The case of stealing and selling official grain involves so much that the officials involved are not only local officials of all sizes in the granary, but also quite a number of powerful people in Beijing, and presiding over this case is an extremely offensive matter, and there will be a lot of pressure on anyone.

Zhao Tiannan handed over this case to Xiao Jingbei, in addition to the intention of valuing Xiao Jingbei, he may also have the idea of creating some enemies for Xiao Jingbei.

After all, Jinyiwei is a sharp blade in Zhao Tiannan's hand, and Xiao Jingbei's Beizhen Fusi is even more of a sharp blade.

Xiao Jingbei's position is so important, and only if he becomes a lonely minister, Zhao Tiannan will be a little more relieved.

This point, whether it is Xiao Jingbei or Feng Zhige, can actually be seen.

However, neither of them was impressed.

Long ago, Feng Zhige had told Xiao Jingbei that it was best for him to try the case in person, Xiao Jingbei would not go against Feng Zhige's wishes, so he naturally gladly took the errand.

And Feng Zhige, in her opinion, it doesn't matter if Xiao Jingbei offends many people, the current Dawu Dynasty is actually a little crumbling, and it is unknown how long it can last, and it is really unclear what the powerful people at this time will become after a while.

Just like today's Zhou family, didn't they rely on Zhao Tiannan's uncle's family at the beginning, and now they can only rely on the help of some lucky people to live?

With this senseless mentality, Xiao Jingbei took over this hot potato-like errand in the eyes of others.

Although the case of stealing and selling official grain involves a wide range of issues, the facts of the case are not complicated, as long as you follow a vine, you can find out all the melons below.

Now that the local officials involved in the case have been escorted to Beijing, it is really not difficult to interrogate other people involved in the case from their mouths.

In fact. As early as when he went to the local government to investigate the case, Xiao Jingbei had already found out the facts of the case, and now the retrial is just a repetition.

Therefore, this case, which was concerned by everyone, was in the hands of Xiao Jingbei, and in less than ten days, it had been tried clearly.

Because this case is not only concerned by the elites in Beijing. It is even more stared at by hundreds of people all the time. Therefore, the result of the trial could not be concealed at all, Xu was afraid of this, Xiao Jingbei asked Zhao Tiannan for instructions. simply made the facts of the case public, so as to show the world Zhao Tiannan's determination to severely punish corruption.

Ordinary people have had the right to know before, and it was quite novel for a while after getting the news, but then. The novelty was replaced by the shock of the public case.

In the case of a severe drought in Jiangnan and other places, even ordinary people can understand the severity of the matter. But no one thought that things would be so strict.

The theft and sale of 25 million stone of official grain involved in the case were not only local officials of all sizes in the granary, but also many well-known and powerful people in Beijing.

Of course, in order not to make Zhao Tiannan's face too ugly. The original Cheng'en Mansion Zhou family is not listed.

Naturally, some people guessed that the Zhou family was also involved, but now the Zhou family has been taken away by Zhao Tiannan, and it has ended up with such a tragic ending. There will never be a person who is not long-sighted and asks Zhao Tiannan to exterminate the Zhou family.

In the eyes of ordinary people, that long list of people involved in the case. It's just a list of powerful people, and they always have a sense of schadenfreude in addition to being staggered.

But even ordinary people who are not very sensitive to politics always have their brains turning faster.

More than 25 million stone of grain has been stolen and sold, there is no grain in the granary, and in the event of a drought, the grain production in Jiangnan and other places will inevitably be reduced during the autumn harvest.

The first thing the people who realized this did when they went back was to take out the money at home to buy the family's rations for more than half a year, and then, without the crisis of hunger, these people would naturally think of their relatives and friends, and they couldn't just watch the people close to them panic and go hungry, right?

As a result, within a few days, there was a rush to buy grain among the people of the capital, and the most direct consequence was that the price of grain in the capital rose by 20% in a few days.

And that's not all.

Although there are a lot of grain shops in the capital, how can they withstand such a large rush from the people, a few days later, the price of grain in Shanghai is not counted, and those who are slow to start will not be able to buy grain even if they hold the silver.

The news of the drought in Jiangnan and other places in the capital is unknown to everyone, in this case there is no way to buy food, how can the people not be in a hurry, the capital can't buy it, and the places around the capital should always be able to buy it, right?

With this in mind, the people of the capital looked at the towns on the outskirts of the capital again......

In this way, the panic of food shortage spread outward layer by layer with the capital as the center.

By the time the officials of the DPRK and China discovered that something was wrong, the situation had already developed to the point where it was difficult to control it, and the source of the people's panic was the shortage of food caused by the severe drought and the theft and sale of official grain.

But today's capital is really insufficient in grain reserves under the rush of the people before, and even if grain is transferred from other places, it will take a while.

In this case, Xiao Jingbei, who presided over the trial of the case of stealing and selling official grain, went to Zhao Tiannan again in an early dynasty to recover the stolen goods.

This stolen goods naturally refers to the official grain that was stolen and sold by officials at a low price in the case of stealing and selling official grain.

Zhao Tiannan has been doing his best during this period of time, and the situation of the severe drought in Jiangnan and other places must always be concerned, and the latest progress in the case of stealing and selling official grain cannot be relaxed.

It's really a wave of unevenness.

As the person standing at the top of the Dawu Dynasty, Zhao Tiannan best understands the situation facing the Dawu Dynasty today.

There was a severe drought in Jiangnan and other places, and the grain output was reduced by at least half during the autumn harvest, and the people in a small half of the Dawu Dynasty relied on these grain-producing areas to support their lives.

If you ignore it now, after the autumn harvest, I am afraid that the entire Dawu Dynasty will fall into long-term turmoil due to lack of food.

Zhao Tiannan spent nearly 20 years at the beginning. Only then did he lay down the current country of the Dawu Dynasty, and he naturally would not allow his country to fall into such a situation because of this great drought.

Therefore, without much consideration, he agreed to Xiao Jingbei's stolen construction.

Over the past few years, more than 25 million stone of official grain has been stolen and sold, which is not only a huge amount, but also that such a long time has passed, and the difficulty of recovering the stolen goods can be imagined.

But no matter what. Even if only a part of it can be recovered, it will survive this difficulty first. It is also better than sitting back and watching the turmoil of the Dawu Dynasty due to the food problem.

As a result, in the location of several granaries, another wave of recovery of stolen goods was set off.

Chasing stolen goods is easier said than done. But it's hard to do in practice.

Those who dare to take over the grain even though they know that it is stolen and sold from the granary are either themselves powerful and confident businessmen, or they are supported by powerful people behind them. It's not easy to get out of these people what they've exchanged for real money. What's more, after such a long time, the official food they took over has already changed hands through various channels.

The people who were sent to the local area to recover the stolen goods naturally did not dare to relax under the pressure given by Zhao Tiannan. But those wealthy local businessmen, not to mention that the grain has already changed hands, even if it remains in their hands. How can it be handed over for nothing?

One party is chasing and begging, and the other party refuses to give. This contradiction is clearly irreconcilable.

Just when the local wealthy and the officials who were chasing stolen goods were at odds with each other, in the capital, Zhao Tiannan also issued a holy decree to deal with the officials involved in the case of stealing and selling official grain.

In order to show his determination to punish such court moths, under the will of Zhao Tiannan, those who are not deeply involved in the case will be dismissed from office, exiled from exile, and those who are severely punished will be sentenced to death.

This is probably the year in which the most officials in the DPRK and China were killed after the establishment of the Dawu Dynasty.

Outside the noon gate, several officials involved in the case were beheaded every other day, and the people felt quite novel at first, and it was also a novel experience for them to see the usually high-ranking officials and lords beheaded.

But after a few times, gradually no more people were curious.

Beheading, no matter how you say it, is an extremely bloody thing, and you won't be able to sleep well at night if you watch it too much.

In the summer of this year, it is said that the ground outside the noon gate was soaked with blood, leaving patches of blood to dry up and look at the terrible black and red pattern.

So many officials in the DPRK and China were beheaded, and even many of them were powerful people in Beijing, which made the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China all silent.

Even if they knew that those people were bold enough to participate in the theft and sale of official food, as long as they thought that the last trace left in the lives of their former colleagues was actually a piece of land stained red with blood outside the noon gate, those officials who were not involved in this case would still feel uncomfortable.

Because of this, every time they go to court, the eyes of the officials looking at Xiao Jingbei will inevitably reveal some fear.

Although the decree was made by the emperor today, they had heard of it, and the emperor had specially asked Xiao Jingbei, the chief judge of the case, for his opinion before issuing the decree, and it was said that Xiao Jingbei was a categorical act at that time, and these corrupt officials must be severely punished, otherwise how can they deter other officials who want to do corrupt things in the future.

Although I don't know how much of the emperor's decree was because he was persuaded by Xiao Jingbei, at least, if there was no Xiao Jingbei's performance, the emperor would not have been so ruthless.

Xiao Jingbei is so young, he treats his colleagues so ruthlessly, and he is in charge of the Beizhen Fusi of Jinyiwei, if something happens to him in the future, can he still have a good life?

This is what many officials in the DPRK and China are thinking about today.

With such an idea, although not all of the officials in the DPRK and the Central Committee are not all, most of them have some respect for Xiao Jingbei and his people, that is, many people who came forward to stammer because they valued Xiao Jingbei's great future in the past did not dare to come to his side again.

Xiao Jingbei is a person who doesn't like to deal with people, and without others by his side, he not only feels lost, but feels a lot more relaxed.

Especially, with less entanglement from others and no other superfluous entertainment, he can have more time to get along with Feng Zhige.

Every time he thought of this, Xiao Jingbei couldn't help but squint slightly.

Like now.

Feng Zhige lowered her head to deal with the letter sent by Mama Li, and when she was done with the matter at hand, she raised her head and met Xiao Jingbei's focused eyes.

Since returning to the Leaf Courtyard, Xiao Jingbei has maintained this posture and stared at Feng Zhige without blinking.

"Haven't seen enough?" Feng Zhige raised his eyebrows and asked.

Xiao Jingbei was a little distracted, he didn't pay attention to it, and blurted out a little numb words, "As long as it's you, no matter how you look at it, it's not enough." ”

Feng Zhige didn't control it, and he got goosebumps all over his body.

She had never seen it before, and Xiao Jingbei, who seemed to be silent on the surface, could say such things.

Realizing what he said, Xiao Jingbei came back to his senses, and his face was a little uncomfortable.

He coughed lightly and changed the subject: "Stop singing, you asked me to deliberately play to recover the stolen goods, but what do you say?" You should know very well that it is impossible to recover those official grains, and of course it is impossible to rely on the recovered grains to make the Dawu Dynasty survive this crisis. ”

Feng Zhige saw Xiao Jingbei's intention to change the topic, but he didn't continue to tease him, but showed a smile with a cold color: "When did I say that the pursuit of stolen goods is to let the Great Wu Dynasty survive this crisis?" This is not far from the opposite. ”

"In this Dawu Dynasty, the real foundation is not these ministers in the court, but the people of the world, and those rich families who are no different from the cornerstone."

"This recovery of stolen goods is destined to have no gains, and it is impossible for those businessmen to spit out the benefits that have been received, if they are really so light and bleed, then the foundation of the Great Wu Dynasty will not exist, if the things exchanged for their real money can be deprived at will, then who in the world can have half a sense of security?"

"The people sent by Zhao Tiannan will definitely clash with the local businessmen, and when the time comes, the situation will also be further expanded, and if it is not handled well, heh, Zhao Tiannan's hard-fought country is afraid that it will fall into turmoil." Feng Zhige sneered.

At this time, Feng Zhige talked eloquently about the situation between the DPRK and China, and his body naturally revealed some strength.

Such a woman, if she changes the man next to her, she will definitely dislike it, but in Xiao Jingbei's eyes, he only feels that Feng Zhige at this moment makes him unable to take his eyes off at all.

Feng Zhige didn't notice Xiao Jingbei's eyes, her eyebrows frowned slightly when she said this, "By the way, speaking of which, in the near future, I'm afraid you will encounter a lot of dangers......" (To be continued.) )

ps: I've been very busy lately, I'm sorry that the update time is unstable, and I'll start saving the manuscript as much as possible tomorrow so that the update time will resume until 7 o'clock in the morning