the censor of the fourth rank, one named Lu Bei and the other named Qi Rushui. Secretary, the middle-aged man in the black peacock patch court uniform is Zhang Zerui, the vice capital censor!

Chang Qing held the teacup in his right hand and the cup lid in his left, and was sipping the fragrant tea with relish, while Lu Bei, Qi Rushui, and Zhang Zerui were sitting upright with serious expressions on their faces.

No one spoke, and the courtroom was in a quiet stage. After a while, Chang Qing put the lid on the teacup, put the teacup on the desk next to him, looked around at the three present with a blank expression, and said in a calm tone: "Do you know why Bendu called you here?"

"I know!" The three replied in unison.

"Zerui, what are you talking about!" Chang Qing asked calmly, still expressionless.

Zhang Zerui stood up from the chair, bowed down to Chang Qing respectfully and saluted, and said, "My lord, Yushi, tonight must be for the humiliation of the relatives of the great general!"

"What is being humiliated? Is that called humiliation? It's a blatant use of power for personal gain and murdering others. A mere village chief has such great power. Even the relatives of the third-rank general dare to bully, so it's unimaginable for ordinary people. !" Chang Qing's face showed warmth and anger.

The village chief is also an official, and also belongs to the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Now that such a big incident has happened, it is obvious that he is telling the people all over the world that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is incompetent!

"Master Du Yushi, the duty of our Metropolitan Procuratorate is only to inspect counties and counties on behalf of His Majesty, and does not include villages and villages, so this matter is not up to me at all. The local government should be held accountable!" Zhang Zerui raised his hand again The editor salutes.

Chang Qing's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he glanced at Zhang Zerui with a rather unfriendly look, which made the latter panic, and Chang Qing said in a colder tone: "Yes, the duty of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is indeed to inspect the county on behalf of His Majesty. Counties, but counties do not include villages? Hmm? Isn’t the head of the village or the head of the town an official of the imperial court?”

"The responsibility of the local government will naturally be investigated, but it is not the responsibility of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but the responsibility of the Ministry of Officials. The responsibility of our Metropolitan Procuratorate is to crack down on corrupt officials who take bribes and use power for personal gain. The Metropolitan Procuratorate cannot The local government will be held accountable, but the local governor will be held accountable!"

Zhang Zerui immediately retorted when he heard the words: "Censor Ducha, I'm afraid he will be dissatisfied by holding Ducha Censor accountable for the locality. After all, there is no clear regulation requiring the Censor Ducha to be in charge of villages and villages!"

"Is he dissatisfied or are you dissatisfied?" Chang Qing's eyes turned cold, staring at Zhang Zerui.

There was a flash of panic in Zhang Zerui's eyes, and then he raised his hand calmly and replied indifferently: "What's the meaning of Du Yushi's matter? This official is just arguing with Du Yushi, how can it be related to the dissatisfaction of the subordinate official's uniform! "

The corners of Chang Qing's mouth curled up, and he said with sarcasm and self-deprecating tone: "Your vice capital censor is in charge of the seven counties' censors, and the seven counties' censors are all yours, Zerui, it's me Chang Qing I have always boasted that I have a clear eye, but after all, I still misjudged you!"

Zhang Zerui's heart was full of turmoil, and he couldn't believe it in his heart. Could it be that Du Yushi found out about his affairs?impossible!

Zhang Zerui subconsciously looked at Zuodu Censor Lu Bei and Youdu Censor Qi Rushui who were sitting opposite, and found that the two looked solemn, their faces calm and calm, and seeing the attitudes of these two, Zhang Zerui knew that, I've made an incident out of myself!

"I don't understand what Du Yushi said!" Zhang Zerui bent down involuntarily and lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Du Yushi.

It's a guilty conscience and a fluke attack.

"Do you need Bendu to bring witnesses?" Chang Qing asked indifferently.

thump!With a sound, Zhang Zerui landed on his knees, with an expression of unconcealable panic on his face, he kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Captain Yushi, the lower officials are confused, the lower officials are confused!"

Chang Qing stood up from the chair, walked around the desk step by step in front of Zhang Zerui, looked down at Zhang Zerui and said coldly: "At the beginning of November in the 12th year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, Xue Xiao, the governor of Hedong County, took over the Shou Zhang Bao 1 taels of dirty silver, Juncheng Miaodao 8000 taels of dirty silver, Zuobeiping County Magistrate Wei Ling 3000 taels of dirty silver, Right Beiping County Magistrate Bao An 4000 taels of dirty silver, Anxi County Magistrate Lu Qiu 3000 taels of dirty silver Dirty silver, a total of 8000 taels of dirty silver will be charged!"

"8000 taels, Xue Xiao kept a fraction, and exchanged the remaining 2 taels for two silver bills of 13 taels. On the first month of the [-]th year of Shengqin, Xue Xiao sent someone disguised as a farmer, and secretly put the silver bills in a In the dog hole of a certain rich family in Xianyang City, and then you sneaked into the dog hole at night, took it out, and hid it in the dark compartment under your bed!"

"At the beginning of November in the 13th year of the Holy Qin Dynasty, Xue Xiao once again collected dirty silver from Zhang Bao, Miao Dao, Wei Ling, Bao An, and Lu Qiu. A total of 9000 taels of dirty silver was collected. Xue Xiao kept 9000 taels of silver for himself, and the rest The 4 taels of silver is the same as in the past, exchanged for four 14 taels of silver bills, and then repeat the same trick at the beginning of the first month of the [-]th year of Shengqin!"

"Zhang Zerui, Zhang Zerui, do you know what is the scene that I don't want to see the most? I just don't want to catch corrupt officials and take my home, but this scene still happened. I saw the scene that I didn't want to see!"

"Zhang Zerui, you will plead guilty to His Majesty for everything you do. As for how to deal with you, you must be very clear. The three crimes of knowing the law and breaking the law, using power for personal gain, and using public property for private use are enough to make you lose your head. I advise you to confess everything. Pass by, save your family from being implicated!"

While Chang Qing was talking, he sat back in his seat, and his mood gradually became depressed. Zhang Zerui was the person he personally selected, and if something happened to the person he personally selected, as the boss and the referrer, he must bear the blame!

Zhang Zerui's eyes turned red, his face showed shame and indignation, and two lines of regretful tears rolled down his cheeks.

"Lord Du Yushi, there is really nothing I can do about it. The family has a lot of expenses, and the salary is low. If you don't be greedy, the family will not be able to survive. I beg the Du Yushi to see this, and spare the life of the official. Let's go!" Zhang Zerui's face was full of tears, feeling both regret and aggrieved.

His family is large, with more than 100 people, men, women and children, and he also invited dozens of servants.

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Chapter 452 Fight against the village tyrants!

The corners of Chang Qing's mouth rose slightly, and he said with a sneer: "You are a third-rank official, and your annual salary is 300 taels, which is enough to support your family. Besides, is it possible that you are the only one active in your family? The rest are dead? I don't know what to do. Farm work?"

"I also invited 53 servants and took seven concubines. Don't you know how capable you are? If you can't afford it, you still need to hire someone, and if you can't afford it, you still have to take concubines. You are cheap, cheap People, you are so cheap and you still make excuses!"

"Where is the Censor of Zuodu!"

"Yes!" Zuo Du Yushi Lu Bei immediately stood up and responded.

"Immediately send people to arrest Zhang Bao, governor of Hedong County, Huadao, governor of the county, Wei Ling, magistrate of Beiping County, Bao An, magistrate of Beiping County, and Lu Qiu, magistrate of Anxi County, and arrest them and bring them to justice as soon as possible. Confiscate all his property!" Chang Qing ordered decisively!

"Obey!" Lu Bei shouted forcefully, and after answering, he was about to turn around and leave, but Chang Qing added: "Take Zhang Zerui down first!"

Lu Bei nodded with a solemn face, and then waved outwards. Soon, two officers and soldiers of the Ming Division ran in with swords. Zhang Zerui knew that he was doomed when he saw this, and there was no turning back.

"Wait!" Zhang Zerui got up from the ground and reached out his hand to stop the officers and soldiers of Ming Division.

Before he died, he had to understand one thing. He would rather be a clear ghost than a muddleheaded ghost, and die with a clear understanding.

Chang Qing also reached out to stop the Ming Division officers and soldiers, looked at Zhang Zerui expressionlessly and said, "What else do you need?"

Zhang Zerui took a deep breath, "Xiaguan did it in such a secret way that few people knew about it. Why did the censor know so clearly? Even the censor knew where the money was hidden. Please ask the censor Can solve the confusion for the lower officials, let the lower officials understand to death!"

Chang Qing fell silent for a while, and said with a hint of hesitation in his tone: "You really want to know? In Ben Du's opinion, it's better for you to be a fool, otherwise, I'm worried that you won't be able to bear it!"

"Haha!" Zhang Zerui laughed at himself, "I'm about to die, what else can't bear it!"

"Third Madam Jiang!"

Chang Qing didn't write any ink, and gave the name directly.

"what?"

Zhang Zerui was taken aback for a moment, his expression was a little dull, obviously he couldn't bear the news!

The third wife, Jiang Shi, was his concubine two years ago. She is as beautiful as a flower and has a curvy figure. She is full of trust in Jiang Shi, and tells Jiang Shi everything.

"How is this possible, this is impossible, the third lady is the person I love the most, she is also the person who loves me the most, and she gave birth to a son for me, how could she betray me!" Zhang Zerui yelled again and again, like crazy, the whole body The portrait is like a demon.

Being betrayed by the one he loves the most is worse than being exposed to corruption and bribery. It's like a knife stabbing into his heart.

"Jiang is the trump card cultivated by the secret department. Originally, the secret department's idea was to send Jiang to a certain Shangshu's mansion, but you let Qi Rushui discover your clues, so Qi Rushui discussed with Ben Du and finally decided to send Jiang This trump card is sent to your mansion!"

"At first, I was worried about wasting a trump card for nothing, but now it seems, haha, it's too worthwhile. It's still clear to catch three county magistrates, one county guard, one county magistrate, and one Ducha Yushi at once. If you interrogate carefully, it is estimated that more than a dozen officials involved in the case will be found!"

A spring-like smile appeared on Chang Qing's face, and he was very satisfied with the result this time. This is the first time that the Metropolitan Procuratorate has killed so many corrupt officials at once.

"High, really high!"

Zhang Zerui wept and yelled, his whole body limp on the ground, and soon passed out.

Chang Qing lightly waved his palm, and the Ming Division officers and soldiers who had been waiting for a long time immediately dragged the fainted Zhang Zerui out, and directly turned him to the sky prison next door.

"Pass down the order. From now on, the censors of all regions will be responsible for supervising the villages and villages!" Chang Qing looked at the censors on the left and right and shouted solemnly.

"Follow orders!" The censors on both sides shouted in unison.

Next, Lu Bei, the censor of Zuodu, personally led fifty officers and soldiers of the Ming Division to Hedong County, and arrested all the officials involved in the case. Chang Qing personally ordered the censors of the local capitals to strictly supervise the villages and villages. Be sure to implement the duties of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise hundreds of officials in the countryside!

The oppression of the relatives of General Polu not only affected the imperial censor, but also the officials. Li Ke, the Minister of the officials, followed Changqing and issued an order to the government all over the country, requiring all the officials to visit the village once a month. In the township, strictly supervise the small officials in the village and the village, and crack down on the village tyrants. Once someone is found to be oppressing the people, no matter whether he is in the township, the village, or in the mountains, he will be arrested and dealt with according to the law!

If someone shelters, the crime will be increased and punished with capital punishment!

The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Officials attacked at the same time, and the corrupt officials were caught off guard. In a short period of time, an unknown number of officials and village bullies were arrested and brought to justice.

This big case involved 130 officials, 26 businessmen, and 170 village bullies. Six of them were suspected of selling illegal salt and were sentenced to death by the local government. The remaining 170 businessmen were sentenced to ten years in prison for bribery. Half of the [-] rural bullies committed major crimes and were betrayed and executed by the local government. The rest of the rural bullies were sentenced to at least ten years in prison.