Yan Limu has been a local official for many years.

Although he has a small official position, he is still a prominent figure in the local area.

Now that he was caught and questioned by these people, he quickly understood the identity of the other party.

I guess the recent rumors in the city are not groundless.

It is estimated that these are the people brought by the imperial envoy.

Yan Limu immediately changed his smile.

"My lord, we are all colleagues. If you want to investigate the case, just do it in a liberal way."

"Why bother me, a humble official?"

Zhao Ce ignored his words and continued: "Are you serious about not saying anything?"

"The Southern Zhili tax bank has arrived in the waters of Qingzhou."

"Stolen by thieves and pirates who responded in advance."

"Then they took the tax money back to the port and hid it."

"How is it possible to transport such a large amount of tax money from the port and hide it without any internal officials to support it?"

"Master Yan really doesn't know where the tax money is hidden?"

Master Yan still insisted.

"I really don't know."

"Since I was appointed as the official of Gaojiagang, I have been diligent in my duties and never dared to do anything detrimental to the people and the court."

"My lord, don't even think about slandering me!"

Zhao Ce laughed again.

"slander?"

"Do you know why the imperial court took the desperate risk of using half a million tax dollars and used immature shipping?"

"Because after the beginning of spring this year, the ice and snow melted, coupled with the continuous spring rain, many places burst their banks."

"The imperial court is waiting for this money to provide disaster relief!"

"How many people's lives are at stake in this disaster relief, Mr. Yan, do you know?"

Lord Yan paused for a moment and then said: "I don't know!"

"I just know I didn't do anything wrong!"

Zhao Ce sneered directly.

"You did nothing wrong?"

"Tens of thousands of people starved to death because they did not receive timely relief because of the tax money you hid."

"You wrote a letter tonight to tell the truth, intending to transfer tax money, just to deal with someone in the imperial court?"

"The person you want to send the letter to, do you really think we can't find out if you don't tell him?"

"If the canal is converted into a sea, whose interests will be infringed?"

"No matter which one of Gaojiagang's transportation, water transportation and maritime transportation rises, it will not affect your interests, right?"

Master Yan said dullly: "I don't know."

"I'm just a petty official, I don't know anything."

It seems that this strategy of being loyal to the emperor, patriotic, or arousing his compassion will not work.

Too.

How can people who can do these things do it if they don’t have a strong psychological quality?

Seeing him like this, Zhao Ce seduced him directly: "Master Yan, I am giving you a chance."

"As long as you recruit them, the court will find this batch of tax money sooner."

"Then everyone can live in peace."

"Instead of letting you continue to take risks and move places."

"Sir Yan, if you help us find this batch of tax money, I can also report it to His Majesty and explain your contribution to the investigation."

Assisting in the investigation?

Master Yan seemed to be interested and looked up at Zhao Ce.

He hesitated and said: "You, can you really ask me for credit?"

The people next to me were overjoyed, thinking that this person was going to pry open his mouth!

However, after Master Yan finished speaking, he laughed again.

"I can't bear this credit."

"I don't know anything, how can I accomplish this?"

After saying that, he closed his eyes and seemed to refuse to say anything more.

Since I can’t eat it if it’s soft…

Zhao Ce stood up and said with a smile: "Okay."

"Be polite first and then fight."

"Since Mr. Yan doesn't like eating soft food, there's nothing I can do about it."

After speaking, Zhao Ce ordered: "Please entertain Mr. Yan well."

Yan Li's eyes, which had been closed, suddenly widened in disbelief.

"You dare to torture me without any evidence?"

What kind of bandit is this man?

Although his official position is small, he is a serious official appointed by the court.

Even if the Jin Yiwei is investigating the case, they cannot execute the punishment on the civil servants without any evidence!

Once this punishment is used,

Whether it is a royal guard or an imperial envoy of the imperial court, he will definitely become the target of verbal and written criticism by all civil servants in the Ming Dynasty!

After all, if he can be lynched like this today, then another civil servant will be lynched for no reason like this tomorrow.

Lips are dead and teeth are cold.

No civil servant will not worry that this matter will implicate him!

So it's obvious.

Privately punishing civil servants is a bigger crime than proposing to convert the canal into a sea, resulting in a loss of tax revenue!

Official Yan looked in disbelief and said, "You, you dare?"

"I am an official of the imperial court. If you dare to touch a hair on my head tonight, no official in the world will let you go!"

"Not just you, but everyone in your family, don't expect to be able to turn around in this life!"

"You are the number one scholar in Jinke, and you are Zhao Ce, the Marquis of Dingxi in the imperial court!"

"No matter how much credit you have, your mentor is Li Dongyang."

"You can't escape either!"

"You dare to be enemies with hundreds of officials?"

Although people can be dealt with in this way, Yan Limu is just a low-level thug.

He doesn't need to make such a big sacrifice and use his mortal body to stand in front of him!

But it is impossible for him to say it!

Once he says it, everything he has now and everyone in his family will suffer!

Yan Limu shouted in horror, causing Zhao Ce who was about to leave to stop.

Zhao Ce turned around and looked at him thoughtfully.

Official Yan thought he was scared, and his face was overjoyed.

"You, please let me go. I will go back and show you all the tax and money theft case files so far."

"Isn't this what you want?"

Zhao Ce shook his head.

"You have someone to support you during the water transportation."

"Tell me who you know and where the tax money is hidden, and I will let you go."

Official Yan didn't expect this young man to be so stubborn.
To be continued...