Xiong Wucheng kicked the door open. Wu Caimao, the county magistrate who was wiping the money, was stunned for a moment, and then yelled: "Where are the thieves and people from? Come here! Come here!"
"No need to shout, they didn't even have time to come over. Are you Wu Maocai?"
Xiong Wucheng walked straight over, looked at the silver ingots arranged in a small mountain on the table, and couldn't help but smack his tongue and said: "As expected of the magistrate, he is so elegant and elegant. He uses the silver ingots as the basis to build mountains for fun. Not bad, not bad."
"Who are you? Get out now, I will spare your life."
Wu Caimao couldn't help being angry when he saw that the other party actually took his money.
Xiong Wucheng looked at Wu Caimao coldly and said: "Who is this family? Then you have to listen carefully. I am Xiong Wucheng, the commander of the Ming Dynasty Security Bureau. On the order of the emperor, I accompanied the cabinet minister Yu Xin to provide relief to the victims of the Huaiyuan disaster. , investigate and investigate such a conscientious bureaucrat like you! Wuzhi County, you are giving people rice porridge and preventing patients from entering the city. Master Yu has ordered you to be dismissed from your post and investigated. Now, do you want to walk to the dungeon by yourself, or should I drag you there? ?”
"An, Security Bureau?"
Wu Caimao's whole body went limp and he lay on the table. The silver ingots formed into a small mountain became unstable and scattered on the table, with some falling to the ground.
The cabinet minister is here?
The security bureau is here too?
This, how is this possible? Isn't it just a small disaster in Huaiyuan? As for the imperial court sending someone here? Even if you come, you will still go to Huaiyuan. What are you doing in Dingyuan?
Xiong Wucheng saw that Wu Caimao liked to be passive, so he had someone drag him to the dungeon.
Yu Xin led people to the Dingyuan County Government Office.
In front of the county government office, there is a screen wall, and behind the screen wall is an archway. The plaque on the archway reads "Zhonglianfang".
After passing the archway, you will reach the gate of the county government.
The walls on both sides of the county government gate are not straight, but in the shape of an "eight" character. This is why many people call the government office the "eight-character yamen".
The function of this eight-character wall is to post things, which can be imperial examination lists or essays. You can also post a few small advertisements, draw portraits, post a reward, etc...
If anyone wants to eliminate violence and become a knight in the world, remember to go here and have a look. Maybe you can do something in exchange for some rewards.
On the right side of the gate, there is a main store. This is not a guest house with a floor shop to receive people, but a station for sending and receiving official documents and express delivery.
Entering the gate, on the left is the Earth Temple. Oh, you'd better not come to offer incense.
It is unclear whether the Land Master is at home or on business trips, but there are probably a few human-skin scarecrows standing inside.
The move of Tu Tu Temple into the county government can be said to be Zhu Yuanzhang's innovation. Perhaps Lao Zhu felt that peeling skin outside was not a good idea, so he did it in front of the Tu Tu Lord. After these people died, Tu Tu Tu could send a message to the King of Hell. talk……
On the right is the Yamen Temple. Most of the people here are dedicated to Xiao He and Cao Shen, the prime ministers of the Western Han Dynasty. The so-called "Xiao Gui Cao Sui" means to tell officials to be obedient.
There are three doors in front of the Yimen. The middle one is for superiors or officials at the same level. If the official position is lower than that of the county magistrate, you can only use the small doors on both sides.
After walking through the Yimen, there is a wide courtyard with a "Jieshi Pavilion" not far away.
The south side of the stele is engraved with the words "Gongsheng Ming", which is taken from the "Gongsheng Ming, partial generation darkness" in "Xunzi", while the north side is engraved with "Er's salary and salary, the people anoint the people; the people below are easy to abuse, the heaven "Hard to bully" sixteen words.
Moving forward, we reach the lobby, where cases are reviewed and offices are held.
There are wing rooms and wing rooms on both sides of the lobby. The wing room is used as a warehouse, and the wing room is used as the six rooms for the officials, including the make, contract and hair room, shop manager, etc.
After the lobby, there is the second hall, and behind it there is the third hall.
The second hall is where officials take a nap, or if they feel sleepy during the trial, they can turn around and go to the second hall to take a nap.
Santang is the residence of the county magistrate. Of course, some cases that are inconvenient for public trial, secret operations, corruption and bribery often occur here.
This is also understandable,
Three halls with many secrets...
Compared with the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, the biggest change in the county government in the early Ming Dynasty was not that the land masters were moved to the county government, but that all officials lived in the county government. If you want to go back to your own house and live a comfortable life, then Don't even think about it.
"Da Ming Code" stipulates: "Any official who does not live in an official house in a public house but lives in a private house on the street will be punished with an eighty stick."
Therefore, if you went to the county government office to do something in the Ming Dynasty, you would be able to get it done in one trip. Even if you were asked to find the relevant departments, you could still find them by taking a walk.
Benefitting from Lao Zhu's rule, the Daming County government office has quite a lot of rooms, with a total of one hundred, fifty or sixty. It is not a problem to get a few bungalows and squeeze them in to accommodate more than a thousand people.
Yu Xin is in charge of the county government, and his command is stable, so everything is in order.
Huang Zicheng and Jing Qing were followed by more than twenty refugees, all pushing rented wheelbarrows and holding a few sacks in their hands. Their stomachs rumbled from time to time, but no one complained. They all looked expectant.
Li Jiu was at the front. Although his stomach was dry, his whole body was full of strength.
The emperor is a good man. He sent good officials to rescue us refugees. He not only arranged accommodation, but also took care of food. I heard the adults in front of me say that we can have enough to eat.
This is Master Qingtian.
When he arrived outside the granary, Huang Zicheng turned around, looked at Xie Gang, the chief clerk, and said coldly: "Open the warehouse door."
Xie Gang tremblingly took out the key, opened the door of the grain depot, walked in quickly, opened the second door, pushed the door open, and then bowed aside, trembling.
Siluke
Huang Zicheng walked into the granary and looked at the eight wooden round warehouses scattered inside. The round warehouses were so thick that five people could surround them, and they were eight or nine feet high.
The dome is not on the ground, but has a base made of rough wood to support the entire dome.
This design is conducive to moisture-proof, waterproof and rodent-proof.
Huang Zicheng looked at Li Jiu and others outside and shouted: "Pack the food and go back to the county office to cook porridge again."
Li Jiu and others were very excited. After thanking him, he and others entered the granary with the sacks. After holding up the sacks, they opened the rice opening on the lower side of the round barn and watched the white rice flowing into the sacks. Their faces were full of excitement. Lots of laughter.
There was a rustle of food being put away.
Huang Zicheng looked at Jing Qing and sighed: "If the emperor learns about this, I don't know how angry he will be."
Jing Qing shook his head helplessly and said, "I can't hide it. The most important thing right now is to resettle the victims. Although there is a lot of food stored here, when the subsequent refugees arrive, the food is always not enough."
Huang Zicheng nodded solemnly.
Huaiyuan City is a large county in Fengyang Prefecture with a large population. There is no statistics on the number of casualties caused by the disaster. There is no accurate estimate of how many people will be transferred to Dingyuan.
However, Huang Zicheng and others have estimated that at least 10,000 refugees will enter Dingyuan. In addition, there are also people in the lower reaches of Suishui and Yingshui causing disasters. These people also need to move to Dingyuan.
The most important thing for disaster relief is food.
The reason why Yu Xin chose Dingyuan as a disaster relief place is because Dingyuan has a relatively high terrain and is only more than 200 miles away from Huaiyuan, so it does not take long for the refugees to move here.
The southwest of Dingyuan is Luzhou Prefecture, and the southeast is Chuzhou. There is only a road and the Yangtze River between Chuzhou and the capital, so it is relatively convenient to transport grain.
"The imperial court is already transporting food, and the subsequent food should arrive within seven days. If there is not enough food in this granary, just buy some food from wealthy households."
Huang Zicheng said worriedly.
Jing Qing nodded slightly and sighed: "That's all it can do."
Canglang——
The sound of the knife being unsheathed surprised Huang Zicheng and Jing Qing. They turned around and saw Li Jiu and others standing there holding soft bags.
"Put away the knife."
Huang Zicheng glared at the guard angrily, and then said to Li Jiu and others: "Why are you standing here without food?"
"Sir, no, there is no food."
Li Jiu said with a pale face.
"What?!"
Huang Zicheng and Jing Qing were shocked and looked very ugly.
The two men hurried forward to check.
Huang Zicheng stretched out his hand from the rice exit of the warehouse, touched it, took back his hand and bent down to look, and saw another round warehouse inside the round warehouse.
"Split it for me!"
Huang Zicheng shouted angrily.
Several guards found axes, and with a bang, they split open the outer round warehouse. Huang Zicheng grabbed an ax and struck it directly on the inner round warehouse. He took back the ax with great difficulty and continued to chop.
Through the cracked gap, Huang Zicheng saw:
Nothing.
“Tear down all the granaries!”
Huang Zicheng's uneasiness became more and more serious.
Bang, bang, bang, all eight round barns collapsed, and except for a very limited amount of rice grains, there was no trace of food left.
Huang Zicheng felt his eyes darken, took two steps back, almost fainted, and said with trembling lips: "The Dingyuan granary is empty."
Jing Qing looked at this scene dejectedly, his eyes suddenly turned red, he suddenly remembered something and shouted: "Bring me the master book!"
Xie Gang, the chief secretary, entered the room and immediately knelt down and shouted: "Master Shangshu and Master Zuodu Yushi are both magistrates. It is the magistrate who sells all the grain. It is none of my business."
"Don't call us Sir, we should call you Lord Registrar! Now tell me where the county government has food!"
Huang Zicheng was furious.
"The magistrate, the magistrate's family has food and two thousand dan."
Xie Gang said quickly.
"At the county government office?"
Huang Zicheng asked.
"No, it's in Green Willow Manor. The magistrate built a large mansion in the north of the city, with food in it."
Xie Gang said anything to save his life.
Huang Zicheng said sternly: "Lead the way. If you can't find food, not only will you die, but your family will not be able to escape!"
"There's no need to look for it, there's no food there either."
Xiong Wucheng walked in with a piece of silver ingot in his hand and said, "Wu Maocai has exchanged most of the grain for silver. There is only less than a hundred shi of grain left in the manor."
Huang Zicheng and Jing Qing turned pale. In this case, the county government would be faced with a situation where there was no rice to cook.
"We can buy food."
Jing Qing gritted his teeth and said.
Xiong Wucheng threw the silver ingot high, caught it firmly, and said, "This silver ingot is five taels of silver. How much food do you think Master Jing can buy?"
Jing Qing said quickly: "One tael of silver and two stones of rice are naturally ten stones of rice. You only need to spend a few hundred miles of silver to purchase food, and you can still wait until the court food arrives."
Xiong Wucheng threw the silver to Jing Qing, then threw the robe on his shoulder over, and said: "Here are five hundred taels of silver, and there is no need for Mr. Jing to buy a thousand shi of rice. If you buy 500 shi, the rest belongs to you. how?"
"Are you using public property privately?!"
Jing Qing said dissatisfied.
"Haha, who cares about this now? Hundreds or even tens of thousands of people are waiting for food. As long as there is food and some corrupt money, the emperor will not blame a certain family, right?"
After Xiong Wucheng finished speaking, he turned and left.
Huang Zicheng watched Jing Qing open the robe. Sure enough, it was silver, but at this moment, Huang Zicheng's face looked extremely ugly.
"Buy food first. This is the only way out now."
Jing Qing said feebly.
Huang Zicheng looked at Jing Qing, smiled bitterly, and said, "Don't you think there is something wrong with Xiong Wucheng's words? Five hundred taels of silver asked you to buy five hundred stones of food. Why didn't he do it?"
Who would have trouble with money?
Jing Qing looked at Huang Zicheng in confusion and asked confusedly: "Why?"
