Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 188 Take it all down
Zhang Hongjun, the magistrate of Ganzhou, rubbed his hands, and kept taking them to his mouth to breathe hot air.

The weather in February is cold in spring, but it is still cold after all.

As a dignified magistrate, Zhang Hongjun has never suffered such a crime, but there is nothing he can do about it. When he heard that Chen Yunfu, the new envoy of Hugui Economic Strategy, was coming, Zhang Hongjun had to bite the bullet and force himself out of the city. .

"Economic envoy? When did this official position come out? I don't know how much power it has."

Mumbling and slandering, but when Zhang Hongjun knew that Chen Yunfu was less than two miles away from Ganzhou Mansion, Zhang Hongjun immediately put on a smile on his face.

Even if this smile is a little stiff in the cold wind.

Finally, Zhang Hongjun saw a sign of men and horses, and even saw the two large banners embroidered with gold.

Huguang Economic Strategy.

Guizhou Economics.

Among the elite soldiers and generals, and the austere aura of gold and arms, a carriage looks very special.

Finally, coming to a firm stop, a young man stepped out.

Without hesitation, Zhang Hongjun knew that the Lord was driving, he immediately raised the hem of his robe, bowed his back slightly, trotted forward, and bowed to him.

"My next official, Zhang Hongjun, the magistrate of Ganzhou, please refer to the envoy."

"Prefect Zhang is exonerated."

The person who came out was of course Chen Yunfu, who first opened his mouth to relax Zhang Hongjun's etiquette, then walked down the shaft and said to Zhang Hongjun: "It's a cold spring day, the magistrate of Lao is still suffering this."

"It should be."

Zhang Hongjun can only be humble, hoping to gain some favor with Chen Yunfu.

In his heart, Chen Yunfu's arrival this time is very clear.

There was a riot in Huguang Cave, and the leader was Xia San, a bandit who fled from his Ganzhou mansion. This was an inappropriate and innocent disaster.

It's hard to say whether Zhang Hongjun's head can be saved if he really vents his anger, but Dai, the official in official robes, can't.

"It's all gone, go back to the city and perform your duties."

Chen Yunfu looked around again at the officials of Ganzhou Mansion who came out to greet him with Zhang Hongjun, and stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling faces. He couldn't say anything nasty to these officials who rushed to greet him, so he simply waved back and clicked. The name of Zhang Hongjun.

"Prefect Zhang and I are in the same car, let's talk for a while."

"Yes."

Zhang Hongjun's heart trembled violently, he was now in a state of frightened birds, even this kind of behavior that usually meant closeness made him terrified.

Entering the carriage, Zhang Hongjun's virtue of wanting to sit but not daring to do so made Chen Yunfu laugh.

"Okay, sit down."

"Hey, thank you for your envoy."

Sitting is sitting, but squatting is not as comfortable as not sitting.

Chen Yunfu looked funny, but he didn't bother to bother him, he just said: "I came to Ganzhou this time because of Huguang's affairs. A bandit chieftain named Xia San fled to Huguang, and now he is stirring up chaos in the whole southwestern Hunan. In one piece, what's going on?"

If it is possible, I would also like to know what's going on.

Zhang Hongjun really wanted to cry at this moment, he said aggrievedly: "Emissary Jinglue, Xiaguan just took office at the end of last year, so he is not familiar with this Xia San at all."

"I don't want to ask you who San Xia is. What I want to know is why there are bandits in Ganzhou, and there are such a large number of bandits."

Chen Yunfu frowned, and his tone became cold: "I can't say that the local people in Ganzhou rely on being bandits for their livelihood."

Zhang Hongjun was dripping with cold sweat, and remained silent.

"Since the second year of Wu Dynasty, Yang Lian was ordered to build the city of Ganzhou and set up the mansion. It has been twenty or four years. Only you, Ganzhou, have suffered bandit disasters more than a dozen times. Why, you, the magistrate of Ganzhou, don't look at it. Is it from Fu Zhi?"

When Chen Yunfu asked again, it made Zhang Hongjun feel cold all over.

"Ganzhou has 13 households with a population of more than 5000 people, but as far as I know, the imperial court has wiped out more than [-] bandit leaders in recent years!"

Seeing that Zhang Hongjun was still silent, Chen Yunfu was annoyed, slapped the armrest and shouted: "Are you dumb? You, as the magistrate of Ganzhou, don't know anything about everything that I know. It's been three months since you took office. I can't say anything, what have you been doing for the past three months!"

With a plop, Zhang Hongjun sat down on the ground in fright, his face pale.

He never expected that the economic envoy could explain the situation in Ganzhou so clearly.

Seeing Zhang Hongjun's virtue, Chen Yunfu knew that this person in front of him had never known anything about Ganzhou's situation since he took office. In the past three months, he probably stayed with the local merchants and landlords in Ganzhou except for sleeping. Drinking and having fun.

Without further words, Chen Yunfu drank his tea, but his cold eyes still stayed on Zhang Hongjun, and he sat down on the ground and did not dare to move.

until.

"Jing Lue envoy, the government office has arrived."

Only then did Chen Yunfu drive Zhang Hongjun out, and then he stepped out of the carriage, Zhang Hongjun moved the soft stool like a servant and tremblingly said: "Jing Lue Shi, pay attention to your steps."

"Notify Liucao and all the subordinate officials of the magistrate's office to come to the office."

Chen Yunfu didn't bother to pay attention to him, and entered the main hall of the government office first, and sat down on the magistrate's seat that belonged to Zhang Hongjun.

I reached out and touched it, but there was no floating dust, it was clean and spotless.

Originally, it was something worthy of affirmation, but combined with Zhang Hongjun's previous virtue of asking three questions, Chen Yunfu knew that this was just an image project for face.

Zhang Hongjun stood shivering at the bottom of the steps, and kept raising his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, waiting for the Liucao officials who belonged to Ganzhou Prefecture to come.

"Bring the government records."

Chen Yunfu summoned a small official to give instructions, and then he held the government records and looked at it, not even intending to let Hongjun sit down.

They didn't make them wait any longer, within a quarter of an hour, more than a dozen people trotted over in a hurry. They all took a look at the shivering Zhang Hongjun, and then bowed to Chen Yunfu.

"The lower officials and others refer to the economic envoy."

"Are they all here?"

Only then did Chen Yunfu put down the official records of Ganzhou Prefecture, scanned the people in the yamen and said, "Who can tell me about the situation in Ganzhou?"

More than a dozen people looked at each other, and they were too nervous to speak.

"Are they all dumb!"

Chen Yunfu was in a hurry, and threw the thick official annals on the big case: "When I eat and drink, my mouth grows bigger than anyone else, what's going on now, it can't be sewn up with embroidery thread."

Amidst Chen Yunfu's angry reprimand, at last a rank eight petty official couldn't bear the panic in his heart, and hurriedly stood up and reported the situation in Ganzhou truthfully.

Including Dingkou, fields, taxes, corvee, etc., all are reported.

"You belong to Hucao?"

"Returning to Jinglue, the next official, Tang Wenshi, is a professor of Confucianism in Ganzhou."

As soon as the respondent opened his mouth, Chen Yunfu laughed and sneered.

"The officials from Liu Cao, Experience Department, and Taxation Department didn't say a word, but a professor of Confucianism stood up and said this to the official, heh, heh."

Chen Yunfu was tired and didn't want to say anything. He looked at this Confucianism professor named Tang Wen.

"Tell me, what are your superiors and colleagues doing on weekdays?"

With a swipe, the eyes of more than a dozen people turned to Tang Wen.

The latter was sweating on his forehead, how dare he openly report to Chen Yunfu in front of everyone.

But Chen Yunfu's power was too overwhelming for him to say nothing.

He closed his eyes and gritted his teeth.

A dead fellow Daoist is not dead to a poor daoist, so let him have a ball.

"Returning to the classics, all the officials are busy with the meeting in Zhangxia."

"What is the Zhangxia Meeting?"

"There is a separate courtyard in the Zhangshan Gorge, where officials often go to escape the summer heat."

Chen Yunfu asked again: "Why don't you go?"

"A lower official position is humble and powerless, how can I deserve it."

"Tang Wen, don't you want to spout blood!" An official was furious, pointing at Tang Wen and yelling angrily: "What kind of meeting in Zhangxia, in front of the envoy of Jinglue, how can you tell the truth here."

"You said he was telling the truth, well, I will ask you now, what kinds of taxes were there in Ganzhou last year, and whether there is any discount?"

Chen Yunfu looked at this person, but the latter hesitated.

"The lower official is a fortress, and I don't know much about the tax department."

"Take it."

Chen Yunfu didn't bother to speak anymore and waved.

Immediately, the two guards took this person down in court.

Everyone was shocked, they hurriedly asked Chen Yunfu what he meant, and heard Chen Yunfu shout.

"Take it all!"

As a parent official, I don't know anything about the local people's livelihood, so I don't care if I don't ask, it's no wonder that there have been many disasters in Ganzhou these years.

If this kind of official stays, will Ganzhou still belong to Ming Dynasty?

"Eating king's salary in vain, living up to the grace of God, I will not surrender even if I kill you now, and send them all back to Beijing to be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

Chen Yunfu waved his hand, ignoring the continuous sound of crying and cursing in his ears, pointing to Tang Wen and said.

"From now on, you try to be the prefect of Ganzhou."

"what?"

Tang Wen pointed at his nose and was incredulously stupid.

(End of this chapter)