Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 240 Background
Bei'an County, the county seat under the rule of Jianchang Mansion of Yunguo.

The name of the county seat is Bei'an, which is an ancient name.

600 years ago, this was an important town that faced Xia Guobing's front and was stationed for defense.After the strike between the two countries, the place was renamed Bei'an to commemorate the end of the war.

It's just that time flies, and the sea has changed.In the past, it was an important town in the north of Yunguo. Because of the changes in the mountains and rivers of Laai over the past few years, the river was diverted and passed by here.

With the river water as a natural danger, this Bei'an County will no longer face Xia Guobing's front directly.However, the name has not been changed.

At this time, in the Bei'an county government office, Hai Rui, of course, sat on the head of the county government office without giving up, lowered his head solemnly, and kept flipping through the county government case files in his hand.

Zhi Du led a group of Legalist disciples who accompanied him, and hurriedly moved the files kept in Bei'an County to Hai Rui for him to read.

At this time, under the county government hall, the magistrate of Bei'an County, who was in his 40s and was dressed in official robes, had a friendly appearance, Xi Le, and the county lieutenant, who was tall and tall, with an inch-long knife scar on his face under his left eye. Qian Qian and the county government officials stood there together.

Among these people, especially the leading ones, although their faces are still calm.But there was apprehension in his heart, tinged with uneasiness, waiting for Hai Rui to speak with trepidation.

In fact, even if it is only about rank, Hai Rui is just a title of supervisory censor, no higher than the county magistrate.

However, as the supervisory censor handpicked by His Majesty today, Hai Rui has the responsibility to supervise all affairs of the Jianchang Mansion, and he can participate in any officials in the Jianchang Mansion at will, which can be called a humble position.

In front of him, all the officials of the county government had no room to resist at all, that's why they looked like this in front of him.

It was not until a long time later that Hai Rui slowly closed the file in his hand, raised his head and moved his neck, only then did he see a group of officials from the county government, waiting here cautiously.

Seeing that these officials were not even daring to show their airs, Hai Rui frowned even more on his solemn face, and immediately reprimanded with dissatisfaction:

"Magistrate Xi, didn't you just say that you don't have to wait here and go to deal with the business at hand? If there is something important, I will call it myself!"

Schiller, who was standing at the forefront among the officials of the county government, realized what he had said, and quickly apologized:
"Yes, yes, it's because the lower officials didn't pay attention!"

After that, he quickly cleared his throat and said:
"Master Hai said, go out and deal with the government affairs at hand!"

When all the officials heard the words, they immediately bowed their heads and said yes, and turned around quickly to go out.

And at this time, Hai Rui suddenly said:
"By the way, County Magistrate Xi and County Captain Qian, please stay first!"

The two who were named by Hai Rui were like students who were suddenly named and detained by the teacher, and their hearts skipped a beat.

The rest of the officials in the county government, feeling the atmosphere in the county government office, suddenly became tense, looked at each other subconsciously, and then quickly lowered their heads one by one, walked quickly, and walked out of the county government office. In the lobby of the yamen.

These old officials are all ghost spirits.At this time, thinking of the major events in the city recently, I also had some inexplicable speculations about why Hai Rui, the supervisory censor who was supposed to be in Changning County, appeared in Bei'an County.

Schiller and Qian Qian, who were left behind, felt Hai Rui's sharp eyes sweeping over them, and suddenly felt their scalp go numb, and their hearts became even more tense.

Hai Rui looked at the two, slowly raised the file in his hand, and said:

"The dossier in my hands is the case of He Yang, a humble scholar, who committed adultery and murder. I'm just wondering why the case has been closed in a hurry after two months ago? And the dossier has been sent to Jingzhong Criminal Cao Verification?"

All local governments, all prisoners sentenced to beheaded, need to report to Jingzhong Criminal Cao for review and approval before they can be actually beheaded.In order to facilitate management and save a certain amount of administrative costs, generally local governments need to wait a while before sending these files to the capital together.

Under such circumstances, this case of adultery and murder was hurriedly sent to the criminal police for review and verification, and anyone with a discerning eye could see the abnormality at a glance.

Hearing Hai Rui's words, the county magistrate Xi Le and county lieutenant Qian Qian immediately became vigilant.

It really came for this matter!

Schiller's lips parted, wanting to explain.But his throat was blocked and it was difficult to speak.

The county lieutenant Qian Qian knew that he was involved and couldn't hide from it, so he felt ruthless immediately, cupped his hands and said:
"Reporting to Lord Yushi, the evidence in this case is conclusive, coupled with adultery and murder, the nature is bad, corrupting customs, if it is not dealt with severely, it will be hard for the people to be angry!"

Hearing Qian Qian's words, Hai Rui's eyes became more severe, and he scolded:
"Lieutenant Qian, what I'm asking now is the county magistrate Xi. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to speak so out of place!"

Hai Rui's words made Qian Qian choke, and then with a hint of indignation, he lowered his head and stopped talking.

Seeing this, County Magistrate Xi knew that it would be difficult to fool him, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said:

"My lord, this matter is really in a bad mood. The plague in the northern border was severe before, and the people were already panicked. If this kind of thing is not strict and fast, it may arouse the people's indignation..."

At this moment, Zhang Tang hurriedly walked into the lobby, and nodded slightly to Hai Rui.

Hai Rui noticed Zhang Tang's expression, and interrupted directly with a solemn voice:
"Oh, is this the reason? Why is it different from the pleading paper I received before?"

Speaking of this, Schiller and Qian Qian were already prepared, and their hearts trembled.

"No, I don't know what's different... Presumably, it's just stupid people in the market who spread rumors, Lord Yushi, don't be credulous..." Schiller swallowed, and stammered a little.

Hai Rui's eyes turned serious when he heard this, and he snorted coldly:
"Then it's best to do as the magistrate Xi said! This officer came here this time to re-investigate the case. But there are grievances in it, and none of the ghost-seekers can escape!"

Qian Qian, who had been holding back all this time, couldn't help but say:

"My lord Yushi! This case has been closed, and after sending it to Xingcao for inspection, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for your lord to intervene suddenly!"

Upon hearing this, Hai Rui asked back with a cold face:

"What's wrong, let's talk about it!"

Hearing this, Qian Qian was blocked again.

As the supervisory censor, Hai Rui really has the right to intervene in this matter.

Although the case was stopped by the censor when it reached the point of being sent to Xingcao, which somewhat refuted the face of the local county government officials, but from the perspective of the system process, there was nothing wrong with it.

"Master Hai, please give me some face, let's forget about it!" Qian Qian lowered his head slightly and cupped his hands, his posture lowered.

When Hai Rui heard this, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, and his voice became colder, and he ordered:

"Zhidu, go and bring back all the people involved in the case of the Huang family! There are also suspects He Yang and the concubine Wang of the Huang family, and they must be interrogated as soon as possible!"

When Zhidu heard the words, he immediately surrendered.

Qian Qian looked at Hai Rui's lack of face, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, combined with the inch-long knife scar on his face, he looked even more ferocious.

He suddenly raised his head to look at Hai Rui, with evil eyes in his eyes, he gave Hai Rui a hard look, then flicked his sleeves, and walked away.

The county magistrate Schiller looked at the cold-faced Hai Rui, then at Qian Qian who was leaving, with a remorseful and helpless expression on his face, and then sighed heavily, but couldn't help but persuade:
"Lord Hai, don't be like this. County captain Qian Qian has a background, this..."

Before he finished speaking, Hai Rui directly interrupted him, saying:

"You don't need to tell me about this kind of thing. However, what is his background, but if he is in front of his background and colludes to oppress the people, I will not let you go! Magistrate Xi, if you know something, you can confess it yourself. I think of your merits, so I can deal with it lightly!"

Hearing this, Schiller's face became even more troubled, and he was speechless for a long time.In the end, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and cup his hands at Hai Rui, then turned and left.

After Schiller left, Zhang Tang turned his head, and then he cupped his hands at Hai Rui and said:
"My lord, the lower officials have found out. The local powerful Huang family has a lot of assets and is very rich. The scholar He Yang has a good reputation in the local area, coupled with his outstanding talents and learning. He was invited by the head of the Huang family to start an ethnology at home. And The Wang family is the concubine of the head of the Huang family. Three months ago, the head of the Huang family died suddenly, and then the Huang family spread the news that the Wang family and He Yang had colluded and murdered the head of the Huang family in order to elope. "

Upon hearing this, Hai Rui nodded and asked again:
"County Lieutenant Qian Qian, what role does he play in it?"

"According to the information obtained by the lower officials, the lady of the Huang family is the elder sister of Qian Qian, the county lieutenant. This time the master of the Huang family died, and the family property fell into the hands of sister Qian Qian and her nephew."

"Okay, let's find out as soon as possible. If the slander is true and the intention is to kill innocent people, then take it down immediately. For this reason, go to the government office of Jianchang Mansion, and secretly investigate the court's relief of food and grass!"

"Yes!"
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County lieutenant Qian Qian walked out of the county office angrily, got into his carriage, and scolded:
"go!"

When the servants of the Qian family heard the words, they immediately waved their whips and drove the carriage slowly.

"Wait, Mr. Qian, wait!" The county magistrate, Xi Le, hurried out of the county office and shouted at Qian Qian's carriage.

"Stop!"

Qian Qian spoke, and the carriage that had just started to drive stopped again.

"Hoo hoo, Mr. Qian, Mr. Qian, hoo hoo..."

Qian Qian raised the curtain of the car, looked at the panting county magistrate Schiller, with a gloomy expression, and said:

"I thought the county magistrate would stay there and wait for our censor to reprimand him!"

Schiller held the carriage and panted for a while, before he spoke for a long time:

"Master Qian, you see that you have misunderstood this! I think there is no need to make things so rigid..."

Qian Qian snorted coldly when he heard this, and said dissatisfiedly:
"Master Xi, you've also seen it. Didn't I give this Hai Rui any face? He didn't give me face! Well, if that's the case, I want to see if it's his toughness, or my face is tougher!"

Schiller nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, and said:
"Needless to say, Mr. Qian came from the side of the army, and the former officials and colleagues are all over the county, mansion, and county. The relationship is even connected to the current frontier commander. Naturally, your face is even tougher!"

Qian Qian snorted coldly, touched the scar under his eyes, and said proudly:

"Hehehe, back then, as the personal guard of General Zhendong, I followed the general to fight against a small country in the south. I was separated from the army and strayed into the dense forest, and was besieged by the local natives. It was I who tried my best to protect Shi Zhendong and escaped from the dense forest. It almost took an eye for it.”

Qian Qian paused, then sneered and said:
"By relying on his position as censor, Hai Rui used his selfishness in Jianchang Mansion to intervene in local government affairs. His behavior is abominable! I will write to my former colleagues, and I will refer to Hai Rui's book, Revolution I lost his position as a censor!"

Hearing what Qian Qian said, a gleam of joy suddenly flashed in Schiller's eyes, but his face didn't show the slightest bit. He made a look of great approval, nodded repeatedly and said:

"Yes, yes, Mr. Hai is young and vigorous. He has not been an official for long. I don't know what is behind Mr. Qian..."

Looking at Schiller's compliment, Qian Qian couldn't help showing a hint of arrogance, and laughed a few times triumphantly.
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Yunguo, Zhongqing City, the residence of Qu Cheng, Minister of the Dynasty.

At this time, it was late at night.

A carriage, hanging a lantern in the shape of the word "Qu", quietly stopped in front of the gate of Qu Mansion.

A man dressed as a noble young master stepped down from the carriage, and even a few figures came out to meet him. He gave a slight salute to the young master, and said:
"Young master, you are finally back!"

Qu Cheng, the minister of the court, had only one son named Qu Jing.

Being able to be called by the Qu family's servants like this, this son-in-law is naturally Qu Jing.

Xiang Shan, the butler of the Qu family, finished his salute, and quickly leaned into Qu Jing's ear, and said softly:

"My lord, the master is waiting for you in the study! I told you, if you come back, go to him immediately."

When Qu Jing heard this, her heart skipped a beat, and she said:
"Father is waiting for me?"

Xiang Shan nodded solemnly when he heard the words, and said:

"And the master seems to be in a bad mood now..."

At this moment, Qu Jing's heart trembled even more, and she immediately walked towards the mansion.

But as soon as he stepped into the mansion, he immediately signaled the servants to disperse, and under the leadership of Xiang Shan, he walked towards his father's study.

When there was no one around, Qu Jing suddenly lowered her voice, and asked Xiang Shan:
"But father knew about that matter?"

Hearing this, Xiang Shan quickly looked around, and after confirming that there was no one there, he replied:

"Young master, don't worry, I've already dealt with that matter. Master, it's definitely not because of this matter!"

Hearing what Xiang Shan said, Qu Jing breathed a sigh of relief, and relaxed visibly.

After pondering for a moment, Qu Jing couldn't help exhorting again:

"That's good, that's good! Remember, don't let father know about this matter... and the Young Madam, absolutely don't let her know!"

Xiang Shan nodded quickly and said respectfully:

"Young master, don't worry, this old slave will never reveal a word!"

Qu Jing nodded in satisfaction, looked at the study not far away and stopped, then went straight from her waist, tore off a piece of jade pendant she was wearing, stuffed it into Xiang Shan's hand, and encouraged:
"Thank you! I will do my best, and I will never treat you badly!"

Xiang Shan touched the jade pendant in his hand, then immediately made a smiling face, and quickly whispered:
"Thank you, Young Master, for the reward!"

"Go!"

After Qu Cheng finished speaking, he stood in place and straightened his clothes before striding forward to the study room, tapped a few times, and said loudly:

"Father, the child is back!"

"Come in." Qu Cheng's calm voice came from the study.

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)