Bao Zheng felt that this matter was not as simple as he thought, and then he played a cautious eye, he and the Qincha guards were separated when they were in Yingtianfu, and claimed that he was sick and needed to recuperate, and he did not see outsiders, he rode a horse with two guards to turn around many places in Lianghuai, and Huainan West Road was already dry to the point that people were short of water.

The Qin Guard stopped when he arrived at Jiangning Mansion, and the deputy envoy Zhang Tangqing was anxious, how can Lord Bao be like a child, you let people know that they will join you, and the people from the Huainan East Road Transfer Yamen are about to arrive.

Han Yi was the transfer envoy of Huainan East Road, and on the way, he speculated about the intention of the imperial court to send Qin this time, and he said to Wang Anshi beside him: "Jiefu, why did you say that the disaster relief should let the governor of Kaifeng Mansion come to be the minister of the Qincha, there were no such examples before, and they were often people from Zhongshu, Men, and Yushitai. ”

Wang Anshi said: "It's hard to say, Lord Bao's promotion is more special, many people are thinking about how he stepped from a prefect to the mansion of Gyeonggi Prefecture, I heard that the people of the capital have a very high opinion of him, and some people call him Bao Qingtian." ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "Bao Qingtian, the emperor is going to make a move on Lianghuai Road!" Jiefu, let me say hello to the Yangzhou prefect, you will come to the transfer division! It's a bit of a condescension for you to be a judge in Yangzhou. ”

Wang Anshi said: "The disaster relief work in Yangzhou does not dare to be greedy, there are other people, I just follow the cat and the tiger to pick up people's teeth, and the person the adults want to recruit is not me, but him." ”

"I know the kid that Lord Song told me last time! I checked your file in the disaster relief, the method is flexible and changeable, although the idea was made by him, you are also very good in execution, and you are reluctant to exchange the couplet for a room of wife? ”

Wang Anshi said wryly: "My lord also made a joke about the officials, how can my wife and I be in love with each other, how can it be said that it was a couplet, those are all rumors, don't be gullible." ”

"The front is the Qincha Guard, let's go to meet this Lord Bao, whether he deserves the title of Bao Qingtian as the people in the capital say."

Zhang Tangqing was about to cry urgently, the officials on Huainan East Road were at most 200 meters away from him, and Lord Bao still didn't know where he was? The deputy envoy of himself is not a little bit different from the transfer envoy all the way in the low position, although he comes on behalf of the emperor, he is the envoy who has the power.

"Huainan East Road transferred Han Yi to lead all the subordinate officials to greet Lord Qincha"

Zhang Tangqing said with a sad face: "Lord Han and everyone wait a while, Lord Bao is not feeling well"

"This bag is quite big, my lord, you have come to him, and he didn't come out to see you."

Han Yi's city mansion can not be compared to a newcomer who has just entered the officialdom, he smiled slightly and said: "Master Bao may be really uncomfortable, don't be so presumptuous to Qincha, it's not good to hear it." ”

Comrade Bao Zheng rushed to the vicinity of the guards out of breath, only then did he remember that he had not brought an official uniform, and it was too late to change it.

"It's Lord Han! Bao is rude, forgive me"

Han Yi said: "I'll just say that how can a third-grade member Qincha not understand the rules of officialdom, Lord Bao is a private visit to Weifu." ”

Bao Zheng said: "The emperor and the court are very concerned about the disaster of the two Huai Road, and the other adults have their own things, as far as my mansion Yin has nothing to do, the emperor let me come on the principle of not wasting manpower, and I went around all over the country when I saw the people fleeing the famine along the way, the situation on the west road has gotten out of control, and the remedial measures on your east road are in place, and the losses are not as serious as those on the west road." ”

"The west road is the jurisdiction of Lord Cao, I really don't know the extent of the disaster, and the east road has also spent a lot of manpower and material resources in the remediation, and there are high-ranking people on the side to make suggestions so as not to cause a big mess."

Bao Zheng rolled up his sleeves casually and said: "I want to place the Qincha Xingyuan in Jiangning Mansion, which is as close as the East Road and the West Road, and can be taken care of on both sides, does Lord Han have any suggestions?" ”

Han Yi said: "I don't have any opinion, my lord's idea is very in line with the current situation, we are in the city, and Lord Bao lives in the former palace in Jiangning." ”

"Since there is a ready-made Xiao Zhang, you can go and take a look, just pack it up, can Lord Han accompany me to see Jiangning's ordinary warehouse first?"

This Lord Bao is really dedicated to the public, dressed up and obviously came back from the crop field, and now he has to go to the ordinary warehouse non-stop, this kind of professionalism is worth learning.

"Of course, I support all the decisions of Lord Bao, and I also hope to use this shareholder wind to rectify the officialdom on East Road."

"Lord Han must have wondered why I went to see the ordinary warehouse, when I came, the emperor told me that someone wrote that the ordinary warehouse of Lianghuai was empty, and the grain in it was resold out, so you have to be mentally prepared."

Han Yi suddenly felt nervous, when the drought occurred, he also thought about opening the usual warehouse to release grain, but Yangzhou's remedial measures made him give up this idea, the emperor lived up to his wishes, everyone united as one, and minimized the loss, joining is really like Lord Bao said, the drought is serious and there is no ordinary warehouse relief, will the people rush into the yamen of the transfer department and chop themselves into meat puree.

With a different mood, Han Yi ordered the officials of the ordinary division to open the door of the warehouse, and when he entered the warehouse, Bao Zheng said to the people of the Qincha Guard: "Check next to each other, not only rice, but also sorghum, millet, and millet. ”

He himself also walked around to look around, and carefully observed, and saw that the seal on the warehouse in front of the warehouse was still intact, and the handwriting on it was also from last year, and he said to the usual division: "Open this warehouse"

The grain in the warehouse did not disappoint him, it was all good rice from last year, there was no clutter at all, Bao Zheng nodded and continued to walk inside, opening two warehouses in a row, the grain in them was good, and the warehouse was also full, he asked: "How much grain is stored in Jiangning's usual warehouse?" ”

The person from the ordinary division replied: "There are 100,000 quintals of rice in the ordinary warehouse of Jiangning Mansion, and a total of 50,000 quintals of various miscellaneous grains. ”

Han Yi's heart was much more steady, but Bao Zheng didn't stop, and as he walked, he heard a guard say: "Lord Bao, it seems that this warehouse is empty, and I knocked on the back of a few warehouses." ”

Han Yi said with a cold face: "Open"

The person who usually opened the lock was pale, his hand trembled so much that he couldn't hold the key steadily, and suddenly knelt on the ground, Bao Zheng asked the guards to open the lock, open an empty one, Bao Zheng said: "Don't look at it"

"Master Bao, I really didn't expect such a thing to happen, give the subordinate a little time, I can handle it."

Bao Zheng said: "Fifty thousand quintals of rice are missing, it's amazing, your hearts are all black!" The imperial court sent to check how you were fooled, Lord Han, you have an unshirkable responsibility, the place to report to the emperor is Yangzhou, Jiangning is still half, I will go to check the Chang Ping position on the West Road, and give you five days. ”

"Governor Li, who is involved? What's the use of you not saying a word, you want to wait for the whole family to be exiled to Qiongzhou? I still want Lord Chincha to cut off your dog's head. ”

"The grain was sold to Luzhou, and it was the people of the Cao family who took the lead, and the money was divided."

"Then why didn't you see a good official who gave me a little bit and was the master of the people! Your food and clothing parents know that you sold their life-saving food, will you kneel on the ground and thank you like you are now, in five days I will see the granary full. ”

Bao Zheng did not have a little good impression of the officials on the West Road, and no one came to greet him, and his first stop on the West Road was Luzhou as Li Zhifu said, because Luzhou was his hometown, and the two places rode fast horses for more than half a day.

Qin sent to the Yamen of the Luzhou Prefect, the Yamen of the Yamen recognized Bao Zheng's guard of honor, one ran in to report, the rest of the people all knelt on the ground, Bai Zhifu came out to see that it was really Qin Cha who arrived, didn't the news from the transfer department say that he was still in Jiangning Mansion?

"Bai Qiyu, the prefect of Luzhou, Xiaguan, see Lord Qincha and welcome Lord Bao back to Luzhou."

Bao Zheng didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he directly took out Shang Fang's sword and said, "Take me to the usual warehouse"

Bai Qiyu wanted to give the yacha a look, but Zhang Tangqing blocked his sight and said, "Lord Bai, you don't want to resist the decree!" Shang Fang's sword is here as if His Majesty is here, and he does not lead the way. The guards surrounded Bai Qiyu in the middle, and they had the intention of doing it if they didn't agree.

"Suppress it, where is the general judgment of Luzhou?"

A person with a panicked face came to Bao Zheng and said, "The villain is here."

Bao Zheng asked, "Who is in the hands of the key to the usual warehouse?" ”

"In the hands of the prefect"

"Go get the keys"

With the sound of footsteps, the general judge took the key and handed it to Zhang Tangqing, and the guards at the gate of the usual warehouse did not allow Bao Zheng and others to open the warehouse door, and the angry Bao Zheng asked the guards to surrender the guards' weapons and take care of them.

This time there is no such good luck in Jiangning Mansion in the morning, the first warehouse is empty, the huge ordinary warehouse can not see a mouse, the government of Luzhou has been corrupted like this in a few years, the civil officials are greedy for money, the military attaches are afraid of death, this dynasty is only a hundred years.

Zhang Tangqing said: "Luzhou is like this, and the other states are almost the same!" This is rotten at the root, do we continue to investigate? ”

"Investigate thoroughly to the end, if you don't give the people an explanation, Huainan West Road will radiate to the entire southeast, and no one can afford this responsibility."

"The Huainan West Road transfer envoy is Cao Tong's cousin, and the lawsuit will end up if it reaches the emperor, and we will offend many people."

Bao Zheng said: "I won't take this errand for fear of offending people, I have today's identity and status and what the emperor and the people gave me, and he Cao Zhifei has no capital to make me retreat." ”

"So where do I check next?"

Bao Zheng said: "Relying on our people to check one state after another, they have plenty of time to arrange, we will check separately, you take Shang Fang's sword and half of the guards to check Huangzhou and Guangzhou, and I will take people to Chashuzhou." ”

"Your Excellency doesn't have Shang Fang's sword in your hand, okay?"

"Lang Lang Qiankun, I am the emperor's personal envoy to pacify the two Huai Road, what are you afraid of, I will still be called the Great Song Dynasty in the world, and there is no change of dynasty?"