When the salary rice was originally distributed, Tuojin also agreed with Oroli that since the warehouse rice usually distributed was mostly old rice, this time he would simply sell face to the officials in the capital and add 30% new rice in addition to the 70% old rice.

As long as the officials in the capital could get some new rice, they would be naturally satisfied and would not hold grudges against Tuojin. The additional 30% new rice was of no importance to the entire granary. At that time, Tuojin and Oroli did not know the inside story of the granary, so this was the case.

They continued as they were told. However, no one could have imagined that this time the new rice would be sent to those granaries where Gao Tianfeng added chemicals. And many of the old rice would be second-hand rice that he secretly sold as tribute rice.

, these second-hand rice has been stored in the Beijing warehouse for many years, and many of them have become moldy and completely spoiled and cannot be eaten. Originally, the banner people in the capital did not care about eating old rice, but now most of the stipend rice is moldy rice, medicinal rice, but how can they still eat it?

Food entrance? At that time, many lower-level banner soldiers complained about the unfair distribution of rice in Jingcang. Ma Lvtai, the young minister of Taichang Temple, also got the news at this time that someone often sold rice from the Tongzhou granary. Ma Lvtai reported this matter

The report was reported to Jiaqing. Seeing that everyone in Beijing, both civil and military, complained about the rice production, Jiaqing was indifferent, and soon sent several bachelors to Tongzhou to investigate the matter, and asked them to thoroughly inspect the Tongzhou granary.

After an investigation, Gao Tianfeng's misdeeds were finally exposed.

In the Qing Dynasty, theft of rice and falsification of accounts was called "black files", so Gao Tianfeng's incident was also called "black files" at that time. After the "black files" broke out, Jiaqing believed that Gao Tianfeng was no more than a mere petty official.

If the Cangchang official could strictly inspect the granary, he would never commit such a major case. Therefore, all the officials who had served as the Cangchang Minister during the seven or eight years Gao Tianfeng was in the Tongzhou Granary were also held accountable.

Jin was also a minister of Cangchang. Seeing that the situation was not good, he took the initiative to apologize to Jiaqing. However, he did not lose much in his appointment, so Jiaqing just demoted him and kept him in office. However, Li Junjian, the minister of Cangchang at this time, resigned after half a year in office.

Gao Tianfeng stole thousands of stones from the warehouse, which was the biggest loss of rice among all the warehouse ministers. Seeing Li Junjian neglecting his duties, how could Jiaqing not be angry? So that day, thinking about the black file case, he immediately issued another edict,

Li Junjian was dismissed from office.

Seeing the outbreak of these two major cases, the most shocked person may not be Jiaqing, but Ruan Yuan. On the surface, these two cases have nothing to do with Ruan Yuan, but the governor Tie Bao involved in the Li Yuchang case was Ruan Yuan who passed the Jinshi examination.

The deputy examiner of Youke is Ruan Yuan, and Li Junjian was not only a Jinshi in the same subject as Ruan Yuan, but also ranked second in the second class that year, just one place ahead of Ruan Yuan. Within half a year, Tie Bao, Li Junjian, Liu Fenggao, Ren Zehe

, were involved in the case and were arrested one after another. At this time, there were only a few months left before Jiaqing's 50th birthday. Seeing the teachers and students of Jiyou Department like this, how could Jiaqing trust Ruan Yuan? How could he believe that Liu Fenggao's last consecutive charges were obtained by forcing a confession? Yes

After Ruan Yuan read the Di newspaper, he knew that Jiaqing could no longer have confidence in his teachers and students. Even if Liu Fenggao argued to Jiaqing, Jiaqing would not listen anymore, so Liu Fenggao was discouraged.

He took the initiative to admit the serial number.

Of course, Ruan Yuan also gradually understood that after Liu Fenggao and Ren Zehe, the person Jiaqing wanted to punish was himself.

Sure enough, at this time Jiaqing was thinking about the granary and began to doubt the local governor, so he said to the ministers: "Look, the Tongzhou granary reported that half of the granary is filled with sub-meters. This is

What is Tianyu Zhenggong, and how can it be used as a reward for hundreds of officials? Thinking about the amount of rice, Gao Tianfeng cannot achieve such a climate. It must be the local canal gang, and it was adulterated when it started.

A lot of rice. According to my decree, all the governors of the Caozhi Province will go down to strictly investigate the grain matters! If there are flag sailors who steal the grain and sell it and pass it off as substandard, they will report it to me quickly. If there is anything concealed, they will be punished.

Severe punishment without mercy!"

"I obey the order!" Fei Chun, Dong Gao and others said in unison.

"I obey the decree, I obey the decree. You keep saying that you obey the decree, but how many practical things have been done below?" Jiaqing was still angry at this time, and said to Fei Chun: "Fei Chun, you are a bachelor, and you are a great scholar.

You are also in charge of the household affairs. This warehouse matter is originally within your authority. Li Jun and Jian Yong are so cowardly. How could you not know anything about it before, let alone say anything to me?! You have finished handling this black file matter.

Just go home and take care of yourself for the time being, you don’t have to worry about the household affairs anymore!”

Seeing Jiaqing so angry, Fei Chun did not dare to say the word "Zunzhi" anymore.

Within a few days, the results of the Li Yuchang case and the Tongzhou black files were gradually made public. Gao Tianfeng and his accomplices, and all those who were directly involved in stealing grain and rice, passing it off as good quality, and adding pharmaceuticals, were all punished. Li Junjian was dismissed from his post and awaited transfer.

, Fei Chun only retained the post of bachelor and returned home. Tie Bao was removed from the post of governor of Liangjiang and sent to garrison in Xinjiang. Wang Rizhang, governor of Jiangsu, was also dismissed from his post, his status was reduced to a civilian, and he was never hired. In these two major cases, no matter who was directly involved,

People, as well as relevant high-level officials, were all severely punished by Jiaqing.

Perhaps the only good thing for Ruan Yuan at this time was that the position of Governor of Liangjiang was vacant due to Tiebao's dismissal. Jiaqing had no suitable candidate for a while, so he temporarily appointed Alinbao as Governor of Liangjiang and replaced him with Fang Wei, governor of Shaanxi.

Dian was the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. Ruan Yuan had always known that Fang Weidian was an honest and capable man, and he had actively advocated the suppression of pirates. With him in Fuzhou, the chance of winning the final battle against Cai Qian increased by 20%. It's just that he was in Fuzhou.

As for Fujian, there were still doubts about whether it would be able to cooperate properly if the tactic of splitting ships and attacking in isolation was implemented. Therefore, Ruan Yuan also contacted Zhang Shicheng, hoping that Zhang Shicheng could go to Taizhou at the beginning of August, and he would discuss with him a plan to encircle and suppress Cai Qian.

But at the same time, Jiaqing's request to investigate the Cao Gang had also arrived in Hangzhou. Ruan Yuan also asked the Jiabai Gang about the leaked exchange of rice. Soon the Jiabai Gang responded. The rules within the gang have always been strict.

, no sailor dared to steal rice and grain, and every time the Zhejiang Cao Gang started to transport grain, it could be completed quickly. Ruan Yuan thought that after all, Yu Deshui had been friends with him for many years, so he should not lie to himself, so he followed suit.

What Bai Gang said was that Jiaqing was being punished, and what arrived at the Old Summer Palace at the same time was the memorial that Zhejiang had reported on grain prices in accordance with the regulations this year.

But faced with Ruan Yuan's two memorials, Jiaqing was not satisfied at all.

"Why is the price of rice in Zhejiang still so high this year? I remember that last year there were floods in Zhejiang, and I also exempted several counties from paying taxes. If there is a famine, it is fine that the price of rice is higher. But this year, there is no price in Zhejiang.

Why hasn’t the price of rice come down after the disaster was reported? It’s just that pirates are still raging, and rogue people along the coast have leaked rice to the pirates for personal gain. This is why the price of rice in Zhejiang remains high! Ruan Yuan

How did you become the governor of Zhejiang this time? Food prices cannot be reduced, and coastal defense cannot cut off aid. If you are so stupid and confused, what is the use of asking you to continue to be the governor of Zhejiang?!"

"There is no leakage of rice grains from Caobang in Zhejiang. Has Ruan Yuan investigated strictly? If every governor is like Ruan Yuan and reports to me that nothing happened to Caogang, then where did the missing grain go?

How come there are so many rotten rice and moldy rice in Jingcang? What on earth is Ruan Yuan doing? Regarding Liu Fenggao's matter, Lu Yan said that public resentment has been boiling for a long time. He actually reported a report without any solid evidence. Now that the news about Liu Fenggao has arrived, Liu Fenggao is still connected.

The crime of the title! Thinking about it this way, there is no solid evidence for what Ruan Yuan said, it is just an excuse for him to cover up! Liu Fenggao is a Jinshi of Jiyou Branch, Ruan Yuan is also a Jinshi of Jiyou Branch..."

"In these cases this year, which one does not have the shadow of their Jiyou Branch? Li Yuchang case, Tie Bao is the deputy chief examiner of the Jiyou Branch, Ruan Yuan and Liu Fenggao are all called their mentors, black files, Li Junjian is the Jiyou Branch, Hangzhou Examination Case

, Liu Fenggao, Ren Zehe, are both from the Jiyou Department! Hehe, what a good teacher and a good student. With such a stupid and sheltering teacher, there are also such students who deceive everyone! They usually talk about the friendship between teachers and students, but in fact they are just like a dog and a dog, doing all kinds of evil.

!I have been in power for ten years and have been too polite to these people. If I don’t hit hard this time, how can the people of this world still believe in my Qing Dynasty’s national laws and regulations!”

In this way, Ruan Yuan's fate began to gradually change.

In early July of the 14th year of Jiaqing, a new edict arrived in Hangzhou. This time Jiaqing showed no mercy to Ruan Yuan. Instead, he directly ordered Ruan Yuan to cease all duties as governor of Zhejiang and hand over the political affairs of Zhejiang to Qingge, the chief envoy, and Jiang Jixun, the inspector-general.

At the same time, Jiaqing asked Jiangsu Chief Envoy Jiang Youzhu to go south to Hangzhou. After Jiang Youzhu took office, Ruan Yuan had to deliver the seal of Zhejiang Governor to him. After that, Ruan Yuan had to go to Beijing to see him and wait for Jiaqing's departure.

Before the edict was issued, Tuojin and Lu Yinpu had also sorted out the documents of Liu Fenggao's case in Hangzhou, and then escorted Liu Fenggao back to the capital. Ruan Yuan accepted the edict, knowing that he could not defend Jiaqing at this time.

Moreover, he did have a fault in knowing people, so he had to join Qingge, Jiang Jixun, and Li Gengyun of Hangjiahu Road to hand over the pending matters to the three of them one by one. After that, Ruan Yuan returned to the inner house of Fuyuan and stayed behind closed doors, just waiting.
Chapter completed!