The rise of the poor

Chapter 1273 The Investigation Team Arrives

The work efficiency of Wuyi Palace is very high. It didn't take long for Emperor Jiajing to speak, and Wuyi Palace has already formed a Jingnan investigation team.After the formation of the investigation team was completed, they set off for the south without a moment's delay.

The Jingnan investigation team has a total of six members. The team leader is Xu Hai, a doctor from the Ministry of Officials' Examination and Purification Department. One hundred households Zhangguyi, Dongchang stall Touhu three pavilions.

Although the Jingnan investigation team only has six members, its composition is complicated.The team leader Xu Hai is a member of Li Mo, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and it is a recognized fact that Li Mo is at odds with the strict party; Yihehusange is from Dongchang.

Of course, the Jingnan investigation team was not limited to the six of them. Apart from them, there were also several small officials who followed them as paperwork records, and a team of Dongchang fanzi who were responsible for protecting their safety.

"Xu Jie is really good this time, and he didn't hire a single man." Wang Meng, head of the household department, and others are very satisfied with the staffing of the investigation team.

There are six people in the Jingnan investigation team, half of them are from the strict party, so there is nothing to be dissatisfied with.

This time, Zhu Ping'an, the boy who made trouble for Mr. Yan Ge, must be completely taken down!

Wang Meng and others are confident about this.Judging from Liu Wannian's impeachment memorandum and Jingnan's official document defining grain prices, it is already an iron fact that Zhu Pingan colluded with grain merchants to engage in corruption. They have absolutely no chance of missing this time!They went there this time, first to further consolidate the evidence, and second, to dig deep into Zhu Ping'an's criminal evidence, and make the case an iron case in front of Dongchang!Drive Zhu Ping'an into a place of eternal doom!It is also good for them to show their faces in front of Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Yan, and get the qualifications for promotion.

The Jingnan investigation team has two missions. One mission is to check Zhu Pingan’s corruption of grain prices. This is also the original intention of the investigation team. Flood disaster, although the imperial court is temporarily unable to rescue, but action is still necessary.

The Jingnan investigation team left the capital and headed south.

After leaving the capital, I didn't feel much in Beizhili, but I felt a certain feeling when I entered the border of Shandong.

Food prices in Shandong have risen a lot, from 400 Wen per stone to about 500 Wen per stone.In addition to food, the prices of edible oil, meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, etc. have now increased, with an average increase of about [-]% compared with before.In addition, in Jinan Prefecture, they even found some refugees who fled from the south of the Yangtze River.

Out of the Shandong border, the further south you go, the more intuitive the investigation team will feel about the floods in the south of the Yangtze River.

There are countless hungry people, the refugees are overflowing in the wild, and the cries are endless. Every day, you can meet victims who starve to death on the roadside
Jiangnan, which used to be picturesque in the past, is now full of mourners, miserable, like a hell on earth.

"Everyone says Jiangnan is good, tourists only like Jiangnan old. The spring water is as clear as the sky, painting boats and listening to the rain, is this still the Jiangnan that everyone said?! Sigh, I didn't expect the flood disaster in the south of the Yangtze River to be so serious. The picturesque Jiangnan in the past is now devastated and unsightly.”

Along the way, Xu Hai, who saw the tragic scene of floods in the south of the Yangtze River, sighed more than once.

Wang Meng, Peng Cheng and others were also deeply touched.

Xu Hai and the others wanted to show their love on the way, and distributed some of their surplus food to the victims. Zhang Guyi, a hundred households in Dongchang, reminded them to oppose it, but to no avail.

Unexpectedly, a catastrophe was triggered at one point. After seeing the sight of the hungry and red-eyed victims, they swept from all directions like hungry wolves, and almost turned from looting to civil uprising.If Zhang Guyi hadn't decisively directed Dongchang Fanzi to disperse the victims with thunder and sticks, Xu Hai and the others might have been robbed without even their pants left.Only now did Xu Hai and the others understand Zhang Guyi's good intentions.

After this catastrophe, Xu Hai, Peng Cheng and the others felt more deeply about the severity of the flood in the south of the Yangtze River.

"The people are suffering from hunger and cold so miserable that Zhu Pingan even raised the price of grain to [-] yuan per shi! Alas, these places have not raised the price of grain, and they are so miserable. Isn't Jingnan a hell on earth?!"

After Xu Hai and his entourage arrived in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Xu Hai couldn't help but be filled with righteous indignation when he saw the hungry, cold and mourning.

"The flood has not gone yet, and Zhu Ping'an's man-made disaster has come again. Jingnan is estimated to be empty, and the common people are probably going to die soon." Wang Meng took the words and belittled Zhu Ping'an without losing the opportunity.

"Well, one incompetent general exhausted the entire army, and one incompetent magistrate exhausted the entire county's people. Especially when encountering a corrupt and incompetent magistrate like Zhu Ping'an, the harm is even worse. The people in Jingnan are the worst."

Zhang Wenbo followed suit, nodded, cursed Zhu Pingan, and sympathized with the people of Jingnan.

"From the point of view of miscellaneous people, it may not be."

Zhang Guyi, who was riding a horse at the side, twitched the corner of his mouth silently after hearing their criticism.

He is no stranger to Zhu Ping'an.When Zhu Pingan inspected Taicang, he was ordered to bring a group of subordinates to assist him. He witnessed Zhu Pingan single-handedly uncovering the big deficit case of the Taicang bank. He, Zhang Guyi, is a witness to the calculation of the accounts, or the naked butt inspection of Taicang.

Zhu Ping'an's wit, strategy and courage left a deep impression on him.

Whether Zhu Ping'an is a corrupt official, he doesn't know.

But he knew that Zhu Ping'an was a smart man, a very smart man.

How could a smart person like Zhu Pingan engage in corruption by raising grain prices and extorting bribes from grain merchants at such a sensitive time? !Still posted all over the city? !Lest the world not know? !
If Zhu Ping'an was corrupt, everyone should still praise him for being as clean as water and loving the people as a son, which makes sense.

Therefore, there must be something strange in what Zhang Gu realized. Maybe Zhu Ping'an will surprise everyone when he arrives in Jingnan.

Helping lives is like fighting fires!
After the Jingnan investigation team entered Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, with the mentality of saving the people of Jingnan from suffering and relieving the people of Jingnan, they went straight to the Taizhou government all the way, went straight to the Taizhou prefect's yamen, and informed the Taizhou prefect Tan Lun of their intentions. Tan Lun went with him to Jingnan to investigate Zhu Ping'an.

After all, Jingnan is a county under Taizhou Prefecture. Tan Lun, the magistrate, must accompany him in terms of emotion, reason and rules.

(End of this chapter)