Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 550: The first battle of the three redundancies (3)

As the logistics base of the Northwest Army, Hezhong Mansion has a very strong military atmosphere.

About the fact that the soldiers asked the procuratorate for military pay, it has long been rumored, and the enthusiasm remains high.

In the evening, the tired neighbors did not go back to the house to rest early, but gathered together in threes and fives, talking about asking for military expenses.

"This is a big mess, but can I get the money back?"

"Why can't, Chen Guang is about to get it, and other people will definitely get it too, as long as there is evidence."

"Chen Guang is alone, and now there are thousands of people asking for it, can he really get it?"

"Not bad! The imperial court can't afford so much money."

While chatting, a person suddenly heard shouting: "Liu Laoqi."

"In!"

A tall and thin middle-aged man immediately ran to the front of his house, only to see two royal policemen standing in front of the door.

"I'm talking about Liu Laoqi, with this little effort, you have to run over and have a chat."

One of the royal policemen frowned displeasedly.

Liu Laoqi hurriedly said with a shy smile: "Oh! Don't we trust your Royal Police for this matter?"

"You are quite good at talking."

The royal police handed him the household registration, "Keep your household registration, remember, your house number is 357 now, recognize these symbols."

"Hey hey!"

Lao Qi Liu nodded straightly, and said gossip again: "That's right! Do the two policemen know about soldiers begging for military pay?"

The royal police said with a smile: "If your family has grievances, you can also tell us, but if it has nothing to do with you, then don't ask more. Farewell."

......

Hedong County, Gui Township.

Under a large shed, I saw three or five royal policemen sitting in it drinking tea and chatting.

"Ya Nei, we can't make mistakes in such a small matter, you don't have to come here in person."

Ou Jun said to Cao Dongdong very distressed.

Cao Dongdong glanced at him sullenly: "You have been with this yamen for so long, but you still can't tell that this yamen is idle and bored, so go out to get some air."

Ou Jun froze for a moment, then nodded immediately.

While chatting, I heard a crisp voice, "Excuse me, are the elder brothers the Royal Police?"

Cao Dongdong immediately turned his head to look and saw that it was a young woman of young age. He immediately held Ou Jun who was about to get up, "I'll do it!"

He immediately got up and stepped forward, with a deep voice, "Little lady, I am Cao Dongdong, the Royal Superintendent, look, the emperor!"

As he spoke, he showed off the "Huang" character on his shoulders. At present, it is really rare for the entire Hezhong Mansion to wear uniforms embroidered with the "Huang" character.

The young woman curtly bowed her knees and said, "Ms. Cen, the daughter of the people, has seen...!"

"Hey!"

Cao Dongdong immediately stretched out his hands to help Mrs. Cen. As soon as he touched it, the beauty was surprised. Cao Dongdong quickly retracted his hands, "Sorry! Sorry! I didn't mean it, but you don't need to salute."

Cen's cheeks were dizzy, he nodded and said softly: "No, it's the girl who is rude."

"It's okay! It's okay!"

Cao Dongdong asked again: "By the way, what's the matter with you?"

Cen Shi said: "I want to seek justice for my husband. I heard from the folks that you can come here and ask the Royal Police to write a pleading paper."

"Husband?"

Cao Dongdong rolled his eyes and asked, "Why doesn't your husband come by himself?"

Cen choked up and said, "My husband...he was already killed."

A look of joy flashed in Cao Dongdong's eyes, and he hurriedly said: "Little lady, please sit here. If you have any grievances, you can tell the superintendent, and the superintendent will definitely help you get justice."

He courteously invited Mrs. Cen to a chair, and suddenly kicked Ou Jun, "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you pour tea."

"Pour...tea? Oh, yes yes."

The cake and tea are served immediately.

Then Ou Jun took the other two royal policemen out of the shed, so as not to interfere with the important affairs of the yamen.

"Master!"

Ou Jun couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Ya Nei is indeed an expert in this field, he is really good at predicting things!"

"Brother Jun, what do you say?"

"Don't you understand? Ya Nei is not here to breathe, but to see the widow."

"Yes! Let's come here to help stop the soldiers to seek justice, and we will definitely meet widows."

"High! Really high!"

"The two of you are not yet married, so ask the yamen for advice."

"Hey hey!"

......

It was already evening, but the gate of the procuratorate was still full of people.

"That's all for today. Our procuratorate is closing, and there are still people who want to appeal. Please come back tomorrow."

As Wang Shen yelled, the royal police who maintained order pushed the crowd outside.

"It's still early, let me hand over the evidence first, I have been waiting for a day."

"It's still early? It's getting dark."

"I brought candles."

A man took out a candle.

Wang Shen almost didn't swear, he took a deep breath, and shouted: "Don't worry, all strong men, our procuratorate must have counted and then appealed together. It doesn't make much difference if you come early or late. Next, you don’t need to queue up here, don’t delay your work.”

That being said, Wang Shen also knew that they would still gather together tomorrow, because the military camp was completely conniving, and asking for leave for this matter would definitely be approved.

It was hard to clear the scene, and the sky became dark. When Su Zhe came to the front yard, he saw those procuratorates lying on the table, sound asleep.

"Have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet!"

Wang Shen shook his head and said, "The people were driven away just now, and they immediately fell asleep on their stomachs."

"It's been hard for everyone these days." Su Zhe said: "Wake them up, tell them to eat quickly, and go home to rest."

"Hey!"

After giving the order, Su Zhe went to the back hall, and saw Chen Qi leading more than 20 probationary inspectors reviewing the evidence recorded today.

Seeing Su Zhe coming, Chen Qi immediately got up and walked over.

"How many copies are there?" Su Zhe asked.

"More than 1,800 copies."

Speaking, Chen Qi couldn't help complaining again: "The most abominable thing is the police station. It doesn't send people to help us here, but also goes to the surrounding counties to help those soldiers who parked. It's not intentional to torture us. The procuratorate?"

Su Zhe smiled slightly: "It's not to torture us, but to plan for themselves."

Chen Qi sighed: "I've thought of this too. Our procuratorate bears all the responsibilities, and every day we get up early and stay late every day, working hard to death. It's really unreasonable for their police station to silently make a fortune."

"The police station is good, it's good for us, and we don't need to record everyone's situation."

Su Zhe nodded with a smile, and said again: "In this way, you sort out the evidence that is conclusive and the amount involved is relatively large."

"I got it!"

Chen Qi nodded.

......

Compared to the exhaustion of the procuratorate, day and night, 998, the imperial court and the police station are relatively more relaxed.

Today Ma Xiaoyi and Fu Shichun came to the imperial court to have a drink.

Zhang Fei came to the house and saw Ma Xiaoyi and Fu Shichun sitting in front of the wine table, already eating, especially Ma Xiaoyi, holding a lamb knuckle and chewing on it, his mouth was full of oil.

Fu Shichun was as elegant and calm as ever, even though Ma Xiaoyi was the only friend here.

"Huh? Why didn't Ya Nei come?"

"He recently met a little widow, and he went to show his hospitality." Fu Shichun laughed.

Zhang Fei was stunned for a while, sat down and said: "No! We asked you to go to the village to help those soldiers to appeal, not to ask you to find widows."

Ma Xiaoyi held a piece of meat in his mouth, shook his head, and said in confusion: "We didn't go there, but my brother went to look for it alone."

"......!"

Zhang Fei was speechless for a while.

Fu Shichun said: "Actually, the more unrestrained the yamen behaves, the less others will be afraid of us. Anyway, he can't help us with this matter, so it's better to use him to confuse everyone."

Zhang Fei nodded slightly, and said: "But you have to watch a little bit, don't let him get caught by others."

Fu Shichun said: "This is why you forced me to come."

"Ahem!"

Zhang Fei asked seriously: "How is the development of your police station?"

Ma Xiaoyi wiped his mouth, "Third Brother, this Hezhong Mansion is not as difficult to manage as imagined, let alone how smooth it is, the branch offices of the surrounding townships have been established, compared to when I was in the capital, but It's so much easier, when I led the team out, I was told by the squires about everything I did, and I was very aggrieved."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Then work harder, spread the scene quickly, and serve the folks with all your heart, so that they get used to looking for the Royal Police. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Ma Xiaoyi nodded straightly: "Hey! I know."

Fu Shichun chuckled and said, "Zhang San, are we a bit unkind? Let the procuratorate do all the dirty and tiring work that offends people, but we take the opportunity to grow stronger."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "This is the end of the matter, how much can be earned! Come, come! Let's have a toast for the tomorrow of the police station."

"Dry it!"

Ma Xiaoyi was eating greasy food, so he raised his glass and drank it all.

So far, there is no doubt that the police station is definitely the biggest winner.

It's really making a fortune in silence.

Crazy money!

Not only by popularizing the house numbers, but also re-census the household registration of the people in the city, and at the same time, in the name of helping those soldiers who have been parked, they took the initiative to go to the village to help them avenge their grievances.

This will open the branch office.

If the police station goes to the countryside in normal times, those country gentry and landlords will definitely obstruct it, so it is actually the most difficult for the police station to grow.

Because the imperial power does not come down to the county, this power cannot be given by the emperor.

But this time, due to everyone's concerted efforts to establish a procuratorate, the police station is tantamount to fighting in disguise. Everyone is very tolerant of this, and some squires even encourage villagers to go to the Royal Police.

Of course, all of this was arranged by Zhang Fei and planned long ago.

Since the game is so big, the risk is high, and the benefits are huge!

......

Of course, the procuratorate will not wait to find out the salaries of all the soldiers. It may take a year or two to figure it out. Never underestimate the number of soldiers in the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, the military coins account for only a small part, most of which are food, cloth, tea and salt, and the accounts are also very complicated and difficult to count.

Today, Cai Yanqing, Yuan Jiang, Wei Yingfang, Tang Zhongwen, Qin Zhongshou were invited to the Procuratorate.

"I don't know if Prosecutor Su invited us here, what is your order?"

Tang Zhongwen asked strangely.

Su Zhe opened the door slightly, looked at the dark area outside, and said, "Everyone has seen it too."

Qin Zhongshou immediately said: "We can't blame us, they wanted to come. If we dissuade you, I'm afraid your procuratorate will accuse us of bending the law for personal gain."

Su Zhe nodded and said with a smile: "They are naturally allowed to come here. But according to the evidence we have investigated in the past few days, there are a lot of embezzlement and arrears of military expenses in the military camp. Don't you all know that? ?”

Qin Zhongshou was stunned for a while, and suddenly felt that something was wrong with Su Zhe's words, and immediately said: "This has nothing to do with us."

Tang Zhongwen suddenly came to his senses and stood up excitedly, "Prosecutor Su, don't try to wrong someone."

Before the procuratorate sued the Transshipment Department, they were confident. Just now when Su Zhe asked, they didn't react for a while, and suddenly thought that they would not turn their guns around and go directly at this person.

Yuan Jiang is still in the big picture, waved his hands and said: "You all stay calm and don't be impatient. Chief Prosecutor Su is a clean and honest official, how could he slander others so easily, so much military salary, let you be greedy, you can't be greedy! Sit down Sit!"

Tang Zhongwen suddenly thought, yes! If you want to focus on people, it may involve 90% of the officials in Hezhong Mansion.

I immediately sat down confidently.

Su Zhe smiled and said: "Our procuratorate mainly looks at the evidence, and this is the problem. Facts have proved that there are indeed large-scale arrears and deduction of military pay. You should not be ignorant!"

Cai Yanqing opened his mouth, glanced at Yuan Jiang from the corner of his eye, and resisted making a sound, he was afraid that his talk would disrupt Yuan Jiang's plan.

Yuan Jiang said: "Manager Tang, you know what's going on best, you can talk to Prosecutor Su."

Tang Zhongwen immediately said: "Of course we know about it, but it's because the court's finances are insufficient, and we haven't allocated enough military expenses, and we don't have enough money, so we can only default."

Su Zhe said: "This empty talk has no basis. I wonder if your transshipment department has any evidence in this regard?"

Tang Zhongwen said: "Of course."

Su Zhe said: "Could you trouble your transshipment department to send the evidence in this regard, because the evidence is sufficient at present, but we must first determine who we should sue."

Tang Zhongwen said confidently: "Yes!"

The reason why he is so confident is that the gap in military expenditure is indeed not small, especially in Hezhong Prefecture, because they first need to meet the military expenditure of the frontier state, and the reserve army naturally gets less.

In comparison, the embezzlement and embezzlement of military pay are all superficial.

Soon!

Only three days later, the Transport Department sent the specific accounts to the procuratorate.

In fact, they have already prepared before this, because this account is the most beneficial evidence for them, and also the most critical proof, it is indeed insufficient military expenditure, not being corrupted.

......

Imperial Court.

By the lake.

"President Zhang is here again...!"

Seeing that Zhang Fei's hair was wet again and wrapped in a coat, Su Zhe couldn't help feeling depressed.

Zhang Fei clasped his hands and said: "This is a coincidence, I hope Mr. Su Xiao will forgive me a lot."

"It's okay! I came at the wrong time."

"I don't know why Mr. Su Xiao came here?"

"I came here today to tell you that I have already asked for an account from the Transit Department."

"Really?"

Zhang Fei asked: "How big is the gap?"

Su Zhe sighed: "Converted, the military expenditure of Guanghe Zhongfu is short of more than 300,000 guan."

Hearing the words, Zhang Fei couldn't help but take a deep breath, "The military expenditure of Guanghe Central Mansion is so much lower."

Su Zhe nodded and said: "The entire Shaanxi Road may reach more than one million guan, but this is just a lack of accounts, and it is not so much in fact."

Zhang Fei was surprised and said, "Is there anyone who dares to advance money?"

"That's not true."

Su Zhe said: "It's because of Cai Zhifu and Xue Fayun's efforts that they increased the military expenditure. From this we can see that we really want to sue them for corruption and bribery, but we may not be able to sue them."

The government is desperately trying to collect money, even if it is greedy, there is no one who is greedy for the court.

Zhang Fei asked: "I don't know what Mr. Su Xiao plans to do next?"

Su Zhe said: "If you have no questions, I plan to go to the court and ask for the reduction of soldiers."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I have no problem."

Su Zhe nodded, but his eyes were sizing up Zhang Fei, and he suddenly asked, "Is it up to you to arrange the matter at the police station?"

Zhang Fei was taken aback, nodded with a smile and said, "I suggested it."

Su Zhe asked again: "Did you plan it long ago?"

Zhang Fei hesitated for a while, and said: "It's not too early, I only thought of it when the procuratorate decided to prosecute."

Su Zhe asked with a smile: "I don't know what other plans President Zhang has."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "No more! You know my relationship with Cao Yanei, and I have been helping him with advice on the police station."

Su Zhe sighed: "If President Zhang still hides the plan, I might have to sleep more peacefully."

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Really not."