"Mr. Ding Mansion, you should recruit people from the real situation! For the sake of Mr. Ding Mansion and for the sake of money for Tang Ding, you'd better report it to the envoy in detail earlier, so that the envoy can say a few more good words to His Majesty. You reduce your guilt a little bit."
"Although you have not seen it with your own eyes, you must have heard about it, right?"
Guo Shang leaned on the other side of Ding Tai, and he and Xu Zongwen surrounded Ding Tai, leaving him with no way to retreat or escape.
Ding Tai breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Let you see clearly that there is indeed a problem with this dam, but it is not that simple."
"Do you know about King Kuaiji?" Ding Tai suddenly mentioned the name of Sima Daozi, King of Kuaiji, who was far away in Jiankang.
Xu Zongwen didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Dingtai's gourd, so he asked, "What does this have to do with King Kuaiji?"
According to Ding Tai's oral account, the forts on the north bank are actually the land of King Kuaiji, no more, no less, a full two thousand hectares!
That's not all. Thirty to forty thousand households in ten counties in Kuaiji are nominally subjects of the King of Kuaiji.
Excluding the two thousand hectares of private land owned by the King of Kuaiji on the north bank, the rest is the ancestral land of the Qiantang clan and the lifeblood of the noble clan.
As for the south bank, apart from thousands of tenant farmers, there is only a sandy land and saline-alkali land that cannot grow crops and is worthless.
The land is not fertile farmland, what about human life?
"That's it!" Xu Zongwen didn't feel embarrassed at all. Isn't he the King of Kuaiji? The emperor would give up anything in order to regain the imperial power from the nobles, let alone a mere two thousand hectares or two hundred thousand acres of land.
"Spit out everything you know!" Xu Zongwen got on his horse and prepared to leave. Before leaving, he urged Ding Tai to confess.
Ding Tai knew that he could not escape. Now that he had opened his mouth, the matter had come to this, so he could only "make mistakes" and tell everything he knew!
"Actually, Zhu Zhen led his men to dig the dam, but the matter involves a lot of things, and it is far from something that the Qiantang clan can make the decision privately!"
Xu Zongwen sat on the horse, and he couldn't help but praise him in anger: "Okay, they are all masters who want money rather than their lives!"
Xu Zongwen looked at brothers Zhang, Zhang, and Zhang, and twitched the corners of his mouth: "Go, go to Eunuch Hua's place and transfer the left guard of the hundred Yulins. I, the governor, will go and meet the Zhu family right now!"
Zhang three and four got the order, "Promise!"
In Qiantang City, Zhu Mansion.
Xu Zongwen thought about it all the way. Zhu Zhen dared to dig a dam and flood the south bank. The reason behind this must be related to Jiankang. However, it is unclear whether the person behind the instructions was Sima Daozi, the king of Kuaiji.
That's a dam, it's a human life!
Anyone who does it will do it, and he will be flooded if he says it will be flooded. Xu Zongwen really can't understand...
"General, Zhu's Mansion has arrived." Guo Shang reminded from the side. Xi Jian, who was seasick and vomiting, was assigned to distribute food to the victims. He was left to follow Xu Zongwen like a shadow, never leaving his side.
"Open the door, open the door quickly!" Xu Zongwen's personal wolf guard went to knock on the door.
The housekeeper of the Zhu Mansion was about to go out to the county government office to meet the young master Zhu Zhen. When he heard someone knocking on the door, he quickly asked the servant to open the door.
"Who is knocking on the door of my Zhu Mansion?" The housekeeper looked around, and at first sight he saw a group of strong guards surrounding a tall and upright young man with a black face. He hurriedly asked: "Is it you, a boy who is knocking on the door?"
"That's right, this governor is Xu Xiao, the new governor of Yangzhou. Quickly step aside and let the head of your family come out to see you!"
"You kid, I'm afraid you don't even have hair, so don't be ashamed to talk so loudly! If you were the envoy, I would be His Majesty's brother, the King of Kuaiji!" The steward said something that made everyone burst into laughter.
Several Zhu Mansion nursing staff stumbled and stumbled, laughing so hard that they couldn't breathe!
The family members of the Zhu family gathered inside the door, covering their mouths with handkerchiefs, giggling and swaying like willows in the breeze, swaying incessantly, and like famous flowers in the flower garden, dazzling and confusing.
However, when Xu Zongwen broke the news of Zhu Zhen's death, the housekeeper could no longer laugh!
Zhu Shouzhi, the head of the Zhu family in Qiantang, had a round face with the fat hanging from his chin, and stared at Xu Zongwen with a squinting look on his oily face. It looked like he had a big family, good food, and was raised as a good person. Got a pig.
"You're the one who said my son is dead?"
"Why are you all so stunned? Get this arrogant boy down for me. I'm going to cut out his tongue and leave him blind!"
"Come here!" Xu Zongwen shook his head and raised his hand to wave. The wolf guard behind Xu Zongwen understood and immediately retreated.
At the same time, No. 100, who had just arrived, had a red tassel helmet on his head and Zuo Yu Lin Wei, who was wearing Forbidden Army armor, suddenly poured into the Zhu Mansion from two directions in front of the Zhu Mansion gate. In just one cup of tea, the entire Zhu Mansion was destroyed. People were surrounded!
"The head of the family is an officer!"
"It's over, Feng Da flashed his tongue now!" Zhu Shouzhi's eyes darkened, and he fell into the arms of a group of female relatives...
In a public room in Qiantang County Government Office, Xi Jian sat down in front of the desk, without raising his head, and kept writing until he finished writing. Fang breathed a sigh of relief and handed the bamboo slips to Guo Shang.
"Read it!" Xu Zongwen was pacing aside, silent and silent.
"My minister Xu Xiao, following His Majesty's order, pretended to be the governor of Yangzhou, responsible for disaster relief in Qiantang, and secretly investigated the breach of the river embankment, and was given the power to make arbitrary decisions on the spot. Since I was appointed, I have been worrying about it all night, and I dare not forget it, in case there is something wrong. His Majesty's knowledge of people has been hurt, and the government and the public have questioned it... Today, it was found that Qiantang County Lieutenant Zhu Zhen had misbehaved, was corrupt and perverted the law, and had a bad character. He caused trouble to the village. He committed many corruption and illegal acts. He also opposed his ministers in public and questioned the sacred constitution. I have no choice but to kill him with integrity! I hereby return my orders to His Majesty, if there is..."
Guo Shang: "Zhu Shouzhi, Zhu Zhen and his son embezzled the treasury and watched the people suffer. If the crime is not pardoned, they should be executed. Now that Zhu Zhen has been beheaded in public, all the Zhu family members in Qiantang should also be exiled according to the law."
Xu Zongwen deeply agreed, "The Zhu family brought the blame on themselves, and it is difficult to recover from the flood. The people of Tang Dynasty who spent tens of millions of dollars suffered from catastrophe because of their selfish desires. They will die more than guilty and live more innocently!"
"General, why don't you temporarily detain the Zhu family in the Qiantang prison and wait for the edict? Treat the disaster first, and then wait for Jiankang to come and see the consequences." Xi Jian put away his pen and looked at Xu Zongwen.
Xu Zongwen gave a slight hum, which was regarded as acquiescence.
Pei Qing is old and heavy, Xi Jian is quick and clever, and Guo Shang is sharp and witty. With these three in his hands, Xu Zongwen was immersed in the chaos between the gentry and the royal family, trying to cheer them up, but he would inevitably fall into the quagmire. He can also save his own life and return to Luoyang in good health.
"Report!"
Zhang San led the wolf guards who reported the message into the room and reported: "Liu Sima has led the dismantled imperial army and has arrived. According to the general's instructions, they are already repairing the embankment."
Guo Shang said from the side: "The water has been pouring for so long, and the water strength has indeed decreased. I think Liu Sima will be more urgent tonight, and the breach at the levee weir will be blocked tomorrow morning!"
"Okay, okay! The only remaining tasks are drainage and building new houses for the victims." Xu Zongwen said excitedly, slapping his head.
