On November 18, he was ordered to investigate the flood case in the south.

On the same day, a number of officials were dismissed on suspicion of embezzling official money for repairing embankments, enriching their own pockets, deducting grain funds for disaster relief, and colluding with officials and businessmen to raise grain prices. The huge amount of money involved, the large number of people involved, and the rampant means of accumulating wealth shocked the government and the public.

Liu Wende, the governor of Yunyang Prefecture, is also impressively listed.

When the news came back to the Gongfu, Song Zixun was teaching Guan'er to write, and he only said "um" casually when he heard the words.

On the contrary, Changxing saw that his attention was still on the big characters written by Guan'er, and he couldn't suppress his excitement and said, "Master, this time that Liu Wende colluded with profiteers and filled his pockets, and the evidence of the crime is conclusive, he will definitely not be able to escape!" The fact that he framed you at the beginning was also revealed, and I think that your wronged Zhaoxue is just around the corner! ”

Guan'er held the pen and raised her head, looked at Changxing on the ground, and then looked at Song Zixun, and asked curiously, "Daddy, why is Uncle Changxing so happy?" ”

Song Zixun smiled lightly, "It is always a good thing that the evildoer has been duly punished." He picked up the paper that his daughter copied and looked at it, nodded and said, "These words are written quite well, and I will take them back to show your mother." ”

Wan'er smiled, "Thank you, Daddy, for the compliment." ”

Song Zixun touched his daughter's little mustache and said with a smile, "Let's get here today first and go out to play." ”

Wan'er smiled and said yes, carefully put away the papers, and happily went out to find the nurse girl.

Song Zixun asked Changxing, "Is there any movement on my cousin's side?" ”

Han Zonghao settled the shop in the south and returned to Beijing with his family. He also came back with Xue Chenghe, a miracle doctor who made immortal contributions in the plague and saved countless lives, and was known as the "reincarnation of Hua Tuo".

Changxing was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "I heard that Your Majesty asked someone to reward a lot of things today, and ordered Divine Doctor Xue to enter the palace in three days to thank you!" Changxing Meizizi calculated, "It's good now, Doctor Xue has superb medical skills, and he is famous all over the world, needless to say, I think the silver he used to treat the victims was still from you!" When His Majesty knows, he will definitely be greatly rewarded! ”

"I don't need to mention that." Song Zixun said lightly, "I didn't give him the silver to get his divine doctor's light today...... Otherwise, what is the difference between it and those villains who sell their reputations? ”

"Yes, yes, the master has to teach the ......" Changxing was responding again and again, when he heard the sound of a woman's laughter outside, "Who is this talking about?" I saw Du Rongzhi smiling and opening the curtain and walking in.

Changxing hurriedly saluted Du Rongzhi.

Song Zixun stood up, "Why are you here?" ”

Du Rongzhi said with a smile, "I'm here to say hello to my grandfather...... Congratulations to the Lord for coming to Jitai, and he has been wronged. ”

"I'm afraid you're a little early." Song Zixun smiled and waved his hand at Changxing, who hurriedly leaned down and retreated.

Du Rongzhi was stunned, "Isn't it?" "The previous incident was deliberately smeared and planted by someone with a heart, but now they have obviously been caught...... 80

Song Zixun pulled her to sit down, and couldn't help reproaching, "Why are your hands so cold, and I don't know how to ask someone to pour a soup woman...... and shook her two hands to warm her palms.

Du Rongzhi's mind was not on this, and she smiled lightly, "I don't feel how cold it is." He urged, "You haven't answered what I just asked you......

Song Zixun said with a smile while helping her warm her hands, "Actually, the things they impeached me in the first place were just chasing after the wind, and if you want to punish the crime, you need to come up with conclusive evidence...... Now His Majesty is angry about the corruption of the southern officials to repair the embankment, and the officials are also very busy, who has the time to care about me, a shrimp soldier and crab general? Even if it is rehabilitated, it will probably take a while......"

Du Rongzhi nodded, and said in her heart No matter what, now that the matter is finally going to come to light, it can be regarded as letting go of a big stone in her heart, and thinking about it again, she can't help but be curious, "So this flood is so bad, it's all because officials at all levels have withheld the official money for repairing the embankment?" ”

In fact, what she wants to know more is why the natural disaster that should have happened two years later was inexplicably advanced......

Song Zixun bowed slightly, and sneered, "In fact, it has long been the norm for water conservancy projects like this to extract benefits from top to bottom to fill their pockets...... It's just that everyone knows that this levee protects the peace of hundreds of people, and even if it collects money from it, there must be a limit. For many years, although floods in the south have occurred frequently, they have not caused any major disasters after all. ”

"But this tacit convention was broken by a few fools." Facing Du Rongzhi's puzzled gaze, Song Zixun continued, "It stands to reason that the silver money spent on repairing the embankment over the years, even if it is peeled layer by layer, will reach more than sixty percent in the hands of local officials, and it will not have much impact on repairing the embankment. It's a pity that the newly appointed Ministry of Works' mother Pingchong looked too ugly the year before last......"

Du Rongzhi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "What do you say is his surname?" ”

"Mother, mother's mother." Song Zi said, "Do you think his surname is very special? ”

Du Rongzhi nodded with a complicated expression.

It's because the "mother" surname is too special, so she will remember it...... At this time in his previous life, Mu Pingchong had been investigated by Song Zixun, who was serving in the Criminal Department at the time......

I heard that this person was bold and greedy, and the stolen silver confiscated from his house when he raided his house was hundreds of thousands of taels...... But at that time, he was just a small outsider in the Ministry of Works!

Song Zixun saw that Du Rongzhi pursed her lips and was silent, thinking that she was still thinking about this surname, so she smiled and said, "My mother's surname lived in Shandong in the early years, and I heard my uncle say that there is still a 'mother's village' over there, and more than half of the people in the village have the surname Mother...... But we don't see it very often. ”

Du Rongzhi nodded and hesitated, "So it's because this Mu Pingchong embezzled money for the repair of the embankment that it caused this year's flood......

"He's one of them." Song Zi said, "There are many ...... involved in this matter from top to bottom In particular, Xian Cheng, the magistrate of Huai County, and Yan Bingzheng, the same magistrate of Yunyang Prefecture, were embarrassed and engaged in a big deal of embezzlement and construction funds, so that the river embankment in Huai County had almost no money to reinforce, and finally had to cut corners with shoddy products...... It is only a matter of time before the dam bursts in this way. ”

Du Rongzhi was silent for a while after hearing this, "It turns out that this is ......"

In other words, if it weren't for the fact that Song Zixun didn't go to the Criminal Department in this life and let him go, this flood would ...... Maybe it won't happen earlier at all?

But it was precisely because he went to the south that by mistake, they helped Xue Chenghe save more patients infected with the plague, and also curbed the spread of the plague in the south very early......

Thinking about it this way, it's not all bad......

Song Zixun didn't know what she was thinking, nodded and said, "Now these people have been investigated, and some of the most heinous people have been beheaded for public display...... It can be regarded as an explanation to the people whose families were ruined in the flood. ”