Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 254 Haoyu Arrives
When Haoyu heard this, he immediately asked for an order to go.

The emperor looked at Haoyu, "Forget it, it's time for you to experience it. Now that your mother has passed away for nearly four months, our royal family can't be like ordinary people's homes after all. You are the prince, so you can handle this matter .Remember, we must investigate to the end. In the last few years of the first emperor's reign, because of the competition for favor and succession, too many local officials have corrupted the law and committed disasters. As long as they are found out and severely punished, we would rather not People use it, I would rather have those official positions vacant than let those corrupt officials continue to harm the people." Chu Xuyao's temper is actually not suitable for being an emperor, he is too clear about good and evil.Especially those ministers in the imperial court these days, who have been annoying him all day long with trivial matters, and they will only push out the serious things, which makes Chu Xuyao ​​very upset.So I decided to start from the bottom, dig up little by little, and do a big cleaning.

"My son understands, father and emperor don't worry." Haoyu gets along with Chu Xuyao ​​every day, and he understands Chu Xuyao's thoughts best. The father and son agree on this matter.Cangyu's imperial court was already somewhat rotten, and all the rotten parts had to be cut off before it could be restored.There may be a period of weakness, but the new strength will rise rapidly.At that time, it will be the time for Cang Yu to usher in prosperity.

Haoyu took Junwei and Junhuang, as well as Cao Wenxiu and Fang Hongze.The emperor was afraid that Haoyu would be deceived by others when he was young, so he specially asked these two people to follow and help.The group traveled lightly and did not make any publicity. They all lived in inns on the road, so they did not disturb the people along the way.

Qingyuan County is under the jurisdiction of Anping Prefecture, and this Anping Prefecture is only four days away from the capital.At that time, Yuxian trusted the horse to let the horse run wildly, so she didn't know that it was not far from the capital.Haoyu and the others rushed to the Anping Mansion within four days. After arriving in Anping, they put on the appearance of an imperial guard, just to frighten the local officials.

"This time, under the will of my father, this king came to thoroughly investigate the case of the Qin family in Taiping Town, Qingyuan County, bullying men and women, and fish and meat people. Prefect Wang, this Qingyuan County is under your jurisdiction. Don’t know?” Haoyu didn’t beat around the bush, but went straight to the point as soon as they met, calling names and intentions.They came suddenly, and no one in the court knew about it, so they were not afraid of what the magistrate would do in advance.

When Wang Zhifu heard this, his back was sweating. How could he not know about the Qin family's affairs?Every year, the Qin family and Qingyuan county magistrate will give him a lot of benefits.How can it be good now? "The lower government office is busy with business, and Taiping Town is far away from Fucheng, and there is Qingyuan County in between, so the lower officials don't know what the Qin family is." If you can push it out now, let's push it out.

Haoyu smiled, "Oh? I don't know? That's easy, just call the magistrate of Qingyuan County and ask." Haoyu was not in a hurry to settle down, just at the gate of the government office, directly See Qingyuan county magistrate.

At this time, Wang Zhifu couldn't say anything more, so he had to let Meng Zhixian, who was behind him, come out.How could Mengzhi County have thought that he just came to Fucheng, and then met His Royal Highness to investigate the case.Tremblingly, he came to the front, knelt down and kowtowed. "I am the magistrate of Qingyuan County, and I have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Oh? It's a coincidence. This king is trying to get someone to find you. So you are here. It seems that the magistrate and the magistrate have a good relationship. They are still discussing business affairs together when they have nothing to do." Haoyu said sarcastically. Said.

"The lower official happens to have some business to report to the magistrate, so," Meng Zhixian wanted to say again.

"Okay, don't talk about why you are here. Let me ask you, what do you say about Taiping Town?" Haoyu didn't bother to listen to his excuses.

Now Mengzhi County is also stupid, how could he not know what his father-in-law did?If you say you don't know, you have to punish yourself for dereliction of duty first, but if you say you know, I'm afraid the crime of covering up is not a small one.I had no choice but to kneel there, kowtowing non-stop, "The crime of being an official deserves death, and please punish the prince."

Haoyu stopped talking, but Fang Hongze, who was next to him, said, "You really deserve to die. You are corrupt and pervert the law, connive and protect the Qin family for evil, and make the local people fall into dire straits, and the people's resentment boils over. A hundred times is not enough for you to die. "Speaking, Fang Hongze took out a thick stack of papers and threw it in front of Mengzhi County, "Look at your crimes."

Meng Zhixian picked up the papers and looked at them. The more he looked at them, the more frightened he became. All the evil deeds of the Qin family in Taiping Town were all on them, as well as the testimonies and fingerprints of the victims.Mengzhi County knew that the situation was over, and this alone was enough to punish him.So he knelt there and did not speak.

"Come here, detain Mengzhi County. Tang Fang, take a team of people and go to the county government. Search carefully to see if there are any other shady activities? Detain all relevant people and wait to be dealt with." .” Haoyu waved his hands, and Tang Fang left with a group of people.

"Master Wang, you really don't know about such a big problem with your subordinate officials?" Cao Wenxiu asked the prefect.

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan really doesn't know." Wang Zhifu faltered there.

"Li Ling, take a group of people into the government office, and find out if there is anything you haven't told me about our magistrate's mansion. If you encounter obstacles, shoot them to death." Haoyu came out this time to deal with them , so I won't talk nonsense with them here, it's faster to do it directly.

After receiving the order, Li Ling led a group of people into the government office and searched everywhere.After a while, someone came back and reported, "Go back to His Royal Highness, and found a secret room in the back office. There are countless gold and silver in it, and there are also several account books and letters." Someone sent the account book up.

Haoyu opened it and saw that one was the account of gifts given to the magistrate, and the other was the things that the magistrate sent out, who gave it to and how much was given, it was all clear on it.Haoyu gave the account book to Junwei, "Help me take a good look and figure out how much this guy has embezzled." Junwei is quite proficient in arithmetic.

After Li Ling led people to search the government office, he returned with the gold and silver treasures found in the secret room.When Haoyu saw the gold and silver, he became angry.Just looking at it this way, there must be at least a few hundred thousand taels, and some bank notes. "Come here, detain the magistrate Wang's mansion. After the king has thoroughly verified the accounts and other issues in the mansion office, the trial will be held directly. In addition, all the relevant personnel of the mansion office will be guarded first. After verification, if there is no sin, this king will release it himself."

Li Ling led people to detain Wang Zhifu as well.

When Cao Wenxiu saw this, he ordered all the official documents, accounts, etc. in the government office to be sealed up and sent to guard them. "Your Highness, where do you think we live?"

"Just at the post house. There should be a place, and it will only be a few days. I will trouble a few people tomorrow. First, I will sort out these accounts in the government office. Then post a notice saying that the king is here, If anyone exposes the magistrate and his subordinates to be corrupt and pervert the law, they can come to the government office. This king will give them justice." Haoyu was actually a little tired after running around for days.

The large group of people lived in the post house in Fucheng, and they just ate something casually at night and went to bed early.The next day, everyone was busy checking accounts, posting announcements and so on.I have been busy for five or six days before I sorted out these things.Some things in Qingyuan County were also brought back by Tang Fang, and it took another two days to sort out the things in Qingyuan.

The results were quite surprising. A magistrate of Qingyuan County, who had been an official for more than five years, actually embezzled more than 30 taels.This is the rest, and the rest donated to the higher-ups for management is not counted.And among the county government, there are also a few people who are greedy.

This end of the government office is even more surprising. The magistrate Wang has worked in Anping Mansion for four years, and he has embezzled as much as 80 taels. More than 100 million.These are the hard-earned money of the people. One can imagine what kind of life the people in Anping Mansion live.It can be seen from the official documents of the government office that in addition to the taxes stipulated by the court, Anping Prefecture has increased more than 30 kinds of taxes privately, which is really unbelievable.

After the announcement was posted, quite a few people came to the government office to file complaints. Jun Wei recorded everything, and then asked someone to verify the truth.In the end, Haoyu decided that all officials involved in the case, if the circumstances are serious, do not need to be escorted to Beijing, and they will be beheaded directly at the gate of the government office for public display.If the circumstances are minor, he shall be sentenced to exile or exile.All the verdicts were posted everywhere in Fucheng. When people saw it, they rushed to tell each other, and some even bought firecrackers and set them off at home.

After Wang Zhifu and Meng Zhixian knew that they were sentenced to death, they were very unwilling and shouted in the prison.Haoyu went to meet them, and they shouted at Haoyu; "All the officials are corrupt, why kill us two?"

"It's not just killing you two, you are just the beginning. Next, I will search the entire Cangyu. You just wait here, someone will accompany you." Haoyu smiled, Turn around and leave.

At the gate of the government office, the magistrate and several subordinate officials were killed, and at the same time, it was announced that the previous unreasonable taxes were abolished.And Haoyu promises that within three years, the tax will be halved.After hearing this, the people below were all very happy.In the past few years, they have been oppressed by the heavy taxes, and they have been unable to breathe.Under the temporary high platform, the common people all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Haoyu. "Long live my emperor, and a thousand years for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Standing on the high platform, Haoyu was full of pride for a moment. He wanted to continue the investigation, eradicate those corrupt officials, and return Cangyu to a peaceful world. "Yuxian, where are you? How much I miss you seeing this scene with me."

(End of this chapter)