lied to Kangxi

Chapter 417 It's You Who Confused
Yu Zhu actually did it on purpose.

If you don't force Li Xi, who knows whether he is an enemy or a friend?
Today, the method of distinguishing friend from foe is simple and clear.All Henan officials who support Yuzhu in severely punishing the dike diggers are friends.

Otherwise, they are all enemies.

Those who do not express their views are also enemies, because they choose to remain silent, which means they are complicit.

Li Xi was held back by his lungs and trachea, so he could only cup his hands and said: "Go back to Yujue's Ministry, I have strictly ordered all the state capitals to raise nearly a million shi of grain, and it is on the way to be transported continuously."

Very good, this is what Yuzhu wants.

"There are more than [-] hungry people in the city, shouldn't it be time to open a warehouse to release food?" Yu Zhu didn't want to embarrass Li Xi, so he reminded Li Xi with a smile.

After all, Li Xi is the governor of a province with great power, and his neutral attitude can save a lot of trouble.

In this era, the opening of warehouses to release grain is custom-made by the imperial court, and the management is extremely strict, so it must be handled by order.

Who dares to open a warehouse to release grain without authorization, just wait for the hammer.

Previously, Yuzhu didn't mention the matter of opening warehouses, that's because the big families in the county town opened dozens of porridge sheds in the city, fearing that the refugees would take the opportunity to make trouble.

However, as of yesterday, the porridge shed was almost unable to maintain.

Li Xi hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "The court's edict has not been received yet, can you delay it for a few more days?" His words are also reasonable.

However, Yuzhu didn't want to hear this, so he said: "Well, I'll leave the official letter of the imperial envoy to temporarily borrow [-] shi of grain, what do you think?"

"This..." Li Xi felt chills in his heart. If he agreed to borrow it, wouldn't he be making an enemy of the Baye Party?

Because, taking advantage of the catastrophe of the flood, Fantai Yitang'a deliberately delayed the transportation of relief food, with the purpose of buying the fertile land in the hands of the victims at a low price.

During the peace period, no matter whether the grain harvest was good or not, it was actually very difficult for the big landlords to annex good fields.

Because every family has the simple experience of starvation, and life-saving food is always hidden in the cellar.

However, after the great floods destroyed the homes, the situation was very different.

The life-saving food has run out, and even a small landlord can become a poor vagabond overnight.

At this time, it is the season of making a fortune in land mergers!
Li Xi was in a dilemma, suddenly he had an idea, he turned his head and asked Yitang: "Yifantai, what do you think?"

"No, if there is no government order, who would dare to tamper with Chang Pingcang?" Yitang'a refused very resolutely, leaving no room for it.

The vassal is in charge of civil affairs, and all matters such as money and food are under the jurisdiction of Tang A.

Yuzhu's offer to borrow food was just a cover, and his purpose was to hold back senior officials in Henan province.

In fact, since this dynasty, it is not surprising that imperial envoys have been sent out to borrow food from time to time.

The imperial court did not allow local officials to open positions without authorization, mainly because they were worried about the Han officials and invited to buy the hearts of the people.

Yuzhu is a banner official and an imperial envoy to investigate the case. He proposed to borrow food, and the court has always encouraged and acquiesced.

What he was waiting for was the word "unable", Yuzhu pulled his face down and said sharply: "Yi Fansi, why not?"

Yitang A raised his chin, and said recalcitrantly: "Changping the warehouse, you can't move lightly if you don't have a purpose."

Yuzhu grasped his words and said in a deep voice, "Did the imperial envoy say that it was Changping warehouse?"

"Uh..." Yitang'a blinked his eyes, his head was a little dazed, and he didn't understand what Yu Zhu meant.

In the Qing Dynasty, granaries were divided into Changping warehouses and provincial, government and county warehouses.

Although Changping warehouse is under the management of the province, the rule is that only moving in is allowed, and no moving out is allowed without a will.

The meaning of Yuzhu is actually very clear, which is to borrow grain from the Henan Provincial Treasury.

Yitang'a thought that Yuzhu wanted to borrow the grain stored in Changping's warehouse, which caused a beautiful misunderstanding.

"Several prefectures in the province were hit by disasters, and the provincial treasury doesn't have much food left." Yitang'a was in charge of the feudal treasury, and his words were quite weighty.

Under the attack from both sides, Li Xi looked extremely embarrassed.

Yuzhu people are in Yucheng County, so they can't go to Kaifeng's provincial treasury, which is according to Tang A's judgment.

Unexpectedly, Yuzhu shot a false shot, and did not mention the matter of borrowing food from the provincial treasury, but the matter of donating.

"Henan was hit by a disaster, and when the imperial court was using food, this imperial envoy decided to start a flood disaster donation immediately!"

Yuzhu was originally in charge of the donation office of the Ministry of Households. After the disaster in Henan, it happened to meet the rules of donation.

The system of the Qing Dynasty was both rigid and flexible.

The donation has nothing to do with Yitang'a, it is a matter within the scope of Yuzhu's responsibility.

Because he wanted to hold back the officials in Henan, Yuzhu didn't act harshly, but controlled the situation with both kindness and force.

After the discussion was completed, Yu Zhu invited everyone to a banquet.

When a catastrophe is imminent, the jade pillars are also filled with plain seats.However, wine is good wine.

Yuzhu's drinking capacity is astonishing, during the dinner, he toasted frequently, focusing on greeting Yitang'a and Li Xi.

The bad rules in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, the official banquets, and various rules emerged one after another, and they had to be put in place one by one, which took a lot of time.

In addition, Yuzhu was deliberately delaying time, so he had to drink enough wine for two hours.

When the banquet was over, both Li Xi and Yitang'a were drunk.

Yuzhu took advantage of the trend and in the name of an increase in criminal cases, he kept the regular secretary Chang Jixun and the local county magistrate who didn't drink too much.

However, just after tea was served, before Yuzhu could speak, Old Shisan came back with a smile on his face.

"Haha, it's a surprise victory, wonderful!" After the important witness was caught, the old thirteen didn't care about anything, and openly appeared indoors.

Yuzhu secretly heaved a sigh of relief, it seems that the old thirteen got his hands smoothly, great kindness!
These days, when the imperial court handles cases, it does not place much emphasis on physical evidence, but on oral confessions.

Chang Jixun didn't know Old Shisan, so he asked displeasedly: "Who are you, how dare you trespass on the imperial envoy?"

The old thirteen was too lazy to talk to Chang Jixun, he smiled and said to Yu Zhu: "Thank you for your help, if there is no help from your people, there will definitely be fish that slipped through the net."

Yuzhu didn't take credit for it, and reminded with a smile: "Master Thirteen, it's the right thing to ask for a confession as soon as possible."

"Hehe, Master used some tricks on the way and already obtained an important confession." The thirteenth child had done a great job and found the evidence to clean up the scapegoat for the fourth child.

"Ah, Lord Thirteen?" Chang Jixun was stunned immediately, opened his mouth wide, and looked at Old Thirteen stupidly.

The old thirteen looked at Yuzhu with a smile, and reminded: "Imperial envoy of Yuda, should the secret decree come out?"

As soon as this remark came out, Yuzhu was immediately convinced that the old thirteen had indeed succeeded.

"There is a decree, Chang Jixun accepts it!" Yu Zhu took out the secret decree from Kangxi from his bosom, and held it high above his head.

Immediately, Chang Jixun's face turned pale with fright, and his whole body shook like chaff.

"The cabinet entrusted Yuzhu with full power to handle the matter of the Yellow River breaching and harming the people. Anyone below the Henan chief envoy can be dismissed first, and handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for serious crimes. This is hereby."

Yuzhu hid it deep enough and endured it for so many days before he took out the big weapon and settled Chang Jixun in one fell swoop.

The Baye Party has two pillars in Henan Province, the first is Chang Jixun, the official secretary, and the second is Yitang A, the official secretary.

Now that Chang Jixun was arrested, Yitang'a who was drunk was doomed.

(PS: There will be more in the early morning.)
(End of this chapter)