Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Two Do your part, who is it!
Chapter 122: Do your duty, no one else but you!
It is said that in this era, the profits from embezzling the grain stored in official warehouses can be said to be huge. Grain and silver are equated materials. Even a three-year-old child is familiar with the word "money and grain". A few tens of thousands of shi can be sold for tens of thousands of taels.
However, the risk of stealing official warehouses is much greater than that of embezzling Cao grain. Without the flexible loss quantity of Cao grain, people can be fooled. If the number of stolen official warehouses is small, it is not worth risking one's life. If the quantity is large, it is easy to be found out that the warehouse is in deficit. Various
Feng Xianguan is not just for food. The magic is as high as a foot and the road is as high as a foot. Tricks such as mixing rocks and emptying the outside of the warehouse wall are not very effective once people are on guard. That’s why Li You suspected that the government
Wouldn't the people in the government be so stupid as to collectively embezzle grain and wait for them to be easily discovered, then behead their heads and confiscate the army and confiscate their homes?
It's a pity that if the road is one foot high, the devil will try his best to be two feet high. Only when there is contradiction can development occur. After Mao Zhifu took office, he carried out a political achievement project with great fanfare. He built a huge granary at a convenient water transportation location and named it
Gusu Cang. Then Fucang, two county warehouses in Fuguo County, and Jinong Cang were merged into Gusu Cang. In this way, there was still extra space, so they rented it to large merchants in the rice and grain business in Fucheng.
Store food.
The prefect built this Gusu Warehouse for centralized grain storage, which has many benefits, including saving land, cutting redundant staff, generating income, and strengthening the ability to regulate the grain market, so it can be called a political achievement project.
But there is a secret in Gusu Cang. If a censor or the like takes the Fucang account book to check, and enters Gusu Cang for inspection, it will definitely be enough and the seals are intact; if someone else takes the accounts of Wu County and Changzhou County,
I checked the account book of the county warehouse and checked it in the Gusu warehouse. The amount was definitely sufficient and the seals were definitely there. I checked the ledger of the Jinong warehouse and the result was no exception. What's more, the grain taxes of the two counties are constantly going to the capital.
, rice grains often flow in and out of the warehouse, so some "errors" are understandable.
After all, is there really no problem in Gusu Cang? The mystery is that if there is a person who is full and supported, he also holds Suzhou Fucang, Wuxian Cang, Changzhou County Cang, Jinong
After entering the Gusu warehouse, a bunch of account books from merchants who store grains were put into the Gusu warehouse. He would find that the grain stored in the warehouse was much less than the total number of the ledger books of several different yamen combined... But in so many years, he has never encountered a person who is full and full.
People, officialdom rules do not encourage such a practice of eating too much and trying to make money. Maybe it is because those who can afford to eat are really full.
Tongzhi Wang probably talked about the Gusu Cang thing, and told Governor Li that he had a lot of insights. He couldn't help but sigh, Governor Mao is really a talented person, and this method has a bit of the virtual economy of the 21st century... No matter it is
It’s not really valuable, it just needs to be shown to make others feel valuable.
And Li You suddenly understood why, with the recent soaring price of rice, Magistrate Mao was desperate to sell rice to calm the turmoil.
The price of rice in the market is so high now that some poor people can't afford it. If things go wrong next spring when there is a recession, they won't even have rice. There are hundreds of thousands of people who have left agriculture in the prefectural city, which is known as the largest city in the world outside the two capitals.
, if there is a uprising due to lack of food, then everything is over for Mao Zhifu. With the severe laws of this dynasty that are extremely sensitive to civil unrest, if the embezzlement of grain reserves and the inability to provide relief lead to civil unrest, it will not be punished.
You can thank God by killing everyone in the house. So even if there is still some rice in the warehouse, Magistrate Mao will have to hold on until next spring to provide disaster relief. How can he go out now?
Having said that, Magistrate Mao was actually very unlucky and had very bad luck. The Jiangnan region had a good year in the past few years, and there was so much rice in the warehouse that it was about to overflow. So Magistrate Mao thought this was a great opportunity after he took office. He colluded with the government officials.
The middlemen embezzled tens of thousands of Shicang rice, and at the same time, they also took advantage of the opportunity to deal with old rice every year to do some subtle tricks on the accounts. After a few years, the stolen rice could be digested from the accounts.
He happened to be resigning at that time.
The rice left in the warehouse can barely cope with the famine years, so Magistrate Mao's idea is very feasible. If everything goes well, he may be able to hide it. However, Suzhou Prefecture, which had had good harvests for several years, suffered from floods last year.
The prefect worked hard to maintain the situation by running businesses and providing disaster relief. This year, God continued to be at odds with prefect Mao, and there was another drought...
In the summer, Magistrate Mao was so angry that he smashed all the Buddha statues, Guanyin statues, and Guan Gong statues at home. The bubble economy was facing the crisis of bursting. Not wanting to be exposed, Magistrate Mao desperately tried to raise money to buy rice. So just a few months ago
Inexplicably, I asked various counties for money, but it was a bit late. Not only was the money far from enough, the more I bought the rice, the more expensive it became.
To say that Prefect Mao is indeed very unlucky, it should also be mentioned that over the years, large tracts of fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River have been converted from rice to mulberry trees in order to profit from the silk industry. This year has just reached a critical point of change. As a result, although autumn grains are now on the market
At that time, the price of rice also rose uncharacteristically, which was even worse for Mao Zhifu. In order to quell the crisis, Mao Zhifu had to find so much stock of grain that it should have theoretically. The virtual rice on the ledger cannot be used as food.
eat.
Magistrate Mao's bad luck lies in the fact that there is a deputy who seems to be pretending to be innocent and innocent, and is keeping an eye on him from the shadows...
After figuring out the cause and effect, Li You sighed: "The way of heaven is always changing, and luck is hard to find."
Wang Tongzhi felt very sad, "You can still live if you do evil by God, but you can't live if you do evil on your own."
The two of them sympathized with the Lord of the Palace. His luck was that of the late emperor who died in Meishan, and he had encountered all kinds of bad luck. But sympathy was sympathy, and he would still do something evil when it was time to do so. The two of them
Everyone can see that now is a good time. After all, the situation has developed to this point. It is definitely the most difficult time to hide it. It is not impossible to wait until next spring, but don't have too many nightmares at night.
But...after all, he is a dignified fourth-grade seal official who can wear crimson official robes, so we should let the other party take the lead.
Li You's face suddenly straightened, he bowed and said: "Mr. Wang is really the mainstay of our county, and he is also the leader of Qiancheng in our county. At present, there are evil people in the department, I should rise up and call out to clarify the situation in the house! I am not talented, so I am willing to join Ji."
tail!"
Wang Tongzhi also praised Li You with admiration and said: "I am already old and incompetent, but Mr. Li is young and talented. It is time for you to work hard and eliminate the beetles. You have done your best to eliminate traitors for the country. Who else would I do without you! I
I’d like to help you!”
The young subordinate was very humble and said, "The boss is very virtuous and a leader of the right path. This kid, no matter how virtuous or capable he is, dares to get ahead!"
It’s a pity that Bole’s style of superior officials must encourage the younger ones to advance. “I have more than enough ambition but not enough strength. I have been sinking in the turbulent flow for many years. I am lucky to be able to clear myself. As the saying goes, reorganize the mountains and rivers for future generations. When I see Mr. Li, I will feel that there is someone who will follow the righteousness in the house.
That’s it!”
Governor Li was so moved that he almost cried: "Young man, how dare you be praised by the boss! The last newcomer, lucky enough to be an official, the ninth-grade subordinates have been in fear all their lives, looking up at the boss like a mountain. Now the people all over the city
The people are in dire straits and resentments are boiling over. Can you bear to abandon our house and not care about the lives of the people?"
Wang Tongzhi said helplessly to himself, this Mr. Li is still so difficult to deal with. He can't stop him with words after going around and around him. He can't continue to go around him. If he doesn't know, he will go around himself. He has to force me to use his trump card. "I'm here.
This is how it will be for the rest of my life, and I will spend the rest of my life just eating and drinking. As for what will happen to Magistrate Mao, I have no interest in it anymore, Mr. Li can do whatever he wants."
Old Man Wang put on the posture of being strong without desire, and immediately pressed Li You's fatal point. Old Man Wang is already sixty years old, and he may not live for a few days. Anyway, he has reached the fifth level, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't bother and stick to the status quo.
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But Governor Li is still young, how can he waste his good time drinking tea and playing chess with the old man every day? Today’s Li You does not have the indifferent mentality of waiting for ten or eight years to come forward. Look at it now, he has not lost power for a few days.
Someone in his hometown wants to steal his property! As the saying goes, a man cannot lose his power for a day!
Li You smiled bitterly and said: "Why should I make things difficult for my subordinates? What ability does a ninth-grade governor like my subordinates have?"
"Master Mao's situation is extremely critical, just like a window paper that is about to be stabbed. The time has come, you don't have to belittle yourself." Wang Tongzhi encouraged.
"In this case, why do you need to lie to others? You can just report it directly to the superior."
Wang Tongzhi replied: "It's easy to say. If I could do it, I would have done it a long time ago. Who can I stab? How do I know if someone is the master of the palace? If I am not careful, I will get into trouble."
Li You said angrily: "Then you still want Xianguan to wade in the muddy water? Sir, you are still a fifth-grade official after all. Xianguan's stature can't bear it even more than you."
Wang Tongzhi pointed out: "Otherwise, I said that your return to Xujiang County to look for Chiang Kai-shek for inspection should not be used as an opportunity. I heard that your old benefactor, Magistrate Chen County, can directly reach the sky... This is much tougher than me. Also.
The reason is that you have a good relationship with Zhao Daguan, and the master is the student of Zhao Daguan’s grandfather after all, so if there is any problem in the process, you can take care of it."
It turned out that the old man had this idea, Li You thought. Can he persuade Magistrate Chen to participate? He thought about it carefully and felt that it was really possible. Firstly, Magistrate Chen and Magistrate Mao had no personal relationship, so there was no need to worry about their friendship. Secondly,
, Chen Zhixian has a strong background and is one of the top Qingliu Jinshi, so he is not afraid of revenge at all. Thirdly, Chen Zhixian is most passionate about raising hopes for promotion. After this incident is revealed, a large number of people will inevitably be implicated, and official circles in Suzhou Prefecture and even Jiangnan will appear.
There are many vacant positions, and with a background as a minister of civil affairs, it is not easy to take advantage of the opportunity to get promoted.
This is also my chance, sir. Maybe I can get a promotion. Let’s do it! Li You made a firm decision in his heart.
The only thing that makes Li You hesitate is, to what extent is the relationship between Zhao Daguan and Mao Zhifu? Should he explain this matter to Zhao Daguan?
After saying that he was afraid that the Zhao family would come forward to settle the matter in advance, Li You would not be able to fish in troubled waters and could only continue to work as a passerby in this government office. There is no doubt that the Zhao family, who are three generations and four Jinshi, must have this ability. If you don't say it,
If official Zhao had a grudge afterwards, he would suffer a great loss. Is it easy to make friends with such a high-ranking person? It would be difficult to repair the relationship.