The rain was pattering down, hitting the roof above the workshop with a crackling sound, which was in stark contrast to the deathly silence below the roof.
The workers in the workshop gathered at the back in fear, the horror on their faces was not concealed, but everyone's hands had already begun to subconsciously touch the shovel boards, and no one knew what would happen next.
And the treasurers who stood in front and presided over the strike were even more frightened. Looking at the imperial envoy sitting on the chair at the gate of the square, no one paid any attention to the dead Master Xiao, and no one even dared to take a look at the stove. The tragic scene of the corpse being separated by the mouth was just staring at Fan Xian's gentle and gentle face in horror, and everyone subconsciously stepped back.
One person retreated, ten people retreated, everyone retreated, the treasurers' retreating footsteps rustled, like millipedes crawling in the desert, but the workshop was only so big in total, and the back was occupied by workers in thin clothes Where can these treasurers in blue costumes retreat to most of the places
Fan Xian looked at the scene in front of him, shook his head subconsciously, and said in a harmonious voice: "I am not a brutal person, workers, don't be afraid, the imperial court's investigation is only about the treasury's embezzlement and deduction of wages, which has nothing to do with you. "
The workers at the end glanced at each other and calmed down a bit, but they couldn't fully believe that the young senior official was still holding the handle of the shovel in his hand.
"You... Even if you are an official of the imperial court, how can you kill people indiscriminately!" A treasurer finally couldn't bear the pressure of silence, and cried out in a shrill voice.
At this moment, Ma Kaizheng, the deputy envoy of the Department of Operations, stood stupidly behind Fan Xian. He didn't expect that Fan Xian would cut off the head of the head of a big workshop without saying a word! This matter got a big deal today, but how should it end!
With a trembling voice, he said in surprise and anger: "Master Imperial Envoy, what...why is this? Everything is easy to discuss... It's over, it's over now."
In Ma Kai's heart, the most important thing for the internal treasury is the group of treasurers in front of him. Only these people know how to maintain the internal treasury. Even if you, Fan Xian, behead dozens of people today and force these treasurers to submit, what about the future? Treasurers do things with complaints, who knows what will happen to the inner treasury
What's more, there are two big masters who are also making a strike. If you know that you killed the master Xiao of Jiafang, it will arouse public resentment, and the strike will really continue... Oh my god! If you really kill everyone, who will do the work? Do you count on those workers who don't know a single word
Fan Xian ignored the bewildered deputy around him, motioned for Su Wenmao to come over, and said to everyone in the workshop in a clear voice, "Listen to me every word!"
Everyone was startled.
Su Wenmao took out a few sheets of paper from his wet lotus clothes, squinted at them, and then began to read aloud.
"It was found out today that Xiao Jing, the head of Jiafang, the three major workshops of the Neiku Transshipment Department, has committed many evil deeds since the first year."
Su Wenmao frowned and glanced at those trembling treasurers, and continued: "In March of the second year of Qingli, Xiao Jing concealed the disaster at the Tongshan Mine and lived on death pay for five years, totaling 13,700 taels. In July of the fourth year of Qingli On the 9th, Xiao Jing bribed the master bookkeeper in Suzhou and bought 700 acres of fertile land at a low price. In the first month of the sixth year of the Qingli calendar, the three masters headed by Xiao Jing, and a treasurer, owed more than ten thousand to the workers' wages, causing riots and death. Fourteen people, more than fifty people were injured..."
I don't know how many crimes were listed, and Su Wenmao's mouth was a little dry after reading it. He finally said: "The crime is unforgivable. According to Qing's law, he should be executed."
Then he took out a number of land deeds, the confession of the Master Registrar of Suzhou, and relevant evidence from his pocket.
"Don't ask me for evidence again." Fan Xian continued, "I keep the witness witnesses, and there are a lot of physical evidence, such a bastard like Xiao Jing, since I am in charge of the internal treasury, I will definitely not keep it. of."
Those trembling workers listened to the imperial envoy's statement of crimes, and heard the crimes, and suddenly remembered how rampant Xiao Jing was on weekdays, how harsh and vicious he was to the workers under him, and suddenly felt that the imperial envoy Good kill! Great kill!
But the resentment in the eyes of those treasurers became more and more serious, and some people refused to accept it and shouted: "Even if you want to punish the crime, you have to open a trial... If you want to commit a crime, there is no excuse!"
Standing behind Fan Xian, the Deputy Envoy Ma Kai, when he heard Su Wenmao read the crimes, knew that the Imperial Envoy was making excuses. In fact, the officials of the Internal Treasury Transit Department knew what Xiao Jing did. Qinglu punishes the crime, but...you can't just kill him like this!
After all, Ma Kai wanted to maintain a good relationship with Fan Xian because of his cousin Ren Shaoan's relationship, so no matter how much he disagreed with Fan Xian's behavior style, he forced his mouth shut and did not question it.
He didn't question it, but the confidantes left behind by the eldest princess in the transfer department refused to let go of this opportunity, and said sinisterly: "Your Excellency is decisive, it's just...it seems that such corrupt people should have a clear trial. Let him admit it himself, so that he can be vigilant against Xiao Xiao, and the lord has given the treasurers three days, and the three days have not yet come, so it is inevitable... "
The treasurers trembled, but they did not give up. Hearing someone in the ranks of officials speak for themselves, they boldly raised their voices.
Fan Xian didn't turn his head at all, a sneer appeared on the corner of his lips and said: "I am the commissioner of the Supervisory Yuan, and also the chief envoy of the internal treasury transshipment department. Why not try him and behead him? Besides... I am not beheading him for these crimes."
He lowered his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Instigating the workers to make trouble, go on strike, and resist His Majesty's will, can I not be able to kill such a man without a king or a father?"
Qing Law is meticulous, it's okay to do something like murder in secret, but to kill someone like Fan Xian openly and openly, he needs an excellent excuse, if he just uses Xiao Jing's illegal deeds as a rope to explain that he killed The legitimacy of the law will give the officials and treasurers an excellent opportunity to refute—beheading criminals without asking the case is unjustifiable in any yamen.
But Fan Xian is very honest in his work. He clearly verified Xiao Jing's charges, but he just said that he was beheaded because the other party disrespected His Majesty's will...Decrees are the most illusory things. As an imperial envoy, of course he has the final right to explain .
The Overwatch Council's investigation of Xiao Jing's crimes is also very necessary. In the future, he will file a lawsuit before the imperial court in the capital court. These crimes of forcefully buying fertile land and deceiving people to death are enough to stop doubts afterwards.
It is a long-term arrangement to kill people to establish prestige, and obtain evidence afterwards to stop the world's mouth.
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One person had already died in Jiafang's big workshop, and the workers had high expectations of the imperial envoy, the treasurers were as timid as a mouse, and the officials were unable to accuse Fan Xian face to face even though they had ghosts in their hearts. The situation stabilized a little.
After a while, the labor unrest in the B and C workshops also subsided, but it took a little longer because Ye Shenjiang and Shan Da handled those two places. These two people are not as courageous as Fan Xian Big, only dare to arrest people, not to kill.
The treasurers of the other two workshops were escorted into the big workshop by the sergeants, and the workers were strictly forbidden to stay in each workshop. Even so, more than 200 treasurers in Tsing Yi suddenly poured in, and the big workshop still Suddenly it seemed a little crowded.
It's just that the army's swords and guns were pointing coldly, and the Overwatch Council was pressing with arrows, no matter how crowded the crowd was, they didn't dare to move a little bit.
Seeing this scene, the officials of the Transshipment Department who followed Fan Xian to the workshop were shocked! The officials didn't know until this time that the imperial envoy had already made arrangements for the situation on the last day of the three-day order, and he seemed to have guessed that the treasurers would react too aggressively!
For a while, those trusted officials in Xinyang were all disappointed. It seemed that today's disturbance would not be serious, but at the same time they were also expecting that Fan Xian would be more ruthless later, and it would be best to offend all the treasurers. Light—In the future, the production of the internal warehouse will be reduced, and the quality will decline. It depends on how you explain to His Majesty!
After the workshop became quiet for a while, Fan Xian stood up from his chair, and a few puddles of water that had been soaked in the lotus clothes flowed to the ground.
He looked at the treasurers huddled together in front of him, and saw that there was still dissatisfaction in the eyes of these treasurers, and the treasurers who were escorted from Yibingfang and Bingfang were even more arrogant, as if they didn't know what happened.
"Everyone is here." He said with a gentle smile, "It rained heavily last night, and this workshop was extinguished. What about you? Also, the treasurer of the workshop is clearly separated by thirty or forty miles." , Why are you near the yamen today? Even if the workshop is closed due to rain, you should go to your own workshop to watch, it is too early, have you already gone, and then turned back?"
He was talking to himself, and the treasurers finally knew what happened before through the explanation of the treasurers left in the workshop, and their faces gradually turned pale.
Fan Xian shook his head and said, "That's good, everyone has been charged with the crime of strike, so I can start killing people."
After Mr. Xiao's abnormal death, through the spread of words, the treasurers now finally know that the imperial envoy is really a ruthless character who kills people without blinking an eye. Some begged for mercy, some scolded their mothers fiercely, and some rolled their eyes, as if they wanted to see where there was a dog hole to get out of this workshop. The crowd gradually dispersed, and the situation was slightly chaotic. Tight, and forced everyone back.
Two people squeezed out from the treasury, none other than the three leaders of this labor movement, the chief treasurers of the B and C workshops.
These two masters had commanded the treasurer and the workers to go on strike in the largest workshop under their respective rule with eloquence and eloquence. The treasurers were very tempted by what they said, thinking that with the wisdom in their minds, the court would not be willing to punish them severely. Of course, these two chiefs also strictly ordered the treasurers to be extremely respectful to the imperial envoy. The money is not taken by the court, not really want to rebel.
Unexpectedly, within a short time of the strike, countless soldiers and spies from the Overwatch Council rushed from outside the workshop. Facing the weapons, the words of the two principals suddenly lost their strength. They still have confidence, thinking that people like themselves have a sense of propriety, and your imperial envoy is no good.
Unexpectedly, the imperial envoy did not know how to do things. After standing in the crowd for a while, the two principals realized that the original chief Xiao who planned to strike with him... was dead!
The two principals stood outside the crowd, looked around in the workshop, and finally found Xiao Jing's dead body by the furnace mouth, the blood stain and head instantly shocked their minds, and the two wailed mournfully: " Master Xiao... Master Xiao!"
They were surrounded by swords and guns, so they didn't dare to go to the fireside to mourn, but they still raised their heads and gave Fan Xian a look of hatred, knowing that they probably couldn't escape today.
Fan Xian didn't look at them, but tilted his head slightly, and listened to Shan Da's report. He knew that Bingfang was going as usual, and the technicians from the three offices of the Overwatch Council had all taken over. No one dared to take advantage of the chaos, so he was relieved. Come. At this time, a tiger guard who was supposed to be stationed in the mansion quietly passed the officials, came to Fan Xian's side, leaned into his ear and said, "The man in the mansion wants to go out for a stroll."
The reason why Bingfang is important is that it is responsible for the production of vital items such as ordnance and ships. If the secrets of that place are leaked, how many young people will die on the battlefield in the future, Fan Xian would not dare to take this responsibility Responsibility, at first he felt relieved when he heard Shan Da's report, but he frowned again when he heard Huwei's report.
Haitang disguised herself as a maidservant and followed her. She could deceive officials and many people, but she couldn't hide Gao Gao's eagle eyes. Although Fan Xian found out that he had made this big mistake, he was unable to make up for it. Fortunately, the Qi Nian team was watching secretly, and Tiger Guard did not release any news to the outside. .
But right now is not the time to deal with this matter, the one that Tiger Guard is referring to... is naturally Haitang, it seems that the village girl knows that today is busy, and she just wants to take advantage of the opportunity to do something.
Fan Xian said calmly, "Don't go out, keep an eye on her, and use all means to keep her in the mansion today."
The seven tiger guards faced Haitang, which was the standard configuration on the meadow last year. Fan Xian was not worried about anything, and once the force confronted Haitang, knowing her determination, she would naturally calm down.
After dealing with his own affairs, Fan Xian turned his attention back to the scene and said, "Tie up these two sinners who instigated trouble and fought against the court."
Soldiers had already stepped forward to tie up the two principals. Although the treasurers showed fear and hatred on their faces, no one dared to step forward to help. On the one hand, the violent machines were in front, and on the other hand, these treasurers had spent all their money all these years. After earning enough, I really don't have the courage to fight hard anymore. People with more money are less courageous. Fan Xian sees this matter very clearly.
"Lord Fan!"
The two principals did not resist, and let the sergeant bind their hands numbly, but the chief of Yifang still stared at Fan Xian's face quietly: "If you want to kill, kill it! It's just to see how you will explain to the court in the future?"
"Are you threatening me?" Fan Xian laughed. "On the way before I came here, I said something... After Butcher Zhang died, would I have to eat hairy pigs? Without you little treasurers, wouldn't this The official will not take care of the internal treasury?"
The owner of Yifang laughed miserably: "Really? We really underestimated your determination, Mr. Imperial Envoy, but you also seem to underestimate these humble workshops!"
His last words were like shouting. He was obviously desperate, but he also had the ruthless intention to turn into a ghost to see how Fan Xian destroyed the internal treasury.
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Fan Xian glanced at Su Wenmao. Su Wenmao took out another case sheet from the lotus garment, with a sullen face, he began to read the names one by one according to the names written on the paper.
"Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Ba, Long Jiu..."
As the names of these tricks were read out one by one, the faces of more than a dozen people in the crowd of treasurers suddenly turned pale, wondering if they were going to be like Master Xiao of Jiafang soon! The legs of a few timid ones were trembling, and the top of their trousers was wet in a large area.
Su Wenmao gave these people a disgusted look, not understanding why Lord Tisi would do this. After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he said with a dark face: "You can come out now, and the imperial envoy will forgive you for your innocence. I will write a letter to the court tomorrow to replace you." Guaranteed."
innocent? Want to write a letter to the court? The treasurers who were named were suddenly dumbfounded. They thought it was hell, but who knew it was a paradise with cool spring water and seventy-two virgins!
Under the puzzled, doubtful, jealous eyes of the treasurers around them, the dozen or so treasurers came out of the crowd in a foolish way, walked up to Fan Xian, knelt down with a pop, and thanked the imperial envoy. But do not understand why this is so.
With a gentle smile on his face, Fan Xian helped the treasurers up with his hands empty-handed, and said in a harmonious voice, "To be able to catch the three principals' crimes, and to know that there are so many illegal things among the treasurers. It's all up to you to kill relatives and be loyal to the court, otherwise I really don't know that the internal treasury is in such a mess, and I don't know that someone dares to instigate a strike to make trouble today... You have made great contributions to the country, so I will naturally treat you badly."
There was an uproar in the public, and it turned out that the dozen or so treasurers turned out to be ghosts! Even the officials behind Fan Xian were dumbfounded, wondering how the imperial envoy had only been in the inner treasury for three days, how could he have developed so many contacts, the name of the Overwatch Council's spy was indeed not a lie.
And the treasurers knew that the dozen or so colleagues who had been invited out by Fan Xian had betrayed themselves in secret, and they couldn't help being furious. Although they didn't dare to go up and beat them up, they still cursed fiercely, with foul language flying all over the sky. Drilled into the ears of those traitors.
What about those treacherous treasurers? Originally loved Master Xiao Fan to death, but now they hated Master Fan to death. Yes, they secretly repaid Ku Yin, and secretly said a few things they had heard, but... where is Master Fan? He said it was so serious. I only found out about the strike last night. I didn’t have time to report it. As for Chief Xiao and the other two chiefs... Oh my god, I just want to be a beautiful wall, how dare I offend the treasurer? their leader!
These treasuries who were accused by everyone looked at each other, wanting to cry, but even if Fan Xian let them go today, but today he denounced his shameless act of betrayal in front of everyone, how would he face more than two hundred colleagues in the future? How else can I behave myself
Zhang San looked at Li Si, Wang Ba looked at Long Jiu, and asked sadly with his eyes: "Are you a traitor too?"
"Yeah, we also raped."
What Fan Xian said next shocked the workshop again.
"Well, these thirteen treasurers have made great contributions to the country by bravely exposing the malpractices. I have decided that they will be the deputy directors of the Three Great Squares from today onwards." Fan Xian asked the deputy envoy beside him with a gentle smile, "Master Ma, would you What do you think of this proposal?"
Deputy envoy Ma Kai was still worried about how the internal treasury could produce normally, and was very depressed, but after hearing this, he still nodded his head again and again, deeply admiring Fan Xian—this move is really beautiful and brilliant. Show the shameless face of these treasury spies, and use these people as minions in the future to manage the treasury. Don't worry about their dissatisfaction. This is artificially drawing a gap among the treasury. Difficult to get back together and become a class that can stand up to the officials.
Suddenly someone sneered.
Everyone took a closer look and saw that it was the treasurer of Yifang who was tied up and kneeling on the ground. He sneered and said sadly: "What a bunch of shameless villains...Master Fan, do you think these guys can make the internal treasury work?" As before? I'm not threatening the court, but without the things in our minds, the internal treasury... I'm afraid it won't last for a few days!"
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room became strange again. Deputy envoy Ma Kai wanted to lean into Fan Xian's ear to beg for mercy, but he didn't know how to speak. Among the officials of the Transshipment Department, Xinyang's confidantes also began to consider clearly for the court, and secretly cheered for the principal. They all suggested to Fan Xian that everything should be focused on the production of the internal treasury. Killing the principal Xiao had already given the other party a lesson.
How could Fan Xian listen to these words? He just stared at the manager of Yifang and didn't speak for a while.
That pair of sharp and clear eyes stared at Master Yifang, unable to bear it any longer, and slowly lowered his head.
But at this time, Fan Xian said angrily: "When you are about to die, how dare you threaten the court...the treasurer? Tear off your underwear and cover your face to see if you have a head or a butt on your neck!"
The imperial envoy was furious, and there was no sound in the room.
Fan Xian glanced at the treasurers, and said with pity and anger in his disdain: "Do you really think you are very promising? Do you think this internal treasury is still the Ye family back then? Don't look at your little ability and say that others are shameless little ones." People, what about you? Aside from being greedy for money, stealing materials and selling them off, withholding those bitter wages, and taking other people’s wives forcibly, what else would you do? Shameless? If you were shameless, you wouldn’t have such a thing today Son!"
He turned around and said angrily to the owner of Yifang: "You are very stubborn, the inner library can't do without you? Then tell me, why the glass has become more and more muddy these years? Why is the wine so weak that it is about to give birth to a bird? ! Perfume has been out of production for ten years, have you figured out a way?"
"You were also a member of the Ye family, old man." Fan Xian was heartbroken and cursed at the head of the house, "How the hell did you degenerate like this? I'm so fucking mad!"
Everyone in the room was stunned, and then the dull people remembered that there seemed to be a rumor—this angry imperial envoy in front of him is a descendant of the Ye family? fuck me? Whose mom would be mad