"Lin Zhizhou, think about it again." Guo Kang's words were full of hope and encouragement.
"This matter must bring justice to the people. If the corrupt people are not punished, it may be difficult to help the public in the future." Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, talked about the importance of this matter.
After hearing this, Lin Zhizhou nodded, looked at Zuo Du Yushi Guo Kang and several officials of the Du Procuratorate, and thought about it carefully.
If this matter is not resolved, Guo Kang may always be on the threshold of Tongzhou Yamen.
After a while, Lin Zhizhou's face was wrinkled, and suddenly he looked at his usual helper.
"Go and call the government servants who are responsible for unloading grain and cooking porridge that day." Lin Zhizhou ordered.
"yes."
After a while, I saw that the helpers had brought several government officials, standing in a row, waiting to be questioned. Like a prisoner waiting to be interrogated.
"That day... who were responsible for unloading the grain? Come forward." Lin Zhizhou said.
Several officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate on the side looked at the government officials without saying a word.
"How many carriages were there transporting grain to Tongzhou that day?" Lin Zhizhou continued.
Several government officials looked at each other, thinking about what happened that day, and then started talking.
"Back to Zhizhou, there were sixteen carts transported that day." A yamen servant replied.
Listening to these words, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, looked straight at Guo Kang, as if waiting for the most important clue.
"Can you remember how many bags of grain there are?" Guo Kang asked hurriedly.
I saw several government officials shaking their heads: "I don't know."
Guo Kang smiled slightly and said: "It doesn't matter." Then he looked at the few yamen behind him who were cooking porridge and asked, "Do you still remember how many pots of porridge you cooked?"
"It seems like twenty pots," a yamen servant replied.
"It seems like twenty-six pots." Another Yamen servant replied.
Several more government officials started talking.
At this time, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, suddenly stood up and looked at the people around him: "Let's go and get busy. I have something important to do, so I will leave first."
"Officials, go slowly," Lin Zhizhou said.
After leaving the state government office, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, stopped at the entrance of the government office.
"Guo Censor, what's wrong?" asked Cen Zhi, Censor of Zuo Qiandu.
Guo Kang looked around, and then recalled the words of Zuo Qiandu Censor Cenzhi: "Let's go, follow me to meet some people here."
"Guo Yushi, aren't we here to investigate corruption cases? Why are we visiting the people?" Lu Wenchang, the supervisory censor of Mozhang Province, asked.
"You will know when you come with me." After saying this, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, walked towards a poor peasant family.
…
"Is anyone here?" Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, knocked on the door cautiously and shouted.
After hearing the sound, there was a response in the room: "It's coming, it's coming."
Then the door opened.
After seeing that it was an official, the ragged common people were stunned for a moment at first, but they did not feel at ease until Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, explained.
"Old man, don't be afraid. I'm here just to learn about the corruption of imperial officials." Guo Kang said.
After the ragged common man sat down on the chair, he lowered his head and seemed afraid to look at the official: "If the official has anything to say, just ask him. The common people will not hide it."
"Old man, do you still remember how many carriages and approximately how many bags of grain were transported to Tongzhou?" Guo Kang asked.
The common man thought for a while, then raised his head, looked at Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, and lowered his head slightly: "Guanren, there are sixteen cars. Probably... there are more than a few hundred bags."
Seeing this common man's answer, Guo Kang was very grateful and praised his observation skills.
"Old man, did you see anything unusual during the disaster relief day?" Guo Kang asked again.
The common man shook his head: "I haven't seen it before."
"Then what kind of official is Lin Zhizhou in the hearts of you people? You must answer truthfully. If you have something to do, I will make the decision for you."
After hearing this, the people recalled what Lin Zhizhou had done: "Lin Zhizhou, he is a good official in the hearts of the people. When the earthquake happened, he came to comfort us people, and afterwards he opened a granary to satisfy our people. When there was no food, Magistrate Lin used his salary to order people to buy some food from other places. Although the food was small, many people were saved."
Seeing what the people in front of him said, Guo Kang nodded slightly, his target in mind being fixed on Kaihuai Mansion.
"Old man, I will take my leave first. Thank you, old man, for answering my concerns." After saying that, Guo Kang stood up and walked out the door, ready to go out.
"Officials, go slowly," said the common man.
Guo Kang glanced at the people with a smile on his face, and then walked out the door.
"Guo Yushi. Who do you think...is this corrupt person?" Lu Wenchang, the supervisory censor of Mozhang Province, asked.
Guo Kangsi thought for a while: "This matter has not yet been concluded, but I am sure that the corrupt person is not in Xing'an Mansion, nor in Tongzhou."
"Did Guo Yushi mean that he was having fun?" Zuo Qiandu Yushi Cen Zhidao said.
"Go have fun!"
…
After another day or two of running around, several Supervisory Yuan and local supervisory censors arrived at Kaihuai Mansion.
However, the colleagues in Kaihuai Mansion did not see any change and seemed to be very calm.
"Xia Tongzhi, I want to ask you, where did the more than 1,000 stones of the remaining relief food from this first disaster relief food go?" Guo Kang confessed that he was already suspicious of Xia Tongzhi.
"Guo Yushi, my subordinates really don't know about this. As soon as the food arrived, my subordinates ordered porridge to be given to them, but they didn't even dare to touch a grain of rice." Xia Tongzhi said in a panic.
"In that case, I would like to ask you, Xia Tongzhi, why the other two places can tell you the information about the amount of grain, but why no one in your Kaihuai mansion knows it?" Guo Kang said harshly again.
"This...this, Xianguan did tell Yushi Guo that there are many things in the house, but...he just forgot about it."
"forget?"
Xia Tongzhi nodded hurriedly, his panic expression already revealed.
"In that case, I would like to ask Xia Tongzhi to return to Beijing and think about it slowly."
"Guo Yushi, don't believe the dirty words outside. They are all rumors spread because the people hate me." Xia Tongzhi said again.
"Really?" Guo Kang asked again.
Xia Tongzhi nodded again.
"Here comes someone!" Guo Kang said.
"exist!"
"Tie Xia Tongzhi to me."
"yes."
Listening to these words, Xia Tongzhi felt panicked. Thinking about the words of the two prime ministers, Xia Tongzhi felt a little calmer. After all, besides being afraid of the emperor, the civil and military officials were even more afraid of the prime minister.
"Go back to Beijing and think about it slowly, Xia Tongzhi." Guo Kang said with a smile.
Then he set off towards the capital, Yanyang City.
