In March, the weather is unpredictable, the morning is still warm, and at noon suddenly the clouds are thick, and the wind passing through the hall suddenly cools down.

Zu Ting stood in the barn, more than a dozen big bags fell crookedly on the ground, and the loess around him was piled up into small hills. Doctor Zu was so angry that his hands and feet were trembling, his eyes swept over the barn in front of him like a mountain, and ordered:

“…… Pour it out! …… Pour them all out for the old man!! ”

"Yes!" Dozens of forbidden soldiers swarmed up and dumped the dusty bags to the ground, and countless loess and crushed sand were poured out. One bag, two bags, three bags...... The official who knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head didn't dare to raise his head at all, let alone defend himself, and his whole body was trembling. Every time they poured out a bag of loess, their heads hung down a little, and at last their whole heads were about to be buried in the dirt.

"Doctor Goshi...... Don't look at it, the grain in the treasury has long been emptied, and the rest is ...... sand! A deputy commander of the Yecheng Forbidden Army stepped forward to persuade. As soon as Zu Ting waved his hand, the forbidden army stopped these futile actions. He paced up to the heads of the clerks, and said:

"If you dare to resist or make up nonsense to deceive the old man, the old man will immediately take your life......

The tone was soothing, but the cold and bloodthirsty murderous aura was extremely firm.

"The old man asked you, how did all this grain suddenly turn into loess?"

"This ...... This ......" The little official hesitated, Zu Ting's cloudy old eyes flashed coldly, and he walked to the next person with his hands behind his back. The moment he staggered from the little official, the deputy commander drew his knife and cut off the little official's head with a single sword.

The next little official's face suddenly turned pale, and his hands and feet were cold, like falling into an ice cave. Zu Ting frowned and said, "It's still the question just now, since he doesn't want to answer, he will never have to speak...... It's your turn, say ......! ”

"Imperial Historian Mingjian! These grains ...... The reason why this grain disappeared without a trace is because someone resold it! The little official gritted his teeth, and finally chose to live.

"Oh? ......, who resold these grains? It is the county guard, the county keeper, and the main bookkeeper...... Or all of you? ”

"Yes...... It's everyone......" The little official's face became more and more pale, and he said tremblingly: "But, but Doctor Zu, this really has nothing to do with us people!" They want to resell grain, and we can't stop it if we want to! ”

"Can't stop ......," Zu Ting showed a mocking smile, "So you're going to join them ......?" To whom did they resell all their grain? ”

"They, they resold the grain to some wealthy families, and each bucket was five cents......" In order to survive, the little officials naturally gave it all out.

"Last year, and the year before last, they also colluded with the Hao clan and resold the grain in the Chang Ping Warehouse to the Hao clan at an extremely low price, at a price of five and a half cents per bucket ......."

When Zu Ting heard this, he laughed sarcastically, "The reputation is so good, it makes the old man want to do business with them...... What else? ”

"They negotiated the price, the wealthy family paid for it, and we contributed to transport the grain to the barns of the wealthy families......"

Hearing this, the deputy commander's brows furrowed, and he asked puzzledly: "You Shandong Hao clan here, why do you want so much grain?" Can you finish eating? ”

Zu Ting said: "These grains are not for eating, they are for selling.

The purpose of hoarding grain and grass was originally to cope with disaster years, to prepare for emergencies and balance grain prices.

If they don't sell it, they will rot in the warehouse, and if they sell it, the price of grain is too low, they won't make much money.

So even if they don't need so much food, they will buy it in order to raise the price as much as possible.

Not to mention, it was such a disaster year, there was already a shortage of food, and they bought all the grain that was often closed as much as possible, so that the regular position became an ornament, and if you wanted to get food, you still had to buy it from them.

At this time, they can naturally open their mouths, and a mouthful of rice can be fried at a sky-high price...... A bucket of rice that was supposed to cost six or seven cents to buy can be sold for a bucket of a hundred cents when it comes to their hands......"

"Baiwen Yidou? How can ordinary people afford to eat? "The deputy commander still doesn't quite understand. If this continues, the wealthy family will still lose money.

Zu Ting smiled and said, "You, you, your mind is full of martial arts thoughts...... There are even more outrageous prices...... That's right, the money on these people is naturally limited, but it doesn't matter if they don't have money, don't they still have land deeds in their hands? It's the same with the title deed in exchange for a few full meals......"

"They want to take advantage of the disaster year to gather land on a large scale!" The deputy commander immediately understood. Gritted his teeth and said: "These Shandong wealthy families...... What a damn one! "It is difficult to make a fortune in the country and gather land on a large scale, which in their eyes is no different from rebellion!

"Compared to these wealthy families, the old man thinks that the rats entrenched in this place are even more damned! Eating inside and crawling outside, it almost shook my Daqi foundation ......! ”

Zu Ting lowered his head and asked, "You honestly told the old man, did you do the 'Fire Dragon Burning Warehouse' that came out the month before last!" ”

That little official kowtowed like pounding garlic, this crime is something he can't afford anyway, and he can't afford to put his whole clan on it!

"Imperial Doctor Mingjian...... Mingjian! This often closes the position, and the villain never dares to interfere! These things are ...... It's all planned by those officials, and it has nothing to do with us! ”

Immediately, a group of small officials began to argue for themselves, pleading bitterly: "Yes, yes, yes, where do we dare to participate in the planning of this matter? This matter has nothing to do with villains and the like! From beginning to end, it was all planned by those Shangguan! ”

"-They saw that the imperial court was about to use food, so they all panicked, afraid that King Zhao Jun would poke out this matter, so they simply set a fire, so that the imperial court could not grasp the handle, and all of them were pushed to the natural disaster!"

Zu Ting smiled slightly, and secretly said in his heart that this was indeed the case, and the deputy commander standing on the side was already dumbfounded, obviously, this kind of thing he had never heard of or seen!

"Originally, I thought that people like He Shikai and Lou Rui were already typical traitors, making the court a miasma, and the people complained, but I didn't expect that these small officials would be even more crazy and inhumane when they were greedy!" The deputy commander was very indignant.

"The big traitors in the court are stirring up the storm, and the big rats in the local area are digging the foundation of the country! It is difficult to distinguish between the two, which is more harmful...... Your Majesty and the Imperial Court have now made up their minds to rectify the rule of officials, and now it seems that it is very necessary......"

Zu Ting looked at him with a smile and said, "Shiwen, you are going to inherit the title, and you will be appointed as General Wuwei and Deputy Commander of the Forbidden Army, but from the old man's point of view, you are more suitable to come to Yushitai and Dali Temple to develop, how about it, are you interested in being a civil official?" ”

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Enlisting in the army is the business of our Kudi family, if I abandon the military and become a scholar, I am afraid that the elders in the family will be held accountable......"

It seemed that he was still moved, Zu Ting waved his hand, and then said: "Your statement is too biased, in our Daqi, the civil and military are so clearly divided?" Didn't your grandfather Kudigan also come from the military? Later, I made a left minister, so it can be seen that the military attache can also be from the text......"

Kudiswen did not express his position, but said: "Doctor Zu, we should now go and arrest all the corrupt officials up and down Taishan County, the matter of burning warehouses and buying grain is really too big, and to solve the current crisis, we have to come up with absolute evidence!" ”

Zu Ting bowed his head and said: "Reasonable, the old man has ordered the whole city to be blocked before he came, and it is expected that they will not be able to escape, and the matter of arrest and interrogation will be handed over to you!" ”

"Give it to me?" Kudiswen was stunned for a moment and said, "Don't you still have a few brocade captains in your hands...... The palace leader is an expert in interrogation, why do you want me to interrogate? ”

Zu Ting smiled bitterly: "You think I don't want to?" But before I came, His Majesty explained that these brocade clothes are only for me to collect information, and the others are not responsible!

Otherwise, I simply want them to do it, who would let them arrest and interrogate people......

It's just that His Majesty doesn't want to start this, and the old man can't ......"

"Your Majesty is thoughtful...... "Kudiswen thought about it for a while, and then understood the emperor's intentions, so he said: "I understand, leave it to me......"

He looked at the small officials who were kneeling down on the ground and asked, "What should we do with these people?" ”

Zu Ting said as if he didn't mind: "Fine, confiscate the family property, and leave them to live for meritorious service."

First, it's boring to kill these little miscellaneous fish, and second, our next series of actions are still useful to them.

They ate just a little bit of leftover crumbs from other people's food, it's not so serious, so let's deal with it leniently......"

A group of small officials wept with joy and knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

As soon as Curdiswen's brows furrowed, Zu Ting patted him on the shoulder and whispered:

"Kill also pay attention to proportion, keep a hand, don't go too far, the situation in Shandong, seek stability first, these people are still useful...... Your Majesty, you have to know what you mean......"

So no matter how dissatisfied Kudiswen was, he could only suppress it for the time being, "I understand, I will focus on the overall situation." ”

On this day, the county guard suddenly attacked, sent troops to close the city gate, and the whole city was greatly roped, and more than 70 officials, including the county guard and the county guard, were all arrested and imprisoned. Under the severe torture of the deputy commander of the forbidden army, Kudiswen, they quickly vomited the truth of the incident.

Soon, Zu Ting and Gao Rui, in the name of arresting key criminals, went to Shandong, arrested and imprisoned the small and semi-high-level officials in Shandong, and ordered the Shandong wealthy families on the confession list to spit out the money and grain they had swallowed one by one, and those who disobeyed were regarded as rebellion.

A piece of music jointly written by Zu Ting, Gao Rui, Kudi Shiwen and a group of officials from the Imperial History Observatory was sent to Yecheng, causing a sensation in the government and the opposition!

A rectification and cleaning campaign centered on Taishan County has kicked off!

First the cabinet, and then the former dynasty, sparked a heated discussion on this matter. The DPRK and China have different opinions, and they are as noisy as a pot of porridge, and this incident has brought them an unimaginable impact!

"What a rashness! What a recklessness! This is just nonsense! If you don't do it, Mount Tai will shake, and the whole Shandong will be in danger! Ping Jian was the first to stand up and object, "Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to temporarily seize power from Zu Ting and Gao Rui to stabilize the situation in Shandong!" ”

How could Zheng Yu let go of such a good opportunity? also stood up and said, "The minister seconded the proposal!" Zu Ting, this person, has always been a good man, I heard that he went to Shandong, closed his door every day, ignored government affairs, and accepted beautiful concubines from his subordinates, drunk and dreamed all day long, and excluded dissidents, and seized power from the king of Zhaojun. If the situation in Shandong is not right, then Zu Ting is the first sinner! The minister implored His Majesty to depose Zu Ting to calm the situation in Shandong! ”