I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 78 Clues in the City

Yang Yishan also felt suspicious after hearing this. Why was this person so sure that it would be in February or March next year?Does he have any inside information?
The more he thought about this matter, the more suspicious it became. Thinking of this, he immediately asked Zuo Shouyun and others to send people to keep an eye on Zhang Mansion in Liaodong.

Check to see if there are any suspicious people coming and going, and at the same time send people to find opportunities to bribe the Zhang family servants or get close to the Zhang family's legitimate son to see if there is any chance to get him drunk and talk to him.Let’s start with this matter and see if we can find any breakthrough.

After these instructions, Zuo Shouyun and others immediately accepted the order. Yang Yishan also emphasized that he should not just focus on this one person, and should report any other news at any time. Everyone agreed and dispersed without words for a while.

Two or three days later, Yang Yishan was suddenly notified that Yang Lian had sent someone an invitation to gather at Yang Lian's residence.

Yang Yishan was also confused about what was going on. He thought it was just reminiscing about old times, but only when he went there did he find out that Yang Lian was also chatting with him about the Zhang family.

It turns out that the Zhang family in Liaoyang was originally a large family in Liaodong. Among the four hatreds of the Liao people, there is the saying "to drive out prostitutes and merge with the three big families of Zhang, Liu and Tian, ​​and remove the family that has been difficult to move for 200 years. The Liao people will hate it!" The prosperity of the family.

The Zhang family lives in Liaoyang, with many acres of land in Guangning, and many members of the family also work in the Liaodong capital. It can be said that their roots in Liaodong are intricate and deep-rooted.

Yang Lian has been fighting corruption in Liaoyang with thunderous means during this period, but now he has entered deep water.

Although many people from the Central Bingma Division and the Qianliang Division of the Liaodong Dusi were arrested, these people were all involved with Zhang's family. In particular, many warehouses, grain, grass and military pay under the control of the Qianliang Division and the Bingma Division were missing. , when facing inquiries from the capital, they often pretended to be good and got over it.

When Xiong Tingbi came in the past, they deceived the superiors and concealed the truth from the inferiors. Xiong Tingbi was helpless. Although Yang Lian was not afraid and dared to pursue it, the strong dragon could not suppress the local snake.

The further back the investigation went, the more interests were involved. He clearly felt the resistance from the people below, who did not want him to continue the investigation. Since he had no evidence, it was difficult to ask Xiong Tingbi to directly use troops.

So I came to invite Yang Yishan this time, hoping that he could help me investigate the Zhang family in Liaoyang to see if there was any evidence of corruption and perversion of the law.

Yang Yishan suddenly became interested when he heard Yang Lian's request.

They were originally interested in this family, and now they learned from Yang Lian that this family was still reselling arms, food and grass. Where could these things be sold? Who had a big demand for this thing? In addition, Zuo Shou yesterday The situation reported by Yun gave Yang Yishan a hint of conspiracy.

So he immediately agreed to the matter and told Yang Lian that he would personally investigate the matter. He just hoped that Yang Lian could hand over the case files and the relevant persons in custody to him for interrogation and review, and Yang Lian was free to do so.

Seeing that Yang Lian agreed, Yang Yishan didn't stay much, and immediately took people to the prison, and brought Liu Deshan, the head of the Finance and Food Department who was closely related to the matter, for interrogation.

Yang Lian had interrogated him before, but he felt that he was also an official of the imperial court, and Yang Lian had no right to torture him. He only admitted that there was indeed corruption and collecting money, thinking that corruption was not a big deal in the Ming Dynasty, and the worst he could do was to dismiss his official position and go home.

But he never imagined that after he was arrested, the Liaoyang Zhang family behind him panicked and sent people to protect him, which made Yang Lian suspicious.

In the execution hall, Liu Deshan saw that he was being interrogated again. He now knew that the Zhang family had rescued him outside the prison, so he was not panic at all. Seeing that the person being interrogated this time was completely unknown to him, he defended himself loudly:

"I am also an official of the imperial court. All matters have been clearly explained to Mr. Yang. You can just read the file. I really have no comment on anything else."

Yang Yishan was also eager to make contributions now. Seeing that Liu Deshan was still playing tricks, he sneered secretly.

Now that the Jinyiwei came to interrogate him, naturally they would not abide by the rules as before. The Jinyiwei had arrested countless people in Fusi, Beizhen. Interrogating prisoners was naturally a common occurrence. Besides, this matter may also involve the major case of Tong Jiannu. He Naturally, he will not be merciful.So he gave the people around him a look, and the others realized that he was really a bitch who didn't even shed tears when he saw the coffin, and went straight to the death penalty.

When Liu Deshan saw these people's unkind eyes and ignored his words, he panicked and shouted:
"What are you going to do!" "I am an official of the imperial court and cannot be tortured!"·······

An hour later, Yang Yishan, who was waiting in the back hall, received a report from the interrogation of Jin Yiwei. Liu Deshan couldn't stand the interrogation and confessed everything. He took a look at the interrogation record and thought that this was true.

It turns out that due to the suffering in Liaodong, coupled with the severe drought this year and the war, the price of food has skyrocketed, and now it is only five taels of silver per stone.

However, Liu Deshan's cost of food storage was only two taels of silver, which was naturally profitable, so he secretly colluded with the Zhang family in Liaoyang and sold the grain to the Zhang family for four taels of silver, but no one knew about it afterwards.

"The Zhang family owns hundreds of acres of farmland in Liaoyang, so why do they still need to buy grain?"

Yang Yishan asked with doubts.

"He said he only sells grain to the Zhang family and doesn't know anything else."

The interrogating Jin Yiwei reported.

"Then does he have any other accomplices?"

"Yes, he said that Wei Wanlin, the deputy director of the Military and Horse Department, was also involved. He was also imprisoned by Mr. Yang. His subordinates have already ordered someone to bring him for interrogation. It is expected that the results will be found soon."

Jinyiwei was indeed very efficient. After a while, Wei Wanlin couldn't bear the torture and was recruited. He also participated in selling supplies, but it was not food, but weapons and armor. The Zhang family bought these items at high prices. He originally refused. Selling ordnance was a capital crime, but the Zhang family couldn't resist the high price and was dragged into the water.

At this point everything is clear. The evidence that the Liaoyang Zhang family participated in the reselling of arms and food is conclusive and cannot be denied.

It's just that where do the things they buy end up? If they hoard goods and sell grain at high prices, they won't resell ordnance.Thinking of this, Yang Yishan believed that there was a great possibility of collaborating with the enemy.

So he got up immediately, found Xiong Tingbi without stopping, and told him the whole story.Xiong Tingbi also didn't expect Jin Yiwei to be so efficient at this time. Seeing the confession he took out at this time, he had the same idea as Yang Yishan.

But he has been in Liaodong for a long time, and he knows that this family is deeply rooted in Liaodong, has many servants, and may even have private soldiers, so it is not easy to act rashly.

Now, even if they use evidence to arrest someone, the question is who to arrest. The Zhang family can completely introduce a scapegoat and say that this person did it, and no one else knows about it.At that time, they will have no choice but to shake its foundation.

Therefore, I came up with an excellent expedient, which was to let Yang Yishan continue to patrol. This food ordnance was large and could not disappear all at once. No matter where it was sent, clues would definitely appear.

And he also ordered the Sichuan and Zhejiang soldiers in Hupiyi to be ready. If there was really evidence that Zhang's family was collaborating with the enemy, they would directly send troops to capture them all.

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