No diamonds, no porcelain work.
In later generations, Ying Feiyu grew up by the sea.
His grandparents were fishermen, and he had already learned to swim when he was having trouble walking!
So this little water is a piece of cake for him!
But I didn’t expect that Ying Zheng would have such a big reaction!
Looking at that posture, it seemed that if he didn't come up again, this guy would jump down himself!
"What are you still doing in the water? Come up quickly!"
Ying Zheng stood up and shouted angrily.
"Your Highness, come...!"
Wang Ben stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Zhengtai to the shore.
Ying Feiyu shook the water drops on his body like a duck just out of the water!
"Fortunately, the weather is not too cold at this time. I will have a bowl of hot ginger soup when I get back, otherwise I will really get typhoid fever!"
Ying Zheng rolled his eyes at him and kept mumbling.
"My son knows!"
Ying Feiyu twisted his coat impatiently to reduce the moisture on it as much as possible.
Needless to say, the wind is indeed cool after autumn, and after my clothes get wet, I feel chilly!
"Why did you suddenly jump into the water?"
"Looking for clues, of course"
"Looking for clues in the water?"
"That's right! Erchen thought, since the woodcutter heard the sound of the chisel hitting the stone, and the gap here was very natural, with no trace of artificial digging, then the gap must be at the bottom of the water! So Erchen jumped into the water, Go find it!"
"Oh, I see!"
Everyone suddenly realized.
"His Royal Highness is right, why didn't we think of it?"
Chunyu Yue's eyes lit up and he asked, "What clues can His Highness find?"
"Yes! There are indeed traces of artificial excavation at the bottom of the dike, which has loosened the structure of the dike. Coupled with the frequent rains this year, the water level has risen and the pressure has been excessive. This has led to this major flood!"
Ying Feiyu nodded firmly and described the underwater situation.
"really?"
Ying Zheng frowned and looked unhappy.
"How can it be false? If my father doesn't believe it, you can send someone to investigate again!"
Ying Feiyu pursed his lips toward the lake.
"No need!"
It's not that Ying Zheng doesn't believe it, he just doesn't want to accept it.
He would rather believe that it was a natural disaster than believe that the flood was caused by man!
"Who do you think would be so deliberate as to dive to the bottom of the lake to dig a dam? Are they the remnants of the Six Kingdoms? Or the old Xiongnu tribe? Or the Qiang tribe or people from the Western Regions?"
Ying Zheng led everyone towards the shore and started studying.
"I don't know this! I'm not here to guard you all day long?"
Ying Feiyu curled his lips and fiddled with the chisel he dug out of the mud.
"Marquis Tongwu, immediately send someone to visit the city after you return to see who has been frequenting this place recently!"
Ying Zheng issued the order.
"yes!"
Wang Ben, who was following behind, accepted the order with his hands raised.
…
When the group of them returned to the government office in the city, Kang Anping was already drinking tea and waiting, and got up quickly when he saw them coming back.
When I was about to report the results of the interrogation, I found that everyone looked heavy and seemed to be in a bad mood!
"What's going on here?"
Kang Anping did not dare to speak rashly, but approached Chun Yuyue and asked in a low voice.
"Did you see the chisel that His Royal Highness put on the table? It was found in the mud of the lake!"
Chunyu Yue pointed at the heavy chisel and said.
"Why is there a chisel in the lake?"
"That's right! So His Royal Highness went into the water to check it out. Sure enough, there are traces of artificial excavation!"
"Hiss..."
Kang Anping frowned immediately.
"This means that the real reason for the dam breach may not be the heavy rainfall this year?"
"That's right!"
Chunyu Yue nodded slightly.
"Kang Aiqing, how are you doing there?"
Ying Zheng leaned on the chair, took a short rest, and asked in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. If I, Lao Kang, take action, there will be nothing that cannot be uncovered...!"
Kang Anping stood up slightly and continued: "Those guys, as soon as they were separated, they all spit out a lot of information at the slightest provocation! Only that Jiang Dalei was holding his neck and refused to accept it. After being beaten hard, , they are all honest!"
"Oh? What did you say?"
Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Your Majesty, look...!"
Kang Anping took out a stack of testimonies from his arms and handed it to Ying Zheng, "Here are all their confessions, including accepting bribes, forcing girls into prostitution, squeezing people, etc., one by one, there are too many!"
Ying Zheng nodded slightly and looked at each one carefully.
Each one is a confession from a different person. At the bottom of the confession, there are also their own fingerprints!
"Okay! Okay! This is my official! The parent official of the people! Haha! That's great!"
The more Ying Zheng looked, the gloomier his face became, and his last punch hit the table directly, "Bang!"
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
"Calm down your anger? How can I calm down my anger? If it weren't for this flood, I might not have found out so many things if I came here in person! The people here may not know how long they will be deceived by these officials who are worse than pigs and dogs!"
Ying Zheng angrily passed the testimony to Chunyu Yue and others.
Everyone was indignant after seeing it.
"When Yuan Pengxing was an official in Xianyang, he looked like a human being. I never expected that after leaving His Majesty's eyes, his appearance would immediately change!"
"Yes! These guys are protected by officials and specialize in oppressing the people!"
"Yuan Pengxing ordered to control the victims and not let them scatter. As a result, Jiang Dalei controlled everyone. If we hadn't come, we don't know how many of these people would have survived...!"
Testimonies continued to circulate, and officials gritted their teeth.
"Father, have you noticed? There is no Nanzhou County Magistrate here!"
After Ying Feiyu briefly read through the testimony, he spoke in surprise.
"Huh? It seems to be true!"
After saying this, everyone suddenly remembered.
It records how officials like Jiang Hua, Yuan Pengxing, Jiang Dalei and others protected each other and oppressed the people.
The only thing that doesn’t happen is the county magistrate!
So everyone turned their attention to Kang Anping!
"Your Majesty, the county magistrate Dou Huai only has a name, but actually has no power at all! Everything in Nanzhou City is decided by Jiang Dalei, the nephew of the county magistrate! So, these He didn’t even participate in the matter! He just gets a free salary every year and that’s all!”
Kang Anping will report the information truthfully.
"Hmph! If you can't do things for the people, and you don't have the ability to restrain your subordinates, what's the point of an official like this...?"
Although the county magistrate Dou Huai did not do anything harmful to nature, his connivance was just to help the emperor do evil. Ying Zheng was also furious, "With immediate effect, the county magistrate of Nanzhou City will be dismissed from his post immediately and sent back to his hometown. He will never be hired!"
"Yuan Pengxing, the governor of Kuaiji County, failed to report what he knew, lied and concealed reports, indulged his subordinates, failed to supervise, and accepted bribes. He will be punished for several crimes. He will be executed immediately! All the county lieutenants and county magistrates will be dismissed!"
"The county magistrate of Nanzhou City has committed many evil deeds, so he will be executed and his family and children will all be punished!"
Ying Zheng pondered for a moment and formally issued the order.
