In the officialdom, there are major events or abnormal personnel transfers, which are called earthquakes. One "earthquake" is enough to make people's hearts fluctuate. If it is a second "earthquake", it will be a life-threatening person.

Sichuan Governor Tian Yang felt that the two recent earthquakes were almost killing him.

Tian Yang was from Sinan. He was the third in the Guizhou provincial examination in the 40th year of Wanli (1612). He was appointed as the Jinshi in the 42nd year of Wanli (1614 AD). He first served as the magistrate of Wenshang County, Shandong Province. He served as the head of the Wenxuan Qing official department of the Ministry of Personnel. He served as the assistant minister of Wenchudao, Zhejiang Province, transferred to Guangdong Senate, and was appointed as the Minister of Taipu Temple and governor of Sichuan. It was originally a good thing. Sichuan has always been known as the country of Tianfu, and was originally a good deed, but a series of vicious cases have caused him to not sleep well for three days and three nights.

One is the bloody case of Liubian Post and the other is the robbery of tax silver. Both cases have traces of the White Lotus Sect. The special case of Liubian Post is less than a month after the search was over. When the search was just a little relaxed, the robbery of tax silver occurred again. This was simply a naked provocation. Not only did Sichuan Governor Tian Yang jump into thunder, but even Sichuan Commander Han Wendeng personally rushed to Zitong County for investigation and cooperated with Zitong as the center and notified all garrisons to cooperate with the murderer.

Three days after the robbery, in the side hall of Zitong County, Sichuan Governor Tian Yang, Sichuan Commander Han Wendeng, and Zitong County Magistrate Wu Kui were sitting in a secret room discussing:

"Mr. Wu County, how is the matter going?" Tian Yang asked with a calm face.

Wu Kui said tremblingly: "After the words of the master, the remnants of the White Lotus Sect are well-planned and acted quickly. The yamen runners in Jiangyou reported it after another night. The villain had ordered everyone to inquire everywhere, but those people and the money seemed to evaporate on earth, without... no clue."

Tian Yang snorted coldly and asked with a heavy face: "Didn't those yamen runners in Jiangyou ask anything?"

"I asked, someone in the peers colluded with the White Lotus Sect and set up an ambush in the middle. They also tried to resist and killed several people, but they were not strong enough. The people who claimed that the Eighteen Tiger Guards were too strong. Although the number was small, they were all masters. Eleven people died in the battle, and all the remaining ones were injured. For some reason, the remnants of the White Lotus Sect were not killed. They let them go, and they saved their lives."

Han Wendeng, the commander of the general commander, said: "It is said that before they were released, someone promoted the White Lotus Doctrine to them. It may be to release a certain message, or they intended to spread it in the stroke, so as to prove that they were not as bloodthirsty as legendary. Han checked one of the wounded people. According to what he said, the black-clothed leader broke his ribs with just one punch, and his wound was shocking. He judged that his martial arts were very skilled and might be an internal master. With such a person, it is reasonable that those yamen runners were defeated by a crushing defeat."

Tian Yang nodded and bowed to Han Wenqiao and said, "These remnants are very skilled in martial arts, come without a trace, and go without a trace. It is not something ordinary yamen runners can deal with. Please be more worried about Han Tongzhi and arrest these remnants as soon as possible."

"Of course, this is also Han's responsibility." Han Wendeng finished speaking, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Mr. Tian, ​​has this matter been reported to the court?"

"Before I found out clearly, Tian thought it would not be reported for the time being. Besides, it was still within a controllable range. It would be a shame for those guys in the court to say that it would be unbeautiful for us to catch up with the wind and shadow. Han Tongzhi also asked Han Tongzhi to understand and cooperate." Tian Yang pondered for a moment and said quickly.

Han Wendeng and Wu Kui looked at each other, with relief in their eyes. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief. Tian Yang said that they would find out the subtext that was uploaded clearly: cover this matter and digest it internally to avoid the emperor's annoyance. At that time, Long Yan was angry and the black hat was flying was still a small matter. If you were not careful, your head would have to move. Even if you could make up for it later, you would leave bad records, and thus your career was blocked. It would be better to report good news without worries and deceive the superiors and subordinates.

In ancient times, some officials ignored the lives and deaths of the people for their political achievements, and ignored the disaster. For example, in the first year of Chongzhen, Wang Er, a farmer in Baishui County, northern Shaanxi, led hundreds of peasants to kill the magistrate Zhang Douyao, opening the prelude to the peasant war in the late Ming Dynasty. After receiving the report, the governor of northern Shaanxi turned a deaf ear to the court for fear of being blamed by the court. This indulgence made the rebel team grow rapidly. Now the White Lotus Sect is in the jurisdiction, causing trouble for the second time. Fortunately, no major incident happened. For his own career, Tian Yang decided to suppress these two things.

Anyway, when the tax is imposed this time, many people resist taxes. As long as the tax bank is collected and paid to the treasury, even if something happens, one eye will be opened and the other will be closed. When the situation is still under control, it is better not to report it. Anyway, it is reported, and the court will not provide any help at this time. It is still necessary to deal with it by itself and handle it within a time limit. There is no need to feel uncomfortable.

This move is exactly in line with Han Wendeng's wishes. The accident of the remnants of the White Lotus Sect is not only an ordinary crime, but it threatens the security of a place. As the command department, it cannot escape the relationship. Hearing this, he immediately responded: "Master Tian, ​​Mr. Han should cooperate, but the robbed tax silver needs to be handled properly in time to avoid revealing flaws. More than 20,000 taels are not a small amount."

Things can be covered, but the tax and silver are paid to the Ministry of Revenue. If you want to cover it, you have to solve this problem. Otherwise, once the superiors investigate and follow the clues, they can't even cover it even if they want to cover it, so this matter cannot be avoided.

Tian Yang looked up and stared at Wu Kui, the magistrate of Zitong who had been timid, and said, "Mr. Wu, you are negligent in your duties and let the White Lotus Sect cause trouble in Zitong again and again. This tax and silver will be limited to you within three days, so there must be no mistakes."

"Master... Sir, it's not that the officials are crying for poverty. Zitong County has paid a lot of money to collect all the taxes. I'm afraid that the officials are powerless even if they have such a large sum of money." Wu Kui said with a sad face.

"That's your business. I have not had a good sleep for several days for you. If you can't do it, then you are waiting to be impeached. It's still a trivial matter to lose your fortune. Be careful to move." Tian Yang said angrily.

The tax bank was robbed in Zitong. If Jiangyou was asked to replenish it, they would not be convinced and would definitely appeal. It would destroy their plans. Besides, from the perspective of time, it would be too late. Not to mention that it would take two days to pass information back to Jiangyou Express. They would have to raise money and escort them. By the time the money was raised, the deadline would have passed. All the blame was made. Jiangyou County could not pay the tax bank on time, and he would also be a poor governor's evaluation. It would be better to solve it here.

“This…this….”

Han Wendeng, who was standing aside, turned his eyes twice, and smiled and comforted Wu Kui, "Mr. Wu County, the White Lotus Sect is so rampant. After succeeding, he quickly escaped. Someone in Zitong County will definitely provide help for them, and these people will definitely not be low. You can start in this regard. As for those tax silver, I believe that more than 20,000 taels of official silver stamped with marks will not be able to take action in a short time, and they can't run far in half a night. Most of them are still in Zitong. As long as we recover, we will help you fill the hole immediately. This is just a temporary solution."

This was very explicit. Wu Kui could not hear the meaning of commanding the Tongzhi. It was clearly asked him to take advantage of the situation and use the reasons for collusion with the White Lotus Sect to attack the rich families in the county and collect the tax and silver first. As for the later recovery of the silver and fill the hole, Wu Kui would not believe it. If these guys, if the money falls into their hands, they will be a dog-beating of meat buns. If there is no return, they will burn high incense. However, no matter how you say it, you will be fine. It is better to sacrifice others than to suffer yourself.

Maybe he can make a fortune by the way. The county magistrate of the Po family is indeed right. He just broke the "family" of the wealthy families who did not cooperate with the tax collection this time. With Shangguan's acquiesce, he not only had to raise the tax bank, but maybe he could also make a fortune. Anyway, the three-year term has exceeded half, so it would be better to make a fortune and leave. At that time, using this silver to move, he might be promoted. Wu Kui thought to himself.

"What, aren't you satisfied?" Tian Yang saw Wu Kui's shocked, and he couldn't help but look dark and asked with some displeasure.

Can a small county magistrate ask him for his own request?

Wu Kui then woke up and hurriedly bowed to Tian Yang and said, "Yes, please rest assured, the emperor will definitely live up to his mission."

"That's good." Tian Yang was too lazy to be slow anymore and began to look straight: "Two, let's discuss how to scrape out the remnants of the White Lotus Sect that harmed people. Now we are being beaten everywhere and cannot be prevented. This is very unfavorable to us. We must be guarded against Yu Weiran. Han Tongzhi, I wonder what your high opinions do you have?"

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Zitong was in a mess. At this time, Lu Haoshan, accompanied by Yuan San, pried open a box with a chisel in a hidden cave outside Jiangyou City. As soon as the box was pried open, the neatly arranged silver emitting an attractive silver light in the flames. He picked up an ingot and turned it over and saw the marks made by Jiangyou House. If Cao Hu and others were here, they would definitely be surprised: Isn’t this the batch of official silver he lost?

Open the boxes containing silver one by one, and soon, the entire cave was filled with dazzling silver light. Looking at the cute silver ingot, Lu Haoshan smiled.

Yuan San, who was next to "Shan Bi", said in surprise: "At the beginning, I thought you were very brave. I didn't expect that you were so brave. I really couldn't even admire you."

Since Lu Haoshan wanted to create the Liubianyi bloody case himself, Yuan San knew that he was going to do something big, but he never dreamed that Lu Haoshan would ask them to rob the official silver. When Lu Haoshan issued this order to himself, Yuan San did not react for a while.

Lu Haoshan smiled and said, "With a skilled helper like the third brother, he is naturally very brave. He is still a powerful third brother, and he quietly transported the money back. My younger brother received the news that the governor and the commander Han Wenju looked through Zi Tong and couldn't find it. They never dreamed that the money they were looking for would fly here to sleep like wings."

Yuan San shook his head and said, "These are nothing, they are just running errands. On the contrary, it is Brother Shan, which is completely omitted. It really makes your third brother look at you with admiration."

"Where is it? Third brother is just trying to kill me." Lu Haoshan shook his head and said.

"It's really not a praising and killing," Yuan Sanyi said seriously: "This time the court forced taxes, and the people complained. It was during the turmoil. Brother Shan, you asked us to wash Liubianyi and mess up this mess. It first indicates that there are mob turmoils and pave the way for the subsequent actions. In order to divert the government's attention, I made a fool of myself and let the White Lotus Sect take the blame. If I didn't blame the White Lotus Sect at that time, I would also pass on this action to the so-called mob."

Lu Haoshan did not deny it, nodded and said, "The third brother is so smart, I can't hide anything from you."

Yuan San shook his head and exclaimed: "It's far worse than you. To be honest, those yamen runners are just mobs, and they are not troublesome. Even if we don't take action, as long as we have sufficient manpower, it's not difficult to take it down. On the contrary, the route you set up is perfect. Not only do you perfectly avoid all patrols, but the connection is also smooth. Mountain roads and waterways are alternately carried out, especially when the silver is sunk into the river and tow it on the bottom of the ship with its buoyancy. Who would have thought that a small fishing boat, with a small fishing boat, was not deep, and actually dragged more than 20,000 taels of silver, went back to Jiangyou without knowing it. It's wonderful, it's really wonderful."
Chapter completed!