"Then what's going on with Youtongzheng?"
Ying Feiyu was not in a hurry to hold him to account, but planned to clarify everything first before talking about it.
Judging from the reaction of the entire General Affairs Department, only General Affairs Minister and You General Affairs should know about this matter!
"Back... back to your majesty! The memorial sent by the Lueyang County magistrate first went to You Tongzheng, and then was sent to me! After... After being threatened by the Longxi County Sheriff, I ordered You Tongzheng Hide the memorial first and ask this matter not to be leaked! All this is my fault and has nothing to do with Youtongzheng!"
The general affairs envoy was quite interesting, and he immediately took all the blame for the crime.
"What benefits has it given to Youtongzheng?"
Ying Feiyu asked in a deep voice.
"I really wanted to use money to keep my mouth shut, so that You Tongzheng would help me keep the secret for the sake of the lives of my two sisters and my family, but You Tongzheng didn't take any money and urged me to report it as soon as possible!"
The general affairs envoy waved his hands repeatedly.
"Humph! Don't worry, even if he confiscates your money, he will definitely be implicated by you just because he knows it and doesn't report it!"
Ying Feiyu snorted coldly.
Do you think it will be fine if you don’t take the money? If You Tongzheng had said it earlier, the yellow sand in Longxi County would not have endangered people's lives!
"Your Majesty, I deserve to die for my crime. I beg you to be more generous and forgive You Tongzheng. He was also forced by me!"
The general ambassador was having enough fun. He hit his head loudly on the ground, and blood immediately appeared on his forehead.
"Being an official under your subordinates is indeed very difficult. I also know this...!"
"Yes, it's all my fault. I forced him to do it! There's nothing you can do about it!"
As soon as Ying Feiyu finished speaking, the General Secretary nodded his head and quickly placed the blame on himself.
But he didn't know that Ying Feiyu only said half of that sentence, "He made the mistake of choosing the latter between the hardships of becoming an official and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people!"
The reason why You Tongzheng chose not to retaliate was because he was afraid that his official career would not go smoothly in the future and his boss would make him feel bad.
But the price was too high, and he simply couldn't bear it!
After hearing this, the general envoy no longer defended himself.
Since Your Majesty was able to find all the court officials, the reason should not be just as simple as refusing to report what he knew and hiding the memorial secretly.
It's possible that the yellow sand in Longxi was not controlled and hurt the people!
If this is true, not only will his crime be unforgivable, but Youtongzheng will indeed be unable to escape!
Just when the General Secretary was kneeling on the ground with his face ashen as death, two guards came back holding the General Secretary on his side and said, "Your Majesty, the memorial has been found!"
Mingde trotted over to take the memorial and respectfully presented it to Ying Feiyu.
Ying Feiyu immediately unfolded his arms, his face became darker and darker as he looked at it, and finally he fell directly onto the main hall.
All the ministers were so frightened that their whole bodies trembled.
They have never seen His Majesty so angry!
It can be seen that His Majesty is really angry this time.
Think about it, just because Mrs. Yu gave birth to twins, they didn't report the knowledge and delayed the disaster in Longxi. They deserved it!
Your Majesty is not the kind of person who likes flattery. Even if he submitted the memorial at that time, he would never blame him. Why delay it until now?
Mrs. Yu's twin births happened in March, and now it's almost July. We still don't know what's going on there!
As long as the Longxi County Sheriff can manage well, if he doesn't manage well, the consequences will be hard to say!
The somewhat old memorial was just thrown at Chunyu Yue's feet. He picked it up and started looking at it. His face turned pale at that time.
"how is it going?"
Kang Anping, Meng Tian and others were curious about the contents of the memorial and immediately went over.
After reading it, my face didn’t look good either!
The content is very simple, it just roughly describes the scene of the sudden arrival of yellow sand, which blocks the sun and the sky, and the people can't even get out of their houses.
I thought it would dissipate in a few days, but I didn't expect the news to get louder and louder. After reporting it to the county guard, the county guard still did nothing and let them find a solution on their own!
In desperation, he decided to write the memorial in person. By the time he wrote the memorial, the yellow sand had been there for many days. If he stepped on it, it could reach the height of an adult's knee. He hoped that the imperial court could send troops to rescue!
After all these months of delay, they didn't dare to think about what the situation was over there!
After reading it, he forwarded the memorial to other colleagues. After reading it, all the ministers looked grave and stopped talking!
This memorial is related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. It does not matter how many people will die because of the general administration!
Your Majesty just knocked on the table and threw the memorial. If it were the Supreme Emperor, he would have overturned the table at that time, and the entire General Administration Department would have been buried with him!
Your Majesty is already polite enough!
Ying Feiyu took a deep breath and asked patiently, "Besides the two of you, is there anyone else in the General Affairs Department who knows about this?"
"No, no, Your Majesty, it's really gone! This matter is just a thought of the minister. It has nothing to do with the other people in the General Affairs Department. They don't know about it!"
The General Affairs Envoy waved his hands repeatedly. Judging from his posture, he was really afraid of harming other people under his command.
The entire General Administration Department also knelt on the ground, fearful and fearful of being misunderstood by His Majesty!
"Okay! Kang Anping, you send someone to take them to the Ministry of Civil Affairs first, record a confession for each of them, and sign it! If anyone else is involved in this matter, it's best to tell them as soon as possible. I will get it from you. Deal with it lightly! If I find out later, don’t blame me for being rude!"
Ying Feiyu ordered.
"yes!"
Kang Anping accepted the order and went to make arrangements immediately.
As the Minister of Justice, recording a confession is a piece of cake!
After the people from the General Affairs Department were taken away, Ying Feiyu glanced at everyone present and said in a deep voice: "I have ordered people to send telegrams to the surrounding counties to find out the details there. It is estimated that there will be news soon!"
"How did your Majesty know about this?"
Wang Ben frowned and asked.
"Chen Ping received a blood letter with the four characters "Longxi" and "Help" written on it! Telegrams were sent to Beidi, Xiqiang, Yuezhi and Longxi. Except for Longxi, which said that nothing happened, the other three counties all said that Longxi was in trouble. To the yellow sand invasion! Among the 21 counties in Longxi, only thirteen counties have responded, and there is no news from the other eight counties until now! Among these thirteen counties, only three counties have responded to the yellow sand incident, and the other ten have The county is all in panic!"
When Ying Feiyu thought of this, his expression became even worse.
For the sake of the stability of the people, he has always tried his best to punish corrupt officials.
Even if you know that it is impossible to clean up, you should at least know how to restrain yourself.
Unexpectedly, there are still people who blatantly use threats, bribes and other methods to deceive superiors and subordinates!
"The ten counties that lied must have been bribed by the Longxi County Sheriff through various means!"
After Wang Ben heard this, he also gritted his teeth in hatred.
"Do you even need to say this? That's for sure! The governor of Longxi County can even threaten the political envoys, let alone the county magistrates within the jurisdiction of Longxi County!"
Zhang Han rolled his eyes at him and said.
"These county magistrates are so bold. They dare to hide such a thing? Aren't they afraid that the yellow sand will continue to spread and bury their county?"
All the old guys were very angry.
The matter has become such a big deal, and they still dare to hide it!
