Governor Li, who "fell into the water", was fished out of the water by the sergeant, but fortunately his pants did not fall off. He was lying on the shore unconscious, and it was estimated that there was no other way to face the other officials except to be unconscious.

He knew that unruly slander and framing the prefect of Shi would cause public outrage; He also knew that he might be seen as an undercover agent; But I really didn't expect to be beaten like this and thrown into the water!

The other officials knew in their hearts that Governor Li was 100 percent going to resign and leave Suzhou immediately, and he had no face to continue working in Suzhou.

But the biggest problem now is that the angry crowd has not dispersed and is still gathering on the outer roads.

Lin Daguan said to Li Shida, the minister of the Qincha: "Li Qincha! Here you are the biggest, please give the order to calm the situation! ”

Li Shida said unhappily: "Then you Lin Qianhu will go to appease the people!" ”

In the face of chaos, it is nothing more than "soothing" or "suppressing", and it is certainly not suitable to use "suppression" at this scene today.

The first is that he does not have the strength to suppress it, and the second is that Lin Tailai, the main force leader of Suzhou Weiqianhu, will definitely not suppress it.

"How can I go and pacify the people?" Lin Daguan said in surprise: "If you want to go, it should be Shi Taishou!" ”

Then he said eloquently: "The people are shouting Shi Qingtian, and they must be the most convinced of Shi Taishou."

So let Shi Taishou step forward and say a few words to the people, the pacification effect must be much stronger than that of me, Suzhou Wei Qianhu! ”

On the surface, Lin Daguan's words are impeccable.

Although everyone knew in their hearts that as long as Lin Daguan waved his hand, these chaotic people shouting "Shi Qingtian" and "Dog Governor" would disappear like a low tide.

But everyone is pretending to be confused, ostensibly pretending not to know who is behind the rebellion.

This is officialdom, and superficial kung fu only talks about superficial logic. And now the surface logic is that these chaotic people are here for the sake of "Shi Qingtian".

So Li Shida could only say to Shi Zhifu: "Then there is Lao Shi Taishou." ”

Shi Zhifu didn't want to get involved with these chaotic people who shouted "Shi Qingtian" indiscriminately, but there was no other way at this time.

Sure enough, after being persuaded by the Shi Governor's Mansion, the people who came to make trouble immediately dispersed.

No one else wanted to speak, only Lin Daguan waved his thick arms and said indignantly to Shi Zhifu:

"It's not over! The government can't be blackmailed by the people! Your government must investigate to the end and arrest a few rioters who took the lead in making trouble! ”

Shi Zhifu looked at Li Shida, the minister of the Qincha, and sent a message for help with his eyes.

A small four-rank prefect like himself may be able to clean up Shoufu's son, but it seems that he can't cope with Lin Tailai.

Li Shida reluctantly warned Lin Daguan: "To be a man, to be an official, to do things must be rules." ”

A sentence with no beginning or end, as if playing a dumb riddle, but everyone present can understand it-

Inciting the people to gather to beat a governor like this is too bad for the rules of officialdom!

The governor can be beaten, can the minister still be safe? Do other officials still feel safe?

Tomorrow, will you incite thousands of people again and beat the ministers again?

Lin Daguan turned his head and said to Shi Zhifu: "Qincha speaks, listen carefully!" No rules, no rules! ”

This means that now that you have broken the rules first, then don't want Fang Yuan.

Li Shida thought about it again, and directly ordered: "As the minister of the Imperial Mission, this court orders you to lead three hundred Suzhou guard soldiers to defend this court in Suzhou City!" ”

The crowd understood Li Qincha's order very well, and this was probably the safest thing to do.

Let Lin Tailai be the guard, then if the minister of the Qin Mission has another accident, it will be the responsibility of Lin Tailai's ineffective guard!

"Yes!" As a junior military attaché, Lin had no choice but to accept orders.

Then he added: "The ugly words are said in the front, in case Li Qincha wants to take the initiative to commit suicide, then he can't be responsible for it." ”

Everyone: "."

It doesn't seem safe to let Lin Tailai be a guard; But it is even more unsafe not to let Lin Tailai be a guard.

At this point, the atmosphere was so strange that the welcoming ceremony could not be carried out.

So everyone dispersed directly, and the minister of the Qincha also settled in the Gusuyi Mansion.

Previously, Governor Li complained to the imperial court that the Shi Governor's Mansion transferred 5,000 taels of silver from Wu County on the pretext of repairing the city wall and then embezzled it.

The main task of the minister this time was to investigate whether the Shi Governor's Mansion had embezzled public funds.

The next day's itinerary was like this, Wu County, Deng Zhixian and Suzhou Prefecture Shi Zhifu would come to the mansion to meet with the minister.

Then they went to the county treasury of the county government to check first, and then went to the government treasury of the government to check.

If there is no problem with the accounts and deposits of the two treasury, then there is no corruption.

And the next day, Shi Zhifu deliberately came a little early, and talked to Li Shida, the minister of the Imperial Mission, alone.

"The humiliation that Futai suffered yesterday was probably in vain." Shi Zhifu said soberly.

Governor Li is ostensibly a henchman of Shen Shoufu, but in fact, he is secretly in league with their Qingliu forces.

But even if this popular rebellion was played to the imperial court, Governor Li, who caused public indignation, would not be pleased.

Because the source of the popular uprising is public anger, and this public anger ostensibly comes from the fact that he was slandered and framed by Governor Li.

Supporting Governor Li is tantamount to denying the legitimacy of public indignation, and then denying the prefect of Shishi.

So on this issue, the Qingliu forces can't give strong support to Governor Li's undercover agent, and who else in the court will help Governor Li get ahead?

The cunning Lin Tailai probably pinched on this point, so he dared to unscrupulously organize a popular rebellion to attack Governor Li.

If you don't fight in vain, you won't fight in vain, and if you do, you will fight in vain!

Li Shida replied: "You are acting too quickly, there are indeed some bad rules, no wonder Lin Tailai wants to be angry with the governor who carries the black cauldron."

But at this point, Lin Tailai can only be angry, and he can't change anything. ”

The key link in this struggle was that Governor Li, in his capacity as a henchman of Shen Shixing, slandered and framed the prefect of Shi very unruly.

As long as this step is completed, Governor Li's role will be completed, and it will be useless to beat Governor Li to death now.

And then in any case, the result of the investigation of the minister of the Imperial Mission was that the Shi Governor's Mansion was not corrupt and truthfully played the imperial court.

Later, others naturally deducted Governor Li's basin on Shoufu's head.

The trend of the times, Lin Tailai can't stop it, can Lin Tailai still force the minister to revise the investigation results?

"There's General Lao Xian below." Shi Zhifu said.

At this time, Deng Zhixian of Wu County also came, and Li Qincha and Shi Zhifu stopped the inside talk.

As we all know, an investigation is a formality, but this process is essential.

Lin Daguan, who was in charge of the security work, stood outside the lobby and shouted: "The hour has come, please invite a few old men on the road!" ”

The group first came to the county office of Wu County, checked the account books together, and then checked the county treasury silver.

In the morning, the accounts and treasury deposits were generally fine, and there were a few arrears that were harmless and had nothing to do with the investigation.

And there is a clear record of sending 5,000 taels of official silver to the treasury, as well as a return ticket stamped with the prefect's seal.

These can prove that the prefect did transfer 5,000 taels of silver from the county treasury to the prefectural treasury on the grounds of repairing the city wall.

Since there was no problem with the county treasury, it was transferred to the government office in the afternoon and continued to investigate the government treasury.

When Lin Qianhu protected the ministers, prefects, and counties when they walked into the atrium of the government, they asked casually:

"Do you want to go to the back hall to drink tea for a while, and let Shi Zhifu prepare first? It would be bad if there was a problem in the treasury. ”

Li Shida said without hesitation: "Without further ado, go directly to the warehouse!" ”

How could something go wrong with the check? How could Shi Zhifu embezzle five thousand taels of silver?

Don't say it's okay, even if there is a problem, he will pretend not to see it today!

So there must be no problem with the treasury, what he said to the minister Li Shida, the emperor can't change it when he comes!

At this moment, suddenly a few errand officers rushed over and shouted: "The big thing is not good, the candles in the account room of the county treasury have gone on fire, and the account books have been burned down this year!" ”

Li Shida: "."

No way? No way? Can such a classic accident happen?

However, the premise of the classic accident of the account book being burned is that there is a problem of invisible people in the treasury, and the account books will be set on fire in order to cover up the problem!

And there must be no problem with the treasury today, and he, the messenger, will definitely not find out the problem, the account books are absolutely innocent, so what reason is there to burn the account books?

The group rushed to the treasury, and sure enough, they saw the fireworks coming out of the window of the account room outside the warehouse.

How can I check if I don't have an account book? It does not make sense to simply count the total amount of silver in the treasury, because it is not known whether the amount is in deficit or not.

Thinking of this, Li Shida suddenly realized the problem!

But if you can't check the treasury carefully, then you can't confirm the innocence of Shi Zhifu?

"Lin Tailai! Did you do it? The minister shouted angrily at Lin Daguan.

Lin Daguan rubbed his chin, and after thinking deeply, he said, "How can Li Qincha smear people's innocence out of thin air?

In my opinion, only those who embezzle the treasury have the motive to set fire to the books.

I am a Suzhou Wei Qianhu, how can I have access to the power of the government treasury silver, and the motive for burning the account books is impossible to talk about! ”

Li Shida's head was as big as a fight, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

He is not an inexperienced official, and of course he also knows that if there may be problems in the warehouse, he must pay attention to secretly protecting the account books.

But I didn't expect that the warehouse would be fine, and when the account books were fine, someone would burn the account books!

This is outrageous reverse thinking! Don't talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes at all!

When the group looked at each other, suddenly another messenger rushed over!

And stood outside the moon gate and shouted: "Something is wrong! Uncle Palm Print committed suicide by hanging the beam in the back hall! ”

The uncle of the palm seal of the government refers to the prefect's cronies Chang Suili, the one who is responsible for keeping the big seal, the absolute confidant.

Such a character suddenly committed suicide, leaving everyone present who heard the news stunned.

After coming back to his senses, he looked at Lin Tailai in unison!

Lin Daguan didn't pretend anymore, and sneered at Shi Zhifu a few times without concealment.

Who gave you people the courage to dare to follow the rules on one acre and three points of land in Suzhou City?

Convicting Shen Erye with human life? Use an undercover agent to deduct basins for Shen Shoufu?

Now that the rules are gone, you are responsible for the consequences.

(End of chapter)