The more Zhu Biao watched, the angrier he became. He went straight to the Jining government office and asked people to hurry up and invite four officials from the Shandong Chengxuan Political Envoy Department.
It was four hundred miles from Jining to Jinan. It took one day to deliver the letter and two days for the adults to walk on the road. In total, we arrived in four days.
But these adults walked for six full days before arriving.
Zhu Biao sat in the lobby of Jining government office for six full days.
He said nothing and just read.
The prefect of Jining has been living in trepidation these past few days, and he doesn't know what Zhu Biao found out that made him, who is always known for his gentleness and kindness, look so ugly.
He didn't know, and he didn't dare to ask, so he could only stand by and accompany her.
Because Zhu Biao never told him to sit down from the moment he saw him.
Zhu Biao wouldn't let him sit down, so he couldn't sit down.
From morning to night, except for a half-hour break during meals, he could only stand while handling official duties.
He has to stand while hitting others.
He would stand still when he was settling a lawsuit or listening to a neighbor's quarrel.
It's really unprecedented.
The common people didn't know the origin of the only person sitting in the hall, and they were all curious.
The key is that he doesn't look like a high-ranking official in his attire.
Then the news spread from ten to ten, and a large group of people gathered at the door every day to watch the fun.
When the four officials from the Provincial Government Department arrived, the prefect was about to cry: "Several adults are here." If you don't come, I will be ruined.
Wang Ming, the envoy from the left, saluted Zhu Biao: "Your Highness."
Zhu Biao put down the book and nodded slightly: "Yes, here we come. Are the adults here on horseback or in cars?"
Several adults looked at each other and whispered: "Ride a horse."
Zhu Biao nodded slightly: "Well, those adults have discussed it for a few days and figured out how to explain it to me."
Wang Ming's cheeks heated up and he panicked: "Your Highness is joking."
Zhu Biao said: "From what we have observed in the past few days, the magistrate is not an unscrupulous and ignorant official. Therefore, we are puzzled. Several adults will come and explain to us."
Wang Ming: "Water transportation has been interrupted. Beiping and Xi'an are in urgent need of military supplies. Both the King of Yan and the King of Qin have issued military orders to urge them, and the humble ministers have nothing to do."
The right envoy said: "This year is actually more difficult than in previous years. It is even more difficult to collect all the taxes."
The inspector handed over his hand: "Wei Chen transferred all the prisoners in the prison to clear the channels. Unfortunately, the workload is too heavy."
Du Si: "Wei Chen has been busy transporting grain by sea to Dingliao and Peiping recently. He also wanted to dredge the river, but he was unable to do so and there were not enough manpower."
Haha, one or two of them made up their excuses perfectly.
Zhu Biao sneered in his heart and said: "So, you force the farmers to go hungry to dredge the river. You can drive the farmers to work, but at least let them have a full stomach to work."
The chief envoys on the left and right exchanged glances. In fact, it is common practice to ask farmers to pay for military expenses for transporting grain. If we still provide food for farmers, it would be equivalent to using three eggs to make egg fried rice just to eat a bowl of leftover rice.
Zhu Bai was in charge before, and the Guanya Bureau helped solve most of the problems, so there was no need to go to the court to complain about poverty.
Before Zhu Bai, Li Shanchang was in charge of Zhang Luo.
Although Li Shanchang himself was a little greedy, he was able to transport all the food in the end.
Now both of them are hands-off shopkeepers.
The health stations in the northwest and northeast were angry.
But Wang Ming didn't dare to say that, so he could only say: "The Yellow River burst its banks this year, so there really isn't that much food."
Zhu Biao said: "Where was the grain in the official granary? This year's harvest was not good. Could it be that last year's harvest was not good either?"
Wang Ming said: "There is very little food in the official granary, and the taxes paid to the court are not enough."
Zhu Biao clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and asked, "Where is the food? Where did it go? Have you checked the account books?"
Wang Ming: "I have checked the account books. According to the account books, the warehouse should be full. I was only appointed a few months ago, and I don't know what happened before."
The previous left and right chief ministers were all killed by Lao Zhu as Hu Party members.
Many officials were recruited at that time.
Zhu Biao said coldly: "You were also the political secretary of Shandong Chengxuan before. How could you be completely unaware of this?"
Wang Ming couldn't be fooled, so he knelt down and said, "I heard that Mr. Hu transferred him and gave it to the Mongols in the Northeast."
Zhu Biao slapped the table: "In that case, why didn't you come to report earlier? You have to wait until now."
Wang Ming whispered: "I have just reported the Yellow River bursting its banks. Your Highness may have been out, so I don't know. I reported the shortage of the official granary to the Ministry of Revenue when I took office, and I have urged it several times." , Tobe said he was thinking of a solution."
That is to say, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance has failed to act.
Ever since Lao Zhu killed a group of people, officials at all levels in the Sixth Ministry would not work if they could.
Because if you do too much, you will be wrong, and if you don’t do it, it will be good.
Zhu Biao had strictly supervised these officials during the past few months of supervising the country alone, but it seemed to have no effect.
After Lao Zhu and Zhu Bai took care of things, everything seemed to be normal on the surface. In fact, many things went wrong, but they were suppressed hard and were not exposed for the time being.
If he doesn't come down and inspect it personally, he doesn't know when he will find out.
Zhu Biao was so angry that his vision went black for a while. He took a deep breath, calmed down, and then asked: "Are all official granaries like this? Have you checked all granaries?"
Wang Ming: "I checked. Most of them are empty. I don't dare to touch the rest, for fear that disaster relief will be needed this winter and next spring."
If the summer grain is confiscated, we will definitely go hungry in the winter.
I don’t have any food in my hand, and I don’t have any confidence in my heart.
Zhu Ben originally wanted to spank the two confirmed envoys.
After hearing what Wang Ming said, it was hard to take action.
Zhu Biao asked: "Does King Lu know?"
Wang Ming replied in a low voice: "I know."
Zhu Tan's fiefdom was in Yanzhou. After he came to Yanzhou, he was a humble corporal and was well received by the people and local officials.
Yanzhou is neither close to the sea nor to the border, so there is no need for him to fight.
He used to live a frugal life in Yingtian, but when he arrived in Shandong, he accepted banquets all day long, and without control, he became increasingly extravagant.
There were beauties from Shandong, but Zhu Tan had more than a dozen concubines and was still not satisfied.
But no matter how debauched Zhu Tan was, Wang Ming couldn't talk too much.
Zhu Biao lowered his eyes and pondered for a long time before saying: "This palace will find a solution to the problem of food. Don't let farmers starve to dredge the canal. That is something only tyrants like Sui Yang and Qin Shihuang can do."
Zhu Biao felt that meeting Zhu Tan would be the easiest.
As a result, now that he knew that Zhu Tan actually watched the local officials enslave the people and stood idly by, he became even more angry.
Every vassal king should be like a bright light, otherwise the court and the people will waste so much food and salary for a year.
For example, now that something big has happened in Jining, how can Zhu Tan, who is only fifty miles away from here, sit still? ! !
Wang Yang hesitated and asked, "What about water transportation?"
