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Chapter 174 The Tragedy of Hezhou City (First update! Please subscribe, please ask for a monthly pass!)

After several days of sailing, Zhao Xun's boat arrived in Hezhou.

Compared with the prosperity of Huangzhou, Hezhou looks a bit shabby and deserted.

But after all, it is also a city along the Grand Canal, and the basic scale is still there.

The building boat docked at the pier, and Zhao Xun and his party got off the boat one by one and entered the city.

Unlike the previous times when officials from the city went out to greet them, this time no officials came to greet them.

This made Zhao Xun feel puzzled.

My good fellow, what the officialdom pays attention to is a flattering superior.

Even if you are very reluctant in your heart, you have to follow this rule.

Otherwise, you will definitely be wearing small shoes everywhere, and you won't be able to hang around for long.

Of course Zhao Xun didn't care about these, he was just curious why the officials in Hezhou were so different.

Are they all strong orders like Hai Rui?
When a group of people entered the city, Zhao Xunfang suddenly realized.

It turns out that the buildings in the city have collapsed into disrepair, and the yamen is no exception.

After some inquiries, Zhao Xun learned that not long ago, Hezhou encountered a rare earthquake in a century.

The earthquake destroyed most of the buildings, and the yamen was seriously damaged to the point where it could not work.

Therefore, Hezhou officials have temporarily moved to Qingshan County, which belongs to Hezhou, and will not move back until the state government is completed.

Under such circumstances, when Zhao Xun and the others arrived in Hezhou, the Hezhou officials naturally couldn't find out immediately, so they couldn't go out of the city to greet them.

Zhao Xun's mood suddenly became a little heavy.

He is an imperial mission, and the things he can do are really limited.

Punish and punish corrupt officials, deal with demon sects and monsters to do justice for the sky, that's roughly the case.

The only thing Zhao Xun can change is man-made disasters, but there is really nothing he can do about natural disasters.

Take a long time to cover up one's tears, and mourn the hardship of the people's livelihood.

The ancients never lied to me.

Officials in Hezhou were able to relocate to neighboring counties after the earthquake.

But what about the common people?

The people can only grit their teeth and continue to live in the ruins of this fragment of walls.

They have no financial resources and connections, so they can only choose the most miserable way to survive.

From this point of view, the official in charge of Hezhou is not a good thing.

At this time, if you don't stay in Hezhou City to preside over the overall situation, you can run faster than anyone else.

If something big happens, the common people don't even have a backbone.

Zhao Xun shook his head, and said to Jia Xingwen: "Brother Jia, I think it's better to ask someone to bring some of our food from the building and ship first, and cook porridge for the common people. It's cold spring now, and the weather is still a bit cold. In a stable residence, if you don’t have enough to eat, you will easily get sick. If a major epidemic breaks out because of this, the consequences will be disastrous.”

Jia Xingwen nodded slightly and said, "Okay, just follow what Mingyun said."

"In addition, ask someone to go to Qingshan County to call back the officials of Hezhou, and say that the imperial envoy has something to ask."

Zhao Xun couldn't stand it anymore, he wanted to see how the governor of Hezhou explained it to him.

Along the way, Zhao Xun saw countless hidden dangers behind the prosperity.

The accumulation of these hidden dangers will cause very serious consequences.

However, Emperor Xianlong didn't realize it at all, and was intoxicated in his imagination of a peaceful and prosperous world.

This dog emperor who is not a son of man will not think that he is an emperor through the ages, right?

He lived in the Daming Palace, and he heard the courtiers' flattery every day, so how could he understand the hardships of the people's livelihood.

But if this guy goes out of the palace in low clothes and goes deep into the people to experience the people's sentiments, he should also understand how false the so-called prosperous age is.

The county government of Qingshan County.

Chu Fengnian, governor of Hezhou, was copying a copybook.

His handwriting is excellent, and he won the favor of many examiners because of his good handwriting during the imperial examination.

After becoming an official, Chu Fengnian still maintained the habit of practicing calligraphy every day.

No matter how busy the official business is, it will not hinder Chu Fengnian from practicing calligraphy.

Of course, the official business is not very busy.

After Chu Fengnian became an official, he released a total of three states, namely the upper, middle and lower three continents.

Hezhou is considered a central state, and the official duties are very leisurely.

Even in Shangzhou, at most two or three hours a day are enough to deal with official duties.

The rest of the time is at will.

However, Chu Fengnian seemed to be unlucky in the past six months, as he encountered floods and earthquakes one after another.

Not to mention that Hezhou's food storage was stripped out, the local law and order also became unstable.

This is the worst thing.

Chu Fengnian knew very well that if the people make trouble, he must be the first to suffer.

The imperial court can allow him to be mediocre and inactive, but he must not allow the public grievances he caused to boil and rise up.

Maintaining local stability is his bottom-line duty as a parent officer.

If he can't do this well, this black hat will be taken off sooner or later.

Just when Chu Fengnian was concentrating on copying, Song Liangpeng, the magistrate of Qingshan County, rushed to him in a hurry, bowed to him and said: "Lord Governor, something is wrong."

Chu Fengnian's pen was hanging in the air, he frowned and said: "Magistrate Song, what do you mean by that?"

"Reporting to Lord Inspector, it is an imperial envoy, and the imperial envoy has arrived in Hezhou."

County Magistrate Song Liangpeng said with a bitter face.

bang.

Chu Fengnian just felt that his head exploded and he was dumbfounded.

Not long ago, he saw the mansion newspaper issued by the imperial court, which said that the imperial envoy would go south to Jiangnan Road on business in the near future.

Hezhou is an important hub along the Grand Canal, and the imperial envoy will definitely pass by if he travels by water.

So Chu Fengnian had arranged for three shifts of yamen servants to watch at the pier outside the city in turn, and as soon as there was news of the arrival of the imperial envoy's official ship, he would immediately send someone to inform him.

But now the imperial envoys have already entered the city, and the yamen servants still haven't come to report.

This shows that these yamen servants just ignored his words and didn't take them seriously at all.

Chu Fengnian was furious and shouted: "The catcher Shen Ziping is here, tell that dog to roll over quickly."

County magistrate Song Liangpeng hurriedly said: "Lord Inspector, now is not the time to blame Shen Butou. Now I still have to think about how to explain it to the imperial envoy."

"Yeah, I was almost confused by this guy."

Chu Fengnian started walking around the room with his hands behind his back.

But now he is in a hurry, how could he come up with a good solution in such a state of mind.

In desperation, Chu Fengnian asked Song Liangpeng for advice: "Magistrate Song, what do you think this official should do for the current plan?"

"This"

Song Liangpeng felt helpless in his heart.What can be done at this time, I can only try to avoid the serious and light.

"Now it's impossible to get rid of the ties completely. As the governor of a state, it is inappropriate for you to leave Hezhou City, but you can say that you are going to Qingshan County to find food and bring it back to the state city to help the people. As long as you do this Said, the imperial envoy should not be too harsh on you."

Chu Fengnian couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard it, it's wonderful.This seems to be the most plausible explanation today.

(End of this chapter)