Chapter 359 A Ray of Light (1)
Yunzhou.
Before coming to Yunzhou, Di Cambodia was not very familiar with Yunzhou.
He only heard that Yunzhou is a place where the people are simple and simple, and the local clans are quite strong, and they often make decisions for the people and avenge the people, so they do not hesitate to fight with the officials in the court.
From the standpoint of the government, the people who work against the government are undoubtedly the people.
Whatever the reasons of the other side, they should be arrested and imprisoned immediately, otherwise the majesty of the government will not exist, and if everyone is allowed to follow suit, then the local order will not exist, and the world will be in chaos.
But from the perspective of the world, Di Cambodia is not very hostile to the local squires and clans with a sense of conscience and justice.
After being an official for so many years, he knows very well that once the power of the government is not constrained, and he can ride on the heads of the people and do whatever he wants, what will those officials do.
Since there is such a big family as the Yun family in Yunzhou, before Di Cambodia came, he always thought that this place must be ruled by the officials, the officials are all impartial and law-abiding, and the officials are all good to the people.
But standing in the treasury at this moment, facing the mountains of people donating materials, he only felt that the account book in his hand was heavier than Mount Tai, and he couldn't hold it steadily, and it was more piercing than a sharp knife, and he couldn't hold it.
According to the account books, there were 80,000 horses of cloth, 30,000 horses of silk, and 120,000 stones of corn in this storehouse...... However, the official has just counted, but the statistics are clear, there are 150,000 horses of cloth, 70,000 horses of silk, and 200,000 stones of corn!"
Di Cambodia stared at the chief of Cangcao, who was standing aside, and his eyebrows were as angry as a sword:
"What's the matter, what's going on? The materials donated by the people of Yunzhou are obviously piled up, why are there only so many of them registered in your account books?!"
He Huanzhi, the director of Cangcao, didn't dare to raise his head to meet Di Khanzhi's gaze, and he said hesitantly:
"If you go back to your lordship, this is all a dereliction of duty on the part of the lower official, and the lower official has not finished counting the warehouse materials...... Chen Jinghe, the former director of Cangcao, has just been dealt with, and the time for the next official is limited, and he has not had time to finish counting the materials, please give the lower official a little time, and the lower official will definitely ......"
"Shut up!" Di Cambodia shouted loudly, wanting to smash the account book on He Huanzhi's face, but he took a deep breath and held back.
He has been an official for many years, he has always been honest, and he can enjoy a good reputation in Yanping, so it can be seen that he must have the ability to be discerning and not to be deceived and fooled, at this moment, of course he knows what tricks He Huanzhi and them are playing, where can he tolerate the other party's nonsense?
When Zhao Ning led the army to the expedition, he handed over the civil affairs of Yunzhou to him, Di Cambodia felt a great responsibility, the situation was urgent, to ensure the next war of the Yunzhou army, the grain and military supplies were undoubtedly the core, and the first thing Di Cambodia did was to count the grain and materials in Yunzhou overnight.
Ordinary officials have just arrived, and they must have a good idea of the treasury of a place, just look at the account books, and at most inspect the warehouse, but Di Cambodia let the people he brought directly count the materials according to the account books.
It's okay not to check, but when I checked it, I immediately found out that there was a problem, and there were so many more physical objects in the warehouse than in the account books!
The general accounts do not match, the numbers in the account books are large, and there are actually not so many things in the treasury, which is a bad account, but the warehouse in front of me is filled with materials donated by the people of Yunzhou, and there are more physical objects than recorded in the account books, which means that it is self-evident.
"Bring it!"
Di Cambodia threw the so-called account book in his hand on the ground, stretched out his hand to He Huanzhi, and issued an unquestionable order.
Just now his manpower counted the materials, at first He Huanzhi and the others could still deal with it calmly, but after finding out that Di Cambodia Zhi was not acting but coming to the real thing, they all changed their eyes, saying that Di Cambodia and others came from afar to do the hard work, this little miscellaneous matter will be done by the officials of Cangcao themselves, to ensure that nothing will go wrong.
Now that the stuffing is exposed, He Huanzhi and other Cangcao officials are trembling.
"Your Excellency...... What do you want?" He Huanzhi put on a confused look, and stiffened his head.
"Master He! Do you really not know how to die? Are you still coying with the official? If you don't bring the real account books to the official, do you want the official to search for them himself? If the official finds out, will your head still be saved?"
Di Khanzhi's attitude shows that this is his ultimatum.
He Huanzhi finally couldn't bear Di Cambodia's coercion, and hurriedly called a confidant and asked the other party to take out the real account books.
When Di Cambodia received the new account book and opened it, he only felt that it was dark in front of him, his feet shook, and he was so angry that he almost fainted on the spot.
"Last month, there were 180,000 horses of cloth and silk, 130,000 horses of silk, and 320,000 stones of corn donated by the people of Yunzhou!
Di Cambodia pushed away the officials who came to help, Rao is that he did not go into battle to kill the enemy, and now his eyes are bloodstained, looking at the eyes of He Huanzhi and others, it seems that he can't wait to eat them:
"Even though the official has been mentally prepared and knows that you will be greedy for donations from the people, but at most the official thinks that you will be greedy for a fraction, and you will be greedy for a fraction of the day, you really opened the eyes of the official, and only left a fraction for the officers and soldiers of the three armies!
"Your conscience is all for the dog?!"
In the account book on the surface, there are only a few materials, and the material wealth that is not recorded in this account book is naturally used to divide it within the government.
If Di Cambodia comes later, and the material wealth in the warehouse is divided, the accounts will be consistent, and even if he is an immortal, he will not be able to find anything.
He Huanzhi and other officials were sweating profusely when they were questioned by Di Cambodia, and hurriedly bowed to the ground, constantly admitting their mistakes and pleading guilty, hoping that Di Cambodia would give them another chance.
"Where is the account book for the distribution of the spoils?" asked Di Cambodia word by word.
The materials in the warehouse have been divided a lot, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands, involving many officials of the Assassin's Mansion, how much should each person share, how much has been divided, and how much should be divided in the future, of course, there will be account books, this is not three or five people to share the spoils, you 30,000 and I 50,000 will be fine, and it will not be clear and unreasonable just by relying on the brain.
"Master Di, no...... There is no such account book......" He Huanzhi and the others looked at each other, and finally decided to grit their teeth.
The real account books are just for Di Cambodia to take, where the materials that are greedy for ink go, it's not that they can't find a way to cover up, the worst is just to return them, but if they take out the account books of the stolen goods, their corruption crimes one by one will be confirmed, and there will be no room for maneuver!
Moreover, in the account book of the distribution of stolen goods, it is not only recorded how much the officials of the Assassin Mansion have shared, but also the plan of how much everyone should share, once it is exposed, they will be able to share most of the material wealth of the treasury, and they can no longer cover it up.
With such a large amount of money pressed on his body, the crime is much greater than the materials that have been taken away by the greedy ink, and the consequences of the officials can be imagined.
"So far, do you still want to hide it? If you don't hand it over, the official will find it out by himself, and your crime will be added to the same degree!" Di Khan Zhi knew that such an important thing as the account book of the distribution of stolen goods would definitely be well hidden, and he was afraid that it would not be easy for him to turn it out.
The government has not encountered this kind of thing in the past when the government does fake accounts and embezzles public funds, and it can even be said that he is accustomed to it, and if there are no two account books in the government treasury, he is embarrassed to say that he is the government.
Like the Yunzhou Thorn Mansion, the greedy boss only leaves a small head for the court and the people, and Di Cambodia is not surprised, and the officials always have to eat themselves before they give the people some soup to drink. This is the meaning of power, those who have the right to eat meat do not have the right to drink soup, and this is how the resources for survival are distributed.
But now, after all, it is in the period of the National War, the Beihu army is menacing, the Jiangshan Society is in danger, Yunzhou is an important frontier town, and the officials here are still greedy for so much ink, and they are greedy for the donations of the people, so that Di Cambodia can't think of it, and he can't help but be angry in his heart.
He Huanzhi, who was kneeling on the ground, exchanged glances with everyone again, and finally made up his mind, looked up at Di Cambodia, and said resolutely:
"Lord Di has just arrived in Yunzhou, and he wants to establish his prestige and establish meritorious deeds, and the lower officials can understand it, but if Lord Di wants to slander us for his own selfishness, and use our net worth and lives to exchange our own future, we can't give in!"
The rest of the officials responded together: "Forgive us for not being subservient!"
Di Cambodia's face changed, "You are corrupt and pervert the law, the facts are there, and you still want to quibble?"
He Huanzhi actually let out a sneer: "Master Di is wrong in what he said, the things in the warehouse are all the sins of the former Cangcao director Chen Jinghe, and they have nothing to do with the lower officials."
"The reason why there are two account books is also Chen Jinghe's culpability, and the lower officials and others are not involved. Based on these alone, Master Di is like slandering us for being greedy, isn't it too harsh?"
Other officials immediately chimed in: "It's all Chen Jinghe's crime, and we don't know about it!"
Di Khan Zhi stared at He Huanzhi: "He Huanzhi, do you think that without the account book of the spoils, you can't help you?"
"Whether the missing materials in the warehouse are in your house, the official only needs to send someone to check, and he will soon be able to find out! Even if you sell some of them, there are so many merchants in Yunzhou City, can't the official follow the map?"
He Huanzhi said twice, his expression became calm, although he was still kneeling on the ground, his hands were in his sleeves, and he said:
"If Master Di really wants to do this, it will be an enemy of all the officials of the Yunzhou Assassin Mansion. You are new to the city, you have no foundation here, things are really out of control, not to mention who loses and who wins, if Yunzhou is in chaos, it gives the Beihu army an opportunity to take advantage of it and hinders the overall situation of the national war, can Lord Di bear this responsibility?"
As soon as these words came out, the other officials all looked at Di Cambodia with a sneering face.
Things were out of control, and they were no longer afraid of Di Cambodia's majesty.
"Shut up! You are also worthy of talking about the overall situation of the national war? The overall situation of the national war is bad for people like you!" Di Cambodia Zhi couldn't help but be shocked and angry when he was threatened by everyone like this.
But in the current situation, he calmed down in his heart, but his eyes were full of murder: "There are so many officials up and down the Yunzhou Assassin's Mansion, are they all corrupt and heinous? Do you think everyone will follow you to fight against this official?"
He Huanzhi smiled even more teasingly, full of confidence: "We can't afford to be charged with heinous crimes."
"Over the years, we have never disregarded human life, let alone fish and meat in the township, otherwise there would have been someone who would have attacked us without Lord Di coming, but eating meat is a big thing, and it is impossible for all officials to stay out of it.
"Master Di is a Shangguan, don't you know the truth that people need to be the same as the light and dust in the officialdom? If an official does not eat meat, it is like a tiger not eating people, and a rich person not making money, how is this possible?
"Tigers have claws, they want to eat people, rich people have money in their hands, they want to buy houses, buy property and annex land, and officials have power in their hands, they want to eat meat. This is the principle of heaven and earth, it is the avenue of the world, and the gods can't change it when they come!
"We don't give the account book to Master Di, it's not that we're afraid that Lord Di will be guilty of the crime, it's just that we don't want to offend our colleagues in the Assassin's Mansion and make ourselves the target of public criticism.
"Master Di wants to deal with us with this, it is undoubtedly whimsical, and my colleagues are not grateful to us, and they will stand on our side for self-preservation!"
Di Cambodia Zhi was as determined as iron again, and when he heard He Huanzhi's heavy words, he couldn't help but feel a chill.
Zhao Ning beheaded Chen Jinghe and escorted the Yunzhou Assassin Shi, Di Khan Zhi thought that he had deterred this group of Xiaoxiao, but he didn't expect that the deterrence was a deterrent, but the effect was not as expected.
What he didn't expect was that the officials of the Yunzhou Assassin Mansion did not have a clean official with clean sleeves, and everyone was black, so they had no fear!
Di Cambodia used to be an errand boy in Gyeonggi, and he had never served in a local prefecture or county far away from the center, and he really hadn't encountered a situation where everyone in an official government like Yunzhou was not innocent, and he dared to form a ball of overhead officials and coerce officials.
He has no foundation in Yunzhou, although he brought a few people this time, it is essentially similar to parachuting alone, encountering this sinister situation, there is no strength to rely on, and he wants to endanger the interests of everyone, how can he not be deflated?
He Huanzhi looked at Di Cambodia's ugly face, and felt happy in his heart, feeling that this could be given better to the new Shangguan, and when it came to this, he didn't have to hold the pipa and half-cover his face, so he said bluntly:
"Lord Di is a newly arrived Shangguan, we should be for Lord Di, if we are not here at this time but at the banquet, there will be no such bad things, and Lord Di can also see our sincerity in respecting Shangguan - the benefits that should be obtained by Shangguan, we will definitely not dare to lack half a point.
"Master Di wants to make a difference in Yunzhou, we naturally obey orders, the current national war, even if we are on duty day and night, we will not complain. But if Master Di wants us to lose our jobs, and wants the horses to run and not let the horses graze, we have no choice.
"I also hope that Master Di will be aware of our toil and difficulties. ”
was taught and warned by He Huanzhi in person, Di Cambodia, as the official of everyone, his face had been trampled under the feet of the other party, and the humiliation and anger in his heart can be imagined.
But what the other party said was reality.
He wanted to fight against the entire Yunzhou government on his own, but he was indeed beyond his strength.