Governor Zhao, who was sleepless and still had some headaches, drank the newly served tea with a cold expression.

Not long after, a servant came in from outside and replied to him: "My lord, we listened to your orders and followed Lord Qi, and found that he had left the governor's palace, and wept as he went, saying that he was guilty of implicating the people for his sins...... It's not miserable!"

"This old puppet, who is good at acting, is forcing my palace!" Governor Zhao was angry and amused when he heard this.

But he also understood that if he didn't really care for the people, why would he give up his face to force the palace? This is killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 himself.

Thinking of the rumors I heard before, I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it, and I can't help but feel emotional.

"That's it, since that's the case, I won't help, but it seems that I'm stingy and stingy, and I don't care about the general situation, so you go out to catch up with the prefect of Qi and ask him to come back to see me. ”

"Yes, sir!"

When Qi Hongxin came back, he saw that the people around the flower hall had withdrawn, Governor Zhao was half-crooked on the chair drinking tea, and he didn't speak, it seemed that he was a different person, he was stunned, and Qi Hongxin didn't speak, just stood.

"Brother Qi Nian, I was thinking that back then, you were the first in the second class, and you were immediately elected to the Hanlin Academy, and then you were selected into the East Palace, and we were all envious at that time. Governor Zhao stroked his forehead and took a deep breath: "Who would have thought that after twenty years, you and I would meet like this?"

"Really?" Qi Hong smiled newly, and his wooden face didn't show much sadness: "This is fate." ”

Governor Zhao bowed his head and said coldly: "Yes, this is fate, you and I are the same year, I will tell you the truth, it is normal for the feudal treasury to borrow silver." ”

"It's just that you Shun'an Mansion, there are people I can't afford to offend to say hello, and you are not allowed to borrow a tael of silver. ”

"I see. Qi Hongxin's heart sank, Zheng Wei's provincial governor is not a false title, it is a third grade, but he is also a feudal official with real power, and there are very few people who can make the governor say that he can't afford to offend.

I listened to Governor Zhao say lightly: "That's it, you have increased your anger during the third prefect, and you blindly offend people in running politics, and you don't say what you want, even if you don't want to, you don't have it." ”

"Don't talk about the hearts of the officials, you should know for yourself how harsh you treat them, as for the people's hearts, the people have always been the most ungrateful people. ”

"Don't say a hundred years, it's the Yiyun Mansion where you took office, how many people still think hello to you?"

Qi Hongxin couldn't help but be stunned, only nodded, and didn't say a word.

Governor Zhao said again: "Save every year, the last time you gave Governor Yu, the gift you gave to Governor Yu was a little thinner, and everyone knows your situation and doesn't care, but why do you still write poems to ridicule?"

"Brother Qi Nian, the road can't be narrower and narrower, listen to my advice, you are about the same age, just tell the old man to return to his hometown, so as not to end up in the end. ”

When Governor Zhao said this, he shook his head sadly.

Qi Hongxin was calm on the surface, but his heart was churning terribly.

"Why don't you speak?" Governor Zhao suddenly became angry: "Am I not right?"

"You're not bad at all. Qi Hongxin sighed, and suddenly his eyes turned red. "People are not far away, and I am poor, so I do the opposite. ”

"I'm a guilty person, and some people just see this one, blocking the road everywhere, making it difficult for me to move an inch. ”

"If I don't do the opposite, I won't even be able to get out of the yamen. ”

"You are the same year as me, and if you still talk about it at this time, it will not be in vain to have a ...... in the same year" Qi Hongxin said flatly, but there were no tears when he said this, and he took a sip of tea: "Since I can't get the will and can't enter the temple, then I will try to do something for the people, and I never expect the people to remember me." ”

"If something happens to me, please take care of my wife and children in love. ”

When Governor Zhao heard this, he was stunned for a long time, and he felt speechless, stood up, and opened the two boxes: "In this case, I can only help you get here." ”

There was silver in the chest, all official silver, and silver frost.

Although it was less than expected, only six thousand taels, at the critical moment of exterminating the locusts, when the treasury of Shun'an Mansion was empty, Qi Hongxin still breathed a sigh of relief.

At least these days, I won't be as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

Qi Hongxin knew that although the money was small, the governor actually had something to do with it, so he bowed to the ground towards Governor Zhao and was grateful: "The lower official thanked the governor for the people of Shun'an Mansion!"

"All right, now that you have the money, let us go back quickly. The mood was a little complicated, and Governor Zhao, who didn't want to see this face, waved his hand and said.

Qi Hongxin didn't say much, took a deep breath, and asked the accompanying county soldiers to scatter the six thousand taels of silver, and galloped back to Fucheng all the way.

When he went back, Qi Hongxin immediately ordered: "Let the county commanders come to the yamen for a meeting in the afternoon, and say that I will allocate money and let them prepare to control the locusts." ”

The messenger left, although he didn't sleep all night, he was extremely tired, Qi Hongxin still didn't feel sleepy, and after some food, he went to the bookcase, directly spread out a piece of paper, and wrote down the folds.

As Qi Hongxin said to the governor, he took care of the suppression of Shun'an Mansion on one person.

But in addition to this incident, he also wrote to the imperial court, and wrote the matter that the palace was seriously damaged and could no longer operate.

After writing it, I read it carefully, the time was not early, Qi Hongxin simply used some food, sat on the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, it seemed that after only a while, a servant reminded: "Master, the county orders are here." ”

Qi Hongxin arrived at the flower hall, and when he saw that everyone was coming, on the one hand, he said please take a seat, and on the other hand, he looked out the window in contemplation.

After a while, Qi Hongxin smiled to himself and said, "You have all seen it, I went to turn the fate, and only turned six thousand taels of silver, which can only be used for the county where the locust plague may be the most serious." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the three counties: "I don't have a penny left now, and all the money will be allocated to you, and you can start to control the locusts directly, and you don't have to stay." ”

These county commanders didn't expect the prefect to really ask for the silver, and they were also relieved, so they hurried back after taking the silver and began to mobilize migrant workers.

Qi Hongxin watched them leave, was silent for a moment, and then said: "As for the other silver, I have already sent a letter to the imperial court, stating that the palace is seriously losing money and can no longer operate. ”

As soon as they heard this, the officials were stunned by the operation of Qi Hongxin, the new prefect.

Prior to this, because they had witnessed or heard about Qi Hongxin's order to slaughter the troublesome people, they were all a little afraid of this butcher prefect, and they did not dare to have the slightest objection when they ordered the extermination of locusts today, but when they heard that Qi Hongxin actually wrote about the losses in the imperial court, these officials couldn't sit still.

Someone was directly shocked: "My lord, how can you, how can you go directly to the court?"

"This matter is reported to the imperial court, and you will be held accountable, you are the head of the government officials, if you are held accountable, you are not afraid ......"

Qi Hongxin sat in the top position, and suddenly coughed violently, this cough not only interrupted the official's words, but also made these people sitting below finally find that this man who had given all kinds of cold and hard orders since he came to Shun'an Mansion was already old, not only old, but also looked not well.

"Afraid?" After coughing, he wiped it with a handkerchief, Qi Hongxin pinched the handkerchief in his hand, glanced at everyone, and said lightly: "What else is there to worry about now?"