The emperor attaches great importance to the problem of the victims, and once the victims have the problem of not having enough to eat, if the emperor knows about it, he will be furious.

Of course, Qin Ming was also very angry when he heard the old man's words, and he wanted to go and see what was going on!

If the local county magistrate really deceived the superiors and subordinates and embezzled the food of the victims, then he wouldn't mind killing such corrupt officials!

On the way to the county office, Qin Ming continued to ask the victim: "By the way, what about the sweet potatoes and potatoes I said before?" You should have received all these seeds and planted them, right? ”

The victim shook his head and sighed before saying, "The seeds have been received, but they are very few. It has already been planted, and the ones that grow are not enough to eat, so you have to save some seeds for the next time. ”

"Less? It stands to reason that everyone should not have less seeds, right? Qin Ming remembered that sweet potato seeds and potato seeds seemed to have more than a million catties.

The victim smiled bitterly: "Childe, you don't know, they deliberately gave us less seeds, so that we didn't have enough to eat after planting, so he could continue to report to the court."

It is said that the sweet potato harvest is not good, and the victims are still starving. The court couldn't help it, so they allocated the disaster relief silver again, so they were greedy again. ”

Qin Ming frowned: "This is to create disaster victims, to deceive the imperial court, and to squeeze the disaster victims, it is really hateful." By the way, why don't you go to a higher level of government to file a complaint? ”

"Officials protect each other and collude, how can you sue?" The victim said.

Qin Ming said again: "Then go to the imperial capital, go to Shuntianfu, go outside the palace, there will always be a place to sue!" ”

The calamity shook his head and said: "Childe, you are not an official, you don't understand officialdom, and besides, you underestimate officialdom too much, an official is greedy, I don't know how many officials will receive points."

Even if we go to sue, we may have just gone to the government or Shuntian Mansion, and when we talk about it, it is estimated that we don't even know how to die. Besides, we can't get enough to eat, so how can we have the strength to run so far? ”

Qin Ming was stunned, he had been in officialdom for more than half a year, and now, he was actually said that he didn't understand officialdom.

The most terrifying thing is that when he heard this disaster victim say this, he found that he really looked down on officialdom.

In the past, they were fighting with some ministers, and it seemed that Qin Ming was in the limelight, but it was nothing more than those officials who were afraid of Qin Ming's own strength.

Many times, Qin Ming relied on being unreasonable and speaking with his fists to deter some officials.

But if you really want to use your brain to fight with these old fritters, where is it so easy?

What's more, now Qin Ming understands now that what he saw in the officialdom before was all superficial.

There are a lot of things in the shadows that he can't see.

For example, many officials collude with each other to form a chain of interests.

It's like when Qin Ming investigated the Hubu Shangshu who embezzled tens of millions of silver, so many ministers would stand up and speak for him.

Why speak for him? Why are they all guilty of him? Even in order to save the Ministry of Households, many officials blatantly reversed right and wrong?

Quite simply, these people are all participants in the issue of corruption in the household book!

Thinking of this, Qin Ming took a deep breath.

He wondered how many people in a drought-stricken area were taking advantage of the unbridled greed of the victims.

In the court, who is serving as their protective umbrella?

Qin Ming must dig it out, after all, the future will be his own.

At this time, the victim suddenly stopped, pointed to the front and said, "That's the county yamen, son, I don't dare to get close, and don't get too close." ”

Qin Ming smiled and said, "It's okay!" ”

Immediately, he and Yan Lingfei glanced at each other and walked towards the gate of the county government together.

There are many victims around, all holding bowls at the moment, and they are just getting a little porridge full of water and drinking.

After drinking, find a place to sit, and you can't talk much, you will be hungry.

At the entrance of the county office, there was a young woman with a two or three-year-old girl in her arms, kneeling on the ground and crying at the corpse of a young man.

There was also an elderly couple next to them, both sitting weakly on the ground at the moment, as if they were desperate.

When Qin Ming saw this scene, he suddenly felt sad in his heart.

He looked at a victim next to him who was squatting and drinking porridge with a numb expression, and asked, "Brother, what's wrong with those victims?" ”

The victim who drank the porridge said weakly: "The daughter of that family can't drink enough porridge for a small bowl, so the man went to Qiuzhi County to ask for more bowls for the child."

When he pleaded, his hand grabbed the official uniform of the magistrate and stained the official uniform. The magistrate was furious, so he asked the officials to arrest the man and beat the man to death. ”

Exactly like what the victim said before, Qin Ming took a deep breath, and his heart burned with anger.

At this moment, the two or three-year-old girl was still crying, crying heartbreakingly.

I don't know if she's too hungry, or if she's sad to know that her father died because she stuttered.

In short, it all made Qin Ming very worried.

At this moment, a poor man dressed as a team leader came out of the yamen, and he shouted impatiently at the woman who was weeping:

"What are you crying about? Hurry up and drag your man's body away, cry here again, believe it or not, and beat you to death too? ”

The young woman was overwhelmed with grief over her husband's death.

However, she also has a hungry child in her arms.

So, in this case, she even prayed in a wailing voice: "Master...... Please, give my daughter another bowl of porridge......"

This is the greatness of a mother, even if her husband is killed by these people, but for the sake of the hungry children, she still has to continue to bow her head and pray to them.

This scene is heartbreaking and helpless!

The leader, however, was indifferent, and looked at the woman who was kneeling on the ground, and said:

"You pariah, everyone only has one bowl, why should you give you an extra bowl? Why does your daughter eat more than others? ”

"Master, she is only two years old, she can't eat enough porridge without rice, please, master, I will kowtow to you......"

The young woman held her emaciated daughter and kowtowed.

However, the head of the team was still indifferent, but suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said:

"Little lady, you look quite smart, so let's do it, you make me a concubine, I promise you have rice to eat every day, how about it?"

The young woman was stunned, but after a long time she spoke:

"Sir, you can do whatever you want me to do, I can skip rice, I just want my daughter to eat enough."

"Bastard, Lao Tzu is willing to raise you because of your appearance, and you let me raise your daughter? Now give you a chance, leave your daughter behind, go back with me, and I'll make sure you have something to eat. The team rebuked sharply.

Where is the woman's willingness, hugging the daughter in her arms, and saying, "No, I will not leave my child~"

The head of the team was angry, stepped forward, and said, "Okay, then I will pinch your daughter to death with my own hands, and see if you can go with Lao Tzu!" ”

As he spoke, one of his large hands grabbed the neck of the two-year-old child in the woman's arms.