"Ge Changjun, the governor of Dingzhou, Xiaguan, is so young? You are the imperial envoy!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Ge Changjun with a faint smile: "Master Ge, you are also a scholar, so you don't know what it means to have ambitions but not age!"
Ge Changjun smiled solemnly: "What the imperial envoy is teaching you is that the subordinate is rude!"
"Master Ge, you are really hard to find. I have been waiting for you in Qingzhou for half a month. I have been waiting for you, Master Ge, to finally come!"
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, please forgive me. The lower officials in charge of Dingzhou are unable to get away from the locust plague. You must also know that although Dingzhou Prefecture has not been as serious as Qingzhou Prefecture, the locust plague in Dingzhou Prefecture has also been suffered by two prefectures and five counties because of someone's good deeds."
Luckily for the locust plague, the imperial envoy’s method of controlling the locust plague spread word of mouth to Dingzhou, and the official came to Qingzhou to pay him a visit immediately after finishing his work on the locust plague!"
"Lord Laoge is here. I wonder if Lord Ge brought what I wanted in the letter I sent to Lord Ge at once three days ago?"
"Of course!" Ge Changjun calmly took out three small and medium-sized booklets from his sleeves and held them in his hands: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy, here are all the records of the cattle and carriage crossings of the eight states of Qingzhou Prefecture that passed through Dingzhou Prefecture. Please, Imperial Envoy
Check it out!"
"Jiang Lei, present it!"
"yes!"
Liu Mingzhi looked through the three brochures sent by Ge Changjun and did not dare to neglect at all. The number of carriages and oxen carts was recorded in unusual detail every time.
There is no detailed record of the specific amount of grain on the carriage, but this is enough.
He threw the carriage directly in front of these officials in Qingzhou: "What else do you have to say? Do you want to say that the carriage is not transporting food but loess!"
Tong Hewu glanced hard at Ge Changjun, who looked calm and fell to the ground: "The matter has come to this, I have nothing to say!"
"The governor's office has a stock of 300,000 shi of grain, 50,000 shi of rice, 70,000 shi of corn, 50,000 shi of soybeans, and a deficit of 70,000 shi of buckwheat, totaling about 200,000 shi!"
"Chrome Prefecture has 200,000 yuan of grain and 30,000 yuan of rice, totaling a deficit of 110,000 shi!"
"Luzhou has a total of 200,000 yuan in grain reserves and a total deficit of 100,000 shi!"
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"Except for Shengzhou, Pizhou, Qingzhou, and Gongzhou, all four prefectures have a deficit of more than half of their grain stocks. Your Majesty has trained a bunch of good officials. It's a mixed bag, and it's hard to tell the real ones from the fake ones. Tong Dudu, Tong Dudu,
Your play is really wonderful, I admire you very much!"
"We are also doing this in response to the imperial court's call to open up trade routes. We don't want to see something like this happen. We are not doing it to deplete the grain depot, we just want to increase some silver income for Qingzhou Prefecture. Is this wrong? I'm wrong.
The fault is all yours, if you hadn't tempted His Majesty to open up business, how could the officials of Qingzhou Prefecture do these thankless things!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the hysterical Tong Hewu and his face darkened: "You still don't know how to repent, and you are talking shamelessly here. Opening up trade routes is a move that benefits the country and the people. You know that the locust plague is coming, but you don't care about the severity, and you don't think about being a good herder of the people.
, the outbreak of the locust plague not only did not deal with the disaster, but instead deceived the superiors and the inferiors. Under the guise of Bailian, they tried to cover up the truth in Qingzhou. For their own selfish interests, they gave out porridge and clear soup with little water, leaving the people hungry. Your crimes are too numerous to describe! Don’t you want to know this?
How did the imperial envoy discover that something was wrong with Qingzhou?"
"Tong Hewu, you are actually very smart, otherwise you would not be able to achieve the position of governor of a government. Unfortunately, your smartness changed in the end. It became not how to benefit the people but how to use power for personal gain!"
"Your Majesty has not prohibited the identity of this imperial envoy from being revealed. With your position, you can easily know the identity of this imperial envoy. Lieutenant Zhen, Magistrate Qiao, General Chang, and Governor Gu, these people are all within your plan. I think
Introducing me into the affairs of the White Lotus Sect, yes, you did succeed!"
"Whether it was the scene at the night banquet at the Governor's Mansion, I have always been curious about why you knew that the Imperial Envoy was coming and yet you were so indulgent and derelict in your duties. Until Gu Governor returned, you didn't take the time to show your fear for you. I was very worried.
Hesitate, why would a governor who lives a life of debauchery and a governor who does not drink but is dedicated to the people appear at a banquet? Later, you pretended to show your concern for the locust plague, which made my doubts even more serious!"
"It wasn't until the time of separation that Governor Gu accidentally revealed the lotus tattoo on his arm. At that time, I knew the 'truth' of the matter. It turned out that Qingzhou Prefecture was controlled by the White Lotus Sect. Governor Gu was acting for me by doing this.
, it is precisely because of this that explains why Governor Tong Gu is obviously from Huizhou and speaks with a Jiangzhou accent, because he is from the White Lotus Sect!"
"Everything is developing in the direction you planned. It's not that the Governor of Qingzhou concealed the truth about the locust plague, but that the Governor of Qingzhou was placed under house arrest. This is what I have always thought!"
"Whether it's the study room in the Governor's Mansion that I haven't returned to in a month or the patrolling guards with good force, as well as General Chang's transportation of food out of the city, everything is linked to your calculations. I do believe that you created
The truth comes out.”
"However, the sudden death of several governors such as Gu, and the White Lotus Sect members who had already taken control of Qingzhou City and fled without a fight made me hesitate. Why would the White Lotus Sect give up Qingzhou City to them so easily if they spent so much effort? This is unavoidable.
It makes sense! In fact, the people on the city wall are not the White Lotus cultists at all, but the troops of Chen Kun, the left and right guard of Qingzhou!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the group of people with pale faces and clapped his hands: "Press up Vice General Chen, and bring up the bodies of the 'White Lotus Cultists' who were killed by Long Wuwei!"
A moment later, the Longwu Guards officers carried five corpses and twisted a middle-aged man in armor into the lobby. Suddenly, a stench came!
Liu Mingzhi didn't mind. He just held his breath and opened the sleeves of the five corpses: "You see, the White Lotus followers don't even have lotus tattoos. Are they still members of the White Lotus sect? By the way, let me tell you one more thing.
, members of the White Lotus Sect will never commit suicide by taking poison, so there is no need for me to tell you why!"
"So it wasn't until a few days ago that I finally understood that the initial fear that Governor Gu had towards you was not an act, but a real fear, not the pretended fear that you led me to believe that Governor Gu was a White Lotus sect member.
It was you who detained the family of Governor Gu. In other words, the truth about the family that you told me in front of the city gate was held hostage and imprisoned by the White Lotus Sect was actually because you detained the families of the three governors of Shengzhou, Pizhou and Qingzhou and threatened them! Gongzhou
Lord Governor Shi Ning, am I right?"
Ning Zihan, the governor of Gongzhou, lowered his head and moved out: "Please save my little girl!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Ning Zihan and sighed: "Since ancient times, there has been a dilemma between loyalty and filial piety. Compared with Qingzhou Governor and others, they have parents and children. Ning Governor, you only have one daughter. This is why you dare to hide it from Tong Governor Shi Bo.
Porridge, right!"
"The official is guilty!"
"Commander Song, please invite Miss Ning Shuang up!"
"yes!"
Song Qing walked out from the back hall, supporting a 28-year-old beauty. The beauty walked onto the stage and danced her arms in the air: "Daddy, where are you? Daddy, where are you?"
Oh, poor man, looking at Ning Shuang, who has a good face but a dull look in her eyes, Liu Mingzhi motioned to Song Qing to help Ning Shuang to Ning Zihan!