Chapter 61 Corruption Case of the Yellow River in the Tokyo Section (3)

Tan Danian wanted to go to Yuan Zijing, the head of the silica warehouse, he secretly asked people to buy two catties of sauce beef, and took a jar of wine from his house, and brought it over, Yuan Zijing and Tan Danian were fellow villagers in the same year, and the relationship was extraordinary, and he wanted to explore Yuan Zijing's tone first. The two of them talked while drinking, and Yuan Zijing said: "Brother Danian, I have been a little restless these days, I am in charge of most of this year's silicon, and of course the fat difference purchased is controlled by Young Eunuch Gui." However, this year's silicon, not only is the quality too poor, some firewood, grass and branches are rotten, and they will be broken when they are torn, and there are no bones and bones, and they are used for berm protection. And I revealed a secret to you, the silicon material is forty percent less than last year. I'm just afraid that the matter will be revealed, and Young Eunuch Gui will most likely not protect me, and will make me a scapegoat. By then, the number of people will be lost. I don't know what to do. ”

When Tan Danian heard that there was a play, he originally wanted to get Yuan Zijing drunk and steal the account book, but now he may not need it. He said to Yuan Zijing: "Brother Zijing, I am the same as you, and the stone is also less than forty percent, I am more unlucky than you, I let Shui Cheng Liu Zhili find out." Yuan Zijing was taken aback, he felt that he was also in danger, after all, this was a crime of losing his head, but he saw that Tan Danian was fine now, he must have been exempted by Liu Zhili, he had to ask quickly, and he could get out. didn't wait for him to speak, I saw Tan Danian take out a piece of paper to show him, Yuan Zijing immediately picked it up and looked at it, it turned out that Liu Zhili had written the exemption letter, and he immediately lifted his spirits and hurriedly said: "Brother Danian, you can help my brother think of a way, and also introduce me to me, I want to make meritorious contributions." Tan Danian was also happy in his heart, and hurriedly told Yuan Zijing about his intentions, and Yuan Zijing immediately agreed to hand over the account book. Tan Danian asked the guards to call Liu Zhili to come.

Liu Zhili was also very happy when he heard it, so he immediately rushed over, Liu Zhili saw the two of them, only to see Yuan Zijing fall to the ground with a plop, and said sadly: "My lord, the villain is guilty, I am also coerced, I hope that the adult can allow me to make meritorious service and abandon the darkness and turn to the light." After speaking, he raised his hands to the account book and presented Liu Zhili, Liu Zhili read it and felt that it was true, so he agreed to exempt him. Yuan Zijing wrote a confession of repentance, and Liu Zhili then wrote a letter of exemption for him, Yuan Zijing was overjoyed and thanked him again and again.

For the sake of insurance, Liu Zhili sent his henchmen to secretly send the collected evidence and account books to the guards and handed them over to his daughter Liu Yunniang for collection and safekeeping. It happened that Liu Zhili's father-in-law's family was in Tokyo, and he took the time to go back home, so he explained the matter clearly, and asked Liu Yunniang to take these things to his grandfather's house in Tokyo to live temporarily, and repeatedly told her not to hide things in her grandfather's house, it is best to find a place to hide them outside. After he finished explaining, he returned to the scene of the berm. A few days later, Liu Yunniang, her mother, and her seven-year-old brother packed up their plates and went to Tokyo together.

At this time, Gui Chengde was still at home in Tokyo, he went to the Qian Mansion yesterday to ask Menzi to hand over the post, and was received by Qian Weiyan, the governor of the political affairs. This Gui Chengde is also quite eye-catching, and he retires from time to time, leaving an envelope on the table. Qian Weiyan asked the housekeeper to open it and see that it was four silver tickets with a denomination of 5,000 taels, a total of 20,000 taels, Qian Weiyan was also surprised, and he didn't say anything, so he put it away.

Gui Chengde also made an appointment with Liu Zhengyuan, the chief historian of Kaifeng, to get together in Fanlou, and had important matters to discuss, because the Yellow River was less than 40 miles away from Tokyo, so Gui Chengde and Liu Zhengyuan often went home, and did not want to stay in the acting river affairs yamen, and only stayed a few times when the imperial court sent an inspector to inspect the embankment. The two soon met at Fanlou, and while eating and drinking, they discussed matters on the river embankment. Liu Zhengyuan said: "Brother Gui, I feel that I have no bottom in my heart these days, I have taken a look at the silica, and I can't see it, such a silica is not very effective in the river; Even if you can't exploit the river workers and soldiers too much, you can see that their food is like eating chaff and vegetables, so as not to cause them to stir up and become chaotic. We've done a little too much, we have to be careful in everything, otherwise something will happen, and the money will be spent if you have a life. Gui Chengde said indifferently: "Brother, don't worry, the Yellow River embankment is repaired every year, even if it is not repaired this year, it will be fine, I know in my heart, and I will not mention whether the body itself can last a long time." After we went back this time, we hurriedly sank the body into the water, who would go into the water to check, but Liu Zhili was too stable during this time, and he was careful of deception. I'll be keeping an eye on the embankment from tomorrow to be prepared.

After the two discussed, they called two dancers to help the fun, these two dancers had beautiful faces, only a gauze dress like cicada wings on the outside of their bodies, their skin was exposed, and the spring was brilliant. Slim and elegant, when dancing, the breast-length skirt, the red bandeau is slightly exposed, the soft body like a snake rotates quickly, the light yarn on the body floats up like a flowing white cloud, revealing a white lower abdomen, soft as boneless, snow-white jade feet, the nails are coated with red nail polish, a pair of jade legs, sometimes cross and turn, sometimes the golden rooster is independent, and the two dancers dance in spring. The two of them are affectionate and enthusiastic, and the room is full of glamorous sounds and indiscriminate style. The two of them were immediately fascinated and couldn't extricate themselves. The gentle township hero mound, with a timely and happy mentality of having wine today and getting drunk today, the two of them have already thrown the sense of crisis out of the clouds.

The picture turned to the embankment of the Yellow River in the Tokyo section, Liu Zhili was giving a lecture on the embankment, and in front of him were the twenty river patrol envoys, Liu Zhili still inspired them, and gave everyone dozens of rewards. Since Gui Chengde and Liu Zhengyuan didn't come up to the river embankment, they also slackened, but they had already restrained themselves in front of Liu Zhili. Therefore, at this time, Liu Zhili's work was carried out better than before, and some government decrees could be implemented smoothly. Therefore, Liu Zhili basically collected the evidence of dereliction of duty and corruption of these officials, and then he had to deduct the food and salary of the river workers and soldiers.