Chapter 21-Factory Guards Going Out, Not a Grass Grown
The next day, in the court, an imperial edict was issued to establish the Martial Arts Department, which was under the jurisdiction of the Embroidered Uniform Guards and the East Intelligence Bureau. The Martial Arts Department and the Embroidered Uniform Guards were independent of the three provinces and six ministries. The national treasury allocated two million taels of silver every year.
As for the Eastern Bureau, it was only under the name of the Martial Arts Department. It was made up of eunuchs and operated independently by the Emperor's palace treasury.
The officials did not have much opinion on this matter. In their eyes, this was the Emperor's counterattack against the Jianghu forces.
A Rank-9 martial artist barging into the Imperial Palace at night, and it was said that he was going to the Empress 'Palace of Earth Tranquility, was indeed too reckless.
They still did not know what kind of terrifying monsters they had released.
On the east side of the Imperial Palace, there was a palace that had been abandoned for many years. It was next to the West Moon Gate and had always been locked.
Now, this abandoned palace had become the East Chamber's base.
In just a day, the originally abandoned palace had been completely renewed.
With Yu Huatian, the West Hall's Chief, the East Hall's establishment was very smooth. The various departments had clear responsibilities and were in good order.
Wei Zhongxian, on the other hand, although he didn't get the position of supervisor, he was still in charge of many affairs in the East Hall. It was similar to the position of office director in his previous life.
At this moment, the main hall of the palace had become the meeting hall of the East Chamber. Chu Xiu was dressed in a black robe and was reading a book quietly.
"Viceroy!"
Not long after, Yu Huatian walked in and cupped his hands at Chu Xiu.
"How are the preparations going?"
"It's already prepared. I've already asked the War Bureau to prepare the weapons and choose the torture tools!”
"There is sufficient evidence in the palace treasury. They are all unscrupulous and corrupt people!”
Yu Huatian said calmly.
Chu Xiu nodded.”
Chu Xiu didn't assign his first mission to the officials of the East Chamber, but to the palace treasury.
The emperor's palace treasury was not just the emperor's gold and silver warehouse. It was an entire business group.
This included the emperor's estate, mines, caravans, taverns, and many other industries.
The first order Chu Xiu had given to Eldest Princess Jin Yang was to let the people from the East Hall infiltrate the palace treasury to investigate and collect evidence.
It was for the people of the East Chamber to practice and also to clean up the vermin in the palace treasury.
After all, two generations of young emperors had neglected to manage the palace treasury. Eldest Princess Jin Yang was not particularly good at managing money.
Who would believe that there was no one here who had pocketed money and taken bribes?
Moreover, the East Chamber was newly built and lacked funds. It was only natural to dig out some funds from these people.
"Do it!"
Chu Xiu waved his hand, and Yu Huatian cupped his hands to receive the order.
Soon, in Jingdou, black-clothed East Chamber foreigners led teams of armored soldiers and began to raid houses.
Inner city, Wuding Lane.
This was considered the wealthy district of the inner city. Some wealthy merchants bought their businesses here.
Steward Huang was no exception.
On the surface, he was the owner of the Spring Breeze Pavilion, but in secret, he was actually a steward of the emperor's palace treasury.
The entire Spring Breeze Pavilion, apart from being a wine shop, also had a wine monopoly. Every year, it earned a lot of money.
In the past few years, two successive generations of new rulers had ascended the throne. The court was in chaos, and the management of the emperor's palace treasury was even looser.
From top to bottom, many people were busy using the businesses in their hands to earn money.
Steward Huang also took this opportunity to save tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy a three-room mansion and marry three concubines.
His days were very comfortable.
However, this morning, before he could go to the restaurant, the door of his new residence was suddenly kicked open.
"Master…Master…There are many soldiers outside!”
The servant from the front yard scrambled to the back yard and spoke to Steward Huang who was still leisurely eating.
"What?"
Steward Huang's expression changed as he came to the front yard.
Sure enough, hundreds of armored soldiers had already surrounded the entire courtyard.
In the courtyard, a black-robed man stood there with an indifferent expression.
"Sir, Sir, I'm the steward of the Eldest Princess's residence in Jin Yang. I wonder what crime I've committed to provoke Sir to come here?”
Steward Huang was not afraid. He took out the token of the Eldest Princess Jin Yang's residence.
These people had been using the name of the Eldest Princess Jin Yang's residence for the past few years, and they had always been successful.
In the courtyard, the black-clothed eunuch Jia Yuan looked at Steward Huang with a fake smile and said coldly,""Of course I know that you're the steward of the Eldest Princess's residence. I also know that you're the owner of the emperor's palace treasury's Spring Breeze Pavilion!”
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Jia Yuan, the head of the first group of the Eastern Intelligence Bureau. I supervise the palace treasury for the emperor!”
"Steward Huang, you pocketed the money and embezzled the palace's money.”
"The Factory Duke ordered us to come and confiscate the house. If you have anything to say, it's better to go to the East Factory's Imperial Jail!”
"Take him down!"
Eunuch Jia Yuan waved his hand, and the soldiers of the Dragon Xiang Guards immediately charged towards Steward Huang's residence like ferocious tigers.
A moment later, wails and howls came from the back of the house.
Steward Huang, on the other hand, stood there with a pale face, dumbstruck.
And this exact same scene happened in dozens of courtyards in the capital at the same time.
This time, the East Chamber had borrowed soldiers from the Dragon Stallion Guards, the capital camp, and the five city military divisions to carry out this investigation.
At the same time, Chu Xiu also let them use this opportunity to select talents from these barracks to fill the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
In Steward Huang's house, suddenly, a female wail came from the backyard.
The black-robed eunuch Jia Yuan's expression changed. He used his movement technique, and his figure moved like lightning. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the backyard.
In the backyard, a few soldiers were about to rape a young woman. It was Steward Huang's newly married third concubine.
Seeing the sudden appearance of the black-clothed eunuch Jia Yuan, the soldiers who were abusing the woman released their hands in embarrassment.
The one leading them was the centurion of the hundred of them, a Rank-3 martial artist.
"Eunuch Jia, they are just the family of a prisoner. Brothers, please help us have some fun!”
Centurion Chen Xiong cupped his hands and said respectfully.
Jia Yuan's eyes were malicious.
"Before coming, the superintendent had repeatedly ordered that only people should be arrested and their homes confiscated.”
"Military law is merciless. In the next life, everyone should remember!”
"You dare to kill us?"
Chen Xiong's expression changed. He drew his long saber and looked at Jia Yuan warily.
Jia Yuan sneered. Then, he brandished his sword and appeared in front of Chen Xiong in an instant.
The sword pierced through his throat!
Then, under the horrified gazes of the other soldiers, he killed them one by one.
Then, Jia Yuan held his sword and looked at the surrounding armored soldiers with a cold expression.
"If anyone disobeys the Overseer's orders again, the outcome will be the same!”
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