First Wife of Zhu Family

Chapter 494
On November [-]th, the imperial envoy who was ordered to investigate the flood case in the south sent a brochure to Beijing.

On the same day, many officials were resigned due to various crimes including embezzlement of embankment construction officials' bank, filling their own pockets, embezzlement of disaster relief food funds, and collusion between government and businessmen to drive up food prices.The huge amount of money involved, the large number of people involved, and the rampant means of amassing money shocked the government and the public.

Liu Wende, the magistrate of Yunyang Prefecture, is also on the list.

When the news came back to the Duke's mansion, Song Zixun was teaching Guan'er how to write, and he just let out a casual "hmm" when he heard the news.

On the contrary, Changxing saw that his attention was still on the big characters written by Guan'er, so he couldn't restrain his excitement and said, "Master, this time that Liu Wende colluded with profiteers and enriched his own pockets, the evidence of the crime is solid, he will definitely not be able to escape! The fact that he framed you at the beginning was also revealed, and it seems that your injustice will be brought to light soon!"

Holding the pen, Guan'er raised her head, looked at Changxing on the ground, then at Song Zixun, and asked curiously, "Daddy, why is Uncle Changxing so happy?"

Song Zixun smiled lightly, "It's always a joy to see the evildoers get the punishment they deserve." He picked up the paper copied by his daughter, looked at it, nodded, and said, "These words are not bad. Not bad, take it back and show it to your mother."

Guan'er smiled happily, "Thank you dad for the compliment."

Song Zixun stroked his daughter's little hairpin, and said with a smile, "Come here first today, let's go out and play."

Guan'er smiled and answered yes, then carefully put away the few pieces of paper, and Fang happily went out to find the wet nurse.

Song Zixun asked Changxing, "Is there any movement at Uncle Biao's side?"

After Han Zonghao settled down in the shop in the south, he had already returned to Beijing with his family.Returning with him is Xue Chenghe, a genius doctor known as "Hua Tuo reincarnated" who has made great achievements in the plague and saved countless lives.

Changxing was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "I heard that His Majesty ordered people to reward a lot of things today, and he ordered Miracle Doctor Xue to enter the palace in three days to thank you!" Changxing thought happily, "It's all over now, Miracle Doctor Xue is famous all over the world for his superb medical skills Needless to say, I think you paid for the money he used to save the victims! When His Majesty finds out, he will definitely be rewarded!"

"There's no need to mention these." Song Zixun said indifferently, "I didn't give him money back then to gain the honor of his genius doctor today... Otherwise, what is the difference with those villains who are trying to gain fame?"

"Yes, I taught you a lesson..." Changxing was responding again and again, when he heard a woman laughing outside, "Master, who is trying to gain fame?" Du Rongzhi opened the curtain and walked in with a smile .

Changxing quickly saluted Du Rongzhi.

Song Zixun stood up, "Why are you here?"

Du Rongzhi smiled sweetly, "I'm here to congratulate you... Congratulations on your coming, I'm so wronged."

"I'm afraid it's a bit early for you to be happy." Song Zixun smiled, and waved to Changxing, who hurriedly leaned back.

Du Rongzhi was taken aback, "Isn't it?" The previous incident was deliberately smeared and framed, and now they have all been arrested...

Song Zixun pulled her to sit down, and couldn't help reprimanding, "Why are your hands so cold, I don't know if I can ask someone to pour some soup..." He held her hands in his palms to keep warm.

Du Rongzhi's mind was not on this, she smiled lightly, "I don't feel how cold it is." He urged, "You haven't answered the question I asked you just now..."

Song Zixun helped her warm his hands and said with a smile, "Actually, when they impeached me, they were just figuring out what to do. If they want to convict them, they need to produce conclusive evidence... Now His Majesty is here for the corruption of southern officials to repair the dam money. In a fit of anger, the judges are also very busy, who has the time to take care of me, a general? Even if I am rehabilitated, it will probably take some time..."

Du Rongzhi nodded, thinking that no matter what, now that the matter is finally coming to an end, it can be regarded as a big piece of relief. Thinking about it again, she couldn't help but curiously said, "So this time the flood is so severe, it's all due to the embezzlement and repairs made by officials at all levels. Because of Diguan Yin?"

In fact, what she wants to know more is why the natural disaster that was supposed to happen two years later was inexplicably brought forward...

Song Zixun nodded slightly, and said with a sneer, "Actually, it has long been normal for water conservancy projects like this to extract benefits from top to bottom to fill their own pockets...but everyone knows that this dam protects the peace of countless people. There must be a limit to how much money can be obtained from it. Therefore, although floods have occurred frequently in the south for many years, they have not caused any major disasters after all."

"But this tacit practice was broken by a few idiots." Facing Du Rongzhi's puzzled gaze, Song Zixun continued, "It stands to reason that the money spent on repairing the embankment over the years is considered to be skinned layer by layer. At least [-]% of the local officials said it would not have much impact on the repair of the dam. It's a pity that Mu Pingchong, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Industry, was too ugly..."

Du Rongzhi was taken aback, and quickly asked, "What did you say his last name was?"

"Mother, mother's mother." Song Zixun said, "Do you think his surname is very special?"

Du Rongzhi nodded with a complicated expression.

It's because her "mother" surname is too special, so she can remember... At this time in the previous life, Mu Pingchong had already been investigated by Song Zixun, who was working in the Ministry of Punishment...

I heard that this man was bold and greedy, and the stolen money confiscated from his house was tens of thousands of taels... But at that time, he was just a little Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Industry!

Seeing that Du Rongzhi pursed her lips and said nothing, Song Zixun thought she was still thinking about the surname, so he said with a smile, "My mother's surname lived in the Shandong area in the early years, and I heard from my uncle that there is a 'mother's home village' over there. More than half of the people have a mother's surname... but it's not very common here."

Du Rongzhi nodded and said hesitantly, "So it's because this mother Ping Chong embezzled the funds for embankment repairs that caused this year's flood..."

"He is one of the links." Song Zixun said, "This matter involves many people from top to bottom...especially Xian Cheng, the magistrate of Huai County, and Yan Bingzheng, the magistrate of Yunyang Prefecture. The river embankment in Huai County has almost no money to reinforce it, so in the end it had to be shoddy and cut corners... It is only a matter of time before the embankment repaired in this way bursts."

After Du Rongzhi heard this, she was silent for a while, "It turned out to be like this..."

In other words, if Song Zixun hadn't been appointed to the Ministry of Punishments in this life because he had not gone to the Ministry of Punishment, the flood this time...maybe it wouldn't have happened earlier?
But it was precisely because he went to the south that by mistake, they helped Xue Chenghe save more patients infected with the plague, and also curbed the spread of the plague in the south very early...

Thinking about it this way, this change is not all bad...

Song Zixun didn't know what was going on in her mind, nodded and said, "Now these people have been investigated and dealt with, and some of the most heinous ones have been beheaded for public display... It can be regarded as an explanation for those people whose families were destroyed in the flood."

(End of this chapter)