There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 289
There is a big corrupt official in Yangzhou city.

Tang Wanning came to this conclusion on the evening of the second day, based on the fact that she went shopping today and saw a set of elite darts that were not too big or too small.

Growing up in a military camp, she knows weapons very well. She has bought countless hidden weapon darts of this quality, and the price is only a few taels of silver.

However, in the city of Yangzhou, such hidden weapons cost 40 taels to buy a set, and when it was time to bargain, the peddler simply stopped selling them.

He also said that this kind of quality darts may be cheaper elsewhere, but in Yangzhou City, it is the same price, and if it is cheaper, it will lose money.

She immediately asked the reason, and then learned that no matter whether it is a scholar, a farmer, a businessman or a businessman, if he wants to make profits in Yangzhou City, he must first be pulled out by the magistrate here.

In the end, the hidden weapon was still not bought, and Tang Wanning became more and more angry when she returned to the other courtyard.

"Why is the magistrate so powerful, and the prices here are so outrageous, how can ordinary people live?"

After Xia Houjue heard this, his expression was extremely ugly.

"I only pay attention to whether they are greedy or not, but ignore the fact that they use power for personal gain. It's really careless."

After speaking, he picked up the price list in his hand and smiled coldly.

"Rice is five hundred yuan a stone, cotton cloth is one tael a piece of silver, and seasonal fruits and vegetables are three times more expensive than those in surrounding areas. This is not the price of a prosperous and peaceful world. Even if the Great Xia Dynasty died immediately, this is the price of folk goods It won't be so expensive!"

Xia Houjue's face was livid with anger, and his eyes were red.

"The magistrate of Yangzhou is Cai An. He was born as a Jinshi in the tenth year of Jingyuan. He used to be the magistrate here. Some time ago, there was a big change in the court. The corruption investigation failed to find him, so you promoted him as the magistrate," Tang Wanning said leisurely.

"It can be seen from this that not all the memorials and lists on your imperial case are really good officials. If you don't go out of the capital and see it with your own eyes, you will never know where there will be problems."

The folks are too big, and there are countless injustices happening every day in a single small Yongguan City, how could it be possible that the huge Great Xia Dynasty did not?
It is true that Xia Houjue wants to clear up the politics of the court. The most important thing is that he grew up in the imperial city, so he really doesn't know much about the people.

So, this kind of thing is still inevitable.

"Cai An is so bold, and his reputation is very good. This is definitely not something that one person can accomplish."

"So what are you going to do?"

"What should I do?" Xia Houjue stared coldly at the list in his hand.

"Investigate! No matter how difficult it is, I will find out all these people, and I will set up a net to wipe out all these people."

Tang Wanning: "..."

"Ahem, there's no need for it. If my father had settled cases like this back then, he wouldn't have to do anything every day, and he wouldn't have to train soldiers. He could just sit in the lobby of the yamen and investigate cases every day."

"Wanwan, do you have a good idea?" Xia Houjue squinted at her.

"Of course!" Tang Wanning stood up and stretched her dress with her hands, smiling triumphantly.

"Of course I have a good way. Not only does it not cost a single soldier, but it can also make this Cai An confess well. See how many people are covering him above him, and how many people are working hard for him below him."

"What method?" Xia Houjue's curiosity was completely aroused.

"Fight!" Tang Wanning smiled.

"This kind of low-level officials who think that the sky is high, the emperor is far away, and they are pampered. They have been in office for many years, there are seniors and juniors, and there are several beautiful wives and concubines at home. Their status in the family is absolutely unambiguous. It has been many years. A little bitter"

"It's more effective than killing him just by simply hitting them and making them suffer."

"Really?" Xia Houjue was dubious, "That's natural!"

……

The next day, when the poor Cai An was sleeping with his little wife, he was taken away by a man in black with an expressionless face.

The Cai Mansion was in chaos for a while, and the women cried and screamed together, as if the sky had fallen, which was also expected by Tang Wanning.

In order to avoid causing unnecessary panic, she asked Biyue to lead a group of imperial guards to pretend to be ordinary people, and set up defenses around Cai's mansion.

You can cry or make a fuss if you want, but you want to go out and report?No way, I just want you to scream every day and the ground is not working.

There is an open space next to the firewood house in the front yard of the other courtyard, which is usually used for chopping firewood, even the huge ax is put aside.

At this time, the open space was already surrounded by people, and Cai An was tied up and thrown on the open space like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered, unable to even stand up.

Tang Wanning and Xia Houjue sat side by side on chairs not far away, staring at Cai An as if they were admiring prey. Cai An'an trembled as if he was going to be slaughtered in the next second.

"You... who are you? I am an imperial court official. How dare you kidnap an imperial court official without permission. This is a capital offense. Do you understand the capital offense?"

Cai An yelled wildly, obviously recalling the unpleasant experience of being kidnapped and blackmailed before.

Presumably this group of people came here for money again, alas, even though he is the magistrate of Yangzhou, even though he has earned so much tax money, he is filial to his boss.

Where does he have so much money on hand, why is he always the one who is kidnapped?
The more Cai An thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and couldn't help crying: "You have arrested the wrong person, I really have no money."

While crying, his fat belly was still shaking, which made Tang Wanning want to laugh.

"You don't have any money? Master Cai is really modest, and he didn't ask your eighteen-bedroom wife whether she would agree or not. If you don't have money, you can afford eighteen? Tsk tsk tsk!" Tang Wanning smiled half-smile, and put the newly bought set The dagger is in his hand to play with.

"Especially in Yangzhou City, this small set of daggers costs 20 taels, and even more expensive darts, I can't even afford them. Sigh... Mr. Cai, you are really a good parent officer!"

Cai An broke down a bit: "You think I want to? You think I'm living a good life? What can I do? If I don't do this, I can become a magistrate?"

"The current emperor doesn't like corrupt officials. Ministers in the court must wipe their butts clean before they can be promoted, but who doesn't have any hobbies in private? Who doesn't have a few concubines? Why do you become officials? Which of these things is worth less money?"

The more Cai An talked, the more wronged he became, and at the end he cried again.

"I still don't have eighteen houses. Some people are clean on the surface, and they want to patch up their clothes. They have more women behind their backs than the emperor. Who dares to say anything?"

"When the water is clear, there will be no fish, but the emperor doesn't understand. He has to force everyone to do this. Fortunately, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Otherwise, who would dare?"

Cai An complained a lot about his difficulty, but in Tang Wanning's view, he was acting like a good boy when he got a bargain.

Since when do these officials care about comparing concubines?

When did this city of Yangzhou become so high that the emperor was far away?

(End of this chapter)