Chapter 31
Tang Qingyuan was called to Fengricheng early in the morning. When he came back, it was already midnight, with frost on his face.
This was the first time that Tang Qingyuan was specifically called to scold him. It was the first time that Jiang Cheng, the official of Qianhu, had become so angry with him.
I felt angry when I thought about it. I was actually sued by my subordinates!
And he joined forces with dozens of nobles to jointly submit a letter to the Thousand Household Institute!
What is a letter of complaint? It means literally! A letter used to complain!
The first time Tang Qingyuan realized that derogatory terms such as "not being principled", "high ambition and lack of talent", and "incompetence" could be placed on him. The reason was that he did not stand on the side of the flag in the "conflict" between the Black Flag Camp and the flag of Jia.
Or it was because he, Tang Qingyuan, was hated by Li Bing.
Being run to the boss to complain was like a joke, but it also made Tang Qingyuan feel a cold sweat.
A lack of control can make Jiang Cheng's view of him, Tang Qingyuan, be depressed.
If you can't even manage your subordinates well, what official do you want to be?
If it weren't for directly involving the Black Flag Camp this time, the joint letter would have really been lost.
In the morning, Jiang Cheng pointed at the Qianhu Station of Fengricheng by an urgent order and scolded him. It was mainly about the issue of "controlling the underworld". Jiang Cheng only asked some questions about the "black material" of the Black Flag Camp mentioned in the letter and did not mention it much.
If the Black Flag Camp was not mentioned, it means that Jiang Cheng hoped Tang Qingyuan would understand it himself.
It also shows that in Jiang Qianhu's eyes, the future of the Black Flag Camp is not yet fully concluded.
Throw the Black Flag Camp to Li Bing and stomp it on both sides? Sacrifice Shen Hao to ease his relationship with the other party?
Tang Qingyuan shook his head and denied it. Although he was afraid of the large network of relationships behind Li Bing, he would undoubtedly ruin his face and the prestige.
A sixth-rank official took the initiative to ease his relationship with a seventh-rank official? Tang Qingyuan couldn't do it yet, so he was also shameful.
So there are actually not many ways to put Tang Qingyuan in front of him, which is also the reason why Jiang Cheng made Tang Qingyuan understand himself.
If he was a fool, Jiang Cheng wouldn't mind changing someone else to take charge of Licheng.
The next day, Tang Qingyuan arrived at the public hall with a calm face and called Shen Hao over.
He asked Shen Hao straight to the point: "How much have you mastered the case of the A-shaped flag?"
Shen Hao hurriedly bowed and replied: "Sir, the main character in the case has been confirmed. It is Zhang Kui, the new acting chief officer of Yunyang, who has motives and abilities. Moreover, Zhang Kui's son is Zhang Hu, a small flag officer of Group B of the A flag. The person who was responsible for investigating the "Yunyang Smuggling Prohibited Materials Case" was Zhang Hu's group A flag B of the A flag.
In addition, in order to open a breakthrough from Zhang Kui, we have not started the formal investigation process yet, and we have chosen the hidden line to dig deep into Zhang Kui's background. Once we get the conclusive evidence, we will take the people, so as not to alarm the enemy."
Tang Qingyuan frowned for a moment and shook his head and said, "Although it is right to be cautious, you should not be too timid. When you should take risks, you should not be lucky. As the first case since our garrison office and even the Qianhu Office of Fengricheng District established a Black Banner Camp, I believe you have the ability to handle it beautifully.
But, hurry up.
The fact that you borrowed a large number of A-shaped flag files from the document office has aroused Li Bing's alertness. Do you think he is just asking you to trouble you on the school ground? He has joined hands with dozens of nobles to submit a letter to the Qianhu Office of Fengricheng. If I hadn't helped you with your support in front of Jiang Qianhu, you would have been imprisoned now, do you know?"
Dozens of nobles? They sued and went to Thousand Houses?!
Shen Hao subconsciously shivered. He was only now that he realized that he had really underestimated the group of "master soldiers" and thought he could crush the other party, but he ignored that he had the strength of a network that surpassed Licheng's rules.
"My subordinates are afraid, thank you for your care for your subordinates."
Although Shen Hao didn't dare to believe everything about what Tang Qingyuan said, "Help you take it." He was sure that Tang Qingyuan was on his side, otherwise he might have been beaten to the end now, right?
Tang Qingyuan waved his hand. His purpose was not to ask Shen Hao to accept his favor, but to ask Shen Hao to understand how urgent the situation is now.
"I can help you withstand the pressure once, but there will never be a second time. You should know how much weight the joint letters of dozens of nobles have. If this case cannot be made into a strong case and achieve the expected results, you and I will not have a good result, do you know?"
"I know, I will not let you down!"
There is no good idea now. Both Tang Qingyuan and Shen Hao underestimated Li Bing's reaction intensity and suffered a secret loss, which means that he has forced himself onto a single-plank bridge, either passing the test or falling down.
"If you have anything you need now, I will try my best to deal with you."
"Sir, there is no difficulty in investigating the case. However, due to the manpower, we cannot draw people to follow key figures such as Li Bing. Moreover, these people have good cultivation levels, and ordinary stalking methods are easily exposed. So I would like to ask you to help us stare at all the senior staff of the Arc Flag to keep them from leaving the Licheng area within at least ten days."
"This is fine. My personal guards are both good, so it will not be too difficult to keep an eye on Li Bing and the others. However, limiting their range of activities is a bit troublesome. Fortunately, I can find an excuse to get through it once or twice, but if it is revealed over time, you should just hurry up."
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After leaving Tang Qingyuan's public office, Shen Hao immediately summoned Wang Jian and asked him to go to Yunyang in person. Within three days, he would see all the financial details about Zhang Kui.
For this reason, Shen Hao also specially approved Wang Jian's arbitrary power that can "do things cheaply", which means that as long as Wang Jian feels that he needs it, he can use a method that exceeds the general law enforcement force in Yunyang.
Shen Hao himself did his usual business as if he was "I'm not doing anything".
Two days later, Wang Jian came back again with great silence. He did not disappoint Shen Hao, and brought back a very important news to Shen Hao: Zhang Kui's brother-in-law ran a rice shop in Yunyang, and this rice shop sent a batch of "Yulin Rice" worth 500,000 taels of silver to Licheng on the eighth day of October last year, and finally entered the warehouse of a rice shop in Licheng, which was just an empty shell that only existed on the yamen filing records.
"I asked my friend to visit the rice shop run by Zhang Kui's brother-in-law. It was just a small shop, and it only sold ordinary rice and grains. There was no "spiritual food" sold in the shop. The "Yulin Rice" worth 500,000 taels of silver should be a fake account to hide the flow of large amounts of funds in the money shop.
Not to mention our Licheng, the rice distribution store that received the filthy batch of spiritual food was simply empty, and there was not even a store. It was just a record in the yamen. The registered person was a man named Wu Sanhe.
Later, I asked an acquaintance of my son to go around and see the population book of Licheng Yamen. As a result, who do you guess Wu Sanhe is?"
"Haha, from the Li family?"
Chapter completed!