So far, few people in Tokyo know about this.

The emperor's imperial envoy was killed. This was a serious crime of rebellion in any dynasty.

What's more, this official Zhao has such a hot temper.

Not to mention that it has exceeded his bottom line, it has simply crushed his tolerance to the ground.

While the capital was peaceful and the officials were still bickering, the Emperor's Guards Brigade on the edge of the Yellow River had already been dispatched.

However, the mobilization of the army was also very secretive. Zhang Shuye secretly informed Zhang Bofen late at night. Early the next morning, before dawn, the elite cavalry of the Japanese army crossed the Yellow River.

On the 19th day of the first lunar month, Taiyuan Mansion, Chief Secretary Yamen.

"Zhang Buzheng! Zhang Buzheng!" Li Que, the left counselor of Hedong Road, walked in quickly with a solemn look on his face, "Something happened."

"Why are you so panicked?" Zhang Xiaochun was counting the manpower and materials to be mobilized for Wu Jie this year.

Hedong Road began to implement the chief administrative officer system last year, and the power of the transshipment envoy was stripped away to specifically control the transportation of materials along the road.

However, the materials to be transported must be prepared by the Chief Secretary.

Li Que said: "The Shangdang County government office was flooded some time ago, and all the officials and officials inside were killed in the flames."

"What did you say!" Zhang Xiaochun was shocked, "This is impossible. Even if it is a water escape, no one will escape!"

"This is a report from the Longde Prefecture magistrate's office."

Zhang Xiaochun immediately took it and started reading it quickly.

This report was very rough. After reading it, Zhang Xiaochun said: "This report is full of loopholes. Why do I think there is something fishy about this matter?"

"The lower official also feels that even if there is water leakage, everyone will not be burned to death."

Zhang Xiaochun walked back and forth and said: "You should quickly notify the prison department and ask them to send people to Shangdang County to investigate the ins and outs of the matter."

"Zhang Buzheng, I have something to say. I don't know whether to say it or not."

"It doesn't matter if you say so."

"When I took over the position of Zuo Councilor a month ago, I found that the financial records of Longde Mansion last year were very confusing."

"How chaotic?"

"The main thing is to repair the official accounts. Shangdang County alone borrowed 200,000 yuan from the bank. How can we need so much money!" Li Que said, "And all the settlements were made with a businessman named Wang Chong. There was no second trading company.

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"Oh, settle everything with Wang Chong?"

"Yes."

Originally, officials like Zhang Xiaochun, who was at the rank of chief envoy, would not ask about the financial issues of the construction of official roads in a county. This was too detailed, and the left counselor could just take charge of it.

However, Shangdang County borrowed 200,000 yuan, and all of it was settled with Wang Chong, which is very strange.

The process of building roads is to attract investment first, then private trading companies invest money to do the work, and the local state-owned trading companies make regular settlements.

Local state-owned trading companies borrow money from banks.

This kind of money is planned into the local government's total expenses when the financial report is prepared at the end of the year.

At the end of the year, the local government will submit unified financial expenditure reports to the Chief Secretary, who will be handed over to the left counselor who specializes in financial management for summary.

Then in the coming year, the chief envoy will report uniformly to the court.

"Who is Wang Chong?" Zhang Xiaochun asked.

"My official asked, he is the nephew of the former left senator Chen Zhengxian."

"Chen Zhengxian?" Zhang Xiaochun's face turned gloomy. "Are you saying that Shangdang County is suspected of deliberately over-borrowing and taking money from the bank to Wang Chong?"

"And it is possible that in the name of road construction, it will go to Wang Chong and then all be divided up."

Zhang Xiaochun took a deep breath and asked: "Is this your guess, or do you already have evidence?"

"Xia Guan has no concrete evidence for the time being, just speculation."

"It's a very important matter. You have to go to the prison department immediately and send someone to go to Shangdang with them to investigate." Zhang Xiaochun took a deep breath, his palms were covered in cold sweat, "I hope this time Shangdang County Magistrate's Office

The matter has nothing to do with what you are talking about, otherwise..."

Li Que couldn't help but ask: "How else?"

"Do you know what a bank is?" Zhang Xiaochun asked.

"yes……"

"The local government dared to take the opportunity to rob the bank's money, and it also involved the murder of government officials. If Your Majesty finds out, I'm afraid..."

"I'm going to ask the prison chief now."

"etc."

"What else does Zhang Buzheng have to do?"

"Does Chen Zhengxian know about Shangdang County's financial reporting problems?"

"He should know."

"Chen Zhengxian has never reported this matter to my officer!" Zhang Xiaochun's face darkened, "You should quickly go to the Prison Department to report something. If this matter is even slightly wrong, you and I will both lose our official hat!"

Li Que shuddered and said, "I'm going to go down now!"

Zhang Xiaochun had no intention of preparing supplies for Wu Jie. He immediately dug out the financial reports of the Hedong Road prefectures that he had compiled a few days ago.

Hurry up and write a report to the Zhengshitang and Zhao Guanjia.

At this time, the Chief Secretary Yamen of Xingzhou on Hebei West Road also received a letter from Shangdang.

It's just that this is a secret letter, which was received by Chen Biche, the eldest son of Chen Zhengxian, the political counselor of the Chief Secretary of Xianhe Beixi Road.

After reading the letter, he was completely stunned.

He quickly wrote to his father, who was on his way to the capital, to inform him of what had happened to the Party.

He did not expect that his cousin acted so violently that he actually killed the imperial envoy.

This is a grave sin of the Yi people!

At this time, Chen Zhengxian had no idea that his nephew had already pressed the Chen family's heads to the ground and that he had already reached the Yellow River.

The Yellow River is covered with white snow, and the sky and the earth are vast.

"Officials, after crossing the Yellow River, we will reach Kaifeng Mansion."

Chen Zhengxian stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Are the gifts okay?"

“They are all well preserved.”

"Okay, it's not easy for me to come to the capital for the first time. The whole capital needs to be taken care of."

Not long after, after crossing the Yellow River, Chen Zhengxian's youngest son, Chen Biqing, came with some people to greet his father in person.

"Brother Chen, your father is now a very popular figure in the capital. I heard that many people in the court asked him to come to the capital to preach benevolent policies."

"My father is a humble man who loves the people like his own son. He has witnessed several unjust cases with his own eyes, so he has always called on the court to lighten the criminal law and implement benevolent policies."

Everyone around them clasped their fists: "It is our honor to come with Brother Chen to greet Councilor Chen. I hope Brother Chen will take good care of my future."

"Everywhere, I share the emperor's worries."

"Brother Chen's eldest father is also the transshipment envoy of Jiangnan West Road. I heard that he has achieved good results in the local government and is deeply loved by the people. He is virtuous in every aspect."

Chen Biqing clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Thank you for your praise."

"But I heard that Li Mengbo's father is Jiangdong Chief Minister Li Guang."

"Who said that?"

"The rumor is."
Chapter completed!