Chongzhen did not go directly to the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun, but came to the Huai'an Mansion first.

Fan Zhongjie, the prefect of Huai'an, was so shocked that his shoes ran away, and hurriedly came to the gate to pick up the car.

"Fan Zhongjie, the prefect of Huai'an, knocked to see the saint." Fan Zhongjie fell to his knees with his head, and the officials of Huai'an Mansion, Tongzhi, Tongju and the government also knelt on the ground, and they didn't dare to breathe.

Other governments don't know, but in the hearts of the officials of Huai'an Mansion, Chongzhen can almost be compared to Taizu Chengzu.

Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, was an arrogant figure, and he held tens of thousands of troops in his hands, but he was taken down by the saint without spending a single soldier and corrected the law on the spot.

"Flat, get up."

Chongzhen glanced at the kneeling Huai'an officials and walked straight into the lobby.

After entering the lobby of the government, Chongzhen sat directly on the prefect's chair under the "Zhengda Guangming" plaque.

After Fan Zhongjie and a cadre of adjutants and officials came in, they wanted to kneel on the ground again, but they were stopped by Chongzhen with a wave of his hand.

"Excuse me, stand and talk back." Chongzhen waved his hand and asked, "I ask you, what's going on with the hundreds of merchant ships gathered on the canal docks outside?" ”

Fan Zhongjie hesitated slightly.

Chongzhen immediately said with a straight face: "Fan Zhongjie, you'd better tell me the truth!" ”

"Commandment." Fan Zhongjie was so frightened that he subconsciously wanted to kneel down again, but as soon as he knelt halfway down, he saw Chongzhen's eyes sweeping over, and he immediately straightened his legs and stood up.

"That's right." Chongzhen said, "Lord Fan, your father named you Zhongjie, I must hope that you can become a hero among people when you grow up, as a monarch father, I also hope that you can stand up to the sky and be a prefect, even if the sky falls, you can support the people of Huai'an!" ”

"Commandment." A flush swelled up on Fan Zhongjie's face.

In a trance, Fan Zhongjie recalled the picture when he was just a junior high school.

When Chongzhen was just a junior high school in the tenth year, he was also full of pride, dreaming of being able to achieve some achievements, even if he couldn't achieve the three immortal holy positions, at least he had to leave a strong mark in the history books.

However, somehow, I got lost in the vast sea as I walked.

Since then, he has only known to go with the flow, and he will no longer be the passionate pride of the year.

But Chongzhen's words just now were like a yellow bell that woke him up.

"Holy Lord." Fan Zhongjie said solemnly, "The reason for the incident is that Lu Butang wants to bypass the state capitals and no longer buy grain from various state capitals according to the levy quota of grain, but plans to buy grain directly from grain merchants." ”

Several officials standing next to him looked at each other, but Fan Zhongjie ignored them.

Fan Zhongjie paused, and then said: "Lu Butang buys grain from grain merchants at a price fifty percent higher than the market price, but the premise is that the grain merchants are responsible for transporting the grain to Shanyang City. ”

"After the news spread, grain merchants from eight prefectures and other states in the south of the Yangtze River came one after another."

"However, at this moment, the Nanzhi Inspector pressed the imperial Shi Qi Biaojia to participate in the Lu Butang, and then the Hu Kedu gave Luo Wanxiang and dozens of Daoyan officials in the matter to impeach the Lu Butang, saying that the Lu Butang bought grain at a price fifty percent higher than the market price, and there must be a transfer of interests between the Lu Butang and the grain merchants."

"In the face of turbulent public opinion, Lu Butang was speechless, so he could only dismiss the governor of Caoyun and defend himself."

"Lu Butang dismissed the governor of Caoyun, and several officials of the governor's office either died or fell ill suddenly, and because no one was watching, hundreds of grain ships blocked the canal wharf."

"Hah!" Chongzhen laughed angrily, "It's such a coincidence? ”

Zhu Cijiong also said angrily: "It's just a matter of falling ill suddenly, just at this time? ”

Chongzhen snorted and asked again, "Where is Lu Zhenfei now?" Is it still in Sanyang? ”

"Yes." Fan Zhongjie nodded and said, "Lu Butang chained himself and went to prison, and he also said that he would never step out of prison until the court found out his innocence!" ”

"It's just a no-brainer!" Chongzhen was furious.

It's just that everyone doesn't know who Chongzhen is angry with.

"Let's go, go to Caoyun Yamen!" Chongzhen stood up and left.

Fan Zhongjie took a long look and said, "Minister, Fan Zhongjie, send the saint." ”

When the Chongzhen people arrived outside the door, another voice came: "Fan Zhongjie, as the prefect, you summoned all the grain merchants, and said that the imperial court has always kept its promises, and the governor of Caoyun, Yamen, said that if you buy grain at a price fifty percent higher than the market price, you will definitely buy grain as agreed, please be calm and not impatient, and wait patiently for half a day, and there will be something to say before this evening." ”

"Commandment." Fan Zhongjie just got up and threw himself to the ground again.

……

"Lu Butang, let's have a bit."

The cell boss handed a bowl of somen noodles to Lu Zhenfei through the fence.

The cell boss looked sad, so he squatted in prison with his own father.

The prison here is the prison of the Caoyun Governor's Office, so Lu Zhenfei is the top boss of the cell boss, and now the top boss of the top boss runs over and squats in his own prison, can the cell boss feel good?

Lu Zhenfei turned sideways and didn't even glance at the bowl of somen noodles.

"Lu Butang, why don't you take a bite." The cell boss was about to kneel.

"You haven't eaten a grain of rice for three days, and something will happen if you continue like this."

Lu Zhenfei still ignored the cell boss, just looked fixedly at the small window above his head.

When the cell boss was about to persuade again, a majestic and cold voice suddenly came: "So, starvation is a small matter, and a loss of temperance is a big thing, right?" Is Lu Butang planning to prove his innocence by dying? ”

"Who?" The cell boss looked back in dismay.

I saw a stranger standing in front of him, wearing a cloth robe.

When the cell boss was about to get angry, a middle-aged man behind the stranger, who was also wearing a cloth shirt, showed a waist card, and the cell boss quickly turned over and fell to the ground.

Chongzhen walked past the cell head and walked directly to the fence.

"Lu Butang, answer me, are you planning to prove your innocence by dying?"

I? Lu Zhenfei turned his head a little stunned, and when he saw that it was Chongzhen standing in front of the cell, he quickly turned over and knelt on the ground: Chen Lu Zhenfei knocked on the saint.

"Answer me!"

Chongzhen stared at Lu Zhenfei's eyes and said senran.

"Confused." Lu Zhenfei's high head finally drooped.

"Of course you're confused, and you're confused!" Chongzhen Zhu scolded like a cannon, "You claim to be a virtuous minister, but you don't believe in your words, ignore the bitter pleas of hundreds of grain merchants and are indifferent, you claim to be a good minister but neglect your duties, ignore the screams of the soldiers of the 28 towns on the front line of Xuzhou and millions of displaced people but turn a blind eye, you claim to be a loyal minister but you are ashamed of your father, military affairs are not as important as personal honor in your eyes, right?" ”

"Confused." Cold sweat came down on Lu Zhenfei's body.

The sentence just now was confused, and what he said was just a scene.

But the current sentence of confusion comes from the bottom of my heart.

In addition to being frightened, Lu Zhenfei himself also felt a little confused, remembering that he was not like this before, when did he start to care so much about his personal reputation?

It's because the whole officialdom is the same as the light,

So it aroused his own rebellious mentality?

"Zuo Chuanyun, who has no guard? After that, it can be changed, and the good is great! ”

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Lu Zhenfei, now do you know what you should do?" ”

"The minister knows, the saint, please forgive the minister for being rude." Lu Zhenfei motioned to the cell boss to untie the chains for him, and immediately picked up the bowl of somen noodles in front of him and devoured it.

After eating the noodles, he stood up and walked out: "The minister will go back to the government to look at the matter and deal with the grain as soon as possible." ”

"Lu Zhenfei." Chongzhen shouted at Lu Zhenfei's back, "I only give you half a month, if the third batch of grain still can't be sent to Xuzhou within half a month, if you starve to death a homeless person, I only ask!" ”

"Command!" Lu Zhenfei turned around and shook it, then turned around and left.

……

At the same time, in the court room of Wenyuan Pavilion in Nanjing.

Shi Kefa summoned Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and Xie Xuelong to discuss together.

Shi Kefa said with some concern: "Ladies and gentlemen, Lu Zhenfei has been on hunger strike for three days in order to prove his innocence, and the servant is worried that if he continues to starve, he will be hungry, and it will not be easy to do." ”

"What are you afraid of?" Gao Hongtu said disapprenously, "I don't believe that he can really die on a hunger strike." ”

Gao Hongtu is actually not a descendant of the Donglin Party, and even fought with the Donglin Party in the early years, but later joined the Donglin Party because he was suppressed by the Eunuch Party.

Shi Kefa said: "The servant is not worried about Lu Zhenfei, but worried that the grain will not disturb the hearts of the front-line soldiers. ”

"Elder Scott is too worried." Jiang Yueguang waved his hand and said, "It's only a delay of a month or two, what can happen?" Besides, haven't two batches of 280,000 Shicao grain been transported to Xuzhou before? ”

Gao Hongtu said: "Lu Zhenfei doesn't pay attention to the rules, if the governors everywhere are like him, and they leave the court on their own if they don't agree, then what about the affairs of the court?" So this time we must take him down and change it to our own people, in short, Cao Yun must be in the hands of our own people. ”

Jiang Yueguang asked Xie Xuelong again: "Elder Xie Ge, how are you doing there?" ”

Although Xie Xuelong has entered the cabinet as a Zaifu, he still has a book in the Criminal Department, so this time it is up to him to check whether Lu Zhenfei has any interests with grain merchants from all over the country.

"Investigating, investigating." Xie Xuelong said hurriedly.

"It's checking every time." Gao Hongtu said angrily, "Give me a good news this time!" ”

"Gao Ge Lao, this matter is really difficult." Xie Xuelong was also anxious, "Lu Zhenfei has an excellent official reputation in Huai'an, and the people from the Criminal Department have not checked any bad deeds for several days. ”

"Then you don't have to do it." Gao Hongtu ignored Shi Kefa's presence and made a direct decision, "The servant asked Zhang Cai, the director of the Etiquette Department of the Ministry of Etiquette, to handle it, and the resumption of the society has many people and a wide range of people, so I am not expected to be disappointed." ”

Xie Xuelong was furious, but he looked at Shi Kefa and finally endured his anger.

Shi Kefa also acquiesced in Gao Hongtu's decision, and diverted the topic: "Then let's discuss the matter of taxation now, Huguang Patrol said that Hubei has suffered a lot of floods this year, and a large area of grain failure has become a foregone conclusion, so he asks Huguang to be exempted from this year's three salaries and taxes, and forced labor, what do you think?" ”