Of course, Baojun's bayonet didn't hit the warehouse manager. Even if a first-grade official killed someone, he didn't need to do it himself. His bayonet hit the grain village directly.
It was still the grain farm, and the rice was still falling down from any opening in it. But there was something wrong with the second knife. This knife did not penetrate, but made a sound of hitting the wood.
"Ah! Sir... there is something wrong with this food hoard!" The soldiers around saw it clearly. After pulling out the bayonet, they actually brought out the white wood chips.
"That shit... is actually a rare double-decker yin-yang warehouse. This is a dirty trick used by officials in remote areas to fool the imperial court. I didn't expect to see it in the capital!"
Baojun said sadly, "This grain farm has been renovated. It is double-layered. There are some empty wooden compartments below, which can be used to hold up the grain!"
"Actually, the rice is only half or two-thirds above, and the bottom is separated by wooden shelves to pretend it is full of grain!"
"To be honest, there were cases like this during the Yongzheng period, but they were only in provinces far away from the emperor, in remote places where they dared to be so bold, and the Thirteenth Cang of the Capital actually had such a Yin and Yang Cang with compartments!"
"I didn't expect it... I really didn't expect it..."
The truth came to light, and Baojun knew that no matter how many granaries he checked, they were always full of food, and they were always top-notch!
Because these food villages were not satisfied at all, they did not reach the bottom, the bottom third, or even half way, and were blocked by the wooden frame.
This blocked area is the food that these rats have embezzled!
If they embezzle one-third of a granary, how much will they embezzle in the entire Beixin Granary? What's more, they simply stole half of many granaries!
Beixincang's normal reserves are 500,000 to 600,000 dan. If you take one-third, it will be 200,000 dan. If you take half, it will be 300,000 dan! For God's sake, what if it was at least one-third?
"What a stupid thing... All the food that the imperial court could squeeze out of this time's food relief is gone? You bastard wants to eat the flesh of the people who are victims of the disaster!"
Bao Jun rushed over and hit Tong Jia on the head with his fist. He woke up with two or three punches!
"My lord, have mercy on me! My lord, have mercy on me... Sir, listen to me... This is not just me. My lord, please spare my life!"
When Tong Jia saw that her plan had been seen through, she no longer dared to be stubborn and could only sigh and admit her mistake. What she wanted at this time was to survive. "It's useless to hit me, sir. I didn't build this Yin-Yang Rat Barn..."
In Tong Jia's mouth, a truth was revealed that made Bao Jun shudder!
It turns out that the Thirteen Cangs in the Capital had problems as early as the Daoguang period. During the Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong dynasties, the centralized control of officials was very strict. Although there were corruption cases, there was no systematic corruption from top to bottom.
At the end of the Qianlong Dynasty, corrupt officials such as He Shen were rampant due to their old age and inertia. Emperor Jiaqing's severe crackdown on He Shen indeed shocked a large number of corrupt officials.
But the Feng Shui fortune has really passed, and the bad habits in officialdom have not disappeared. By the time of Emperor Daoguang, although Emperor Daoguang was very frugal, he forced all officials to wear patched court uniforms to go to court.
But officials are not fools, and they know that Emperor Daoguang is only capable of this, so they deliberately put on a show to deceive you. On the surface, he eats chaffy vegetables and wears patched clothes, but in fact, behind the scenes, he lives a luxurious life and is rampant in corruption.
Emperor Daoguang was not actually a ruthless and powerful monarch. In fact, he discovered that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had embezzled money many times, but he always reprimanded and did not kill anyone!
And these officials are all about food and not beating. If you don't kill people, just scolding them is of no use at all. They are not afraid of you at all!
It was at this time that moths began to appear in the thirteen warehouses of the capital!
"My Lord Baojun, in fact, rats have always been around. They have been stealing grain and selling it since the founding of the country. You said that in this granary of hundreds of thousands of stones, if you steal ten to twenty thousand stones and sell it, who can find out? "
"Even if someone checks the accounts, why don't you just share some of the benefits with them... This Beixincang has never had its treasury cleared since the founding of the imperial dynasty!"
"As long as you don't clean up the entire warehouse, all the grain that the rats stole will be reimbursed as losses! It wasn't until Daoguang's later years that people became bolder, and someone finally started to build the Yin and Yang warehouse!"
"It's not enough to make a small fuss. You are not afraid of the imperial court's inspection when repairing the Yin and Yang warehouse. How can you inspect the warehouse like this? This is too cruel..."
"The Yin and Yang warehouses started with one or two, and then each manager secretly built a few more... During the Daoguang years, the Xianfeng years, and now the Tongzhi years..."
"Except for the Jiazi warehouse in Beixin warehouse, all the rest are Yin and Yang warehouses... Sir, you ask me why I burned the account books?"
"Hey...the Ministry of Revenue checked the accounts three months ago and found that the total was five hundred thousand dan. In the past three months, more than 100,000 dan have been shipped in..."
"The current quantity in the warehouse ledger is 630,000 shi of grain...actually...actually..."
Baojun raised his hand and slapped her hard and loud twice again, "Son of a bitch! Just tell me!"
"My lord, please forgive me... My lord, please forgive me... Now the actual food supply in Beixincang is only 300,000 dan, only 300,000 dan!"
ah! As soon as Baojun's vision went dark, he felt like the world was spinning. The soldiers next to him rushed over to support him, "Sir, please calm down and bring a chair for me!"
"Three hundred thousand dan? Oh my god...three hundred thousand dan? Who would have thought that a small storehouse could embezzle so much? You are guilty of killing the nine tribes!"
"How can people be so courageous as this? This is life-saving food for the victims! Poor people in the capital still don't know this secret. It would be terrible if this were leaked..."
Tong Jia also risked her life, "Sir, don't scold me alone. No matter how courageous I am, I can't eat three hundred thousand shi of food by myself... If you want to know where this food has gone, you'd better ask the nobles in the palace!"
"Sir, save my life. I'll tell you who took the food here and sold it at a high price!"
"Haha... Those big shots are really good at making money. Now that the price of food is high, they borrowed it from me. When the summer food is taken back in the future, they will make up for it with cheap food!"
"Perhaps it will never be repaired! As long as the court does not check the accounts, this hole will be passed down from generation to generation!"
At this time, Baojun suddenly felt agitated, "Damn! Thirteen warehouses in the capital...could something go wrong?"
"Hehehe..." Tong Jia smiled coldly, "Sir, please smell the faint smoke in the air... At this moment, the five warehouses in the south are probably burning their books..."
"Thirteen warehouses in the capital, which one do you think is better?"
Bao Jun was so frightened that he lost his mind. "Come here, pass on my order... go to General Ma Ming to borrow troops! Only Guaizima and the new Yulin Army can intervene in this matter!"
At this time, Baojun looked at Tong Jia coldly and whispered, "Tong Jia! I will lend you something for your use!"
"What is it? As long as you save my life, I will give you my wife..."
Before he finished speaking, Baojun suddenly pulled out the sword from the soldier's waist and said, "I'll lend you your head..." After saying this, the sword flashed like lightning, and with a loud click, the head was chopped off to the ground.
