This month, to Chu Qingyan, can be said to be like a century has passed, but when I look back, I feel that time has passed, and what I have experienced is vivid in my mind.
The group of them came out of Yangxia County and entered Zhixian County. They happened to meet the son of the magistrate of Zhixian County who bullied men and women on the street. A big ice block caught him, so they went to the county government to sit in a class, and stopped by the way. Zhixian County's political achievements in recent years have been reviewed, and many incidents of inhumane officials have been found. On the same day, Zhixian County was suspended for investigation.
They stayed in Zhixian for two days, and the imperial envoy from Kyoto who came from Pingyang City came over overnight to take over the investigation of Zhixian magistrate.
Out of Zhi County, it is Zhize County.
The magistrate of Zhize County, I heard that he is an official who is diligent in politics and loves the people, but there is a well-known bully in the county. It is rumored that this bully has someone in Kyoto, and he is domineering on weekdays. Even the magistrate of Zhize County has nothing to do with him. Because every time it is communicated to a higher-level official, it will be suppressed for various reasons. Over time, the magistrate can only turn a blind eye to him.
As soon as they arrived in Zhize County, Xiao Xu directly identified himself to the magistrate of Zhize County, sorted out all the cases committed by the bully, and wrote a letter to the imperial envoy in Kyoto.
Within two days, the bully was arrested and brought to justice, along with the official who he claimed to be someone in Kyoto, he was also followed through, and an old wrong case was found out, which once again implicated three or four court officials.
The group left Zhize and then entered Liuxiang City, which is a town rich in flowers. People were still outside the city, and they had already smelled the fragrance. This is also the main source of spices in the palace. However, Chu Qingyan found that the gap between the rich and the poor was extremely obvious in the towns that should have been rich because of the supply of spices.
In Liuxiang City, there is a spice family, the Liu family. They mainly provide various precious spices to the harem, but the source of these spices is that they buy spices from nearby Shannons at cheap prices, and then process them and send them to the palace. They are used to oppressive methods, making the poor poorer while they are richer.
However, the supply of spices in the palace is not fixed. It needs to be selected every year, and the first person is qualified to supply. After all, the people who use spices are the most distinguished people in Xixuan, such as the queen and concubines. Concubine, princess, etc.
So every year, the eunuch in charge of purchasing in the palace will come down to Liu Xiangcheng to be responsible for the selection, but no matter what the competition process is, the Liu family will win the top prize.
It's just that in this year's selection, the referee is not only the purchasing eunuch in the palace, but also a woman who has never seen it before.
That person was Mu Ling's subordinate who was best at developing spices, but the purchasing eunuch said that she was a female official sent by the superior to be responsible for purchasing.
The final result of the selection was that a little-known Huang family who made a living by developing spices won the competition.
The Liu family refused to accept it, and colluded with the purchasing eunuch to frame the Huang family, but was caught on the spot. At the same time, the Liu family and the purchasing eunuch had been in trouble for many years.
So in a small spice selection, it was a complete vine that used power and convenience for its own profit. There were not only the purchase of spices, but also the personnel involved in the purchase of services and ingredients.
The imperial envoy from Kyoto followed, and organized these things into memorials and sent them to the capital. Emperor Xixuan was furious again, and the harem began to be cleaned for a while. I heard that many concubines' parents' homes were also involved. Everyone is in danger.
And the imperial envoy sent from Kyoto also complained a lot. Before he could handle one case, other cases were already coming. He was already devastated. He heard that his hair was almost falling out.
All the way to the north, all the way to punish corrupt officials, all the way to dig out the cancer buried under the people's livelihood.
This journey has not been very smooth.
Chu Qingyan was sitting in the courtyard, looking at the brightly lit room, with a faint worry on her face. Just now, Huo Ling came in with a new letter. She knew that there would be another open and secret battle in the next town. And tonight, Big Ice will be busy until late at night again.
In the past month, she has witnessed what is called the state of working day and night. The hardships and sweat that the big ice cubes put in in order to hit these eunuchs with one blow, even she, the other person, couldn't help being tired for him. .
But she couldn't open her mouth to dissuade her, because the big ice cubes were doing practical things for the people, and these officials were really too bold. When the shocking truth was discovered, she couldn't help being shocked. She wished to beat these sinners hard to get some justice for the people who died in vain and were bullied.
The big ice cube said that if he could be faster, he would be able to rescue the people from the dire straits.
Because he felt he wasn't fast enough.
But in the eyes of outsiders, for two months in a row, he acted with iron and blood by means of thunder, unexpectedly, and dug up the worms hidden in the foundation of a hundred years. This is simply the largest event in the history of Xixuan to eliminate corrupt officials, and it is also the most thorough. The fastest anti-corruption move.
The nightmare of hundreds of officials, the whole country is shocked, and the whole people celebrate.
But Chu Qingyan looked at the hero who was praised by the people, but her eyes were filled with water.
The big ice cube has become thinner and thinner over the past few days, and those eyes that are as bright as stars are like the coldest night in winter, deep and bottomless, no one knows what he is thinking at this time.
She was so focused and acted like she was forgetting to eat in the sun, she was worried that sooner or later, the big ice cubes would break her body down.
She didn't understand why Big Ice Cube was so anxious to finish these things, obviously there was still so much time.
She clasped her arms tightly, and suddenly felt that the night seemed to be getting colder and colder.
She was about to turn around when she heard footsteps behind her, and when she looked up, it was ethereal.
Kong Ling was holding a bowl of steaming medicinal soup in his hand. He walked up to Chu Qingyan with a solemn tone, "Little Young Master, this is Master's medicine for internal injuries."
Chu Qingyan was a little surprised, "Isn't His Highness's internal injury no longer needed to take medicine, just take care of it slowly?"
Kong Ling shook his head, "According to the previous medicinal effect, the master can recover within this month, but because the master is busy with state affairs and forgets to eat and sleep, the internal injury has recurred, and the breath has been unstable in the past few days, so the subordinate will immediately go down and boil the medicine."
Chu Qingyan tensed in her heart, "Then after drinking this medicine, will your Highness be alright?"
"As long as His Highness cooperates, no longer is so tired, and rests reasonably, it only takes half a month to recover." Kong Ling replied after thinking.
But both of them knew in their hearts that this was impossible.