Datang Nongwang

Chapter 590
Li Chongyuan looked at the two of them, and scolded them with hatred: "Atonement, is this something you can redeem? Ask them, how many days have they eaten this kind of food? Even pigs eat better than this." it is good."

Li Chongyuan was very angry.

It never occurred to him that after the matter in his hands, there are still people who would dare to commit crimes against the wind.

and.

I have cleaned up Yangzhou and Xixiang once, and there are still people who dare to risk their own death and engage in such corruption under their noses.

sometimes.

People think too perfectly, and things are not perfect.

What's more, as long as people are doing it, there will inevitably be problems.

People are different and come in all shades.

Some are seeking fame, some are seeking security, and some are seeking officials.

And this asking for money can be said to be the most important thing in everyone's heart.

Some people pretend to be lofty, but when there is no rice to cook, they are still so lofty, survival is the most important thing.

Li Chongyuan never imagined that when he was still in Xixiang, someone would dare to put his hand into his bowl to bully these timid and fearful people, which made Li Chongyuan look at Xiangsi and the two of them furiously.

"Xiao Langjun, I'm going to the two yamen in Xixiang prefecture and county right now. Please give us time. If we don't give Xiao Lang an explanation, I will go back to Chang'an to plead guilty to the old lady." Xiang Si felt resentful at this time It's time.

But in the face of Li Chongyuan's questioning, he really had no good solution. He just wanted to calm the matter down so that Li Chongyuan's reputation could be restored a bit.

The anger on Li Chongyuan's face persisted, and he waved to Xiang Ba, "Go together, I don't care who it is, if anyone dares to touch the people's rations, even if I, Li Chongyuan, risk my life, I will let him go." Sit through the prison."

Xiang Ba got the words, approached Xiang Si, and gently pushed.

Comprehended by Xiang Si, he bowed to Li Chongyuan, turned around and ran towards Xixiang County with Xiang Ba's guards.

Standing behind Li Chongyuan, Xingba pointed to the temporary warehouse and kitchen in the distance, "Little Lang, over there."

"Let's go, I want to see how dark people's hearts are in this warehouse. Eighth, let them surround the warehouse. If anyone dares to run, he will be kicked and broken." Li Chongyuan was in a rage, and this order order, that really doesn't count for any consequences.

After a while.

Xingba commanded the remaining [-] or so guards to surround the entire warehouse area, and blasted out all the subordinates and servants in the warehouse.

When these subordinate officials and guards saw Li Chongyuan's angry face, they stood there innocently, as if they were waiting for Li Chongyuan's punishment.

After half a day.

Line [-]. They didn't know until they interrogated these people.

The person in charge here ran away, and he even knew that the person in charge was the brother-in-law of the county magistrate of Xixiang County.

As for the others, they said they were following orders, but Li Chongyuan was still unhappy, "After Zhu Biejia arrives, let's see what he has to say."

here.

Li Chongyuan no longer had the so-called intention to make a big fuss.

The people are important, and if this incident becomes a big deal, it is not good for anyone, especially those people.What's more, Li Chongyuan is not a supervisory censor, so he has no power to deal with these people.

"Xiao Langjun, that man named Sun Li, I think there must be someone behind him. If there is no one behind him, he would not dare to do anything." Xing Ba said, looking at the underlings and guards in front of him. .

Li Chongyuan nodded, looked at those people and asked, "Who does Sun Li belong to? None of you know."

"Back to Marquis of Li County, Sun Li is the brother-in-law of the Ming Mansion. We dare not disobey him. Otherwise, if we don't listen to him, he will definitely tell the Ming Mansion that we don't even have to eat this bowl of rice." Seeing Li Chongyuan's questioning, a subordinate official was a little nervous and scared, but at this moment, he no longer thought about whether the Ming Dynasty or Sun Li, let alone whether he would lose his job.

When Li Chongyuan heard that Sun Li was the Xixiang magistrate's brother-in-law, he sneered in his heart, "A small county magistrate's brother-in-law dares to covet my money and food. It seems that he has reached the end of his Xixiang county magistrate position."

The county magistrate of Xixiang, an official position on the seventh rank.

Although Li Chongyuan is not a supervising censor, but he really wants to make him a seventh-rank magistrate of Xixiang County, and it is not difficult to think about it.

What Li Chongyuan said was extremely simple.

But these subordinates in front of him, whether they were servants, looked at Li Chongyuan with a feeling of fear in their eyes.

Li Chongyuan's fierce reputation is like thunder in Yangzhou.

Everyone in Yangzhou knows that last year Li Chongyuan executed most of the officials in Yangzhou, even the Tongjun of the Tongjun Mansion.

visible.

Li Chongyuan's fierce reputation had long been deeply rooted in their hearts.

"Xiao Langjun, I remember that the county magistrate of Xixiang seems to be called Ye Wen. Last time, Zhu Biejia specially recommended this person to you, Xiao Langjun, saying that he is very good at handling things. As long as he handles the affairs in his hands, you can It can be done beautifully." Standing aside, Xingba recalled to Li Chongyuan.

Li Chongyuan twisted his neck, "Ye Wen, Zhu Shengzhi's fellow countryman, so he, Zhu Biejia, recommended him to us. I don't know if Ye Wen can handle affairs, but with his ability to handle affairs, I think he is putting himself It can be done."

When Li Chongyuan and the others were standing outside the warehouse and talking.

For Zhu Shengzhi, when the state government office was dealing with official business, he suddenly saw Xiang Si and the others rushing in with dozens of people, which scared him a little.

But when he, Zhu Shengzhi, heard about Xiang Si's intentions, he was terrified immediately, and rushed here with his people.

came with him.

Of course there was his fellow countryman, Xixiang county magistrate Ye Wen.

When Zhu Shengzhi arrived, he immediately saluted Li Chongyuan.

"Li County Marquis, what's going on. The steward led someone straight to the Yamen of our prefecture. What's the situation?" Zhu Shengzhi's words were full of displeasure towards Li Chongyuan.

In terms of official position, Zhu Shengzhi is actually higher than Li Chongyuan.

and.

Li Chongyuan didn't have the position of supervisory censor. Although Zhu Shengzhi had a good impression of Li Chongyuan, he let the people below rush into the state government without saying hello.

Whoever put this matter on, it is estimated that it is impossible to be happy.

Li Chongyuan didn't speak, but squinted at Ye Wen, the county magistrate of Xixiang who was following Zhu Shengzhi, with a faint contempt on his face.

Seeing that Li Chongyuan didn't speak, Zhu Shengzhi immediately raised his unhappiness in his heart, "Marquis Li, I respect you as a clan relative, but you are so presumptuous, isn't it too much?"

"Have you ever been? That's right. Don't drive in your majestic state. You sit on the high hall every day and don't eat the fireworks of the world. How can you know what kind of life the people below are living. If anyone disturbs you, don't drive , That’s really passed, and it’s still a big crime.” Li Chongyuan listened to Zhu Shengzhi’s words, and he was very disdainful of him.

Li Chongyuan can't say that you want to take care of your fellow countrymen.

Even if he used a little money and food for himself, Li Chongyuan would not be like this.

But just now.

Li Chongyuan checked the warehouse. Of the 150 shi grains that were delivered to the warehouse today, there were only less than [-] shi left.

Three hundred shi of grain could have fed the common people who worked for free and the water workers for four days.

But in less than half a day, half of the three hundred stones of grain disappeared.

As for the ones left two days ago, they are long gone.

This made Li Chongyuan's anger that had subsided in his heart after hearing Zhu Shengzhi's words suddenly start to flare up again at this moment.

Zhu Shengzhi saw that Li Chongyuan's anger suddenly rose, and looked at the subordinate officials and servants squatting beside the warehouse. Eighty-nine points are here.

Moreover.

Before they came to the warehouse, if Zhu Shengzhi didn't know the food in the bowls of the people he saw along the way, he would be like a pig.

Zhu Shengzi listened to Li Chongyuan's words, although he was a little displeased, but at this moment, he couldn't say any more offensive words, "Li County Marquis, even if something happened, let me know the whole story. .”

"Xingba, bring over the food that the common people eat, let us, the high-ranking fellow, and Ye Mingfu have a good taste, and see if they can eat it." Li Chongyuan didn't respond directly, Instead, he spoke to Xingba.

Xing Ba cast a cold look at the Xixiang officials, then waved to the guards.

moment.

From the temporary kitchen on the side of the warehouse, they brought out a pot of gruel with rice bran added, and a pot of clear water and cabbage.

The guards took their own bowls, made a few bowls and brought them over.

However, Zhu Shengzhi and the others were a little afraid to take it, because they saw the porridge in the bowl and the green vegetables without any oily smell.

Li Chongyuan looked at these officials, and suddenly said coldly, "Eat, why don't you eat it. More than 7000 people eat these things every day. Don't you, as officials in Xixiang, dare not even eat what the people eat? , then how come you love the people like your own sons?"

Hearing Li Chongyuan's words, Zhu Shengzhi no longer feels unhappy in his heart.

As far as the two bowls of food in front of me are concerned, although I have seen them before, they have rarely happened in the past two years.

And he knows better.

Li Chongyuan entrusted him with the logistics of the ocean water restoration, and entrusted him, his new boss, to do it, which was a kind of trust.

Zhu Shengzhi slowly took the porridge handed to him by the guard, and poured it into his mouth.

Immediately, the sound of 'Bah, Bah, Bah' sounded.

"Li County Marquis, this matter is my fault, and I will definitely give Li County Marquis a satisfactory explanation." After Zhu Shengzhi finished poohing, his throat was blocked by fine chaff, and he spoke, All with some hoarseness.

Li Chongyuan looked at the magistrate of Xixiang coldly, "I remember that you seem to have entrusted him to do this. Besides, according to my investigation, the person who manages this place seems to be his brother-in-law named Sun Li "Zhu Biejia, your people, you need to do a thorough investigation. If you can't find anything, Zhu Biejia, then I will write a letter to the Holy One, and the Holy One will send someone to investigate."

Li Chongyuan didn't care what happened to Ye Wen, the county magistrate of Xixiang.

Whether he is greedy or not, Li Chongyuan doesn't know, but thinking about it with his ass, even if Ye Wen is not greedy, he is still the umbrella of the subordinate Sun Li.

Without Ye Wen, Sun Li would never have dared to put his hand into Li Chongyuan's bowl so blatantly.

"Li County Marquis, this matter has nothing to do with me, it really has nothing to do with me. Zhu Biejia, you have to trust me. Zhu Biejia thinks you are the most clear about how I am, Ye Wen." Seeing that Li Chongyuan pointed all the blame at him, Wen felt a little unsteady on his feet.

Zhu Shengzhi looked at Ye Wen with regretful eyes when he heard the words, "You, Qiu De, it's in vain that I trust you so much, but you are so good, you made a mistake on such a big matter, alas!!!"

Li Chongyuan glanced at the two of them, then at the officials behind him and said: "Zhu Biejia, I only give you three days, if I don't get a satisfactory result in three days, you should know what I will do Yes. In addition, I will warn everyone present again. If anyone’s hands are not clean when doing things for the common people, even if I, Li Chongyuan, are no longer the supervisory censor, I can still ask for orders from the Holy Majesty. Besides, the money and food belong to me, Li Chongyuan. If anyone stretches out his hand, I, Li Chongyuan, will do it myself in the name of the Marquis of my county and the Li clan."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chongyuan no longer cared about these officials, and waved to the fourth class.

"Immediately ask Shi Lin and the others to make rice again. Meat and vegetables have to be cooked. This afternoon, I don't have to do work, but I want to let the common people eat well." Li Chongyuan said.

Xiang Si didn't say a word, he waved to Shi Lin and others not far away, and started cooking again.

What else is there to do?

Even if he can't take care of people's stomachs, even if Li Chongyuan doesn't repair this foreign water, he still has to take care of these common people.

Zhu Shengzhi and others stood there, wanting to help, but they didn't know how to extend their hands.

It is a big mistake to help once.

If they don't calm down this incident, they can all think that Li Chongyuan will turn Xixiang's officialdom over again with his own efforts.

I have no face to stay any longer.

Zhu Shengzhi pointed at Ye Wen, waved his sleeves resentfully, and rode directly on the horse towards Xixiang County.

As for Ye Wen, he couldn't even walk with his legs at this moment.

he knows.

He is finished.

Because not long ago, his brother-in-law came back suddenly, saying that he needed to leave Xixiang for an urgent matter, and he would return in a few days.

Ye Wen didn't think about it when he arrived, he thought his little brother-in-law was having fun again and was going to play somewhere else, so he let him go without saying a word.

in the afternoon.

Near the warehouse.

A cooking team of hundreds of people is burying the fire to cook.

Chop vegetables, cook rice.

There were piles of vegetables, and the pork was carried over one by one. This made thousands of people watching from a distance stand there quietly with the pottery bowls of rice bran porridge that they had already finished, swallowing their mission. Drooling.

Some water workers who knew Li Chongyuan spoke to the common people from time to time, "The Marquis of County Li can't get used to those corrupt officials the most. Have you seen that, Marquis Li County is not a stingy person, then It's because those subordinate officials played tricks behind our backs, which made us eat so poorly."

"That's right, last year we worked for the Marquis of Li County. We had meat every day, and the rice was never thin."

(End of this chapter)