The officials pressed hard, and for a while, the atmosphere was as quiet as a needle.
"Isn't this simple?" Zhang Dai was not afraid at all and said coldly: "Hide the rice for a year at most."
"If you replace it with rice and wheat with husks, you can save it for up to six years."
"According to court regulations, the warehouse grain is only for three years. Every year, 1/3 of the old grain stock is sold and new grain is collected. This is the rotation!"
Food cannot be stored for a long time. The so-called food stored for decades is a joke.
At this point, many officials still seemed to understand. Xu Zhiming, who had been knocked off his official robe and had his official robe torn, made a buzzing sound on his head and turned pale.
It's broken. I'm a veteran, so why is it broken here?
Just when he was in a daze and panic, he heard Zhang Dai's cold and clear voice.
"So, according to the system, 40,000 shi in the granary is for three years of grain, 40,000 shi is for two years of grain, and 40,000 shi is for this year's grain."
"And it is clearly recorded in the account that the old grain used for disaster relief should be 10,000 shi for three years and 40,000 shi for two years. But I checked carefully and even chewed it. The entire official treasury was actually There is no three-year grain, and even two-year grain is only 10,000 dan, and the rest is all new grain..."
"In other words, at least 50,000 shi were lost."
Zhang Dai raised his eyes and glanced at the people around him, and his voice became colder and harder, filled with disgust: "And you also used the food that was temporarily mobilized to bully me, the imperial envoy, and the emperor. Shouldn't I be killed?"
Do you really think you are easy to fool?
Zhang Dai tasted the rice and even chewed the husked rice and wheat. Not a single bag contained old rice, old rice, or old wheat. The rice was too old, which is certainly not good, but the quality of the rice was too good and too new. Is it normal?
Do you really think you can’t figure out the logic behind this?
With that said, Zhang Dai waved his hand again: "Please order the flag!"
"yes!"
Suddenly, a burst of fear arose, and all the officials' faces turned pale and dripping with cold sweat. When they saw the imperial guards coming in, holding a blue flag in hand, everyone had to kneel down and salute.
Zhang Daisu knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, then stood up and ordered: "Drag him out. There is no execution ground here. Beat him to death with a stick!"
"yes!"
This time, Baihu dragged the person down without any hesitation.
"My lords, help me, help me..." Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Zhiming shouted quickly, but after only two shouts, he became confused. It turned out that one person had stuffed a piece of cloth into his body.
He didn't drag him too far. He was in the open space not far away. He pinned him on the ground and directly raised the stick and smashed it towards the person who was pinned down.
Once, twice, three times...the stick was struck, and Xu Zhiming howled loudly for mercy. It was very muffled because of the cloth stuffed in it, which made everyone's hair stand on end.
Since he was meant to be beaten to death, he struck hard and hard. There was only a muffled sound of "plop". Xu Zhiming screamed in agony at first. After less than ten blows, the sound was already too weak to be heard. A few more blows , only the last moan was heard, and there was no sound.
However, the beating with the stick did not stop. There have been cases in the past where people were knocked unconscious and then stopped, only to be carried home and revived again.
Now the rule of the court is that even if you have been killed with a stick, you must be at least fifty.
Seeing this scene, all the officials fell into a deathly silence.
Although it was early afternoon, there were so many people present, but apart from the muffled sounds of beatings, even the sound of breathing was very soft. Everyone subconsciously held their breath and did not dare to breathe.
Zhang Dai didn't look there at all, as if looking at him any more would stain his eyes.
He glanced at the other grain officers. The remaining grain officers were all trembling with fear. When Zhang Dai looked over, he heard a popping sound, and several people's legs weakened and they collapsed directly on the ground.
Zhang Dai had a cold face, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, and ordered in a cold voice: "Tear off all their official uniforms!"
"yes!"
The armored soldiers responded, and dozens of people swarmed up, knocking off all the grain officials' hats, tearing their official uniforms, and making them kneel there.
Now, not to mention these grain officials, even the county officials who accompanied Zhang Dai all turned pale.
Especially because he was afraid of death, the muffled sound of hitting the flesh continued one after another, even though Xu Zhiming's voice could no longer be heard.
People, I can't be afraid.
This was really being beaten to death.
All these officials looked pale.
The same was true for the people standing around Magistrate Xu, but those standing close to Magistrate Xu were all fifth- and sixth-rank officials. Seeing that Zhang Dai didn't notice, an official approached Magistrate Xu and asked in a low voice: "Master Xu, what are you doing?" What to do now?”
This person is Tongpan, the sixth rank, in charge of grain transportation, farmland, water conservancy, etc. He is largely related to the granary, so he has to be concerned about it.
The judge asked, but did not hear an answer.
Magistrate Xu was silent, with a slight twitching of the corners of his mouth, and a sly smile to match the indifference on his face.
Check it out, it will make the world shake!
Magistrate Xu sneered, seeing him alive, he couldn't bear to see him dead, so a gentleman cooks far away, and if you kill him out of sight elsewhere, everyone can accept it.
Zhang Dai was so shameless and beat his colleagues to death in public. It was refreshing, but the officials were really full of evil.
This kind of development is exactly what I want!
Even if Zhang Dai doesn't want to do it himself, he will guide him to do it.
Now that Zhang Dai is so arrogant, he has gone against the wishes of Magistrate Xu. What does it mean to kill one or two grain officials? Even if all the grain officials here died in Zhang Dai's hands, he didn't care. It could even be said that he was even happier!
The bigger Zhang Dai makes a fuss, the happier he will be!
Magistrate Xu looked meaningfully at the judge who was questioning him. Xu Zhiming was his son-in-law, so it would be best if he jumped out.
"Forty, forty-one, forty-two..."
The person was already dead, one blow after another, and Tong Juan could not get an answer. Listening to this voice, thinking of his daughter, his heart was groaning. He glanced at Zhang Dai quickly and gritted his teeth.
"There was indeed a small mistake in filling the granary back then. To save trouble, spring grain was used."
"Let this murderer get the handle."
"But anyway, it's just a warehouse, and nothing major can be found out!"
"Spread the news when you get out and ask other warehouses to replace old grain immediately. It may be difficult for large households in prefectures and counties to borrow new grain. Isn't the old grain enough?"
At that time, they continued to check the warehouse, but nothing could be found. Local officials had many ways to deal with the imperial envoy's inspection!
By then it will be a big commotion, but we can't find out. Then, it will naturally be different.
"Huh, imperial envoy?"
"Can you still be an imperial envoy for the rest of your life?"
"I heard that Zhang Dai's eldest son broke his leg and will never be able to win any honors in his life. This is too mild. If you ask me, we should introduce him to the officialdom and lead him to commit the crime of beheading and exterminating his family."
"My father, the honest official, and my son, the giant beetle, are our methods."
The judge just thought about it, with a cold smile, his pupils were bloody, Zhang Dai glanced at him and saw that the officials were either blank or sneered. He knew that he had provoked everyone's anger, but he was not afraid and also smiled coldly. , suddenly said: "Maybe some people think that I only check this warehouse like this, and when I get out, I won't be able to check."
"It's ridiculous, I have been a county magistrate and a magistrate!" Zhang Dai sneered, his face flushed, and he roared: "I tell you clearly that I have used imperial envoys to guard the defense, mobilized 7,000 troops, and will The warehouses are all sealed off. From now on, not even a pound of grain is allowed in or out!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the officials changed drastically, and Magistrate Xu couldn't help but turn pale as he roared: "The seven warehouses are the source of food and clothing for Zhili's five million soldiers and civilians."
"The sealing of the seven warehouses is a direct imperial decree. Even if you are an imperial envoy, you do not have this authority!"
(End of chapter)
