The bosses of Qi Honglie, Qi Yujia, Zhang Ji and Liu Ji knelt on the ground one after another, and shouted in unison: "The villain is guilty, the villain is guilty!" ”

The others were silent, some were afraid, some were gloating, and some were secretly happy.

"Stand up! Eat the rice in the bowl! ”

"My lord, this ...... How can I eat it? Qi Honglie said while kneeling on the ground with caution.

"Can't eat? This is the rice I bought from the three of you, how can I not eat it? Don't you just sell it to people to eat? Stand up and eat! ”

At this time, Qi Yujia was already frightened to urinate incontinence, and a fishy smell came out, and the people sitting near him covered their midnoses one after another. But even so, he defended: "My lord, this ...... The operation of this grain store has always been in charge of the shopkeeper Guo, and it has nothing to do with me and my father. ”

When the other three heard him, they all suddenly woke up and shouted: "Yes, yes, yes, they are all in charge of the shopkeeper, and they have nothing to do with us, nothing to do with us." ”

"Okay, go and seal up the three grain stores, detain the shopkeeper and the guys back, interrogate them separately, if there is any falsehood, you will all be guilty!" Liang Wensheng then ordered the surrounding officials to arrest him.

"Don't, don't, we instructed you. We admit it, and we admit it. ”

"Okay, you spread rumors, create panic, and then hoard Juqi, raise the price of grain, and mix sand in grain to cheat, am I telling the truth?"

"My lord, it's not our job to spread rumors, hoard people, and raise food prices."

"Not you? Then why did you say that there was no grain to sell two days ago, and after the Zhouji grain store was smashed, the next day you opened the door at the same time to sell grain at a high price? This is not hoarding, what is it to raise the price of food?! Liang Wensheng shouted.

"That'...... The grain was bought at a high price from among the big families in the city. Qi Honglie said in a low voice.

"Tell me, who did you buy it from? Where is the relevant note? ”

"This ...... At that time, I was in a hurry to buy it, and there was no written receipt. Qi Honglie quibbled again.

"The big families in the city are all sitting, tell me whose family you bought the grain from?"

"This ......" Qi Honglie couldn't say any more.

"Someone came, detained the three of them and imprisoned them, and the three grain stores were sealed. The shopkeepers of all stores were detained and imprisoned. As for the bowl of rice in front of them, they were all sent to prison, and if they starved for a few days, they would naturally eat it. Then, he looked at Qi Yu's house again, and said with a smile: "Commander Qi, can you go to Changping with this official to inspect in the afternoon?" ”

When Qi Yujia heard this, his head buzzed, and then he rolled his eyes and fainted.

At this point, Liang Wensheng's banquet reached a climax!

Seeing the bosses of the three merchants being taken away by the officials, Qi Yu's family fainted, and those big families who usually had a bad reputation in the city and helped to abuse them were frightened, trembling and silent.

Liang Wenhui looked at everyone and said: "Everyone, the food shortage that happened in the city a few days ago, I think everyone knows better than me. At the same time, he also warned everyone not to help the abuse and harm the people in the future. It is better not to use all kinds of despicable means to take advantage of the opportunity to raise the price of grain and force the victims to sell their land at a low price. If anyone doesn't heed the warning and violates my law, this official will never be relentless! This is the end of today's banquet, so let's take a chance. ”

At this time, a handyman walked up to Zhou Xuhai and said in a low voice: "Boss Zhou, please stay for a while, Lord Zhizhou invites you to come to Santang to speak." ”

Zhou Xuhai nodded in agreement, and after everyone left, Zhou Xuhai came to the third hall under the leadership of the miscellaneous servants.

The two exchanged politeness, and after sitting down, Lord Liang began to say: "Boss Zhou, I already know about the smashing of your grain store. Now it is basically ascertained that it was Qi Yuwang, the third son of the Qi family, who instigated Jia Ding to lead the ruffians. It's just that a group of witnesses have not yet arrived, and when the trial is clear, they will definitely return the innocence of Zhou Ji Grain Store. ”

"Thank you for your care, and the people are grateful."

"The most urgent thing now is to dispel the rumors, calm the price of food, and relieve the people of the city from the panic of food shortages. However, the three grain stores in the city have been sealed, and he hopes that Boss Zhou will open the Zhou Ji grain store as soon as possible. ”

"The adults ordered, and the small people should do their best to serve, but the small store's stock of grain was looted, and there was no more food to sell. My lord gave me two days, and I transferred 300 stone grain from Qingzhou, so I should be in urgent need of the front. A large amount of grain will enter the city within half a month, completely alleviating the food shortage. ”

"Three hundred stone of grain, with water and salary, half a month is too long, and the distant water does not quench the thirst of the near, it is useless. The official has a suggestion that after the grain storage of the three grain stores is sealed, sell it to your grain store at a price of one or two or three cents per stone, but you must sell it at the highest price of one or two or five cents per stone. ”

"Adults love the people like children, and they act vigorously and resolutely, which makes the small people admire, how can the small people make this money, and they can still sell it at the original price. It can also be regarded as serving adults and doing a good deed for the people. ”

"Okay, Boss Zhou is worthy of being a good businessman for the people and a righteous businessman for the court, so it's decided. In the afternoon, you will go to handle the relevant sales documents, and tomorrow you will open the door to sell grain. ”

"Do as your lord commands."

In the afternoon, although Qi Yu's family was stunned, they were still carried by the officials to Chang Ping. Also going with him was his father Qi Honglie, the shopkeeper of Qi Ji Grain Store Guo.

When he arrived at Chang Ping, Wang Jiaping, who was standing at the door to greet him, saw the Qi family's father and son and the shopkeeper Guo, and immediately understood that the incident had happened, and he was so frightened that the two trembled, and his lips trembled.

When everyone came to the duty room, Liang Wensheng instructed the officials to start inspecting the granaries. Then, he asked Wang Jiaping to take out the account book and asked, "Wang Jiaping, look at your account book, there are more than 15,000 stones of grain in stock, but is it true?" ”

Wang Jiaping was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground, kept kowtowing, and said tremblingly: "Big and small, the villain is guilty, the villain is guilty." ”

"What are your sins?"

Wang Jiaping looked at the shopkeeper Guo, then at Qi Yu's house, gritted his teeth and said: "I was instigated by others, and I was confused for a while, so I lent the grain in the warehouse to the shopkeeper Guo. ”

"Do you have an IOU?"

"Nope."

"Without an IOU, how can you borrow grain, it is clearly stealing and selling."

At this time, a government official came to report: "My lord, we have randomly inspected part of the granary, and there is only a layer of grain on the top of the warehouse, and the bottom is old grain, moldy and spoiled grain, and even sand, weeds, etc., which are seriously inconsistent with the accounts. ”

"Isn't there much grain in the warehouse now?"

"The statistics have not been completed yet, and it is estimated that it is only 2,000 stones."

Liang Wensheng was furious, kicked Wang Jiaping, and shouted: "Shuo rat! The guards are stealing, you have harmed the victims of the disaster in the whole state, how can I keep you! Come, take me away and put me in prison! ”

The day after Lord Liang took office, that is, the day he notified all the officials to come to the church. After yesterday's incident, nearly 100 officials, officials, and Xu of all sizes in the yamen did not dare to slack off, and came to the lobby early in the morning. Even Zhang Shun, a fellow intellectual, who was absent from the state government all the year round, also came to the yamen. Zhang Shun has survived three governors in his tenure as governor, but he is like glue in this position, and he does not move at all. The so-called secret decision is to don't do anything, don't cause trouble, don't make trouble, a typical good old man, and don't stick to the pan.

There is a joke in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty that the magistrate and the Beijing official met, and the magistrate said: "I love the Beijing official and have a tooth card." The Beijing official said, "I love the magistrate even more." ”

Pai Ya is also called Xiao Shangchao. The emperor called the Great Ascension Dynasty in the Jinlan Palace, and the magistrates called the Xiaoshang Dynasty in their own yamen, although they faced some small officials in green clothes and green shirts, and they were completely dojos in the snail shell, but this kind of etiquette and system could not be abolished.

When it was time, the state yali bangzi was struck, and after the cannon was fired, Tongzhi, the state judge, Xuezheng, discipline, history, classics, inspection, Yicheng, tax supervisor, and river berth...... These people wore black gauze hats, sesame mung bean officials in green robes, the officials of the six rooms, the wardens and other young officials in green shirts, and the leaders of the third class, these officials in black shirts, all stood in the lobby in different shifts.

When the second bang was beaten, the hall drum sounded, and Liang Wenhui sang: "Lord Zhizhou has been promoted!" ”

Liang Wensheng took square steps, slowly paced out from behind the screen, and sat down behind the big case.

All the officials bowed down neatly and sang in unison: "Meet the hall!" ”

Liang Wensheng said goodbye, and then asked the officials to sit down, but those officials had no seats, so they could only stand and listen to him.

According to the past, this kind of row of ya, Lord Zhizhou said above, all the officials below look at the nose, nose and heart, eyes slightly closed, and then sleep back, just looking forward to the end as soon as possible, and then return to their respective yamen, and then use their subordinates to play prestige.

After Lord Zhizhou finished speaking, he then said "If there is something to play early, there is nothing to leave", everyone went back, and the ceremony was over.

But today's row, the officials did not dare to do this, one by one stared at their eyes, pricked up their ears, cheered up, sat or stood, and none of them were careless.

Liang Wensheng looked at Zhang Shun, who was sitting in front of him, his face was full of wrinkles, his hands were brushing his beard, leisurely, he was almost ancient, and he was not yet a man, and he couldn't wait to pull his beard off.

Look at it again, the other ones below seem to be respectful, but in fact, they all have their own ghost faces, and they can't wait to pull them all down to hit the board.

However, he can only think about it now, things still depend on them to do, and he can only kill chickens and monkeys to set an example.

After Liang Wensheng swept all his eyes and brewed his emotions, he began to speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time that this is the first time that the hall has been arranged, and I don't like this kind of ritual arrangement. I hope that in the future, everyone will be as energetic as they are today. Yesterday, on my first day in office, I seized three grain stores, investigated one secretary, one treasurer, and several shopkeepers and proprietors. This is clear to everyone, and I don't need to go into details. ”

"In the nearly one year that Lord Yang left office to take office as the official took office, most of the officials in the yamen were passive and perfunctory, and even worse, they did not come to the yamen for a long time. Can Master Zhang have such a thing? ”

Zhang Shun heard it, this is aimed at me. So he came up with his own non-stick pan Dafa, relying on the old and selling the old, and said: "The lower officials are old and frail, and their energy is low, so they often ask for leave, and please ask the officials to be considerate." ”

"Lord Zhang, since you are old and frail and have low energy, then this official will ask the court to pay tribute to the court on your behalf."

"You...... You, I...... I. Zhang Shun was very surprised, I didn't expect him to come to this hand, he really didn't play according to the routine. I didn't expect to be a ya, so I lost the official row. But there was nothing to say, and I sat there ashamed and angry. I had to say: "Xia Guan occasionally felt a cold today, and asked to retire." ”

"Yes, Lord Zhang, please go back."