Tokyo Bianliang, the capital of the emperor, has always attached great importance to food safety.
But it doesn’t mean that a beggar who eats a rotten bun and gets diarrhea will get a fair trial.
The main focus is on large areas.
This matter has already been reported to the Deputy Chief Superintendent of Police, so there must be a lot of bad guys involved.
Cao Dongdong, Ma Xiaoyi, and Zhang Fei immediately ended today's training and rushed to the General Police Station together.
Although Zhang Fei has completed his service, he still has an employment contract with the police station.
But when they arrived at the police station, Cao Ping was already sitting inside.
"Daddy is here too?"
Cao Dongdong was slightly stunned.
Cao Ping didn't waste time talking to him and directly ordered: "You and Xiaoyi immediately take people to prohibit all merchants from selling peaches. Before the matter is investigated, no matter whether it is good or bad, they are not allowed to sell. In addition, post a notice to inform the people that it is best not to eat the peaches they bought in the past two days."
"Yes. I'll go right away."
Cao Dongdong took Ma Xiaoyi with him and left in a hurry.
After they left, Zhang Fei asked, "Chief Superintendent, is it so serious?"
Cao Ping picked up a big peach from the table and threw it at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei took it and looked at it, "This peach looks pretty good!"
Cao commented: "Please open it and take a look."
Zhang Fei followed his instructions and broke it with force. The juice immediately splashed everywhere. He put it in front of his nose and sniffed it. "It seems to be broken."
Cao Ping sighed, "That's the problem. These peaches look really good, and the price is not very cheap. Many wealthy families may have bought them."
Speaking objectively, if the poor man only got diarrhea after eating it, it would probably be fine. But if the scholar-officials ate it and something went wrong, they would definitely be held accountable.
Zhang Fei nodded in understanding, and then asked, "No one was killed, right?"
Cao Ping shook his head and said, "Not yet. I just asked someone and it's unlikely that this peach is fatal. At most, it will upset your stomach. But..."
As he spoke, he examined the peaches on the plate.
Zhang Fei asked hurriedly: "Just what?"
Cao Ping hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Nothing."
Zhang Fei did not ask any more questions and just asked, "How can I help?"
Cao Ping pondered for a moment and said, "Not yet, but if many people file lawsuits, we may need your help."
Zhang Fei nodded: "I will study the laws in this regard carefully when I return."
Cao Ping nodded slightly, but his expression was a little uneasy.
Zhang Fei suddenly seemed to remember something, "Oh, right! There is something I want to discuss with the Chief Superintendent."
Cao Ping seemed to be thinking about something else. He was slightly startled and asked, "What is it?"
Zhang Fei said: "Our charity organization wants to donate a sum of money to the General Police Department."
Cao Ping smiled and said, "This is a good thing! Why do we need to discuss it?"
Zhang Fei said: "But our charity has its own rules. Our idea is that the police are different from the patrol officers before. In the process of law enforcement, they must strictly abide by the rules, know how to restrain themselves, and not act recklessly.
In order to ensure that the police can protect themselves while not causing too much harm to the people, they must be equipped with weapons specifically used for police law enforcement.
Therefore, we hope to donate this amount of money to the three-command officer to set up a weapons research and development department specifically for the police headquarters."
Specially developed? Cao Ping was surprised and asked, "Does it need to be so rigorous?"
Zhang Fei said: "In my opinion, it is necessary. After all, the police are supervised much more than the patrolmen and constables before, and they have great responsibilities. They must be trained with the attitude of elite soldiers and cannot be sloppy in the slightest."
In fact, the biggest supervision comes from the Legal Aid Department and the Procuratorate.
If you are not careful, you may be sued.
They are all very professional. If you are not professional, it may cause a lot of trouble.
Cao Ping nodded slightly. "That being said, if we want to set up a special government office to help the police develop weapons, the funds...!"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "As long as they are serious about helping the police with research and development, we will provide funding every year."
Cao Ping immediately said, "If you can continue to provide funding, then there won't be much of a problem, but I still have to report this to the emperor."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."
Cao Ping didn't seem to want to discuss it with him, so he nodded and said, "Go ahead."
... ...
Zhang Fei had just walked out of the General Police Station when he "happened" to meet Lu Huiqing.
Lu Huiqing asked, "What did Superintendent Cao say?"
Zhang Fei said: "I guess he has discovered that this peach is not an ordinary peach, but a tribute peach from the imperial court."
Lu Huiqing said with a smile: "Superintendent Cao is a relative of the emperor. He has eaten a lot of tribute peaches. He can tell the difference at a glance. I wonder how he copes with it?"
Zhang Fei said: "He only issued an order to ban the sale of peaches, but he was not in a hurry to investigate the source of the peaches. I guess he will investigate it secretly himself."
Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "This tribute peach may involve the royal family. Before the investigation is thorough, he will be very cautious. If he finds out, he will most likely conceal the source of the peaches."
Zhang Fei asked: "But will your peach cause someone to die?"
Lu Huiqing shook his head and said, "Don't worry about that. I know what I am doing. In fact, these accumulated tributes have often been sold in the past, but they were just transported to surrounding counties and never had any problems. But for this batch, it's too late to transport it to the surrounding counties. If there is a problem with the outside of these peaches, they will be difficult to sell."
Zhang Fei nodded. To be honest, he trusted Lu Huiqing more than Wang Anshi in terms of execution ability.
Lu Huiqing asked again: "You have always had a good relationship with the Cao family. Aren't you afraid that the Cao family will be dissatisfied with you if you reveal this matter?"
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "The problem is that Superintendent Cao didn't tell me this, so I was unaware of it. By exposing this matter, I am also helping the police station, and it won't cause me any trouble."
"Then I feel relieved." Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "Actually, the reason I came to you today was not to find out the news from the police station."
Zhang Fei asked, "What is Lu's proofreading about?"
Lu Huiqing whispered, "As far as I know, the procuratorate is preparing to sue our two-government regulations department for violating the ancestral law."
Sima Guang had already informed him of this matter, but Zhang Fei pretended not to know and said in surprise: "The new law has not yet been promulgated."
Lu Huiqing said: "They will definitely wait until it is promulgated before suing."
"Was it just promulgated, or should we wait until it is implemented?" Zhang Fei asked.
Lu Huiqing said: "It seems that after the announcement, they will prosecute."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "They are just asking for trouble. I will take this lawsuit for a flat fee and I guarantee that I will not lose."
Lu Huiqing said: "But we decided not to sue them."
Zhang Fei asked in surprise: "Not fighting?"
Lu Huiqing said: "If a new law is issued, they will sue once in the name of the ancestral law. Once they are sued, the new law cannot be enforced before the trial. They can drag it on forever. How can we talk about enriching the country and strengthening the army? It is better to accompany them in lawsuits every day."
"That's true."
Zhang Fei nodded slightly, and then said: "If you don't answer, how are you going to deal with it?"
Lu Huiqing said: "If they don't know what's good for them, we won't be polite to them. We will use other methods to solve the problem."
Zhang Fei frowned, "Any other methods?"
Lu Huiqing smiled and said, "Before you came to Bianliang, court affairs had never been resolved by means of litigation."
"That's true."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "If that's the case, then I can't help you much."
Lu Huiqing said: "I hope to put your publicity after they file the lawsuit."
Zhang Fei thought for a while, "In fact, before, it might have made them afraid, and they might not sue again."
Lu Huiqing smiled.
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I know what to do."
Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "Thank you very much."
Zhang Fei returned the greeting with a bow, "Master Wang has been very kind to me. This is just a small matter, so it is not worth mentioning."
"My mentor was right."
Lu Huiqing smiled and nodded, thinking, if this guy really goes all out to help us deal with the procuratorate, it will be enough to prove that this guy is on our side. He then said, "I still have things to deal with, so I'll leave first."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Proofreader Lu, take care."
Looking at Lu Huiqing's departing back, Zhang Fei's expression changed and he thought with a frown. In fact, there was no need for him to tell me so much. It seemed that he wanted to use this matter to test me. He was always on guard against me, so I had to be on guard against this person in the future.
... ...
For Gu Ji, this year was really unlucky. The license plate in front of him and the infringement on the street made him miserable. As a result, Wang Anshi's new law started with the Taifu Temple.
Because the Taifu Temple's treasury was in charge of a lot of tributes, according to Wang Anshi's new law, all of the treasury had to be handed over, or the Taifu Temple had to be renovated. No matter which plan was adopted, Wang Anshi would not allow him to continue to be in charge of the Taifu Temple.
What a sin!
In recent days, he has been desperately opposing it in the court.
Before the matter was settled, Cao Ping suddenly showed up.
Gu Jixin was panicking, but he pretended to be calm and said, "How come Superintendent Cao has time to come to me?"
Cao Ping took out a peach and handed it to Gu Ji, "Gu Si Shi, do you recognize this thing?"
Gu Ji took it and looked at it, then said, "This is a plump peach from Qianfeng County."
Cao commented: "There are a lot of these plump peaches in the market today."
Gu Ji was stunned for a moment, and said, "This year, the tribute peaches from all over the country have a bumper harvest. It is common for merchants to sell these peaches to the capital."
Cao commented: "But now it is past the peach season."
Gu Ji frowned slightly, "Are you saying this is from the treasury?"
Cao commented: "I am just guessing. The key point is that the peach has gone bad, so much so that someone went to the police station to complain."
"What?"
Gu Ji stood up suddenly, "Did anyone get killed?"
Cao Ping shook his head and said, "If someone died, I wouldn't dare come here. I just have a stomachache, but I'll go check on the matter at Gu Temple."
"Yes Yes Yes!"
Gu Ji nodded repeatedly, "I will send someone to investigate immediately. Thank you, Chief Superintendent, for letting me know."