Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 163 Do you dare to touch the grain?
"How dare they be so rampant!!"

In the main hall of the Shandong Governor's Yamen, Yuan Keli clenched the documents he was holding and sat on the official chair. His brows showed anger, "You can still be like this. This time, I have opened my eyes. Okay, it turned out that If they dare to set their minds on grain, there is nothing else in the world that they dare not do!!"

"Dong Weng, please calm down first."

The middle-aged man standing in the main hall looked at Yuan Keli with concern, "This matter is of great importance. You have just returned from Denglai Mansion not long ago. Even if this matter is true, we must investigate it carefully first..."

"What else is there to check?"

Yuan Keli held up the document, feeling a little excited, and said to the middle-aged man in front of him: "Isn't this enough? The deputy warehouse envoy under Linqingguan has recorded the actual amount of grain delivered to the north through Linqingguan over the years, but these are not related to the governor's Yamen. The account doesn’t match up at all!”

Yuan Keli rarely loses his composure, but knowing that Caoliang has been manipulated and this phenomenon has been happening for a long time, Yuan Keli is in a bad mood.

"Dong Weng's mood is understandable."

The middle-aged man sighed, stepped forward and said: "Dong Weng has won the trust of the emperor. He specially promoted the governor of Shandong and gave the king a flag. But there is something I still want to say. The current situation in Shandong is definitely not caused by one person. , Dong Weng has encountered few problems since he came to Shandong? Why did he behave so rudely only on the issue of grain?"

"Xiuzhi, this is grain!"

Yuan Keli frowned and said: "I have lost my temper a little. I know the situation in Shandong better, but... I can tolerate some things, but I cannot tolerate some things!
When he was in Beijing earlier, His Majesty summoned me to the palace and talked about some matters, which made me more or less suspicious. The country had encountered some problems, but they did not seem to be as serious as His Majesty said.

But in fact?
I was wrong, and very wrong. Since Zhao Yan took office as governor of Shandong, his official reputation is indeed good, and he has done a lot during his tenure.

But there are many things hidden in Shandong.

What I cannot tolerate the most is that local officials bully superiors and subordinates. Wearing official robes, they are supposed to be officials who make decisions for the people, but what have they done? "

"Is it possible that Zhao Yan didn't know what Dong Weng said?"

The middle-aged man replied: "It is true that the governor of Shandong is the chief official of a province, but it is hard to say whether he can leave the governor's office without the help of local officials and fear of issuing official documents.

Just like this time, why did Linqingguan's subordinate warehouse deputy envoy secretly submit these official documents to Dong Weng?Isn't that because he was forced too hard by his superior officer?
If this had not happened, Dong Weng felt that under these circumstances, how could his small warehouse deputy envoy dare to hand these over to Dong Weng? "

Yuan Keli was silent.

In fact, Yuan Keli understood what the middle-aged man said. The reason why he was so rude this time was that since he took office as governor of Shandong, he has learned more about the situation as time goes by, and the anger in his heart has been suppressed.

The inaction of the local governments in Shandong, the failure of disaster relief in various places affected by the disaster, the corruption of salt administration, the mess of river administration, and the grievances of the common people...

"Dong Weng told me before, don't be impatient when things happen. If you are confused, things will be difficult to accomplish."

The middle-aged man continued: "Dong Weng did not express his position in the past, which promoted the establishment of a town in Denglai, Shen Yourong took office as the commander-in-chief of Denglai, and the recruitment of troops for the Denglai Navy was initially decided.

Having Shen Yourong in charge of Denglai and Denglai towns allows Dong Weng to not be distracted by this for the time being, which is beneficial to Dong Weng.

As someone said again, the grain supply matter must be investigated carefully. If you make a rash statement or act based on just one family's words, I'm afraid it will be difficult to detect the dirty tricks hidden deep inside. "

"What families do you mean?" Yuan Keli thought of something and looked at the middle-aged man with slightly narrowed eyes.

"I'm afraid it will involve more."

The middle-aged man said seriously: "Everyone knows the importance of grain, but some people dare to interfere with this matter, and even assign a lot of training in the name of Liao affairs, but the imperial court has no idea about this.

Dong Weng, you have been an official in Beijing for a long time. Do you think some people really don’t know about the affairs in the court?

Ignorance has been around since ancient times. As long as it is within reasonable limits, most people turn a blind eye. After all, some things are more serious than they are and are not good for anyone. "

Your Majesty, this may be the reason why you asked me to come to Shandong.

Yuan Keli felt a little emotional. Previously, he had always believed that when he took office as governor of Shandong, he would mainly assist in the Liao affairs. But the more he learned about the situation, and then carefully considered what the emperor said, Yuan Keli gradually realized that he would assist in the Liao affairs. It is important, but it is also important to sort out Shandong.

It's like walking on two legs, both are indispensable!
"This matter really needs to be investigated secretly. There are too many things involved in the grain supply."

Yuan Keli calmed down and his eyes became determined, "If you do anything rashly or say anything to the outside world without conclusive evidence, it will definitely cause unnecessary trouble."

"This will not only affect Shandong, but also the court."

"Based on what I know, I know that there must be something fishy about customs clearance at the household level, and even water transport has something fishy about it."

"It's a good thing for Sheji that Dong Weng can think like this."

The middle-aged man nodded and said: "Since we want to investigate, we have to investigate in depth. As long as we can get conclusive evidence, even if it is inconvenient for the governor's office to solve it later, there will be someone in charge of the imperial court, and we can even directly report it to the emperor."

"The premise of everything is to have conclusive evidence. Without this premise, even if His Majesty wants to support Dong Weng, many things will be difficult to handle."

"Xiuzhi, I'll leave this matter to you."

Yuan Keli thought for a moment and stood up from his official chair, "Right now in Shandong, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at me secretly."

"When I went to Denglai and Denglai before, I had an intuition. Many people were afraid that I would stay in Denglai for too long. Although I don't know why, my intuition can't deceive people."

"If there is insufficient manpower, try to recruit some scholars who have no hope of taking the imperial examination. They must be familiar with the people of Shandong and have relatively clean backgrounds."

"Since some people are very afraid, I will do something else to keep them tied up. Shandong should not be like this, and Ming Dynasty should not be like this."

"Here."

The middle-aged man bowed with a serious expression.

Yuan Keli's fighting spirit has become higher than when he first came to Shandong. Perhaps he has encountered a lot of secret constraints since he took office as governor of Shandong. But the more this happens and the more he understands, the more Yuan Keli can understand. , he came to Shandong to be an official, not for fame or fortune, but to do more practical things. If he, the governor of Shandong, is as harmonious as the Shandong officialdom, then he is not worthy of being a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he will not be worthy of the emperor's treatment. His trust and reliance!

(End of this chapter)