Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 243 What does it mean to be a founding king?
Above the main hall, the atmosphere that was originally just a bit depressing suddenly became weird.

Countless officials were silent at first, staring at Zhao Guangmei's back with wide eyes, and then suddenly became extremely noisy again. Regardless of whether they were censors or not, they directly shouted at Zhao Guangmei. But in fact, the core argument was one: Why did he Damn it’s possible that there are so many?

How many officials were there in the Song Dynasty?

You must know that not long ago, Zhao Guangmei took advantage of the judicial reform to investigate cases and sidelined the local governments. Many former local officials took the initiative to step down and go do business.

Why are there so many more?
Doesn’t it make you feel uncomfortable if you don’t go through this officialdom up and down? More than 1000 people!How many people are left in this court now?
anger?
I'm afraid it's fear.

Zhao Kuangyin himself was also stunned. He never expected that Zhao Guangmei would do something like this. He asked someone to bring up the scroll he wrote on. When he opened it, he found that it was densely packed with names and official positions, but there was no specific criminal content. Basically, That is, a list.

"Have so many people committed crimes? How is this possible? What kind of case can involve so many people? Is there any evidence? What kind of cases are they?"

Zhao Guangmei said formally: "Of course there is evidence. In fact... whether it is anti-corruption or anti-public security, there is no technical difficulty. You only need to check their bank statements, and it is basically the same."

After saying that, Zhao Guangmei turned around and showed a cordial and friendly smile to the officials, and said: "Let's talk about the Kaifeng matter first. In fact, it is very easy to investigate. My brother just asked Cao Bin to cooperate with the people in Qianhang, focusing on I just investigated the financial status of the hall masters of Yizimen in the past three months."

"Actually, except for the Heavenly Rat, no one else in the Yizi Sect has reached the level of wealth. Most of the middle-level hall leaders are not rich at all, and the business they do is just... Let’s face it, the flowing water in his money bank is actually quite clear, and a sudden transfer of a large amount of property will appear very abrupt.”

"In the past three months, a total of seventeen gangsters at the hall master level have received large transfers. Just by following the clues, it is naturally easy to track down some backstage shopkeepers in the market. Similarly, we can also investigate the flow of funds of these shopkeepers. , in fact, it is very easy to identify the suspects, and then if Cao Bin sends people to conduct targeted investigations, it will be easier to explore their network of contacts. "

"Not to mention, the core figure in this incident is the Black-hearted Bear. My brother found out that his personal account has seen huge amounts of money coming in and out in the past three months, sometimes even millions. Guan, where does a casino operator get such a large amount of capital? Naturally, the investigation is also the focus, and this investigation naturally found out a few more things. "

"After all, this kind of case is different from a criminal case. To put it simply, money transactions are indispensable to embellish it. As long as it is money, it will inevitably leave traces. The current file storage capacity of the money bank... is at least three months. Inside, it is very convenient to check whatever you want, so I have been letting them do it, and I also want to take a long-term approach to fishing for big fish. If you want to arrest someone, I can do it long ago, and there is no need to go to the trouble of torture to extract a confession? "

Hearing this, everyone unconsciously glanced at Wang Jien who was so proud just now.

He was already wilted now, and his face looked particularly bad.

I thought he had made a great contribution, but God knows how much energy he spent on this big case, how many spies he arranged, and he even risked his life to try and get Zhao Guangyi out.

Of course he knew that Zhao Kuangyin could not punish Zhao Guangyi for this kind of thing, but it didn't matter. He just wanted to tell Zhao Kuangyin and even the people of the world through this attitude that he was a mad dog that anyone dared to bite. Only their eunuchs could do this kind of thing, and even He doesn't even think about the retreat.

After all, you have already cut yourself off, so who wants to serve others forever?
Because the eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty were too scary to interfere in politics, the imperial court was really too afraid of them. It is no exaggeration to say that the Song Dynasty was definitely the one with the least power of eunuchs in all dynasties. Even this was not the case with Zhao Kuangyin and history. Officials of all ages were on guard against them, but the entire civil service system, and even the general system, collectively, tacitly, and even instinctively rejected anything related to eunuchs.

So what Wang Jien now represents is no longer himself, but the entire eunuch system. How many eunuchs up and down are now working together to support him. In order to break the situation, he even dares to interrogate Shi Xizai. In fact, he is already It was a desperate move, almost crazy.

But in the end, he became so crazy, but after Zhao Guangmei casually came up with the list and money flow, it was all in vain.

Even the method of torture to extract confessions seems very despicable.

Because it is true that there is a situation where defeat is enough.

Who knows how he feels now.

'His Royal Highness the King of Qin...ah~, it is indeed so unfathomable. '

Zhao Guangmei didn't pay attention to him. He really didn't have any objections to Wang Jien or eunuchs doing politics. After all, he was the prince, and he would also hold an official position in the future. Moreover, he had no fear of eunuchs. Eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty Intervening in politics is actually just an accident of history and has little to do with the eunuchs themselves.

It's just that his firepower was too strong and he was accidentally injured.

In fact, this is also the case. Everyone really has no time to care about Wang Jien now, because Zhao Guangmei started fucking again.

"As for the other list, it is evidence of large-scale bribery. In fact, since the establishment of Qian Bank, Dongchang has hired at least more than 2000 people to collect and organize files in Qian Bank."

"This work is very meaningful. As long as the diagram is made, I can clearly and intuitively understand the current economic situation of our Song Dynasty, the gap between the rich and the poor, including the industrial structure, etc., as well as the commercial banks and the three companies. Economic plans, macro policies, etc. can be formulated based on these data.”

"Of course, by the way, it's really just by the way. I will also have a survey of the assets of at least the very rich people in the country. Some adults' assets... I really can't tell the source. This kind of situation is generally As long as it's not too much, my brother will ask Cao Bin to send someone to investigate, and I'm not in a hurry to take action."

"There are also some people who have nothing to do with a business bank and have no property in their name, but they can make a fortune out of nowhere. In fact, if you check this kind of people, most of the time, you can just check the internal accounts of the bank. When problems arise, they are often related to a certain adult, or even multiple adults."

"In short, since the establishment of the money bank, whether it is an agent or a white glove transaction, as long as it is not a cash or physical currency transaction, the money bank has kept records and picked out some of them. Some are excusable. It turned out that I didn't list them on the list, or those with small amounts, so I just treated them as a free hand. Those listed are all people who have embezzled more than 30 yuan in the past two years. I dare not say that any of them have fallen into decline. But it can be guaranteed that it is definitely the right one.”

After saying that, I saw that one of the officials behind him was already sitting on the ground with weak legs, and he could even smell the faint smell of urine. He didn't know who had peed.

Zhao Kuangyin himself felt dumbfounded, but he didn't even dare to get angry. Instead, he felt a little panicked and didn't know what to do.

Zhao Guangmei also made it clear: "Unless he does not charge money and only accepts antiques when doing things for others, he must ensure that the antiques are not liquidated. Otherwise, in today's era where almost all money transactions rely on money banks, on the contrary, Corruption is never a technical problem."

"The simplest and most direct way, brother, if you dare, we can examine all the people in the Song Dynasty who are worth more than 100 million yuan one by one, and investigate the flow of the money, and which ones were earned through their own intelligence. , which ones were obtained through power-money transactions, or even which ones were held on behalf of others, once you check them accurately, there should be no fish that slip through the net, and you can expand the list in your hand several times."

"Don't! I don't dare."

Zhao Kuangyin knew clearly that Zhao Guangmei was trying to provoke the general, but he still gave in without hesitation.He even gave Zhao Guangmei a hard look.

What a fucking mess.

Is this something that can be checked?

Do you think I can’t see that the lists you brought out are all civil servants and not even a single martial artist?Don't you dare to check the Imperial Army?
Of course, the imperial army in the early Song Dynasty should be relatively clean. The army in the early Song Dynasty during the Five Dynasties was definitely one of the cleanest and most efficient armies in history. These generals were not afraid of the censors, but they were really afraid of the tooth soldiers under them. .

But despite this, it still cannot be investigated. Such an investigation method will make everyone who has no problem get angry, and it will be bad if it stirs up a storm.

However, this also made Zhao Kuangyin finally understand the fact that investigating corrupt officials itself is not the problem, but how to deal with corrupt officials. There are no corrupt officials in the world who cannot find evidence. The only question is whether they want to investigate and whether they dare to investigate. Corrupt officials.

Zhao Guangmei directly put the problem in front of him: Brother, here is the list, you tell me how to fix it.

Facing Zhao Kuangyin's fear, Zhao Guangmei shrugged indifferently, but then, she could only sigh helplessly in her heart.

'If it was Zhu Yuanzhang, maybe the investigation would continue, right? '

Of course, after all, there was only one Zhu Yuanzhang in the 5000-year history. To be fair, if Zhao Guangmei was sitting in Zhao Kuangyin's position, he probably wouldn't have the courage to do this.

But in fact, the opportunity only lasts once. If you don’t do it this time, it will be almost impossible to do it in the future.

In fact, with this move, he only dared to check the civil servants. He could only check the civil servants. At least it was unrealistic to conduct a self-examination within the commercial bank.

The people in Dongchang were selected by the commercial bank, and the people in the money bank were also people from the commercial bank. They were all tied to each other by breaking their bones and connecting their tendons. It was impossible for any group to investigate itself.

So if he wants to check the trading houses... then they are Xichang and Yushitai.

The West Factory has just been established, so it is still sharp. In fact, it will definitely rust after a short time, and the Yushitai...

The most important thing is that those corrupt officials will definitely find out that as long as Qianhang and Yushitai are connected with each other, or the underlings of Dongchang and Xichang secretly communicate with each other, the so-called picketing will sooner or later be impossible to investigate. Started.

If his prediction was correct, as long as the civil service group could survive today's encounter, at least the day after tomorrow, they would start to marry into middle- and lower-level officials of the money bank.

"Hey~"

Zhao Guangmei didn't say anything, flexed her muscles and then retreated silently.

The main hall once again fell into an eerie silence.

Now it's a bright card, it depends on how Zhao Kuangyin will decide.

Even everyone's breathing can be heard clearly.

Zhao Kuangyin, on the other hand, kept blushing like this, with his expression changing from gloomy to yang, and his chest heaving.

After a while, he laughed at himself again:
"Damn it, I am a man who made his fortune by rolling among the dead. What can I not dare to do? If I don't do this, will I leave it to you in the future? How can you have such courage? Although your mind is indeed smart, but When it comes to courage, you are really not as good as me."

After that, Zhao Kuangyin called Yang Xin directly and handed him the first scroll, which was the list of those who participated in the Kaifeng Rebellion, and said: "The front secretary of the palace personally asked for arrests. Don't let any of the people on the list escape." , after interrogation, shoot to death!"

"Here."

He took out a second scroll and said: "Officials from the third rank and above on the list will be dismissed from their posts after all their property is confiscated, and they will be demoted to Hunan, Jingbei, Wuyue and other places to be magistrates. Zhao Pu, you will handle this matter."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Pu took the scroll tremblingly, and it was only then that he felt a little relieved.

He didn't even know if his name was on the scroll!
"As for officials below the third rank, their family property will be confiscated. Those who corrupt less than 100 million guan will be spared their lives and exiled to Huguang. Those who corrupt more than 100 million guan will be killed!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, but at the same time they were actually a little relieved.

Because at least there is a way to survive for those who are from the third level and above. Although some people are from the third level and below, in fact, as long as the top does not fall, they can still be fished out.

This is actually the real wisdom of the Song Dynasty, not to kill scholar-bureaucrats. The Song Dynasty has never had the problem of not killing civil servants. In fact, at least the Taizu Dynasty and the Taizong Dynasty did not kill less, they just did not kill high officials.

Killing high-ranking officials will bring too much change to the country. Theoretically speaking, as long as you are a scholar of the third grade or above, as long as you are not rebelling, it is a big deal and the Zhao Song official family will give you a decent face. In this way, it can indeed be done. Very good control of the intensity of political struggle in the court.

Otherwise, it will easily lead to the Blue House curse.

"However, just checking civil servants is not a problem. Lao San, since you have the confidence to check, then check it while it is still possible. Check it and make everyone in the world worth more than 100 million yuan sweat. , Yang Xin, you do it."

(End of this chapter)