"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xiang Nan bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, I suggest that Wang Danwang be detained now to prevent his dog from leaping over the wall and the trapped beast still fighting. I also requested an order to rush to Ganzhou, take out the grain supervision account book, and supervise the handling of the grain supervision case."
Qianlong thought for a while.
To be honest, the current evidence is still a bit weak.
In the current Ganzhou grain supervision case, Wang Danwang is suspected of corruption for personal gain, and Wang Tingzan only made one-sided remarks.
It would be a bit hasty to detain a provincial governor based on this little testimony.
Moreover, he did not want to send Xiang Nan to Ganzhou to handle the grain supervision case.
Because Xiang Nan is an upright official, and upright officials are very harsh. After he arrives in Ganzhou, he is likely to kill all the officials and behead all officials who are corrupt, bribery, and engaged in malpractice.
As a result, Ganzhou officials are likely to lose more than half. If there is no one to govern, Ganzhou will be in chaos.
Even if the court immediately sends people to fill the vacancies, the newly appointed officials may not become greedy again. A group of fat ducks were killed and replaced with a group of skinny ducks.
Most of these skinny ducks will also harm the public and enrich themselves, and they are even more greedy than the fat ducks. In this way, the people of Ganzhou will still have to suffer without solving the fundamental problem.
…
Qianlong thought of this and was about to reject Xiang Nan.
At this moment, the guard came in and reported, "Your Majesty, Ganzhou 800 miles away is urgent!"
Qianlong took it and looked at it, and his face suddenly darkened, "He Shen was greedy for power and advanced rashly. He lost the battle and undermined the power of our army!"
When Xiang Nan heard this, he was equally unhappy, "Mao Zibing was raging in Ganzhou and killed one of our prefects and one of our deputy generals. Even the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu could not kill them. This shows that they are not easy to deal with.
He Shen really shouldn't be so rude. As a result, Mao Zibing became even more arrogant. "
"Hmph, there has been no progress in the grain supervision case, and now I have been defeated again. This slave really doesn't let me worry." Qianlong said displeased, "Let's do this, Ji Xiaolan, I will give you a match, if you can If you are right, I will arrest Wang Danwang and ask you to go to Ganzhou to handle the case. If you are not right, then I will send someone else to go."
"Your Majesty, please come forward." Xiang Nan bowed.
"My first couplet is: Smoke locks willows in the pond." Qianlong immediately came up with the title. This first couplet was accidentally inspired by him when he was inspecting Ningbo, but the second couplet couldn't be right.
Xiang Nan smiled and said, "The emperor's first couplet seems simple, but it contains the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. It is indeed difficult to interpret."
"Then you're right." Qianlong nodded and said with a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty: Gun Zhenhaicheng Tower." Xiang Nan said immediately.
Qianlong was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Ha, as expected of Ji Xiaolan. Okay, in that case, I will allow you to play."
"Yes, Wei Chen, take action now." Xiang Nan said immediately.
"Hey, by the way, Wang Danwang's adopted daughter..." Qianlong suddenly said again.
When Xiang Nan heard this, he immediately looked over, "Your Majesty, what do you want?"
Qianlong's face turned red and he waved his hands awkwardly, "It's okay, you can go."
He felt that Su Qinglian was not only beautiful, but also more talented, so he inevitably wanted to keep her by his side.
It's just that it's hard to tell Xiang Nan about this kind of thing.
Honest officials are very harsh, and sometimes they don't give face to the king. If you get beaten up, it will be even more embarrassing.
At this moment, he really regretted not keeping He Shen by his side. If He Shen was here, he wouldn't have to worry about it, He Shen would take it upon himself to do it for him.
Hey, slaves are rare!
"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiang Nan nodded.
…
Xiang Nan immediately brought the imperial edict and a team of imperial guards to Wang Danwang's house.
Wang Danwang also heard about Wang Tingzan at this time and knew that he had been imprisoned by Xiang Nan in Xingzai and had probably confessed everything. He couldn't help but be anxious.
"Master, find a way to meet Wang Tingzan in Xingzai and ask him to think clearly about the stakes." Wang Danwang immediately ordered the master.
Then, he came to Su Qinglian's boudoir and said pitifully, "Daughter, my father has something to ask of you."
"What are you talking about, father? If you hadn't rescued my daughter in the fireworks alley, my daughter would have withered and haggard now, and how could she be here today?" Su Qinglian saw this, nodded quickly and said, "What can I do for you? My daughter will definitely help you do it."
"It's like this. That Ji Xiaolan is called the number one talented man, but he actually has talent but no virtue. In order to be promoted to an official position, he actually colluded with Wang Tingzan to slander his father.
Daughter, you and the Emperor have met once before, and the Emperor has a good impression of you. For my father, I beg you to meet the emperor, redress his grievance, and expose Ji Xiaolan's wolfish ambitions. "Wang Danwang said immediately.
"He could actually be this kind of person?" Su Qinglian was shocked when she heard this.
In the past few days, she and Xiang Nan sang poems and prose, and were deeply impressed by each other's talent. In her opinion, Xiang Nan truly deserves the title of the most talented person in the world. How could he do such an unscrupulous thing now?
"It's harder to paint a dragon or a tiger than to paint a skeleton. You know people but don't know their faces." Wang Danwang nodded and said, "Daughter, you must help your father."
"Yes." Su Qinglian nodded, not mentioning the years of upbringing. Just the fact that Wang Danwang came to redeem her life from Yanhualiuxiang was a great kindness.
"How can my daughter, a commoner, be able to meet a saint?" Su Qinglian asked worriedly.
"This time the emperor inspected Ningbo and made a couplet, and none of the accompanying officials could match it." Wang Danwang explained, "If my daughter can match it, she will definitely be summoned by the emperor."
"Oh, what is the first couplet?" Su Qinglian asked.
"The first couplet is: Smoke locks willows in the pond. Maybe my daughter will write the second couplet?" Wang Danwang asked expectantly.
Su Qinglian thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes."
"Okay, my daughter is really smart." Wang Danwang said happily.
…
At this moment, the housekeeper reported, "Sir, it's not good. Ji Xiaolan has led his troops to surround our house."
"What?!" Wang Danwang was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect Xiang Nan to come so quickly.
"He is still urging you to go to the front hall to receive the order." The butler said again.
"This, this, this..." Wang Danwang was also horrified for a moment.
Although he has always been domineering, he manages Ganzhou like an iron bucket, turning it into a private kingdom. But now, Xiang Nan came with the imperial edict, which still almost scared him to the point of peeing.
"Father, my daughter has some contacts with Ji Xiaolan, why not let her go see him first." Su Qinglian stood up and said.
"Okay, okay, okay." Wang Danwang nodded immediately.
He knew he was in serious trouble. Now that Xiang Nan has brought the imperial edict, I am afraid that the food supervision case cannot be kept secret. With the amount of money he had embezzled, he would be dead even if he killed him a hundred times.
At this time, it would be useless even if Su Qinglian had any friendship with Xiang Nan. After all, the imperial edict has been issued, but Ji Xiaolan still dares to resist it.
But a dying person will always seize any chance of survival, no matter how small or unreliable the chance is, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will still want to try.
Su Qinglian immediately straightened her appearance and followed the housekeeper to the front hall.
