Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 446 Set fire
After saying goodbye to Han Wen, Qi Huan led the people there, feeling a little excited in his heart.

This time Qi Huan was going to do a big fight, so he walked very fast, and the people behind him also walked fast.

In the past few years in the Taxation Department, in fact, they have not received much reuse. This time, it is an opportunity for them.

Although the taxation department was established by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it is attached to the household department and has not done anything in the past few years.

Although they have been collecting taxes from the vassal kings and nobles, in fact they did not spend much effort on these things at the beginning.Because the resistance was not very fierce at that time, all the nobles agreed.

Although the vassal king was unwilling, no one dared to stand up and object.Because the world is stable today, His Majesty has received a lot of support, and His Highness the Crown Prince has a strong army, so no one dares to make a mistake, and no one dares to use the banner of the Qing Dynasty to do things.

Under such circumstances, Qi Huan and the others naturally had no chance to perform.But this time is different, the opportunity to perform finally came, and everyone has the idea that they must seize it.

A group of people were walking forward, and suddenly there was chaos ahead, and thick smoke billowed not far away.

Qi Huan's face changed drastically, he thought of a possibility, so he hurried forward.

Seeing someone running towards this side quickly, Qi Huan quickly asked that person to stop him, and asked, "What happened in front?"

The man looked anxious, and his whole body exuded fear. After seeing Qi Huan, his face was even more frightened.

Hearing Qi Huan's question, he quickly said, "My lord, it's leaking, our household records are leaking."

His body trembled while talking, obviously he also knew how serious this matter was.

Qi Huan's expression changed drastically, he stretched out his hand to greet the people behind him, and told them, "Hurry up and find someone to put out the fire."

Everyone panicked, and at the same time showed resentment.

This time is their chance, and now it is obvious that someone wants to ruin their chance.The point is that after such a thing happened, how could His Royal Highness trust them?
This is digging their roots!

The news quickly spread in the household department, many people ran towards this side, and the firefighters also rushed over quickly.

After getting the news that the Hubu's archives leaked, Hubu Shangshu Hanwen was in a bad mood.

What time is this now?
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had just arrived in Nanjing, and he actually did such a thing, especially at such a critical time as the transfer of files.This is obviously because some people don't want this file handover to be completed smoothly, they are going to die!

Han Wen cursed in his heart, you are dead, don't take me!

For Hanwen, the farther away he is from this matter, the better, and it is best not to involve himself in anything.As a result, such a thing has happened now, and I can't get rid of it even if I want to get rid of it.

As the Minister of the Household Department of Nanjing, no matter what the cause of this incident is, my responsibility cannot be shirked.

If the matter is not clear in the end and His Royal Highness is really angry, then it is very likely that he will be implicated.

Thinking that Hanwen is not good here, he also quickly ran in this direction.

The news of the house fire spread like a gust of wind to the entire city of Nanjing. Some people secretly cursed that the matter had nothing to do with them, but now such a thing happened, and no one could escape.

At the same time, everyone also realized that there was a problem with the Ministry of Household Affairs, and it was a particularly big problem, the kind that couldn't be covered up, otherwise they wouldn't use such extreme methods as arson.

The news naturally spread to the palace soon.After getting the news, Zhu Houzhao's face also sank.

Before coming to Nanjing, Zhu Houzhao was mentally prepared. He knew that he was facing a complicated situation.

There are still people here who want to assassinate his father, and this time they might deal with him, so he brought both soldiers and guards here, just to guard against someone who is not good for him.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't expect the other party to be so decisive. The matter had just begun, and he set fire to the files of the household department?

But Zhu Houzhao also knows that this is not because someone wants to resist his own policy, but to destroy evidence.Obviously they did a lot of inappropriate things before, guess what, they must have withheld or embezzled a lot of money from it.

However, things have already happened, and it is useless to think about these things. How to solve the immediate problem is the biggest problem.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Liu Jin who was standing beside him, and then said, "Go and find Yang Lian for me."

After saying this, Zhu Houzhao turned around, walked to his seat and sat down.

After the incident happened, it must be investigated clearly. It would be even better if the mastermind behind the scenes could be found.

It may even be a blessing in disguise, because in this way the first opponents can be found, and a large number of people will be implicated if they are attacked.

After cleaning up these people, even more people will be implicated, and I won't go to them one by one, they will pop out by themselves, and then I just need to clean them all up.

It's just that Zhu Houzhao didn't believe the people in Nanjing, and there was no way to believe them.As soon as I got here, these people actually changed and burned the files of the household department. How bold is this, and they are dying?
If there are such people, then Nanjing must not be a problem of a few people, but a problem of a large group of people.

Since it is a problem of a large group of people, and you don't know who will be involved, then naturally you dare not really ask them to do something, and you can only choose your own people.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but feel a little lucky. Fortunately, he had let Yang Lian transfer a lot of his manpower before, otherwise there would be no manpower available at this time.

Zhu Houzhao believed in Yang Lian's ability, and he felt that Yang Lian would definitely give him an answer.

Although Zhu Houzhao wished he could go to the scene to see it himself, investigate this matter in person, arrest all the people involved in this matter, and then behead and ransack their homes one by one.

But Zhu Houzhao also knew that he couldn't do this. As His Royal Highness, he couldn't show panic. He had to look like he was sitting on the Diaoyutai, so that he could stabilize the morale of the army.

At the same time, it can also make outsiders not sure what they are thinking and what they want to do, which can confuse the enemy.

So now Zhu Houzhao can only sit here and wait quietly, leaving this matter to Yang Lian to investigate.

Soon Yang Lian came, his face was not very good-looking, and he had already got the news.

Now I am in charge of the intelligence work around His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Now that something like this happened, I not only didn't expect it in advance, but I didn't even get any news, which made Yang Lian very annoyed.

In a big way, this is her own dereliction of duty. Yang Lian doesn't know if the prince will deal with her, but at least not now.

If you can't find out the matter clearly, then these two crimes are enough for His Royal Highness to punish yourself severely.

So when she came here, Yang Lian's heart also became ruthless. This time, no matter who they are, she must dig them out.

After seeing Yang Lian walking in, Zhu Houzhao said, "You already know the matter, right?"

Yang Lian quickly bowed and said: "Go back to His Royal Highness, the slaves already know."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then said: "I don't believe the people here in Nanjing. You take your people there, and you must find out what happened this time. No matter who is involved, I will allow you to be special." It's a special matter. If something happens, I will take care of it for you."

After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Yang Lian also knew that His Royal Highness was really angry this time, but this was already in his expectation.

So Yang Lian hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Highness, please rest assured, this servant will definitely handle the matter well."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, then waved his hands, and said, "Okay, let's go, hurry up, or there may be something missing at the scene."

Yang Lian didn't hesitate too much, he knew what His Highness the Crown Prince said was the truth, and he couldn't waste too much time here.

So Yang Lian saluted Zhu Houzhao, turned around and walked out.

After walking outside, Yang Lian glanced at Yang Bin who was waiting for her here, and said calmly, "Take someone and follow me."

A group of people left the palace and rushed towards Hubu in a mighty manner.

Walking on the road, Yang Bin said worriedly: "Eunuch, did His Highness the Crown Prince blame Eunuch?"

Yang Bin dared to ask this passage.

Looking up at Yang Bin, Yang Lian shook her head and said with a gloomy face: "His Royal Highness didn't say anything, but you know how serious the matter is this time. If we can't find out the matter clearly, we won't give the Crown Prince a satisfactory result." Tell me, I'm afraid it's not easy to pass the test."

"Don't worry, father-in-law, our people will definitely be able to investigate the case clearly."

When Yang Lian and his party came to the household department, the fire here had almost been extinguished.

In fact, the people who set the fire did not intend to burn the entire household department, so they just burned the archives, and the scale of the fire was not very large.

This may also be because it is more difficult to set fire here, otherwise such a situation would not happen.

When Yang Lian arrived, the atmosphere at the scene was very bad, and everyone knew what this incident meant.Once it is really unclear, everyone present will take responsibility, and no one can escape from top to bottom.

With such pressure, the faces of the people present will naturally not look good.

Seeing the group of people walking in whooped, everyone was taken aback.

These people have very strange faces, and they are not familiar to everyone from their appearance to appearance.

Everyone knows that these people should not be from Nanjing, so there is only one possibility, these people are from His Royal Highness.

So the atmosphere at the scene dropped again.

The people from His Royal Highness came so quickly, they had thought of it, because after all, the matter was too big, and it was obviously aimed at the Prince, so His Royal Highness would send someone over as soon as possible, there is nothing to say.

Yang Lian came out from the crowd, and said slowly, "Our family, Yang Lian, is the eunuch of the Huanyi Bureau."

After the name came out, everyone at the scene turned serious.

Although the Huanyi Bureau is not very eye-catching, it can be said that it ranks the last among the eight bureaus in the palace, and a eunuch with palm prints in the Huanyi Bureau will not be taken seriously by the gatekeepers present.

The ones who really ranked at the top were the father-in-laws in the Supervisor of Rituals.

Yang Lian is obviously not qualified. Even if he is the personal eunuch of His Royal Highness, Liu Jin does not have a high status now. It is just that everyone respects His Royal Highness, so Liu Jin is given enough respect.

As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the county manager. The father-in-law of the Sili Supervisor has power, but they do not.

But the person in front of him was different. Even if the officials present had never seen him, they had heard of his name.

This name can be said to be very popular here a few years ago, and he was responsible for the original Yangzhou case.Yang Lian is a person who can be said to be ruthless and merciless. She is definitely a vicious dog next to His Royal Highness.

No one expected that His Highness the Crown Prince would release Yang Lian this time. Obviously, His Highness the Crown Prince was really angry this time.

You must know that after the Yangzhou case, Yang Lian's reputation can be said to have risen, and many people were dissatisfied with him. Countless people wrote to impeach him, which also caused His Royal Highness to put him in the Huanyi Bureau.

Everyone present knew about this incident, but they didn't expect Yang Lian to follow her to Nanjing this time.

This Eunuch Yang Lian Yang is the godson of Yang Peng, the eunuch of Dongchang Palm Printing, and his identity and background are second. The people present are only afraid of his methods and his ruthlessness.

There is nothing to discuss in front of this person. The things they did in Yangzhou before can be said to be familiar to everyone present.After several years of spreading and fermenting, it has developed in a direction that everyone fears.

Yang Lian ignored the people present, and after introducing herself, she said, "By order of the prince, our family will be in charge of this place from now on. Don't tell our family that this is the place of your household department. If something like this happens to you, Everyone is suspicious, there is no place for you to talk here. If anyone is not convinced, you can go to His Royal Highness to join our house."

Everyone's faces were not very good-looking, because their faces were about to be torn off by Yang Lian.

Although the matter is such a matter, everyone feels that it is still not allowed to say that, because it is too impolite to say so.

Everyone's face is not very good-looking. For officials who are used to flattery in the officialdom, such a truth is unacceptable.

But Yang Lian didn't look at their faces, and said directly: "The idlers will leave, and the people from the tax department will stay."

Yang Lian's words made Han Wen's face look ugly. After all, he is the Secretary of the Household Department in Nanjing, but he also knew that he could not argue with Yang Lian here.

Once I open this mouth, then the object of doubt is likely to be myself.Even now, I am afraid that I am the first suspect.

So Hanwen turned around and walked out.

When everyone saw that Han Wen had left, there was no need to stay any longer, so they hurriedly followed.

(End of this chapter)