As soon as they saw the figure of Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, several Yusi officials hurried out to greet him.
The leader was Bai Gaoyuan, an official of Yusi, with a wrinkled face full of smiles.
"Cen Shangshu, are you... coming to investigate the case so early in the morning?"
Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, sneered and said jokingly: "Didn't you, Yu Si, also come so early?"
Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan smiled slightly, "If Master Cen needs anything, he can summon the official at any time, and the official will answer truthfully."
Bai Yusi's words made Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, smile. He looked at Yusi Bai Gaoyuan and asked, "Okay. Tell me, have you done anything with this grain?"
Bai Yusi shook his head and said with a smile: "Xiaguan has always done things worthy of the people and the court. This food belongs to Yusi and the court, how dare you do it?"
Knowing that Bai Yusi was unwilling to speak out, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, had no choice but to stop asking further questions and waved his hand: "Go and do your business. I will call you if necessary."
"yes."
After speaking, Yu Sibai Gaoyuan glanced at the officials on the side and left.
After seeing them leave, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, began to look for clues among Yu Si.
I saw that Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, was wearing a scarlet official uniform. He had several books under his left arm and leaned down to look at various places in Yusi.
It was not until the court meeting was about to begin that Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, stopped observing.
"Guo Yushi, how is the investigation of Yu Si's grain case?" Su Yunqi, the prime minister of Zuo, asked.
After listening to the words of Prime Minister Zuo, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, glanced at Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs who was not far away. Seeing Cen Wenxing's calm and calm look on his face, he stood up.
"Back to Prime Minister Zuo, the case is still under investigation."
After hearing this, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, looked at Xu Yushan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.
“How is the construction of ditches in Ganglai Province going now?”
"Go back to Prime Minister Zuo. This time the water volume is large, bringing a lot of sediment. The lower official has already sent people to clean up the sediment and build ditches."
"Okay." After saying this, the Prime Minister Zuo looked at these officials and said: "Nowadays, the money in our treasury is becoming increasingly tight. The Japanese pirates are still in the coastal areas, and the army also needs money. The only way now is to increase the salt tax." , relying on the grain collected from Jiang Lai Province this year to alleviate the shortage of money in the national treasury."
Listening to the words of Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, Xu Yushan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, expressed the questions in his heart.
"Prime Minister Left. The salt tax was already increased last year, and now we have to increase it. I'm afraid it will cause resentment among the people."
After hearing this, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, smiled slightly, looked at the embarrassed looks cast by the officials, and said: "Don't worry, everyone. The country has not yet restored its national strength. The increase in salt tax is temporary. It will be collected from the national treasury." When there is enough money, the salt tax will be reduced."
No one among the officials below had any objection to what Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi said.
After the court meeting, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Hubu, did not go back to the Hubu as an errand, but went to Yusi.
When they arrived at Yusi, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, was observing every corner of Yusi as he had done a few hours ago.
"Cen Shangshu."
Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, patted Cen Wenxing, the minister of household affairs, on the shoulder, which shocked the minister of household affairs, Cen Wenxing.
"Who did I ask? It turned out to be Guo Yushi. Hahaha." Cen Shangshu smiled and looked at Guo Yushi with a smile on his face.
"Cen Shangshu, what are you doing?" Guo Yushi asked with a smile.
After listening to what Guo Yushi said, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, pointed to the corner of Yusi on the side and said: "I can't find this clue, so I have to look for it here in Yusi."
After hearing this, Guo Yushi smiled slightly and looked at the place pointed by Cen Shangshu.
"The left prime minister and the right prime minister planned to hand over the case to Guo for investigation. It would be fine if Cen Shangshu assisted Guo. Why, it was Cen Shangshu who came to investigate and Guo assisted." After speaking, Guo Yushi smiled. .
Listening to what Guo Yushi said, Cen Shangshu smiled awkwardly and said: "This case belongs to Yu Si and is also a matter of Cen's household department. Cen just wants to find out the truth as soon as possible."
"Cen Shangshu, what did you see?" Guo Yushi asked curiously.
Cen Shangshu shook his head slightly, looked at the piled branches at the foot of Yu Si's wall, and sighed: "I haven't found any clues at all."
Seeing Cen Shangshu's dejected look, Guo Yushi smiled slightly and said nothing more, but looked for clues together.
Unconsciously, the originally warm sun slipped to the west, the sky became dark, and the air in Yanyang City also became a bit desolate.
"Cen Shangshu, it's getting late today. In my opinion, we can look for clues tomorrow."
Cen Shangshu nodded and looked at Guo Yushi with a pair of tired eyes: "Okay."
Seeing that Cen Shangshu agreed with what he said, Yushi Zuodu straightened his back and left.
But Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, didn't want to leave yet. He turned around and glanced at Yu Si, who was dark and had only a faint light.
"Cen Shangshu, it's so late and you haven't gone back yet?"
Coming towards him was Bai Gaoyuan from Yu Si.
Seeing the smile on Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan's face, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, felt a little upset.
If it were not for the laws of the Mo Dynasty, it is estimated that Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan's head would have been wiped across the neck by Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs who was about to wear out his patience.
Seeing that Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, didn't reply a word and had an expressionless look on his face, Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan calmed his expression and walked out of Yu Si.
Yusi is the granary of the country.
Therefore, safety is still considered. All grains are piled under the wooden house, and no lamp is allowed among the grains. Yusi is heavily guarded, with soldiers guarding it day and night.
Watching Yu Si leave, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, looked at the ground that he had seen several times during the day and continued to look at it.
As he watched, before he knew it, the moon had risen, and the sky was completely dark. The moonlight made Yu Si a little brighter.
Cen Shangshu walked slowly along the Yusi city wall. Only under the moonlight could Cen Shangshu's old eyes see some ground. Otherwise, Cen Shangshu would have gone back before dark like Guo Yushi. .
After searching for a long time, except for the footsteps of patrolling soldiers and the rustling of leaves in the wind, no clues about the food could be found.
A few days have passed since the disaster in Jianglai. Food has been distributed to the affected people for farming, but there is no food and silver to solve the problem of food and clothing for the affected people.
If the grain amounting to 1,200 kilograms a few months ago was still there, perhaps the grain distributed to the people of Jianglai today would not be the handful of rice grains in their hands.
By the time Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, returned, it was already Haishi.
