Yue Su is now the governor of Qincha, without interrogation, he raided his house first, although it did not conform to the imperial court system, but after all, he copied out the dirty silver, and there was something to say everywhere.

The county magistrates sitting below, their faces are now like bitter gourds, who can still say a word. They all lowered their heads and remained silent, peeking at Yue Su.

Yue Su maintained his previous leisurely attitude and said, "Tong Xuan, have all the complaints of the people in various counties been passed back?" ”

"My lord, it's all been passed back. Enclosed in envelope. ”

"Show a few adults."

"Yes." According to his name and surname, Tong Zhou sent the envelopes to all the county orders present one by one.

After it was issued, several county orders were still trembling, except for Nangong Chu, everyone dared to look at the content above. This is also true, in Nangong Chu's envelope, there is only a thin piece of paper, and the rest are all stacks of complaints.

"Don't just sit there, look at everything, and if there's anything untrue, point it out. The ministry can bring people over and confront you in front of you. Yue Su said with a smile.

When several county magistrates heard this, they could only stubbornly look through the complaints. The above content is innumerable about the grievances that the people have suffered over the years, being bullied by bullies, going to the county government to redress grievances, and being beaten as defendants by the plaintiff. These are all true, if you want to deny it, how can it be so easy, at least, there is so much money at home, it is difficult to explain.

Yue Su looked at the trembling officials above, and after a while, he said: "Everyone, whether these complaints are true or not, you know in your own hearts. You can deny it, but the ministry will let those people come to confront them, and if it is verified to be true, they will be punished for the crime of deceiving the king, and they will be beheaded all over the house! In addition, three adults just told the Ministry that the money bribed Meng Huade was earned from private business, or Meng Huade, who sold his own land or had a rich family property and paid bribes out of his own pocket. Now the headquarters also wants to ask these three adults, what kind of business do you open and can make so much money? How much land do you have in your house that you can sell for 20,000 taels of silver? As for the rich family property, the Ministry also wants to learn whether your family property was there before you became an official, or whether you were exploited after becoming an official! If you don't explain it to the whole department, the whole department will kill you all! ”

"Big, big...... The lower official is guilty ......"

Hearing Yue Su's stern voice at the end, an official immediately couldn't resist the pressure, ran over, knelt down in front of the steps, and began to kowtow incessantly. One took the lead, and the others also knew that they couldn't hide it, no matter how they said it, the dirty silver was really hard to explain. Yue Su has already said it clearly, whether it is a private sale, or the sale of one's own land, or the rich ancestral property, you have to show me evidence.

Everyone is clearly embezzling and accepting bribes, how can there be such evidence, no one has less than 20,000 taels of silver, how can they justify. Now, there seems to be no other way out than kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Yue Su was not a soft-hearted lord, so he stood up and said loudly: "Someone is here, take off their black yarn, take off their official uniforms, and torture me severely." ”

"Yes!"

As soon as the officers outside the door heard Yue Su's shout, they swarmed in, held down the six county commanders who were kneeling on the ground, and stripped off the black veils and official uniforms.

As soon as they heard that they were going to be tortured, these county officials also panicked and shouted, "My lord...... The lower officials are willing to recruit ...... The lower officials are willing to recruit ......"

"That's good! Not to mention that the ministry didn't give you a chance, press them all back into my chair and sit down, and write the charges myself. If it's not true, beat me to death!" ”

"Yes!" The servants pressed the officials back to their original positions and sat down, and some of them took the paper and laid it out on the table again.

The six adults also had no choice but to honestly write down the lack of virtue they had done in office over the years.

After writing, he signed and submitted it to Yue Su's desk. Yue Su looked at them one by one, and said coldly: "Take the six of them, together with Di Hui, to the backyard to watch." Nangong Chu, you can return to Xiuwu County by yourself. ”

After speaking, he ordered: "Yang Yishan, immediately go to Wenwen County, Wuzhi and other seven counties, and say that the county will temporarily act as the governor of the county and handle the official business." The family property of the seven county orders was confiscated and sent to the governor. Also, the local tyrants and bullies of the seven counties shall not be tolerated, and all those who are famous on the paper shall be arrested, convicted and convicted, and those who commit the most heinous crimes shall be sent to the governor for punishment and disposal. The family property was confiscated and handed over here. Anyone who dares to tolerate and nurture annihilation and take the opportunity to enrich his own pockets will be beheaded! ”

The family property of these seven county commanders can have a total of 140,000 taels, plus the more than 380,000 taels of grain that were originally confiscated, and the 50,000 taels of silver brought out from the capital, Yue Su's ability to allocate nearly 580,000 taels of silver. Moreover, the homes of local tyrants and inferior gentry in various places can also be copied a lot, with this money, why not worry about not being able to help the people and rebuild the river work.

The next morning, the governor Xingyuan came again, it was the Henan Buzheng and the Henan General Army invited by Yue Su. Huaiqing had such a big thing, the two adults had heard about it on the road, and Zou Jiaren, the governor of Henan, was better, after all, he was Yue Su's master, and Yue Su couldn't find trouble for himself. Luo Zhenqiang, the chief soldier of Henan, was thinking in his heart along the way, and his thoughts were restless, for fear that something would implicate him.

The two came to the governor's trip, and because of the teacher-student relationship with Zou Jiaren, Yue Su personally went out to greet him.

"I don't know that the teacher is coming, and the students are disappointed, and they hope to forgive their sins." As soon as he went out, Yue Su gave Zou Jiaren a salute first.

In these years, the emphasis is on the prince of heaven and earth, don't look at Yue Su's official university, you have to talk about the gift of teachers and students first.

Zou Jiaren was naturally happy, the student had already paid homage to the governor, and his face was also bright. Especially in front of the chief soldier Luo Zhenqiang, he has grown a lot of face for himself. "Bingyan is polite, the lower officials should see the governor first."

As soon as Luo Zhenqiang saw the friendship between these two teachers and students, he secretly scolded Zou Jiaren in his heart, since he and the governor are teachers and students, they will not disclose it along the way, and they will only indicate it when they get to the line, didn't they deliberately show it off in front of me.

Even if you are angry in your heart, it is not easy to vent on your mouth. Bowed down and saluted Yue Su, "The last general, Luo Zhenqiang, the general of Henan, see your lord." ”

"General Luo is exempt. Teacher, General Luo, let's talk inside. ”

Yue Su led the two into the front hall, sat down the guests, and waited for the messenger to serve the tea and retreat, the three of them first said a few words about the unnutritious scene, and Zou Jiaren said: "The governor and General Luo are here, I don't know what happened?" ”

"The students invited the teacher and Master Luo to come here for two things, one is to discuss with the two of them to help the victims and rebuild the river work; One is to invite two adults to come and watch the ceremony. Yue Su said politely.

Relief to the victims of the disaster and rebuilding the river is an urgent task at hand, and the political envoy and the general soldier are the highest officials in Henan, so it is understandable to consult with him. But the latter sentence "watching the ceremony" confused the two. Luo Zhenqiang was inconvenient to ask in detail, but it was Zou Jiaren who came forward and asked: "My lord, I don't know what this ceremony is observing?" ”

"Hehe......" Yue Su smiled slightly and said, "Teacher, wait until noon, you will know." Now, let's talk about the relief of the victims and the rebuilding of the river. On the students' side, there are more than 70,000 stones of grain and more than 500,000 taels of silver, and the family of Master Li of Huguang is also willing to donate 100,000 stones of grain. With these grains and silver taels, the students plan to send the victims to the banks of the Yellow River to rebuild the embankment, take care of three meals every day, and when the project is over, each person will be given a tael of silver, which will be counted as labor expenses. What do you think? ”

"The adults are kind-hearted and think about the people, which is really a blessing of the place." Zou Jiaren and Luo Zhenqiang hurriedly said.

"This is the business of the Ministry. Many of them need the help of two people. Yue Su said lightly.

"Your Excellency, just give me orders."

"To rebuild the river, it is necessary to open the mountain to take stones, and a large number of livestock and vehicles need to be requisitioned. When the embankment was repaired, there were many people in the disaster, and the two of them should have heard about the Dragon Slaying Gang, in order to avoid thieves instigating the people, General Luo needed to transfer troops to garrison. ”

"It is incumbent upon the officials to do so." The two adults said in unison.

"Then there are two Lao, one person in the ministry has limited energy, and he doesn't know much about the local situation in Henan. By the way, Lord Luo, when your soldiers and horses are stationed along the Yellow River, remember not to disturb the people, otherwise the headquarters will not be frivolous. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, the last will remember." Luo Zhenqiang hurriedly replied.

"That's good. In terms of details, the two adults will draw up a charter, and we will sit down and agree on it then. Okay, let's go to the ceremony with the headquarters now. ”

Ceremony?

Zou Jiaren and Luo Zhenqiang walked out of the gate with Yue Su full of doubts. The two soon discovered some clues, because Meng Huade, the prefect of Huaiqing, Guo Yigang, the garrison, and the Tongzhi, Tuiguan, Tongju, seven county orders and a group of local tyrants and bullies of Huaiqing Mansion were escorted out by the escort army one after another.

Along the way, the guards beat gongs and drums and proclaimed loudly, "The governor is saying that he will deal with the corrupt officials and local tyrants and bullies who are harming the country and the people in Dongcheng today, and allow the soldiers and civilians to go and watch!" ”

Hearing the shouts of the guards, Zou Jiaren and Luo Zhenqiang also understood, where is this to watch the ceremony, it is clearly Yue Su knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger! Hundreds of guards surrounded Yue Su, escorting the prisoners and bullies to the east gate, such a big movement attracted hundreds of people to come and watch.

Coming to the east gate, Yue Su led the crowd to climb the city wall, tables and chairs had been set up on the city, and Yue Su and Zou Jiaren and Luo Zhenqiang sat down respectively. The three copper guillotines were placed next to Yue Su.

There were tens of thousands of victims outside the east gate, and they also found that there was something unusual in the city today, and there were sharp-eyed ones, and they found that there were many more officers and soldiers on it than in the past, and there were also high-ranking officials here. So there was a lot of discussion.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, "bang", "bang", "bang", three cannons rang out in the city, and at this time, the people inside and outside the city were shocked, and no one dared to speak out again.

Then, a senior official wearing a second-grade official uniform at the head of the city opened his mouth and shouted loudly: "The soldiers and civilians listen to the truth, the name of the headquarters is Yue Su, and it is ordered by the son of today to patrol Henan and provide disaster relief to the people." Some time ago, it was found that in Huaiqing Mansion, some officials were corrupt and bent the law, colluded with local tyrants and shoddy gentry to exploit the people, and disregarded people's lives. There are even those who dare to steal the grain and rice of the imperial court for disaster relief, which is such a heinous crime, and the ministry has decided to bring these people to justice in front of the people of Huaiqing today, so as to set an example! ”

It was none other than Yue Su who spoke. When the people heard his words, they cheered and cheered, and the applause stopped for a long time.

When it was quiet again, Yue Su shouted loudly again: "Meng Huade, the prefect of Huaiqing, is said to be corrupt and perverts the law, careless of human life, and when the Yellow River bursts its embankment, he still dares to embezzle and resell the official grain of the imperial court without permission, and take the opportunity to fill his own pockets." and shielded his nephew Meng Huilong, who stole the grain and rice of the imperial court for disaster relief, the crime was heinous, and he was immediately beheaded, and all his family property was confiscated for disaster relief! Someone, the tiger head is waiting! ”

(To be continued)