Imperial Envoy Li Shida vigorously shook the unwanted thoughts out of his mind.
Lin Tailai's statement is really ridiculous. How can we adopt a solution to the problem of sending fellow members to a dead end?
Even if you do this, what benefits can you get besides stopping the loss?
"Don't try to sow discord, this court will not be fooled by you!" Li Shida scolded.
Lin Qianhu replied: "I'm really not trying to stir up trouble, I'm just telling you the only way to calm things down."
Putting things to rest? Li Shida always felt that when this word came out of Lin Tailai's mouth, it didn't sound like a good word.
To calm people is to make them stable. What is the best way to make a person stable?
But Li Shida still kept his mouth shut, not wanting to continue talking to Lin Qianhu.
Lin Tai came to see the imperial envoy and refused to communicate further, so he would not continue to ask for trouble, and together they looked at the two sides confronting each other at the gate.
On the surface, Governor Li was the only one who exposed Magistrate Shi's embezzlement of five thousand taels, and he was "surrounded" by hungry people. At this time, he was really in trouble.
He had to stand here, pretending to help the hungry people and ask Magistrate Shi for an explanation.
If he didn't do this, he worried that he would be stripped naked again and thrown into the street by the thousands of hungry people around him.
All kinds of accidents are happening one after another, and they always arrive before tomorrow. This makes Magistrate Shi feel nervous, but the problem must always be solved.
"Call the magistrates from Wu County and Changzhou!" Magistrate Shi shouted at the officer. Summoning subordinates is a classic way to solve problems.
The two county government offices are only two streets away from the government office, and the two magistrates arrived soon.
Of course, there was a sea of people outside the gate of the government office and it was so blocked that the two magistrates did not dare to pass through the gate to get in through the chaos.
So they all walked through the back alleys and entered the government office from the back office, and then walked through the government office to the gate.
Magistrate Shi pointed at the hungry people and shouted to Magistrate Deng of Wu County: "In front of the people, you can explain clearly why you misappropriated the rice grains from the Jinong Granary!"
When Deng Zhixian first took office the year before last, he wanted to compete with senior officials Lin, but unfortunately his ambition was not fulfilled.
Then in the past two years, Magistrate Deng just wanted to live his life and didn't want to care about anything. He just wanted to serve out his term and leave quickly.
He never expected that this time he would be involved in grievances and grievances.
After hearing the question from the superior magistrate, Magistrate Deng replied calmly: "The government government took away five thousand taels of silver from the county, so the county was seriously short of expenses, so it had to temporarily borrow 10,000 taels of silver from the Jinongcang."
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Facing thousands of rioters who dared to take action, Magistrate Shi did not dare to say harsh words, but when facing lower-level magistrates, he dared to strike hard.
He sternly rebuked: "Your Wu County is a high-class county. Could it be that the Yamen cannot function without these five thousand taels?"
County magistrate Deng complained skillfully: "The governor didn't know something. During the winter break last year, the county started dredging a lot of rivers, which cost a lot!
By this spring, last year’s autumn grain has been completely consumed, but this summer’s taxes have not yet been collected. Therefore, the county government, like ordinary people, is also in a period of drought!
At this time, the government suddenly withdrew five thousand taels of official silver from the county, which directly made the county unable to maintain its expenses. This is the truth!"
Magistrate Shi cursed secretly, no matter what problems they encountered, these old bureaucrats would always be reasonable and avoid taking responsibility!
The hungry people outside the gate were in an uproar when they heard Magistrate Deng’s petition!
What the county magistrate said personally can be confirmed. The grain shortage in Jinongcang is indeed directly related to the magistrate!
Seeing that Magistrate Deng could not solve the problem here, Magistrate Shi turned to Magistrate Yuan of Changzhou County and asked: "Changzhou County Jinongcang has allocated 10,000 shi and can it be temporarily lent to Wu County?"
After all, Yuan Zhixian is a well-known writer, so he has to be polite.
After hearing what the prefect said, Magistrate Yuan replied with the same reason: "During the spring famine, everywhere was not rich, and our Changzhou County Jinongcang did not have any extra rice.
If it is forcibly lent to Wu County, what will happen to the poor people in Changzhou County? In the same Suzhou City, will the poor people in Wu County riot, but not the poor people in Changzhou County?"
Magistrate Shi secretly sighed a few times. He was new here and his prestige was indeed insufficient to control the two subordinate magistrates.
Maybe I was too hasty this time. I never thought that things would get to this point.
Since he couldn't get a solution from the county government and had no time to continue fighting with the county government, Magistrate Shi had no choice but to "cut the flesh" from the government government.
Then he called the treasury ambassador over and ordered: "Transfer five thousand taels of official silver from the treasury and pay it back to the county treasury!"
The ambassador from the treasury was stunned for a moment and then reported back: "After the accident in the government office yesterday, the imperial envoy sealed up all the official banknotes in the treasury for investigation.
If there is no imperial order to lift the seal, even one tael of official silver from the government treasury cannot be touched."
Magistrate Shi: "."
What kind of thing is this horse-stepping thing? Why doesn’t everything seem to go well these past two days, and nothing goes well when I think about it!
Thinking of this, Magistrate Shi turned his head and looked at the imperial envoy who was standing behind the gate holding the formation.
Li Shida: "???"
Why did the focus suddenly shift to myself?
But when you can help Magistrate Shi, you must help him. You can't just ignore him.
So Li Shida did not hesitate and immediately walked towards the door.
"One misstep will lead to eternal hatred, and it will be a hundred years later to look back." The voice of a thousand households suddenly reached Li Qinchen's ears.
Another pretense! Imperial Commissioner Li did not respond, nor did he stop. He walked resolutely to the gate of the government office.
The most important task at the moment is to resolve the immediate crisis, otherwise there will be no future!
Standing in front of the hungry people, Li Shida announced loudly: "You can rest assured! This court immediately unsealed five thousand taels of official silver from the treasury and allocated it to Wuxian County to ensure that Wuxian County will not be short of expenses and that there will be no shortage of food in the farmhouse.
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"I object!" Before the imperial minister finished speaking, someone suddenly shouted from the side.
Everyone followed the voice and saw that it was Guo Tong, the official of Suzhou Prefecture, who spoke. Then everyone looked at Lin Daguan in unison.
Anyone who is familiar with Guo Tuiguan knows that he was only a prison student.
In today's Ming Dynasty's official awarding rules, the official position of pushing official is equivalent to county magistrate, and it is the initial official position of Jinshi.
How could Guo Tong, a supervisor with a Zhuoliu background, become a seven-rank real power official that only Jinshi can hold?
Old Suzhou people all know that when Guo Tuiguan was still Guo Xiancheng, he risked his life for his future.
Legend has it that when Lin Daguan and his men went west to conquer Mudu two years ago, Guo Xiancheng personally participated in the battle in a small boat.
This is why Guo Tuiguan stood up to speak, but many people looked at Lin Daguan.
Li Shida unceremoniously scolded Guo Tuiguan: "What do you object to? It's not your turn to make the decision!"
Everyone in Suzhou City really thinks that the Imperial Envoy is a cat or a dog, and everyone wants to step on him?
Guo Tuiguan ignored the reprimand of the imperial envoy, but faced the people first and said loudly:
"I, Guo Tong, previously served as the county magistrate in charge of food supply in Wu County, and all the fellow villagers should still remember it!
I, Guo Tong, swear to God here that I, Guo Tong, will definitely help my fellow villagers solve the problem of grain shortage in Jinong Warehouse!
But there are some things that are really hard to see and make me, Guo Tong, unhappy. Please wait a little longer!"
A dozen good-hearted men standing in the front row of the hungry people raised their arms and shouted:
"Master Guo has been in Suzhou City for many years and has always loved the people like his own son. Of course we can trust him!"
After Guo Tuiguan stabilized the mood of the hungry people, he turned to the imperial envoy Li Shida and said: "As an imperial envoy, after you arrived in Suzhou City, you shielded the prefect Shi at every turn. It is really shameful!"
Li Qincha snorted coldly and was about to use Tai Chi magic to resolve Guo Tuiguan's difficulties.
But then he saw Youdao's figure flash out, Lin Qianhu rushed out, and asked Guo Tuiguan in a stern voice:
"Don't talk nonsense in Guo Tui's office! Li Qinchen is fair and does things fairly. How can he protect Prefect Shi?"
Li Qin was a little confused for a while, what's the matter with you, Lin Tai?
Facing the harsh words of Lin Daguan, 99% of the people in Suzhou City did not dare to talk back, but today Guo Tuiguan was among the one percent.
Not only was he not afraid, but he took a few steps forward, bravely stood within the attack range of Lin Daguan's iron fist, and said equally loudly:
"Lin Qianhu has been guarding the imperial envoy for the past two days, can't he still see the clues?
First, the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to Suzhou with the sole responsibility of investigating whether Magistrate Shi had embezzled government funds. He had no qualifications to interfere in local government affairs!
Is it his responsibility to unblock government funds and allocate them to Wu County?
Everything he did was to make up for the sins of Magistrate Shi, which is contrary to his duty!"
Official Lin clenched his fists fiercely and retorted even louder: "Li Qinchen did this for the sake of the overall situation!
For the sake of the stability of Suzhou City, Li Qinqi had no choice but to do this. How could this be regarded as subjective cover-up?
You are using the heart of a villain to judge the belly of a gentleman!"
Guo Tuiguan also retorted: "I haven't finished speaking yet! Secondly, yesterday someone blocked the street and complained. They already said that the government office might cause hunger and change the people's livelihood. Li Qinqi also accepted the complaint!
But what did Li Qinchao do next? Instead of finding a way to appease him, he sent troops to the government office to protect Magistrate Shi!
Is this what you said is for the overall situation? For the stability of Suzhou City?
Moreover, Li Qinchai personally went to the government office to sit in charge, and for the safety of Magistrate Shi, he went in and out together with Magistrate Shi!
Don’t forget what the original duty of the imperial envoy was this time? It was to investigate Prefect Shi!
Qin Chao Li protects the subject of the investigation at all costs, and you don't think he is shielding?"
Damn it! Imperial Envoy Li Shida finally realized that this was coming for him!
The target is either Governor Li, Magistrate Shi, or himself, the Imperial Envoy!
After Li Shida got to know Suzhou, he became very careful in his work, so he dared to chat and laugh with Lin Tailai from time to time.
But why are there so many loopholes in Guo Tuiguan’s nonsense?
Could it be that I have made the mistake of "the authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear"?
Lin Daguan was too lazy to continue pretending and yelled at Guo Tuiguan: "Do you have a third party? I don't believe you can say it again!"
Li Qinchao's anger meter rose rapidly. If the force was enough, he would now want to slap Lin Qianhu to "put the matter to rest"!
Guo Tuiguan lived up to expectations and continued to shout: "The third thing is what happened just now!
The imperial envoy should first investigate Magistrate Shi. This is the duty of the imperial envoy who sent him to Suzhou!
If Magistrate Shi is indeed embezzling official silver, let him spit out the five thousand taels of official silver and return it to the Wuxian County Treasury!
However, Li Qinqi just wanted to unblock the government treasury. When the accounts were completely unclear, he directly transferred official banknotes from the government treasury to pay to Wu County!
This may lead to a problem: using official bank accounts with unclear accounts to make up for the shortfall caused by the corruption of Prefect Shi!
Only those who subjectively want to protect Magistrate Shi would do this!"
Guo Tuiguan's words were so shocking that even Lin Daguan, who had never been unreasonable, was shocked by the call for justice.
So Lin Daguan stopped his confrontation with Guo Tuiguan and turned to Li Qincha and said: "Oh my, what Guo Tuifu said seems to make sense?
The total amount of silver in the government's inventory is not clear yet. If we allocate it randomly, wouldn't it make it even more chaotic?
If there really is a problem of embezzlement of government funds, it may be covered up by chaos."
Li Qinqi: "."
He couldn't help but recall a sentence in his mind, a sentence he just heard: "One mistake will lead to eternal regret, and it will be a hundred years to look back."
Governor Li, who was standing outside the gate, saw that both Li Shida and Magistrate Shi were silenced, so he could only come forward and try his best to change things up:
"This court is thinking that it should really return the official treasury money allocation to Wu County first, so as to solve the urgent need first and then talk about other things.
As long as this discrepancy is recorded clearly, there won't be much confusion when setting up accounts in the future."
Guo Tuiguan, who had gone crazy today, pointed his finger like a halberd and shouted at Governor Li: "Why does Futai want to speak for Magistrate Shi?"
Governor Li's mind was buzzing for several times, but he still didn't understand the connotation of Guo Tuiguan's words.
Guo Tuiguan asked again aggressively: "As we all know, it was you, Li Futai, who accused Magistrate Shi of embezzling five thousand taels of official silver. Why are you speaking for Magistrate Shi today?"
Governor Li just wants to say, I don’t know why! I don’t even know why you, a garbage promoter, are questioning this!
Guo Tuiguan directly deduced the truth without having to answer Governor Li:
"You exposed that Magistrate Shi embezzled five thousand taels, was it because the spoils were unevenly distributed?
That’s why you are speaking for Magistrate Shi today. You just want to use cash from the treasury to repay Wu County!
Are you also thinking of continuing to hide the embezzled government funds and then divide the spoils?"
Is there such a thing? The rioters outside the gate screamed in surprise.
Governor Li: "."
He said that Magistrate Shi embezzled five thousand taels of official silver, but that was all fabricated! How could he not be clear about the bad things he had done?
Why is it now becoming more and more serious? It is becoming more and more true.
It's as if there is a powerful being who turns the things he has made up into reality step by step!
But the creation of the void should be a spell only possessed by gods, right? Why does it appear in the human world!
Guo Tuiguan went crazy, really went crazy! It seems that no one can stop this little seventh-grade Tuiguan today!
Regardless of whether they were second-grade, third-grade, fourth-grade, or fifth-grade Qianhu, they were all pressed to the ground and rubbed by such a seventh-grade man!
The hungry people outside the gate also temporarily forgot about the sorrow of running out of food, and watched with relish the officials exchanging passion and eating one big melon after another.
