Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 318 Zhili Rebellion (3)

"Go away!"

"Go away!"

In Yongping Fucheng late at night, flames soared into the sky. The night was illuminated by a fire. The Fucheng under the curfew became noisy and lively. There were endless sounds of gongs and shouts, almost at the same time, distributed throughout the Fucheng. The reserve warehouse, Changping warehouse, social warehouse, Wei warehouse, etc. were all exposed to the sea of ​​​​fire.

"What happened?"

At the official post of Yongping Prefecture, Tian Ji, who was about to fall asleep, seemed to hear some noise and hurriedly got up from the bed. The beautiful concubine on the bed looked panicked. At this time, Tian Ji could no longer care about this and was holding the sword hanging by the bed. , and walked quickly towards the door. When he saw a few people, he immediately frowned and shouted: "Why is there such a noise in the city."

But now, none of these people knew what was going on, and they couldn't explain why at all, which made Tian Ji feel angry in his heart.

On the way from Beijing to Yongping Mansion for inspection, Tian Ji did not rush to the city. Instead, he led his people to Kaiping Zhongtunwei, Qian'an, Luanzhou and other places to inspect the warehouse. The reason for doing this was to avoid The group of local officials from Yongping Prefecture might give the Yongping Prefecture's people time to investigate the situation below, but the truth they found out is absolutely untrue, and they can also infer the situation in the warehouses of Yongping Prefecture. .

Among the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the Northern Zhili Province, Yongping Prefecture is the most special. After the frequent incidents in Liaodong, the imperial court allocated food and wages to the front line many times, and Jizhou Town and Shanhaiguan are both close to Yongping This also caused a large amount of military rations to be transferred through the Yongping Prefecture, so a new guard warehouse was built in Yongping Prefecture for transshipment.

"Something happened to the minister!!"

Just when Tian Ji was calling for help and was about to leave the official post to investigate the situation, he saw a man running over in a hurry and shouting in a panic: "The Changping Cang in Yongping Fucheng has been leaked."

"what?!"

Tian Ji's expression changed when he heard this, and he looked at the man in disbelief. He never thought that Chang Pingcang would go bankrupt not long after he arrived in Yongping Fucheng.

But the situation is far more serious than Tian Ji thought.

"Servant, something bad has happened. The reserve warehouse has been destroyed."

"Secretary, the new guard warehouse in Yongping City has been compromised."

"Servant..."

Almost in no particular order, people wearing special robes from the Institute of Integrity came to the official post from all over the place. After seeing Tian Ji, they explained what they knew.

These people were sent to Zhucang to supervise by Tian Ji'an, with the purpose of warning, but the current situation was obviously beyond Tian Ji's expectation.

"Crazy! Everyone is crazy!!"

Tian Ji, who was holding the sword, couldn't stop shaking. Faces appeared in his mind. He widened his eyes and said, "You think you can write off the losses of Zhucang in this way? What a wishful thinking." !!”

Just this afternoon, the prefect, tongzhi, and magistrate of Yongping Prefecture held a banquet in the prefecture. At the banquet, both parties drank and chatted. It seemed that everything was nothing, but also tonight, Yongping Prefecture City The warehouses everywhere were burned down, and things became more and more interesting.

"Pass this official order, everyone assemble!!"

After a brief moment of panic, Tian Ji showed a ferocious smile, glared and shouted: "From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave the official post. Everything is at my command."

"Here!"

Everyone agreed.With such a big thing happening, Yongping Fucheng can't stop thinking about it tonight. Tian Ji intuitively tells Tian Ji that things are not simple, and he wants to win this incredible wealth! !
Compared with the chaos in Guanyi and the chaos in Fucheng, the government office at that time seemed very quiet.

"hurry up!"

"Quickly put out the fire!"

The sound from outside the government office reached the brightly lit main hall, and could still be heard vaguely. However, the panic outside did not affect the people sitting in the hall at all.

The various official robes looked so dazzling at this moment.

"Prefect, is this really okay?"

Liu Jinzhong, the general magistrate of Yongping Prefecture, looked panicked. Seeing that the officials in the hall were silent, he couldn't hold it back. He looked at Chen Jiadong, the prefect of Yongping Prefecture, who was sitting on the official chair. "This is the preparation, Changping, She, and Wei Zhucang. Burn, even if we can scare Na Tianji, but the court wants to track it down, how should we deal with it?"

"Liu Tongpan, do you think we have a way out?"

Zhou Wanliang, a colleague of the Yongping Mansion who was standing by, said with a half-smile: "The Integrity Institute of Lao Shizi, just check the second warehouse of Jingtong. Whoever is found will be unlucky. After all, we are under the emperor's feet. You can make a lot of money, but you still have to bear the price.

But now, the warehouse inspection is not over yet, and they actually want to check the local warehouses. This can't be justified. Isn't it good to just go through with it? "

"Yes."

Zheng He, another colleague of Yongping Prefecture who was sitting on the side, said in a low tone: "Your Majesty, you always think about things as soon as you think about them. What is there to investigate in the warehouse? Some things are followed by I don't know how much. It's been years, why, now all the rules have to be changed?

Okay, even if you change the rules, you have to give me some time to wait. Why do you have to push me in such a hurry?

Could it be that what happens in my Yongping Mansion is only my Yongping Mansion’s fault?Haha, not necessarily. Some things must be done more seriously, so you can only do it more seriously. "

Although it is not as easy as what a few people say, but if an outsider observes, they will notice that the eyes of the people sitting there are a little dodgey, and the hands covered by the sleeves are trembling slightly.

"Everyone, I have read all the letters from Jingli."

Chen Jiadong, the prefect of Yongping who had been silent all this time, now said: "That's what happened. The Integrity Commission wants to investigate the warehouse in Beizhili. It's because they committed public outrage. Now the warehouses in our city are flooded and burned. This is a disaster." To avoid it, we must be consistent with the outside world.”

Liu Jinzhong and Zhou Wanliang nodded.

That's right.

Tian Ji pushed them so hard that he didn't even give them time to move. If the empty warehouses dared to be made public, their official hat would be gone.

"Don't worry too much, everyone."

Seeing the worries of Liu Jinzhong and others, Chen Jiadong said with a smile: "What's the old saying? You can't blame everyone, as long as something goes wrong not just in my Yongping Mansion, then any problems and troubles can be thrown away. As for the court, what we have to do is to make things bigger. As long as a lawsuit can be fought, some people can’t decide how to fight it. The court’s fault can’t be used against us."

After being an official for such a long time, Chen Jiadong has long seen through the officialdom, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, playing tricks on every occasion, hello, me, hello, everyone. No matter how big the incident is, as long as enough people are involved, it will end in nothing. Although he There was also some panic in my heart, but when things got to this point, there seemed to be no other choice but to grit my teeth and fight.

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, it was not possible to change the trend by killing a few people. Over time, some ideas became deeply ingrained. Some people would always take chances. After all, it had always been like this in the past. Why did you become the leader? Will it change accordingly?
(End of this chapter)