Xiao Yan said most of the greasy things about the grain and rice transfer over the years, and the reason why he said most of it was because he didn't mention anything about Xiao Xian and Wang Fu, and only mentioned a few officials of the fourth or fifth grade when it came to court officials, such as Lang Guan, the chief bookkeeper and so on under Deng Hua, the chief secretary, and so on.

The most talked about is the hands and feet of the officials and workers in the yamen who are involved in the transfer.

In fact, before the shipwreck, the grain on the ship had been sealed with wooden barrels, and the ship seemed to be sinking, but in fact, the whole body of the ship was submerged in the water, and it did not sink to the bottom. Before the ship sank completely, the water in the water used a rope to tie the wooden barrel containing the grain, and the other end was connected to the other large ships, so that the grain was transferred.

For example, a few years ago, when the granary of the Yamen of the Bianzhou Transshipment Envoy was inspected, the people sent by the imperial court often reported that there was no shortage of grain in the warehouse, and at most there was some stale grain, so that the court officials could apply for a punishment and punish a few small officials in charge of the granary. It was not that the people sent by the imperial court were bought, but that this granary was a double-storey warehouse, and what the people of the imperial court saw and touched was only the grain piled up to three feet on the top of the granary.

The most ruthless means is to burn the warehouse, that is really a powerful court Qincha, so he took the risk of burning the granary, although there will be a few people who want to lose their heads, but the empty warehouse can be reported full if it is on fire. However, the burning warehouse is particular, that is, the straw and wheat straw bran husk are specially brought and burned together with the granary, so that the people who come to investigate the case see the chaff husk ashes, and smell the smell of burnt grain, so it is easier to fool the past.

Originally, this time I heard that Zuo Sanxiang was going to go, and I was ready to burn the warehouse, but I heard that Zuo Sanxiang and King Jin were drinking and having fun with Kabuki on the boat all day, so I didn't go to do it.

Xiao Xian is still thinking about how this left three ministers got out of the surveillance of those Kabuki, in fact, those twenty women were all inserted by the Xiao family.

Even if the left three phases can fly, those women can inform the secret sentinels who follow the building boat along the road in time, which is incredible.

Moreover, Xiao Yan's wife and children are far away in his hometown of Lanling, how can Zuo Sanxiang find them, and Xiao Yan's wife and children cannot know so many secrets of Xiao Yan.

Unless, from the very beginning, the left three phases were not on the ship.

Originally, I thought that King Jin and Zuo Sanxiang were in the light, and Xiao Xian and others were in the dark, but now it seems that they should be shaded by Zuo Sanxiang.

Xiao Yan continued to talk about the shoddy things of those officials and workers, as if everything was done by the people below, and had nothing to do with him Xiao Yan and the people in the Yamen and the court of Bianzhou Mansion.

Moreover, Xiao Yan pulled more and more, and even the wharves, post stations, and customs gates along the way were pulled in, and this grain deficit was not only done by the officials and workers, but also by the people who escorted and transferred the grain along the road. Anyway, everything has nothing to do with the officials' greed for ink, the officials just didn't know that they were blinded, Xiao Yan was coerced by his subordinates, and now he happens to be dead without proof.

Now Xiao Yan admits that there is a problem with the transfer of the Cao River, and the problem is not small, but the discerning person knows that this is purely to excuse himself and Xiao Xian and the others behind him.

After Xiao Yan finished pleading for the death penalty, the emperor opened his eyes and asked, "Is this the end?" Xiao Yan, you are avoiding the important and light! It seems like a lot to say, but the most important thing you didn't say is where the whole shipload of food ended up! Where did the whole warehouse of grain go? ”

"Your Majesty, these grains are all stolen by the officials and workers, and they all take them home to eat or store, and they never dare to take out this grain and sell it!"

What Xiao Yan said is quite reasonable on the surface, if the local people are qualified to open grain and rice shops to sell grain, how can they be ordinary officials and cao workers, if there are no relatives at home who are too shou or above in Beijing, don't even think about it.

"Very good, do you want to see if my sword is fast enough to put all the matter on the tens of thousands of petty officials and cao gong?"

Xiao Yan kowtowed again and again at this time, but instead of begging for mercy for himself, he pleaded for the officials and workers in charge of transportation across the country.

"Your Majesty, if you go on a killing spree on the Caohe Transshipment, this capital will run out of food in less than a month! Once the grain and rice transshipment in Jiangnan and Huainan is paralyzed, the garrisons in various places will also fall into the danger of having no grain available, and the ministers are afraid that there will be a big mess at that time. The minister implores His Majesty to kill one of me, and the canonical punishment must not be wantonly abolished for the transfer of the Cao River! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say and something to play!" The third phase on the left saw that Xiao Yan threatened that the garrison had no food to use

Immediately take the lead to relieve the emperor from the siege.

The emperor saw that Zuo Sanxiang was confident, and raised his hand, "Marquis Jingzhong, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

"The first thing to ask the minister is to change the garrison, now it is close to the autumn harvest, the garrison of the city that is short of food goes to Jinling, Shouchun, Bianzhou, Xiangyang, Jiangling, Yuzhang, Danyang, Chang'an, Yecheng, Nanpi, Fanyang, Shuofang 12 military towns to change the defense, the original garrison of the 12 military towns can carry half of the grain and grass to change the defense! And the shortage of workers, then on the way from Bianzhou to Shouchun on the road to levy people, this Liang is the most important thing in the world is manpower! ”

The emperor did not hesitate for a moment, "Zhun Song, this matter will be handed over to you Zuo Sanxiang with full responsibility, with the assistance of the great general Wang Fu, the general of the chariot and cavalry, Pei Yun, and the great Si Nong Deng Hua!" ”

In fact, the emperor and Zuo Sanxiang both understood that whether it was a change of garrison or a change of workers, it was easier said than done, especially the latter, if tens of thousands of workers were really killed and replaced at once, it would provoke a popular uprising.

As for the former, the resistance lies in the fact that the local garrisons of the twelve military towns will not willingly leave half of the grain and grass they have accumulated in their fields, and will definitely try to take some more. Moreover, when the garrisons in the food-scarce areas left these cities, they were bound to bring more grain and grass to ensure that their thousands of men would not be short of food. If this matter is not careful, there will be no food in the areas where there is no food, and the cities where there will be no food, and then it will cause even greater chaos and even civil strife.

But now, in order to block Xiao Yan and even Xiao Xian's mouth, the only way to take this dangerous move is to show everyone an attitude, that is, this inspection of the Caohe River transfer is serious, and the emperor's bottom line cannot be touched!

"Your Majesty, the twelve richest military towns, involving more than 100,000 soldiers, this matter is not as light as Marquis Zuo said, and the autumn harvest is imminent, where are so many people from to help the army transport grain? If you miss the autumn harvest of the people, starve to death and provoke the people to revolt, it will be too late to regret it! Your Majesty thinks twice! Wen Yanru was determined to fight the emperor and Zuo San to the end.

Wen Yanru is comparable to a model of people and ministers in the hearts of civil officials and students all over the world, and he dares to give direct advice, no matter how big an official he is, even if he is the emperor, he will fight to the end.

First, he is famous, and he has been a teacher in Xiao Mansion and Pei Mansion and some other family mansions.

This teacher is different from the enlightenment teacher, whether it is a royal family or a family, if you want to read and write, you have to copy books, copy them one by one, and pass them on to future generations.

And the Xiao family and other families were under the blow of Zhu Yaoshi, all the family property was gone, and the book collection was also burned, Xiao Xian and other descendants wanted to pass on the book to future generations, but Wen Yanru could do it.

It's not how powerful Wen Yanru is, but his grandfather's three brothers saw the chaos in the south of the Great Liang Dynasty, so they collected books everywhere and hid them in the deep mountains of Jingzhou's hometown, and used the energy of them and Wen Yanru's parents to copy all kinds of books in the mountains, so that when the paper was not enough, they cut bamboo to make bamboo slips.

Xiao Xian and the others were able to restore the financial resources and population of the Xiao family back then, but it was difficult to recover only if this book was gone, Wen Yanru appeared with a small number of books and traveled to the major families, not only to teach their children to read and write, but most importantly, to allow these children of the family to copy the books he brought.

In this way, Wen Yanru has become the common teacher of almost all families, which means that the vast majority of families do not say that they support him, but they will definitely respect him.

"Doctor Wen, I know that this matter is not easy, is there anything easy in this world? But I believe that as long as you are sincere and united, you will be able to do this well! Doctor Wen doesn't need to say any more, I have made up my mind, if the matter of the Cao River transshipment is not reversed, the people will be exhausted in less than 30 years, the capital will eventually have no food to eat, and the world will be in chaos! For the sake of future generations, this must be given in my hands! ”

Xiao Xian glanced at Wen Yanru, meaning that he should stop talking about it, and the emperor would not give in to this matter.

"Your Majesty, this Xiao Yan and Gu Xining, what should I do?" Chen Yu's question deliberately dragged Xiao Yan and Gu Xining together, or wanted to put Gu Xining to death.

The emperor glanced at Chen Yu, "Shang Shuling, Xiao Yan's crimes have been fully explained by himself, and he has also been kind to the people, I have given him wine and give him a decent look!" As for Gu Xining, he took Xiao Yan's place and became a transfer envoy in Bianzhou! ”

The court was in an uproar, not only was this Gu Xining not convicted, but the emperor still had to reuse it, this is absolutely not good!

"Your Majesty, Gu Xining's killing is too heavy, he went to Bianzhou as a transit envoy, I'm afraid that Bianzhou will never have peace!"

"Your Majesty, Gu Xining's sin is better than Xiao Yan

It won't be light, Your Majesty not only doesn't deal with it but also promotes, and the ministers are not satisfied! ”

"Your Majesty, please dispose of Gu Xining and give an explanation to the people of the world!"

The court continued to fry the pot, Pei Yun Deng Hua and the others were silent, they just wanted to help the emperor, people like Gu Xining were also a threat to them, and it was a good thing to get rid of them early, so they simply didn't mix.

Xiao Yan remembered something at this time, and shouted violently, "Everyone, I confess!" The Holy One has also given me a decent way to die, don't roar! The one who is really guilty is Zuo Sanxiang, he doesn't have any evidence at all, he is guilty of bullying the king! ”

The crime of bullying the king is going to lose his head, and everyone quieted down all of a sudden, wanting to see Xiao Yan's counterattack before he died.

Zuo Sanxiang smiled, "Before Lord Xiao didn't admit his guilt, I might have been a bully, but Lord Xiao confessed, Zuo Mou was not a bully, but had a confession from Lord Xiao!" ”

Xiao Xian also realized that something was wrong, but he never figured out how Zuo Sanxiang did it.

Xiao Yan rushed towards the left three phases, the left three phases flashed sideways, Xiao Yan pounced, and then Xiao Yan was stopped by the halberd guards in the hall.

"Zuo Sanxiang, you are despicable! You kidnapped my family, you lied to them! You're lying to me! ”

"Zuo has never kidnapped your family, if you don't believe it, they haven't left the palace yet, and now they can be called back to confront them face to face!"

Xiao Xian waved his hand, "Xiao Yan, you're enough!" Don't be ashamed! ”

Xiao Yan's eyes were red, and he continued to struggle, and when Zuo Sanxiang saw that he was unwilling, he knelt down and asked the emperor to tell the emperor how he could get Xiao Yan's family this time.

The emperor also wanted to know how this Zuo Sanxiang did it, after all, a few days ago, someone reported that Zuo Sanxiang was still addicted to wine every day.

"Actually, I didn't get on the boat from the beginning! Concealed from the emperor and all the civil and military ministers, the merry marquis on the ship was just a trick I made in the capital. He played me more like me, and even King Jin and Liu Jingchuan, who had been with me for a long time, may not have noticed it until now! ”

Xiao Yan spurted out a mouthful of blood, Xiao Xian almost didn't stand firm, and the others were also dumbfounded.

A good left three phase, from the beginning of the nose led everyone away, no wonder so many spies were sent along the coast, and the twenty beauties on the ship took turns to change different colors of clothes to report the news.

Zuo Sanxiang told them that he didn't go to Bianzhou from the beginning, and went directly to Lanling, saying that he was ordered to pick up Xiao Yan's wife and concubine and son to come to the capital, and he had a lot of good food and drink along the way.

But in fact, as Xiao Xian expected, Xiao Yan's family didn't know anything about the Caohe transfer. After knowing that Gu Xining did it, Zuo Sanxiang planned to do it, and deceived them that Xiao Yan had done the ugly thing of hooking up with a woman in Qinglou in Bianzhou and was exposed, and now he was going to be escorted back to the capital for trial, and he guaranteed Xiao Yan as a marquis, on the condition that Xiao Yan's wife and children would persuade Xiao Yan to confess honestly in the court, but to save face for Xiao Yan and not to mention specific things.

At first, Xiao Yan's family didn't believe it, Zuo Sanxiang imitated Xiao Yan's handwriting and wrote a letter, the content of the letter was about some love between men and women, and lovesickness for a certain woman. Xiao Yan's wife is literate, and when she saw the handwriting and content, she was a little panicked, and then Zuo Sanxiang found someone to pretend to be from Bianzhou and said that she had something important to tell Xiao Yan's wife.

This person said that Xiao Yan believed in Buddhism, because he often went to the nunnery, he was seduced by the nun, but he was discovered, and now he is being escorted back by people from the court.

The comparison between the two confirmed that Xiao Yan's wife had to believe it, so she obeyed Zuo Sanxiang's words, and Zuo Sanxiang promised them that as long as they could persuade Xiao Yan to admit their mistakes in the court, they would be able to save Xiao Yan's life and official position, after all, it was not a big mistake.

Xiao Yan had already fainted at this time, Xiao Xian was furious and pointed at the left three phases, "Left three phases, you deceive people too much!" You! You are such a despicable method, my Xiao family is inseparable from you! ”

After Xiao Xian finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves away, completely ignoring that he was still in the court, Zhao Qian looked at the emperor, and the emperor waved his hand, "Those who should go always have to go!" This jumps out, and it's good! If you still want to go, you can go now! ”

Wen Yanru and some officials of the Xiao family left the court one after another, and suddenly only half of the officials in the court remained.

"This is Liang Zhongxing! This is the court of the Lord of Zhongxing! Everybody, you have seen it! It seems that the rupture inside my girder is inevitable! Do it yourself! ”