The late October of the eighteenth year of Hongwu was extremely unpeaceful. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

First of all, the grain chief was invited to the state capital by the officials, and he didn't know what the reason was, so he got into the carriage, and the poor grain chief was in his seventies and almost eighty years old, and he didn't know if he could withstand the bumps along the way.

The departure of the grain chief caused panic in the village, but after ten days, the grain chief returned safe and sound.

When Zhang Zhaohua heard the news, he threw down his rotten pen and went to the grain chief's house.

There were already many people looking at the door, and the servants brought by Zhang Geng squinted at the side, and did not allow them to come in, but Zhang Zhaohua was let in when he came, but he was also warned not to go to the study of the main house.

Zhang Zhaohua sat under the window with two little short legs, the weather was already very cold at this time, and the wind shook her skirt with a swishing sound, but in such a cold wind, she smelled the smell of freshly brewed tea in the house, and at the same time there was an unquiet sound wafting over.

“…… When I went, the government officials had already been taken into custody, and the political envoy was also imprisoned," this was the deep voice of the grain chief: "It is interrogated by the inspector, the accounts are checked, and every stone in and out must be carefully checked, and after the inspection, he will not be put back, but only ask others to enter in the allotment......"

"How many have been arrested?" Zhang Geng asked.

"Three of the eight prefectures have been confirmed, the governor of Zhili Prefecture is fine, and six of the remaining eleven prefectures have problems with the accounts of the state officials, I don't know what to do, and the seventy-nine counties only said that they have checked sixty-seven, and they will talk about it after all the investigations. ”

"How can this be," Zhang Geng said incredulously: "Didn't you say at the beginning of the year that you only checked the suburbs of Beijing?"

"The case is dragging mud out of the water, and it is getting bigger and bigger," the grain chief said: "I heard that among the six ministries, the left and right servants of each department and even Shangshu have been implicated in twenty-eight, and even the ministers of the ministry and cabinet cannot be spared, and now that the provincial department is found, it will be even more ruthless." ”

Zhang Zhaohua was shocked when he heard it, what kind of case was pulled out, and so many high-ranking officials were implicated?

"Yingtian, Zhenjiang, and western Zhejiang, these places, have already closed the case," the grain chief said: "It is said that there is no one who is not bankrupt among the rich squires, and now that he has found Henan, I am afraid that it will also set off a bloody storm." ”

"Why was Henan investigated in the end," the grain chief said: "Because Wu Yong of the Criminal Trial Department is from our Henan, he recited a little incense." ”

"But look at the results," Zhang Geng shook his head and said, "It doesn't seem to be forgiving." ”

"One or two more months is enough to smooth out a lot of things," the grain chief said, "But I see that this Wu Yong is a little exposed, and-"

"And what?" Zhang Geng asked.

"The emperor appointed Wu Yong to be the chief judge of this case, don't you think it's strange," the grain chief said: "Wu Yong was originally the right minister of Henan Province in the former dynasty, and when he arrived in the national dynasty, the official became smaller and smaller.

"Almost all the high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China are implicated in Guo Huan's case," Zhang Geng said: "The emperor can only pick a low-level officialdom to come up, and Wu Yong can't protect the officials even if he wants to." ”

"One more point," the grain chief snorted slightly, and said, "The example of Jin Yiwei commanding Mao Xiang is not far away. ”

"Ah," Zhang Geng was surprised: "You mean-"

"Mao Xiang interrogated Hu Weiyong's case back then," the grain chief said: "There were 30,000 people before and after, in order to calm the anger of the public, the emperor pushed Mao Xiang out without hesitation, and now tens of thousands have been implicated, can he, Wu Yong, as the chief judge, have a good end!"

The room was silent for a while, Zhang Zhaohua couldn't feel the cold wind blowing on her face outside the house, and the chill in her heart was even heavier.

"The emperor's anger this time is not only because so many people are involved," the grain chief said: "And because Guo Huan and others have been reselling official grain for several years, within a few years, even the official grain destroyed by corruption and theft and water mixing has exceeded the so-called seven million stones, but this ......."

I didn't know what the grain chief was referring to, but I heard Zhang Geng exclaim in a low voice: "This, this is a year's income from the national treasury......"

"Originally, when I found out about Gyeonggi, I was only investigating the matter of reselling official grain," the grain chief said: "But the more I investigated, I found that not only did I resell official grain, but also embezzled taxes from the state government, and even as small as county officials, all of them were apportioned in various ways!

The room was suddenly silent for a while, and then I heard Zhang Geng's hoarse voice: "Branch, apportionment—has this also started to be investigated?"

"What's the matter with you?" asked the grain chief, hearing that his voice was wrong.

"I, I," Zhang Geng's voice trembled: "Three years ago, when you asked me to bet on the summer tax to return to Texas, it coincided with the governor's fifty-fifth birthday, and he hinted a few times overtly and secretly, asking me and the grain chief in Ningling County to give birthday gifts——"

"We listened to what he meant, so that we could collect money and distribute it to every household, and set up a name called 'food money'," Zhang Geng said: "It is said that it cannot be found out on the account at all." ”

"Are you carrying me behind your back?" asked the grain chief.

"No, absolutely not, and definitely don't dare," Zhang Geng said eagerly: "I went out of a shop and made up 800 yuan to hand it over, but I heard that the one in Ningling County was apportioned to the jurisdiction." ”

The grain chief seemed to be groaning, and said after a while: "This Huang Zhirong has only stayed in Dezhou for more than a year, and he was transferred to Huzhou, and Huzhou is now in a tight war, and Huguang was not found in this grain inspection, so he should be able to cover up the past." ”

"As long as the people don't say it, it's fine," the grain chief said: "The emperor still has a way to manage the provincial officials who are greedy for official food, and I am afraid that he can't control the county officials and state officials, and besides, the matter of apportionment is much smaller than the matter of stealing official grain, and the emperor just asks the elderly from all over the country to go to Beijing to face the scene and expose the facts of the crimes of the local officials-if there are no people in the jurisdiction to complain, then nothing will happen." Besides, I know that Ningling is rich, and hundreds of dollars are apportioned, I am afraid that it is a matter of more than a dozen yuan per family, and no one will still remember it after all these years. ”

Zhang Geng nodded, and suddenly snorted again: "Dad, in fact, I still have something to hide from you, I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to bear it at the time, but now it's okay." ”

"What's the matter?" said the grain chief, "I am really blind and deaf now, and you want me to know everything before you let me know, right?"

"Dad, what did you say," Zhang Geng said: "Actually, in March this year, a letter came from the Jingshi Guozijian. ”

"Is it your brother?" said the grain chief, "What did you say, what did you not let me know?"

"The eldest brother said that the Guozijian is making trouble," Zhang Geng said: "The discussion is boiling, the momentum is huge, he saw this situation, he panicked, and when he said that it would not end well, he was afraid that something would happen, so he agreed with me to pass a letter every five days, if he didn't receive a letter from home for ten days in a row, I am afraid that something happened to him." ”

"I waited at home with trepidation," Zhang Geng said, "On April 14, the letter was broken for ten days. ”

Zhang Geng was very frightened at the time, and hurriedly prepared a carriage and horses to go to Nanjing, but when he arrived in Zhenjiang, he was chased by the family who came later, saying that the letter from Guozijian came and opened it to see that it was his eldest brother Zhang Ji who reported that he was safe, saying that he was already safe.

He stayed in Zhenjiang for a few days, and by the way, he listened to the news.

"Speaking of which, it is actually related to the Guo Huan case," Zhang Geng said: "This year, there are 472 people in the Yichou Branch who have entered the Shiting Dynasty, and six or seven percent of them are graduates of the Guozijian, which can be regarded as inspiring these students, and they are all arrogant, thinking that the court officials will go abroad in the future, and they already have the right to participate in the court politics." ”

Just when these students were celebrating Guozijian's super high admission rate, the Guo Huan case that shocked the government and the opposition also broke out at the same time.

"The three main culprits in the Guo Huan case," Zhang Geng said: "Two of them are officials in Beiping -- Li Yu, the political envoy of Beiping, and Zhao Quande, the envoy of the procuratorial department, who are idle and have nothing to do after the examination, and they are instigated by people with good intentions, and their enthusiasm for anti-corruption and anti-corruption can be imagined, and the slogans are shouted loudly! I don't know how many times I have written the book, and we must resolutely catch the big fish in Beiping!"

"What a big fish in Beiping!" the grain chief exclaimed: "Who instigated this, his heart can be punished!"