Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

After entering the dining hall, Defang said, "Hurry up and get some food, the lonely king is hungry."

Baili hurried to the dining room to ask someone to prepare it. Defang sat down and talked to Concubine Di about the market just now. Concubine Di said, "My lord, why are you going crazy with Mr. Kou?"

"Kou Zhun is right. If you don't actually go and have a look, how will you know if it's true or not?" Seeing the food on the table, Defang ate it quickly. It was the first time she was hungry in the capital for so long and was chased away. long time.

"My lord, don't change your clothes before eating, look, it's all dirt," Concubine Di said

How could Defang care about these things, took a few mouthfuls of rice and said, "Ma'am, the lonely king is really hungry."

Concubine Di smiled, "You've only been hungry for a few hours and you can't take it anymore?"

"The lonely king was dragged away by Kou Zhun for a long time, and he was exhausted," Defang said angrily.

Concubine Di wiped Defang's sweat with a towel, "Eat slowly, my lord, I heard that His Majesty asked you to be in charge of the court's regular warehouse."

"Yes, the lonely king plans to prepare it tonight and do it tomorrow."

"My lord, then you can concentrate on the matters of the emperor's order, and let the concubines arrange for Pu's full moon wine."

"How can I make my wife tired, let the officials sent by the Ministry of Rites arrange it." Defang drank the soup, "Have you woke up from Pu?"

"Just woke up, Shiying is feeding him."

"Then I'll go take a bath and give our precious grandson a good hug later."

"Don't worry, grandson can't lose it, eat slowly, Drunk Monkey also said that he found another jar of good wine, and will bring it out for you to taste when Pu is full moon."

"Okay, the wine this drunk monkey is looking for must be good wine, then I have to taste it, hahaha"

That night, Defang and Nangongwen agreed on the implementation steps, and sent people to investigate which government house had purchased a large amount of surplus grain.

In the early morning of the second day, Defang sent people to post notices in the imperial city and surrounding towns that the imperial court would set up Changping warehouses to buy surplus grain at a price three times the market price, and all farmers who grow grain can register at the Ministry of Households. The judge will register, and then submit it to the review officer for verification. The list will be published every two days. Grain will be collected from those who pass the review, and the grain and silver will be settled face to face. The registration date will be three days later, for a period of three months.

As soon as the announcement was issued, many people came to register. The Goufu officer handed over the register to Defang for inspection every night. After nearly two months, Defang found that according to the number of farmers’ fields in the household department, some grain growers The amount of surplus grain reported far exceeded the amount it should produce. Defang summoned the officials of the household department to discuss and sent people to secretly investigate.

According to the output of the field, after deducting the rations set aside by the farmers themselves and the part sold, at most [-]% can be used for harvesting, but many of the quantities at this time do not match.

The dispatched officials returned to the Ministry of Households and reported, "Reporting to the lord, it has been verified by the subordinate officials that there are ten farmers who have no surplus grain in their warehouses, but lie about it."

"What? False report? Did you ask why?" Defang asked

"Go back to the lord, the farmer said that someone took away all the surplus grain, let them go to register, and then someone will hand over the grain under their name," said the dispatcher

"There is such a thing! It's really disgusting!" Defang looked at the officials of the household department, "Record these situations immediately, and record the names of the farmers involved so that they can be dealt with together."

Defang suddenly thought of Wang Jien's servant, so she asked someone to track the movements of Wang Jien's servant.

But after a few days, Wang Jien's servant did not see any action, which made Defang very puzzled. Wasn't it Wang Jien's servant that he and Kou Zhun saw that day?Could it be that Kou Zhun lied to the lonely king again?Thinking of this, Defang wished she could arrest Kou Zhun and beat her up to relieve her anger.