The next day, the imperial convoy entered the territory of Jiangzhou and went straight to the prefecture. The guard stood in front of the door and asked, "Who dares to break into the prefectural government?"
Although he is a small doorman, there is an undisguised arrogance between the lines.
Zhou Mingli's face darkened. It is not difficult to see that Zhizhou is in Jiangzhou with only one hand covering the sky.
Looking at the appearance of this prefectural mansion, it is magnificent and beautiful, and a copper ring is inlaid with gold. In front of the ordinary mansion, there are two stone lions standing in the town house, but in front of the prefectural mansion, there are two golden lions squatting, which is even more imposing than the palace.
Zhou Mingli's perception of Jiangzhou Zhizhou's low level even fell to the bottom. He was honest and fair, and hated corrupt officials the most, so His Majesty promoted him to the post of Tingwei and entrusted him with the task of imperial envoy.
In the twelve years of Ji Yue's reign, he purged foreign relatives, developed the military, encouraged trade, recruited wise men, and ruled Qin to a prosperous state. However, when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and the king's hand will not stretch too long. The entire Yongping was under the control of Ji Yue, and at the feet of the emperor, the truly powerful officials became poorer one by one. On the contrary, these local officials who rely on the emperor to go far, always have a few worms.
The amount of silver from the disaster relief officials is huge. If they are exploited and deducted layer by layer through the hands of others, there will be only one layer of skin left in the hands of the victims, and all the meat inside will be eaten up by the worms. Zhou Mingli personally escorted him all the way to ensure that all the supplies were delivered to the people.
This shows how much Zhou Mingli hates corrupt officials.
"I was sent by the imperial court, and I came here to do business as ordered by the king." Zhou Mingli showed the token and said coldly, "Quickly pass on Liu Rengui!"
Liu Rengui is the name of Jiangzhou Zhizhou.
Although the guards had never seen the nobles from Yongping before, and did not know the authenticity of the token, but seeing the token with silver patterns on a black background made him horrified. The black color is the supreme in the Qin state. Except for the king, who would dare to use a token of this color
There are two kinds of tokens given by the King of Qin. The silver pattern on a black background represents that he is doing business for the king. The gold pattern on a black background represents the presence of a king.
The guard had never seen such a battle, and was so frightened: "I'm going to report it, little one!"
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After a while, a middle-aged official with a pot belly hurriedly put on his clothes and black gauze hat and came out to greet him. As soon as he saw the full line of horses and horses outside, cold sweat broke out on his back.
He looked left and right, and probably saw that Zhou Mingli had the highest status, so he paid his respects: "Xiaguan welcomes the imperial envoy."
Zhou Mingli turned sideways to avoid the ceremony: "The thing that doesn't have eyes, the son is still standing here."
Although he didn't think that Young Master Lianneng would come in handy, he was loyal to His Majesty. Young Master Lian holds a golden decree, and he deserves to be decent.
But one yardage is one yardstick. If Young Master Lian is indiscriminately issuing orders during the epidemic, he will not follow them. The big deal is that he will return to Yongping and then apologize to His Majesty.
Liu Rengui choked. In fact, the first thing he noticed when he came out was Wei Lian. This young man wearing a bucket hat is really out of temperament, and the crowd is very eye-catching, but he is dressed in white. He thought he was an ordinary follower, but he never thought that this was the real leader.
He was sophisticated and tactful, and immediately turned around: "Meet your son."
In my heart, I wondered which son it was, does His Majesty have such an old son
He was his emperor in Jiangzhou, and the news of Yongping really couldn't get here. In fact, Liu Rengui is almost scared to death now. He has a ghost in his heart. He knows that he is hiding something recently. At this time, he suddenly conducts a surprise inspection, and he does not even say hello in advance. Could it be that he found something
Wei Lian said lightly, "Go in and talk."
Liu Rengui squeezed his sweat: "No."
Liu Rengui brought the group into the mansion and entertained them. This is a noble person from Yongping. He has a spirit of 120,000 points and does not dare to neglect.
He walked forward and followed, and asked diligently, "Your Excellency the Imperial Commissioner has been exhausted all the way. I must be tired. The lower official will order someone to hold a banquet for the two adults to take care of the wind and dust."
Wei Lian didn't speak, and his eyes under the bamboo hat swept across the small and delicate rockery and flowing water in the mansion.
His eyes suddenly froze, and a faint shout was faintly heard in his ears, which soon disappeared without a trace.
Wei Lian half hooked his lips mockingly, turned his head and whispered a few words to a guard beside him.
Zhou Mingli didn't answer. He also saw the layout of the mansion, a five-ranked state, living like a fairyland, I don't know how many people's fat and people's cream were looted.
The two ignored him, Liu Rengui was a little embarrassed, winked at the servant, and ordered someone to prepare the banquet.
In the past, it was not that there were no people from the imperial court sent to monitor, but they would be notified in advance. At that time, he only needs to collect the valuables in the house, serve a few dishes of porridge and side dishes during the reception, order those people who have complaints against him not to go out and lock them up at home, and buy a few people to make a compliment when asking about people's livelihood. Zhizhou Qingtian Grand Master, his political achievements in the past years will be a clean and conscientious one.
As for the people sent from above, they are as smooth as Liu Rengui, and naturally know how to observe words and expressions. If the other party seems to be an innocent official, he will pretend to be poor for a period of time, send the person away and then return to the original state. If the other party is also greedy, then it will be better to do it, offer delicious food and drink, and send a few gold bars, there is nothing that cannot be done.
Just take a form.
This time, I don't know what's going on... There was no advance notice. If it was in the past, he might not think too much, but at this juncture, he concealed the plague...
Don't do bad things and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, Liu Rengui seems to have seen a ghost now.
The imperial envoy came suddenly, and there was no time to prepare anything, and it was too late to collect those ornaments and pretend to be poor. Liu Rengui carefully observed the expressions of the two, and found that one was paralyzed, and the other was wearing a bucket hat and couldn't see his expression clearly, so he couldn't see anything.
It doesn't look foolish.
He was beating a drum in his heart.
Wei Lian suddenly chuckled and said, "Master Liu's mansion is very beautiful, and I like it very much. The painting I saw on the gallery just now is good, can you give it to me?"
Liu Rengui's heart moved, and his eyes rolled.
It doesn't sound like care... nor does it sound like sarcasm. Is the other party also greedy
After all, those high-ranking officials don't take a stitch and a stitch, they're simply stupid.
People in the same way, this is easy to do.
Liu Rengui immediately relaxed, and was a little scorned. What son, looks like an immortal figure, I thought he was so high, and he didn't imply that he was going to give a gift!
"If the son likes it, ten or a hundred pictures will not be a problem!" Liu Rengui made a bold statement and ordered the painting to be taken down.
Zhou Mingli looked at Wei Lian in surprise, but said nothing.
Until everyone was led into the hall for dinner. The furnishings in the hall are exquisite and expensive, the best tea is brewed, and the most delicious delicacies are served.
Zhou Mingli couldn't swallow, and he almost wanted to overturn the table without moving a mouthful. Jiangzhou has become what, this Liu Rengui is still holding a banquet here, the years are quiet!
Zhou Mingli ran out of patience and was about to get to the point when Wei Lian opened his mouth and said, "This fish is well cooked."
He was enjoying the meal very calmly.
Zhou Mingli: "..."
The moment Wei Lian took off his bamboo hat was indeed a shock to everyone in the room. Including the action of eating at this moment, it also reveals the elegance of the royal family from the bottom of my heart, which is really pleasing to the eyes and makes people unable to bear to interrupt.
… but they are not here to eat!
Wei Lian didn't seem to feel Zhou Mingli's anger at all, and continued: "The vase on the shelf is white porcelain from Baiyun Town? The color is transparent, can I touch it?"
Liu Rengui didn't care: "Take it if you want!"
"And this incense burner..."
The corner of Liu Rengui's mouth twitched. The incense burner was bought by a businessman from Liang Guo, and it was very valuable.
"If you like... I'll send it to you."
"Eh, this is not bad."
Liu Rengui's heart was dripping blood: "To... you."
"and this-"
Liu Rengui's eyes were splitting: "...Okay."
What kind of gluttony is this! More greedy than him!
This is to evacuate his entire home!
Zhou Mingli: "..."
To be able to do Tingwei's job, naturally it won't be a single tendon. He probably knew that Young Master Lian had a purpose, but he didn't know what it was.
After the entire hall was almost empty, Wei Lianfang smiled and said, "Master Liu is really a good official."
Liu Rengui: "..."
Wei Lian added, "I'll take a look at Master Liu's study later."
Liu Rengui: "..." Get out!
He kept taking deep breaths, telling himself it was no big deal. Isn't it just some blood? This also shows that these people are just doing random investigations, and they don't know about the plague at all, and they won't lose their lives...
After Wei Lian took out Liu Rengui's family, he asked casually: "How is Jiangzhou developing recently? Are the people doing well? Mr. Liu, as a parent and official in Jiangzhou, must be deeply loved by the people?"
It was a routine question without any hesitation, and it almost didn't say "you hurry up and make it up, I want to leave early".
Liu Rengui immediately advertised himself: "Young Master, rest assured, Jiangzhou is developing rapidly, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. These are the results of the investigation by the lower official personally!"
Wei Lian nodded, indicating that he knew.
He swept the last piece of fish on the table, then slowly wiped the corners of his lips: "The fish is good."
Just as Liu Rengui was about to grin, Wei Lian said lightly, "Unfortunately, the taste of fish and meat from the common people doesn't taste very good."
Liu Rengui froze.
Wei Lianwei raised his chin: "Master Liu, please explain, what's going on with this person?"
Liu Rengui turned his head stiffly, and when he saw the man brought up by the guards, his soul almost flew away.
Wasn't this fellow imprisoned in the woodshed by his orders!
Liu Rengui immediately said: "Young Master, this must be a thief who entered the mansion to steal, and the lower officials don't know it at all..."
"Shut up." He only said one sentence, Wei Lian didn't want to hear him explain, "Come on."
The ragged man immediately kowtowed as if he had seen a savior: "Your Excellency Imperial Commissioner! Don't believe this dog official's nonsense! We Jiangzhou had a plague long ago! Caomin, Caomin Zhou Yushan, Qingping County, my mother Banyue He contracted a strange disease before, and many people in the county contracted this disease and died suddenly within seven days. Caomin carried his mother and wanted to go to the city to find Langzhong, but he was stopped at the gate of the city, saying yes It is not allowed to spread this matter to cause panic. Caomin went to beg the yamen to beat drums and complain about grievances, but the magistrate said that the matter was not under his control. He wanted to report to the magistrate, but the magistrate closed the door and disappeared! Now the little sister has also contracted a strange disease, and Caomin can no longer lose her little sister! Caomin is desperate, sitting outside the prefectural mansion every day, waiting for the dog officer to stop the sedan chair to ask for justice... Today, I heard that the imperial commissioner was visiting, so he I wanted to sue, and followed the team of the imperial envoy to sneak into the prefectural government... But this dog official ordered people to arrest the grass people and put them in the firewood room!"
He was emotional, but his coherence was clear enough that anyone could understand it.
Zhou Mingli's fists creaked and he was so angry that he smoked. On the other hand, he couldn't help but wonder, how did Young Master Lian know that such a person was locked in the firewood room
Of course Wei Lian wouldn't say much.
Tingwei was a civilian, and Zhou Mingli did not understand martial arts, so his ears were naturally not as good as Wei Lian. In the corridor just now, Wei Lian faintly heard the sound of grievances passing by, so he ordered someone to check it out.
Liu Rengui's face was ashen: "One, nonsense! Lord Imperial Commissioner, don't believe his nonsense!"
He wanted to say that he didn't know anything, and even if there was anything, the people below would hide it from him. When the words reached his lips, he suddenly stopped, remembering that he just said that he personally went to investigate and visit in order to ask for credit...
Suddenly turned over the confession, both horizontal and vertical are crimes.
First, he pretended to be someone who was greedy for profit to induce him to relax his vigilance, and then he inadvertently lured him into the game. Every seemingly random remark of the young man... is actually leading him into the trap.
"You want evidence?" Wei Lian raised his eyes, "Show him."
The guard immediately presented all the evidence found in the study about concealment of the epidemic. There is also the epidemic official document submitted below a month ago. This emergency report was sent to Yongping, but it was backlogged by Liu Rengui.
Liu Rengui: "..."
He suddenly remembered what Wei Lian said just now - "I'll go to Master Liu's study later to have a look."
Damn, while he is stabilizing him here, he has already sent someone to the study to search for the evidence that was too late to destroy!
Liu Rengui opened his mouth, unable to argue, and there was no way to argue.
"No need to explain." Wei Lian stood up and threw the edict to him.
"Being an official is not benevolent, why is it expensive." Wei Lian's brows were calm, "You have been fired."
He walked out of the hall, his voice soft.
"The home is also copied."