Chapter 72 Flood Control Dike Project
Xiao Jiading hurriedly said, "Yes, it's this matter that involves several people. I have his confession." As he said that, Xiao Jiading took out Liu Xiangzheng's confession from Qi's arms. Before he came, he had already expected that Tang Lin might participate, so he had already thought about finding an opportunity to tell him about this matter, so he brought the confession with him. Now he had this opportunity and took it out.
Tang Lin did not answer and turned to stare at him. Obviously, he knew that Xiao Jiading had some evidence. Seeing Xiao Jiading retracted his hand awkwardly, he slowly said: "I know, what are you going to do?"
Xiao Jiading felt a little nervous. It turned out that the so-called secrets he had were actually mastered. He hurriedly said, "Because it is related to the senior officials of the government office, I dare not make any decisions, nor do I dare to write this part of the content into other records, so as not to alarm the enemy. I wrote it alone, I kept it myself, and others didn't know. I planned to collect enough evidence and provide it to the censor. They should be able to deal with it."
The Censor of Supervision is equivalent to the current Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Discipline Inspection Commission and the Procuratorate, and is dedicated to supervising all officials.
Tang Lin nodded and finally smiled: "You are very clever. You must be cautious when dealing with such cases. I will explain to the Censor of the Supervision Censor, - the person in charge of our Jiannandao supervision is Cheng Chonghui, and he knows what to do."
This was exactly what Xiao Jiading thought, but he just couldn't say it out directly, as it would give people the impression that he was directing Tang Lin to do things.
Xiao Jiading took the confession and said, "There are many senior officials involved in this case, and they are involved with each other. It is not realistic to find out at once. Such bribery is generally one-on-one, and it is difficult to obtain evidence. There must be some breakthroughs. Therefore, I want to choose one of the officials as the breakthrough point. After hitting the evidence, the supervisory censor will confiscate it to find more clues. However, I have no idea where to open the breakthrough point."
Tang Lin thought for a while and said, "Deng Quansheng, the county magistrate of your Shaocheng County, can open a gap from him. His official rank is low and he has no other backer except Zhong Facao. Moreover, as long as there is evidence for this matter, Zhong Facao dare not protect him, for fear of causing fire to burn him. Therefore, it is less difficult to move him. If an official like Zhong Facao is directly moved, there will be someone behind him, and the difficulties will be very obstacles, unless there is very sufficient evidence."
This idea was the same as what Xiao Jiading thought, so he had arranged for Huiyi to investigate the property of Deng County Wei’s family and monitor his whereabouts. He has obtained enough evidence. He did not close the net, but just wanted to touch Tang Lin’s attitude. As long as he supports him, he can do it with confidence. Now that he has received Tang Lin’s approval, Xiao Jiading is very happy. He decided to do it immediately as soon as he goes back.
Xiao Jiading said again: "There is another case to report to the boss - the brother-in-law of the prefecture chief is jealous of the woman, killing people in the street, and one death or more injuries. This case has been shelved in the county government for nearly a year."
"Is there such a thing?" Tang Lin frowned slightly. Tang Ru stipulated it very clearly that the deadline for arrest and trial of murder cases is one month. If you have to beat a board after the deadline, the case has been solved and it took nearly a year to hear the trial. To use modern vocabulary, it is called "detention after the deadline". As for why it happened, Tang Lin has been in prison for many years, but he didn't know.
He said to Xiao Jiading: "I will let Cheng Chonghui tell you about this matter and let him deal with it. He is a good person. He was promoted when I was in the Censorate. He is upright and selfless, and proficient in criminal laws. You can date him more if you have the opportunity in the future."
"Okay, the person recommended by the boss is definitely worthy of handing over!"
Tang Lin glanced at him and said, "Your poetry is very good. This is a very rare skill. If you grasp it well, you can help you go further in your career. Therefore, you have to take advantage of various opportunities to fully demonstrate your talents. The annual Yizhou Poetry Conference will be held soon, and you have to strive to win the championship. This is a good opportunity to make you famous. You cannot miss it."
Xiao Jiading smiled and said, "I will definitely do it when my boss says something. By the way, I have participated in the Bailu Poetry Club in our Shaocheng Yamen and are going to show off with the Tiaozhihua Poetry Club in the Zhoufu Yamen. I heard that you are going to participate as a referee, right?"
Tang Lin smiled and nodded: "Yes, the showdown between the poetry clubs of the two yamen can be said to be the preliminaries of the Yizhou Poetry Club. Because the number one talented man and the first talented woman in the two poetry clubs of Yizhou are respectively, many people pay attention to this showdown and will greatly affect the judge's judgment later. You have to work hard. Moreover, I heard that the Tiaozhihua Poetry Club also invited a very powerful talented man to join, named him from the capital. He is very famous among the literati in the capital. I heard that he is also a quick-witted poet, and he writes poetry very quickly. You must be vigilant."
Tsk! No matter how fast your talent is, it is not as fast as my plagiarism. I am afraid of a ball!
He thought so in his heart, but his face looked solemn, "Yes, thank you for your reminder, but I don't know what the name of this talent from the capital is?"
"Lu Zhaolin!"
Xiao Jiading was stunned.
Lu Zhaolin, along with Wang Bo, Yang Jiong and Luo Binwang, were hailed as the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty"! A famous figure in the early Tang Dynasty poems, he wrote a famous line that has been passed down through the ages: "Why do you want to die if you want to be a mandarin duck, and you don't envy the immortals." This is one of Xiao Family Ding's favorite famous lines!
Unexpectedly, he could see the great poet he admired. Xiao Jiading was a little excited, but then he laughed at himself: It's so much to be happy, he is the opponent, and he will compete with him in the future. Although it is not difficult to defeat him completely by his famous works, it is really boring to use plagiarized poems to defeat a truly famous poet.
Seeing Xiao Jiading like this, Tang Lin asked, "What? Have you heard of his name?"
Although Lu Zhaolin became famous very early, under the extremely backward communication conditions in ancient times, his fame would definitely not be widely spread. So Xiao Jiading shook his head and said, "I just heard that he came from the capital. The boss is so serious, so he must be a strong enemy."
"Yes, if you can beat him, your fame will soon spread throughout the capital. He is the five-coherent Poetry Club in Beijing! This time he was specially invited to participate in the Yizhou Poetry Club. Somehow, he joined the Tiaozhihua Poetry Club in the Prefecture Office."
Seeing that Xiao Jiading looked a little strange, Tang Lin asked, "What's wrong? Don't have confidence? In fact, if you ask me to evaluate, your poems are no less than him. The poems you wrote so far can be said to be basically excellent, so it is not an exaggeration to say that they have been passed down through the ages. So, you don't have to be afraid of him at all!"
Xiao Jiading immediately raised his chest and said, "Okay! The boss is right, it's a mule or a horse. Just pull it out and you'll know!"
"Well! You must be like you wrote when you made friends with poetry: Five carts of poetry are brave, eight fights of talent are powerful! You must show the spirit of sweeping everything and believe in yourself. You will definitely defeat Lu Zhaolin and let every literati in the capital know your name!"
Xiao Jiading was so passionate that he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. It seemed that this old man was more anxious than himself? Could it be that his poetry will win the championship, which is also his chess move?
Good, if that's the case, you have to be careful.
He thought to himself, but his face was filled with fighting spirit inspired by Tang Lin's words, and he was also inspired.
Xiao Jiading's performance made Tang Lin very satisfied. He looked at him sideways for a while and said slowly: "I heard that the imperial court will build the Jinjiang flood control embankment in Huayuan Township and Wutai Township in your Shaocheng County in April this year. This is a major project in the country this year, which can benefit many people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait!"
After saying that, she glanced at Xiao Jiading again.
Xiao Jiading was slightly stunned. Why did he talk about the project very well? Tang Lin, a senior official from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice, had never been in contact with any engineering construction, nor was he a local chief executive who directly managed the people. How could he be interested in a flood control dike project?
While he was stunned, he saw the meaningful smell in Tang Lin's eyes with the light of the lantern hanging on the cabin, and couldn't help but feel moved. When Tang Lin talked about this project just now, he said it very carefully and directly mentioned the specific construction location and construction time of the project. Is this reminding himself?
Construction projects are something that makes a lot of money. Xiao Jiading from modern society certainly has a deep understanding of this. Among his agents, there are many big builders and bosses. He was deeply impressed by the way that they all spent money like money.
Tang Lin had said before that he did not oppose officials making money. As long as they did not operate it themselves and made money legally, he actually accepted it in his heart, because this would make officials rich and would not be interested in bribery, which means achieving the so-called "high salary to support integrity". Now, he deliberately told himself this news, is he trying to remind himself to think of some solutions here?
After traveling through the Tang Dynasty, he also had some understanding of the construction of the Tang Dynasty's engineering. The regulations implemented by the Tang Dynasty were that each resident was voluntary to perform labor service for 20 days a year, which was a duty. He brought his own food and had no wages. On this basis, the additional service was voluntary to 15 days, and the additional service was voluntary to 30 days. The rent was voluntary to all. These labor service were mainly used in national construction projects, including water conservancy projects such as flood control dikes, which were voluntary to migrant workers. Therefore, in large-scale national investment and construction projects in the Tang Dynasty, there was no so-called construction companies or construction teams in the modern sense involved, but the local government organized local people to voluntarily to invest.
In this way, how can you make money on the construction projects of the Tang Dynasty?
He didn't understand, but he was sure that Tang Lin's proposal must have his intention, and it was definitely not a casual statement, but also the intention to make himself rich! As for how to make money, it depends on his own understanding. A high-ranking official like him cannot give him such a specific designation. It is already a great help if he can point out a way.
So, Xiao Jiading quickly bowed happily and said, "Yes, yes, the emperor's kindness is so great, we are grateful to the people!"
This is the emperor's kindness, but his eyes are looking at Tang Lin. His words are clearly thanking him for revealing the news and guiding his financial resources.
Chapter completed!