Chapter 5 Decisions for the people

Taking a deep breath, Shen Chongming's eyes widened, and he turned around and shouted: "Come on, bring the surname Huang to Lao Tzu!" Gritting his teeth, Shen Chongming actually had an urge to peel him off and cramp.

Behind him, the Jinyi lieutenants were also furious, and the murderous demons who had never seen a tragedy in the world had red eyes, and they were deeply shocked by the scene in front of them.

Ma Erdan said hello, and hurriedly ran into the city with a few brocade captains, and after a while, Huang Zhixian, who was screaming repeatedly, was dragged out by his hair.

The people who saw this scene applauded again and again, and they all looked excited, and they all wanted to step forward immediately to tear up this corrupt official, but Lord Qincha, who was the master of the people, was here, and everyone knew that he would give everyone an explanation.

"Lord Shen, save me!" Being caught by Jinyiwei, Huang Huaicai was really frightened, and when he saw Shen Chongming, it was as if he had seen a savior.

"Huang Huaicai, where is the disaster relief food!" Shen Chongming didn't pay attention to it at all, grabbed Huang Zhixian's collar who was thrown on the ground, and dragged him directly to the porridge bucket.

"My lord, let go first and listen to the explanation!" Huang Zhixian trembled and pleaded, I am a god, the disaster relief grain is related to your Ministry of Works!

Throwing Huang Zhixian away, Shen Chongming shouted with a dark face: "If the explanation is not clear, this official will kill you today!" ”

Looking at Shen Chongming's murderous eyes, Huang Zhixian couldn't help but feel a cold war in his heart, look at this posture, it doesn't look like a threat!

"Big, my lord, there are too many victims, and the relief food given by the imperial court is not enough, for the sake of long-term planning, the lower officials can only make this decision!" Huang Zhixian said resignedly, his eyes dodged, and it was a lie at a glance.

"Fart, don't you know how much money and grain you have sent to Henan in accordance with fate from all over the country? Tell you, the imperial court is according to the capitation of the disaster relief money and food, although each person has two meals a day is rice porridge, but according to the requirements, the rice porridge provided does not fall down, what the hell is this? What is it? The more he talked, the more angry he became, Shen Chongming scooped up a spoonful of rice soup and splashed it directly on Huang Zhixian's face.

Huang Zhixian's heart sank, he never thought that Shen Chongming knew so clearly about the disaster relief, and he was so frightened that he couldn't speak for a while.

Looking at his expression, Shen Chongming knew that he was right, in fact, he really didn't know the specific situation, but when he was suppressing bandits in Guangdong, he had 500,000 taels of silver transported to Henan for disaster relief, presumably several other tax centers did not fall, and it was estimated that there were 1 million taels at the bottom, so much silver, how could the victims starve to death so much?

Striking while the iron was hot, he pulled out the blade on the waist of the guard next to him and put it directly on Huang Zhixian's neck: "Say, where is the grain!" ”

Huang Zhixian has never gone through such a formation when he is so big, and the blade on his neck emits a trace of cold air that threatens his heart, and he immediately collapses to the ground: "Don't, don't, your lord's men are merciful!" ”

Huang Zhixian was panting and begging for mercy, but Shen Chongming was unpretentious, and he was already glaring at him with murderous eyes.

"My lord, why is this official of the Ministry of Industry so powerful!" Looking at the situation in the city, the general wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked.

"Nonsense, do you know what this Shen Chongming is for?" Mr. Lou said mysteriously.

The general manager was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked: "Please also ask the adults to solve their doubts!" "Hmph, this Lord Shen is not only a squire of the Ministry of Works, but also a commander of the Jinyi Guard, can you say that such a person is not powerful?"

Saying that, Vice President Lou shook his head: "Huang Zhixian is unlucky, this time it was planted in the hands of Jinyiwei, and it is a blessing to be able to save his life!" ”

The general manager was stunned for a while, and finally reacted, he was already sweating profusely, and he also escaped death! I dared to scold people just now.

After some struggle, Huang Zhixian finally realized the situation in front of him, if he didn't tell the truth, today next year would be his own death day: "My lord, the lower official said, the lower official said!" ”

When I opened the granary in front of me, I didn't have much grain as Huang Zhixian said, and only by fooling people with some rice soup every day could we meet the requirements of the imperial court in the spring of the next year, and then the second batch of disaster relief grain would be allocated.

"My lord, the silver of the back office has been found, five large boxes, four thousand taels more than the sixteen thousand taels he said, it should be greedy for ink on weekdays!" Ma Erdan walked to Shen Chongming's side with an ugly expression, Huang Huaicai actually colluded with Hu Yingjia, the messenger of disaster relief, and withheld the disaster relief money allocated by the imperial court.

The imperial court allocated 200,000 taels of disaster relief silver to Ningling County, part of which was used to purchase grain for more than 30,000 disaster victims in the county, and the rest was mainly used to build houses for the winter.

It's a pity that in the end, only 80,000 taels of silver were distributed to the people, of which 60,000 taels bought 120,000 stone of grain, and the remaining 20,000 taels were used to build shacks on both sides of the road.

In order to save expenses and plug this big hole, he actually summoned the affected people of the county to gather outside Ningling County, so that the labor cost was greatly reduced, and more than 30,000 victims were indeed arranged properly with more than 10,000 taels of silver, all of which were shacks. Although it is very cool to live now, in winter, where can the people who lack food and clothing still have a way to live.

However, Huang Huaicai, who was greedy for money, did not give up, and sold some of the grain bought from all over the country at a low price to the grain merchants in the city, 40,000 stones, only 16,000 taels.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Chongming spit out two words murderously: "Kill!" "After that, I rushed to the county government with people again, and I must interrogate Huang Huaicai well and find out all the things about their greed for ink.

Shocked, Huang Zhixian's throne sat under Shen Chongming's ass in the past, but Huang Zhixian became a prisoner kneeling below.

"Huang Huaicai, this official asks you, where is the 120,000 taels of disaster relief silver that was deducted!" Shen Chongming asked sharply.

Now that he has confessed partially, Huang Huaicai has no intention of concealing it any longer: "My lord, the lower official can't help himself, the 120,000 taels of silver are all in Master Hu, he said that he will use this silver to make a big deal for the time being, and when this matter passes, the 120,000 taels of silver can be turned into at least 200,000 taels, and then 50,000 taels will be distributed to the lower officials afterwards!" ”

"Hmph, Hugh has to fool the official, what kind of big business can be so profitable, it can become 200,000 taels in the blink of an eye!" Shen Chongming felt disdain for a while, it seemed that this Huang Huaicai was sold and didn't know, since all such dirty silver was in Hu Yingjia's pocket, he would spit it out again, I don't believe that you Huang Huaicai still dared to poke this matter.

Huang Huaicai didn't think so, and said mysteriously: "My lord, the grain harvest in Henan is a catastrophe, and grain merchants from all over the country have poured in, and the price of this grain should only be a little higher than in previous years, but according to what Xia Guan heard, the price of grain has soared in various places, which shows that the local grain merchants in Henan have begun to stock up on grain, and most of the grain transported from other places has been purchased by them in large quantities, but there are not many rich merchants in Henan, and no one has the strength to eat so much in one go. At that time, 120,000 taels will become 200,000 taels, even if it is 300,000 taels, it is possible! ”

Shen Chongming was stunned, and his eyes when he looked at Huang Huaicai immediately changed, he didn't see that this guy still had such a hand, and through such a little thing, he speculated what Hu Yingjia did.

"My lord, is this a meritorious report!" watched Shen Chong's name change