Zhu Di cursed for a while, and Cao Peng was stunned.
Although he was the chief envoy of Peiping, he had only been in office for less than half a month.
Regarding the matter of borrowing grain, I also learned about it from the mouths of a group of prefects and county magistrates. At most, I knew that the matter of borrowing grain seemed to have been approved by the King of Yan and the chief envoy.
However, he did not know the specific details.
Therefore, when he came, he was full of confidence.
I think it was not a random decision for him to be a counselor of the fourth rank of Chief Envoy and to stop the magistrate of a small Wanping County.
However, he did not expect that a small magistrate would dare to contradict and threaten him like that.
And in the end, King Yan was provoked.
In fact, King Yan didn't even ask him about the details. He just yelled at him and didn't give him a chance to explain.
So, this kind of borrowing food must have a deep connection with King Yan.
As for Cao Peng, not only did he not pinch the soft persimmon, but he also directly hit the edge of King Yan's knife.
Even Nie Fantai was deeply connected with this matter.
The feudal king colluded with the chief envoy?
Stealing food...?
In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Cao Peng's mind, and he even felt a faint feeling of excitement!
However, after Zhu Di got rid of all the depression in his heart these days, he gave the order directly without giving Cao Peng a chance to react.
"Come here, my king will tie up all these thieves and take them to the Chief Envoy Office in Peiping!"
"As you command!"
All the guards of King Yan responded in unison.
Upon hearing this, Cao Peng's expression changed drastically.
"Your Highness, no! We are the imperial officials. You cannot humiliate the officials and others like this!"
"Bah, how can a bunch of thieves have the face to call themselves imperial officials in front of this king?"
Zhu Di cursed angrily and ignored them, turning to look at Guo An and Wang Zhen.
"You can borrow food with confidence and boldness. I will see which thief dares to stop you!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Guo An and Wang Zhen responded quickly.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
All the people in Wanping County also responded with gratitude.
Zhu Di nodded slightly, and then escorted Cao Peng and a group of prefects and magistrates to the Chief Envoy Office in Beiping.
It was a grand journey, but before Zhu Di could enter the Chief Envoy Office of Peking, all the yamen and forces in the entire Beiping Mansion knew about it.
"Your Majesty, Nie Zizhi, is here to see His Highness the King of Yan!"
"I'm here to see His Highness King Yan!"
As soon as Zhu Di arrived at the gate of the Chief Envoy Department of Peking, Nie Zishi, the Chief Envoy of Peking, had already walked out with all the officials in the Chief Envoy Department of Peking.
"snort!"
Zhu Di snorted coldly and walked directly in.
Nie Zizhi smiled helplessly and quickly led a group of officials inside. As for Cao Peng, who was tied up, and all the prefects and county magistrates, no one paid attention to them.
After entering, Nie Zizhi took the lead and bowed his hands to Zhu Di with an apologetic smile, and apologized: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I didn't expect that Councilor Cao would be so bold and dare to lead a group of prefects and magistrates privately." Stop the people of Wanping County from borrowing food!"
Zhu Di stared at Nie Zishi closely, "You really don't know?"
Nie Zishi's face froze, and then he smiled bitterly.
"Your Highness, the interests of Wanping County are too great for Xiaguan to suppress. Some of them are even eyeing Xiaguan's position..."
At this time, Cao Peng and a group of prefects and county magistrates were also escorted in. Nie Zushi paused for a moment and sat down below.
"Fantai, help!"
"Fantai, Xia Guan and others were also deceived by thieves!"
"His Royal Highness King Yan, the vassal, the subordinate officials are not convinced!"
As soon as they entered the main hall, the prefects and county magistrates, who had been silent all the way, suddenly started to make a fuss.
Hearing this, Zhu Di's face darkened again.
"You, a group of thieves with pinkeye, what do you have to say about this?"
On the side, Nie Zishi just looked at these group of prefects and county magistrates coldly and did not pay attention to them!
"Your Highness, your subordinates and others, together with tens of thousands of people from their respective prefectures and counties, have been reclaiming wasteland all day long. They have only reclaimed a few hundred hectares of land in more than two months!"
"Yes, Your Highness, this is true for all our prefectures and counties. We don't believe that the magistrate of Wanping County can cultivate two thousand hectares of wasteland in more than two months!"
"Your Highness, Xiaguan and others are not convinced. Why can the people of Wanping County borrow food when they have no food to eat? But under the rule of Xiaguan and others, the people have no food to eat, but they cannot borrow food?"
"Tsk?"
Zhu Di's face was full of sarcasm, "Why don't you say it's because you are incompetent?"
As soon as these words came out, all the prefects and county magistrates immediately became energetic.
"Your Highness, I have been serving as officials for more than ten years. Even if my abilities are average, my experience alone is not comparable to that of County Magistrate Guo!"
"Exactly, Your Highness, a while ago, countless people in Wanping County complained and cursed the county magistrate Guo, and the officials and others also heard about it!"
"Your Highness..."
"You all shut up!"
Zhu Di's tone was cold, "I didn't expect that these thieves like you would spend all day instead of doing business, and only want to scratch other people's sore feet!"
The faces of all the prefects and magistrates did not change, and they continued: "Your Highness, forgive me. I heard the bet between Magistrate Guo and His Highness that day, and thought that Magistrate Guo had some clever tips for reclaiming wasteland.
Therefore, Xiaguan and others were ready to ask the magistrate of Guo County for advice. Unexpectedly, before Xiaguan and others went to Wanping County, they heard complaints from the people of Wanping County! "
Zhu Di said: "You know, Wanping County has reclaimed two thousand hectares of wasteland a few days ago!"
"This is impossible!"
All the state and county magistrates shook their heads with disbelief on their faces.
"Do you think this king is deceiving you?" Zhu Di's expression darkened again.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I have been leading the people under my control to reclaim wasteland for the past two months. I am well aware of the difficulty and slowness of reclaiming wasteland.
It would be okay if Wanping County had hundreds of thousands of people, but it only had tens of thousands of people.
Two thousand hectares of land were cultivated in two months, Xiaguan and others really can't believe it..."
"If Wanping County really reclaims two thousand hectares of wasteland, what will you do?" Zhu Di asked.
"this……"
Seeing Zhu Di's expression, all the prefects and county magistrates couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
However, thinking of the difficulties faced by the people under their rule in reclaiming wasteland, everyone regained their confidence.
"Reporting to Your Highness, if Guo Zhixian of Wanping County can really reclaim two thousand hectares of wasteland, I will leave the officials and others at your disposal!"
"Exactly, no matter how His Highness punishes you, I will never give you a second thought!"
"Very good!"
Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, "In this case, you will follow my guard and go to various villages in Wanping County to check one by one!"
"Your Highness, will the officials and others check one by one?"
All the magistrates and magistrates looked startled, feeling that something was wrong.
"Humph, if you don't see it with your own eyes, how can you be convinced?" Zhu Di said.
"Your Highness, this..."
Before these magistrates and magistrates could continue to speak, Zhu Di waved his hand and said to Li Wang beside him: "I will escort these rogue officials to various villages in Wanping County to check!"
"Follow the order!"
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