Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 211

"How is the drought situation in Gansu? Report it truthfully."

The chief envoy of Gansu frowned, and then said: "The drought in northern and western Gansu is severe. Most of the pastures on the grasslands have died, and the herdsmen have no fodder to feed their horses and livestock. The farmland has also lost all its grain because of the lack of rain. There is no harvest, and the people are miserable and are eagerly waiting for the court's rescue."

Jia Rui blinked his eyes and smiled, "In this case, the disaster is really serious. If this really goes wrong, I'm afraid it will be another big mess!"

Having said this, Jia Rui stood up, walked to this unreal person, and looked him up and down.

"What's your surname?"

"Excuse me, my surname is Zhao."

Jia Rui nodded. He was fine just now, but suddenly he took action and slapped Ambassador Zhao to the ground.

The chief envoy was just a civil servant. He couldn't stand Jia Rui's strength. He knocked out seven or eight of his teeth and lay on the ground wailing.

Other officials were also frightened by Jia Rui's actions, and many of them collapsed to the ground.

After all, everyone is not a fool. Judging from Jia Rui's actions, we know that Jia Rui has seen through their plan.

By now they were at their wits' end.

Some people have thought of taking a desperate risk and getting rid of Jia Rui, but they know that Jia Rui has brought three thousand elites into the city. With just their servants and guards, trying to compete with these people is like hitting a stone with an egg.

Jia Rui scanned the crowd again, and then stared closely at Qian Cheng, the governor of Gansu.

"Master Qian, when things have reached this point, everyone should stop playing games. If you do it truthfully, I can give you a few nice words in front of the Supreme Emperor. If you continue to resist, I'm afraid I will punish you severely. .”

When Qian Cheng saw what happened, he could no longer hide it, but he was not as scared as before.

"Master Jia, you know that this matter involves hundreds of officials from top to bottom in Gansu, as well as someone from the imperial court. Could it be that Master Jia doesn't care about his colleagues at all?"

Jia Rui sighed, and then said: "You have made too big a fuss this time. If it were just one or two counties, I wouldn't have said anything. It's a pity that you just reported the whole Gansu over. It's so unscrupulous. "

After saying this, Jia Rui suddenly stared at Qian Cheng: "Why do you suddenly want so much money?"

This is also a question that Jia Rui has always wondered.

You must know that although Gansu is poor, its annual tax revenue is several million taels. Coupled with the grain relief provided by the imperial court, it will not be possible without 10 million taels this time.

Jia Rui didn't understand. If they were honest officials in Gansu, they could make so much money within a few years. Why were they so eager for quick success?

Qian Cheng didn't say much about him. He glanced at Jia Rui coldly and said, "If you don't agree with each other, don't conspire against each other."

Jia Rui narrowed his eyes and looked Qian Cheng up and down. There was nothing more to say at this point, and Jia Rui also guessed the reason.

The person who is most short of money in the imperial court now is probably the emperor of Yangxin Hall.

Originally, he still controlled the position of Salt Patrol Envoy, but since Lin Ruhai's death, the emperor's source of money has been cut off.

However, the emperor needed a lot of money to join forces with the previous dynasty. The money he had saved during this period was probably almost spent, so he had to find another way to get a large sum of money. It lasted for a year or two.

It seems that the emperor has found this Lord Qian Cheng.

And the governor of Gansu also "abandoned the dark and turned to the bright", deserted the Supreme Emperor and surrendered to the emperor's hands.

After he came to Gansu, he took advantage of his apparent membership in the Supreme Emperor's faction and the reputation of his boss Shen Jian to arrange this good show.

Everything was going very smoothly, but Jia Rui unexpectedly saw the flaw, which was a failure.

Of course, the above are all Jia Rui's guesses. Whether this is the case depends on the person's mouth.

"In this case, Master Qian doesn't need to return home."

"Come here!"

Following Jia Rui's words, more than a dozen burly men wearing helmets and crowns broke in from outside!

"I've met you, sir!" These sturdy men entered the lobby and saluted Jia Rui with clasped fists and cupped hands.

"Capture this person and put him in jail to be punished."

"Yes."

Those tough men immediately stepped forward, grabbed Qian Cheng, and dragged him out.

Qian Cheng said nothing and allowed these people to drag him out.

Jia Rui suddenly felt something was wrong and immediately stopped these people, "Stop."

The soldier immediately stopped moving and dragged Qian Cheng in front of Jia Rui again.Jia Rui looked at Qian Cheng, who looked fearless, and he looked completely different from the frightened look just now.

If this person wasn't so courageous, he might have already made up his mind to die.

As for a person who is so courageous, Jia Rui has never seen him before, so this person must be determined to die.

Gansu, but this guy's hometown, should have intricate connections. If he was imprisoned in the Gansu Yamen prison, he would probably receive news of his death in a day.

Fortunately, he came to his senses, and then Jia Rui smiled: "Master Qian is also an official of the imperial court, how can he be locked up with those dirty death row prisoners, sent to the military camp, and kept under separate orders?"

After Qian Cheng heard Jia Rui's words, fear shot out of his eyes.

Qian Cheng had already made up his mind to die after leaving Beijing to take office, and even his family had been sent away.

If this time passes safely, it won't hurt to bring the family back.If he fails to survive, he will be the only one who dies, and his family can remain anonymous and live a peaceful life.

But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, you can withstand the severe punishment without confessing.

Qian Cheng knew very well about himself that as a white-faced scholar, he might not be able to survive long in the face of those torture masters, so he had already made up his mind to commit suicide by taking poison as soon as he was caught.

For this final arrangement, Qiancheng has made arrangements in various prisons in Lanzhou Prefecture. As soon as he gets stuck in a prison, someone will immediately help him hang himself from the beam or take poison.

It's a pity that I was a little negligent just now and acted so calmly. Didn't this tell Jia Rui that he had a backup plan?

Jia Rui waved, and the soldiers immediately dragged Qian Cheng down. This time Qian Chengke began to struggle.

"The sycophant minister who deceived the emperor and betrayed his superiors, you will not die well. Your whole family will be killed like me, and your wives and concubines will also lie in the arms of others."

After hearing such vicious curses, Jia Rui's eyes began to turn red. He pulled out the sword from his waist, walked a few steps behind Qian Cheng, raised his sword and was about to cut down.

But when he was about to hit the opponent, Jia Rui's sword stopped.

Looking at Qian Cheng who gave him a mocking look, Jia Rui smiled.

Letting him die like this was a real advantage to him. This time, he couldn't live or die.

After thinking of this, Jia Rui put the sword back into the scabbard, and then waved his hand to let people drag him down.

Qian Chengli's eyes showed disappointment. It turned out that he just cursed Jia Rui in order to let Jia Rui kill him so as to avoid suffering the physical pain.

After Qian Cheng was dragged off, Jia Rui looked at the other officials, "How are you doing? Are you recruiting now? Or are you going to suffer the consequences?"

These officials below are not determined to die like Qian Cheng. They still have beautiful wives and concubines at home, and they still have money to spend. How can they be willing to die like this?
Soon, seven or eight officials knelt down in front of Jia Rui and began to report and expose frantically.

When the officials who were still standing saw this scene, if they didn't speak out quickly and ask for leniency, these people below would have already confessed all their crimes, and then they would have no chance to take the blame and make meritorious deeds.

So they all knelt down and started chirping like sparrows about their crimes.

The reason for this situation is not that these people are mentally unstable, but that Jia Rui has unintentionally used the method of ecstasy.

Although this magical power from the Nine Yin Manual is only slightly stronger than hypnosis, it can still be done as long as you don't dig into people's innermost secrets and just induce them to reveal the crimes they have committed.

Especially in this world of Dream of Red Mansions where immortals exist, the effectiveness of the ecstasy method seems to have been improved to another level.

Just now, Jia Rui just used some magical skills to induce these people with words, and they couldn't wait to confess their guilt one by one.

"Okay, okay, it's all a hornet's nest. Who can hear what you are saying?"

Then Jia Rui quickly made arrangements to lock these people in separate rooms, and then asked military officials to record their confessions.

By nightfall, the consensus of these dozens of people had been delivered to Jia Rui.

Jia Rui flipped through a few more weighty confessions and found that they were all similar.

The mastermind of this matter pointed to Qian Cheng. Since he took office as governor of Gansu, he has been very greedy and dared to accept any money. He also intentionally or unintentionally showed off to the officials below that his backer was a bachelor and the emperor. A group of people.

Because of this, the people below were more respectful to Qian Cheng, and sent more and more filial piety money.

Later, all officials in Gansu had to send money to Qian Cheng if they wanted to be safe.

At this time, the people of Gansu also suffered a bit. Fortunately, Gansu had just gone through a war and there were still large troops stationed there. These officials did not dare to make too much trouble, otherwise they might cause a civil uprising.

Originally everything was safe and sound, and everyone would make a fortune if this continued, but during the autumn harvest, Qian Cheng suddenly called everyone together and discussed with everyone how to make a big fortune.

The officials in Gansu thought that Qian Cheng was blinded by greed and thought that he just wanted to make money. They were not very vigilant about the biggest corrupt official in Gansu, so they all jumped on his pirate ship.

At this time, even the people of Gansu have clearly seen that the Supreme Emperor's family is insatiable and greedy, and they want to make Gansu a three-foot-high territory.

(End of this chapter)