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Volume 1: Young Eagle Chapter 546: Governor of Southern Zhili

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    After making arrangements for the porridge shed, Guan Yingzhen arranged for someone to hire Langzhong to buy some materials for building houses and build a temporary residence for the victims.  Although he was extremely busy, Guan Yingzhen still took the time to write a memorial to Emperor Tianqi, hoping that Emperor Tianqi would send someone over.  Although he was confident in his abilities, Guan Yingzhen knew that if he went all out to organize disaster relief, there would be absolutely no problem.  But now things are going wrong down there, and there are corrupt officials and profiteers causing trouble. It's too busy for me to rectify them.  "Sir, Wu Yang, the governor of Southern Zhili, wants to see you!" While Guan Yingzhen was writing the memorial, the old servant who came with him came in, bowed respectfully to Guan Yingzhen, and reported.  Guan Yingzhen also didn¡¯t have a good impression of the belated governor. There was such a large-scale earthquake in the place he governed, but Governor Wu was not in Yangzhou.  Guan Yingzhen did not go to Nanjing, but came directly to Yangzhou, but he did not see Governor Wu here.  He had no good impression of Zhang Qian, and he also disliked Governor Wu Ying Zhen.  However, Guan Yingzhen knew that he still wanted to see this person, so he nodded and said, "Bring Mr. Wu in!" At a short time, an official in his fifties was brought in with a kind face.  With a smile, he saluted: "Xiaguannan Zhili Governor Wu Yang has met the imperial envoy, Mr. Guange!" He nodded and said expressionlessly: "Sit down!" When Wu Yang sat down, Guan Yingzhen asked directly  He said: "I wonder what Mr. Wu is here for?" Guan Yingzhen said this, Wu Yang's face suddenly turned red, and he was blocked by these words on his own territory. You can imagine the sadness and anger in Wu Yang's heart.  Know.  If he came to Yangzhou to organize disaster relief, he seemed to have arrived too late.  However, Wu Yang was not easy to deal with. He thought for a while and said: "Lao Huige, I am the governor of Southern Zhili, and such a huge natural disaster occurred under my rule. It is really impossible to change it through human power. But in order to prevent the people from being displaced,  , the whole place was starved to death, Xiaguan spent all day trying to borrow money and food from wealthy households in Nanjing, but he came a little late!" Looking at Wu Yang who looked embarrassed, Guan Yingzhen nodded with a smile, but in his heart  But he was sneering, trying to do this with me.  He pondered for a moment.  Guan Yingzhen asked: "Master Wu is really loyal to the country and cares about the people. I wonder how much food Master Wu brought this time? There are tens of thousands of victims waiting to eat!" Wu Yang's face changed now, but  He also came again and said: "Back to your lord, I have brought ten ships of 20,000 dans of grain." "Twenty thousand dans!" Guan Yingzhen looked at Wu Yang mockingly.  He said teasingly: "Then I wonder how much of the 20,000 tons of grain was borrowed by Mr. Wu?" It's over!  Wu Yang suddenly felt that he had shot himself in the foot, his face was constantly changing, and his forehead was already covered with sweat.  Under Guan Yingzhen's gaze, he wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.  Why did I just listen to those people's ideas and only bring 20,000 loads of food? Is there anything more stupid than this!  Twenty thousand dans of grain is a lot.  But where is Nanzhili? It was the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty!  I'm afraid no one would object to saying that this was the richest place in the Ming Dynasty. Even Beijing couldn't compare with it.  Now, as the governor of Southern Zhili, I only had 20,000 tons of grain, and then I said it was borrowed. What about the money and grain in the treasury?  Seeing that Wu Yang didn't speak, Guan Yingzhen said with a smile: "When I first arrived in Yangzhou, the Yangzhou prefect already reported this to me. The Yangzhou treasury is empty and I can't come up with much money and food. This leaves me  The official is very curious. Yangzhou is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River. Most of the salt merchants are concentrated here. There are many fertile fields around it. There is no grain or silver in the government treasury. I am really curious about how Zhang Qian became the prefect.  ¡± Wu Yang¡¯s cold sweat dripped down.  He scolded Zhang Qian all over in his heart and said quickly: "Sir, the treasury in Nanzhili has food. I went to borrow it. I just want to borrow more. After arranging everything in Nanjing, I went to the official to borrow more."  So he hurried over with his people. The food is being shipped in Nanjing, I believe it will arrive soon! " Now Wu Yang dare not say that there is no food in the treasury. This crime alone is enough to confiscate his family and exterminate his family.  Smiling and nodding, Guan Yingzhen seemed to be very satisfied with Wu Yang's answer, and asked with a smile: "How much food can Mr. Wu raise? When will it be delivered?" "Back to your lord, Nan Zhili's Mansion  The warehouse can provide 300,000 tons of grain, but there is nothing we can do about it. I believe it can be delivered within ten days, which will ensure that the people are safe for spring plowing. However, there will still be no harvest after spring plowing, and it will take at least several months before the harvest.  , I'm afraid we still need 600,000 tons of food!" Although Wu Yang's face was very calm, he was already scolding in his heart. He must give those people a good lesson when he goes back this time.  Three hundred thousand dans of grain!  This is all silver?, everything was in vain, and he was also very dissatisfied with Guan Yingzhen Wuyang.  Not in the mood to care what Wu Yang thinks, Guan Yingzhen feels that the food seems to be almost enough. If he distributes the food, he can send the people back to rebuild their homes.  As for the subsequent relief food, it can be distributed by governments at all levels. Of course, it is necessary to avoid lining their own pockets.  After pondering for a long time, Guan Yingzhen slowly raised his head after sorting out a rough outline of what happened next.  Seeing Wu Yang's face flushed and his buttocks twisting back and forth as if there were thorns on the chair, he couldn't help but frown and asked: "Master Wu, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" "Sir, I am in a hurry, please forgive me.  You are so rude!" Wu Yang stood up, cupped his hands to Guan Ying, and ran out quickly.  Looking at Wu Yang's embarrassed figure, Guan Yingzhen snorted coldly. He was sure that what Zhang Qian said was true, and Wu Yang was responsible for all this.  There are many methods of corruption when a major disaster occurs, but there are also a few common ones. Directly lining your own pockets is the lowest method.  There must be grain in the Nanjing government treasury, Guan Yingzhen is sure of this, but there is a lot of knowledge in whether this grain is distributed to the people or sold to the people.  If officials sell official grain to merchants privately, and the merchants sell it to the people at high prices, the money will flow into their pockets. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? As long as we report a little more for the relief, they will all be eaten by the refugees anyway, who can calculate how much!  As long as you take out a small amount of food, or go to other places to buy low-priced food, these are all good ways to make money.  But in this case, those who could not afford food were in serious trouble and had to sell their sons and daughters.  The official grain that was supposed to be used to provide relief to the people has turned into a money-making tool for corrupt officials and profiteers, and all they make is bloody money!  Just now Guan Yingzhen tested Wu Yang to find out what they were doing!  Since Wu Yang was able to provide 300,000 tons of grain, he had food, but he just didn't want to use it to help the people.  Three hundred thousand dan?  He snorted coldly, "You really think I'm an idiot. If there are only 300,000 dans of grain in the treasury of Nanzhili, what will happen to the Ming Dynasty?"  However, Guan Yingzhen will not expose this. It is most important to get the food first. As for those corrupt officials and profiteers, sooner or later they will be dealt with.  After taking the written memorial, Guan Yingzhen handed it to the old family member on the side, and lowered his voice and ordered: "Let the Jin Yiwei people send it away overnight, and rush to Beijing for 800 miles!" "Yes, sir!" The old servant was cautious.  He nodded, took the memorial and walked out quickly.  "Wait a minute, go and tell Wu Yang that I am a little tired, let him go back! Also tell him that the batch of food must be shipped as scheduled, otherwise I will punish him with a crime of unfavorable performance! Don't hide anything  , Just follow what I said!" After saying that, he shook his sleeves and strode back.  The old servant smiled bitterly and shook his head. It seemed that the master was really angry this time. The master had never spoken like this before.  Shaking his head, the old servant strode out to find the urgent governor.  At night, the capital was quiet. Emperor Tianqi was lying in the bathtub after a busy day. Several maids in minimal clothes were bathing Emperor Tianqi. They put their heads on the table behind. Emperor Tianqi let out a comfortable "shen yin"  "Voice.  Emperor Tianqi still remembers the first time he took a bath like this. He was so excited for a long time that he married four maids directly.  It seems to have become a habit, and now I don¡¯t think it¡¯s anything.  Emperor Tianqi has always paid attention to controlling his desire for women. You must know that the death of many emperors is related to uncontrolled sex life.  "Your Majesty, the Queen has sent someone to convey a message. The Queen has prepared lotus seed soup for the Emperor and asked the Emperor if he would like to go over and eat it?" Wang Chengen walked to Emperor Tianqi and said cautiously.  After waving his hands, Emperor Tianqi said in a deep voice: "I don't know how things are going in Jiangnan, and no news has come back yet. I'm not in the mood to eat now, so tell the queen that I won't be able to go there today!" "Your Majesty, too.  Don't worry too much, there are Duke Wei and Guanda Shi in charge of Jiangnan, so there won't be anything wrong with it!" Wang Chengen did not mention the matter of Queen Zhang, but comforted her.  Slowly closing his eyes, Emperor Tianqi said in a deep voice: "What time is it now? Go to the General Affairs Department and see if there is any information to hand over!" "Your Majesty, it's already very late. If you have anything to do, I'd better do it tomorrow.  Look! Your Majesty has been working hard all day, so you need to take care of your dragon body! The Ming Dynasty is all about your Majesty, and your Majesty is more important than anything else!" Wang Chengen quickly persuaded that at this time, Emperor Tianqi still wanted to see the memorial.  .  "By the way, Wang Chengen, has the news been sent back from Fujian? How is the communication between the governor of Fujian and the Dutch?" Emperor Tianqi slowly opened his eyes and asked in a deep voice. This can be said to be the most important thing for Emperor Tianqi.It's one thing.
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