Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 146 Shocking
Lu Yuan looked at the two documents on the desk with a complicated expression, one from Chang'an and the other from Pingyao.

Lu Yuan never expected that the matter of Wang Wengui would cause such a big commotion in Chang'an City. Let him preside over the investigation of Wang Wengui. What a joke, he sent a Xinyang order to investigate the envoy of the Weishui River. This is digging a hole to bury him!
He certainly didn't offend the emperor, so why did the emperor issue such an imperial edict, Lu Yuan frowned slightly, and suddenly remembered the six-door headhunter Wang Laoshi who lived in his house and hadn't left yet.

"Housekeeper, go and invite Catcher Wang to come over." Lu Yuan ordered, and then said: "Forget it, I will go to see him in person. Now that I have confirmed my identity, he is also my superior. How can I ask him to be a superior?" Come to see the reason for the next officer."

Wang Mang looked at Lu Yuan leisurely, and said with a smile: "Master Lu, we will be comrades-in-arms from now on, please forgive me for the past things!"

"Wang Catcher, Ming people don't speak dark words in front of them. I think Wang Catcher should be clear about what is going on with this imperial envoy." Lu Yuan said directly: "I only ask Wang Catcher what conditions he wants. Only then can the official get out of this matter."

Ask Lu Yuan to investigate Wang Wengui. On the surface, it is Lu Yuan who investigates, but in fact behind Wang Wengui is the Hedao Yamen. Wrestling with the Hedao Yamen, the Pingyao Lu family didn't want or want to make this knife.

Wang Mang smiled, and said coldly: "Master Lu said, I don't understand what the arrester said, and I act according to the imperial decree. I don't know when Master Lu plans to start investigating Wang Wengui."

"You..." Lu Yuan blushed and was angry.

"Lord Lu, please start the investigation of Wang Wengui's corruption as soon as possible according to the imperial decree." Wang Mang ignored Lu Yuan's face and continued: "Xinyang is also in the Weishui River Basin, so there must be a lot of evidence of Wang Wengui's corruption here, Master Lu Material."

"I don't have anything here." Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes.

"Really nothing?" Wang Mang laughed, and said, "Lord Lu, don't make mistakes. With his current status, you have to be responsible for everything you say. Although Xinyanghe's beware of the head arrester, I never I have checked it on the spot, but I have heard some rumors from the people, and it is better not to say some things so clearly.”

"Folk rumors are just speculations, so they are not to be believed." Lu Yuan said with a livid face.

"It's not without reason." Wang Mang looked cold, and said: "Lu Yuan, I think your Lu family has been loyal and good for generations. I think I didn't hear what you said today, but you'd better think about it carefully. Who are you?"

"I..." Lu Yuan remained silent for a long time, then slapped the table, gave Wang Mang a hard look, and said, "Well, what do you want me to do?"

"It's not what you want to say, but what you want to do?" Wang Mang's face turned bright instantly, and he said with a smile: "It is very clear in the imperial decree that you are the organizer of this matter, and I am the assistant. What to do is up to you." make a decision."

Fart hosting!

Lu Yuan cursed in his heart, what kind of organizer is this? This is pushing me into the fire pit!
That's right, from a legal point of view, Wei Changhong, the chief river officer of the Hedao Yamen, has now been imprisoned in the sky prison, and the functions and powers of the Hedao Yamen have also been reassigned to the Ministry of Industry. However, the problem is that there are thirteen river envoys in the Hedao Yamen, except Wei Changhong, the Changan Hedao envoy, and there are twelve other envoys in office. Wei Changyou, on the one hand, this person is Wei Changhong's own younger brother, and he must avenge his elder brother; on the other hand, this person is permanently stationed in Nanyang City, under the protection of the four major Nanyang families, and cannot be easily contacted, and the other is Shenmu He Dao envoy Nangong Zhe is now serving in the southern anti-insurgency army, and he can't even be seen.

As for Wang Wengui involved in this case, the Lu family in Pingyao has already received news that after he escaped from Xinyang City, he first went to Chang'an to complain to Wei Changhong. This is why Wei Changhong opened fire on Lu Yuan in the court hall. The reason is that Wei Changhong was unlucky afterwards and was sent to the sky prison. Wang Wengui ran out of Chang'an in fright, and ran to Nanyang, where he defected to Wei Changyou, the Nanyang Hedao envoy.

Now let Lu Yuan take charge of the arrest of Wang Wengui, and use Wang Wengui to set off a big case in the Hedao Yamen, how can it be so easy?
Seeing Lu Yuan sitting there sullenly, Wang Mang knew that this matter was really complicated, even if he was cheated like this, he would not be happy in his heart.

After a long time, Lu Yuan clapped his hands. Lu Yuan's butler walked in with a small box in his arms, and then backed out. Lu Yuan pointed to the box and said, "Wang Catcher, here is what you want."

"Here?" Wang Mang glanced at the box, thinking to himself, is this guy planning to bribe me in desperation?Although it's a little strange for the emperor to accept bribes from his ministers, but...

"Well, it's here." Lu Yuan looked a little silent, and said: "I remember the first time the head catcher came to Xinyang City, came to my house, and saw me talking with Wang Wengui?"

"Huh?" Wang Mang was absent-minded, still thinking about whether the emperor should accept bribes from his officials.

"That time Wang Wengui actually asked me to talk about the defense and reinforcement of the Xinyang River." Lu Yuan said indifferently: "Wang Wengui is going to use 1 taels of silver from the river channel fund to repair the embankment, and I want my signature."

"This is a good thing. Building the embankment will benefit the common people, but I saw that the two of you were not talking very happily at the time." Wang Mang turned his mind and frowned.

"What a good thing!" Lu Yuan said angrily, "The money is real, and the account is real, but Wang Wengui didn't plan to repair the embankment at all, he just wanted to set up a name to get the money for the river. Afterwards, he and I three Seven-point account, I'm three and seven, tell me, can I sell my conscience for a mere 3000 taels of silver?"

"..." Wang Mang just wanted to seduce Lu Yuan, but he never expected to get such explosive news from Lu Yuan's mouth. This is not only heartless, it is simply poaching Wang Mang's corner!
"I know you don't believe it." Lu Yuan pointed to the box on the table, and said, "Here are the accounts of the river repairs in Xinyang County over the years. There are two accounts in it, one is reported to the imperial court, which is the same as the account reported to the imperial court by the river yamen. , and the other is the real account, which is read by our own people."

With a wry smile, Lu Yuan continued: "I have been serving as the Xinyang Commander here for three years. Frankly speaking, seeing these things is really shocking. You don't know how badly the Xinyang River's channel has been guarded three years ago. It’s worse than bean curd, I spent three years, spent one-third of Xinyang City’s budget, and added a lot of money from my family, so I strengthened Xinyang River’s defenses..."

Wang Mang listened to Lu Yuan chattering about the renovation of the Xinyang River, and his brows were deeply frowned. Until now, Wang Mang knew that the corruption of the river yamen was far from being as simple as he thought, and had reached such a shocking level. the point.

"Ding……"

The system beep suddenly sounded.

　Conquering dragons...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)