The governor and the governor were polite and thoughtful, the two envoys were easy-going and polite, and the officials who accompanied each other were warm and generous, and this meal was naturally eaten by the guests and hosts in the free time when they toasted and exchanged friendships, Governor Liu asked Qian Qianyi: "Last time, Lord Yang Lian Yang arranged and arranged here for half a year, and we cooperated wholeheartedly to help, which can be described as very sincere, but in the end, until he returned to the north by order, we don't know whether he was full of dissatisfaction, this time Lord Qian and Lord Zhou came again by order, I don't know what we need to cooperate with?" Naturally, you should get things done at the emperor's behest, and we also have the responsibility to help."

Qian Qianyi knew that this was Governor Liu's true intention to inquire about himself, so in order not to be misunderstood, Qian Qianyi said directly: "Lord Yang Lian, as the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, personally came to Nanzhili to test the matter of the elected officials, which shows how attentive the imperial court is to this matter, and does not hide the matter of the governor's election of the people, and the north and the south are experimenting at the same time, and the emperor sent me and Lord Zhou to exchange places with Lord Yang, and see what is the difference between the south and the north."

Governor Liu was even more relieved when he heard that this was the case, he originally thought that there was something on his side that made the emperor dissatisfied, so he sent a Qin messenger to inquire about the evidence, and these two Qin messengers were too similar to the legendary Hai Rui who was upright and did not enter the oil and salt, so it made people feel uneasy Of course, Nanzhili turned out to be Yang Lian who had something to do, and he could push Yang Lian on it, but the problem was that Yang Lian wanted to shirk his responsibility and couldn't find anyone, even if the system can be said to be Yang Lian's idea has nothing to do with the locality, But those who assist are always local officials, and they are also responsible for three points

Now seeing that the imperial court sent Qincha is not targeted, Governor Liu said with a wide heart: "The place where Lord Yang tested is still a little far, on the edge of Nanzhili and the border with Zhejiang, one is Wuzhong County in Suzhou Prefecture and the other is Huzhou belongs to Zhejiang Province, Lord Qian and Lord Zhou must be very tired after walking such a long way, why don't you let Suzhou Mansion and Wuzhong County come to Tianfu to explain what happened?" ”

Qian Qianyi thought for a while and said: "The emperor said that the bystanders are clear, and he wants us to take a look at the pros and cons of Lord Yang's work as bystanders, of course, Lord Yang will also take a closer look in the north, if Lord Yang sees a lot of problems and we just talk about empty generalities, I'm afraid the emperor will not be able to deal with it."

Zhou Yanru also said at this time: "It is Emperor Ai who doesn't seem to care about roughly the same things, he mainly cares about the specific details, because the emperor said that everything is roughly the same, but there are thousands of differences in the details."

Governor Liu saw that both of them said this, thought about it and said: "It's okay, I sometimes feel that it seems inappropriate to listen to the reports below every day, the people below are used to reporting good news and not bad news, sometimes the reports are not detailed and untrue, and none of us can afford to take this responsibility if we miss the emperor's major affairs, since this is the case, I will send a person who is familiar with the area to accompany the whole process, not to say that you are the Qin mission of the imperial court, lest the local officials dare not tell the truth, just say that it is a routine inquiry in the province, I don't know, and what is the intention of the Qin Messenger?" ”

Qian Qianyi and Zhou Yanru glanced at each other, and after looking at each other and smiling, Qian Qianyi said: "Your Excellency the Governor is so thoughtful, the two of us are respectful and obedient."

Qian Qianyi and Zhou Yanru discussed on the way to continue to investigate as ordinary people, and now seeing that Governor Liu arranged for them to have a certain amount of power, but not to expose themselves, he was overjoyed and felt that he was in the middle of the matter, of course, he also knew that Governor Liu arranged for a person to accompany him throughout the whole process, but they were not originally here to target local officials, so they had to go

After a day's rest in Nanjing, the two embarked on the journey to Suzhou, and they were accompanied by the captain of the guards who accompanied them all the way to the original road, only a general judge surnamed Cao sent by the governor's palace and fifty escort soldiers, and the rest of the Qincha guard stayed in Nanjing, covering up the eyes and ears of Cao Tongju, who was about thirty years old, with thick lips and a big nose, a loyal and honest appearance, and a relatively deep laugh line on both sides of his eyes. But as long as he asks him anything, he will answer in detail, and when he answers, he always has a natural smile that makes people look comfortable

From Nanjing to Zhenjiang first, and then to Changzhou to Suzhou, a total of about five or six hundred miles, if it is a fast horse, it will arrive in about a day, but Qian Qianyi and they have walked for three days, needless to say that they eat and sleep on the road, but the strange thing is that Qian Qianyi is very interested in the Qinglou on the road, and often sees Qian Qianyi standing outside the Qinglou and staring for a long time, which makes Zhou Yanru and Cao Tongju think that Qian Qianyi wants to find two women to accompany him, but he is embarrassed to say, Cao Tongju secretly thinks that when Wuzhong arrives, he must find a satisfactory one for Qian Qincha

In fact, Qian Qianyi was originally a hesitant person, and Wuzhong who was going to be there was not very far away, if he wasn't afraid that people would say that he was fake for public and private affairs, he would want to go back to his hometown, Qian Qianyi stopped outside the Qinglou not to go in to find a woman, but because he accidentally fell in love with a little girl surnamed Liu when he didn't finish his studies, and the young man suddenly fell in love with him at the beginning of his love, looking at the big watery eyes of the girl who hooked his heartstrings staring at him, Qian Qianyi stomped his foot and sent the love object, and then went home to propose marriage. Who knew that the little girl was a woman from a green building after an investigation at home, and beat Qian Qianyi half to death on the spot

But it's not surprising, it's just that Qian Qianyi didn't have knowledge back then, except for the dust girl, whose beautiful girl can be seen casually? Whether it is everyone's girlfriend or a small family, jasper is all tightly protected, ordinary people can let you see the beauty of most of the people who are rough and bold, and later Qian Qianyi was admitted to the fame and became the master of the house, the heart is in love with the old love, and I have also gone to find my first love, who knows if I have found it or not, it can be said that it is only in the Qinglou, there are many people who do not know where, more than 20 years have passed, Qian Qianyi has slowly forgotten about this matter, but this time on the way to meet the concubine bought by the shopkeeper Luo with the price of 300 acres of land, which made him moved, and the surname is also Liu, so he hooked his feelings that have been sealed for a long time

After the group arrived in Suzhou Mansion, they went to Zhizhou Yamen in the name of the Governor Yamen to inform them, at the end of the year, although Suzhou Zhizhou was very busy, but did not dare to slack off, sent a Liupin Tongzhi to Wuzhong County, Wuzhong County received the news early and sent people to meet twenty miles away, after receiving Qian Qianyi and his party, they warmly greeted each other and went back, and Ma Zhixian in Wuzhong kept asking Cao Tongju all the way what Qian Qianyi and others were doing and what they needed

Ma Zhixian received news that the province sent people down to investigate the matter of the elected officials, although he did not have anything good, but also a little uneasy, in his opinion, it is too easy for the higher officials to find trouble with the subordinates, or first to figure out the momentum is smart, for example, the matter of tax collection, you collect less, say that you are not effective, collect too much, say that you are a cool official, exploit the people, collect slowly, say that you do not take the imperial decree to heart, and collect quickly, and say that you persecute the people too much, Ma Zhixian and Cao Tong's judgment turned out to be old knowledge, I want to inquire about the origin and intention of Qian Qianyi and others through this relationship

Cao Tongju naturally didn't dare to casually say that Qian Qianyi was a chauff, only said that Qian Qianyi was here to investigate the matter of the elected officials, and asked Ma Zhixian to wait, seeing that there was no one left and right, he quietly ordered Ma Zhixian to find a courtesan who could write poetry, because he accidentally heard Qian Qianyi drop two sentences, in fact, Cao Tongju heard Qian Qianyi drop the text was also accidental, the day before in Changzhou, he saw Qian Qianyi staring at the Qinglou in the distance, Cao Tongju wanted to be bold enough to ask Qian Qincha if he needed to go in to find two agreeable

Who knew that before Cao Tongju could speak, he heard Qian Qianyi whispering to himself and chanting poetry, and Qian Qianyi chanted "Zhangtai Liu, Zhang Tailiu, is the past still there?" Even if the long strip seems to hang down in the old, you should also climb the hands of others" From Qian Qianyi's words, it can be seen that he is missing a woman in a green house, Cao Tong judged that Qian Qincha was emotional rather than sexual, and he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he had to go back quietly, although he didn't have the idea of Qian Qianyi pimping anymore, but he also knew that Qian Qincha's hobby was to like talented women

Ma Zhixian got Cao Tong's sentence to show that he was naturally at peace in his heart, and there were not many others, but Wuzhong talented women abounded, and it was also of great benefit to him to bring them together, in the past, lower-level officials wanted to show favor to higher-level officials, and the simplest and most direct way was to send money, and a sincere and sincere one, half pushed, and half collected on the spot, and established a deep relationship, since the apocalypse decreed the strict implementation of the economic inspection system, the road to send money was blocked, and if you really want real money to send it, no one dares to ask for it. Maybe some people think you're doing him harm

In this case, another bribery method came into being, that is, to invite Shangguan to eat and drink and take out to send women, what is eaten and drunk, it will be over, and there will be no evidence left, and you can not recognize the woman when asked, then it is even more popular, because this demand for talented and good-looking women suddenly appeared a lot, the public pays for private consumption, and each takes what he needs, Ma Zhixian is worried about how to please Qian Qianyi and other Shangguan, seeing that these sanctimonious Shangguan are also the same as himself, this mouthful, I feel a lot of contempt in my heart

Maybe Qian Qianyi didn't know that Ma Zhixian wanted to please himself, so as soon as he sat down, he asked about the elected officials, and he asked about things that Ma Zhixian didn't know very well, Qian Qianyi first asked: "May I ask how many places did your county pilot when Ma Zhixian was elected a while ago?" ”

Ma Zhixian replied: "If you go back to your lordship, this county is divided into eight townships according to the four corners of the four directions, among which there are two townships in the east and west to carry out pilot projects to directly elect township heads, and the people selected are all shrewd and capable people."

Qian Qianyi asked: "Did everyone participate in the voting at that time?" Is Mazhi County monitoring the whole process? ”

Ma Zhixian said: "During the election, the lowly post watched the whole process but did not personally supervise it, and it was mainly supervised by the county supervisor sent from above."

After Ma Zhixian finished speaking, he pointed to a six-grade official next to him and said, "This is the county supervisor Liu from the state stationed in this county."