The next morning, the prince arrived in Fu'an County by car.
The county magistrate Luo Yun led a group of officials out of the city to greet him, and the scene was very grand.
The refugees who originally gathered outside the city were driven away by the officers and soldiers, and they had already hid far away.
But there are also a few guys who are not afraid of death and insist on coming to join in the fun.
When Li Cheng got off the carriage, he noticed a lot of refugees stretching their necks to look in the distance, and asked with a frown.
"What's the matter with those people?"
Officials in Fu'an County were silent.
In the end, Luo Yun, the county magistrate, stood up and gave an answer.
"Reporting to His Royal Highness, those are the people who were affected by the disaster. They have nowhere to go, so they can only gather outside the city and wait for relief."
Li Cheng hated those dirty refugees very much, but he still had to put on an appearance of loving the people like a son.
"Since they are victims of the disaster, they should settle down well. How can you leave them outside the city? How did you become a county magistrate?"
Seeing the crown prince questioning Luo Yun in public, the local officials all exchanged tacit smiles.
Luo Yun couldn't speak clearly, so he could only bow his head and admit his mistake.
Li Cheng looked Luo Yun up and down, and saw that the official uniform he was wearing had been washed white, and the cuffs were even frayed, so he felt even more unhappy.
Knowing that he was coming to meet the crown prince, he still dressed so poorly? Who is he trying to piss off on purpose
Even if he wants to pretend to be clean, he should look at the occasion, right
He clearly didn't take himself, the prince, seriously!
Li Cheng became more and more dissatisfied, and said coldly.
"The salary of eating the king is supposed to share the worries of the king, but you can't even handle this little thing well.
If the courtiers are as incompetent as you in the future, what will the people of this world do
I don't know how the officials chose you, the poor people in this side have to suffer with you! "
This is very serious.
Luo Yun's face turned pale, and his expression was extremely embarrassing.
But he still couldn't tell the difference, so he could only clap his hands.
"His Royal Highness taught you the lesson."
Li Cheng flicked his sleeves, stopped looking at him, and turned back to the car.
The crowd surrounded the prince's car and drove into the city.
Luo Yun, who was supposed to be the head of the local officials, was pushed to the edge and became a dispensable and transparent person.
On the contrary, Gao Xiancheng stood at the forefront of the local officials.
The people in the city have already been warned, and they dare not go out. The streets are clean and there is no one.
When the crown prince entered the county government office, the county magistrate Gao immediately went over to serve him tea and water graciously.
Li Cheng had a good impression of Gao Xiancheng.
He likes this kind of courtier who is knowledgeable and interesting.
He doesn't need to say too much, Gao Xiancheng will know what he wants, and will find a way to get it for him.
At noon that day, local officials held a reception banquet for the prince at the county government office.
The chef in charge is a famous local chef, and the food and drinks are all excellent products collected by Gao Xiancheng from all over the place. During the banquet, there are singing and dancing girls dancing.
Li Cheng enjoyed the meal very much.
However, Luo Yun frowned all the time, looking at the delicious food and wine in front of him, he had no appetite at all.
Now the people in Fu'an County can't even have a full meal, but they are still here to have fun.
Gao Xiancheng asked loudly on purpose.
"Magistrate Luo, why don't you drink alcohol? Could it be that the food and drink are not to your liking?"
Everyone present was stunned, their gazes all looked at Luo Yun, even Prince Li Cheng also looked over.
Luo Yun's hands on his knees tightened and loosened, loosened and tightened.
In the end, he still couldn't hold back, stood up abruptly, and said word for word.
"The people in Fu'an County are still displaced.
Weichen was anxious, he really couldn't eat the food and drink.
Wei Chen heard that His Highness the Crown Prince went south this time to help the victims of the disaster.
Please forgive me for being bold, I want to ask His Royal Highness to distribute the food as soon as possible.
On behalf of the people of Fu'an County, I would like to thank His Highness the Crown Prince for his great kindness! "
After speaking, he strode to the center of the room, lifted the hem of his clothes, knelt down and kowtowed heavily.
After the head was knocked down, the audience fell into a deathly silence.
The dancers who were still dancing were frightened and stepped aside one after another. The singers and musicians also stopped moving, holding their breath and daring not to make a sound.
All eyes in the audience were on Luo Yun.
Luo Yun seemed unaware of this, and kept kneeling all the time.
Li Cheng's face darkened.
He forcefully put the wine glass back on the food case, and smiled coldly.
"You deliberately chose to jump out at this time to speak out, because you want to tell everyone that you are the only one present here who is serving the country and the people, and Gu and everyone else are fools who are addicted to wine and sex
It seems that Gu wants to take back what he said before, you are not incompetent, you are too capable!
With so many people in the entire imperial court, you are the most capable!
Okay, since you mentioned the disaster situation in Fu'an County, I just have something to ask you here.
The imperial court distributes money to Fu'an County every year to raise the height and strengthen the embankment of the river bank. Have you followed suit
If the dams are really heightened and reinforced, why is the disaster in Fu'an County still so severe? "
Luo Yun put his hands on the ground and slowly raised his upper body.
He answered truthfully: "There are no heightened and reinforced dams in Fu'an County."
Li Cheng sneered again.
"Since the embankment has not been heightened and reinforced, where did the money go? Could it be that you people have filled your pockets?"
As soon as this remark came out, the expressions of the other officials present all changed.
Gao Xiancheng got up first, walked quickly to attend, knelt down with a plop, and defended himself loudly.
"I beseech Your Highness the Crown Prince, since I took office, I have always abided by my duty, and I have never won an extra coin from the court!"
Other officials also knelt down and cried for injustice.
Among the officials present, only Luo Yun still straightened his back.
Li Cheng glanced over the heads of the officials, stared at Luo Yun coldly, and asked a question.
"Why didn't Magistrate Luo answer Gu's words
With so much money, you can't run away by yourself, right
If you can't give Gu a reasonable explanation for this matter, Gu will definitely punish you! "
Luo Yun knew very well that all the money had gone into the pockets of Gao Xiancheng and his gang, but he had no proof.
He could only remain silent.
Luo Yun didn't speak, but Gao Xiancheng had something to say at this time.
He pointed to Luo Yun and said.
"All the money used to build the dams went into the pocket of County Magistrate Luo, and it was he who took advantage of his position to steal the money!"
Before Luo Yun opened his mouth to distinguish, several officials immediately stood up to echo Gao Xiancheng's words.
"That's right, I can prove that Gao Xiancheng's words are true!"
"You can do it too!"
"You can do it too!"
…
In an instant, Luo Yun became the target of public criticism.
Everyone pointed their fingers at him.
Luo Yun opened his mouth, wanting to defend himself.
However, before the words could be spoken, he was interrupted by the prince coldly.
"So many people have identified you, it must not be groundless.
Someone, take off Luo Yun's black hat and put him in jail! "
(end of this chapter)