Kowloon wins

Chapter 153
"My lord, my servant has already arranged everything at the post station, and I ask my lord to move."

Liangzhu, a native of the Yellow Banner, a servant of the emperor's sect who is serious about the eight scriptures, has worked in the household department for more than 40 years, and has served in grassroots positions such as magistrate, magistrate, Taoist, and inspector. He was the servant of the right in the Ministry of Labor, and he was not promoted to the real power position of the River Governor until the Ru Fu case happened last year. He is cautious and careful, and has always remained neutral in the court. They have never met each other before, but they have heard the name of Hongqing's genius for a long time, so they dare not underestimate it. Seeing Hongqing's swaying freely at this moment, while secretly admiring Hongqing, he is also deeply vigilant. While thinking about the fundamental intentions of Hong Qing's coming here, she greeted her very politely and asked for instructions with a smile on her face.

"Master Liang, you are welcome!"

Before Hong Qing came here, she had already done her homework as much as possible. She certainly had a certain understanding of Liangzhu, the new governor of Hecao, but it was not in-depth, probably because this guy was cautious and reticent by nature. He is a solitary type with few acquaintances, and when he was working in the Ministry of Industry, because he was excluded by Samuha, he had no real power and no confidantes, so Hongqing asked for help in the Ministry of Industry. People of all ages have not been able to gather much useful information. In my heart, I am quite curious and slightly jealous of this forbearing master in front of me, but it is not much. He came here to rectify the Hecao yamen, sooner or later he will be able to figure out what kind of person Liangzhu really is, but there is no need to worry too much.

Hecao yamen is famous all over the world for its fat and short yamen. As the governor, even if he is not as crazy as Ru Fu for making money, after a year, just the filial piety of his subordinates can still put more than ten thousand in his pocket Two taels of silver, plus some private goods carried by tank boats, and some stolen from river repairs, even if you are not too greedy, the extra tens of thousands of taels is just like playing. Of course, all of these The precondition is that there will be no accidents, or no big ones. As for now, once the Yellow River breaks its embankment, the plank will naturally be unable to hide. It just depends on whose ass is hit and how hard it will be. Obviously, this The power is now stuck in Hongqing's hands. In view of this, all the members of the Hecao yamen are very close to Hongqing. As soon as they arrive at the post station, they immediately line up a welcome banquet, and serve them with good wine and good food. , and tried different ways to please Hong Qing, in short, just say whatever sounds nice, and almost wag their tails at Hong Qing. It was rocked up in the morning.

Eat, don't eat for nothing, eat for nothing, left and right are the people's fat and people's ointment scraped by these officials, if you eat too much, maybe it can be regarded as doing justice for the sky, right?Because of this, Hongqing will not be polite to Liangzhu and others. Listen to good words and eat good food. As for good wine, let's just taste it. After all, as an imperial envoy, you still need to pay attention to your image Well, if you get too drunk, there is no way for people to take it lightly, the consequences are not for fun, and Hong Qing is not going to take this risk.

"My lord, do you know if there is any decision in the court regarding the breach of the Yellow River embankment?"

After eating and drinking enough, it was time to talk about business, but Hong Qing was not pretentious, and invited Liang Zhu to the study alone, and each sat down as the guest and host, and they could enjoy some fragrant tea On the way, Hong Qing didn't say a word, just sipped her tea carefully, she didn't seem to want to talk about business at all, after a lot of patience, in the end, it was Liangzhu who couldn't hold her breath at all, there was nothing she could do. Right now, Hongqing is an official, and Liangzhu is the character to be tried. Although Hongqing has the final say on whether he is guilty or not, if Hongqing really participates in a book, he will have to take off his skin even if he is not dead. Yes, in view of this, even if he knew it was the right time, whoever spoke first would lose his momentum, but Liangzhu could only bite the bullet and ask.

"It's hard to say, alas, Huang Mafa is very angry, the consequences may be very serious."

Liang Zhu wanted to find out about Hong Qing, and Hong Qing obviously had the same meaning, so naturally he would not tell the truth to Liang Zhu, and with a flick of his mouth, a classic line from a certain movie in later generations came out so smoothly , Liangzhu was sweating profusely.

"This... let's not stop. The Yellow River's nine floods in ten years did not start from self-dynasties. After Jin Fu ruled the river in 27 years, it stopped for more than six years. After that, the collapse still continued. However, Your Majesty, the wise and wise king, should not, hehe, should not deal with it too much?"

Liangzhu has been an official for many years, and finally managed to get to this prominent position. He didn't want to be kicked out of the throne before his butt was warmed up. After being so frightened by Hongqing, his face turned pale. explained a lot.

"Your Majesty Liang's words are heartbreaking. Could it be that Huang Mafa really made a mistake and blamed you, huh?"

Although Liang Zhu's words were not unreasonable, but what they said was mostly sophistry. The problem is that Hong Qing is not so easy to fool, she only smiles coldly, but the words that come out are not so pleasing to the ear.

"I don't dare, I don't dare, it's just, hehe, it's just that this is the truth, it's not that I'm shirking responsibility, it's because there's been a lot of rain this year, and the water is a little bit bigger, although I dare not say that no one is in trouble, but natural disasters are It is an indisputable fact, this point, please let the little prince learn from it."

Hong Qing said that Liangzhu's words were punishing, but in fact his own words were really punishing. Even if Liangzhu was given ten more courageous words, he would not dare to say that the old man made a mistake. He was so frightened that his body trembled involuntarily for a few times, and he hastened to explain something.

"Master Liang's words are useless to listen to Ben Beizi. If you really want to say it, let's talk about it separately from Huang Mafa."

The theme of Hongqing's visit to the Hecao Yamen is not to pursue responsibility, but to have another purpose. However, if the responsibility is not suppressed, the matter will definitely not be done. If this is the case, how serious is it? It's fine if Liangzhu doesn't explain, but after explaining this way, the smile on Hong Qing's face suddenly became a little colder, and the tone of her speech became even colder.

"How dare a subordinate official, how dare a subordinate official."

Liangzhu was inferior to Hongqing in terms of status and status. Under such strong pressure, although he was not convinced in his heart, how could he not bow his head under the eaves? In desperation, he could only keep talking dare not.

"Mr. Liang's daring or not has nothing to do with Ben Beizi. There are always ups and downs. After this matter is settled, Mr. Liang will accompany Ben Beizi to Kaifeng Mansion for a trip. At that time, it will be up to you." My father is in charge."

Scaring is enough, if you continue to scare, Liangzhu will have a heart attack if there is trouble. If something happens, it is not a situation that Hong Qing would like to see, so she changed the subject, vaguely The ground gave Liangzhu a ray of life, which means that as long as Liangzhu is willing to cooperate with Hongqing's errand, Hongqing will go to the third master to talk about it.

"The little prince is wise, um, and I don't know why the little prince is here..."

Liangzhu was able to get into such a high position as the governor of Hecao, so he was not an idiot, and he still had the ability to listen to what he said. Just listening to it, he understood the subtext of Hongqing's words, and his uneasy heart calmed down a little. After a while, he hurriedly followed Hong Qing's meaning and asked half of the words.

"Well, let's put it this way, Huang Mafa gave Ben Beizi a decree. There are two things to come here. One is to send experienced people to Kaifeng for emergency. It's time for a breakup, you can't take advantage of the rich vacancies and put your hand into the public funds, there is no such reason in the world, Master Liang, what do you think?"

On the surface, the purpose of coming was very simple, and it was clearly written in the imperial decree, so Hong Qing naturally had no need to hide it, and straightforwardly explained the purpose of coming.

"This……"

Hearing what Hong Qing said so directly, Liang Zhu's face that had just eased down suddenly became ugly again. It was not for other reasons, but because he himself borrowed a lot of money from the treasury. He made a lot of money, but he never used it to pay off his debts. Generally speaking, he had the same idea as many officials, that is, the idea that the law does not punish the public. How could Liangzhu be happy when he came to have surgery, nothing else, the money he ate had to be spit out, it was really not that pleasant.

"What? Master Liang has something to hide?"

Seeing Liang Zhu's expression, Hong Qing knew what was going on in her heart, her complexion immediately sank, and she spoke in an official tone.

"Young Lord, it's not that the officials are lying, but the debts accumulated over the years are huge. If you really want to pay off the debts, all departments will be in chaos, and people's hearts will be scattered. I'm afraid the consequences will be a bit unbearable?"

Liangzhu himself didn't want to rush to pay back the money, so he couldn't believe that the subordinate officials would happily pay back the debts. Besides, the deficit of the entire yamen was not caused by him Liangzhu, but by the successive governors. Liangzhu is willing to clear up the big pit. If so, even if he sells all his property, he may not be able to fill such a big pit. You must know that he has only been in office for less than a year, and he has no I kept on fishing, the surplus I got was really not that much, I took it all, and even the bottom of the pit was not covered enough, since I refused to follow Hong Qing's pace, I frowned and cried bitterly.

"Well, this is also a matter. That's fine. Let Ben Beizi think about it more. Mr. Liang, let's go to work first. It's not too late to discuss this matter later."

Hong Qingyuan didn't expect to be able to completely subdue Liangzhu as soon as he came up, and he didn't expect him to pay out voluntarily. Now that he had tested Liangzhu's attitude, Hong Qing didn't want to waste any more words. His tone suddenly softened, and he comforted Liangzhu in turn.

"The little prince is wise, and I admire you very much. You have worked so hard all the way, so I won't bother you much."

Liangzhu didn't intend to stay any longer, but after hearing Hongqing's order to drive away the guests, he didn't bother anymore, got up and saluted, and then left on his own.

(End of this chapter)