After He Maocai and others left the Governor's Palace, they spread the news through various channels that some people in the government were secretly greedy for relief food that should have belonged to Sannong.

Next, the development of things really did not surprise Zheng Michang, and those Sannong were all angry about this, and gathered at the gate of the governor's mansion one after another, demanding that the government severely punish this person.

At this moment, Zheng Michang was pacing in the room with his hands behind his back, and kept muttering: "What's the matter, why haven't those Sannons come yet?" ”

At this moment, I heard a knock on the door, and after getting Zheng Michang's permission, I saw a guard walk in and report the situation outside to Zheng Michang.

"My lord, there are a lot of Sannons gathered outside, and they don't know where they know that there are people in the government who are greedy for relief food that should belong to them."

"At this moment, they are making a loud noise outside, intending to let the government strictly investigate this matter, attracting many people to stop and watch, and the impact is very bad!"

"Look, do you need to teach them a lesson, my lord, such a crooked wind will not last!"

Before the guard finished speaking, he was glanced at by Zheng Michang with an extremely cold look.

After perceiving Zheng Michang's eyes, the guard knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly closed his mouth and did not dare to say anything more.

I saw Zheng Michang retract his gaze and instructed the guard: "Bring this official over, this official will definitely give them an explanation!" ”

"Yes, my lord, please come with me."

Seeing this, the guard looked as if he had been pardoned, and hurriedly led the way.

……

Under the leadership of the guards, Zheng Michang came to the outside of the governor's palace.

At this moment, those Sannons, as before, were stopped in the distance by the guards of the Governor's Palace.

Seeing Zheng Michang coming out of the governor's palace, those Sannons ignored the guards' obstruction, and approached in the direction where Zheng Michang was, and shouted loudly, trying to attract Zheng Michang's attention.

"My lord, please call the shots for us!"

"We, Sannong, live on that little relief food, and right now, there are still people in the government who are wantonly greedy for ink!"

Hearing this, a look of surprise appeared on Zheng Michang's face at the right time.

Immediately, he waved his hand and motioned for the guards to let Sannon go.

Seeing that there was no obstruction, those Sang Nongs hurriedly rushed up and rushed to tell Zheng Michang about their grievances.

Seeing this, Zheng Michang had no choice but to say in a deep voice: "Come one by one, what do you mean by what you just said?" ”

When the words fell, I saw a young man in coarse linen clothes squeezed out of the crowd and spoke.

"My lord, that's the case, now it's rumored in the city, saying that in the government, someone is greedy for relief food that should belong to us!"

"The last time the government distributed relief food, the relief food we received was very different from what we promised before!"

After listening to the young man's narration, Zheng Michang immediately put on a look of righteous indignation, and after looking around, he withdrew his gaze, and immediately made a promise to all the Sannons on the scene.

"Someone dares to be greedy for relief food, this is clearly provoking the authority of the government and slandering the image of the government!"

"Don't worry, everyone, since the official knows about this matter, he will definitely investigate it to the end!"

"At that time, this official will give you justice and remove this black sheep from the government!"

Zheng Michang's words quickly resonated with many Sannong present.

"That's right, what a good official!"

"Lord Qingtian, please accept my wait!"

After that, the guards of the Governor's Palace, according to the list provided by Zheng Michang, controlled all the officials who were greedy for the relief grain of Sannong, and each found a lot of property from their homes.

And Ma Ningyuan announced the matter as soon as possible by posting notices and publicizing along the street.

The people all applauded this, and those Sannong, who were the parties concerned, also took this opportunity to vent the grievances accumulated for so long on these officials.

However, when some people proposed that the government should redistribute the relief food that these officials were greedy for to the people, they were shirked on various grounds.

But this part of the voice, after all, is only a minority, so under the deliberate cover of the government, it soon disappeared and was never seen again.

……

Just when Zheng Michang was secretly happy that he had temporarily overcome the current crisis and thought that he would have a peaceful birthday next, a letter written by Yan Song himself to Hu Zongxian broke the peace.

The man who had been sent to deliver the letter left on his own after handing it to the guards of the Governor's Mansion for him to pass it on to Hu Zongxian.

At this moment, Zheng Michang looked at the four big characters "Ruzhen personally opened" written by Yan Song on the envelope, and his face was full of anxiety.

"This is a letter written by Elder Yan Ge to the Governor himself, but the Governor is not in the mansion at present, what can I do now!"

"To be on the safe side, let's wait until the Governor returns, and then give him this letter!"

Thinking so, Zheng Michang was about to put the letter away, but on the way, Zheng Michang's hand stopped again, and then he muttered to himself silently.

"No, no, if there are any important instructions in this letter, when the Governor returns, I'm afraid it will be too late, Zheng Michang, do you want to be killed?"

In this way, Zheng Michang fell into endless entanglement, constantly picking up the envelope from the table and putting it down.

After a long time, I saw that the expression on Zheng Michang's face gradually became firm, and I saw him gritting his teeth, looking at the letter on the table, and then said in a deep voice.

"No matter, even if the time comes, the elder of the pavilion wants to punish me for this matter, then I will admit it!"

When the words fell, I saw Zheng Michang carefully open the envelope, and after repeatedly cheering himself up, he browsed the content on it, and the content of the letter was as follows.

"How is the disciple doing lately? In addition to the daily greetings, there is an extremely important thing that you need to do, and I hope you can come forward in person to ...... to Cao Shunhe, the governor of Jiangxi."

After reading the contents of the letter, Zheng Michang carefully put the letter away, and immediately fell into deep thought.

"Previously, the Governor personally led the army to Jiangxi to quell the rebellion, and in this process, there is no doubt that Cao Shunhe, the governor of Jiangxi, owes the Governor a great favor."

"Presumably, it is precisely because of this consideration that the governor asked the governor to come forward in person and write a letter to Cao Shunhe, the governor of Jiangxi, and ask him to transfer food from Jiangxi."

"The method is a good way, and it is also extremely feasible, but the governor is not in the house at the moment, and when the letter to Cao Shunhe, the governor of Jiangxi, should be written, it is impossible for me to do it for me!"

Suddenly, in Zheng Michang's mind, such an idea suddenly popped up without warning: "Or, why don't I write this letter on my behalf, and when the time comes, when the Governor returns, I will tell him all the reasons?" ”

But soon, this extremely bold idea was personally rejected by Zheng Michang: "No, absolutely not, Zheng Michang, don't you want to die, this is a proper capital crime!" ”

In this way, for several days, Zheng Michang was struggling with this problem.

The relief food that had been distributed to the Sannons was almost exhausted, and the Sannons gathered at the gate of the Governor's Palace, as before, and complained of their suffering.

In desperation, Zheng Michang had to order someone to distribute relief food to those mulberry farmers again, and the matter was temporarily calmed down.

Zheng Michang knew that it was not a way to continue like this, the relief grain stored in the warehouse in the spring was not much, but now, it had been distributed twice, and the remaining grain could not be supported for too long!

After thinking about it, Zheng Michang finally decided to take a risk, and he planned to write a letter to Cao Shunhe, the governor of Jiangxi, in the name of Hu Zongxian, and ask him to transfer grain from Jiangxi.

Just as Zheng Michang retreated left and right, spread out the pen and paper, and was about to write a letter, he suddenly heard a report from a guard outside, saying that Hu Zongxian was back.

After Zheng Michang learned the news, he didn't have time to pack up the pen and paper on the bookcase, and hurriedly ran to greet him.

At this moment, at the gate of the Governor's Palace, Hu Zongxian had just come off his horse and saw Zheng Michang, who was approaching him with a hurried expression.

"Your Excellency, you're back!"

Seeing this, Hu Zongxian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and immediately asked.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?"

Seeing the hesitation on Zheng Michang's face, Hu Zongxian immediately waved his hand, retreated left and right, and asked.

"Now you can say it!"

Zheng Michang nodded, and immediately told Hu Zongxian everything that had happened in Zhejiang in recent days without the slightest reservation, and informed Hu Zongxian in every detail.

After listening to Zheng Michang's narration, Hu Zongxian was also quite surprised, what he didn't expect was that so many things had happened during the period of time he had left Zhejiang.

Immediately, I saw Hu Zongxian come back to his senses and instructed Zheng Michang.

"Take me there, I'm going to see the letter the teacher wrote to me with my own eyes!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

Under the leadership of Zheng Michang, Hu Zongxian came to the study and took the letter from Zheng Michang's hands.

Hu Zongxian only glanced at the words on the envelope and spoke.

"Well, yes, that's exactly what the teacher is doing!"

After that, I saw Hu Zongxian open the envelope and browse the contents on it.

And the more he looked down, the tighter Hu Zongxian's brows wrinkled, what he didn't expect was that Yan Song would actually ask him to write a letter to Cao Shunhe, asking him to transfer grain from Jiangxi.

"It is not a small sin to adjust grain without the order of the imperial court!

"If the imperial court investigates it, even if he Cao Shunhe is the governor of Jiangxi, he will inevitably be impeached!"

After Hu Zongxian finished speaking, he put the envelope in his hand aside, turned his gaze to Zheng Michang, and immediately commanded.

"You go out first, let me think about it again."

"Yes, Lord Governor."

Hu Zongxian's words fell, and Zheng Michang on the side followed closely with Ying Hedao, and immediately did not stop at all, turned around and left the study, and also closed the door of the study with him.

After Zheng Michang left, only Hu Zongxian was left in the room.

At this moment, Hu Zongxian looked at the letter that he had put aside, and sighed helplessly: "Alas! ”

Hu Zongxian knew very well in his heart that if he really came forward and wrote a letter to Cao Shunhe, the governor of Jiangxi, with Cao Shunhe's temperament, he would definitely transfer grain from Jiangxi to Zhejiang!

But in this way, it is inevitable that he will offend Qingliu's side, and Cao Shunhe does not have many connections in the court, so he will definitely be impeached madly, and maybe, his governor of Jiangxi, after this matter, will come to an end!

On the one hand, it is the success or failure of changing rice to mulberry, and on the other hand, it is the career of a friend, Hu Zongxian, like Zheng Michang before, fell into endless entanglement.

After a long time, I saw that Hu Zongxian seemed to have made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and said to himself silently.

"Okay, let me come forward in person and write a letter to Cao Shunhe!"

"When the time comes, write a letter to the teacher, let them protect Cao Shunhe more, if the court investigates it, I, Hu Zongxian, will take all the responsibility!"

Thinking of this, the confused color in Hu Zongxian's eyes disappeared, and he saw him spread out his pen and paper and began to write a letter.

"Brother Fengqing, right now, here in Zhejiang, the grain in the hands of Sannong is purchased at a high price by unknown people, resulting in a shortage of food, if it continues like this, the change of rice to mulberry implemented by the imperial court will be unsustainable, I, Hu Zongxian, am here, in my personal name, I Hu Zongxian will be grateful!"

When the last word fell, Hu Zongxian turned to put the brush in his hand back in place, and after roughly skimming the content of the letter, he sighed helplessly.

Soon, the ink on the paper dried, Hu Zongxian put it in the envelope, and then called his cronies and commanded in a deep voice.

"You must hand over this letter to Cao Shunhe, the governor of Jiangxi, understand?"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

I saw that the cronies carefully put the envelope into their arms, without the slightest stop, and immediately embarked on the road to Jiangxi.

……

Jizhou, inside the Governor's Palace.

At this moment, Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, looked at the letter in his hand, which was personally sent by the cabinet, and fell into deep thought.

The content of the letter is very simple, that is, let Yang Xuan prepare in advance, and when the time is ripe, he will lead the army to help Zasaktu Khan and quell the rebellion among the tribes!

After Yang Xuan finished reading the contents of the letter, he shook his head imperceptibly, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"What is this called, not long ago, everyone was still alive and dead, regarded each other as mortal enemies, and wanted to get rid of them quickly, and before a month had passed, the general wanted to lead the army to help Zasaktu Khan and quell the rebellion among the tribes?"

After this, I saw Yang Xuan suppress the chaotic thoughts in his heart, and immediately called his subordinates and commanded.

"Go, immediately invite Lord Shangshu to this official, and say that there is something important to discuss!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

(End of chapter)