Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 404 Corrupt officials are rampant
  "I don't believe it, I verify it."

Zhu Xuan explained: "Didn't the magic stick say that he was very powerful? I want to use the actual situation to slap him in the face."

It takes a certain amount of time for news from other places to be sent to Panyu.

How is the situation? The results will be available in two days.

After they had almost finished patrolling the city, they came to the trading port to appease the emotions of other foreign merchants and businessmen, and then discussed with Wu Yongfeng and others the losses caused by the flood and the various compensations given. These losses were within the range they could bear. , not a big problem.

"Some of our goods were also damaged."

"Fortunately, it's not a particularly valuable item, so the loss is not big."

"Our biggest loss is to compensate foreign merchants' ships."

Cen Jing said.

Zhu Xuan said: "The compensation cannot be less. Give them some benefits, so that they can bring more benefits to our Ming Dynasty in the future."

"Trickster!"

Cen Hua stuck out her tongue beside her.

After hearing this, Cen Jing scolded: "Hua'er, don't talk nonsense."

"Hua'er is just joking. Brother Cen doesn't need to be so serious."

Zhu Xuan did not mean to blame, and gave them other instructions before taking Cen Hua and leaving the trading port.

Seeing them inseparable, Cen Jing smiled happily.

Wu Yongfeng said enviously: "Brother Cen, don't forget me in the future."

"Don't worry, Mr. Wu, I won't!"

Cen Jing laughed again as he spoke.

Go back to the city.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Wherever Zhu Xuan passed, the settled people shouted to express their gratitude.

They expressed their gratitude from the bottom of their hearts. His Highness did his best to provide disaster relief and also spent money to rebuild their homes. This kindness will never be forgotten in his lifetime.

"You're welcome."

Zhu Xuan responded kindly.

The way home was not that far, but Zhu Xuan walked for almost a whole day.

Loved by all people, that’s how it feels.

Zhu Xuan felt very comfortable when he saw the smiles of the people.

No wonder Grandpa Huang has always emphasized the need to serve the people. When a person in power can truly serve the people, the people will definitely love the person in power.

Xunzi is right, the king is a boat and the people are water.

It is a pity that Xunzi's ideological concept has never been taken seriously by those in power, because Xunzi proposed that the people should be above the king.

"Your Highness looks very happy."

As soon as he returned home, Zhu Xuan went to find Ji Wenjing.

When he saw Zhu Xuan walking in, Ji Wenjing shook his head and said, "But I won't be happy soon."

"Are you so sure that I won't be happy?"

"Because I have confidence in my divination."

Ji Wenjing said confidently: "Your Highness, you should be prepared to deal with the next trouble!"

Zhu Xuan said: "I am also confident in my disaster relief arrangements and there will be no trouble."

Time flies very quickly, more than one day has passed.

Yan Guan came back with a copy of the investigation results about Ji Wenjing.

Jin Yiwei asked among the beggars and found that Ji Wenjing had indeed been a beggar in Panyu for a long time. There was no problem for the time being.

However, Zhu Xuan has no results yet regarding other aspects of Ji Wenjing's investigation.

Ji Wenjing has been a beggar in the past few years. He has no fixed address and some things are difficult to investigate.

We can only wait for Yao Guangxiao's response.

Perhaps affected by Ji Wenjing's words, Zhu Xuan felt a little uneasy, always feeling that something big was about to happen.

I waited uneasily for another two days.

"Your Highness, it's not good."

Xu Qi didn't have time to let anyone know, so he hurriedly walked in and said, "Something happened. Something happened in the south."

Something happened to the south?
  These two sensitive words made Zhu Xuan excited and asked: "What's wrong?" "Something happened in Shunde."

"The local river embankment collapsed, and the river water rose and poured into the city, soaking the city, all villages, crops, etc. The damage was serious, and many people's food was soaked."

"Local officials can only ask people to come and ask for help."

Xu Qi said eagerly.

Something really happened.

Shunde is just southwest of Panyu.

It seemed that Ji Wenjing was right. Zhu Xuan was shocked and looked at Cen Hua.

Cen Hua was equally shocked.

That magic stick seems to have some abilities, such as yin and yang, divination and fortune telling. Is it really that magical?

"Immediately arrange for people to open warehouses for disaster relief."

Zhu Xuan said anxiously: "First release grain to appease the people, and then build the river embankment... No! I remember the river embankment in Shunde. The construction progress is no worse than that near Panyu. How can there still be a lack of embankments?"

The river embankments inside and outside Panyu City are impregnable, and it is impossible for the embankments on the Shunde side to be missing.

Xu Qi said: "Local officials said in letters that the lack of embankments is because the embankments have not been built."

Zhu Xuan ignored the river embankment for the time being, focusing on disaster relief, and said: "Master Xu will arrange disaster relief first. I will check the specific situation later."

Xu Qi got Zhu Xuan's order and left quickly.

"Yan Guan, send Jin Yiwei to Shunde to investigate."

Zhu Xuan didn't believe that the river embankment on the Shunde side would collapse and be missing. Based on the progress they sent, it really shouldn't be the case.

His intuition told him that things in Shunde were not that simple.

"My subordinates will make arrangements now."

Yan Guan said.

When he also went out, Cen Hua said in disbelief: "Your Highness, how should we deal with that magic stick?"

That magic stick seems to have some real ability.

"Go find him!"

Zhu Xuan said and walked directly to the side courtyard.

The moment he saw him coming in, Ji Wenjing guessed something and asked, "Your Highness, is something wrong? Am I right?"

Zhu Xuan calmed down, looked at the other party, and said after a moment of silence: "You did calculate it right. How did you calculate it?"

The other party's fortune-telling ability was beyond Zhu Xuan's cognition.

Does this mysterious and mysterious thing really exist?

When he looked at Ji Wenjing again, Zhu Xuan's eyes changed, from the initial suspicion to the now dubious one.

"Ha ha……"

Ji Wenjing noticed Zhu Xuan's change, stood up and said, "Actually, I deceived His Highness by playing tricks on him. How can there be such accurate divination? The reason why I dare to conclude that something will happen is because I know the situation in Shunde very well."

"You mean, it wasn't calculated?"

"If it wasn't divination, how could you be sure something would happen in Shunde?"

Zhu Xuan asked.

This magic stick turns out to be a magic stick.

It's just a pretense to deceive people.

Zhu Xuan stared at the other party, wanting an answer.

"It's very simple. Your Highness should have checked me out. Before I came to Panyu, I stayed in Shunde and I know very well the virtues of local officials in Shunde."

"how to say?"

"Local officials have absolutely nothing good to offer. As long as conditions are given to them, they will be willing to take advantage of anything."

"Even if it's His Majesty's money and food, they are just as greedy as they say."

"The money allocated by His Highness to build the river embankment may not be enough for their greed."

Ji Wenjing slowly told the truth, and then said: "I also met two beggars who came to Panyu from Shunde. When His Highness started building the river embankment last year, the local magistrate defaulted on wages and embezzled food. His Highness gave them the reinforced concrete." , it was stolen by corruption when it changed hands. They took it back to build their own ancestral halls and mansions, or secretly sold it to other businessmen, and then mixed ordinary yellow mud with cement to cope with the construction of the river embankment. When the water rose, the embankment could not be damaged. Missing embankment?"

It was based on this information that he judged that something would happen if the typhoon passed through.

Zhu Xuan couldn't believe that under his nose, there were still people who dared to covet his own things.

(End of this chapter)