Since the winter of the fourth year of Yuanyou's reign, there has been heavy snowfall almost everywhere in the north.
The emergency reports for help received by the General Affairs Department every day were sent to the Qinzheng Palace all the time. The diligent emperor Liu Heng spent the whole night reviewing the memorials. Officials from the cabinet and the six ministries had already arranged their shifts, and they were all there during the Chinese New Year. Follow the emperor to handle disaster relief matters.
Xia Shouzhong took the food box from Baoqin's hand, and the two whispered a few words.
"Please give me a report, Miss Baoqin. I'm afraid the emperor won't be in the mood to go back to the harem to rest these days, so just let the emperor rest early. By the way, the emperor said that the tremella and lotus seed soup cooked by the emperor is very good!"
He knelt down and bowed with his piano in his arms, and then walked to the harem in the wind and snow. Xia Shouzhong watched Huo Qin leave with a smile in his eyes: There are no girls in the Jia family who are stupid. They feel comfortable dealing with smart people.
Crunch…
The little chamberlain pushed open the door of Qinzheng Palace with a hint of eye, and welcomed Xia Shouzhong in.
Emperor Liu Heng almost buried himself in the memorial. Under the dim candlelight, Xia Shouzhong persuaded with some distress: "Your Majesty, take a rest. Just leave the less important matters to the cabinet." Already..."
As he spoke, he opened the food box in his hand. Four plates of side dishes and a bowl of exquisite rice porridge were steaming, causing the emperor to gurgling.
"Did it come from Fengzao Palace?"
"The Concubine Xian asked the girl holding the piano to bring it just now. The Concubine also said that she asked the old slave to advise the emperor to have a rest early so that he can handle political affairs better with more energy!"
Xia Shouzhong put the meals on the table next to the stove one by one, while talking about the trivial matters in the palace: "The Queen Mother also asked the old slave to persuade the emperor, saying what the imperial court does with so many officials, what? Your Majesty is exhausted from all the work, why don’t we all rush home and farm..."
"Mother is really... ugh!"
Not only did Liu Heng not get tired of Xia Shouzhong's nagging, he actually laughed.
He commented on the memorial in his hand: A thousand-year-old turtle, a thousand-year-old turtle, should stop carving words on its shell to pretend to be auspicious, and just manage the two lakes for me. When this year's rice grows, remember to send some rice to Beijing. Last year's rice tasted good.
After thinking about it, I added another sentence: Remember to give farmers money to buy rice!
"This Cao Jiuren, I don't know where he got an old turtle, and engraved it with the words "sage" to make it auspicious? What a nonsense!"
Although he was complaining, Liu Heng still shook his head with a smile, put the fold away, and sat down by the stove.
While serving the emperor's meal, Xia Shouzhong said with a smile: "The fourth master Cao has been close to the emperor since he was a child, and he has been fooling around more than once or twice. Didn't he personally go to Sichuan and Sichuan the year before last and captured two iron-eating beasts and said they were Chi You? The mythical beast under you is Xiong Zan. I guess he wants to ask for a reward from the emperor so that he can show off to his colleagues."
"You will never grow up!"
Compared with his brother Cao Jiugong, Cao Jiuren is not good at writing or military. The only good thing is that this man can always faithfully execute his orders. Being placed in the strategic location of Huguang, Liu Heng can feel more at ease.
Thinking of Huguang, Liu Heng suddenly stopped his chopsticks, frowned and asked, "By the way, are Shi Nai and Shi Ding still plotting against Wai Ren?"
Xia Shouzhong nodded and responded: "According to the secret report from the Long Guards, the Shi brothers went to the Zhenguo Mansion years ago. Uncle Niu didn't agree, so they went to the Beijing Prince's Mansion... In the end, people from the Governor's Mansion, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel received it. Courtesy of the historian. Among the vacancies reported by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Sichuan Metropolitan Commander-in-Chief and the Huguang Metropolitan Commander-in-Chief are missing a Metropolitan Commander-in-Chief!"
Ah!
Liu Heng smiled mockingly and continued to pick up the chopsticks.
He took a mouthful of rice, chewed it for a while, and said coldly: "Since they want to go, let them go. But I have to let the Governor's Mansion, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War delay for a while. If I want to take a look, they will all go there." Who will do this? Then ask the historian how much they spent on these two jobs!"
"One more thing, Your Majesty, Mr. Qingteng and General Jia Lang went to Wanping County today..."
When Xu Jin took Jia Cong to Wanping County, it can be said that everything he said and did was under the attention of Long Jinwei.
Before Jia Cong could return home, Long Jinwei had already sent the report to the palace. Xia Shouzhong thought of the rebellious words Jia Cong scolded,
I really don’t know whether to call Jia Cong bold or innocent.
"Go to hell with Zhao Yuan's prosperous age, go to hell with the country's strength and prosperity, and go to hell with the Celestial Empire..."
Liu Heng repeated the words Jia Cong cursed when he was angry, and asked Xia Shouzhong: "Big companion, do you think Jia Cong's curse was right or wrong?"
Xia Shouzhong shook his head, nodded again, and finally sighed: "Your Majesty, this is how this old slave was sold into the palace!"
He didn't say it right or wrong, but Liu Heng felt the sadness in this answer.
A bowl of millet can be exchanged for a baby. Can this be called a prosperous age?
"Fuck Zhaoyuan Shengshi!"
Liu Heng also cursed a vulgar word, and then told Xia Shouzhong: "Tomorrow morning, I will go to Rongguo Mansion to deliver my oral instructions. The mice have appeared, why don't you catch the royal cat?"
There was another heavy snowfall in Gyeonggi Province after the New Year, and the cabinet immediately ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to once again allocate a large amount of money and food to the various states.
Xu Jin no longer had time to take care of his apprentices. He stayed at the Metropolitan Procuratorate and arranged local inspections under the censor. He also cooperated with the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to investigate the cases received during the disaster relief period.
There were still three days before the poetry meeting in Rongguo Mansion. Jia Cong, who was lying on the table meditating and meditating on the reform contents such as the Land Equalization Law, the Square Field Tax Equalization Law, the One Whip Law, etc., was driven out of the capital by the emperor's decree.
Wrapped in a thick fur coat, Jia Cong sat in the carriage and began to catch mice from Wanping County.
Of course, he also visited the palace before leaving Beijing. After all, if the name is not correct, the words will not be correct. Taking this opportunity, Jia Cong asked the emperor for an official position: an imperial envoy to inspect the military and political affairs of Beizhili.
Commonly known as the Inspector of the Nine Prefectures of Northern Zhili and the Imperial Envoy!
However, this official was temporarily appointed by the emperor, with no rank, no rank, no salary. Jia Cong paid for his boss to do things for him, and it was obvious that he wanted to offend someone.
For example, at this time, Jia Yumao and Imperial Envoy Cong were sitting in the lobby of Wanping County Government Office. In the hall, all the officials of Wanping County, large and small, were kneeling neatly.
"A snowstorm caused nearly half of the land to change its owner. What a powerful trick. Hu Youwei, haven't you ever thought about where the food will come from when collecting taxes this summer? Will the landlords pay your taxes?" Z.br>
Sometimes Jia Cong really wanted to lift up the skulls of these wastes and take a look inside to see if they were all filled with water.
It is impossible for those men with noble relatives and honors to pay taxes to the government when they buy land. When the time comes when the grain and tax revenue are not equal, and the official assessment will be conducted directly from middle to lower or lower, wouldn't it mean that there is no future?
Judging from the information collected by Long Jinwei, Hu Youwei didn't do anything bad except arranging to buy land for the gentlemen in the capital.
On the contrary, he did not waste a single tael of money and did his best to help the victims. Originally, if he had handled the disaster relief matters peacefully and not interfered with the annexation of land by various families in the capital, why would he have to be promoted...
"The lower official is guilty!"
Hu Youwei was a bachelor, so he took off his black gauze hat and kowtowed to confess his crime. The other county magistrates, chief ministers, etc. naturally followed suit and kowtowed their heads loudly.
Wanping is the prefecture and county closest to the capital. Almost none of the officials in the county escaped, and they were all involved in these dirty things.
Of course, in their eyes, this kind of thing is nothing at all. After all, everyone does this every time there is a famine.
It is reasonable to make a convention!
Jia Cong slapped the gavel and said coldly: "You are guilty, but you still have to keep your head. Someone still needs to clean up the mess in Wanping County."
Later, based on the seriousness of the charges, he beheaded the Wanping County Prime Minister and Dian Shi, who had the most serious charges, on the spot, leaving the county magistrate Hu Youwei and the chief Bo Sunsheng.
"Hu Youwei, Sun Sheng..."
As Jia Cong's cold voice came, the two of them, frightened by the young man's cruelty, immediately fell to the ground: "The sinner is here!"
Just listen to Jia Cong say: "You have copied into a book one by one the properties that have been robbed and plundered since the winter snow last year. All those who oppressed the people, involved human lives, and robbed the people will be arrested and brought to justice. Can you survive? , it depends on whether you can bear the crime and make meritorious service!"
"grown ups……"
Hu Youwei and
Sun Sheng shouted almost at the same time, with a look of embarrassment on his face.
"Huh? Just tell me if you have anything to say!"
Hu Youwei gritted his teeth, bowed and said, "Sir, the official is just a small county magistrate. Outside the county town, the orders of the official are not as effective as a powerful slave in the countryside!"
"Then kill!"
Jia Cong waved to the accompanying Captain of the Dragon Guard: "Wang Hu, from today on, you will follow Hu Youwei with your official seal to arrest people, but those who resist the law will be killed without mercy!"
Wang Hu took the seal, cupped his fists and said, "The last general takes orders!"
The wind and snow are still there, but the disaster relief porridge shed at the gate of Wanping County is still steaming to keep the victims alive.
Hu Youwei led a team of Dragon Guards out of the city in a fair manner. After inspecting the Zhuangzi bought by Lai Shangrong, he immediately aimed his butcher knife at the newly "purchased" Zhuangzi by a clan. Immediately, the news spread quickly to all directions. .
Hu Youwei led a team to inspect Zhuangzi's relatives and relatives all over Wanping County. When the Haonu thugs resisted, the Dragon Guards pounced on him and gave him a blow.
In less than a day, the prison in Wanping County was filled with people, including Lai Shangrong, who was originally dominating the newly built Zhuangzi.
Before evening, a troika of carriages stopped in front of the Rongguo Mansion. Jia She looked at the three gold-gilded greeting cards in his hand and sneered: "Go tell these three people that Master Yumao is so crazy that he even copied it in his own house." , I can’t control this son anymore. If you have any questions, go to the palace to see His Majesty, Master Yumao is now named Yu!"
Jia Jiu chuckled: "General, if they dare to go to the palace to find your majesty, they will come to our house to make trouble. But the mistress's move is cruel enough. He stabs himself first and then stabs others. They won't What a fuss! However, the Lai family has also received the news now and is encouraging Grandma Lai to go to Rongxi Hall to cry!"
Jia She waved his hands nonchalantly and said, "Let her go and don't make any fuss. The old lady doesn't know that her dog has already started baring its teeth with its master. Once San'er digs out the person behind Lai Shangrong, we'll take action immediately." .After the heavy snow, the Lai family will be completely wiped out from the capital!"
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