After Yan Hong and Hai Rui flashed into the house, they closed the door, and Hai Rui said, "You're not afraid of the people in the house snooping?" ”

Yan Hong said: "It's okay. I sent out the leaders of the Four General Banners and the Flying Tiger Mountain, patrolling around the house, one by one. Mr. Liang was on a high place, and Yan Feng and Yan Fu stood outside the door. With them, the few families in the front yard are very easy to deal with. ”

The house where Hai Rui lived had been carefully inspected before, and it was confirmed that there was no listening mechanism. Yan Hong secretly took out the silver yesterday and told Haiping to buy screens and carpets, and there was another room in the house, so that the two could talk with confidence. Hai Rui was relieved when he heard Yan Hong say this.

Yan Hong asked, "Hai Xilang, how is the account book?" Hai Rui showed a rare smile on his face and said, "Yan Qianhu, please take a look." So saying, he opened the ledger,

After all, Yan Hong has been in charge of business at home for several years, and there is no pressure to read the account books. I saw that the entries were clearly and neatly written, clean and clean, and if I looked at it roughly, I basically couldn't see any flaws. Hai Rui took out another notebook, which was a record of his accounting. The numbers calculated on both sides are exactly the same.

"Yan Qianhu, what do you think?" Hearing Hai Rui ask such a sentence, Yan Hong's body tightened for no reason, and he was not called Yuan Fang, what are you asking me for, I don't know what to do, do you want to say: "There must be something strange about this matter?" ”

Hai Rui continued: "If you were an idle official, you might have been deceived by him, but I have also been a local pro-people official, and now I want to deceive me, but it is impossible." This account is so clean. ”

As soon as Hai Rui said it, Yan Hong also understood. At that time, the method of accounting was primitive. And the level of officials is high and low. It is inevitable that there will be errors in the data when the local government reports. An account of income and expenditure. It is simply impossible to do it all at once, and it is inevitable to revise, add, or delete them.

In particular, the treasury of a province involves a lot, and there are even bad rules such as drenching and kicking, and it is often the grain handed over by the locality, which does not match the reported figures, or does not bribe the handling personnel, and is deliberately made difficult. It usually takes several calls back and forth to be credited to the account at the most reluctant. The account book was changed to a flower cat, which was normal and could no longer be normal.

Now the sudden appearance of such a so-called clean ledger is a big anomaly in itself. It goes without saying that these books of accounts were simply false accounts created to cope with the expedition. If you look at the numbers above, you can only believe that what Liu Cai and others said is true. However, after all, Hai Rui has been dealing with local affairs for a long time, and he is very sensitive to this kind of current account book, and he can see the clues at a glance.

On the other hand, Hai Jui came here, passing through the state along the way. From the magistrates in various places, many suspicious points were also interrogated. According to the confession of the magistrate. There is a huge gap in Jinan's treasury and Changping grain, and where does the grain go in this gap is a big problem. Hai Rui even has a hunch that once this problem is kicked out, I am afraid that it will shake the entire Shandong officialdom.

Yan Hong listened to Hai Rui talking here, just nodded and said nonsense: "It seems that this Jinan Mansion must have love, but I can't say where the real account book is." ”

Hai Rui groaned: "Where is the real account book, you can put it aside for the time being, and the matter of arresting the stolen officials is not in a hurry, and these officials can't escape." On the contrary, it is to help those people, which is an urgent problem. Shandong has been suffering from famine for many years, and many people have starved to death. Now the imperial court has consciously rushed the refugees who fled to Beijing and Beizhili to Shandong, and the refugees who stayed in the province also knew about the Qincha relief, and they swarmed towards Jinanhui. It is important to know that these people are gathered in Jinan, and if they can be properly handled, given relief, and survive this season's harvest, then everything will be fine. However, if the relief is not effective, leaving the people hungry and without food, or even taking risks, then the previous plan of the imperial court will become a salary to fight the fire. I'm afraid this matter is not very easy to do. ”

Yan Hong also knew that Lu Daomin had changed badly. Although even if something happens in Shandong Province, it may not be able to determine the foundation of the dynasty. But he is the first to bear the brunt.

Hai Rui said again: "Yan Huhou went to Jinan, and after arriving, he showed the sign on the same day. This official came all the way, with great fanfare, the guard of honor was set up, and secretly asked Yun Chuqi and Ye Zhengfei, the two staff members of Yan Huhou, to pretend to be refugees and go to Jinan first. The two of them were delayed in Jinan for a few days, but they touched some news. ”

Yan Hong couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he heard Hai Rui arrange this. I thought again, my two brothers can live in Qiaodong in Beijing, Lord Hai, you sent them to be refugees and undercover agents, but they really know people well. He asked, "I wonder what news the two of them have found?" ”

Hai Rui said: "The two of them came to Jinan, first mixed in the refugee pile outside the city, and then went to the disaster relief porridge shed outside Wang Xuanwang's old staff, and at the same time inquired about folk rumors in the streets and alleys. In the middle of the night, he also sneaked into the houses of several petty officials and eavesdropped on the foot of the wall. ”

Yan Hongxin said, these two brothers of mine are familiar with doing this kind of thing, and they even sneaked into the official ship to assassinate me.

Hai Rui said: "The first thing that the two of them found out was that you Yan Qincha made a big fuss about the Spring Pavilion and arrested Chang Yannei. That's just it. After that, Qin Cha corresponded with officials, and even the rumors that Miss Chang was not innocent, and both of them found out and told me. ”

Yan Hong was embarrassed when he heard this, and thought to himself, two brothers, I didn't treat you two badly, why did I elbow out and give Hai Rui a small report on everything that happened to my brother. Totaling Hai Rui, you sent them to visit me in Weifu!

Hai Rui continued: "Yan Qincha's ridiculous thing, and put it aside. The two of them also found that in the place where the refugees gathered and boiled porridge for relief, from time to time some people were fanning the flames and calling on people to join the White Lotus Sect. The two of them were in good health, and some people repeatedly came to pester, persuading them to join the church. ”

Yan Hong heard the words "White Lotus Sect", and his head was big. However, he also learned some news from Tian Pan'er. Therefore, Shang Yan Hong nodded and said, "Now that hundreds of thousands of disaster victims have gathered in Jinan, we must prevent the White Lotus Sect from making trouble from it. ”

Hai Rui sighed: "If the government is clear and clear, so that the people have a way to live, who will be a good person to be a White Lotus Sect bandit?" I am afraid that the officials are greedy for ink and the people are cornered, and those demons can take the opportunity to demagogue people and disturb the country. Today's Shandong affairs are mixed with officials and thieves, which is actually quite difficult to handle. ”

Hai Rui also introduced himself along the way, investigated the state capital, and found many suspicious points. From the clues, it is shown that the governor Liu Cai is scathing and greedy. Since he took office, even the regular payment has been 10% higher than in the past. In order to meet their demands, local state governments can only intensify the search for land, and even disaster years are no exception. The imperial court has obviously reduced or exempted Shandong's taxes, but Liu Cai concealed it and did not report it, and still collected it according to the original amount, and I don't know how many families were ruined.

Regardless of this, it is even more suspicious to say that the extra grain that was harvested is now missing. It is important to know that grain has been the lifeblood of the country since ancient times, and stealing and selling grain from the treasury without permission is also a capital crime. Now Hai Rui has found some clues, and if he touches the melons, he will probably be able to behead the governor of the country.

Yan Hong couldn't help but understand a little more when he heard Hai Rui say this. Before he went to Jinan this time, he had some doubts about what role Liu Cai, as the governor, played in this great famine in Jinan? And after having a meal with Liu Cai and others, combined with Liu Cai's private instigation of his words, Yan Hong even judged that his own uncle was probably one of the culprits of the accident in Jinan.

He also knew something about Hai Rui's temper, and he knew that since this person had learned the clues, he would definitely chase him down. Even if he wants to keep Yan Mansion, the world's uncle Liu Cai, as a Zhengqincha, he may not be able to keep it. Although he didn't approve of Liu Cai's various behaviors, in this complicated situation, he didn't want Hai Rui to be too aggressive and mess things up.

Therefore, he comforted: "Brother Hai, what Liu Cai has done, naturally he can't let it go lightly. However, after all, there are many rumors, there is still little empirical evidence, and there is no recourse to the disappearance of the stored grain. Now it is important to try to save the people of a province. If you are in a hurry to clean up Liu Cai, I am afraid that you will miss the right thing. ”

Hai Rui didn't insist on investigating the culprit this time, but nodded and said, "Not bad." The situation in Jinan is not just one Liu Cai. According to the confessions and pleadings I received along the way, Li Shouzhen and Qian Feng could not escape their crimes. These people are in high positions and power, and once they are taken, they will inevitably involve a group of officials. When the people's hearts fluctuate, and no one will take care of this relief, it will be very unbeautiful. Now the only way to do this is to give full relief to Pingguang first, and when this disaster is dealt with, it is not too late to catch these traitors. It's just that the officials and businessmen in Jinan colluded, and they didn't care about the lives of the people of Limin, and it was difficult for the household department to send the 100,000 taels of silver. Now it seems that although the government grain merchants are two, they are actually one, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to govern the rice merchants and gentry without overthrowing the corrupt officials. ”

Yan Hong stretched out his hand from his waist, took out a thick stack of silver tickets, handed it to Hai Rui and said, "Brother Hai, I, Yan Hong, am not a clean official, and you know it. Well, most of the Cheng Yi sent by officials along the way are here, and some of them are cash, so go back and get them. Together, there are tens of thousands of taels. You first use the money to buy rice from the grain merchants for relief, and temporarily relieve the temporary difficulties. As for the matter of affordable grain, it seems that it is difficult to do. These people show their carriages and horses, but they don't want to be peaceful. We don't know where their food is hidden, and even if we do, it's not good to really lead troops to rob it. What's more, Wang Xuan's identity is special, and most of him is a little entangled with the White Lotus Sect, which is another trouble, and we are now roasted on the fire. ”

Hai Rui saw that the other party was willing to take the initiative to hand over the silver looted along the way, which was really unexpected, he had only seen the official /// staff collecting money, how many times had he ever seen someone take the initiative to take out the money? Speaking of disaster relief, it was originally done to be a credit, but if it can't be done, it may not really be Yan Hong's punishment. As a deputy envoy, he looks at it, and he looks like a good candidate for thunder. In this case, Yan Hong took the initiative to hand over the silver, which is really commendable. (To be continued......)