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This is the way to enter the palace, and Wang Tanzhi is one of the few people with a gold medal who can enter the palace directly without notification, so it is normal for him to appear here to have an audience.

"Let him come up!" Zhao Junsheng ordered, he knew that Wang Tanzhi must have something important to report, otherwise ordinary trivial matters would not come.

The imperial driver stopped in front, and Kang Yide walked over to Wang Tanzhi and said, "Your Majesty has an order to let Wang Sizheng ride with the imperial driver!"

It is a great honor to ride with the emperor, even the important officials of the court may not have the chance once in a lifetime, Wang Tanzhi immediately bowed down: "Thank you, Lord Long En!"

"Hurry up, Wang Sizheng, His Majesty will go to Zhongshu Province to inspect government affairs!"

"Promise!" Wang Tanzhi agreed, and immediately got up and quickly walked up to Yujia.

The Yujia continued to move forward, and Wang Tanzhi bowed down again on the Yujia, "I see Your Majesty!"

"Okay, sit down, the car shakes a little, don't fall!" Zhao Junsheng raised his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng waited for him to get up and sit down, and asked: "This early in the morning, are you in a hurry to see me?"

"Your Majesty, I have two things to report. The first is that last night, Prince Wen He, the accompanying official, Handa, and the Sogdian rich merchant An Dashi, who was guarding 13 people, died suddenly in the prison of the Jinwu Guard. According to our secret investigation by the spies waiting for the lawsuit, we learned that the jailer who delivered food to An Dashi had sent a message to General Cao Jiao for An Dashi yesterday afternoon. Cao Jiao met this person in person, but our spies did not know what they said What? At night, An Dashi died in the cell. After being inspected by the police, he died of poisoning! Less than half an hour later, the jailer who gave him a message to General Cao hanged himself in the shift room! "

"Hou Jusi has noticed this An Dashi for a long time. He has contacts with many dignitaries in Chang'an City, and also has contacts with General Cao in secret, and the relationship between the two of them is unusual! After An Dashi died last night, the minister suspected The death of An Dashi must be related to General Cao, but there is no evidence. Then the minister sent spies to sneak into An Dashi's home and found a secret compartment in his study. There was a record in the secret compartment. A record, please read it Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng took a thick folded book, opened it and looked at it, and he read it for a cup of tea.

At this time, Yujia stopped, and Kang Yide's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, Zhongshu Province has arrived!"

Zhao Junsheng ignored it, closed his eyes and meditated.

A few minutes later, Kang Yide outside saw that there was no movement in the carriage, and beat his heart, bowed again and said: "Your Majesty, Duke Liang, Duke Lu and several other important ministers of Zhongshu Province are waiting for His Majesty's presence!"

Zhao Junsheng's furious voice suddenly came from inside the carriage: "Let them wait!"

Liang Ji, Lu Xuan, Xu Yan and other ministers all changed their faces when they heard this voice, and knelt down collectively like a conditioned reflex.

In the imperial car, Zhao Junsheng closed the record list and said to Wang Tanzhi: "This list is up to you, and the news must not be spread! Now, you use this gold medal to mobilize two hundred forest guards to seal An Dashi's mansion. We must be ahead of the other yamen, but bring back all the written records related to this matter, and handle other property seized in accordance with relevant regulations! And those servants, first bring them back for interrogation to see if anyone knows what An Dashi did for!"

"The minister receives the decree!" Wang Tanzhi took the gold medal and received the decree. Just as he stood up, he remembered that there was still one thing he hadn't reported.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "You go and deal with this matter first, and then go to the palace later to report to me the tension of investigating this matter and another matter that needs to be reported!"

"No!" Wang Tan bowed to the ministers who were kneeling on the ground after getting off the driver, and then left quickly. The ministers who were kneeling on the ground didn't dare to look up, and they didn't even see clearly who he was.

Zhao Junsheng knocked on the carriage, a eunuch stepped forward and lifted the curtain, and another eunuch put a stool beside the driver for Zhao Junsheng to step on the carriage.

"Let's all get flat!" Zhao Junsheng said and walked into the Zhongshu Province. The ministers and officials immediately got up and followed quickly, regardless of the dust on their clothes.

After Zhao Junsheng walked into the gate of Zhongshu Province, he said as he walked: "Liang Ji, Lu Xuan, Xu Yan and others stay here, and the others go back to work!"

Officials returned to their posts one after another.

Accompanied by Liang Ji, Lu Xuan, and Xu Yan, Zhao Junsheng inspected the various ministries and divisions of the Zhongshu Province one by one.

Zhao Junsheng asked some officials some questions from time to time, such as when handling official affairs, whether all official affairs are handled in accordance with the system and rules, and are there any cases where some procedures are omitted?

There is no doubt that there are many people who do not follow the system procedures and rules.

During this inspection, Zhao Junsheng asked many officials many questions, such as asking them whether they found any corruption, cronyism, selling officials, cultivating cronies, and so on.

Every time Zhao Junsheng asked a question, the hearts of Liang Ji, Lu Xuan and Xu Yan couldn't stop beating wildly. Could it be that the emperor doubted them and didn't trust them?This is not a good thing, losing the trust of the emperor, although there may not be a catastrophe, but life is definitely not easy.

The inspection process lasted for an entire hour, and finally Zhao Jun ordered everyone to gather in the yard to give lectures.

"The inspection of the Zhongshu Province was decided by me on a temporary basis, and I did not notify you in advance, so this time it meant a surprise attack. The result of the inspection was also beyond my expectation, and I am not very satisfied! First of all, the Zhongshu Province has Statutes and rules expressly stipulate that procedures must be followed. Many officials do not act in accordance with institutional procedures and rules. If someone ignores the rules and regulations and skips certain procedures, the discoverer can report to the higher-level official, if the higher-level official refuses to accept it, he can continue to report to the next higher level, or even go directly to Qinzheng Palace to see me!"

"Secondly, I have also heard some rumors that certain ministers accepted bribes, cultivated cronies, and even sold officials to sell nobles, which messed up the official style of the Zhongshu Ministry! Several chief officials, I hope you keep your eyes open and be careful about such things. Serious rectification, once someone reports to Yushitai, someone is impeached, several chief officials are jointly and severally responsible for ineffective control! I also hope that those who commit crimes can turn around and surrender themselves to the relevant yamen, and they can even report to the relevant yamen I surrender myself, and I can consider commuting my sentence as appropriate!"

The ministers are sweating coldly, what does this mean?Is the emperor dissatisfied with the entire Zhongshu Province?Or was it because someone's bad behavior aroused the emperor's resentment towards the entire Zhongshu Province?

This was the first time that the emperor publicly and severely criticized Zhongshu Sheng. As for who he was talking about, everyone had different thoughts.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Tanzhi entered the palace again to face the saint.

"Your Majesty, these records were found from An Dashi's home. He also has contact with some people in the army and some small officials in Jingzhao Mansion, Chang'an, and Wannian counties! In addition, he will join the army through Cao Jiao's family. I bought some crossbows in the middle, the quantity is not large, and they should be used for self-protection. After verification, these twenty crossbows were all eliminated during the army's replacement. Except for those seized by the Jinwu Guards, all the rest Found in his home!"

"In addition to these, a large amount of gold and silver jewellery, coins, antiquities and some valuable utensils were seized from An Dashi's home, worth more than 36 guan. There are also his deposit certificates in the Royal Bank, a total of 180 million guan. In addition, he has 130 shops and 28 houses in Chang'an and other places, and I have sent people to seal them up!"

Zhao Junsheng took Wang Tanzhi's playbook, opened it and looked at it.

Not counting real estate, only the valuables at home and the deposits of the royal bank are 220 million. If Dagan’s current coins are equivalent to 1000 or 26 yuan in later generations, it is about 4000 billion. If you include real estate stores , houses and goods, An Dashi's assets are probably 2000 billion!

"Okay, all the real estate, shops and goods after the seizure will be auctioned and sold. According to the regulations, half will be charged to the national treasury, and the other half will go to the royal family. You can find someone to handle the follow-up matters!"

"promise!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "You said in the morning that you have two things to report, besides this one, what is the other one?"

Wang Tanzhi immediately cupped his hands and said: "These days, the spies waiting for the lawsuit found that someone visited An Le Gong frequently. After investigation, they couldn't find any relevant information about this person. Later, the officials asked someone to draw this person's appearance from a distance. , I found out that this person has been disguised, and the painter has removed all the beards from his portrait, and it has become like this!"

A piece of paper was taken out by Wang Tanzhi, Zhao Junsheng looked at it after taking it, and asked, "Who is he?"

"Someone in the Hou lawsuit said that the person who contacted Mr. An Le must be an old man from the previous dynasty. Someone reminded Rouran that he sent a secret envoy Feng Da to contact the old ministers and family of the former court to disturb me. I wondered if this person was Feng Da. Da, so I asked Feng Da's subordinates and old acquaintances to identify him, and everyone who saw the portrait said it was him!"

Although Feng Da was in Youzhou back then, Zhao Junsheng had never met him, so he didn't know him. He heard that the person in the portrait was actually Feng Da, and his expression changed: "Sure enough, it's a good plan. In Chang'an, contact Tuoba Huang first, and then use Tuoba Huang's name to contact the old people from the previous dynasty and instigate them to rebel, I have to say that Feng Da's idea is still very useful!"

Wang Tanzhi asked: "Your Majesty, this investigation is a matter for the Imperial City Secretary, but it also involves the officials, the duke, and may even involve some leading generals. This is under the jurisdiction of the pending lawsuit. ..."

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "No conflict, the waiting court and the imperial court are handling the case independently, and they are only responsible to me!"

"promise!"

Chapter 859

Cao's house.

A young man walked into the mansion from the outside, holding a bead in his hand and circling it non-stop. He walked briskly and whistled.

Seeing him, the maidservants kept squatting down to salute with blessings, hoping to be favored, "Hi, young master!"

"Scratch, it's so ugly to show yourself!" The young man cursed, his face full of disgust.

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A servant stepped forward and bowed: "Master, are you back?"

"Well, where's my grandfather?" The young man glanced at the servant and asked.

"Master is training in the martial arts field!"