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Chapter 612: The wind and sand are a bit big (Wei Lan...)
Liu Mingzhi's face darkened and he squeezed through the crowd towards the gate of the Governor's Mansion and shouted with inner strength: "Everyone, be quiet. Tell me slowly if you have anything to say!"
The sound had already made the ears of those nearby ringing, but the shouts of the sea of people still did not stop, but became more intense!
"The government has no faith. Why did they lie to us when they agreed to exchange rice!"
Liu Mingzhi jumped lightly to the Yamen of the Dudu Mansion and watched Tong Hewu, who was standing behind the Yamen with a gloomy expression, walking over: "What's going on? Why did the people gather here and curse?"
"Master Liu!"
When Tong Hewu saw Liu Mingzhi, he hurriedly punched him in return.
"what happened!"
"Master Liu, they are all here to exchange for rice!"
Liu Mingzhi looked seriously at Xing Rong, the temporary governor of Qingzhou: "Since you are here to exchange for food, let's exchange it for the people!"
Tong Hewu swallowed his saliva: "Master Liu, it's really a change. Isn't it too childish to exchange locusts for rice? Let alone five kilograms for one kilogram of rice, even ten kilograms for one kilogram of rice is useless!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Xing Rong who had his head lowered and still didn't understand what was going on. He gasped and looked at Tong Hewu: "Commander Song!"
"The general is here!"
"Get rid of Governor Tong's shameless hat, dismiss him from office and investigate!"
"yes!"
Song Qing did not hesitate to raise Shang Fang's horse-killing sword and stared at Tong Hewu fiercely: "Master Tong, do you do it yourself or do I, the commander, do it?"
Tong Hewu opened his eyes and looked at Liu Mingzhi with an expression of disbelief: "Master Liu, although you are an imperial envoy, your subordinate is a third-rank official of the governor of the first government. You have no right to dismiss this official without going through the third-level review. This does not comply with the laws of the Great Dragon! Even if the Holy Lord comes in person, he cannot dismiss a third-grade official without reason!"
Liu Mingzhi stared closely at Tong Hewu: "I have been ordered to promote all military and political affairs in Qingzhou. I have already ordered that the locusts exchange rice for rice. You must not violate it. Who allowed you to make the decision without exchanging food for the people? You should be grateful that you are a third-grade official, otherwise Today is not about dismissal and investigation but justice on the spot. Commander Song, do you still want me to leave it to you to do what you want to do?"
Song Qing did not hesitate to sweep away Tong Hewu's black gauze hat with his sword and began to capture him.
Liu Mingzhi's face changed when he saw the excitement among the people, and he hurriedly walked to the big drum next to the door, raised his drumsticks, and started beating. The rumbling drum sound silenced the people's voices!
When the government officials who were supposed to maintain the common people saw Tong Hewu who was being detained by Song Qing, his expression changed and he was about to rush forward with a knife. Jiang Lei pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist and looked at the government officials coldly: "I've blinded you, the imperial envoy is here." Therefore, those who dare to go against the former will be regarded as treason and put down their weapons!"
At the same time, hundreds of dragon warriors from the periphery gathered around with crossbows raised: "Put down your weapons!"
Seeing the arrows in the cold dim light, all the government officials nervously put down their sabers and looked at Liu Mingzhi uneasily, terrified!
Tong Hewu looked at Liu Mingzhi with a blushing face: "Master Liu, I am respectful to you because the imperial envoy has always treated you with great respect, but don't you think it is too lawless for you to detain a third-grade official because of your disagreement?"
"We have a word in advance. If you dare to disobey orders, I will kill you. As you just said, Shang Fang's Zhan Ma Jian cannot kill you, but I will also dismiss you from your post and investigate. If something happens to Qingzhou, I will report it to the Holy One! Press down!"
Song Qing directly took Tong Hewu to the Yamen with a sword and took him into custody!
"Prison Chief Shi!"
"The official is here!"
"Instruct Qingzhou Mansion to guard the soldiers. Anyone who acts without my order will be deemed as treason!"
"this"
"Why, my imperial edict to improve Qingzhou's military and political affairs is not working?"
"Yes, I obey the order!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the people below holding various bags. Each of them didn't have much. It seemed that he still didn't believe in the locusts being exchanged for food. He just caught a few and came back.
Liu Mingzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt secretly angry in his heart. He almost let guys like Tong and Wu ruin the big event!
"Fellows, I, Liu Mingzhi, the imperial minister entrusted with disaster relief, have met all of you!"
"Ah? Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy!"
"It's the Imperial Envoy!"
"Greetings to the Imperial Envoy!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the people of Qingzhou who were kneeling in the entire Yamen Square and hurriedly raised their hands to signal: "Folks, there is no need to be polite, get up quickly!"
It took half a cup of tea before everyone stood up.
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, you clearly ordered us to catch locusts in exchange for food. We risked being punished by God to catch locusts, but why are your officials going back on your word!"
"Yes, yes, you just gave us a bowl of good porridge and then you break your promise. You really don't treat us people as human beings!"
"Folks, please listen to me. I didn't say that I won't change the grain. I will change it immediately. But can you listen to me for a few words first?"
It seemed that what Liu Mingzhi said was true, and the people were willing to believe the imperial minister who let them drink a bowl of thin porridge. Thousands of people were looking at Liu Mingzhi eagerly!
"Folks, please tell each other that there will be no crowding after the food is moved out, can you do it?"
The following discussed for a while, and a uniform shout came out: "Yes!"
"Everyone should arrange the order consciously. In addition, please understand that the food is limited now. Each person can only exchange five kilograms of food today. Try to make the existing food available to everyone. Do you agree?"
It was quiet for a long time before everyone shouted in unison: "It can be done!"
Liu Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the simple people. He was afraid that there would be chaos due to uneven distribution. They just wanted a mouthful of food. Why couldn't the officials of Qingzhou Prefecture do it?
"Line up in silence!"
Although tens of thousands of people were not standing in an orderly manner, at least they were not crowded, and the aisles for tasting were left empty in the middle!
"Jiang Lei!"
"The general is here!"
"Call all the accountants in Qingzhou and send five hundred sergeants to transport all the 100,000 shi of grain we brought to the Yamen and pile them up!"
"yes!"
It was getting late, but the people below were neither noisy nor noisy. They all looked eagerly at Liu Mingzhi, who was standing in front of the Yamen and instructing the accountant to place the positions!
"The scales must be fair. The ten scales weigh your conscience, you know!"
"Follow the order!"
Liu Mingzhi glanced at the last ox cart leaving the mountains of grain and breathed a sigh of relief: "Jiang Lei, has all the grain been transported?"
"More than half of it has arrived. If it gets any luckier, I won't be able to let it go!"
"That's fine, we can't put it all in one day, so we can store it as we go. Let's combine the food in Qingzhou Prefecture's treasury to let the people survive first. After the people feel at ease, it's time to deal with all those involved in the locust plague in Qingzhou Prefecture! "
"Your Excellency, you still think there is something fishy in Qingzhou Mansion?"
"Mao? It's more than just mao! Just watch, Qingzhou Mansion must be shaken up, and there may be a big reshuffle. This is my intuition!"
"The general will just do what he is told!"
Liu Mingzhi took a deep breath and looked at the Qingzhou people below who were holding up various bags and looking earnestly, and felt sad: "I've kept the folks waiting for so long!"
"Thank you for your kindness, sir!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the people of Qingzhou who suddenly knelt down in order and even cried. He faintly heard that many wailing men had dry throats. He just did what he should do, and he should not be so grateful to them!
He rang the gong in his hand fiercely: "The food exchange begins!"
"Wang Gouzi, the locusts are six pounds and seven taels, exchange them for one pound and twenty-five pounds of rice!"
"Feng Laobu, the locusts are four pounds and eight taels, exchange them for one pound of rice!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at each of the people who had exchanged food, held them tightly in their arms and left with tears in their eyes, and walked towards the house with their lips pursed.
The wind and sand are a bit strong, and the sand keeps getting into my eyes! ntent
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