Flower hall in the backyard of the county government.

Liu Renli pulled Liu Xiu'er and told her the whole story, Liu Xiu'er was relieved, after all, she had the experience of Jinan Mansion before, and when she saw the bright holy decree, Liu Xiu'er believed that it was true.

Sighing slightly, he looked at Zhou Heng and got up and saluted:

"Brother and second brother talk about it, I'll prepare a few side dishes, this is a happy event for our family, let's celebrate well, and I'll go see the dog who has a shaved womb later."

After saying that, he took Chun Tao away, Liu Renli seemed to be tired, moved the leg that had just recovered from the injury, and sat beside Zhou Heng.

Although it is good now, he still feels sore after walking for a long time, looking at Zhou Heng with an indifferent face, Liu Renli is a little puzzled.

"Has the second brother been to the Plum Garden, I still want to come to thank you, look at you, I don't seem to be happy What's wrong?"

Zhou Heng looked at Liu Renli, this person is a simple man, he insists on admitting death and would rather bend than bend, as a parent official is a good thing for the people, but it is difficult to survive in the officialdom.

"Zhou Heng is happy for the eldest brother, for the benefit of the official party, the people of Qingping County have a lot of praise for the eldest brother, how you love the people, they are very clear, but has the eldest brother ever thought about it, why after this case, let you be promoted to three levels in a row?"

The smile on Liu Renli's face gradually faded, he looked at Zhou Heng, thought for a while, and then said:

"Lord Zhang Fuling's kind words to me are one aspect, and the other is this disaster relief, our Qingping County is fully in accordance with the holy decree, and there is also this disaster relief, as well as the control of the epidemic. It has been two hundred years since the founding of the Great Liang Kingdom, and after each natural disaster, a large number of people have died, one is starvation, and the other is epidemic, so this time Longxin Dayue is mainly because of this. ”

Zhou Heng sighed, "This is on the surface, the emperor naturally hopes that every official can do their best and do their part, disaster relief is to reduce the victims who starved to death, froze to death, and died of disease. ”

Liu Renli blinked, "I know this, and it is because of this that the emperor attaches so much importance to the disaster situation today, and allocated two taels of disaster relief money early to appease the people affected by the disaster, and also severely punished the officials who were greedy for disaster relief." ”

Zhou Heng shook his head and squinted at Liu Renli.

"This disaster relief has been done by successive emperors for thousands of years, and silver and grain will be allocated, so let me ask you, was there no one who was greedy for ink before?"

Liu Renli said without hesitation: "How is it possible, this greedy person has been in ancient times, especially the disaster relief funds, which are recorded in many ancient books, this is not the first time, and it is definitely not the last." ”

Zhou Heng stared at Liu Renli's eyes, and when he saw that he still didn't understand, he instantly felt powerless.

"Now that the eldest brother knows, this truth should also be understood, the emperor's intentions, this Manchu civil and military officials, who have participated in the greed for ink, or bullying the people, are there many people? A small flood in the Chaiwen River involved Qiu Chuxin, the head of the household department, and 17 people from Jinan Prefecture, none of these people were wronged, but some of them must have been caught, and the disaster relief funds that were embezzled were recovered, totaling 870,000 taels. Have these big brothers considered the reason? ”

Liu Renli was stunned, he didn't know these details.

It's just that I heard that many officials in Jinan Prefecture were questioned, and as for the number of people and the silver taels who were greedy for ink, these are all unknown numbers.

Hearing from Zhou Heng's mouth, Liu Renli believed that this must be true, needless to say, he must have known it from Meiyuan.

"I have been greedy for so much ink, but what does the second brother want to say, you just say it, is it true that this holy decree has already been accepted and I will not go to the post?"

Zhou Heng pursed his lips, got up and walked in front of Liu Renli.

"Lord Zhang Fuling is in the court, although the official position is not high, but he is especially favored, not that he is sleek, but really upright, and has done several famous big cases, because of the case almost lost his life, and then Wei Guogong came forward to bring the case to the heavens, and since then Zhang Fuling has been on the rise. The eldest brother was promoted by Master Zhang because of the disaster relief case, although you didn't think about standing in line, and you didn't think about climbing up, but other officials didn't see it that way, and they had already classified you and Zhang Fuling as one party. ”

Liu Renli seemed to be about to say something, but was stopped by Zhou Heng and continued:

"As for the emperor, I will promote you to three levels in a row, this seems to be a compliment, but on the contrary, I think it is to roast you on the fire, I know that the eldest brother doesn't want to stand in line and doesn't want to participate in the party struggle in the court, but now I have to let you stand in line, or my previous words, if you want to do something for the people and the poor, then you have to climb up, no need to do unscrupulous, but you must know the stakes, and the two evils are light."

"Besides, there are many people who are greedy for ink, so they can't dispose of everyone in the government and the opposition, how can they complete such a thing at the lowest cost? Since the water is too mixed and the water surface is too calm, then throw in one or two stones, break this calm, and make it better to curb the wind of greedy ink, even if it is not contained, it will not hurt the fundamentals, whether you are good, Lord Zhang, or Shizi, why are they not these stones? ”

Liu Renli was stunned, and the joy on his face was all gone.

Zhou Heng's words seemed to give him a heavy blow, and if he thought about it carefully, it was indeed as Zhou Heng said, the hidden deep meaning in it made people feel chills down his spine.

Raising his hand, he found that the palm holding the armrest was already full of cold sweat, Liu Renli looked at the palm blankly, I don't know how long it took, when he raised his head to look at Zhou Heng again, his eyes were already more determined.

"Whether it is a stone stirring up a thousand waves, or a stone sinking into the sea, I will never know if I can succeed if I don't try, I have no way back, I can only keep rushing forward."

Zhou Heng sighed, knowing that this thing was such a person, but he still had to say what he should say clearly, otherwise he really didn't know if he would survive next year.

"In this case, Zhou Heng has nothing else to say, but before leaving, he has to go to the plum garden, the disaster relief can be successful, and the prince of the world will contribute the most, whether it is the initial donation, to help you support the scene, or to move the rescue soldiers later, and find Lord Zhang to come over to help us try the case, it is the prince who mediates in it, and he is also going to return to Beijing this time, so it is better for us to walk together."

Liu Renli nodded, "This is natural, I was going to the plum garden just now, just in time for you to come back, so it won't be delayed." Wait, what did you just say that we should go to Beijing together? You don't want to go and come back, but you want to go to the capital for a long stay? ”

Zhou Heng wanted to support his forehead, but this thing only now reacted to the intention of his words.

It's really speechless, if you don't follow, how can you worry so much about his words and deeds, don't let yourself follow the pot when the time comes, and then be involved in what kind of case, you can't be so lucky every time, you can have a noble person to help.

"Yes, the meaning of the prince is also to let me stay in the capital with me, and my Rejuvenation Hall has long been preparing to open a branch, so that it will not open a branch in the surrounding counties or Jinan Mansion, otherwise I will always be on guard against Shouhetang, I plan to go directly to the capital to open a large Huichun Hall medical center, and the prince will cooperate with me."

Liu Renli was stunned when he heard it, but he thought that this was also a good thing, otherwise he would be really worried about leaving Xiu'er alone in Qingping County, and he would be even more worried if he took it to Tongzhou.

"It's okay, if you go to the capital to open the Spring Hall, Xiu'er will follow, so that it will be closer to me, and I will be worried about the province leaving her in Qingping County."

Zhou Heng pouted, this product started again, as long as Liu Xiuer was mentioned, his IQ would go to zero, and his mind was full of girls like this, girls like that.

"Big brother, don't worry, Xiu'er is also my sister-in-law, but the time is urgent, there is only one month, we have to prepare in advance, Xiao Bo has already contacted the ship, we have to rush to make a batch of medicines, and then we are ready to leave for Beijing, as for your legs, you also have to take care of your legs."

Liu Renli glanced at the sky, raised his hand and waved his hand at Zhou Heng.

"It's not early, you hurry up and go back to deal with it, I'll go to the plum garden."

Zhou Heng sighed, he will drive people when this goods are used up, you must know that Xiu'er said to fry vegetables just now, hey, forget it.

"Okay, then big brother stays, I'll go first."