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Chapter 313 Chapter 323: Corrupt official Qin Miao
"What's the problem?" Li Zhi looked at Li Hao puzzled, and said, "It's just that I was not invited to the banquet. Why is there a problem?"

Li Hao turned his head and asked Li Zhi: "Your Highness, in terms of status and power, you are older than me, right?"

"Yes." Li Zhi nodded.

Li Hao said: "Then it stands to reason that he should invite you to the banquet, not me."

"That's right." Li Zhi scratched his head, "This is also what I don't understand."

"Your Highness doesn't understand, but I understand." Li Hao sneered, "Qin Miao invited me to the banquet, he must be trying to bribe me. After all, His Highness is the prince, so he can't buy me. As for why he bought me, hehe , must have done some shameful things..."

"Ah?" Li Zhi was still very pure in his mind, and when he heard Li Hao's words, he stared in surprise and asked, "Sir, are you serious?"

"This is just my conjecture. I won't know the truth until I go to the banquet." Li Hao said with a light smile, "But, I can guarantee that Qin Miao's ass is not very clean."

Li Zhi hurriedly said: "Mr., go to the banquet quickly to see whether this Qin Miao is a good official or a bad official. If he is a corrupt official, we will take him directly."

"Things are not that simple." Li Hao said, "Although Your Highness is a prince, Qin Miao is still a high-ranking official in the frontier. He has no evidence and no evidence. It is not easy for His Highness to take him down. You can only do it if you have solid evidence."

Li Zhi nodded: "Okay, I'll trouble you sir, we must not delay the disaster relief, the group of disaster victims outside are still waiting for the government to rescue them."

Li Hao smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, rest here for a while, I'll go find out how deep the water in Dingzhou is."

Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "Sir, be more careful."

Li Hao left Lu Yun to protect King Jin, and took Chen Song and the twelve Xuanjia troops to the governor's mansion. When he arrived at the governor's mansion, Qin Miao went out to greet him in person. The courtesy was quite grand, and Li Hao became more and more certain of his thoughts when he saw this. Well, a courteous person must ask for something, but he doesn't show it on the surface. Qin Miao plays bureaucratic talk with himself, and she plays bureaucratic talk with him, talking and laughing, full of unnutritious words.

The banquet was set in the living room. After Li Hao entered the living room, he saw two tables facing each other. There was no distinction between the host and the guest. The table had already prepared delicious food and wine, which was extraordinarily rich. During this catastrophe, such a sumptuous banquet was actually set out. Li Hao couldn't help but secretly sneered, and had put Qin Miao on the death list.

"The Marquis of County Li, please take a seat." Qin Miao bowed slightly and invited Li Hao to his seat with a smile on his face.

Li Hao was not hypocritical, went over to sit down, glanced at the food and drink on the table, and said with a smile: "It's such a sumptuous feast, Lord Qin, don't worry about it."

"Where is there?" Qin Miao also sat down at the table, seeing that Li Hao seemed to like this banquet very much, and he was already happy, and said, "The Marquis of Li County is a distinguished guest. Your Majesty thinks so highly of such a small banquet, the officials feel that they have neglected Marquis Li."

Li Hao's official position is indeed higher than him, and he still has a title. It is not wrong for him to call himself an official. However, in terms of power, Li Hao is still incomparable with him. He is just a scientific researcher, but Li Hao is a Beijing official and a close minister of the emperor, so he can talk to the emperor, so Qin Miao naturally wants to curry favor with him.

Li Hao waved his hands and said with a faint smile: "Oh, Lord Qin's words are too serious. This time the person in charge of disaster management is King Jin, and this Marquis is only responsible for protecting King Jin's safety, so it's not about acting on behalf of Tian Xunhun."

Qin Miao said with a smile all over his face: "Master Li, don't be self-effacing. Who doesn't know that Jin Wang just turned 14 years old, so how can His Majesty entrust him with the task of disaster control? Disaster, in fact, everything is still done by Lord Hou.”

Li Hao smiled and said nothing, this Qin Miao is indeed an old driver in the officialdom, he has already figured out these things clearly, but he didn't figure out one thing, that is, he has a very good relationship with King Jin, and he is also a teacher and a friend.

Seeing that Li Hao just smiled, Qin Miao knew that Li Hao had acquiesced, and then shook her head and sighed: "Oh, Lord Hou is a generation of outstanding people, who took on such a great task of disaster relief and worked so hard, but in the end King Jin will take credit for it. What a pity, what a pity."

Li Hao put on a helpless wry smile, and said: "Eating the king's salary, and taking care of the king's worries, this Marquis has nothing to do, who makes him a prince." There was a strong sour taste in his words.

"That's true." Seeing Li Hao say this, Qin Miao was even happier. He wanted to draw Li Hao into a united front with him in words, and said, "Li County Marquis and lower officials are just courtiers, so naturally we can't talk to Li Hao." The people of the royal family are on a par."

As he spoke, he picked up his wine glass and said, "Marquis Li County, it's such a cold day, drink a glass of warm wine to warm up your body first, and I will respect you."

Li Hao also picked up the wine glass and had a drink with him. Li Hao hadn't eaten since morning, which was very tormenting for him who was used to lunch. But then he thought again, if he doesn't eat these delicacies and these delicacies won't reach the mouths of the common people, it's better to eat him hard to relieve his anger, so he opened his stomach and ate hard, muttering in his heart, one bite of you will be enough. It's like biting you, you corrupt official who doesn't make decisions for the people, I will kill you after I find out the evidence of your corruption and breaking the law!
Qin Miao was startled by Li Hao's ferocious way of eating. He almost thought that Li Hao was faked by some disaster victim. He just watched Li Hao eat like this the whole time, and he didn't move his chopsticks much.

After a long time, Li Hao finally had a good time. He threw away his chopsticks and let out a long breath, and said, "Master Qin, since this Marquis is here this time, let's ask by the way, how is the disaster in Dingzhou? How is it governed?"

Qin Miao hurriedly said: "Back to Lord Hou, the disaster situation in Dingzhou is a bit worse than that in Hengzhou and Yizhou, so the officials sent an emergency report to the court early, asking for relief food, but now it has been 20 days. The imperial court's disaster relief food has not yet arrived, there are already mourners outside the city, and the lower officials are also so worried that they can't sleep every night."

Li Hao said: "Dingzhou is such a big state city, so there is no money and food in the treasury?"

Qin Miao immediately made a bitter face, and said, "Master Hou, the wind and rain in Dingzhou have not been very smooth in the past two years. When the heavy snow came, there was only one thousand shi of grain and more than three hundred guan of money in the treasury. A few days ago, the refugees After rushing to the outside of the city, the lower officials had to open granaries to release grain, and bought cotton-padded clothes, quilts, and camp tents for them, so the money and grain in the treasury were exhausted, and now the granary and money treasury can run away with mice."

"Oh." Li Hao nodded thoughtfully. He had already scolded Qin Miao thousands of times in his heart. After spending three days porridge, setting up thirty tents, and buying some tattered old quilts and cotton clothes, the total consumption of these must not exceed five hundred stones of grain and one hundred coins, how could it be possible to consume a thousand stones? So much food.

Besides, why there is only so much money and food in the warehouse? When he was in Hengzhou, he had already asked Lu Dong, the governor of Hengzhou, not to mention the past two years. The weather is not good, but the harvest is definitely okay. Although the grain can only be stored for two years, it is definitely not as small as a thousand shi. The population of Dingzhou is obviously larger than that of Hengzhou. How can there be less grain than Hengzhou? There's definitely something tricky about it.

Li Hao thought for a long time, then calmly said: "In this way, it's really difficult for Master Qin. Now that the number of disaster victims outside the city is increasing every day, the food brought by the Marquis and King Jin may only last for five or six days. I don’t know when the government’s disaster relief food will arrive, so we have to get some more food.”

Qin Miao rolled her eyes when she heard the words, and asked, "Master Hou, why don't you let the king of Jin order to go to Dingzhou to govern the county town of Zhoulin to adjust the grain..."

"It's absolutely impossible." Li Hao was very angry when he heard this. The imperial court has ordered that in times of famine, prefectures and counties are not allowed to transfer food from the counties under their control. There are refugees in the prefectures, so there are no refugees in the counties.As for Qin Miao's idea, Li Hao naturally knew that he wanted to use the name of King Jin to adjust the grain, and then greedy for money. With the protection umbrella of King Jin, no one dared to blame him for adjusting the grain. This is Li Hao cause of anger.

Although Li Hao was angry, he still restrained himself, and a little intolerance would lead to chaos and big schemes.

Qin Miao was full of doubts when she heard the words: "Then what should I do? Please show me, Lord Hou."

Li Hao pretended to frown and pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Benhou remembers, there is a rich family in Dingzhou, whose surname is Cui, who seems to be called... Boling Cui?"

Qin Miao's expression changed slightly when he heard the words, then he nodded and said, "Yes, Lord Hou, the Cui family of Boling is a prominent family. It originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It has been more than 600 years, and it ranks first among the five surnames along with the Cui family of Qinghe."

"Oh, that's great." Li Hao clapped his hands happily when he heard the words, "Since their family has a great business and has accumulated hundreds of years, it must be extremely rich. Let them donate food for the time being to help the common people, and afterwards Ben Hou and King Jin will ask for credit for them."

Qin Miao Lianshan flashed an imperceptible sneer, cupped his hands and said, "Master Hou might as well try it, the Cui family is in Anping County, and it's only seventy miles east from here."

Li Hao naturally noticed Qin Miao's sneer, so why didn't he also sneer in his heart, this Qin Miao thinks he is smart and wants to run into trouble, and he is going to run into trouble, he has already guessed that the Boling Cui family will definitely not be able to borrow money Yes, I just went to find out Boling Cui's attitude, and by the way, see if Boling Cui has made any small moves.

"Okay, Benhou will go to Anping County tomorrow to ask the Cui family to borrow some food." Li Hao got up and cupped his hands towards Qin Miao, "Thank you for your hospitality this time, Lord Qin, it's getting late, I should go back," he said. Get up and prepare to say goodbye.

"Master Hou is serious. Please wait a moment, Master Hou." Qin Miao clapped her hands slowly as she spoke, and saw two beautiful girls with slim figures walking out of the room, and the two girls looked exactly the same, they were actually twins .

Li Hao was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly, "Master Qin, this is..."

Qin Miao smiled and said: "Master Hou, these two beauties were bought by the officials recently with all their savings. Although they are not alluring, they are also beautiful and delicious. The most important thing is that these two women are beautiful, regardless of their appearance or voice. They are all exactly the same, and they are still virgins. Originally, I was going to buy them to fill in the house. Today, I had a good chat with Lord Hou, so I gave it to Lord Hou. I hope Lord Hou will take pity on you."

Li Hao was annoyed when he heard the words, Qin Miao was indeed a kind and flattering person, so good at giving gifts, if he gave him gold, silver and jewelry, he would inevitably look down on him, but he did not expect to give him two beautiful twins, such a gift, If it were someone else, it would be really hard to refuse, but the beauties around Li Hao are all beautiful. Although the twins have their own characteristics, they are not enough to tempt him. Li Hao originally wanted to refuse, but on second thought, since he wants to To deal with Qin Miao, it is better not to make him suspicious for the time being, this gift must be accepted.

As soon as he thought of this, he entered the scene in a second, and smiled lewdly: "This is so embarrassing, Mr. Qin just has a heart, a heart." After saying that, he stepped forward to hold the hands of the two beauties, and tugged them to his side As expected, the two beauties obediently stuck to Li Hao's arms.

Seeing Li Hao's actions, Qin Miao saw that he was an old driver. He smiled even more happily, and cupped his hands and said, "I also hope that Lord Hou can speak a few words of kindness in front of King Jin and the Emperor on behalf of the lower officials. The lower officials are not very grateful."

"It's easy to say, easy to say, haha." Li Hao laughed and said, "Benhou is leaving now, hurry back and take pity on the two beauties, Mr. Qin, don't send it away, don't send it away, haha..." After finishing speaking, one left one He walked out with two beauties on the right.

Looking at Li Hao's back, the smile on Qin Miao's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a sneer, "Bah!" He also spat hard at Li Hao's back.

(End of this chapter)