Chapter 341 The country''s worms
"Food is the foundation of the country. What else can you say about the borer of a country like you?" The sixth prince took the memorial and looked at Pei Yongjie with a depressed face.
Pei Yongjie led his people to stumble into the threshold of the post station, lifted his robe and knelt in front of the sixth prince, his head pounding.
"The Sixth Prince, Your Highness, has never done this before."
Yu Linlang approached Mu Zhao with curiosity and asked in a low voice, "What''s the matter?"
Mu Zhao looked at her big eyes and smiled secretly, and also approached her to answer in a low voice, "Lord Lu had previously received a secret report from the head of the Jinzhou Prefecture to close the warehouse. After a secret investigation, he found out. The local officials and businessmen of Jinzhou Prefecture colluded with each other to exchange the new grain for the new grain, and secretly put them at the grain shop for high prices. All the ill-gotten wealth obtained was divided by the prefect of Jinzhou and the local wealthy businessmen."
"Do you remember when we went to Weizhou Prefecture to provide relief to the victims, Changshi He sent someone to secretly mix sand in the rice soup?"
Yu Linlang nodded. She had heard of this matter at all. It is said that Lord Lu had a fierce quarrel with He Changshi at that time.
"In fact, when some of the relief grains were transported, there were a lot of sand, stone and soil blocks, which were not all intentional. Afterwards, I asked someone to go to investigate quietly. Most of the grains in old grains that were mixed with soil blocks were transported from Jinzhou, Fuzhou and other places. They were all very close to the imperial city." Mu Zhao said lightly.
"So Lord He took the blame at that time?" Yu Linlang was speechless.
"It can be said that." Mu Zhao sighed lightly, "At that time, there was a shortage of food, and He Changshi had no choice but to do it."
A clever woman can’t cook without rice, and everyone understands this truth.
"If you hadn''t helped you later, the situation would not have been so easy to control." The consequences of the food cuts must be a riot among the people, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
Therefore, Mu Zhao realized that anything the emperor rewarded Linlang was something she deserved.
"This time Xiwen came to Jinzhou Prefecture to investigate the case of Wang Zeng, so I told him about the matter in advance and told him to investigate it secretly. Unexpectedly, Yu Ping, the local chief of Jinzhou Prefecture, came here risking his life... All the subsequent events were stated in the memorial." Mu Zhao handed the report written by Lu Shaoqing to Yu Linlang.
"Mr. Lu originally wanted to meet the emperor and report it in person after returning to Beijing, but he didn''t expect to be assassinated that night and was seriously injured and unconscious. The prefect yamen sent someone to take care of them, and he was secretly escorted. One was to make Lu Shaoqing die, and the other was to find out the report written by Lu Shaoqing and burn it."
"How dare they?" Yu Linlang quickly looked through the thick note, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became.
If the emperor does this under his nose, sucking the blood that has been closed for a long time is to absorb the blood of the people.
Changping warehouse is the basis for ensuring normal supply during natural disasters and man-made disasters. These people... actually resell Changping warehouse new grain rice and mixed the old grain and rotten sesame seeds into the warehouse. The inferior ones are used as good things, and their hearts are punished.
Jinzhou and Fuzhou are very close to the imperial city. Could this be the legendary... dark under the light!
"Xiwen has copied two copies of this memorial. One is buried under the tree in the backyard of the post station, one is hidden in her body, and the other is kept by the chief clerk Qiu Yuan."
"Two copies have been confiscated and destroyed. This one is the income excavated from the backyard of the inn."
Comparing with the Jinzhou Prefecture Granary Case, the case of Wang Zeng, the Minister of Justice, suffered a disaster for his neighbors, fell second.
Jinzhou granary shakes the root of the country. If this matter is reported to Your Majesty, Pei Yongjie''s family will probably have to confiscate the family and destroy the clan. No wonder he counterattacked like this crazy and wanted to kill Lu Shaoqing.
Either he dies or he dies. There is no way out when the chess game has reached this point.
"No need to make a quibble." The sixth prince sneered and said sternly, "Unless you kill this prince now! Otherwise, this report, as well as the evidence of the co-star, will be presented to His Majesty''s case tomorrow morning!"
Pei Yongjie was about to collapse on the ground, shouting "I am wronged by the empress" and his head was covered in cold sweat.
"The Changping of the stock is all managed by Li Tongzhi and Zhou Tongzong. I really don''t know!" "Chen Gu changed new grain and bought and sold it! Such a big news, do you think it can be done in one day or two days? Weighing it doesn''t take time? It doesn''t take time to enter the warehouse? Don''t you say you don''t know at all! I think you just turned a blind eye, intending to empty the Jinzhou grain warehouse and fill your own small treasury!"
"Your Highness is wronged!" Pei Yongjie opened his mouth and howled, robbing the land with his head, "I am willing to show my ambitions by death."
He got up and was about to hit the wall aside.
The sixth prince and the prince both watched coldly.
One said, "Let him die! He will bear all the charges for death."
Another said, "Anyway, we are going to die, why not tell the people behind us?"
Pei Yongjie fell to the ground with a fall, sweating and tears flowing.
Yu Linlang pursed her lips and pressed her joking smile.
This is a good show that Lord Pei has done, but he is really just a gesture and dare not really hit him to death.
Yes, I don’t want to die after making so much money.
How great is it to be alive? Isn’t it good to enjoy it every day?
The sixth prince looked at him coldly, suddenly stood up and raised the gold medal in his hand and shouted, "Everyone in Jinzhou Prefecture obeyed the orders and did not want to die with Prison Pei. Take care of your own skin. Don''t do those meaningless little moves!"
"I came here with the prince and the prince to investigate the Jinzhou Prefecture on the order of my father. Today, I only brought some guards from the Dragon and Tiger Camp here. If any of us were lost, and the 100,000 imperial guards were given the order in times of crisis, they would siege the Jinzhou Prefecture!"
"Think clearly, are you really going to rebel? Want to lead the whole clan to rebel together?!"
The officials of Jinzhou Prefecture, together with the soldiers, lay on the ground, and did not dare to raise their heads half an inch.
"Everyone is ready to return to Beijing!"
"Sixth Prince." The guards beside the sixth prince said with concern, "You and the prince came together on a starry night. Now that you have not entered the water, you are going back to Beijing. I am afraid that your body will not be able to bear it..."
"It''s important to do not waste time! The rest are trivial matters." The sixth prince turned to look at Mu Zhao.
Mu Zhao nodded slightly at him. The Sixth Prince was greatly encouraged. He raised his hand and shouted out the door, "Send the order and prepare to leave immediately. Let everyone take the lead. After returning to Beijing, everyone will be rewarded with meat!"
"Yes!" The soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Camp were in a stir.
"Fox, the matter is urgent. The Sixth Prince and I will send someone back to Beijing first. You can watch Lord Lu here and come back together when he gets better."
Yu Linlang nodded her head, "Wait for me."
She ran upstairs, took a packet of egg noodles, and stuffed it to Mu Zhao along with the water bag, "Be careful to ambush on the road, beware of dogs'' in a hurry to jump over the wall."
"Don''t worry, I know it."
Yu Linlang took out another bottle of pill and stuffed it to him, "Your health has not been fully recovered. This pill can replenish your physical strength. If you are really tired, take one pill. Take at most one pill a day and do not abuse it."
Mu Zhao took the opportunity to hold her hand tightly, "Leave two hundred people for you, be careful in everything."