My country is dead again [Rebirth]

There was silence in the room, Du Ruo looked at Pei Yunfeng and the others calmly, with an attitude of "I'm patient and I can wait slowly". After a long while, Pei Yunfeng waved for the governor and ordered him to fetch things in a low voice.

Du Ruo pointed to a row of chairs on the side, and said, "Please sit down."

Even though he was an imperial envoy, replacing the emperor's will, all the officers here had higher official positions than him, but he didn't give him any face, which was unreasonable in normal times.

He has seen clearly for a long time that Pei Yuankai really knows how to pick people, and if he puts his son in, and matches with a few mediocre and honest people, it will naturally become his territory.

The governor brought a stack of thick brochures and put them on the table. Pei Yunfeng rolled his eyes and said, "It's all here, let's read it yourself."

There are actually three copies of the military registration register, so it is called three military registers, one is called the military register, which records the establishment of the guard and the number of sergeants, and is collected in the guard, and the other is called the military yellow general register, which is fabricated by the original register of the military household. The family register of sergeants is the same as the yellow book of tax and service, which is convenient for the whole management of military households. There are records at all levels of the department. There is another one called Qinggou Book, which records the number of soldiers who escaped and died in the guard. It is convenient for timely addition and stored in the Ministry of War. There are also archives in the Ministry of Cleaning Officials in the Arsenal, and in the Guards. [1]

Du Ruo picked up Weishan's collection booklet and started flipping through it, and threw several large books to Shen Ci, but Shen Ci felt dizzy as soon as he opened it. Push it back to Du Ruo's hand.

Du Ruo: "..."

They brought the three volumes recorded by the Ministry of War. Du Ruo couldn't help frowning from checking the military collection to the clearing volume.

Upon seeing this, Shen Ci asked, "Is there a problem?"

Du Ruo shook his head, casually flipped through a few pages for Shen Ci to read.

No matter whether it is the military record or the Qing Gou record, the contents recorded by Weishan and the Ministry of War are exactly the same, there is no discrepancy.

Shen Ci still understands this point, no problem is the biggest problem.

If it can be exactly the same as the records of the Ministry of War, there is really no need for them to check.

Obviously, the commander of the guards has more than one roster in his hand.

When Hui Zong first came to the throne, while the court was liquidating the eunuchs, someone suggested that the household registration was chaotic and should be investigated thoroughly.

The yellow book that the imperial court can see does not record the real number of people. In fact, there are other "white books" in the hands of local officials, which record the real situation of the local households. It was all based on the fake yellow book in Lixu's hands. Rich gentry bribed Lixu and magistrates, and tax evasion and avoidance of labor were not uncommon. [2]

Therefore, the roster of the Guards Army is similar to the yellow and white book of household registration. What they see now is the "yellow book" to fool the court, but what they really want to see is the "white book" secretly held by the officers ".

Du Ruo casually flipped through the account books a few more times, and there was no discrepancy with the records of the household department. It was nothing more than clear accounts and hidden accounts. He closed all the books, looked at Pei Yunfeng, and said, "Is it really all here?"

"The superior officer didn't find out the problem himself, so it has nothing to do with us." Pei Yunfeng sneered and said, "It's not like no one from the imperial court checked it before. These are all our files here, and we don't have anything else if we press them. people."

Although Du Ruo's eyes had turned cold, the smile on his face was still gentle and friendly, and he said, "I'm just asking now, and I'm not pressing you, right? Don't swear at Pei Qian."

Pei Yunfeng let out a snort, unwilling to share any more with his eyes, and said: "Anyway, that's all. If you have any questions, tell them. If you have no problem, get out."

They can see that Pei Yunfeng is determined that they dare not really use the airs of the imperial envoy to suppress them, and they dare not search the house like a house raid. Once they do this, it means completely tearing apart the Pei family and a series of complicated forces related to it. Broken face, really embarked on the road of offending others.

And the reason why Sun Bingde was able to agree to Xie Ruzhuo to take a step back was because Du Ruzhuo really wanted to investigate seriously, and there was no turning back. Being torn apart by various forces, even in the end, the imperial court may have to make some concessions to the Pei family, and Du Ruo is likely to be a useless chess piece at that time.

Pei Yunfeng and the others obviously understand this well, they are so unscrupulous, acting like you can do anything to me.

If it were someone else, it would be really impossible to investigate today, and the only thing to do is go back to Beijing to file a complaint, but if Du is not this other person, it is even more impossible for Shen Ci to do the useless thing of running back to Xie Ruzhuo to file a complaint.

Du Ruo said in a light tone: "If you don't cooperate, then you can only search." When Jin Yiwei outside the house heard the sound, Du Ruo ordered, "Let's search from the commander's department first. If you can't find it, you may have to go to see it." The house is here. I came here this time to investigate this matter, I have enough time and energy, and I just need to look for it slowly from place to place."

As soon as the words fell, Jin Yiwei dispersed and went to each room to rummage through boxes and cabinets. Pei Yunfeng angrily slapped the table and stood up, and said loudly: "Du Fangzhou, don't go too far! You are ordered by the emperor to investigate, and we also cooperated. What's the matter? Can't you just plant something and frame it if you don't see what you're satisfied with?"

Du Ruo sat quietly, as if she didn't hear.

Pei Yunfeng slapped the table in front of him with such force that the books on the table trembled a few times, staring at him and said: "Your Majesty ordered you to investigate, but did not allow you to search at will. If you want to search, you must have real evidence, otherwise If you don’t follow the regulations, I can send you a copy to the capital right now.”

"Please feel free to participate in Pei Qian's affairs." Du Ruo looked at Pei Yunfeng without retreating, and the smile on his face finally showed a cool look, "It's not my turn to do this matter, it is precisely because I was involved by the officials." Came here to check on you, and this book you participated in is not bad."

Shen Ci also didn't expect Du Ruo to have such a slightly rogue side. Seeing Pei Yunfeng's stern eyes, he held the unsheathed knife in front of the two of them, and said, "Pei Yunfeng, if you say one more word, we will participate in your confrontation with the court." Imperial envoys are disrespectful."

Hearing Shen Ci's words, Pei Yunfeng immediately turned his eyes to him, probably holding back his anger for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "You bastard, what do you think you are, and you dare to put on airs in front of me."

Du Ruo frowned and said, "Pei Qian, you are disrespectful to the imperial envoy."

"Don't pay attention to him." Shen Ci pulled him away by the back collar, "The Pei family are all mean."

"Come here!" Pei Yunfeng staggered three or two steps while being held up by his collar, and shouted, "Get everyone in the house out! No one dares to move anything in the house without my order!"

A large group of soldiers poured in from nowhere, including Pei Yunfeng's own soldiers. Shen Ci sneered and said, "Why haven't you made much progress after all these years?"

Before he finished speaking, Shen Ci punched Pei Yunfeng in the face. Before Du Ruo could stop him, with a bang, Shen Ci slammed Pei Yunfeng to the ground again.

Shen Ci stepped on his belly, grabbed his collar with his right hand, watched Pei Yunfeng writhing miserably like a dead fish, and sneered coldly: "Does the place where the tooth fell out a few years ago still hurt? ? You still want me to knock out one?"

A series of unbearable curses popped out of Pei Yunfeng's mouth, but it seemed a little ridiculous because of his restrained appearance.

"Why bother to talk about it?" Song Qinglai stepped into the door at the right time, drew out the embroidery knife without saying a word, and was about to stab Pei Yunfeng's arm with the knife. Pei Yunfeng yelled in fright, but there was no pain in the next moment. Only then did he realize that Song Qinglai just pierced his sleeve, the tip of the knife narrowly brushed against his skin, and nailed it to the ground.

"What do you want to do!"

"Tell your people to get out!" Song Qinglai's sleazy air turned into a ferocious air, "I don't want to see blood, and Shen Jijin may just want to smash a tooth of yours to force me to do it. You have broken your teeth one by one." He didn't bother to listen to Pei Yunfeng yelling, and blocked the man's words, "You can read ten of my books, do you think I will be afraid of you?"

Du Ruo ordered "don't hurt people" in a nonchalant manner, and had no intention of intervening to stop this scene of blatantly threatening the court officials.

Hou Yan, who had always been dumb on the sidelines, had to admit that the court chose these three people really well. The most courageous civil servant, the military officer who is least afraid of causing trouble, and another one who won't dare to touch him Jin Yiwei, with these three people together, there is no place where the account books can't be checked.

Seeing that the Commander of the Guards and his staff were all in chaos, Hou Yan sighed, "I'll let them all go out, and the two superiors let go of Pei Qian's affairs."

The group of sergeants and soldiers who were called in by Pei Yunfeng and witnessed Pei Yunfeng's tragic situation had been at a loss for a long time, and they actually didn't know what to do.

Once they have any signs of going forward to rescue Pei Yunfeng, the Xiuchun knife nailed to the ground will move dangerously, and the blade will cut into the flesh of Pei Yunfeng's arm half an inch forward. Another person who has been holding Pei Yunfeng by the collar As soon as they let go, the back of Pei Yunfeng's head would hit the ground, and if they moved up, they would grab Pei Yunfeng's neck. In the end, they could only stand there helplessly and stare at Pei Yunfeng.

After Hou Yan spoke like this, the group of people retreated out of the door wisely. Pei Yunfeng's arms felt cold, his collar hurt his throat and eyes, and his breathing was a little difficult. He said weakly, "Get out, everyone!"

The room was finally clean, Song Qinglai retracted the knife, Shen Ci also let go, Pei Yunfeng fell to the ground to catch his breath, stood up and sat far away from them.

The Jinyi guard at the other end pried open a locked cabinet in Pei Yunfeng's room, and handed it to Du Ruo with a stack of books. Pei Yunfeng snorted coldly and said, "If you want to take it, take it away. I want to see if you can take it away." What to do with me."

Just as Du Ruo guessed, it's not difficult to find these books. They are in their own hands. It's just that no one has dared to be as tough as they are today. Can't find out.

Du Ruo ordered Jin Yiwei to take all these booklets away, and walked out the door with his sleeves up, saying: "There is no need to worry about the follow-up matters, Pei Qian's matter, His Majesty will decide."

After the group returned to the posthouse, Song Qinglai smiled and said to Du Ruo: "I thought Xueshi Du was a gentleman, and I was afraid that he wouldn't see us being rough, so I didn't expect to say nothing?"

Du Ruo asked people to lock all the booklets into a wooden box, and said with a smile: "To deal with different people, you need to use different methods. A person like Pei Yunfeng who relies on the power behind his back to do things unscrupulously can only accomplish things if he is more tyrannical than him. What do you do?" That's right, as long as it doesn't really hurt Pei Yunfeng, I won't stop him."

Shen Ci coughed awkwardly, and said, "I slapped him in the face."

"He scolded you first." Du Ruo said, "He also tried to get people to stop the imperial envoy from investigating the case, so you did nothing wrong."

It was the first time for Shen Ci and Song Qinglai to realize the benefits of studying hard. It turns out that there are such impeccable reasons for beating people and threatening to play tricks.

Is this the joy of being a scholar?

The author has something to say: Notes:

[1] Refer to the dictionary explanations of the three volumes of Hukou, Qinggou, and Shujun on the dictionary website

[2] Refer to "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty"

Du Ruo: Why do I always meet scumbags, and I can't move them in my daily life?

Xie Ruzhuo: What about me?

Du Ruo: Only Your Majesty is a top student.

Shen Ci: That's mine too.

Pei Yunfeng: Shouldn't the small theater in this chapter take pity on me who has been beaten and has yet to reason?

Mother: You are not important, you are just a cannon fodder with a name.