After losing the vest at the beginning, the female general was forced to marry the scheming prince

Chapter 136

淮城
With the help of people from Ling Xiao Pavilion, Ning Youbei's investigation has made great progress.

I don't know what method Dongfang Yu and the others used to obtain the account books of Baoshun Bank, which can prove that Fang Haichang embezzled 320 million taels of salt tax silver in the past three years.

Regrettably:

All the people who handled it were Fang Haichang. If he didn't tell the whereabouts of the money, there would be no way to track down the person behind it.

And Jiaorui is also very good. She found out that it was a Pingshun trading company that was buying food and medicinal materials in the Jianghuai area.

This firm colluded with the governor of Jianghuai, the city owner of Huaicheng and others to resell grain and make profits from it.

Jiaorui also successively provided clues about the corruption and bribery of Jianghuai Governor, Huaicheng City Lord and others. Ning Youbei's preliminary investigation revealed that more than 300 people were involved in the case, accounting for more than [-]% of the civil officials in Jianghuai. None of the officials were spared.

At this point, Ning Youbei decided to close the net.

Under the escort of Qu Chu and Lingxiao Pavilion, he rushed to Yuezhou overnight.

After investigation during this period of time, the only official above rank three who did not collude with officials like Jianghuai was the city lord of Yuezhou City.

Moreover, there are [-] garrisons in Yuezhou City.

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Mao Shichu

Before dawn, someone knocked on the gate of the City Lord's Mansion in Yuezhou City.

"Who?"

The yamen servant on duty at night opened the door cursingly.

A sign saying "As I am here in person" appeared in front of the yamen servant, "I'm going to see your city lord right now."

It was Ning Youbei and his party who came.

This time, Ning Youbei appeared with his real face, while Qu Chu was still wearing a mask.

The yamen servant didn't know what happened, so he went to call the city lord in a panic.

The lord of Yuezhou City was called Lin Jianshen, and he came soon after hearing the report from the yamen servant, but he didn't look panicked.

Ning Youbei held out the "Rulian in person" sign in front of Lin Jianshen: "I am the king of Chu, and now I want you to order [-] garrisons to follow me to Jianghuai, and arrest officials in Jianghuai and Jianghuai who are corrupt, accept bribes and resell grain."

Lin Jianshen thought to himself: What should come has finally come!

Yuezhou City is adjacent to Huaicheng City and Jiangcheng City. Lin Jianshen still has some understanding of the affairs in the Jianghuai area.

Some people purchased a large amount of grain and medicinal materials, causing prices in the Jianghuai area to soar, and the people suffered. However, local officials not only failed to manage and control, but instead fueled the flames and benefited from it.

He also lied to the emperor and kept the matter secret.

Lin Jianshen didn't quite understand the thinking of these officials. Even if such a big matter could be kept hidden for a while, could it be kept hidden forever?

In the end, if the emperor knew about it, wouldn't they be punished?Could it be that King Jiangcheng and King Huai can protect them?
Jianghuai officials are colluding, and sooner or later something will happen.Therefore, King Huai invited him to Huai City many times, but every time he made excuses, he just didn't want to get involved with the Jianghuai officials.

as predicted!

It's time to come!
Lin Jianshen's expression was calm, he answered "Yes", and then said: "My lord, it will take some time to gather the troops, why don't you rest in the city lord's mansion first?"

Ning Youbei thought about it, but he really needed to rest after traveling all night.

"Then I will trouble City Lord Lin."

……

Qu Chu followed Ning Youbei into a room in the City Lord's Mansion.

Ning Youbei lay down on the bed with his clothes on, while Qu Chu sat beside the bed holding the black iron knife.

"Ah Chu, you should also lie down on the bed for a while!"

"No, I'll just sit and rest."

A night without sleep was nothing to Qu Chu. She hadn't slept for seven days and seven nights in a row, and she only adjusted her internal energy for rest.

Ning Youbei also knew that Qu Chu couldn't sleep in a strange place, so he didn't force her. However, there was still a tough battle to fight, so he needed to rest well.

Ning Youbei closed his eyes and fell asleep.

……

Lin Jianshen moved very quickly, and it took only two hours to gather 8000 troops.

"City Lord Lin, please arrange the affairs of Yuezhou City, and go to Jianghuai with me."

When Ning Youbei saw that Lin Jianshen was in a hurry, he had an idea in his mind.

Lin Jianshen thought for a while, and called his master over.

"I'm going to Jianghuai with my lord. You can take care of Yuezhou's affairs for me. If there are urgent matters, you can deal with them at your own discretion. If there are not too urgent matters, I will talk about them when I come back."

Master agreed.

……

Ning Youbei led the 8000 people straight to Huaicheng.

Ning Youbei planned to go to Huaicheng first and arrest Fang Haichang, Heshun Commercial Bank and Baoshun Bank first.

According to the evidence available so far, the biggest perpetrator is Fang Haichang.The main stores of Pingshun Commercial Bank and Baoshun Bank are also in Huaicheng.

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It was the beginning of Sishi when they set off from Yuezhou City, Ning Youbei ordered a quick march and arrived at Huai City in the evening.

After entering Huaicheng, Ning Youbei ordered the [-] troops to surround Pingshun Commercial Bank, Baoshun Bank, Huaicheng City Lord's Mansion, Fang Haichang's mansion and other places.

According to the investigation results these days, Ning Youbei made a list of the people involved in the case, and he handed this list to Lin Jianshen to order him to arrest them.

Looking at the more than fifty officials, large and small, involved in the list, Lin Jian broke out in a cold sweat.

"My lord, are all these people going to be arrested?"

"Well, let's arrest these [-] or so officials first, these are officials who are deeply involved in the case, and when we go to Jiangcheng, we will arrest more than [-] officials.

As for their families, take care of them first. "

Ning Youbei said:
"The more than 100 officials in Jianghuai and Huaihe are not the only ones involved in the case. If it is not considered that they need someone else to do things, more than [-]% of the civil officials in Jianghuai will be arrested."

At this point, Lin Jianshen knew that the King of Chu was moving the real court.

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When Lin Jianshen took people to arrest them, Ning Youbei took Qu Chu and the others to Prince Huai's mansion.

After Ning Youbei led the army into Huai City, King Huai also got the news.

According to the rules of the Dayu Dynasty: local vassals can raise troops, but the maximum cannot exceed 1.

King Huai also raised an army of more than 1 people, but when he heard that Ning Youbei had brought the army into Huai City, he dared not move.

It is true that Duke Huai is ambitious, but he also has self-knowledge.

He has no ability and no one to support him, so it is impossible for him to seek the throne.

To put it bluntly, even if he was the only one left in the Ning family, it would not be his turn to be the emperor.

He just wanted to be a prince.

Therefore, he usually only dares to hang out with those officials. He only watches from the sidelines and never participates in the things they do, such as reselling grain, embezzling and accepting bribes.

Hearing that Ning Youbei led troops into Huai City, surrounded so many places and arrested so many people, King Huai knew that things had been exposed.

When the steward asked him if he wanted to summon [-] private soldiers, he scolded the steward.

"You don't have a brain, do you?

It's not that Youbei is targeting me, what he's arresting is someone else, what does it have to do with me?I don't know what they did. I usually only drink and eat with them.

What do I call private soldiers for?Rebellion? "

The housekeeper was rendered speechless by his scolding.

When he heard the report from his servants: King Chu had arrived outside Prince Huai's mansion and said he wanted to visit him, he hurriedly said: "Please come in quickly."

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(End of this chapter)