"Dead? Why did you die? When did you die? Wang Jing heard the report from his subordinates that the treasurer of the Lu Division was dead, and then asked.

"The answerer's words, the treasurer hanged himself, and there was a suicide note beside him, which said that Li Xing, the prefect of Baoding Prefecture, sent someone to ask him to take out the grain from the Yicang in Baoding Mansion and sell it to make money." The official said.

"It's that simple? Could it be that when the officials send someone to clean up the accounts, they will not be able to see that there is no food in the granary? Just do this hammer deal and then the official is not appropriate? Ye Guan didn't believe that things were so simple.

"If you go back to the adults, they will naturally not be so simple, they collude inside and outside, first take the new grain in the warehouse and sell it, and then go to buy a lot of cheap old grain from the grain merchant and fill it into the Yicang to serve as new grain, and then wait until the victims cross the border to take out the old grain in the Yicang and give porridge, so that not only can the new grain be sold for a lot of money, because the victims have been driven away, and the old grain is not used up, they can report to the court to say that the disaster relief is completed. When there is a need for disaster relief, the remaining old grain will be taken out for disaster relief, and the new grain allocated by the imperial court will be sold. Then buy old grain to shoddy, so as to make money over and over again. The official didn't speak, but the Jinyiwei sent by Ye Guan told the trick in it, Jinyiwei is a veteran of investigating corruption in officialdom, where would he not know the twists and turns in this.

"Well, it seems that this matter is easy to handle, come on, let me carefully investigate whether Li Xing, the former prefect of Baoding, is involved in this matter, raid his mansion, and see if there is any conclusive evidence. cough, colleagues, this official is only temporarily serving as the prefect of Baoding Mansion and the post of Inspector of Beizhili Imperial History, and this official also wants to finish this matter cleanly before going to Datong Mansion. So I would like to ask for your help. Ye Guan only said that he would send someone to take the Baoding Prefect, but he did not pursue anything else, which made the officials of the Baoding Mansion who seemed to be sitting upright below breathe a sigh of relief.

These officials are not afraid of the strong boss, they are not afraid of the ruthlessness of the boss, they are afraid that the boss will not be stingy. If the boss is a mad dog, and wants to follow this grain relief corruption case to find out all the officials of Baoding Mansion, although they have their own ways to deal with it, but it is enough of a headache, and now seeing that Ye Guan did not mean to dig deeper, the birds and beasts who were sitting in danger suddenly warmed up with Ye Guan.

"Lord Ye was sent by the emperor and the cabinet to inspect the disaster relief and corruption case in Baoding Mansion. As the governor of Baoding, the old man must fully cooperate with Lord Ye on his errand. Even if it is an errand arranged by the Holy Lord and the cabinet, the old man will also work together. Although Wang Jing didn't know why Ye Guan had changed his style yesterday, he still stood up. Coercion looked around: "If something dares to shirk and deceive, don't say that Lord Ye can't tolerate you, even the old man will stop your job first, and then dig out your affairs well!" Then Li Xing is a lesson for you, do you understand? ”

"The subordinates must fully cooperate with Lord Ye's investigation!" No matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, what they say is beautiful anyway.

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In the afternoon of the same day, the officialdom of Baoding Mansion was headed by Xu Tai, the envoy of Beizhili, and Lu Hua, the political envoy of Beizhili, on the grounds that Ye Guan was receiving the wind and washing the dust, and chartered the largest drunken immortal residence banquet in Baoding Mansion to invite Ye Guan to the banquet.

Ye Guan looked at the four-story restaurant, and felt in his heart that "Zhumen's wine and meat stinked and there are frozen bones on the road", and Ye Guan can now feel Du Fu's mood after seeing the night banquet of the wealthy nobles and the hungry people outside the mansion. The refugees outside the city gate may never see the sun rise tomorrow after today, but the officials of this officialdom, large and small, still have the heart to invite themselves to drink, or the entire Baoding Mansion officialdom officials all dispatched, it is really the parents of the people!

But Ye Guan can't go if he doesn't go, because only by being a shield can his own people properly investigate the dirty officialdom under this seemingly harmonious surface.

The wine banquet in the officialdom pays attention to two words, the difference between respect and inferiority and extraordinarily warm. There was still an embarrassing situation, but under the leadership of Xu Tai and Lu Hua of Zhentai, the officials quickly became warm up with Ye Guan. Brother Nian is very happy. It's like an old friend I haven't seen in years.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food. Lu Hua found an opportunity to cough slightly, all the officials were veterans at the wine table, and they didn't know that this was their boss who had something to say, so they all immediately calmed down with their wine glasses, waiting for Lu Hua to speak.

Seeing this situation, Ye sneered in his heart. These old foxes are finally going to speak.

"Hehe, Lord Ye, he can be a party at such a young age, it seems that he is a young man with extraordinary ability." The big-bellied Beizhili Zhentai Lu Hua picked up his wine glass and complimented Ye Guanxian with a smile.

"Lu Dacai is the pillar of the country. Lord Lu is a serious two-rank jinshi, and the lower official was just a small official before, and he has to be able to stand here at the same table with all the adults thanks to His Majesty's grace, which is also the blessing of the lower official. "Ye Guan is not a stupid person, this Lu Hua first complimented himself, he must have something to talk about, buy himself, of course, he has to hone his kung fu with him.

Master Ye laughed. These colleagues of this official are not all smart people, I am afraid that some people are too stupid, if Lord Ye suddenly has some instructions, I am afraid that they will not be able to understand the meaning of the adults at that time. It's okay if things are done, and the official is okay here, but it's not good if there is a leak that delays the saint's errand. It's better for Lord Ye to ventilate them first. What can't be done, what should be done, what to make up, what to prevent. For the sake of the emperor and the people. Please let Master Ye speak clearly! Lu Hua burped, and then said to Ye Guan, if it wasn't for Lu Hua in the middle, Ye Guan really thought that this Lu Hua was a good official who slept all night for the country and the people.

"The duties of the lower officials are very clear, that is, to be responsible for the case of corruption in food relief. Presumably, you are all benevolent gentlemen, and you will not participate in those pickled things of Li Xing. However, if anyone is really involved, and the lower officials find out when the accounts are checked a few days later, it will not be merciful. Ye Guan took a sip of wine, and after tasting it carefully, he put down the wine glass and said it.

Some officials didn't understand Ye Guan's meaning, thinking that Ye Guan still had to check to the end, so they fidgeted at the moment, and they couldn't wait to quickly pack up and return to their hometowns, but some clever people heard Ye Guan's meaning, and they were determined at the moment, and they would come to check the accounts in a few days, so what else could they find? Therefore, the money and food accounts must be complete. At this time, not only the officials who accompanied the wine, but even Lu Hua and Xu Tai also had a look of satisfaction in their eyes.

"Come on, come on, today's banquet is for Lord Ye to pick up the wind and wash the dust, don't talk about business on the banquet, let's drink, come to the official to toast Lord Ye with a glass." Xu Tai of Beizhili Domain stood up and toasted Ye Guan with a glass of wine, Ye Guan even claimed that he didn't dare, and quickly returned another glass, a good scene of guests and hosts.

Ye Guan drank Xu Tai's wine, and there was a sneer in his heart, and he didn't talk about business at the banquet. If they can't ask their intentions today, they won't be able to ask about the business at this banquet......

By the time the drunken immortal residence ended, it was already after sunset.

Zhentai Lu Hua walked down from his sedan chair with a big belly, and walked into his mansion with official steps and humming a small song. Although he was supposed to live in the Yamen of the Inspectorate, he had the money to buy a house, so he moved out of the Yamen.

"Hey, this new patrol is really a stunned young man, and he came to my Baoding Mansion to be majestic before his hair grows, but he still knows some current affairs. Knowing that he was just a fortunate courtier, he didn't dare to his tail, since this is the case, when he sees the situation clearly, it is not impossible to pull him into the gang. Wang Jing, Wang Jing, you old guy have seen it, although you are the governor of this Baoding Mansion, but there is no one, the second is shallow, and you don't fit in with us, I see how you stay in this Baoding Mansion. "Although he is in his fifties, he just married the concubine of the thirteenth room three months ago, so he has to go there today to live the pleasure of the boudoir, so he let his subordinates serve a cup of strong tea and sober up.

Lu Hua, who was drinking hot tea, was about to go to the concubine to be happy, when he suddenly ran into the front hall in a hurry and almost hit him. He looked at it. It turned out to be the younger brother of his thirteen-room concubine, his cheap brother-in-law Qiu Chuchang, and also a subordinate official of his own envoy yamen. It was he who offered his sister that Lu Hua promoted Qiu Chuchang from a small master of the ninth rank to a subordinate official of the sixth grade.

"What for? Running so fast and in a hurry to run for funeral? It's really muddy and can't get on the wall! Didn't I tell you to clean up the account books, and I also said hello to Li Xing, so that he could carry the crime alone, and the old man Enyin and his two sons would be petty officials? What else is there to worry about? "Officialdom is about calmness, whether you are murderous or corrupt, you must be in danger. On the street, whether it is windy or rainy, you have to buy standard official steps, and when you judge cases and communicate with your subordinates, you have to speak a standard official tone. But he has been mentioning Qiu Chuchang to this position for a few months, and Qiu Chuchang still hasn't grown at all, which makes Lu Hua very disappointed.

"Brother-in-law, something is wrong." Qiu Chuchang didn't nod as submissively as usual, but just said that the big thing was not good.

"What's the big deal? Today, I had a good communication with the new inspector Yushi, he will not wantonly lock up the officials who implicate our Baoding Mansion, as long as he finds a scapegoat. What else is there to be so alarmed about? Lu Hua saw Qiu Chu often looking down on him in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that he had dedicated his sister, such a frizzy person would still want to be his Lu Hua's subordinate officer?

"Brother-in-law, I arrested Ye Guan's subordinates, and that person is still a thousand households of Jinyiwei!" Qiu Chuchang said tremblingly.

"What? Did you arrest his guys? That person is still a thousand households of Jinyiwei? The teacup that Lu Hua had just picked up fell to the ground with a snap, and said in a lost voice, no longer having the heart to maintain the state of his official tone just now.