Li Ji Pawnshop was a branch of the inner factory. Qi Ying was also the shopkeeper, but he was only a nominal shopkeeper and usually didn't do anything.
This business didn't really mean that there was business, but that someone had come to the inner factory.
But who would come to the inner factory at this time?
Qi Ying still stood up and went to greet them.
Walking to the reception room, Qi Ying saw a middle-aged man sipping tea with his head down. When he saw Qi Ying, he stood up with a smile and said, "Are you the commander of the inner factory, Qi Ying, Commander Qi?"
Qi Ying was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said with a serious look, "Who are you?"
"This is the plate!"
The man handed a plate to Qi Ying and said, "Before leaving the capital, Eunuch Xu of the inner factory gave this plate to me and asked me to come here to find you, Commander Qi."
"I am Li Zhonghang, the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs!" Li Zhonghang said with a smile, "I am sure you are familiar with me, Commander Qi?"
Qi Ying looked at the plate. This was the identity plate of the inner factory. Its function was very simple, to verify one's identity.
This plate was indeed made by the factory official in the capital.
After seeing it, Qi Ying handed the plate to him?
Ying.
According to the rules of the inner factory, this plate could only be used once, then it had to be put away and sent back.
"So you are the head of the Li family of King Zhang Li Fan!" Qi Ying said with a smile, "I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time!"
As he spoke, Qi Ying cupped his fists at Li Zhonghang, then said with a smile, "I have received the factory official's order long ago, I did not expect Manager Li to only arrive today."
Li Zhonghang said with a smile, "I arrived a few days ago, I arrived with the imperial envoy, but I have caught a cold these few days, so I am feeling better now."
Qi Ying naturally knew that Li Zhonghang's excuse of catching a cold was an excuse, and in fact, Li Zhonghang did not hide it.
With Qi Ying's status, he naturally understood that it was inconvenient for Li Zhonghang.
"The factory official has ordered that all the people of the inner factory in Yangzhou must do their best to cooperate with Manager Li."
Qi Ying did not dwell on that issue and changed the topic. "What do you need, Mr. Li? Please tell me."
Li Zhonghang looked at Qi Ying, then said with a smile, "Thank you for your trouble, Commander Qi. I came this time to ask for the information of the inner factory's investigation of the salt merchants. I want all of them with more than ten thousand loads of salt."
"No problem!"
Qi Ying said with a smile, "But there is a lot of information. I wonder where should I send it to Manager Li?"
"Just send it to my mansion in Yangzhou!"
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"No problem. Manager Li, feel free to look for me at any time," Qi Ying said with a smile.
After seeing off Li Zhonghang,
Ge said to Qi Ying: "Zongguan, what shall we do next?
If the imperial envoy's office directly captures Yan Huaiyuan, then our arrangements will be useless. We won't be able to interfere with the case! "
Just a glance?
Qi Ying said in a deep voice, "Keep an eye on him. Tell the people below to keep an eye on him."
"We don't care what the imperial envoy does with the case, but we can't make any mistakes on our side. Have them keep an eye on him.
If something happens to the imperial envoy, we'll capture him and bring him back. "
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Pigeon chuckled and said, "Understood, just wait and see!
There won't be a problem. "
After returning to his home, Li Zhonghang lived a secluded life again.
Every day, he flipped through the files sent by the Inner Factory. In reality, he knew many of the people here, and was even familiar with them. It was just that there were some private matters that he did not know.
However, Li Zhonghang's heart trembled with fear when he read the file from the Inner Factory, and he even broke out in a cold sweat.
"These people!"
Li Zhonghang put down the file in his hand and sighed helplessly. There were many people here that he was familiar with, and he even wanted to help them out this time. However, after seeing what they did in private, Li Zhonghang could only shake his head and sigh.
This was his first task after becoming the Ministry of Internal Affairs's Zongguan, and Li Zhonghang did not want to mess it up.
The imperial envoy's office.
Cao Yikui glanced at Yan Huaiyuan, put down the account book in his hand, and then said: "Sir Yan, we are colleagues. Whatever I ask, you will answer. Let's not waste our breath."
Zhang Jing sat to the side and did not comment, but he looked at Yan Huaiyuan with interest.
"Sir Cao, please speak!" Yan Huaiyuan said with a nod.
"I have an account book here."
Cao Yikui shook the account book in his hand, and then said: "This records the corruption after you arrived in Yangzhou, including the houses, fields, antiques, jade artifacts, and so on."
Yan Huaiyuan was stunned. Who had brought this thing out?
He was somewhat suspicious.
The reason why Cao Yikui could get that account book was because he was the Yangzhou Transport Envoy, but who could have gotten his?
"Show it to Sir Yan!" Cao Yikui did not waste any time and directly asked someone to pass the account book to Yan Huaiyuan.
Yan Huaiyuan took the book and glanced at it. Then, he was stunned. This record was really detailed.
But who and where did they get this thing?
It should be known that accepting bribes was done very secretively.
Basically, only the two parties knew about it, and it was very difficult for others to know!
Not only did he spend a lot of effort to get that book, but it was also not complete.
The book in front of him was really complete!
After closing the account book, Yan Huaiyuan asked: "I recognize all of this, but can I ask, who sent this?"
A person flashed in Yan Huaiyuan's mind. This person was Qi Heng.
If there was someone who knew these things better than him, it could only be Qi Heng.
"You don't need to worry about this," Zhang Jing said.
Zhang Jing said from the side. In fact, Zhang Jing did not know how this booklet came to be, and he did not care.
Yang Huaide said he had this book, so Zhang Jing took it.
Zhang Jing didn't care whether the book was real or fake. He just needed an excuse.
If the book was real, he would arrest Yan Huaiyuan. If the book was fake, he would arrest Yang Huaide.
To Zhang Jing, these things were meaningless. He was here to arrest people. As long as there was a reason to arrest people, it would be enough.
If it wasn't for Cao Yikui, Zhang Jing would have already sent people from Dongchang to arrest people.
With Dongchang's methods, there was nothing that couldn't be interrogated.
"Let me ask you. You accepted so much money from the salt merchants. What did you do for them?"
Zhang Jing couldn't stand Cao Yikui's questioning method, so he directly asked: "If you tell the truth, the court might give you a lighter sentence."
Yan Huaiyuan glanced at Zhang Jing and smiled: "Eunuch Chang, if I tell the truth, can I keep my life?"
"That depends on the Imperial Majesty. At most, I will agree to plead for you!"
Zhang Jing looked at Yan Huaiyuan and said: "As long as you are willing to confess and testify against others, I will plead for you with the Imperial Majesty."
Hearing Zhang Jing's words, Cao Yikui frowned. Wasn't this a false accusation?
"Then I will thank Eunuch Chang!" Yan Huaiyuan smiled and nodded.
For Yan Huaiyuan, being able to fight for this point was already very precious. Next, he told the entire Yangzhou salt works.
Starting from the salt works, official salt became private salt, embezzled the court's funds, raised the price of salt, and so on.
"Among these salt merchants, the Qi family controls the most salt works, so the Qi family basically sells salt to other salt merchants."
Zhang Jing took a sip of tea and glanced at Cao Yikui. He smiled and said: "Lord Cao, can I arrest him now?"
Cao Yikui frowned and looked at Zhang Jing. Ever since they arrived in Yangzhou, Zhang Jing had talked to him once, but they didn't come to an agreement.
Cao Yikui and Cao Yikui didn't have the same idea. He wanted to investigate slowly and even use the officials in Yangzhou.
However, Zhang Jing didn't think so. He wanted to directly arrest him and then interrogate him.
The two of them almost quarreled. The turning point came yesterday. Yesterday, Zhang Jing came to him with an account book and wanted to arrest Yan Huaiyuan.
With the material evidence, Cao Yikui couldn't stop him.
Hearing Zhang Jing's words, Cao Yikui knew that he couldn't stop Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jing didn't care what Cao Yikui thought. He was here to investigate and to kill.
The Imperial Majesty made it clear that he only cared about the Imperial Majesty's imperial edict. Nothing else was important.
Now that Yan Huaiyuan was a witness, he didn't have to worry about anything.
"Search the house!"
Zhang Jing didn't wait for Cao Yikui to reply and directly ordered the young eunuch next to him. He even handed the book in his hand to the young eunuch: "Search the house according to the address on this book and arrest him. Also, send people to surround the Qi family."
If the Imperial Majesty wanted them dead, they had to die. Zhang Jing didn't care about the charges and reasons.
Standing up, Zhang Jing shook his official robe and looked at Yan Huaiyuan. "Let me ask you. Do you have any evidence of corruption in Yangzhou's officials?" Then, Zhang Jing narrowed his eyes and looked at Yan Huaiyuan.
"Yes!" Yan Huaiyuan nodded. "I have evidence of corruption in Yangzhou's magistrate, Qin Hewen."
"Where?" Zhang Jing didn't waste time and asked directly.
Yan Huaiyuan said in a deep voice, "At the Transport Commissioner's Office. I left him with my concubine, Yunniang!"
"Let's go to the Transport Commissioner's Office!"
Zhang Jing didn't look at Cao Yikui and walked out with his people. At the same time, he didn't forget to add, "Protect Yan Huaiyuan. Don't let him die. If he dies, all of you will die with him!"
The subordinate next to Zhang Jing quickly bowed and said, "Don't worry. If there are any mistakes, I will bring my head to see you!"
Looking at Zhang Jing's back, Cao Yikui frowned. Was Dongchang going to stir up a big case?
This wasn't what he wanted. He needed a smooth transition, but he couldn't stop Zhang Jing now.