Chapter 751: Return Gift
Originally, in her capacity as a patrol, these officials didn't need to make such a big gift, but whoever let her come by order and who had been a queen would not be three points shorter when she saw it.
These people kowtowed, and muttered in their hearts, you said that this woman didn't let the queen do it, what kind of little Qin messenger patrol?
Of course, I thought so in my heart, but I didn't dare to show it on the surface, a kneeling rule was neat, and it was definitely more respectful than seeing my own father.
Guo Wenying went directly into the Governor's Palace, and since she came to inspect the river, she had to read a few words. In the past, when she was in the household department, she didn't talk nonsense about how much money was spent on the river, and she only asked the relevant officials to take the various account books and report them one by one, and then took people to the river embankment to take a look.
Guo Wenying is also an expert in some waterway projects, and she has only walked on the river for two days, and she basically knows what the situation is.
Although the imperial court strictly supervises the river, it is not a leak, and it is reasonable for these people to be a little greedy, as long as it does not exceed 20 percent, they basically turn a blind eye.
This Baoding Mansion is quite clean, and the sections of the river are basically completed according to the drawings, and the renovation of the silver is not much, but it is also reasonable.
After living in Baoding Mansion for a few days, officials at all levels were extremely jealous of her, and they praised her to the extreme every day, and never dared to disobey her in the slightest. She stayed in Beizhili for a total of five days, and then rushed to Nanzhili.
The provincial capital of Nanzhili is in the Jiangning area, and the governor is Xu Zehai.
Guo Wenying is familiar with this governor, it turned out that he was placed together when she was in Songjiang Mansion, and she was careful when she entered Jiangning this time.
Xu Zehai seems to be gentle and kind, but the more scheming he is, the more scheming he is, and he plays a lot of kung fu behind the surface.
The honor guard arrived at Jiangning City, and it was the Jiangning prefect who went out of the city to greet him, but Xu Zehai didn't even show his face. Or in his opinion, letting the Wupin prefect go out of the city to greet him is already enough to give her face as a patrol.
Guo Wenying glanced at the prefect Pan Gui, who was kneeling on the ground trembling, and said, "Lord Xu is busy with business?"
Pan Gui said: "Back to my lordship, the governor is indeed busy with official business, and my lord can find me if he has anything." ”
Guo Wenying sneered, "You can't help but think too highly of yourself." ”
According to the itinerary, she can't stay in Jiangning for a few days before she has to go back to Beijing, she is not very interested in the river or not, Jiangning Mansion does not have a big river, the annual allocation of money for repairing the river is not about the same, at most the repair of the city wall needs to be allocated from the household, and the rest is really not needed.
The main reason why Guo Wenying stayed in Jiangning for two days this time was because of Xu Zehai. It's just that this guy avoids it, which is a nuisance.
Her temperament would not wait for Xu Zehai to come to her when he was free, so she simply threw Pan Gui and waited for people to come straight to the Governor's Mansion.
Nanzhili is a rich land, 20% of the annual tax revenue is from this place, although the north and south are adjacent, but the rich Beizhili is not worse than the south Zhili.
This governor's mansion is also magnificent, and it is not much better than the mansion of the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. You must know that it was Jiang Taiping's mansion back then, and his governor's mansion was built like this, where did the money come from?
Guo Wenying sneered twice, and didn't care about the guards in front of the mansion, she broke in directly with someone, she would frown when she broke into the palace of the king of Yunnan when she was in Yunnan, could it be that she was afraid of him as a governor?
Xu Zehai hurriedly came out of the mansion when he heard the news, he was wearing the official uniform crookedly, and the official hat was not worn properly, obviously he had just gotten up from the bed, and he didn't know which concubine he was staying in.
Seeing Guo Wenying, he hurriedly straightened his clothes, and there was a faint smile on his face, "Yo, Lord Guo, it's really a rare guest, speaking of which, we haven't seen each other for a few years, and adults have always been good?"
Guo Wenying glanced at him, "It's nothing if I'm good or not, but Lord Xu still has to be careful about his body, so as not to grow old and decay first." ”
Xu Zehai's face was a little embarrassed, but he didn't feel anything when he was thick-skinned, and only warmly beckoned her to enter the inner hall to rest, as if the two really had a lot of friendship.
When Guo Wenying saw him a few years ago, he didn't treat Xu Zehai very much, but at that time, the two were both governors, and they were both of the same level, so they didn't do anything with him, but see you again today, the feeling of not seeing him at the beginning is deeper, how do you look at it, how do you feel awkward.
If you want to say that he is ugly, why does he look uncomfortable?
The two sat down, and Guo Wenying said directly: "Lord Xu, this official also came to serve the holy decree this time, and he is just talking about the river to outsiders, and I don't know the inside story." ”
Xu Zehai immediately looked serious, he stood up and bowed and said, "Please also ask for advice." ”
Guo Wenying said: "I don't dare to give advice, it's just ......"
She looked around as she spoke, looking very cautious, Xu Zehai understood, and hurriedly told everyone in the hall to retreat, and then said in a low voice: "If you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
Guo Wenying whispered to him, Xu Zehai's face changed, "Is this true, my lord?
Guo Wenying smiled, "It depends on whether the adult is loyal to the country, if the adult is dedicated to the country, the emperor will be considerate of the adult, and he will punish the adult?"
Xu Zehai sighed lightly, "What the lord said is that the official can write it down." ”
The two talked for a while, and Guo Wenying left from the Governor's Mansion, and when she got outside, she called Zhang Qiang over and said, "You find a few people to pay close attention to the movements of the Governor's Mansion, I want to know who Xu Zehai saw, what he did, and what news he spread." ”
Zhang Qiang nodded, and couldn't help asking, "Boss, what happened to Xu Zehai?"
Guo Wenying smiled, "He hasn't done anything yet, but he will do something if he can't be prepared." ”
Zhang Qiang has been with her for a long time, and he is very familiar with her smile, she usually shows this smile when she calculates people, and it can make people's scalp tingle after looking at it for a long time.
I know in my heart that most of the heads have set people up again, but how to set people is quite curious. He asked in a whisper, but Guo Wenying smiled and didn't answer, only said: "You'll know in a while, as long as you keep an eye on people, it won't be long before there will be action." ”
She made it just a small ploy, if Xu Zehai really pretended to be the country and the world in his heart and was loyal to his duties, he would have nothing to do, but if he had something else in mind, she would definitely make other people's heads fall to the ground, and he would die without knowing how.