Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 431 Let me hear how miserable you are

Emperor Changle then selected three officials from the household department to go to Fuzhou for disaster relief, and another three censors to supervise the use of funds.

Xu Zhiqiong did what he said, and asked these six officials to take up their posts with a brocade box containing the head of the previous official, and they rushed to Fuzhou with the officials.

At the same time, Xu Zhiqiong ordered Lantern Lang to monitor the porridge fields, and report to Xu Zhiqiong immediately if the chopsticks could not be inserted into the porridge.

Three days later, Xia Hu sent good news that Hong Shanyi, the new head of the household department in charge of disaster relief, had grown from four inches three to four inches five, and he started to act.

Xu Zhiqiong sat in the Marquis' mansion and laughed for a long time.

Xia Hu was worried that he was going crazy, so she made some plum wine for Xu Zhiqiong, and Xu Zhiqiong calmed down after drinking it.

"I have to ask him, how can I convince him, how can I prevent him from reaching out to the disaster relief money."

Xia Hu pouted and said, "Why are you still planning to save him? My knife has been sharpened."

"Who is going to save him? Am I thinking about the next one?"

Xu Zhiqiong went directly to Fuzhou through the anchor point of the Punishment Order, and first asked Meng Shizhen to arrest Hong Shanyi, tortured him, and asked him about his methods of corruption.

The number of people was not excessively false, only a few thousand people were overreported, Xu Zhiqiong endured it.

The price of rice was overstated by [-]% without excessive false reporting, and Xu Zhiqiong also endured it.

Where did he get the money?

Even Xu Zhiqiong couldn't think of a way out.

After careful inspection, it was found out that Hong Shanyi claimed to have eaten meat for the victims.

"Where do you think this meat is?"

He said that he stewed it in porridge every day.

Xu Zhiqiong specially took out a bowl of porridge from the porridge shed, held it in front of Hong Shanyi and said, "You have no meat in this porridge!"

Hong Shanyi said: "This meat is so stewed that it's turned into juice, so you can't see it!"

Xu Zhiqiong called the porridge cook again, and the cook said, "I've never seen meat before."

Hong Shanyi said: "When the meat was bought, it was dried, cut into pieces, mixed directly with the rice, and put in the pot together."

Xu Zhiqiong brought another half bag of rice, and asked Hong Shanyi, "Is there no minced meat here?"

Hong Shanyi said: "The first batch of rice mixed with meat has been eaten, and the second batch of meat has not arrived yet, so there is no time to mix it."

Xu Zhiqiong put Mi aside, stared at Hong Shanyi for a while, and asked, "Let's stop talking about Jill, you tell me the truth, what should I do so that you don't get greedy?"

"I'm not greedy..."

"Call me!"

"Wait a minute!" Hong Shanyi burst into tears, "Master Xu, you are too unruly, you are too unruly!"

After hearing the general idea, Xu Zhiqiong immediately became interested, and ordered someone to untie Hong Shanyi, and brought him two dishes and a jug of good wine.

"Tell me in detail, what is the general, and let me study hard!"

"Master Xu, you keep saying that you want to provide disaster relief, and the total number of victims is [-]..."

"What nonsense!" Xu Zhiqiong said angrily, "There are more than [-] people, and you are still lying until now."

Hong Shanyi said: "Forget it, there are more than [-] people, but this is not a lot of people. I have two officials under my command, more than a hundred attendants, and Fuzhou sent more than a hundred attendants. There are no distinction between the two hundred people. Day and night, non-stop running around for the victims, shouldn't you get more money? Even if you hire a peasant on the street, you have to pay some money, right?"

Xu Zhiqiong widened his eyes and said, "Don't you usually receive salary? Isn't this the duty of an official?"

"If I'm an official in Beijing, it's my duty to receive a salary. To suffer in this remote place is beyond my duty. I should take more money!"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "If you come to run a business, the imperial court will also give you an additional subsidy, which is not a small amount!"

"What's the point of subsidizing it? It's just a hundred taels of silver. Am I short of those silver coins?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Then how much do you want? Is one hundred taels less? It's worth your salary for a year, isn't that enough?"

Hong Shanyi sighed: "Master Xu, you are too young. Your current status is all due to chance and luck. You don't understand the general situation of disaster relief at all."

"Didn't you follow your advice?" Xu Zhiqiong poured a glass of wine for Hong Shanyi, "Tell me, what is general!"

Hong Shanyi said: "Disaster relief is a hard job. There are more than [-] disaster victims. We have to worry about food, clothing and housing, right?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "Eat, you worry about it, you don't care about clothing, housing, and use."

"This... I have to worry about it in the future," Hong Shanyi paused, and then said, "Let's talk about food, it's not easy for the victims to eat.

We have to count the number of victims, right?Have to go shopping for rice?Have to hire someone to set up a shed for porridge, right?You can't mess up the order, you have to prevent someone from pretending to be a claimant, and you can't make trouble for the victims. If you say these things, is he easy to do?

Just relying on the few subsidies given by the imperial court, why should others follow you to do things?How about giving more benefits? "

Xu Zhiqiong asked, "How much is appropriate?"

Hong Shanyi said: "The imperial court gave [-] silver for disaster relief, and I keep [-], but I don't give it to myself, I distribute it to my subordinates, let them have enough, enough,
With the remaining [-] silver, they will not deduct it too much. At least [-] silver can be used on the victims of the disaster. This is my conscience in doing things, and this is the general purpose of disaster relief! "

Xu Zhiqiong said in surprise, "You just mentioned conscience?"

Hong Shanyi nodded and said: "This is conscience! What's the use of you just talking about incorruptibility? If the subordinates don't get benefits and don't contribute to me, none of the disaster relief money will reach the victims!
I have spent more effort than others, but I have never benefited more than others. Isn't this conscience?Isn't this general?I have worked so hard, who can know?
The disaster victims have suffered, but they can only see their own suffering. They don't know the suffering of being an official. The suffering of being an official is a thousand times more painful than the disaster victims!Hong Mou was unwilling to speak out about the pain!

Hong Mou asked himself, he was worthy of the emperor's favor, and he was worthy of the common people below. It was just a few complaints, and I took it upon myself. "

"Are you taking care of it?" Xu Zhiqiong looked respectful, "Master Hong, you are so caring!"

Hong Shanyi smiled wryly and said: "Master Hou, why bother to speak sarcasm, I am willing to bear the infamy, and I am also ready to lose my official position. I can't keep this black hat. When I finish this errand, I will go to the Holy Majesty and ask for my resignation." .”

"Please resign? How can that be done! How can the imperial court leave such a backbone of humerus like you!" Xu Zhiqiong poured another glass of wine for Hong Shanyi.

Hong Shanyi looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Master Hou, Ming people don't speak secretly, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"

Xu Zhiqiong squatted in front of Hong Shanyi, and said with a serious expression: "This matter, in general terms, the imperial court wants to provide disaster relief and has given money, and the victims need money to survive, but the officials in the middle also want to take the money, so This matter is really difficult to handle.
I have spent a lot of time thinking about such a method, all the money from the court will be handed over to the victims, and the money from the officials will still be those subsidies. "

Hong Shanyi sneered and said, "That subsidy is not enough."

"Isn't that enough?" Xu Zhiqiong said, "It's okay, I'll stick them all over again."

Hong Shanyi was taken aback: "A whole body of flesh? What kind of flesh?"

"You are so fleshy!" Xu Zhiqing said with a serious expression, "You are the backbone of the humerus who knows the general, and it is not enough to bear a few infamy, and you also bear the burden of a thousand cuts!"

"Xu Zhiqiong, you..."

"Look at you, Master Hong, what are you in a hurry for?" Xu Zhiqiong tore off a chicken leg and stuffed it into Hong Shanyi's mouth.
You also said just now that you have suffered a thousand times more than the disaster victims. Others don’t know your suffering, but you still don’t want to tell it yourself.

In this way, when you are cut for a while, you will keep complaining, tell all the suffering of being an official, and explain in detail, this time you will be cut for [-] knives, so don't talk too fast.

While you are talking, other officials are watching, I have to let them understand the truth, if they are not greedy, they will get a subsidy, and they will be promoted after finishing their work.

If they are greedy, they won't get anything, and they still have to earn a lot of money. Wouldn't it be easier to calculate the debt?
If they really don't want to be an official anymore, let's listen to the suffering you said, I will send them back to the capital and just resign from the official position, I don't think they are willing to part with it! "

"Xu Zhiqiong...you, why do you kill me? I'm going to see the Holy One!" Hong Shanyi jumped up and fought with Xu Zhiqiong.

Xu Zhiqiong kicked him to the ground, turned around and asked, "Is the knife sharpened?"

The executioner responded: "Almost."

Xu Zhiqiong reminded Hong Shanyi: "Eat faster, it's almost time to get on the road."

……

After leaving the prison, the execution ground has been set up outside the door, and officials of all sizes in Fuzhou were invited to watch the execution.

Xia Hu was very dissatisfied: "Officer, if the executioner kills this guy, I won't be able to give all the merits to me."

Xu Zhiqiong squeezed his cheeks: "At this time, I will call the officer. If you don't mind the blood, let the executioner leave the last knife to you."

Xia Hu looked joyful: "Leave it to me, leave it to me, I'll go for the autopsy, what's so disgusting about that?"

On the same day, Xu Zhiqiong murdered Hong Shanyi and two other officials in charge of disaster relief in Luohuai County.

Of the thirteen officials who came out to relieve the disaster, six died first, then six were replaced, and now three more died. The only ones who were safe and sound were the seven people who managed the river.

Back at the post house, Kang Shouming, the head of the Ministry of Industry, called the other five officials, each took one hundred taels of gold, came to Zhang Zhuyang, and bowed deeply: "Zhang Yushi, thank you for saving our lives."

Zhang Zhuyang smiled: "Don't thank me, thank you Master Xu, remember what Master Xu said, we can't suffer any losses, this gold is given to you by me, you just keep it."

……

No matter the money or meritorious service, Xia Hu has really made a lot of money recently, one official per bite, it's sweet.

After picking up Hong Shanyi's crimes, Xia Hu went to Zhonglang's courtyard, kissed Xu Zhiqiong for a while, took away the crimes, and rushed to the Onmyoji Department impatiently.

Before leaving, Xu Zhiqiong urged repeatedly: "Come back after you get the verdict, and let the servants get the meritorious service."

Xia Hu smiled and said, "Don't worry, these few times were all sent by slaves."

In less than half an hour, Xia Hu ran back from the Yin Yang Division: "Doctor Bai Yueshan asked you to go to the Appreciation Division, and Lu Changshi asked me to bring you a message."

Bai Yueshan looking for me?
What can it be for?
Presumably it is to let me send my sin karma to the underworld again.

It's okay to send it to the Yin Division, but the premise is to open the seal and let me see Emperor Zhaoxing's soul.

If he refuses to agree, this matter will have to consume with him.

Xu Zhiqiong told Xia Hu to stay at the Marquis's Mansion, and went to the Department of Punishment alone.

After the Department of Punishment came to the Department of Rewarding Good, Xu Zhiqiong walked down the hill and heard the familiar sound of the piano.

Is he going to test me again?
If I want to see Emperor Zhaoxing's soul, don't I have to listen to him play a few lines, and then identify the tunes.

Fortunately, I didn't go to the Goulan, this skill is really a bit unfamiliar...

Xu Zhiqiong just walked to the small pavilion, but found that Bai Yueshan was not alone in the pavilion.

Beside him was an old man, wearing a high-necked gown that Daxuan didn't often see, drinking tea while listening to music.

This old man is none other than Lord Wangan Yan Luodian, Du Chunze and Du Yanjun.

Seeing him, Xu Zhiqiong's nerves tensed immediately.

"Shangfeng," Bai Yueshan held down the strings and said with a smile, "Meet Du Yanjun soon."

Before Xu Zhiqiong could speak, Du Yanjun stood up and said, "Ma Changshi, we just met a few days ago."

Xu Zhiqiong clasped his fists and saluted and said, "I didn't know Yan Jun was coming, but this junior came empty-handed, and I still hope to see forgiveness."

Du Yanjun smiled and said: "Ma Changshi, I am a close friend of Doctor Bai, and you are also a close friend of Doctor Bai. There is no need to be formal between us."

Bai Yueshan smiled and said, "Shangfeng, come and sit here."

What is Du Yanjun going to reward Shansi for?

Forcing me to hand over the crimes of Emperor Zhaoxing?

This is the judge's territory, how dare he force it?
Xu Zhiqiong sat in the small pavilion, and Bai Yueshan poured Xu Zhiqiong a cup of tea: "Have a cup of clear tea to drive away the heat."

Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said: "It's not May yet, and the weather is so hot, Du Yanjun, why are you still wearing such a thick long gown in such a hot weather? These clothes are hard to buy in the capital, and you can only see them in the north. "

His kind of long gown is really not common, Xu Zhiqiong has only seen it in Yonglu and two prefectures, where wealthy businessmen like to wear this kind of high-necked long gown, it can be regarded as a combination of Xuanguo and Tunuguo's clothes.

Du Yanjun sighed: "I'm getting older, and I've had a cold for the past two days. You guys feel hot, but I still feel a little cold."

"So that's how it is. This junior has a little bit of medical skills, and he has a herbal prescription for treating wind and cold. I will copy it to Lord Yan in a while."

Du Yanjun clasped his fists and laughed, "Let Ma Changshi worry about it."

His collar is really high, and his neck is so tightly wrapped that it almost covers his chin.

I heard from Brother Han that when he fought Gao Fu, he injured Gao Fu, and the injury was quite serious.

Where is the injury?

(End of this chapter)