Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 803 No one died of starvation

Back in Wanchun Garden, it happened that Gao Yuan was going out, Liu Yunxiang hurriedly called to stop him.

"Excellent Gao, has the boss of Luoxia Silk and Satin Shop called back?"

Gao Yuanwai paused for a moment, and then said embarrassedly: "Look at my brain, I forgot about this matter, don't worry, I will help you make an appointment with her as soon as possible, just wait for my reply."

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "Mr. Gao is busy with business, so I'll make things worse for you."

"No, it's just a small thing."

The high official seemed to have something urgent to do, so he hurriedly left after saying a few words.

Liu Yunxiang went back to the house and slept for a while. When he woke up, it was almost dark. After waiting for a while, Hongxuan and the others finally came back.

Feng Zheng yelled that he was hungry, so he went to the kitchen to find something to eat before entering the hall.

Hongxuan and Xue Changfeng came in, and seeing that they looked tired, Liu Yunxiang asked Zijin to pour tea for them first, and then went to prepare meals.

Hongxuan waved his hands, "We're not hungry, but we're exhausted after a day's work..."

Xue Changfeng also said: "Yes, my back is sore and my arms and legs are going to be useless."

After they drank tea and rested for a while, they talked about today's events.When they went to Qixian County, the magistrate of Qixian County was leading the people to dig water canals, and they were doing it in full swing. From the elderly in their 70s to [-] years old, to the three-year-old children, there was no one idle on the street, and they all went to dig water canals.

"Because of the climate in Yanzhou, there will be a drought in three to five years, and the people will suffer unspeakably. Therefore, it is proposed to introduce the water from the Lu River into the Lianghe River in Yanzhou to fill the Lianghe River, and then dig through the old canals left by the previous dynasty for irrigation. The land in several counties below Yanzhou was proposed by Yang He, and the court approved it. However, due to the riots in Nanzhou, the court cut off this item of money, which caused the project to be delayed again and again. Yang He then ordered the local officials to Let them take the lead and call on the people to take care of their own section of the county. When I heard about this, I just felt that Yang He was very heterosexual. Take the lead, do it yourself, the people must trust them, and at the same time abandon some narrow ideas. But the section of Jinqi County has been dug through, and I learned from the mouth of the ancient county magistrate that other counties will also be dug through, which really made me eat Surprised."

I was surprised that these officials and people in Yanzhou were really of one mind. Because of the different positions of the two sides, this has been difficult to do since ancient times.Surprised that there are still people who can think so civilized, not favoritism, everything is for the good of everyone.I was even more surprised by the merchants in Yanzhou. They have always been profit-seeking, but they donated a large amount of money when there was no profit to be made.

"Princess, Yanzhou has given me too many shocks and surprises. If every state in Dayong is like this, then the whole of Dayong will be prosperous and the people will be strong. There will be no internal troubles, and no external troubles to fear." Hongxuan said with deep emotion .

"The three of us were also infected for no reason. We helped the common people dig water canals, and we worked harder and harder." Xue Changfeng shook his head and laughed.

This Yang He is very capable, and it is unpredictable.

Liu Yunxiang also asked about the drought in Qi County last year, and tens of thousands of people faced food shortages, "I think it must have been very difficult to come to Qi County last year."

Hongxuan nodded, "It's not easy, let alone the common people, the family of the ancient county magistrate has eaten weeds."

"How many people starved to death?"

Hongxuan looked at Liu Yunxiang, "Do you know what Yang He told the court?"

"How many?"

Hongxuan sat up straight and said solemnly: "No one died of starvation."

"what?"

"He said in the memorial that the people helped each other, ate weeds, dug grass roots, and survived. This cannot be faked, so many people in the court suspected that the drought in Yanzhou was not serious. Yang He exaggerated and wanted to ask for relief. That’s all. But we went to Qi County this time and asked many people, and it was confirmed that last year’s drought was once in a hundred years, and all the crops withered and there was no harvest.”

"That……"

"Not one died of starvation."

Liu Yunxiang widened his eyes, "Even though the disaster is so severe, no one died of starvation?"

"The ancient county magistrate also said the same thing. I asked many people and they said the same thing."

Liu Yunxiang was shocked and unbelievable, "Then the ancient county magistrate can tell, how did they do it?"

"People help each other, eat wild grass, and dig grass roots."

"It's the same as what Yang He said."

"Yes, it fits perfectly."

"But we know very well that if there is no relief from the imperial court, it is absolutely impossible for the local government and the people to survive such a serious disaster, and none of them starved to death."

Xue Hefeng came over and said, "It's not just Qi County, the surrounding counties are also affected, but it's not as severe as Qi County."

"Then are there any starvation deaths in other counties?"

"No."

Liu Yunxiang looked at Hongxuan, then at Xue Changfeng, obviously the two of them were as shocked and unbelievable as she was.Let's put it this way, even if there is relief from the court, it is very remarkable that no one will starve to death.

Coming to Yanzhou is such a situation, which they never expected before.

"We are here to investigate Yang He's corruption case, but these days it seems that we have been going around in circles, and we haven't found any useful clues." Xue Changfeng said a little dejectedly.

Hongxuan smiled: "It's not that we are going around in circles, but someone is abducting us to go around in circles."

"Ah? Who abducted us?"

As soon as Xue Changfeng finished speaking, Feng Zheng ran in, holding a large plate of meat buns in his hand, "Aren't you two hungry, do you want to eat buns?"

Xue Changfeng snorted, took a bun from the plate, and took a big bite.

"Little San'er brother..."

"Bah bah! I have a name!"

Xue Changfeng smiled, and changed his address, "Brother Feng, you are the person next to Master Yang Heyang, and you know his affairs best. How about you point us in the right direction, where should we investigate this case next?"

After Xue Changfeng asked, Liu Yunxiang and the others all looked at Feng Zheng.

Feng Zheng sat down on the chair next to him, ate the steamed stuffed bun leisurely, and said in between, "What are you looking for? Is it the truth? The truth is that my lord embezzled 100 million taels of silver."

"What about the silver?" Xue Changfeng asked hastily.

"Silver?" Feng Zheng snorted, "Don't say you can't find the whereabouts of the silver, even if you let us out, he won't be able to find it."

"He is corrupt, does he know where it is?"

"Hey, he just doesn't know."

Xue Changfeng felt that Feng Zheng was playing tricks on them, so he glared at him angrily.

Liu Yunxiang and Hongxuan thought about each other, and then looked at each other, obviously they wanted to go together.

"Perhaps this money has never reached Yang He's hands. As for where it disappeared." Liu Yunxiang narrowed his eyes, "It seems that we really need to find a way to look at the account books."

"Should we use some extraordinary method?" As he spoke, Hongxuan cast a sideways glance at Feng Zheng and Xue Changfeng.

Liu Yunxiang thought for a while, then said helplessly: "It seems that this is the only way."

Xue Changfeng ate a steamed bun and asked, "What do you two mean? What are we doing?"

Without waiting for Liu Yunxiang to answer, Feng Zheng said sharply, "Stupid, they want us to be thieves!"

(End of this chapter)