Chapter 1,247 The last general asks for orders to capture the corrupt official Zhu Pingan
The house leaked when it rained all night, and Chi Chuan encountered another storm. This sentence is perfect for Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun. Some time ago, Japanese pirates invaded Taizhou Prefecture. The bandits were so aggressive that they invaded several counties in the territory and surrounded Taizhou Prefecture.
Fortunately, Zhu Ping'an, the magistrate of Jingnan, worked hard and made three major achievements: killing the Japanese, defending the city, and restoring the city, which saved Taizhou Prefecture's face. With some careful planning, he was able to survive the disaster safely.
But we never expected that just after surviving the Japanese pirates, we would be hit by a once-in-a-hundred-year flood.
Although the flood was a natural disaster and spread to most of the south of the Yangtze River, no one in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang prefectures was spared. The court would not hold itself accountable for the flood, but if the disaster relief was ineffective, it would not be able to escape accountability.
Therefore, since the flood occurred, Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun has been working hard every day, personally deploying and directing Taizhou Prefecture's disaster relief matters. From the prefecture to the lower counties, he has personally reviewed all matters related to the flood, no matter how big or small.
Since the prefect is like this, the officials below naturally dare not slack off, especially Wang Qingcheng from the Yamen Experience Department.
Three days ago, when Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun was checking the Taizhou Prefecture's mountains and rivers map, he found an official document titled "Jingnan Magistrate Zhu Ping'an Respectfully Submits Taizhou Prefecture's Early Warning and Flood Control Book" because the official document was submitted by Zhu Ping'an.
The title of the official document was about early warning and flood control, so Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun started reading it.
Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, couldn't help but become furious after reading through the contents and seeing the date of payment.
Zhu Ping'an, the magistrate of Jingnan County, had already sent a document to Taizhou Prefecture to warn of the flood more than ten days before the flood!
Why didn't it attract attention?
If we had followed the suggestions in Zhu Ping'an's official document and taken precautions in advance, how could the flood disaster in Taizhou Prefecture have been so serious!
Therefore, Wang Qingcheng, who was in charge of the government office's experience department, was summoned by Taizhou magistrate Tan Lun and gave him a severe scolding.
If Tan Lun hadn't thought that he was arranging the army outside the city to prepare for the Japanese war, and had indeed told Wang Qing and them to be officials and not to disturb him if there was no big deal, otherwise what Wang Qing would have faced would not be as simple as a severe rebuke!
After this incident, Wang's memory sharpened, and he paid special attention to the official documents submitted by the counties below. Once there was anything related to floods, no matter how big or small, they were submitted to the prefect Tan Lun for review as soon as possible.
"Sir Wang, this is the official document submitted by Fahai County, Taiping County and Huangyan County today."
A clerk from the Experience Department came in and handed the received official documents to Wang Experience with both hands.
Wang Xianli took the official document and read it carefully. Linhai County reported that the domestic grain price has been reduced and stabilized at 500 grains per stone. Huangyan County also reported that the domestic grain price has been reduced and stabilized at 500 grains per stone.
Wen's news.
Well, yes, this is good news. The governor will be very happy to hear it.
After Wang experienced the official documents submitted by Linhai County and Huangyan County, he couldn't help but smile.
The same should be true for Taiping County.
Wang Qingcheng thought as he opened the official document from Taiping County. Well, it is indeed reporting the news that the price of grain in the country has been reduced to 500 yuan per stone. Why is there a page at the end?!
What?! Expose and report Zhu Pingan?!
After reading the content, Wang Qiancheng couldn't calm down anymore and immediately ran to the room of Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, with three official documents in hand.
"Master of the Palace, Master of the Palace" Wang Chengcheng hurried to Tan Lun's room without even bothering to knock on the door.
"What's going on? How unbecoming is it to be in such a panic?"
Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, was discussing with Zuo Zhen the matter of dispatching new soldiers into the city to help maintain order in the refugee camp. They were discussing at a critical point when they were suddenly interrupted by Wang Qiancheng, who raised his head and said with some displeasure.
"What the Prefect taught me is that if you lower your rank as an official, you should be punished because it is unbecoming of an official." Wang Xingcheng lowered his head and said.
"Punishment is waived. Tell me, why did you rush to see me?" Tan Lun, the magistrate of Taizhou, took it easy and did not pursue it further.
"After returning to the government, my official has just received the official documents from Linhai, Huangyan and Taiping counties." Wang Xingcheng reported.
"What happened in the three counties?" asked Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou.
"The three counties all reported that the price of grain within their territory has dropped and stabilized at 500 wen per stone," Wang Xingcheng reported back.
"It's a good thing to lower the price of temperature-controlled grains. Why do you do this?" Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, heard this and said dissatisfied.
"Master, the official document of Taiping County Magistrate also contains a report letter, revealing that Jingnan Magistrate Zhu Pingan, Zhu Pingan, in the name of the county government, forcibly set the price of food in Jingnan at 2,500 yuan per stone! From this!
To seek personal gain, according to local people in Jingnan, Zhu Pingan accepted tens of thousands of silver in bribes from grain merchants."
As Wang Chengcheng spoke, he picked out the official documents from Taiping County and handed them to Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, with both hands.
"What?! This is happening!" When Tan Lun, the magistrate of Taizhou, heard this, his expression changed instantly! His face was filled with anger!
"Isn't it possible? Isn't Jingnan Magistrate Zhu Ping'an like this?!" Zuo Zhen listened and opened his mouth in surprise, but he was skeptical about Taiping Magistrate's report.
Because Jingnan had killed an unusually large number of Japanese pirate heads, he and the prefect Tan Lun went to Jingnan for a private visit to check. In fact, at first he was very prejudiced against Zhu Pingan and did not believe that Jingnan would have so many gains.
, even suspected that Zhu Ping'an killed a good man and took credit, but they did not expect that this was indeed the case. Not only that, during a private visit, they found that Jingnan County Magistrate Zhu Ping'an was highly praised by the local people, and he was known to love the people, be honest, and be a capable official.
Therefore, Zuo Zhen became a fan of Zhu Ping'an. He did not believe that Zhu Ping'an could do such things as raising grain prices and accepting bribes from grain merchants regardless of the lives of the people.
Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun was shocked and found it unbelievable. However, what was recorded in Taiping Magistrate's official documents was well-founded and detailed, and did not seem like fiction. Moreover, fabricating evidence to frame others was a serious crime, and even Taiping Magistrate would not dare to test it.
To be on the safe side, Taizhou magistrate Tan Lun sent people to conduct a secret investigation.
Soon, the secret investigators came back with an official document.
"From today onwards, every stone of grain in Jingnan County will be 2,500 yuan..." The words are written in black and white on the paper, and the bright red seal is printed. There is no falsehood!
Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun and others looked at the official document defining the grain price in Jingnan in front of them, and had to believe that the Taiping Magistrate's report was true. Zhu Pingan really defined the grain price in Jingnan in the form of an official document at 2,500 yuan per stone.
!As for the fact that Zhu Pingan accepted huge bribes from grain merchants, it must be true!
In the current flood disaster, people are in dire straits, how dare Zhu Ping'an act so recklessly! Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, could not help but look livid with anger.
"Master, please order me to arrest the corrupt official Zhu Ping'an and bring him to justice!" Zuo Zhen gritted his teeth angrily and asked Tan Lun for orders, cupping his fists.
At this moment, his fan turned negative and became Zhu Pingan's negative fan once again. Zhu Pingan wasted my trust in you and defended you in front of the governor. I didn't expect you to be such a person who doesn't care about the life and death of the people and only cares about personal gain.
Corrupt officials!
"Yes!" Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun nodded, but soon shook his head and stopped Zuo Zhen.
"President! If Zhu Ping'an is allowed to continue doing this, how will the people of Jingnan survive?!"
Zuo Zhen was puzzled and asked hurriedly.
"General Zuo, Zhu Ping'an is not an ordinary magistrate. He has made great contributions to the fight against the Japanese. He has just been promoted to the post of Zhejiang Provincial Envoy and Inspector General. He is only the temporary magistrate of Jingnan. Moreover, his magistrate is Xu Jie, the elder of the court.
, it is said that his promotion to Zhejiang Province was due to the care of Mr. Xu Ge. If we only rely on this official document defining the price of grain, I am afraid that he will have many excuses and it will be difficult to convict him. And
After some time, when the situation in Jingnan deteriorates and gets out of hand, Zhu Ping'an will be punished. By then, he will not be allowed to shirk!"
Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, said slowly that he had always had a calm personality and was much more considerate than Zuo Zhen.
In addition to the above, he was also worried that if he dismissed Zhu Pingan in a hurry, he would be criticized for being jealous and intolerable.
Zhu Pingan was promoted to Zhejiang Provincial Inspector Si Qian for his merit. After that, the title of the youngest and most promising official in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was transferred from Tan Lun to Zhu Pingan. He was thirty-two years old, four years old; Zhu Pingan was only sixteen
, he is already the fifth rank, only half a level lower than himself. With the speed at which Zhu Pingan is promoted, no one doubts that Zhu Pingan will become his boss in a few years. Although he does not care about this false reputation, but
Many people in the circle said this, and he was worried that his hasty dismissal of Zhu Ping'an would be misunderstood by other officials as being jealous of talents and intolerant of others.
I am determined to become a marquis and prime minister. If I leave a bad reputation of being jealous of talents and intolerant of others, I am afraid it will have an impact on my career.
After some time, the situation in Jingnan deteriorated and became uncontrollable, and I would send Zhu Ping'an down again.
It will no longer cause misunderstanding.
"Alas! That's the only way it can be. It's just that the people in Jingnan will have to suffer for a while." Zuo Zhen sighed.