Chapter 311: A Fire
It was a woman, a woman in rags, dressed in tattered clothes, with knotted hair on her head.
With a black face on his face, he dragged half a straw sandal with his bare left foot and his right foot, and was holding a stick, and it could be seen that his legs and feet seemed to be somewhat disabled.
There was also a child standing next to him, the child was also dirty, and his clothes did not cover his body, but at the age of three or five, his eyes were already dull and cloudy, thin and pitiful.
This is a beggar who asks for food, a girl and a young son.
I didn't know how to be blind, so I slipped to Nancheng, and I didn't know how to be blind, so I begged all the way to get here.
The two people sitting at this table really don't see this kind of person.
When ordinary housekeepers see such people, they will usually give them two dollars and coax them away.
This is really not wrong, the poor have a good conscience, the big housekeeper has no big conscience, and the little conscience still attacks from time to time.
is also trying to feel at ease, but now the situation is unusual, the person sitting next to him is Qianlong!
Lord Qianlong has never seen any beggars who ask for food in his life!
The shock of the Jinan case at the beginning, now that I think about it, it makes the big housekeeper frightened, and the emperor is angry, and the coercion is not something that ordinary people can bear.
It is precisely because of the original Jinan case that the emperor has never seen a beggar in his life, and he is really angry.
God knows how, I ran into it today.
"Let's go! Don't be an eyesore! ”
The chief butler took out all the change in his pocket and threw it to the woman, thinking that he wanted to quickly blow away the deadly mother and daughter.
The woman got the money, turned around and kowtowed to thank her, and was about to leave, but Lord Qianlong stopped the two of them.
"Wait!"
As soon as he shouted these words, the chief butler was drenched in cold sweat.
"Where did you get it?"
"Shandong..."
The big housekeeper is about to cry, this is still a beggar in Shandong, how can he beg for food to come to the capital, and let people live!
"What? It's Shandong again! ”
Qianlong Ye stood up suddenly, anger erupted in his eyes, and his fists were clenched.
The beggar mother and daughter didn't know why the person in front of them was so angry, and only looked at the fat man next to her desperately signaling to let her leave.
I don't know, anyway, after getting the money, the woman left with the child.
When the two of them walked away, Qianlong Ye sat back on the chair, looking at the sad and helpless figure of the mother and daughter, his heart was like a knife!
"I just ran a Shandong job, and now the grave soil has not yet been implemented, and there is another wave of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, which is really lively!"
"Master, you are angry..."
"Fart, what's the anger? Hold the pen and ink, pass on my will! Order the officials of various ministries in Shandong to enter Beijing! Strictly check whether there is any situation of deducting grain and grass, and if it is verified, all of them will be cut down by me! ”
The big housekeeper was drenched in sweat all over his body, and his heart was cold!
After Qianlong Ye said this, he was not interested, stood up and brushed his sleeves away, leaving the chief housekeeper trembling here, and he didn't dare to move for a long time.
The owner of the noodle shop is not his own person, just an ordinary trader, and when he saw that Qianlong was gone, he walked up and said:
"Virtuous, he also made himself the emperor, this is full of people who want to eat, what kind of big-tailed wolf is pretending, he can't even afford to eat a bowl, and he strictly investigates corruption? Drink too much, right? ”
After hearing this, the big butler screamed, and according to this person's face, he slapped his round and left and right bows!
"Bang bang bang!"
Gave the trader a lot of meat and vegetables, covered his face and was stunned, sat on the ground, looked at the big butler and trembled.
This kind of small people in the market seem to be cowardly, but if they really encounter any hard stubble, they are really not as good as their grandsons.
was beaten by the big housekeeper, and he didn't dare to speak, so he could only sit on the ground and be stupid.
The chief butler hurriedly got up, and then left, and as soon as he left, he saw a group of people with hideous faces, and took the trader up and took him away.
took it away with a mother and daughter!
They have not been seen since.
In the evening, the chief butler arranged everything, and then sat down in the chair and calmed down.
There was a large box on the floor, which had kept the butler awake for days.
In this unsteady dream, there is also a mixture of joy and excitement.
But now the box placed here is really a machete, and the big butler touched his neck a few more times and swallowed his saliva.
You have to give up what you should give, otherwise it's over.
The officials who sent the money, the group of people who Xiao Liu San had gone to increase the weight, were from Shandong.
Shandong has been suffering from drought for many years, and this matter is already well known, and the imperial court will give relief grain and grass every year.
changed a governor and cut off countless heads, but he still couldn't stop people's hearts from ghosts.
The newly appointed officials also thought that this grain and grass could not be completely emptied, otherwise it would be difficult to explain at that time, so they would simply replace it with bran for livestock to eat, and fill it up indiscriminately.
The silver that was exchanged for three or seven was divided into accounts, three points were reserved for them, and seven points were paid tribute to the great steward.
This was originally a wonderful trick that flowed for a long time and did not leak, but it was unexpectedly broken by a pair of beggars.
Thinking of this, how could the big housekeeper be willing, so angry that his teeth were about to swell, and he dragged his cheeks to see that the eyeballs were all scarlet.
In the end, it still can't be plugged with so many omissions, and this matter has long been known to the East Window incident.
After all, year after year, there are more and more victims, and slowly this group of starving ghosts really has no choice, so they can only go to Beijing to survive.
After all, the capital is the imperial capital, and no one can live in this place, so there is really no way out in this world.
There are more and more victims entering Beijing, and they can always be seen on the street, and the chief housekeeper once discussed this matter with Shuntianfu Yin, and blasted the victims out of the city.
As a result, now that Shuntianfu has been replaced, the new guy is not completely familiar with the road, so he is not careful, but in the end he still put in two fish that slipped through the net.
Just these two fish that slipped through the net have cut off a way to make money!
"Hey, I'm so angry, Liu San, carry this box back."
The chief butler took one last look at the gold and silver treasures, and sealed all the silver taels transported from Shandong, and sealed them tightly.
This great steward is worthy of being a clever man, knowing that this matter will be solved sooner or later, and he has already laid an ambush.
Therefore, the gold and silver treasures transported from Shandong have been sealed, and as long as the case is solved, action can be taken.
Ordinary officials go to investigate, it doesn't hurt, a big case only needs a big amount of silver.
But when the emperor knows, it's different, and this can't be left to chance.
It is necessary to send all this money back in the shortest possible time and get out of the way.
Therefore, when the big housekeeper accepts bribes from Shandong, he must be crowned with the gimmick of "temporary safekeeping", and as long as something happens, he will return it without leaving a penny.
It is reasonable, this thing can be said, and there is a logical reason, the big butler never fights unprepared battles.
Liu San watched from the side, his eyes were hot, but he didn't dare to make up his mind, and after listening to the master's instructions, he covered the box, ordered someone to carry it out, and transported it back to Shandong overnight!
All the letters exchanged with the officials in Shandong will be burned tonight, and they will be done without mercy.
The group of Shandong officials are still waiting for news in the inn, waiting for the big housekeeper to play the imperial court to increase grain and grass to "relieve the victims".
But the big butler only wants to "help" himself now.
Look at the boxes one by one, boxes of silver are lifted out like this, and the big housekeeper's heart is broken into a leek box filled with donkey meat!
A pinch of salt was added!
This night was another sleepless night, and when he woke up the next day, the big butler's eyes were scarlet, his eye sockets were purple, and half of the three souls and seven spirits were missing.
sighed all night, and his voice became hoarse, so he almost cried and called his mother.
But I still have to go to the early court, so I am ready to play the twists and turns, get into the sedan chair, and rush to the court all the way.
By the time of the early dynasty, all the officials were divided into civil and military, unicorn cranes, and treasures.
The emperor held his forehead and hung his head, sat on the dragon chair without saying a word, and could see that he was in a very bad mood.
"The slave has this to play!"
The chief butler stepped out, dragged the pearl, and bowed his head in return.
"Say."
Qianlongye's voice was boring, and it was very uncomfortable.
"The minister heard that there has been a famine in Shandong in recent days, and he couldn't sleep all night, but the imperial court gave grain and grass every year, and there should have been nothing to say, but during this time, there were always Shandong victims crying and screaming in the land of Gyeonggi, and under the shock, the minister found that the officials of Shandong Prefecture Yin and various ministries were greedy for money, and actually replaced the grain and grass of the imperial court to relieve the victims with bran, which is really hateful, and the minister asked the emperor to strictly investigate this matter!"
"Bold! Just beheaded a batch of tigers, and another pack of hungry wolves came! Spread my will, and ordered the officials of various ministries in Shandong to be detained in Beijing, and the Criminal Department of the Ministry of War will try the case, and all the people involved must be found out! ”
"Long live the wise!"
All the officials knelt down and bowed, but the Admiral of the Nine Gates did not shout that the emperor was wise.
Before he could say anything, he just saw that the official of the criminal department stood up and reported the matter:
"The minister Qi played the emperor, and the adults sympathized with the people, and found out this case, it is really a hero, and the minister asked the emperor to commend and the lord, in order to comfort the loyal and virtuous!"
"Yes, I will give instructions on this matter and post it outside the city for the people to see."
Kowtowing again, shouting together, the emperor asked again:
"The newly appointed Shuntian Mansion, has there been anything else going on recently?"
The newly appointed Shuntianfu hurriedly stumbled out and reported: "There is nothing to do in the city, but I heard that there was a fire in Bada Hutong, which has now been extinguished." ”
"It doesn't hurt if that kind of place burns, it's not in the way, let's retreat, I'm tired."
The dynasty was dispersed, the chief housekeeper was rewarded, and all the corrupt officials in Shandong were all arrested.
After retreating from the court, the Admiral of the Nine Gates waited at the door, seeing that the big butler was like a spring breeze in March, and walked out leisurely, so he stepped forward to stop him:
"Fatty, isn't that bit of dirt enough to cover your dung? It's fast enough. ”
As soon as the chief butler heard this, his face fell:
"You said your mouth, can you get dirtier again? How can I just cover... Go, go, go! ”
"Hey, don't think I'm ugly, who doesn't know about you? Something went wrong, it's time for you to suffer, tell you clearly, this time you can't hide from anything! ”
The same routine, the same words, can work every time, as soon as the chief butler heard what the Admiral of the Nine Gates said, he immediately came up, and looked panicked:
"What's going on?"
"Hmph, is the medicine refined?"
When the chief butler heard this, he grinned!