Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 489 Inspection
Chapter 485

Wang Rongyi was very worried. Wei Hao went to check the grain depot. He originally thought that Wei Hao just came here for a formality, and he would come next year. Unexpectedly, Wei Hao came for real.
When Wei Hao arrived at the grain depot, he immediately ordered the guards to open the grain depot. According to the regulations, the grain depots in Luoyang needed to be filled up, and the grain depots in front were still full. They were all old grains, and some of them were already moldy. Wei Hao squatted on the ground, looking at the moldy grains in the grain depot, he couldn't help feeling angry.

To waste food is to treat the lives of the people as nothing. Those old grains should have been sold long ago, and then new grains were bought in, but the people here didn't do it.

"Come on, call Wang Rongyi!" Wei Hao said to a guard beside him. The guard heard it and rode off immediately. Wei Hao went on to check the grain depots and found that many grain depots had old grain. It occupies [-]% of the total, and the grain depots behind are all empty and there is no grain.

Wei Hao is so angry that if there is a cold disaster in Luoyang, or the surrounding people flee to Luoyang and there is no food relief, then it will be his responsibility. If he is not the governor of Luoyang, then this matter has nothing to do with him. Some people have to deal with it, but now that I have done it myself, I can't ignore it, and I will be responsible for it when the time comes.Soon, Wang Rongyi came over, and when he reached Wei Hao's side, he was sweating profusely.

"Do you know what's going on with the grain depot?" Wei Hao stood there, staring at Wang Rongyi and asked.

"Master Hui, I know!" Wang Rongyi wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and nodded.

"I'll give you ten days. I want these granaries to be filled. You will bear the loss of the old grain. The court has allocated the money for the grain collection. If it is used for other purposes, you will make up for it. If ten days later, I come here and find that the food here is full, you are ready to dig coal!" Wei Hao said looking at Wang Rongyi.

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Guo, thank you, Mr. Guo, I will fill it up right away!" Wang Rongyi nodded immediately and said,

He never thought that Wei Hao would let him go,
The main reason is that Wei Hao thought, now that he has just come here, he has killed Bie Jia, what will happen to Luoyang when the time comes?Whoever is in charge, you can't just take care of yourself here all the time. The new one is Wei Chen. Wei Chen will not be appointed until the spring of next year, so Wang Rongyi still needs to be kept.

"It's best to be like this. Hurry up and finish it. Food is fundamental. I don't know how you do it. If you don't have enough food, I can understand. This year, the north has a bumper harvest and there is no food. That's nonsense, the grain stored in Chang'an City is enough for the people of Chang'an City to eat for half a year, not to mention, there are still many private grain merchants who have been transporting grain to Chang'an City, and the grain stored in those noble families,
If you count it, even if Chang'an City is besieged for a year, the people will not starve to death, but on your side, as long as Luoyang City is besieged for seven days, the people will starve to death! "Wei Hao looked at Wang Rongyi and said.

"Yes, yes, the lower officials have neglected their duties, and they will purchase immediately, purchase immediately!" Wang Rongyi continued to nod and said.

"The purchase is complete, let me know!" Wei Hao rode his horse and left after saying that.

After Wei Hao left, Wang Rongyi knelt down on the ground in fright,

Wei Hao, on the other hand, went to visit the soldiers for training. Wei Hao had just arrived at the barracks, and Captain Zhechong, Wei Chibin, was waiting at the gate of the barracks, along with a group of generals.

"I've met the governor!" The generals said immediately when they saw Wei Hao riding over.

"Well, good! Everyone has worked hard!" Wei Hao got off his horse and said to them in return, and then walked into the barracks, and soon arrived at the Chinese army's tent. He gave Wei Hao the current establishment record of the government soldiers, and Wei Hao sat there to check.

"Have all the government soldiers come to order?" Wei Hao asked as he sat there.

"Returning to the governor, there are still 324 people missing, of which more than 200 people are seriously ill and cannot come, and more than 100 people are disabled and cannot come. The subordinate officials have personally checked and found that no one left on purpose!" Yu Chibin immediately said. With Wei Hao cupping his hands, he said.

"Okay, the training must be strict. It must be strict. In addition, the training also needs to guarantee logistics, such as food and clothing for the soldiers. The court has expenses for this. Is the money in place?" Wei Hao asked up.

"Hey, Inspector, it's been three months since I received my military salary. It was said that I would give it years ago, but I haven't. We also know how to give the soldiers better food and better training, but we don't have any money!" Yu Chibin looked at Followed Wei Hao and said.

"Ha!" Wei Hao laughed when he heard it.

"Inspector, hehe, you are familiar with the Minister of the Ministry of War, can you remind us?" Yu Chibin looked at Wei Hao embarrassedly and said.

"Okay, I will write a memorial later and send it directly to the Ministry of War. Soldiers must be trained well. You are generals, and some of you have also been on the battlefield. You know that the training is not good. Once you fight, what will be the consequences? , let alone cheating the soldiers, he either died in battle or got his head chopped off when he came back,
Therefore, you should put your heart into training those soldiers with the money from the imperial court. In addition, I don’t want to see any deduction of military pay. Although the soldiers in the government don’t have any military pay, they still have subsidies. You know this in your heart , If you have no money and need money urgently, you can come to me, I think, you all know that I have money, there is no need to pick it out of the soldiers' mouths, and if you don't say it when you are scolded, you might lose your head? "Wei Hao sat there, looked at those people and said.

"The last general dare not!" The generals said immediately, cupping their hands.

"Take me to have a look!" Wei Hao put down the documents, stood up, and said to them.

"Please come with me!" Yu Chibin said immediately, cupping his hands, and then Wei Hao followed Yu Chibin to the training ground. Those soldiers trained well. In the early Tang Dynasty, soldiers were ready to fight at any time, and those generals knew it, so they didn't Dare to be perfunctory, Wei Hao didn't say anything when he saw them training like this.

At noon, when it was time to eat, Wei Hao said that he was not in a hurry. He waited until the barracks was ready for dinner. Wei Hao went to see what the soldiers were eating.

"There is nothing to say about the staple food, but these dishes are just clear soup with little water, this?" Wei Hao pointed to those dishes and said to Yu Chibin.

"I don't have any money, these are still on credit, otherwise, I wouldn't have to eat any of this!" Yu Chibin said awkwardly to Wei Hao.

"Well, I remember that the court's subsidy for soldiers is that no soldier has 3 Wen a day, which is enough for them to eat well. When the money arrives, you have to make up for this piece so that the soldiers can eat well and eat well. You can train well when you are done. In addition, I didn't go to see the war horse. I will go to see the war horse tomorrow. There is also the armory and armor. I can't be careless!" Wei Hao looked at Yu Chibin and said.

"Yes!" Yu Chibin nodded,

In the afternoon, Wei Hao went to check the arsenal, the armor depot, the military grain depot, and the military grain depot had enough food, enough to feed 3 troops for half a year!
In the evening, Wei Hao also returned to Luoyang City.

"My lord, we also heard the news just now that the Luoyang government purchased a large amount of grain, and the price has not changed. It is about the same as before! It seems to be a little cheaper than the price in Chang'an City! But the difference is not big!" Wei Hao's personal guard came over and said Followed by Wei Hao and said.

"Well, keep watching, there can't be forced buying and selling!" Wei Hao nodded and said.

"By the way, son, the Patriarch of the Wang family came over just now and wanted to visit you. You are not here, so he probably went to another place. He said that he will come tomorrow!" Another guard said to Wei Hao.

"Well, let's talk about it, prepare the bath water, I want to take a bath, I have been running for a day!" Wei Hao waved his hand and said, now not only the Patriarch of the Wang family wants to see him, but the Patriarchs of all the aristocratic families want to see him, Changan They didn't have meat in the city, so they wanted to come to Luoyang to eat meat. Wei Hao knew it very well.

The next day, Wei Hao inspected the military horses. There are 2 military horses in the Luoyang Mansion. Wei Hao definitely needs to investigate the situation of those horses, how many horses are left, how many horses are old, and how many horses have been born , how is the horse grain reserve?Wei Hao needed to ask about these things. Wei Hao stayed at the racecourse all day long and didn't come back until dark. In the afternoon, it was still raining lightly, and the weather started to get colder.

Wei Hao returned to the Governor's Mansion, just sitting there thinking about things, writing what he saw and heard in the past few days, as well as his feelings, and the places and directions that may have to be changed. These Wei Hao needs to take notes .

"My lord, don't drive to see me!" Wei Dashan came in at this moment, and said to Wei Hao, clasping his hands.

"Please!" Wei Hao nodded and said, after a while, Wang Biejia came over and saluted Wei Hao.

"Sit down, wait for the water to boil, make tea and drink, I heard that you have been collecting food for the past two days, is there any problem?" Wei Hao asked.

"Thank you, Mr. Guo, no problem. I have sold the old grain to the racecourse. After drying it on the racecourse, you can still make horse grain. There is still less mold. Although the price is cheaper, it is not that big of a loss. The Ministry of Civil Affairs also gave money to collect food before, but I haven’t had time to collect it yet, and I’m still collecting it now, thank you, Lord Guo, for not reporting this matter!” Wang Rongyi sat there and said to Wei Hao.

"Well, you must put it away. I didn't understand one thing. Your other evaluations are good, so how could you make such a mistake?" Wei Hao asked.

"Master Hui, to tell you the truth, there are still few refugees coming to Luoyang, most of them are passing by, and they are all going to Chang'an City, so we only need to provide a little food, and we can send those refugees away, and it doesn't matter if you suffer a disaster. This is not Chang'an City, the people here have some food reserves, they can withstand it, and once a large area is hit by a disaster, the court will help!" Wang Rongyi told the truth to Wei Hao.

"But the money allocated by the court every year is not small. The Ministry of Civil Affairs comes to inspect every year, so why didn't they go to the grain depot?" Wei Hao continued to ask.

"I went, but I won't check it as carefully as you, Mr. Guo. Besides, Luoyang has no money, but there are too many places where money is needed. The money for purchasing grain will wait until the turn of autumn and summer next year. It can be used, because there is still money to subsidize it,
Grandpa, you don’t know, except for Chang’an City, other places are very poor. The government has no money at all. All the money must be planned and not spent randomly. It fell into my hands, and it was used for other purposes! "Wang Rongyi continued to explain to Wei Hao,

Wei Hao nodded when he heard it, and then said: "I can understand, but I don't agree with it. It's okay that nothing happened. If something happens, it will lose my head!"

Wang Rongyi heard it, smiled bitterly, and then said to Wei Hao: "Master, our family head is here and wants to talk to you. In addition, the head of the Cui family is also here today and wants to talk to you. , and I also heard that other patriarchs are coming here one after another, and they probably also took a fancy to the fact that you are here as the governor, so I don’t know if the Duke has arrangements for next year. If there is no arrangement, they I want to come and visit!"

"I don't know tomorrow. If it doesn't rain, I have to go out tomorrow and come back at night. If it rains, I won't go out. In addition, I have to inspect the rivers passing through Luoyang Prefecture. If there are hidden dangers, I need to It is planned to be repaired, and in addition, I will go to various counties to learn about the situation in each county. The plan is to spend a month to visit Luoyang Mansion!" Wei Hao shook his head and said.

"Yes, the Duke puts the people first, and the officials admire him, but it is still raining lightly, and I don't think it will be clear tomorrow!" Wang Rongyi looked at Wei Hao and said.

"Look, I don't know yet! But I know why they came to me! It's useless to look for me." Wei Hao said with a smile, in fact, Wei Hao didn't want to talk to those people.

"Master Guo was joking. We all know that it is useful to find you. It's just whether you are willing to do it or not." Wang Rongyi said with a smile, no one in the civil and military circles knows, as long as Wei Hao is willing to do it, he will be able to do it. Cheng, and His Majesty also trusts Wei Hao the most, His Majesty will consider what Wei Hao says, and will definitely implement it in the end.

Therefore, when those aristocratic families came to Wei Hao, they hoped that Wei Hao could help, even if he didn't help, they also hoped that Wei Hao could turn a blind eye to some things!At this time, the water was ready, and Wei Hao started to make tea.

"My lord, I've been around Luoyang Mansion these two days, how do you feel?" Wang Rongyi looked at Wei Hao and started chatting.

"Poor, too poor, passing through some Zhuangzi, many people don't cover their clothes!" Wei Hao said with a wry smile. Compared with Chang'an City, the living standard of Luoyang people is far worse.

"This, this is definitely not comparable to Chang'an, but compared to other places, it's still pretty good!" Sitting there, Wang Rongyi said with a little embarrassment,

What Wei Hao considered was that cotton must be promoted so that the common people could have clothes to wear.Then the two chatted. Wang Rong always wanted to bring the topic to the patriarch of the aristocratic family, but Wei Hao just refused to answer. Wei Hao is not a newcomer to the officialdom. , you still need to talk to those Patriarchs in person, and

On the third day, when the sky cleared, Wei Hao didn't care about the patriarchs of those aristocratic families at all, and went directly to inspect. Wei Hao wanted to finish the inspection quickly this time, so as to have a general understanding of the entire Luoyang Mansion, so that he could manage this place well.

But now in Luoyang City, there are not only people from aristocratic families, but also a large number of businessmen. They also come to see if there is a chance to talk to Wei Hao, and to see if they can get some news and settle in Luoyang in advance, which is convenient for doing business, but Everyone is still not sure whether Wei Hao will vigorously govern Luoyang. If he can vigorously govern, then they will dare to buy shops first and do laying first.
The point is, Li Lizhi hasn't come here yet. Many people like to stare at Li Lizhi. As long as Li Lizhi does something, they can keep up. They will definitely follow up, because Li Lizhi must be the first to get the news, but she didn't come. Everyone was a little uncertain.

"I said, Mr. Wu, can we meet Xia Guogong this time?" Some businessmen were sitting in a restaurant drinking tea, and everyone asked each other for news. Mr. Wu was a well-known businessman in Chang'an City, and Wei Hao had a relationship with him before. Cooperated, but never spoke to Wei Hao, but everyone still thinks that he has the ability to eat the goods of so many workshops of Wei Hao.

"How do you know this? However, according to my understanding of Xia Guogong, Xia Guogong will not do anything this winter. He likes to start doing things in spring, so that it will be effective in winter, and it is very easy to do things in winter." Less!" Elder Wu said, stroking his beard.

"Then it's too early for us to come here now?" Another young businessman asked immediately, while the other businessmen just smiled and said nothing, thinking in their hearts that if we don't come early, we won't be able to drink soup by then .

"I heard that the patriarchs of the aristocratic family are all working here. The patriarch of the Wang family is here, and the patriarch of the Cui family is also here. I also heard that the patriarch of the Du family and the Wei family will also come here recently. They all moved Now, we must take action!" One of the businessmen said, and the others nodded,

As for Wei Hao, he didn't ask about those things at all. He just inspected with all his heart. When he arrived in a county, Wei Hao would ride a horse in the whole county for two days to see how the people's living standards in this county are, how the roads are, and check the county government. work, wait,
Sometimes, they don't go back to Luoyang at night, but live there directly for more than ten consecutive days, but those aristocratic family owners and businessmen are very anxious. They really want to talk to Wei Hao, but now they don't He didn't dare to disturb Wei Hao, for fear of causing Wei Hao's displeasure,

On this day, it was raining heavily, and Wei Hao braved the rain to return to Luoyang Mansion. Those people were overjoyed to hear that Wei Hao had returned, but now no one dared to go to the first visit, they all looked at the aristocratic family, and The people on the side of the aristocratic family are all staring at Wei Yuanzhao, the patriarch of the Wei family.

(End of this chapter)