I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 68
Since Jin Yiwei Lu Bing received the order from Jiajing, he sent Zhu Qi and the others to Zhejiang to investigate overnight. It is now the third day.

In Jin Yiwei's safe house, everyone gathered together, exchanging information obtained in recent days.

"There must be something strange about the collapse of the dam in Zhejiang! I went to the site to inspect it last night. The materials used to build the dam are excellent. It is impossible for it to collapse after a heavy rain, and there are signs of man-made damage at the site."

"In addition, according to the intelligence network, just two days ago, Shen Yishi, the richest man in Zhejiang, invited Zheng Bichang, the chief minister of Zhejiang, He Maocai, the inspector of Zhejiang, and Ma Ningyuan, the prefect of Hangzhou, to the mansion to attend a banquet. After it was over, Ma Ningyuan wandered around the streets as if he had something on his mind."

"Oh, by the way, it is said that Ma Ningyuan also stopped by the Governor's Mansion to meet his teacher Hu Zongxian, but it was getting late so he had to stop."

"The above are all learned from Ma Ningyuan's bodyguards and servants of the Governor's Mansion."

Zhu Qi frowned after hearing the description of his subordinates, and said in a deep voice: "The richest man in Zhejiang, Shen Yishi, is Yan Ge and the others. The above-mentioned people are all the backbone of the Yan Party."

"Could it be that the collapse of the dam this time was instigated by Mr. Yan Ge and the others! The purpose was to annex the people's land?" Hearing what Zhu Qi said, the subordinates couldn't help raising a guess.

"We can't rule out this possibility for the time being. By the way, did Li Xuan explain it?" Zhu Qi asked as if he suddenly remembered something.

"No, this Li Xuan is very stubborn. He has exhausted all the punishments on him, and he refuses to explain. He just said that during the process of building the embankment, he corrupted the project money, which caused the quality of the embankment to be so bad!" The subordinates complained dissatisfiedly upon hearing this.

"What about Yang Jinshui? Have you tried it?" Zhu Qi said, picked up the teapot on the table, and poured himself a cup of tea.

"My lord, Yang Jinshui is the chief eunuch of the Weaving Bureau, and also a member of the palace, and he is Lu Fang's godson! I didn't dare to go too far, I just asked a few words, and Yang Jinshui insisted It was Li Xuan who corrupted the project money."

"Tomorrow, you and I will go to meet Hu Zongxian and see if we can make a breakthrough from his student Ma Ningyuan. This matter must be investigated clearly, otherwise we will have no face to go back to see His Majesty!" Zhu Qi heard what his subordinates said, Sighing helplessly, he ordered.

"Yes."

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Hai Rui has been the new magistrate of Chun'an County since he finished his briefing in the Governor's Mansion. On the way to the county government office in Chun'an County, Hai Rui saw countless disaster victims lying naked in half-clothes By the road!Some people fell to the ground as they walked, and never woke up again, while more people curled up in the corner, silently enduring the torment of hunger in their stomachs.

"Mom, I'm hungry!"

"Hey, go to sleep, you won't be hungry when you fall asleep."

"But I'm too hungry to sleep."

In the corner, there was a sound of mother and child talking, accompanied by occasional sobbing.

"What's going on here? Didn't the government start giving relief? How could this be?" Hai Rui asked a hungry old man on the way to the Chun'an County Government Office.

"You don't know, because the new magistrate of our Chun'an County has not yet arrived, the government asked the neighboring Jiande County to temporarily manage the relief supplies in our Chun'an County, but the victims of our Chun'an County have no shadows. None of them."

"Some people are angry but go to the government to argue, but who knows, they are seriously injured! Helpless, we have no choice but to bear it. We only hope that the new county magistrate will take office soon and save our people in Chun'an County from the fire and water."

"By the way, you have an extraordinary bearing, so you should be a scholar." The old man who was dragged by Hai Rui looked him up and down before asking.

"My official is Hai Rui, the new magistrate of Chun'an County. I'm sorry everyone, I'm late!" Hai Rui said with a sad look on his face.

"I have seen the county magistrate!"

After the old man heard about Hai Rui's identity, he quickly knelt down on the ground and shouted to the people around him, "Everyone, hurry up, our new magistrate of Chun'an County, Mr. Hai Rui is here! We are saved!"

As soon as these words came out, the hungry people who were still huddled in the corner immediately surrounded Hai Rui, telling their grievances one after another. Seeing this, the guards at the side wanted to step forward to protect the magistrate's safety, but they were caught by Hai Rui. Rui waved his hand and stopped it.

"If you have any grievances, you can tell me. After I go to the Chun'an county government to change into official uniforms and seals, I will definitely seek justice for you!" Hai Rui said, bowing to the surrounding people.

After Hai Rui finished speaking, the crowd automatically moved out of the way for him. Hai Rui walked in the front, next to the guards who were in charge of protecting him, and followed by countless victims. It was only at the seat of the Chun'an county government that it stopped.

"You don't need to send them off. I will give you an explanation after I understand the situation first." Hai Rui said, bowed his hands to the crowd, and then turned and entered the county office.

As soon as Hai Rui entered the county government office, the government servants surrounded him, their eyes lit up, and they asked nervously, "Are you the new county magistrate?"

"That's right, my official, Hai Rui, is the new magistrate of Chun'an County!" Hai Rui nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Great, the starving people in Chun'an County have been saved! My lord, this way please, the official uniforms and seals left by the predecessor are over there."

"Ah."

Under the leadership of the yamen servants, Hai Rui quickly got the magistrate's seal and ribbon, and changed into an official uniform.

"Bring me the brochure of Chun'an County, I need to compare it first." Hai Rui immediately sat down in the lobby, and ordered to the master clerk beside him.

"Magistrate, please wait a moment, and I will bring the booklet here."

After a while, the master bookkeeper brought the account books recording the expenses of Chun'an County, as well as the books related to relief, land, money and food, taxes, etc., to Hai Rui for inspection.

Hai Rui read it quickly, and checked it out in a short while. After confirming that his predecessor did not leave any deficits or hidden dangers, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked.

"Before I came here, I heard that the county magistrate of Jiande County next door seized the disaster relief supplies that originally belonged to Chun'an County before I arrived. Is it true?"

"My lord magistrate, this matter is true. We have asked Wang Yong, the county magistrate of Jiande, and Mr. Wang for supplies many times, but we were rejected by him on the grounds that he was not qualified enough to have a dialogue with him, and that there were too many things to do. "The chief secretary looked at the new county magistrate in front of him, carefully considered his tone, and said.

"Hmph, it's really unreasonable! Tell me the whole story, and I will definitely seek justice for the people of Chun'an County."

"Yes, magistrate, the thing is like this..."

After the accountant's account, Hai Rui finally figured out the ins and outs of the whole incident, and at the same time, a flame kept rising in his heart: "Why?"

(End of this chapter)