Li You and Wang Tongzhi thought that they would have to wait for a few months, but they didn't expect the imperial court to react so quickly, and they actually sent a Qin messenger over a year ago, and this efficient style made the two grassroots workers unbelievable.

Speaking from the beginning, it was said that the Beijing Division was presided over by Xu Shangshu, and when Chen Yingzhen's secret performance came out of the hands of the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, and was passed on in the hands of the court bigwigs, it attracted great attention and strong attention.

As for the reason, everyone in the court knows that half of the money and grain of the Beijing division and the use of the palace depend on the southeast, and Suzhou Mansion is the first county in the southeast, which is actually the first wealth in the world. And the officials all know that it is okay to be too low and greedy for silver, which belongs to the unspoken rules of the industry, but don't be greedy for warehouse food, it may really fall to the ground, this is the rule set after the chaos of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and now it has become an ancestral law that cannot be touched. There has not been such a case in the country for nearly ten years, and who knows that now there is a case, how can it not be noticeable.

The above is familiar, but there is no need to elaborate. But there is another situation that many people know but will not say: although the southerners do not seem to be strong, the Suzhou Mansion is probably due to too many reasons for the proletariat and the petty bourgeoisie, or because the resentment of the imperial court in Suzhou Mansion is too ruthless and needs to be vented (one-tenth, one-tenth), so there is a small tradition of citizen rebellion (not rebellion).

There are Wanli Tianqi Dynasty Ge Cheng, Wuyi Shi and the like, a hundred years ago by the people of Suzhou as heroes and heroes and enshrined, other small points of trouble, tax resistance from time to time, especially when the economic situation is not good.

Do you know if there will be another mess this time? Therefore, the bigwigs of the DPRK and China all believe that this matter needs to be dealt with as soon as possible, and the sooner the better. Even Yuan Ge Lao abandoned his fellow villager Mao Prefect, and he said in his heart that Chen Yingzhen dared to take the risk of resignation and sue the prefect by skipping the ranks, he must be sure. Besides, the matter was stabbed by Xu Shangshu to the court, and he had no ability to block the mouth of Youyou. Speaking for the prefect of Mao is humiliated, maybe the political enemies are waiting for him to open his mouth for this and attack the group. After all, embezzling grain violates the bottom line of officialdom's acquiescence, and it is inconvenient for no one to open their mouths to excuse themselves in front of everyone. So in the final analysis, I can only blame this surnamed Mao for his audacity, Li Lingzhi was stunned, and he was left to fend for himself.

However, the imperial court could not just listen to Chen Yingzhen, the county magistrate, and had to send a special person to Suzhou to investigate the case. Jingshi is too far away from Suzhou, and this matter is urgent, and no one wants to run far away when the Chinese New Year is approaching. So the court bigwigs finally agreed to send people from Nanjing, and Xie Yan, the deputy capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, won the jackpot and came to Suzhou Mansion in the name of Qincha in the cold winter month.

After being instructed by someone with a heart, Mr. Xie did not go directly to Fucheng with great fanfare as usual, he first secretly went to Xujiang to see Chen Zhixian, and then summoned Li You to inquire about the details of the government, and scheduled to carry out a surprise attack this morning. Also reminded by Li You, in order to prevent the garrison of Fucheng from not cooperating, 200 soldiers were recruited in Xujiang County to follow and listen.

Then there was a two-act drama in which Li Youxian scolded the prefect in the lobby of the government office, and then transformed into a martyred hero to accept the cheers of the people, because he was full of confidence.

However, it was said that there was no fly like Li You in the hall of the government office, and the yashen was going very well, and when it was about to end, he saw the gate of the government office and rushed in and shouted: "There is a Qin cha outside!" Look at what the brand number is. ”

"Happiness" came so suddenly, Mao Zhifu's face changed greatly, but he didn't have time to think about it, who dared not greet him when the Qin Cha arrived. He stabilized his mind and said in a deep voice to a cadre of subordinate officials: "You will go out with this official to greet you." ”

The door of the Mansion Yayi was wide open, and dozens of people from the Mao Governor's Mansion and his subordinates came out, and walked all the way to the gate, and stepped forward to greet him: "Suzhou Mansion welcomes Zhongcheng." ”

Xie Zhongcheng said expressionlessly in the sedan chair: "No need to be polite, please gather all the officials of the government in the lobby." ”

Governor Mao promised not to mention it.

Here a few words to popularize the officialdom of this dynasty, naturally there is a set of exquisite, the title with the imperial history of the capital, the deputy capital of the imperial history must be honored as Zhongcheng, today Xie deputy capital imperial history can naturally also. Other common honorific titles include Ge Lao, Tianguan, Fu Zun, County Zun and so on.

In addition, you can't call adults like soap operas, otherwise you'll just wait to be put in shoes. Only when the low-grade petty officials are called, the superiors are called the subordinates, or the two sides are about the same rank, it is possible to call a certain adult directly, such as Li You, a nine-grade miscellaneous official is often crowned with the title of Lord Li, of course, more directly called the official position.

And the common title of a junior official when he calls a high-grade official is the boss, and adding the old is respect, not to say how old the person is, if you don't add this old word, only calling a certain adult to the official is almost equivalent to an insult and contempt. For example, Li You asked Wang Tongzhi to shout at the boss to pat the ass, and when he didn't wait to see him, he directly called Master Wang or Master Tongzhi. But he can never call Lord Wang, otherwise it will be a blatant slap in the face, which is similar to the meaning of calling Xiao Wang in the 21st century, which hero dares to call his boss Xiao Wang in person?

Without mentioning the water and gossip, Xie Zhongcheng's big sedan chair stopped when it was about to pass through the gate of the mansion, and after opening the curtain, Xie Zhongcheng pretended to point to the wall and said, "Who is this?" Is it also an official in the agency? If nothing else, bring it in. ”

Everyone looked at their fingers, and it turned out to be Governor Li who was wearing a wooden flail, and couldn't help but laugh secretly at his performance art today, which really played to the level of today's performance art, and played directly in front of Qincha, which can be used as a joke in the future. It's a pity that they don't know, and soon Li You laughed at them.

After Li You unloaded the wooden shackle, his face couldn't hold back with joy, and everyone only said that he was crazy.

When all the officials of the Suzhou Prefecture entered the lobby, Xie Zhongcheng sealed the entry and exit according to the pre-plan, isolated internal and external news, and ordered the soldiers brought from Xujiang and Nanjing to guard carefully. At the same time, he sent a familiar hand to take the account book to the Gusu warehouse, and did not forget to invite the magistrates of Wu County and Changzhou County to come over and make a place with the government officials.

Xie Zhongcheng, as a messenger, always has to maintain impartiality and fairness on the surface. At this time, it could not be confirmed that Cangmi was embezzled, everything was unknown, and Li You and Wang Tongzhi, two insiders, may theoretically have the crime of false accusation and framing, so they had to be locked up in the lobby with other officials of the government office and wait for the results.

Qincha's sudden attack accelerated and cut through the chaos, and the government was caught off guard, and the inventory warehouse had a rough result in the evening - about 200,000 stone meters in Gusucang did not know where to go.

Hearing the news, ninety-nine percent of the people in the lobby were caught in despair and fear after the matter was exposed, what should they do? Everyone looked at Prefect Mao's mansion in unison.

But Mao Zhifu's face was also pale at this time, his eyes were dull, he had been painstakingly recently, and he already had some eyebrows, but he was still checked by the sudden Qin Mission. Originally, he planned to use his personal connections to buy some from other places on the one hand, and on the other hand, to slow down the speed of handing over money and grain and increase the turnover stock. In this way, you can always survive the spring famine next year, as long as there is no chaos after that time period, the accounts in the warehouse can be slowly smoothed out.

However, he didn't expect that the imperial court would send a messenger to check the warehouse at an unexpected time in the month of Layue a year ago. came suddenly without informing the place in advance, and directly sealed the warehouse, which shows that there is definitely a target and a prepared come.

Someone must have reported the matter directly to the center of the court, otherwise this situation would not have occurred, the officialdom experience of the Mao Governor's Mansion instinctively made a judgment, but it was useless. Because he didn't receive any news, it means that he has probably been abandoned by everyone, so no one has reported to him, so what is the use of judging accurately?

Seeing that the investigation was so smooth, Xie Zhongcheng was overjoyed, what he did in the history of the emperor was louder than his voice, fame was the capital, and if he was famous, he would speak loudly. To be able to investigate and deal with such a rare big case, it is certain that his reputation has soared, and there is no embarrassment such as intercession and obstruction, Xie Zhongcheng has picked up a big bargain, so I said earlier that he won the jackpot.

The matter gradually became clear, and the results proved that the report was correct and not maliciously framed, so Wang Tongzhi and Governor Li officially cleared their suspicions. Xie Zhongcheng then ordered: "Lord Wang will assist the official in trying the case, and Governor Li will temporarily lead the soldiers to take care of the suspect." "Governor Guy Li served as an inspector in Xujiang, and the soldiers sent to manage Xujiang at this time also made the best use of their talents.

Li You got the letter and left the lobby with Wang Tongzhi triumphantly. Before leaving, he nodded with a smile and nodded with his colleagues up and down, such as the Fuzun, the general judge, the magistrate, the experience, the Zhaomo, and the school inspector, which was regarded as fulfilling the farewell etiquette at the fork in the road in life, and ignored the cold eyes he received. As for those officials, it is not worth Lord Li to give a lecture.

Seeing this scene, who in the hall could not understand? This old and young man are definitely the ones behind the scenes! Today's arrival of this messenger is inseparable from the two of them. 200,000 Shicang rice, I don't know how many heads will be lost, how many families will be implicated, and these two can really be ruthless to die.

Resentful people shouted, "You two can't bear it! ”

Li You turned around and scolded: "You wait for the moth of the country, don't you still know how to repent!" ”

Out of the lobby, I saw many officials and miscellaneous servants gathered in groups outside the Yimen to whisper, the government office had such a big event, I really don't know how to end, they can't help but pay attention to these people in the yamen to make a living.

Hong Patrol was also standing in the crowd, and saw Li Youshi Shiran coming out, but he felt that he was both unexpected and reasonable, separated the people around him, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Master Li is prescient, can you solve the problem with the villain?" ”

Li You laughed and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just that the sky of the government is about to change!" ”

Hearing Governor Li's words, the hearts of everyone present jumped, and the eyes that looked at Li You were extremely eager. Obviously, from his radiant or arrogant demeanor, it can be seen that this cold stove is about to become a hot stove.

(To be continued)