Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1274 invites Taiping magistrate

   "Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, has met all of you on mission." After hearing the news, Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, rushed to meet him, and he was very respectful.

Although Tan Lun's official position is higher than that of Xu Hai and others, but who let Xu Hai and the others come from the center of power in the capital? The saying of the third-level official in Beijing is not casual, and what's more, they are carrying out the emperor's order. .

"Prefect Tan is too polite. I am ashamed. We came to Guibao from the capital this time because of the order of the sage. There are two main tasks. One is to check the affairs of Zhejiang's punishment and procurator Siqian, and Xingjing. The case of Zhu Pingan in Nanzhi County colluding with grain merchants, driving up grain merchants, and accepting huge bribes; the second is to investigate the flood situation in the south of the Yangtze River. Today I came to Guibaodi to check the case of Zhu Pingan's grain bribery, and to investigate the flood disaster situation in your residence along the way." Jing Jing Xu Hai, the leader of the southern investigation team, said politely to Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou.

   Investigate Zhu Ping's corruption case? !

  Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, couldn't help being startled when he heard about it. Has Zhu Pingan's collusion with grain merchants, driving up grain merchants, and accepting bribes have all spread to the capital? ! It's only been more than half a month, how did the news spread so quickly? !

  After he received the report from the magistrate of Taiping half a month ago, due to some reasons, he temporarily put the matter on hold. Recently, I was thinking about it. Half a month later, the situation in Jingnan should be out of control, and I was about to close the net. I didn't expect that this matter would be brought up. The capital has already sent people down to investigate.

   This is a problem!

  There was a problem with the subordinate officials in his own jurisdiction, and he failed to deal with it in time. Instead, the capital sent people to deal with it.

  If you really want to pursue it, you can't get rid of it yourself. If there is a problem in your own jurisdiction, regardless of whether you committed a crime, you, the magistrate, will be held accountable. If you talk about it in a small way, you don't do anything; if you talk about it in a big way, isn't it covering up? !

  Thinking of this, Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, couldn't help but frowned. First, he regretted his original decision, and second, he was dissatisfied with the Taiping magistrate for taking the matter to the capital and reporting it beyond his authority. It has been a taboo since ancient times!

  Although Xu Hai and others didn't say anything, Tan Lun knew that the person who stabbed Zhu Ping'an must be the magistrate of Taiping County. I've heard people say that Taiping county magistrate came to inquire about him to expose and report Zhu Ping'an! Later, I heard that Liu Wannian, the official in Nanjing, came to Taizhou to visit the magistrate of Taiping. Now that I think about it, Liu Wannian must have been invited by the magistrate of Taiping to impeach Zhu Pingan with the help of Liu Wannian.

  This Taiping magistrate

  How can this official cover up corrupt officials! Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, couldn't help giving Taiping County a bad review in his heart.

"I must try my best to cooperate with the mission. In fact, I have received reports from Taiping magistrates and others half a month ago about Zhu Pingan's collusion with grain merchants, driving up grain prices, and accepting bribes. Gong was promoted to Zhejiang Province and was promoted to be a criminal inspector and inspector. He was in the limelight. With only one official document defining the price of grain, I was afraid that there were many evasive and sophistry words, so it would be difficult to convict him. , leaving a fixed time for incriminating evidence. The officer is about to close the net these days, but the servants also came. It is all the fault of the officer, and the servants have traveled thousands of miles to make this trip."

  Taizhou prefect Tan Lun bowed his hands to Xu Hai and others, said apologetically, and defended himself without a trace. I have already received criminal clues from the corrupt official Zhu Pingan half a month ago, and the net has already been opened. The reason why Zhu Pingan was not dealt with on the spot is to fix the criminal evidence and to better deal with Zhu Pingan.

Hearing this, Xu Hai frowned slightly. In his opinion, since he had already received clues to expose Zhu Ping'an, he should deal with it as soon as possible. For every extra day, the people in Jingnan will suffer an extra day. At that time, I don't know what happened to the people of Jingnan because of Zhu Pingan's misfortune.

However, Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, is justifiable. Zhu Pingan has just made a great contribution to fighting the Japanese, but he has just issued an official document to define the price of grain. If Zhu Pingan is to be convicted of corruption based on this alone, there is not enough evidence It is sufficient, and Zhu Ping'an must have many sophistry and evasions, so it is difficult to convict him.

   However, what happened to Xu Haijue should be dealt with as soon as possible. Although Zhu Ping'an may not be convicted, the people in Jingnan will definitely suffer less.

"Consider before you act, don't fight uncertain battles, Tan Zhifu has done a good job, Zhu Ping'an is a treacherous and cunning person, I have a lot of experience in the capital, if Tan Zhifu did it at that time, Zhu Ping'an will definitely plead guilty .” Zhang Wenbo, head of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, was very satisfied with Taizhou prefect Tan Lun’s actions, and he was full of praise.

  From his point of view, he doesn't care about the life and death of the people in Jingnan, but Zhu Ping'an! In the past half a month, the situation in Jingnan must have been rotten. Zhu Pingan's criminal evidence is solid, and they will surely turn Zhu Pingan's corruption case into an iron case in a beautiful way!

"However, if you don't move, you are done. If you move, you will win. Prefect Tan has learned the secrets of the art of war. If there is no foreshadowing in the early stage, we may return without success this time. After this case is over, we will report it truthfully. I will not ignore Tan Zhifu's early achievements." Peng Cheng, the supervisory censor of Zhejiang Province, nodded in agreement.

  Wang Meng, head of the household department, also nodded.

  Hearing that Zhang Wenbo and others did not intend to pursue their responsibility, Tan Lun raised his heart and put it back in his stomach.

It's just that I didn't expect the business to be so easy to talk to. Tan Lun couldn't help being surprised, but soon, Tan Lun also figured out the reason. Zhang Wenbo, Wang Meng, and Peng Cheng are strict party members, and they want to kill Zhu Ping'an . Zhu Pingan had offended Yan Song in the capital and participated in Yang Jisheng's impeachment of Yan Song. Before Yang Jisheng's performance, he proposed amendments to the fatal omissions in Yang Jisheng's memorial, but Yang Jisheng did not adopt Zhu Ping's opinion. , Zhang Wenbo and the others want to take this opportunity to get rid of Zhu Ping'an. What I did in the beginning, but did not reveal it, and provided evidence of the crime, was exactly in line with their wishes, so they were so easy to talk about.

  Xu Hai originally wanted to say something, but seeing what Zhang Wenbo and others said, he fell silent.

  This time I came here to investigate the case of Zhu Pingan's collusion with grain merchants to engage in corruption, let's forget about the rest.

"Prefect Tan, this memorial is also the first memorial jointly given by Liu Wannian, the magistrate of Taiping County and the Sixth Division of your prefecture. Perhaps, he has other clues about Zhu Pingan's corruption case. Let's go here this time. When Jingnan inspects Zhu Ping'an, he will go to Taiping County first, and ask the magistrate of Taiping County to go with him."

  Xu Hai said to Tan Lun before departure that he invited the magistrate of Taiping County to go with him. This was decided on the way.

   "As expected."

  Tan Lun clasped his hands and nodded, silently making a note of Taiping magistrate in his heart, it really is you!

  (end of this chapter)