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Inspectorate.

Gan Tangshu has been living a good life these days, eating so much that she is fat.

Dai Wenmeng threw a bunch of confessions over: "Mr. Gan, your in-laws have recruited everything."

Gan Tangshu was so shocked that her pupils shrank, but she quickly calmed down: "I'm not guilty, you don't have to deceive me."

Dai Wenmeng said in a mocking tone: "He didn't recruit anyone at first. He insisted that he was a law-abiding businessman. Guess how he was frightened?"

Gan Tangshu didn't answer.

Dai Wenmeng said to himself: "He was not satisfied with selling salt and undertaking government projects. He saw others making a lot of money by opening textile factories, so he negotiated with cotton and wool suppliers and built a large piece of land in Nantong to build a factory. It's really good. He was so courageous that he didn't apply for registration when acquiring land to build a factory. He also kept thugs to force the farmers to abandon their fields and move. During the most critical water storage period in the rice fields, they tied up the farmers who were keeping watch and drained all the water in the rice fields. . There are also rapeseed fields. When the rapeseed blooms, all the rapeseed flowers in the field will be cut down."

Gan Tangshu finally couldn't keep calm and gritted her teeth and said: "Idiot!"

"The amount of land invaded and occupied is not small. This is a capital crime." Dai Wenmeng knocked on the table. "Many people in Jiangsu have been sentenced to beheading for land invasion. If you put the case in that direction, your in-laws will be charged with everything. They say they want to make meritorious deeds." , I confessed a lot of dirty things to you, and all I want is to be exiled to Heilongjiang to avoid the death penalty."

Gan Tangshu, who had straightened her back, slumped down on the chair and said, "I know if I can't survive it, they are all a bunch of idiots. My two sons are not good at studying, and they don't know how to do business. They can do it if they have a little money." To show off. When I renovated the ancestral house, I didn’t want to build it so lavishly. When I renovated the ancestral hall, I also wanted the clan members to contribute the money. It was my two bastard sons who paid for the repairs of the ancestral house and the ancestral hall. It took me more than half a year to find out! Damn it, if you do this, who doesn’t know that I’m a corrupt official?”

Dai Wenmeng asked: "How much have you been greedy for? Your in-laws are not the only ones who give you money, right?"

Gan Tangshu said: "I don't know exactly how much I was greedy for. It should have been fifty thousand taels. I didn't ask much about it later, but it might have been more than one hundred thousand taels. There were also a few merchants who had secret dealings with me." Give me a pen and I'll write it all down. It's definitely a capital crime anyway, and I just want a whole body. I'll tell you everything. Is it okay if I don't sentence you to beheading? Hanging is also death."

Dai Wenmeng said: "As long as you tell the truth, I will help you apply for hanging."

While writing the confession, Gan Tangshu said: "This person can't take a single step wrong. Once he makes a mistake, he will be doomed and will not be able to stop even if he wants to. When I was young, I also hated corrupt officials, and I once I have the heart to help the world and the people. As soon as the Datong Army captured Zhangshu Town, I followed the scholars from my hometown and went to serve His Majesty. That would have risked the death of my family. My whole family, young and old, are still in Fengcheng. If the government investigates, they may be exterminated. disaster."

Dai Wenmeng was quite polite to this kind of hero who followed the dragon: "You will definitely say that at the beginning, it was just out of favour, to say hello and help relatives and friends. Or maybe, at the beginning, I just wanted to get a few coins, but I didn't expect to be greedy for so much. , it’s just that there is no turning back. I have heard this rhetoric too much.”

"Then I won't say anything." Gan Tangshu shut up and continued writing.

Dai Wenmeng suddenly asked: "Have you ever given any money to Yu Shiqin?"

Gan Tangshu glared at him: "Yu Shiqin was an official. Although he was authoritarian and domineering, he was really incorruptible. He was also very strict in running the family. Not to mention his parents, wives and children, he also wrote letters to warn his relatives from time to time. He was so strict Because the eldest son bullied others, he sent people from Nanchang to Nanjing and beat him until he couldn't get out of bed and walk for more than half a month. Don't let me bite Yu Shiqin just for meritorious service."

"Haha, of course not." Dai Wenmeng said with a smile.

"I won't be able to finish it in a while," Gan Tangshu said as she put down her pen. "Give me a few days to slowly recall some things. I have almost forgotten some things."

Dai Wenmeng said: "Okay."

Gan Tangshu lay on the chair, humming a tune leisurely, sang a few lines and then said: "I have no chance to see this founding era again. It would be great if I could turn back time. The biggest regret in my life When I was young, I was rushing to take the exam in Nanchang, and I got to meet the number one courtesan in Nanchang at that time. Unfortunately, I had no money and no fame, so I could only accompany the last seat, drink and watch from a distance. Her singing was really nice, clear and sweet, just like Huang Ying Same. We drank wine and composed poems during the dinner. Although I sat farthest away, my poems won her favor, and we even made an appointment to go boating on another day... She died. "

"Huh?" Dai Wenmeng didn't keep up.

Gan Tangshu sneered: "The King of Jian'an County sent his slaves to take her away, and she was beaten to death by the princess. At this time, everyone in Nanchang knew about the commotion, but the princess came from a prominent family in Nanchang, and no scholar was willing to help her complain. During those years, I could dream about her. She asked me to come closer and ask the maid to rearrange my seat. She said that my poems and prose had the legacy of the Six Dynasties. She invited me to go boating and have a drink together... Haha, Jian'an County I personally supervised the execution of the king and the princess! In order to get the job of supervising the execution, I did not even go to other places for promotion, so I had to stay in Nanchang as an official."

Dai Wenmeng whispered to the interrogation partner beside him: "Take his belt and keep an eye on him day and night. This man has a death wish and may commit suicide at any time out of fear of crime."

Gan Tangshu is still recalling his first love, which was the most beautiful moment in his life.

Suddenly, Gan Tangshu said mysteriously: "Let me tell you something, I have transferred many of the crimes to Princess Jian'an's family. There are many innocent people among them, but who allowed them to be born in a family that has accumulated evil? They They all have to die, and they have to dig mines even if they don’t behead, otherwise how can I be willing to do so? I made an oath back then to avenge her!"

Dai Wenmeng curled his lips, feeling that this guy had a mental problem.

To put it bluntly, he is paranoid, and his first love is all made up by his imagination.

The oiran who was innocently killed only thought that his poems were good and asked him to go boating and drink with him. There is a good chance that there will be a large group of people rafting. But he believed that it was unforgettable love and a white lotus that he would never forget.

Gan Tangshu continued to fantasize: "Why didn't Your Majesty raise the army ten years earlier? I could have rescued her."

Dai Wenmeng muttered: "Ten years earlier? How old was your Majesty at that time?"

What Gan Tangshu never forgets may not be the courtesan, but his own youth. He was a talented man, his family was poor, he had no reputation, everything went wrong, he failed in the provincial examination, and only one famous prostitute looked at him differently.

Gan Tangshu suddenly laughed again: "Guess why I went to His Majesty at that time?"

"Why?" Dai Wenmeng asked.

Gan Tangshu said: "Because Your Majesty treats prostitutes well, all the prostitutes in Ji'an Prefecture can voluntarily become good men. I thought at that time, why didn't such a hero start an army earlier?"

Dai Wenmeng couldn't laugh or cry.

The courtesan could die with peace of mind. After so many years in this world, there was still a man who remembered her and even tried his best to avenge her.

Gan Tangshu was still talking nonsense: "Although His Majesty does not allow officials to visit brothels, I have disguised myself and secretly visited brothels a few times. But no matter how famous I am, I just can't make people's hearts flutter. Today's famous prostitutes are too hypocritical. The smiles on her face were all fake, and she was the only one who smiled the most sincerely. And those Persian girls were as beautiful as they were beautiful, with no connotation at all. I handed over my poems from that year, but not a single Persian girl could understand the mystery. . It’s vulgar, it’s too vulgar, the court should ban brothels from housing foreign women.”

What is this mess?

Dai Wenmeng said: "Take the person down, keep him under good supervision, and ask him to finish writing the confession quickly."

…

Forbidden City.

Xiao Hongzhen reported: "Your Majesty, there is no big problem with the Consort."

"It's fine if not." Zhao Han also breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it does not involve the occupation of private land, other issues are not big problems.

As the eldest princess's consort, it was too easy to apply for land to build a factory. There is no need to violate the rules at all, and there is no need to bribe officials. You can always find wasteland and wasteland. Officials at all levels must handle it quickly. The whole process is extremely legal.

There are definitely illegal operations, but they are not errors of principle and can be fined.

Xiao Hong added: "Gan Tangshu's case involved more than 100,000 taels of dirty money, and involved more than a dozen officials, as well as several wealthy businessmen. This person has embezzled and accepted the most taels of silver and has the highest official rank since the founding of the People's Republic of China. official. He requested to be hanged and wanted to keep a whole body."

Zhao Han sighed: "Then give him the whole body. This guy... is simply unreasonable!"

Zhao Han had always valued the group of soldiers who had captured Jiangxi Commander-in-Chief Yang Jiamo alive and took the initiative to defect south. Not only did they always take care of them when they were promoted, but all the families of these scholars received special rewards. Whether it's a mine or a salt shop, even if you don't get a salary, you can live a comfortable life.

Your official position is rising quickly, and there is no shortage of money. Why the hell are you still embezzling?

Let's just say that Gan Tangshu was already serving as Zuo Shilang when he was less than forty years old. From now on, as long as you don't die of illness suddenly, you can become a cabinet minister even if you have the qualifications!

Even if it was corruption, involving hundreds or thousands of taels, for such a big hero from Conglong, the Supervisory Office would only go to investigate after it was full. What the hell is this about being greedy for one hundred thousand taels of silver?

"Hey, let's forget about these troublesome things," Zhao Han said with a smile on his face, "I heard that you got married again? Why don't you have a banquet?"

Xiao Hong smiled shyly and said: "Those who remarry, it is enough to get a marriage certificate from the government." Then she said seriously, "This matter is about to be reported to Your Majesty, and my husband also serves in the Supervisory Council. In order to avoid suspicion, my family and I After discussing with my husband, he is willing to transfer to another yamen."

Father and son, brothers, working as officials in the same department, have to avoid suspicion since the Ming Dynasty. They usually ask for transfer or resign directly.

There were many official rules in the Ming Dynasty. For example, officials were prohibited from doing business in their homes. This rule has always been strictly enforced, but it has always been useless - if the family members do not come forward to do business, just let the domestic slaves do business. The domestic slaves do not dare to run away anyway, and the fate of escaped slaves has always been miserable.

As for Xiaohong's remarried husband, it was Liu Chuanzong who accepted death.

There is a ten-year age difference between the two, the older girl and the younger... Liu Chuanzong's wife died of illness, and he often followed Xiaohong on cases. He admired Xiaohong's talent and character, and developed feelings for each other as soon as they went back and forth.

Zhao Han said: "I will definitely give you gifts when you get married. As for your husband, it is really not appropriate to stay in the Supervisory Court anymore and go out to be a justice. You must choose a place with convenient transportation. When you go out to inspect and handle cases, you should also We can take the opportunity to reunite as husband and wife.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xiao Hong said happily.

Zhao Han added: "Our Commander-in-Chief Fei will soon return to Beijing to report on his duties. We are all old friends, and we will have a drink and reunion together then."

Fei Ruhe not only returned to Beijing to report on his work, but also made a general report on the situation in the grassland. The next step was to gather troops and march to the grassland.